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TO UPHOLSTERERS, &C.

NOW THAT FASHIONABLE SKIRTS ARE WORN SO TIGHT THAT THE FAIR WEARERS THEREOF CAN NEITHER STOOP NOR SIT DOWN, IT MIGHT BE WORTH SOMEBODY'S WHILE TO DEVISE A CHAIR SUITED TO THE PECULIAR EXIGENCES OF THE POSITIONS.

Punch, March 27, 1875