Putnam, J. Pickering (John Pickering), 1847-1917 · Boston, Ticknor and Co. · leaf 59
he thickness of the wall. Up to the fourteenth century the fireplaces of private houses andchateaux Avere generally of great simplicity, and it was onty later that wesee any attempt at decoration. 26 TIIE 0 V E X F1R EPL A C E . Figs. 21 and 22 represent two fireplaces of the fifteenth century,with… … Fig. 21. From Viollet-le-Duc. tion of flic hood, which stands 1.77 meters (about 5 feel (.» inches) abovethe hearth. Fig. 24 uives .-i detail of a lower corner of the framework.The hood, being plastered, and having therefore the appearance of stone-work, seemed to the eye too he;i\ V tO he…
Fireplaces
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