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1060 CO'lTAGE, FARM, A^'D VILLA AliCHl'i ECTUliE. 2106. Ottomans are stuSed seats for several persons to sit on at once ; they may be placed either against the walls of a room, or in the open floor. Fig. 1 91 9 is an ottoman for the corner of a small room ; and fig. 1 920 is another for the centre of a room of consider- able size. The back in the centre is fixed ; the seats are stuffed on a wooden frame, and 1923 lake off, leaving a well or cupboard beneath, for holding the loose linen cases by which they are covered, when the drawingrcom is not in use.