The country house; a practical manual of the planning and construction of the American country home and its surroundings (1905)
Hooper, Charles Edward, 1867- · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 145
that its separation from it by the usualfacing, in the case of wooden trim, is not just as good and pure design. A facingof from 8 to 12 inches is safe enough, but it should not be less than this. With the craze for bric-a-brac the mantel shelf became a thing of much im-portance and was much… … Mantel in the Nichols House, Salem. Miss. A successful rendering in which the flanking beamsretain the squareness of the ceiling and serve to tie the motive to the rest of the room Fireplaces, Chimneys and Fireproofing 121 their graves. Bric-a-brac is best usedsparingly; a mantelshould not be…
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