These present-day footstools are not the small, doll-like
articles which gave pleasure to your grandmothers. They are sizable pieces of furniture, most of
them twelve by eighteen inches square, perhaps, and they stand from eight to
twelve inches from the floor. Some, to
be sure, are smaller, perhaps eight inches wide, a foot long and four or five
inches above the floor. These generally
have little arms or handles at the ends and can be easily carried from place to
place.
One of the most serviceable footstools is shown with a
mahogany frame in straight, simple lines, with red, brown or green leather
cushion. Tapestry in various dull hues
and upholstery of other sorts in colors that would blend with the color-scheme
of almost any living-room are also used to cover the cushions of these useful
footstools.
A very comfortable design is the inclined footstool. The dull mahogany frame, covered with a
cushion two or three inches thick, is only an inch or so from the floor in
front. The back is perhaps eight inches
from the floor, so that the top of the footstool is fixed at a slant that would
assuredly bring rest to the weary foot.
Little stools which suggest old-fashioned hassocks are also
made of upholstery-stuffs mounted on wooden frames or bases. Some of these are tufted with a button in the
middle, some are almost cushionlike in their softness and some have the
octagonal form. These octagonal
footstools are especially attractive.
Cushions – flat, square, hard cushions – covered with bits
of oriental carpet are also used for foot-rests.
Mission footstools are made for the living-room furnished in
this style, with straight oak frames in the various dull finishes applied to
mission furniture, upholstered in leather or with caned tops, and caned tops,
too, are shown with mahogany frames.
Perhaps the latest device for physical comfort is the
leg-rest, which is nothing more than a footstool grown up. These leg-rests are about the height of the
seat of an ordinary chair, sixteen or eighteen inches, and are covered with
leather or tapestry. They are perhaps
two feet wide and three feet long, sufficiently big at all events to suggest
untold relief from fatigue. The
leg-rests, of course, belong to the dens or bedrooms of the men of the family.
No comments:
Post a Comment