Studio: international art (6.1896)

The Fireplace of the Suburban House

fire as compared with the
uncompromising hardness
of the glazed tiles.

The hearth is a very
essential feature in the
treatment of the fireplace.
In olden times it was con-
sidered the symbol of the
home-life, and even now
we talk of the domestic
hearth, although in the
average house it has
dwindled down to a few
tiles with a steel fender.
A broad brick hearth wilj
be especially appropriate

DRAWING-ROOM FT REPLACE DESIGNED BY M. H. B. SCOTT j.Q ^ inglg_n0ok aild will

give plenty of space for

new ingle-nook severely uncomfortable, and yet piles of logs on each side of the fire, and impart a
feeling that they could not altogether be ignored, general air of hospitality to the fireplace,
used them only for a certain time every day by Great care, however, will be necessary in select-
way of penance before retreating to a comfortable ing the bricks for such a hearth, for the builder
armchair. with the best intentions will probably provide
The use of brickwork gives a homely character bricks which are perfect only from a mechanical
to the fireplace, especially if bricks with some point of view, and which do not present that
variety of colour are used with a good mortar joint. characteristic surface which belongs to burnt clay
The action of the smoke from the fire on such and nothing else.

brickwork will form beautiful tones of dusky red, Here as elsewhere we have to contend with that

and there is an especial charm about a sympathetic mechanical ideal which is the mark of almost all

surface of this kind which takes the impress of the modem work, and which takes no account of

DINING-ROOM FIREPLACE
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DESIGNED BY M. H. B. SCOTT