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On the interior arrangement and decoration of the house
DOI article:Firegrates and mantelpieces
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Firegrates and Mantelpieces
- painted a plain self-colour, free from the pretentious
B^KS""1^*^^*^ — ...........|„b,..... vulgarity of graining or marbling. A grate (p. 105)
« i-fc." _ i '/ i-aa*a designed for Messrs. George Wright by the late Mr.
B^fflWlllllBliM|jijiiB '■■ B Charles Breden, A.R.I.B.A., belongs to an undemon
MHnnnB E!65: StW» = stl'ative type. Another (p. 112), designed by Mr.
BQjBS^S^M £p Br I Cecil Brewer, for the Coalbrookdale Company, has
W^MI^WrWi i R-l*... I a low relief border of heart and ribbon ornament.
p—BpMBillj li ^mmmr I 0 Dasket grates (pp. 87 and 90) by Messrs.
f t»win"1" 1 win■* ■ " Thomas Worthington & Son, Architects, for
Messrs. George Wragge, are instances of new
treatment of old appliances. Both are in ham-
mered iron, with " armour bright " finish. One
fireplace designed and executed
by w. j. neatby, a.r.m.s.
treatment than the old fashioned marble mantel-
piece could ever even pretend to be. Excellent,
however, though cast iron be when properly treated,
it is yet liable to abuse unless its modelled orna-
ment be kept in quite low relief, so as to avoid all
danger of imitating wood or stone sculpture. For
this reason mantel" registers ought only to be
fireplace designed by a. harold smith
executed by the teale
fireplace co.
of them (p. 90) has convenient hobs at each
side; while the other is rather of the dog-
grate form, although in this case, as indeed in
the generality of modern dog-grates, the dogs are
better adapted for holding logs than for supports
to the fire irons, if not for mere ornament.
Two designs, however, by Mr. W. H. Davies
(pp. 95 and 99) depict ample hearths with andirons
for wood-logs, and surroundings consistently carried
out in keeping. In one case, intended for a hall,
the walls are oak-panelled, having a rough plaster
frieze above; in the other, an adaptation of
sixteenth-century details for a dining room, the
firfplace with designed and executed j . 6 '
heaped grate by bratt colbran & co. overmantel band is arcaded in carved oak, while
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- painted a plain self-colour, free from the pretentious
B^KS""1^*^^*^ — ...........|„b,..... vulgarity of graining or marbling. A grate (p. 105)
« i-fc." _ i '/ i-aa*a designed for Messrs. George Wright by the late Mr.
B^fflWlllllBliM|jijiiB '■■ B Charles Breden, A.R.I.B.A., belongs to an undemon
MHnnnB E!65: StW» = stl'ative type. Another (p. 112), designed by Mr.
BQjBS^S^M £p Br I Cecil Brewer, for the Coalbrookdale Company, has
W^MI^WrWi i R-l*... I a low relief border of heart and ribbon ornament.
p—BpMBillj li ^mmmr I 0 Dasket grates (pp. 87 and 90) by Messrs.
f t»win"1" 1 win■* ■ " Thomas Worthington & Son, Architects, for
Messrs. George Wragge, are instances of new
treatment of old appliances. Both are in ham-
mered iron, with " armour bright " finish. One
fireplace designed and executed
by w. j. neatby, a.r.m.s.
treatment than the old fashioned marble mantel-
piece could ever even pretend to be. Excellent,
however, though cast iron be when properly treated,
it is yet liable to abuse unless its modelled orna-
ment be kept in quite low relief, so as to avoid all
danger of imitating wood or stone sculpture. For
this reason mantel" registers ought only to be
fireplace designed by a. harold smith
executed by the teale
fireplace co.
of them (p. 90) has convenient hobs at each
side; while the other is rather of the dog-
grate form, although in this case, as indeed in
the generality of modern dog-grates, the dogs are
better adapted for holding logs than for supports
to the fire irons, if not for mere ornament.
Two designs, however, by Mr. W. H. Davies
(pp. 95 and 99) depict ample hearths with andirons
for wood-logs, and surroundings consistently carried
out in keeping. In one case, intended for a hall,
the walls are oak-panelled, having a rough plaster
frieze above; in the other, an adaptation of
sixteenth-century details for a dining room, the
firfplace with designed and executed j . 6 '
heaped grate by bratt colbran & co. overmantel band is arcaded in carved oak, while
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