These streaks cannot
be removed by rubbing or brushing. Prepared black wax can be purchased,
but if you do not have any on hand, ordinary floor wax can be colored
black. Melt the floor wax in a can placed in a bucket of hot water. When
the wax has become liquid mix thoroughly into it a little drop black or
lampblack. Allow the wax to cool and harden. This wax will not streak,
but will give a smooth, glossy finish.

THE 40 STYLES OF CHAIRS

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:

$Egyptian.--3000 B.C. to 500 B.C.$ 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.

$Grecian.--700 B.C. to 200 B.C.$ Influenced by Egyptian and
Assyrian styles. It had a progressive growth through the Doric,
Ionic and Corinthian periods. It influenced the Roman style and the
Pompeian, and all the Renaissance styles, and all styles following
the Renaissance, and is still the most important factor in
decorations today.

$Roman.--750 B.C. to 450 A.D.$ Rome took her art entirely from
Greece, and the Roman is purely a Greek development. The Roman
style "revived" in the Renaissance, and in this way is still a
prominent factor in modern decoration.

$Pompeian.--100 B.C. to 79 A.D.$ Sometimes called the Grecian-Roman
style, which well describes its components. The style we know as
Greek was the Greek as used in public structures. The Pompeian is
our best idea of Greek domestic decoration. Pompeii was long
buried, but when rediscovered it promptly influenced all European
styles, including Louis XVI, and the various Georgian styles.

$Byzantine.--300 A.D. to 1450 A.D.$ The "Eastern Roman" style,
originating in the removal of the capital of the Roman Empire to
Constantinople (then called Byzantium). It is a combination of
Persian and Roman. It infl