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toric Colonial precedents, 111 some of which 
cupboards of this type were used in all four 
corners of a room. The panel¬ 
ling of the woodwork has here 
been well studied in connection 
with the lines of the doors and 
windows. 
Built-in Sideboards 
A sideboard built into the 
construction of a dining-room 
need differ hut little in design 
from the usual movable article 
of furniture. In Figure X the 
panelling can be designed to 
continue the lines of the side¬ 
board, for the sake of greater 
unity. Such a sideboard 
might in some cases be re¬ 
cessed into the wall, thus sav¬ 
ing valuable space, and an 
opening into the pantry adjoin¬ 
ing, above the shelf, might be 
useful in serving meals. Large 
drawers in the base of the side¬ 
board can be used for the stor¬ 
age of table linen, utilizing 
space that is ordinarily wasted. 
Boloman Moser, architect 
Figure IX—An Austrian treatment for 
blocking up an unused doorway 
Ecg & Range, architects 
Figure XI—The corner of a German bedroom has been filled 
with a built-in dressing-table. The door has a panel of plate 
glass and the recessed shelves on either side complete this 
A single drawer instead of two would al¬ 
low table cloths of considerable size to be 
put away with little or no fold¬ 
ing, although its weight would 
render its use less convenient. 
The entire end of a dining¬ 
room may be treated as a side¬ 
board, as in the Western exam¬ 
ple (Fig. XIII) shown here¬ 
with. This example is more 
ornate than the preceding, with 
pilasters and ornament in the 
Louis Seize style. The general 
arrangement is most commend¬ 
able, although the choice of the 
leaded glass is not altogether 
fortunate. Leaded glass is, in 
fact, one of the most difficult 
features of interior decoration, 
and good examples of its use 
in domestic work are extreme¬ 
ly rare. 
Passing from the more pub¬ 
lic portions of the home to the 
bedrooms we find the use of 
built-in furniture far less gen¬ 
eral. Apart from various types 
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Figure XII—The same room contains a built-in bed with a 
canopy that screens the bed by day. The bed need not be 
fastened to the surrounding woodwork 
Max Mayer, architect 
Figure XIII-In a Western dining-room the sideboard has been 
built to fill the entire end of the room, thus providing plenty of 
drawer and cupboard space 
