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Fig. (39. — Example of large wooden base. 



essary economy, pine, stained, and the glass should be plate, American or French. 

 Or all of these mahogany, or the Honduras Bay wood, forms the most beautiful 

 material, its rich and durable tint affording the most attractive color effects. 

 Rose wood can be used with great elegance in special cases, but of course 

 exacts some unusual concessions from the treasury. Ebonized wood has been 



Fig. 70. — Ebonized wood cases, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 



