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Mirrorless Overmantel (1880 to 1917)


Mantels / Queen Anne mantels / Small Overmantels / Mirrorless Overmantel

These Queen Anne mantels were designed with an overmantel but no mirror. In the twentieth century, these mantels were quite simple in design, especially after 1910.
Millwork catalog references:

Innis (1880) page 5 ; Comstock (1881) page 40 (3) ; Paine's Furniture (1892) page 20 ; St. Louis S&D (1895) page 287 ; Gernert (1898) page 283 ; Foster Munger (1899) page 307-309 ; Hornet Mantel Co. (1900) page 18, 21-23, 26, 28, 31, 40-41 ;