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FIG. 352. — SEATS AND TABLE IN APPROPRIATE SETTING. 



kinds_ have the disadvantage of suffering in the weather. The seat that will defy the 

 rain is therefore a necessity, but it is more — it is a decorative aid. In Fig. 350 is 

 illustrated a carved stone seat designed by Mr. Peto. It comes at the end^ of a 

 terrace, and with its gay little flanking figures closes the vista in delightful fashion. 

 A stone seat never looks better than against a background of yew. This may be 

 seen in a simple example at Sedgwick "HaU (Fig. 348), and in another, of imposing 

 classical aspect, at 

 Danby Hall (Fig. 

 349.) It is always 

 desirable for the 

 builder of a stone 

 seat to provide an 

 adequate stretch of 

 paving in front of it, 

 which is the better, 

 both practically and 

 in appearance, for 

 being raised step- 

 height above the 

 adjoining grass or 

 gravel. It is not a 

 good thing to place 

 a seat in an isolated 

 position, as in the 

 example, well 

 designed in itself, 

 which appears in 

 •'^ig- 351- A bench fig. 353. — designed by sir edwtn lutyens. 



