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Title: Making a Fireplace

Author: Henry H. Saylor

Release Date: September 19, 2008 [EBook #26670]

Language: English

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MAKING A
FIREPLACE

_By_ HENRY H. SAYLOR

AUTHOR OF
BUNGALOWS, MAKING A ROSE GARDEN, ETC.

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY
1913

Copyright, 1913, by
MCBRIDE, NAST & CO.

Published, January, 1913

[Illustration: The fireplace of long ago, made large enough to
accommodate most of the kitchen's pots and pans beside the fire]

CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1

CONSTRUCTION 7

MISCELLANEOUS ODD FORMS 22

FACINGS AND MANTELS 25

MENDING POOR FIREPLACES 31

FIREPLACE ACCESSORIES 36

BUILDING THE FIRE 45

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

THE FIREPLACE OF LONG AGO _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
AN ENGLISH BASKET GRATE IN BRASS 4

A MODERN ENGLISH FIRE CORNER IN CONTRASTING TILES 4

AN INGLENOOK WITH STONE HEARTH 22

CAEN STONE MANTEL FOR THE FORMAL TYPE 26

AN INFORMAL FIREPLACE IN FIELD STONE