GARDEN SEATS 



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Fig 114. 



lovely feature and making it the centre of a parterre or 



view. 



Fig. 114 shows steps leading to a somewhat similar 



seat, which is further ela- 

 borated by having hand- 

 some flower-pots on the top 

 of the pilasters support- 

 ing it. The ground-plan 

 (Fig. 1 1 5) shows how such 

 an architectural feature is 

 „ best approached, for where 

 there is stately stonework 

 there should be formality 

 before we reach it. The 

 best effect is obtained by a 

 path increasing in width, 

 and a hedge added to in 



height as it gets nearer the flight of important steps 



that lead to the alcove. 



How curiously fashions change we see in Fig. 116, 



which could be described in 



almost the same words as 



Fig. 114. For it, too, has 



flower-pots on the top of the 



pillars that support the seat ; 



and yet a difference in shape 



and the somewhat low long 



lines show it to be "Empire" 



in style. It certainly is not 



elegant nor graceful, al- 

 though the fan-shaped pattern 



and the knob upon the back 



of the bench are not un- 



pleasing. 



Yet another is of the same date, and reminds us of 



Eastern decoration, there being something Egyptian and 



Path 



Yew Hedfee 

 s'hifth 



Yew Hedge 

 6'high 



Fig. 115. 



