Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic (1922)
Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955, New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Committee on Education · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 147
e, to be discussed later. It was customary to have a panelled chimney-breast above the fireplace. In 1 Published by G. C. Mason, American Architect, vol. 10 (1881), p. 83. 2 Smith, Dwelling Houses of Charleston, p. 368. 121 AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE the majority of examples until after 1750,… … From a photograph fry Frank C Figure 90. Mantel in room to left of hall, Lee house. 1768 tion moulding. This latter may be seen in some rooms of the Jeremiah Lee houseas late as 1768. The majority of chimneypieces after 1750, however, had a specialovermantel: a single large panel framed by an…
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