| Show QUAINT HALL SCTTLES Olillaihluned Tlerel of turnllur In Modern lulte The old foaliloned hall settle which has been In favor has undergone of tale considerable change In Its first form It was a ponderous carved semi gothic piece of furniture found chiefly In black oak and of somewhat too baronial ba-ronial dimensions to flt Into the every day life of Iho average hall The ni V cal scdles are much smaller attain They are not larger than the ordinary eltletablo of our kitchens which con Inuri to be an Ironing table and which turned back against the wall rOflll the hack of n convenient cat Home ot these highback settles are painted In white enamel Tho back and seats am upholstered In Morrli apcslrle In Indigo blue or russet ironns and they are exceedingly useful use-ful In thn hall or on tho summer plain which can hardly have loo many seats It III Is as ample ns It aught to be Almost Al-most any vlllogo carpenter can make his bench with Its straight back To bo comfortable tho seat ought to be deep Where tho woodwork Is boa rude for enameling It may be completely covered up with tapestry or upholstered uphol-stered all over Tho Society of Associated Asso-ciated Artist have recently been musk lug settles covered In this way with their beautiful green cotton arrai which Is I so cool and picturesque looking look-ing Some of these settles are of very largo size with Iho straight back and arm and niuplo scat and they are balanced below Carved settles are considerably mailer than they were They are generally made of ebonlzcd wood or oak nail the straight back II carved by decorative artlits In a variety vari-ety of pnttcrns suggestive of mediaeval designs Sea green velveteens and delft blue tapestries are favorite ma tcrhls for the cushion of the seat Now York Tribune |
