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House & Garden 
A group suitable for a simple 
country house dining room is 
shown in the sketch. The chairs 
are modern adaptations of peas¬ 
ant designs, with rush seats, 
and can be painted any color de¬ 
sired. The arm-chair comes at 
$30, the side chair at $25, the 
little table with drop-leaf sides 
at $33, and the stool in dull oak 
finish at $25 
A familiar type of old American 
cottage chair is painted green 
with touches of color in the deco¬ 
rations. Several of these are avail¬ 
able at $5 each 
An interesting reproduction 
of a comb back chair with 
pierced splat comes in dull 
mahogany or dull finished 
oak. It sells for $26 
{Below) First, a ladder- 
back, rush-seat chair with 
twin stretchers, $18. 
Then, a Windsor yoke- 
back of l&th Century 
make, $65. The third is 
a Dutch chair of 1720, 
with a fiddle back and 
rush seat, $35 
Another reproduction of a 
Windsor straight back chair 
has a rush seat and is 
painted black with decora¬ 
tions in dull green, $17 
Another quaint chair, made en¬ 
tirely of natural-toned wood, is 
known as the English spider-back. 
It is an old one; $7. A chair pad 
will add comfort 
From Spain comes a wal¬ 
nut monastery chair, a 
type also used in cottage 
furnishing. It has very 
interesting chip carving. 
$48. The arm chair, to 
match, comes at $55. 
Both would be more com¬ 
fortable with chair pads 
