The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
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chairs. that Is, chairs without a back, have a
cane seat and tall sides Of oak trimmed
with cane.
The most popular wood is that which
looks most weather beaten, unpublished
effects, Of course, putting polish Of any sort
into the background.
ct is the well off, the smartest people, y
said a dealer, who are keenest about this
style Of furniture, which ia not by any
means cheap. especially the grades mounted
in Groassian walnut n natural mahog-
any;
Of two oane s~ettees, a dozen chairs Of differ
ent designs and three tables, all mounted
In natural mahogany, to go to the Long
Island country place of a rich New Yorker
to-day. The house, | was told, is not very
large and the owner wants it simply fur
pished, she says.
we are also furnishing her dining room
for which the owner selected rus seated
chairs OF weathered oak-lke these, for
instance, which are among the most popular
designs just now"
The chairs we're less tall in the back
across instead Of lengthwise and the rush
was inserted in the seat after the ! atte1n
OF leather upholstery.
These rush seated chairs cost a trife
more than those with a plain leather seat
but they will wear longer and for the time
bNll6 WV ~ Z ilbhI NitC "
said. +The sideboard to go with this set
is Of the same wood, long ~ low In de-
sign,
simpler grades Of furniture this year,
20 inches high by 90 inches long being the
along, the back Of n much liked design.
In others there Is no decoration at all
no carvings, no fancy projections whatever,
nothing but plain stats or a shallow shelf.
And the drawers and c%upboards do not
run down to the floor, you will notice. In
this, one OF our very newest models. the
lower drawer Ii o. inches from the floor,
and that model, also just received from
the makers, has no lower drawer, has
nothing but small side drawers, one long
1T is the latter style which was selected
to 60 with the rush seated dining chairs,
together with a round oak dining table sup
ported by five perfectly straight legs, It
has no fancy u~nderpinning at all. We have
no quare tables in the newer designs,
although Of course they can be ordered for
customers who prefer a square table.
we are selling many dining chairs OF
perfectly plain wood" and the dealer
pointed TO a model Of w~eathered oak. The
back wal formed Of a cluster Of six length
wise square slats, perhaps one inch across,
which were grouped toward the centre.
There were two wider outside Stats and the
seat was rounded at the edges and broader
toward the front than at the back.
These chairs, others Of the same wood
with a seat of stretched leather and a plain
back. and a third variety with a stretched
leather seat and a orosswise band Of leather
across the back, represent together with
the rush seat design the most popular and
stylish designs Of the season.
"Tufted leather is old fashioned now,
30 Is the style upholstered solidly on the
seat. and oack with leather. Bright red
leather Is one Of the fads OF the moment
for dining room ohairs-a plain band cross
ing the back, near the top, a small square
on the seat bounded with a broad band
Of oak or mahogany, as the case may be-.
Included in the Long Island order is
one Of the new style rush library couches
with bookcases attached"
The piece Of furniture he pointed out
was made entirely Of rush with a head
piece at one end raised about one and one
half feet above the cushioned level, and a
back divided into two sections, one three
feet high and the other perhaps one foot.
The seat cushion above a movable box
spring was covered with dark green tap
estry. Backed against the head piece and