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308 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTUflE. cup is riveted : d shows the plan of three castors, such as are used for the table, fig. 602 ; and e is a view of these castors appended to the round foot of any piece of furniture, tlic junction being concealed by the moulding f. IMr. Mallet states that three castors placed in this manner form an exceedingly firm and effective loco- motive support for any heavy article of furniture. The pillar of this table is cast hollow and thin, so as to come far cheaper than the same Design could be made in the n 'UM U commonest description of wood. Fig. 604, to a scale of half an inch to a foot, is a table on four legs, and which, when covered with green baize, is commonly called a [1=J!= 605 ■ 1

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