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The open fireplace in all ages (1886)

Putnam, J. Pickering (John Pickering), 1847-1917 · Boston, Ticknor and Co. · leaf 61

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lbeautiful examples of its style and period. The fireplaces thus far described have not exceeded 8 or 10 feet inwidth. When very large halls or saloons in palaces or public buildingswere to be heated they sometimes measured 30 or 40 feet, and were deco-rated in a most sumptuous manner. In this… … % <■■■> ;-• ^-->«—i i-.j 1 i if ,H^ H I K A q K :-1 F« ., r-^ r-.| L_ a single mantel, separate fireplaces, each having a distinct fine of its own,as shown in Figs. 27 and 28, the former being from the Chateau de Coney,Franco, and the latter from the Grand Hall of the Palais des Comtes…

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