The Stool

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 48, 13 June 1930, Page 38

The Stool

/ Useful for Ornament or Service HERE is much to be. said for the inclusion of a stool or two amongst our household gods. Upholstered ,or fitted with a pad cushion, they can be made to fit in with most furnishing schemes. Long stools, square stools, round stools} stools with four legs, threé-legged stools, and some with six legs; high stools and low stools-all have their uses. When the question of where to pias them arises, first there are bedrooms, A fairly large stool is excellent at a dressing-table, and there is an extraordinarily comfortable and _ sensible piece of furniture that is admirably suited to the bedroom. It consists of an armchair and a long stool, with seats of the’ same height. When the stool is placed against the front of the chair the two combined form quite a respectable settee. They have the added advantage, that they can be used as quite separate pieces of furniture. A stool by a window makes a most comfortable window-seat. A_ sittingroom needs one, especially if there is a bureau in the room, for it is the ideal seat for furniture of this description. From the point of view of appearance, it is inviting. Apart from this use, and not forgetting it as an alternative to the music seat problem, it is a piece of furniture for the odd corners of a‘ room. It will fit under a table without looking out of place, if it is not required anywhere else at the moment. . A pair of stools in the recesses on either side of a fireplace, flanking a table or a chest, will add a finished effect. The best for the front of a fireplace is a long, low stool, about the same length as the hearth-rug. If you are lucky, you may be able to pick up a real old fender-stool, steel or brass lined, and upholstered in leather or some fabric, but modern ones are not. to be despised. Moreover, these latter can be constructed to fit the particular place for which they are desired. Footstools and hassocks are offshoots of the same family, and all add their quota of comfort. Nor must the modern "pouffes" be forgotten, for they ‘are the stool’s culminating point in rest: fulness. ust