Old English furniture and its surroundings, from the restoration to the regency (1920)
Percival, MacIver · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 158
s. Chippendale givesseveral illustrations of chimney-pieces with grates complete,and though, of course, he did not make these latter, he de-signed them, and, no doubt, had arranged with some makerto supply them if required to complete a room. Now that thefire was lifted up above the hearth, cinders… … 28. Chippendale Grate. OLD ENGLISH FURNITURE anything like universally fitted. They were not so large asthose made later, and consisted merely of a strip of perforatedsteel or brass across the fire-opening, instead of surroundingthe hearth-stone. As time went on they became larger andbowed out on…
Furniture · Interior decoration
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