Putnam, J. Pickering (John Pickering), 1847-1917 · Boston, Ticknor and Co. · leaf 55
irculateabout the room to a hole in the roof furnished with a rough louvre.through which it escaped ; and from a cross iron of the hood hung :istout chain, terminating- in a hook, by which was suspended a large potfull of potatoes slowly simmering. Wood was the ordinary fuel till theseventeenth… … Fig. 16. English Mediaeval Fireplace. Ii I he large kitchen fire the standards were strong and massive, butquite plain. •• In the hall, that ancient seat of hospitality, says Tomlin-son, ••they weie also strong and massive, to support the weight of thehuge logs; but the standards were kept bright,…
Fireplaces
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