A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 314
eptional size, the angle or recessformed by the deej) jauibs supporting the hoodor mantle, and pro\-ided with seats, tlie fireblazing between them against tlie ehimuey back,while the hood or mantle collected and conveyedthe smoke into the Hue.638 CHIMNEY HOOD B. In luodera liuiiscs, a corner or… … Chimxey at Exto.n, Rutland, Eng- LAXD, c. 1350. CHIMNEY HOOD. A hood-like structure jir.jjrcting from aciiiraney lireu.st out over a fire-I)laee to collect the smoke. Veryfrequent in tlie Middle Ages,and of great .size. They areless imi)ortant in Renais.sanceexamples and arc seldom seento-day…
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