Plain 4-piece rectangular mantels (circa 1865 to 1880)
 | Mantels / Italianate mantels / Rectangular mantels / Plain 4-piece rectangular mantels Plain 4-piece rectangular mantels were completely unadorned. Their starkness contrasts with their contemporaries. The shelves of these mantels (as illustrated in catalogs) were almost entirely of variety A, the simple rectangular shelf. Some of these mantels did not include the capital or plinth of the jambs (both are shown in the example here). |
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Millwork catalog references: Hinkle (1869) page 37 (3) ; Penrhyn (1869) page 29, 30, 31 (2) ; Bradley & Currier (1877) page 36, 38 (2), 42 ; Barber & Henderson (1878) page 23 ; Charles Williams' Sons (1880) page 36, 40 ; | |