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grading of importance of the task- whether it be the laying of a marble floor in the cellar, closet doors in the attic or the building of a meeting-house, it must require nothing less than all of the skill of the workman.

It is also interesting to note in some of their cabinet-work, pieces of ordinary utility, a combinations of purpose served within the one unit.[[note]] variety of forms according to use [[/note]] As evidence, a tall cabinet having closet space at the top accessible by means of a door, then several drawers the full width of the cabinet and a varied repetition at the bottom, of the closet found at the top. It was also frequently the custom to use several kinds of wood, which were agreeable in combination, in one piece of furniture. 
These customs of design are interesting because they antedate by a hundred years or more the tendencies of our modern designers.