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 197
But ina dining-room it is better to place the mantel at the end; for, unless thisapartment is unusually wride, there will not be sufficient space between thetable and the fire, either for the comfort of those seated on that side orfor the convenience of the waiter. Hearths should be a subject of… … Fig. 23.— Fireside Stories. or even a grate fire. For this reason, it has been found necessary to con-struct a fender combined with a metal hearth, in order to screen the realone from the heat which it is itself unable to bear. These false contriv-ances seem, in our day, too trivial to be tolerated…
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