August, 1912 
An out-door porch dining-room with willow furniture 
comes in such a variety of shapes, that almost any room 
in a house can be appropriately and artistically furnished 
in willow. 
The shops show not only chairs, tables intended for vari- 
ous uses, desks and the regulation pieces of furniture which 
one would expect to find in this material, but there are also 
electric lamps, with shades, candlesticks, wood-baskets to 
hold fuel for the open fire, swings for the porch, Waterford 
thrush cages, which look as though they should be hanging 
in the windows of thatched English cottages, tea-trays, tea- 
carts and beds. The last are not entirely of willow, how- 
ever, being constructed of mahogany or ash with woven 
willow panels set in the head and footboards. 
Among the interesting and convenient things which are 
being shown are the tea-tables, which can be easily moved 
about owing to their light weight. One had a shelf arrange- 
ment about eighteen inches below the top, divided into three 
sections, which gave additional space for cups and refresh- 
ments when serving tea. Other tea-tables, both round and 
rectangular in shape, had trays fitted into their tops so that 
the tray could not slide off when the table was carried about. 
These tray-tops were of gaily colored cretonne under glass, 
with rims and handles of willow, the glass making a flat, 
even surface, upon which to place the tea things. 
The tea-cart is a two-story, rectangular tea-table on 
wheels, with a removable tray-top, and facilitates the serv- 
ing of tea on a terrace or a piazza, as the cart can be 
wheeled from place to place. 
The Brook Club Chair is a homelike and comely-looking 
chair, having a padded seat, back and arms. It suggests rest 
and repose in every line, and it and kindred shapes are ideal 
for a library or a living-room. 
A living porch fitted with willow furniture 
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A willow lamp, Eiteqic 
Another chair has pockets on the arms to hold books 
and magazines, but when used as a sewing-chair these 
pockets are lined so as to prevent spools and other small 
articles from dropping through. 
Swinging-seats or porch-swings, long enough to hold three 
or four persons, are attractive to those who have succumbed 
to the habit of being swung lazily to and fro. As they are 
supported by stands which rest on the ground, these swing- 
A woven lamp, oil 
