Modern dwellings in town and country adapted to American wants and climate with a treatise on furniture and decoration (1878)
Holly, Henry Hudson, 1834-1892 · New York, Harper & brothers, publishers · leaf 194
smay possess an additional interest from being specimens of the ownershandiwork. FIREPLACES. ISO CHAPTER X. FIREPLACES. Mantels.—Marble Mantel.—Wooden Mantel.—Open Fireplaces.—The Crane.—Hearths.— Tile.—Tile in Furniture.—Screens. MANTELS of wood are, as a general thing, more artistic and… … Fi«r. 21.—Marble Mantel. wood, and that is its liability to catch fire. This difficulty is, however,easily overcome by placing a border of stone or tile between the grateand the wood-work, to serve as a protection to the inflammable material ofwhich the mantel is constructed. Yet, as it will…
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