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The primary functions of a fireback are to protect the wall at the back of the fireplace and radiate heat from the fire into the room. The protection was especially important where the wall was constructed of insubstantial material such as daub (a mud and straw mixture coating interwoven wooden wattles), brick or soft stone.
Cousances was a brand of enameled cast iron cookware ("cocotte" in French). [2] [3] [4] originally manufactured by a foundry in the town of Cousances-les-Forges in northeastern France.
Back (fireback)—The inside, rear wall of the fireplace of masonry or metal that reflects heat into the room. [21] Brick trimmer—A brick arch supporting a hearth or shielding a joist in front of a fireplace. [21] Chimney breast—The part of the chimney which projects into a room to accommodate a fireplace. [21]
A less well known side of Shaw's work was the manufacture of fake furniture, stone monuments, memorial brasses, iron firebacks and firedogs. It grew out of the experience he gained repairing and restoring antique furniture and woodwork as he transformed the interiors of his own house in the 1830s and received added impetus from 1842 onwards from the commission to create the Trinity Chapel in ...
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Indeed, andirons and firebacks were one of the first types of object commonly made in cast iron (introduced to the West in the 15th century), a trend which in England began in the 1540s: until the nineteenth century cast iron was too brittle for many uses, but andirons carried light loads and this was not a problem. [2]