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Nr. 342 (November 1925)
DOI Artikel:Douglas, Robert: Modern American fireplaces
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19986#0129
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MANTEL IN THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. JAMES A. BURDEN, LONG ISLAND
Delano and Aldrich, Architects
Modern American FIREPLA6ES
/n the break which is The boldly designed mantels of Chippendale. Older
being made in modern 0f fne Tudors and Italian styles have been adapted by
decoration from the Renalssance are being Used m0^ern cabinetmakers
strictly period room, the • ^ • , until contemporary pieces,
fireplace seems to be the Lfl manV American houses manyof them, only faintly
last thing to change. Most ROBERT DOUGLAS suggest their progenitors,
decorators and home Furniture styles, in other
builders no longer insist that every detail of words, are undergoing an evolution out of which
furnishing shall conform to some one style; their a new period may come.
aim seems rather to create a harmony of furnish- But through all this the fireplace, as though
ing regardless of dates or provenance. French, aware of its position as the focal point of the room
Spanish and Italian pieces are grouped together, and conscious of its dignity, has remained a reac-
The derivations from the Brothers Adam hobnob tionary. Few experiments in new forms have
with the descendants, sometimes dubious enough, been made, and for the greater part even those
NOVEMBER I 9 2 5
one twenty-nine
MANTEL IN THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. JAMES A. BURDEN, LONG ISLAND
Delano and Aldrich, Architects
Modern American FIREPLA6ES
/n the break which is The boldly designed mantels of Chippendale. Older
being made in modern 0f fne Tudors and Italian styles have been adapted by
decoration from the Renalssance are being Used m0^ern cabinetmakers
strictly period room, the • ^ • , until contemporary pieces,
fireplace seems to be the Lfl manV American houses manyof them, only faintly
last thing to change. Most ROBERT DOUGLAS suggest their progenitors,
decorators and home Furniture styles, in other
builders no longer insist that every detail of words, are undergoing an evolution out of which
furnishing shall conform to some one style; their a new period may come.
aim seems rather to create a harmony of furnish- But through all this the fireplace, as though
ing regardless of dates or provenance. French, aware of its position as the focal point of the room
Spanish and Italian pieces are grouped together, and conscious of its dignity, has remained a reac-
The derivations from the Brothers Adam hobnob tionary. Few experiments in new forms have
with the descendants, sometimes dubious enough, been made, and for the greater part even those
NOVEMBER I 9 2 5
one twenty-nine