Above the great open fire-places were mantelsof black marble, one of which was supported by white figures.
The neighborhood of Philadelphia is as rich in its collection of fine old mantels and chimney pieces as in its splendid interior woodwork generally.
Rarely are three mantels of such attractive design, good proportion, distinctive detail and dainty appearance to be found in a single house.
Seldom are three mantels to be found which are so similar and yet so different.
Many of them became apt students of architecture and proficient in executing hand-tooled enriched moldings and other ornament for mantels and chimney pieces.
Toward the end of the eighteenth century and for some years thereafter, mantels with a shelf, but without any overmantel treatment of the chimney breast, became the rule.
The classic orders supplied much of the ornamental detail with which thesemantels were embellished, and the work gave full scope to the genius of English and American wood-carvers, of whom there were many of marked ability in America.
The lighter grace of Adam design had begun to dominate American building and is to be seen in the staircase as well as in the mantels and other interior woodwork at Upsala.
Numerous examples of this sort of hand-carved mantels are to be found in Philadelphia, but none elicits greater admiration than those in two rooms at Upsala which are shown by accompanying illustrations.
The same influences were at work elsewhere, however, and two other mantels shown by accompanying illustrations, one in a house at Third and DeLancy streets and another in the Rex house, Mount Airy, show numerous variations of similar motives.
In terms of dainty grace and chaste simplicity this is one of the best mantels in Philadelphia.
As in other important architectural features the development of mantelsand chimney pieces in America followed to a degree the prevailing mode in the mother country.
There are high wooden mantels adorned with specimens of antique china and brasses over the large bricked fireplaces.
Here were the high-decorated woodenmantels over large chimney-places, the paneled wainscoting and ornamental cornices, which adorned many of the better houses of that period.
Mantels which in the eighteenth century would have been thought in scale with rooms of certain dimensions would now be considered too small and insignificant.
In early Italian Renaissance over-mantels the central panel was usually filled by a bas-relief; but in the sixteenth century this was frequently replaced by a picture, not hung on the panelling, but forming a part of it.
In Italy the early Renaissance mantels were usually of marble.
The hideousness of this arched opening soon produced a distaste for marble mantels in the minds of a generation unacquainted with the early designs.
French mantels of the same period were of stone; but this material was so unsuited to the elaborate sculpture then in fashion that wood was sometimes used instead.
Here, as on the other side, the chimney and fireplaces were on the inside walls, and the mantels were of a simple but very good colonial pattern, though they had been browned by smoke and time to dirt colour.
Hard Cider had erected the frame of the bookcase and double settle, which would perfectly match the mantels as soon as the molding was on.
The rooms were decorated to befit the day, and great jack-o'-lanterns grinned from mantels or brackets.
It is interesting to note how clearly these mantels are the inspiration of our own Colonial work.
The overdoors and mantels were carried to the cornice and the paneling was usually of oak, painted in soft colors or white and gilded.
Mantels were of marble, large, beautifully carved, with the fireplace sunk into the thickness of the wall.
The over-doors and mantels were architectural features of the rooms, and it was not until wallpapers came into common use, in the early part of the nineteenth century, that these decorative features slowly died out.
He also ordered marble mantels for the fireplaces.
The twin Carrara marble mantels are original, and are said to have been ordered by Mr. Custis from Italy.
Stairways and mantels are not strictly a part of the essential structure, and may be treated more liberally.
The more so the better if they have real merit; but the marbleized slate mantels so abundant have not enough intrinsic beauty to justify them in supplanting the more honest and unpretending ones of wood.
I tried to have one of the mantels set in the middle of one side of the room, but somehow it got fixed just enough away from the centre to look everlastingly awkward.
Doorways and cornices for the outside; arches, mantels and paneling within.
A new front entrance was added, the stairway changed, a fashionable arch and reeded mantels appeared.
Upstairs the woodwork is equally good, though more delicate, while the paneled mantels lack the broken arch.
There are Adam mantels of great beauty in the two master bedrooms on the second floor.
The front door and stairway were changed a hundred and fifty years ago, as well as mantels and much of the trim and woodwork.
The chimneys at Arlington, and those at Huntley, are placed in the same position in relation to the center structure and the wings; the wooden mantels in both houses have obvious stylistic similarities.
The mantels in the side rooms are much simpler, as might be expected in ancillary rooms.
All four of the side mantels are of the same basic design, but each has been given an individual detail or refinement.
Italian marble mantelswith carved lions' heads, the marquetry floors and cabinets?
I can see the great Italian marble mantels suppo'ted on lions' heads, the inlaid floor and wainscotin'.
The mantels are of Vermont marble, and over each is a large wall mirror.
The mantelsare either of walnut or the finest marble, of elegant design and workmanship.
Mr. Chater argues along the same lines as Mr. Mantels except that he makes the instrument belong to the clarinet or oboe class.
The ceilings were beautifully frescoed, the mantels were of Sienna marble, and the doors of solid mahogany.
The mantels and grates, as may be judged by their cost, were not very elaborate.
In buying mantels from stock in mantel stores, the cheaper ones are generally the best designed from an artistic standpoint.
The mantels are priced to include grate, hearth, facings, and everything that may go there, excepting fender and blower.
Very expensive mantels in moderate-cost houses are not in good taste.
Although "Blenheim" is still standing today, the Ratcliffe tavern was torn down in the 1920's and the bricks and mantels were purchased by Col.
Beautifully carved mantels and staircases had made their appearance.
Sometimes the mantels have been removed and new flooring laid over the hearthstones.
If mantels are missing, look for them in the attic or on the rafters of a shed.
It was quite a pretentious house for that time, with its high ceilings, elaborately decorated cornices of minute workmanship, and mantels of carved wood.
The two large rooms at each side have lovely cornices, beautiful marble mantels and handsome crystal chandeliers; long group windows to the floor and very unusual doors of curly maple.
We wandered through the deserted, roofless chambers where fireplaces with elaborate stone mantels and odd bits of carving told of the pristine glory of the place.
It has been made into mantels at Knoxville, Tennessee, and passes as birch.
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