GARDEN ACCESSORIES 



26l 



They are designed for comfortable sitting, 

 with a low seat and high back, and ample 

 stability. The battens attached to the legs 

 distribute the weight sufficiently to prevent 

 damage to grass or gravel. 



From what I have already written on the 

 subject, the reader will not be surprised if 



Fig. 86. Garden seat 



I condemn the "rustic" seat in its conventional 

 form, in which a "crazy" design of twisted 

 and bent branches strives to accommodate 

 itself to a preconceived outline, but never 

 succeeds. The result is a compromise which 

 extracts penance from one's shoulder-blades, 

 or prods the sitter in the region of his spine. 

 Yet seats of simple rustic character could be 



