Since the foregoing style of chair and desk was introduced, much attention has been paid to the improvement of school furniture, with a view of securing convenience, durability, and economy, in the construction both of chairs and desks. THE BOSTON LATIN HIGH SCHOOL DESK. The above cut represents an end view of a new style of desk used in the Latin High School, in Bedford street, with a section of Wales' Patent School Chair. The standards of the desks are made of cast iron, and are braced in such a manner, that when properly secured to the floor, there is not the least motion. The curve in the standard facilitates the use of the broom in sweeping. THE BOSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAIR. These Chairs were got up for the special benefit of the Boston Primary Schools, by JOSEPH W. INGRAHAM, Esq., Chairman of the Primary School Standing Committee; and have already been introduced, by order of the Primary School Board, into the greater portion of their Schools. The first pattern, is a Chair with a Shelf (s) under the seat, for the purpose of holding the Books, Slates, &c. of the scholars. The second pattern differs from the first, in having, instead of the Shelf, a Rack (A) on the back of the chair, for the same use as the Shelf in the preceding pattern. The third pattern is similar to the second, except that the Rack (A) is placed at the side, instead of the back, of the chair. The latter pattern (with the Rack on the side) is that now adopted in the Boston Schools. These chairs are manufactured by William G. Shattuck, No. 80 Commercial Street, Boston. The price is fifty cents, each, for those with the Shelf, and sixty-five cents for those with the Rack. C WALES' IMPROVED SCHOOL FURNITURE. THE following cuts represent a large variety of improved school chairs, desks, and other furniture manufactured by Samuel Wales, Jr., at No. 14 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., from patterns of his own getting up, and with such facilities of experienced workmen, and ingenious machinery, as enables him to supply all orders for first-class work, with economy, precision, and promptness. Wales' improved school chairs and desks embrace the following variety, and each variety is constructed on the following scale of height, so as to meet the varying proportions of scholars ranging from four years to twenty years of age: No. 1. Chairs, 10 inches high; Desks, side next the scholar, 20 inches high. 66 2. 66 These chairs are plain and substantial. Each chair is based upon a single iron pedestal, which is secured to the seat of the chair at the top, and to the floor of the school-room at the foot. The center-piece of the chair-back descends directly into the foot of the iron pedestal, intersecting the back of the seat as it passes, in such a manner as to form a back stay, thereby producing in the chair, as a whole, the greatest possible degree of firmness and strength. No. 2 represents an improved school desk for two scholars. No. 3. No. 3 represents an improved single desk for one scholar, on iron supports, with American school chairs to correspond. Each desk is furnished with an ink-well, and a metal cover of the best kind. The top is grooved, to accommodate pens, pencils, and other small articles, with a safe resting-place. Each chair is based upon a pedestal of iron, of great beauty and strength, which is firmly secured to the seat of the chair at the top, and to the floor of the school-room at the foot. An ornamental center-piece passes down into the base of the pedestal, forming the center of the chair-back and the back stay. Cuts No. 5 and No. 6, represent an improved double school desk, the latter for one, and the former for two scholars, with the New England school chair to correspond. These chairs are constructed substantially like those already described, with a tasteful scroll top. The following diagrams, Nos. 8 and 9, represent the chair in connection with a desk, both for one and two scholars. |