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A MISSION WASTE-PAPER BASKET Excerpt from the book: Mission Furniture - HOW TO MAKE IT - PART I POPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS CHICAGO, Printed 1909 Waste-Paper Basket to Match Library Table The basket shown in the accompanying sketch is designed to be used with a library table having slats in the ends and wooden handles on the drawers. The finish is made to match that of the table by fuming, when completely assembled, in a large-size size, clean garbage can, with fumes of concentrated ammonia. Detail of Waste-Paper Basket The following quarter-sawed white-oak stock should be procured in the exact dimensions given. This may be had, planed and cut to lengths, from a mill for a slight extra charge. It is advisable not to have them sandpapered, as the very coarse sandpaper generally used, gives a bad surface for finishing.     4 posts, 1-1/4 by 1-1/4 by 16-1/2 in., S-4-S.     4 rails, 3/4 by 3 by 10-1/4 in., S-2-S.     4 rails, 3/4 by 2 by 10-1/4...

STYLES OF CHAIRS - THE 40 STYLES OF CHAIRS (embracing the period from 3000 B.C. to 1900 A.D.) Excerpt from the book: Mission Furniture - HOW TO MAKE IT - PART I POPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS CHICAGO, Printed 1909 There are 40 distinct styles of chairs embracing the period from 3000 B.C. to 1900 A.D.—nearly 7,000 years. Of all the millions of chairs made during the centuries, each one can be classified under one or more of the 40 general styles shown in the chart. This chart was compiled by the editor of Decorative Furniture. The Colonial does not appear on the chart because it classifies under the Jacobean and other styles. A condensed key to the chart follows: Egyptian chair.—3000 B.C. to 500 B.C.   Seems to have been derived largely from the Early Asian. It influenced Assyrian and Greek decorations, and was used as a motif in some French Empire decoration. Not used in its entirety except for lodge rooms, etc. Greek chair—700 B.C. to 200 B.C.  Influenced by Egyptian...