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 195
rial ofwhich the mantel is constructed. Yet, as it will probably be some time 190 MODERN DWELLINGS. before wooden mantels are by any means universally popular, examplesof both kinds are given in the accompanying illustrations. In Fig. 21,1 have shown a design for a marble mantel somewhat elab-orate… … Fig. 22.—Wood Mantel. what these may be. In the case of wooden mantels, French clocks andordinary vases should be avoided. Brass-work and pottery are much moresuitable. If, however, a timepiece be desired, there are the cathedralclocks, so called from the resemblance which their striking tones bear…
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