Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1894 — Hall Settles. [ARTICLE]

Hall Settles.

Harper's Bazar. The common laundry table is much used for hall and piazza settles, and when stained and cushioned it bears no small resemblance to the antique “monks’ benches'* which have been revived of late. A table of this sort maybe purchased for 14 or $5, and by pasting strips of lincrusta along the edges and applying oak stain a very good effect of carved oak may be obtained, but it must be well polished to give a satisfactory result. Mirrors are sometimes set in the high back, which add much to its elegance, and with a cushion of dark green corduroy for the seat a really effective piece piece of furniture may be secured. These benches are often ornamented with poker work, which is easily mastered; but nail-head decoration is the simplest and most showy of all, as no skill whatever is required, only mathematical accuracy in drawing the pattern and a certain regularity in driving in tho nails. For piazza use this settle is very popular, but treatment of the sort first mentioned would be elaborate, and a simple application of dark red paint, with a cushion of corduroy or linen to match, is all that is necessary.