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  This page commences with a PORTFOUO-TABLE, carved and inlaid; intended
for displaying a portfolio or book of large prints; the top of it
and an EBorON  TED= , both manufactured by Mr. WnTmi JoNEs, of lifts up like
a reading-desk, as seen in the engraving, and its great recom-
Maesoalad, Dolgelly, N. Wales, from designs furnished by a gentleman of mendation
is that it avoids the necessity of stooping. By removing the
that neighbourhood, Mr. H. Reveley: these contributions, from a place so
ledges in the front and sides, it is converted into a table for the purposes
far removed from the great marts of operative industry, are highly  of writing,
drawing, &c.  Mr. Jones is, we understand, a person who
creditable to the parties who have brought them forward. The table is has
raised himself from the condition of an ordinary carpenter to one of
                                                                      considerable
provincial eminence as an ornamental carver in wood.
































                                                                        
Among the numerous contributions from Germany is a SECRETAIRE, by
                                                                       M.
VoN HAGEN, of Erfurt. It is made of walnut-wood, the design is in



  Our next subject is a HOT-AIR STOVE, made by Messrs. LEARNED &
THATCHERt, Albany, United States; it is intended for a drawing-room or
Parkou, and consequently is manufactured with a considerable amount of
tasteful ornament to render it suitable for its destination. There is
doubtless some peculiarity in its internal construction with which we are--
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unacquainted, for the drawing supplied to us from America speaks of the
































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  stove being patented., The basin at the top holds, we presume, water as
  we have seen in similar articles in our own country, and in this basin
is-
  Placed a smallI vase Of Coloured glass, probably for the same purpose:
the
  latter gives a judicious finish to the entire object, which is one highly
the Renaissance style, and it is beautifully ornamented with inlaid ivory,
  creditable to the manufacturers as both useful and ornamental,    ebony,
and brass, forming altogether a good example of mnfcuigartL


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