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Full-Width Mirror Overmantel (1880 to 1917)


Mantels / Queen Anne mantels / Large Overmantels / Full Width Mirror Overmantel

These mantels were characterized by the mirror extending completely over the mantel shelf. The two shelves were sometimes expressed as entablatures. The jambs included a variety of elements, including freestanding columns, rounded pilasters, or flat pilasters. A common option found in about half of the millwork catalogs showed the lower shelf interrupting the columns, rather than having full-height columns. The lower shelf was often rounded in the middle in catalogs around 1905.
Millwork catalog references:

Innis (1880) page 9, 13, 19, 21, 27, 31, 33, 41, 45, 53 ; Comstock (1881) page 60, 75 ; Bradley & Currier (1882) page 42B, 42C (3) ; J.W. Bailey & Sons (1883) page 42 ; Charles A. Millen (1889) page 7, 19, 20, 22, 25 ; Orelup & Pearson (1890) page 10, 11, 13, 16, 20, 21, 23 ; T.W. Corbett (1890) page 3, 4, 6, 8-11, 14-18, 21, 22, 32, 36 ; Roberts Louisiana (1891) page 89 ; Paine (1891) page 221-224, 232 ; Pettyjohn & Thornhill (1891) page 42-45 ; Paine's Furniture (1892) page 22, 36, 38, 52, 54, 56 ; Mulliner (1893) page 237, 238 ; Paine (1893) page 237, 238 ; Foster Munger (1895) page 178, 180, 182, 183, 185, 186-188 ; St. Louis S&D (1895) page 307, 309, 313, 315, 319, 321, 323, 325, 329, 333, 345 ; Foster Munger (1897) page 227, 230, 231, 233-235 ; Gernert (1898) page 285, 286 (2), 287 (2), 288 (2), 289 (2), 290 (2), 295 (2), 296 (2) ; Western (1899) page 159, 160, 162-168 ; Foster Munger (1899) page 313, 314, 316-319, 321-325 ; Pease (1900) page 82-96 ; Huttig (St. Louis) (1900) page 324-333, 335, 338, 340-343 ; Morley Bros. (1900) page 8, 11, 13-15, 18-19, 21 ; E.L. Roberts (1900) page 167, 170, 174-177 ; Huttig (Muscatine) (1900) page 167, 170, 174-177 ; Foster Munger (1900) page 344-348, 350-357 ; Hornet Mantel Co. (1900) page 9-10, 12-17, 20, 24-25, 27, 36-37, 39, 42, 44-51, 58-61 ; Morgan (1901) page 93-95 ; Foster Munger (1902) page 356-359, 361-372 ; Memphis S&D (1903) page 160-163 ; Chandler (1904) page 44 ; Alexander (1904) page 98, 100 ; Radford (1904) page 254-257, 259-261, 265 ; Rockwell (1904) page 167 ;