Beautiful homes : or, Hints in house furnishing (1878)
Williams, Henry T, Jones, C. S., Mrs · New York : Henry T. Williams, Publisher · leaf 249
iece of furniture. First, the barrel should not be one of the loose, badly-hooped flour barrelswhich will come apart almost as soon as finished, but a substantial article, notheavy, yet well put together with wooden hoops. Remove the head, and to thebottom fasten four casters; then have the exact… … simply rounding it, cut out a point and curve down to each arm, as shown indiagram. This will make a more graceful back, and yet be quite as readily upholstered. Very much depends upon theshape of the barrel, and we prefer a rathershort, wide form, to a narrow, high, or longone. About one foot from…
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