Decorative rectangular mantels (circa 1865 to 1880)
 | Mantels / Italianate mantels / Rectangular mantels / Decorative 4-piece rectangular mantels Decorative rectangular mantels incorporated types of embellishments of the 1870s. They stand in contrast with the starkness of the plain 4-piece mantels of the time. In most of these mantels, the frieze ran above the jambs. The shelves of these mantels (as illustrated in catalogs) were 72% variety A, the simple rectangular shelf, plus 16% unstated and 12% types B, E, and G. These mantels sometimes had more than four pieces, usually six. |
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Millwork catalog references: Woodward's National Architect (1869) page 96 (2) ; Cummings (1873) page 51 (2) ; Bicknell (1873) page 45 ; Bradley & Currier (1877) page 29 (4) ; Barber & Henderson (1878) page 23 (2) ; Palmer, Fuller & Co. (1879) page 81 ; Nichols (1880) page 18, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27 ; Charles Williams' Sons (1880) page 36 ; Bradley & Currier (1880) page 38B (2), 38D (3) ; | |