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The Complete Home by Various
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of the homemaker's discrimination. The quality of this table should be
at least equal to the best we have to show. Whether it shall be
squared, or oblong with oval ends, depends upon tastes; by all means it
should be get-at-able. That's what a library table is for. Good
designs in "arts and crafts" may be had as low as $16.50 in a small
size; 72-inch, about $50. Golden oak costs less, mahogany considerably
more.



THE DAVENPORT

The davenport in mahogany or oak, in a plain or striped velour
tapestry, felt filled, with good springs, built on straight lines with
claw feet, broad arms, and heavy back, is a good article and will not
leave much change out of a $50 bill. That represents a fair price for
a fair quality, and it would be better to do without the davenport than
to go in for something too cheap. The sort that have detached cushions
in soft leather are very nice and practically dustless. The same is
true of easy chairs so provided. A handsome weathered-oak davenport
with cushions of this kind will be found marked somewhere about $65,
while half that price pays for an easy chair of the same style. The
cushions are filled with felt. Springs and fillings in davenports,
easy chairs, and couches should be most thoroughly investigated. If
there are carvings they must be subjected to the severest tests of
appropriateness, and in no event should they be where they will come in
frequent contact with other articles or with persons.



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