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“The original mantel let the room down, while this is more of a sculpture,” designer Colette van den Thillart tells ELLE DECOR, referring to her inventive sunburst fireplace surround pictured ...
Artwork, mirrors, flowers—where to start with mantel decor ideas for your fireplace? Here we share inspiration for elegant designs for living rooms and beyond.
Mantel—Either the shelf above a fireplace or the structure to support masonry above a fireplace [24] Smoke shelf—A shelf below the smoke chamber and behind the damper. It collects debris and water falling down the flue. [25] Throat (waist)—The narrow area above a fireplace usually where the damper is located. [22]
The fireplace mantel or mantelpiece, also known as a chimneypiece, originated in medieval times as a hood that projected over a fire grate to catch the smoke. The term has evolved to include the decorative framework around the fireplace , and can include elaborate designs extending to the ceiling.
In the cabinets the lower part was usually a closed cupboard, paneled and ornamented, with terms between the different divisions, the figure issuing from the vase being now a head only, and now two-thirds of the whole; the top projected, and was upheld by the big columns; and all the surfaces were enriched with sculptures after the approved ...
A 23-year-old hiker who survived 13 days lost in the Australian wilderness after stumbling on two granola bars has thanked his rescuers for enduring “tough conditions” to find him.
Born in Langenstein, Hesse, Germany, Pabst immigrated to the U.S. in 1849 and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he would make his professional career.The excellence of his craftsmanship elevated him above his peers, as did the strongly architectonic (building-like) quality of his furniture designs—often massively scaled, with columns, pilasters, rounded and Gothic arches, bold ...
From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.