When mother lets us make paper box furniture

Chapter 51: PARLOR CHAIR.

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A practical craft manual for children and supervising adults gives step-by-step instructions for turning discarded boxes into toy furniture, covering materials, tools, measuring, scoring, cutting and fastening with brass fasteners, plus safety tips. It presents illustrated, proportioned patterns and detailed construction for room-by-room pieces—parlor, bedroom, dining room, kitchen and hall—including beds, tables, chairs, stoves, pianos and storage units—along with variations, decorative finishes and assembly details. Introductory notes suggest suitable box sizes, ways to adapt designs, age-appropriate tasks, and community uses such as gifts, club projects or hospital donations, encouraging creativity and practical skill development.

PARLOR CHAIR.

Use the kind of box suggested for the arm chair.

1. Make this exactly as you made the arm chair, until you are ready to shape the legs and back.

2. Study the picture and you will see that there are no arms, and no slats between the legs. Notice how the back is cut.

3. Paint mahogany, oak or rosewood like the rest of your parlor furniture. You might paint one with white enamel for your bedroom, or with gold as a fancy parlor chair.

THE LITTLE UPHOLSTERER.

When your parlor chairs are finished,

With varnish make them shine;

Then on the seats glue velvet,

If you wish them ’specially fine.

Chair.