VICTORIAN Mantel Shelf, Solid Pine Wood Fireplace Oven Floating Piece

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AESTHETIC/EASTLAKE With influences from medieval to Turkish to Japanese, the mantel proper may be flat with minimal decoration, while the overmantel is an elaborate construction of shelves, mirrors, and niches for the display of worldy objets d’art. A mantel should not be shorter than the width of the fireplace including the hearth. A wood mantel must be at least six inches from the firebox, and should extend a minimum of three inches beyond the surround. The mantel overlaps the surround. The entablature (head, lintel, or frieze) below the shelf and its bed moulding should be deeper than each leg is wide. Mantel legs resting on the hearth look better and meet modern fire codes.

Available in three lengths/widths: 120cm (47''), 140cm (55'') cm and 165cm (65''), with or without corbels. Salem, Massachusetts. By the 1820s, the Greek Revival style was ascendant, and with it came a plain, structural rather than refined style. GREEK REVIVAL These mantels are usually based on the plain, post-and-lintel construction of Greek temples. White marble is the height of Athenian splendor, but most American Greek Revival mantels are of wood, sometimes faux-painted with veining.

Anatomy of a Fireplace

Please, note that all the sample pictures feature 140 cm long shelves, your perfect fit will depend on the specific place you intend to install it.

All options are available from the drop-down ''length'' list menu located between the title and the "Buy it now" button. When you select an option from this list, the picture will change, showing you the the length/width, respectively with or w/o corbels and the price.RENAISSANCE REVIVAL Formal, delicately carved mantel-pieces once again are likely to include an overmantel. The exact place of the corbels under the mantel shelf can be chosen by you at the time of installation. Antique, vintage, and reproduction fireplace mantels and accessories are available for your new construction or to enhance an existing fireplace. An 1811 country mantel with little ornamentation nevertheless has fluted pilasters and dentil moulding.

GOTHIC REVIVAL These mantels accentuate the perpendicular. The firebox opening or overmantel typically features a pointed Gothic or shallow Tudor arch. In an 18th-century Massachusetts house, the highlight of a parlor added in the 1780s is a beautiful, hand-carved mantel in fine Federal style. Note the delicacy of mouldings, dentils, and ornament. The rosette frieze is repeated in the chair rail. The floating mantel shelf is very easy to assemble and install, and comes with all the necessary hardware pieces and photo instructions. Help and assistance available via mail or phone. Over the mantel Traditional options for the wall over the mantel include artwork, a mirror, taxidermy, or a textile. In the first quarter of the 20th century, art was often a plein-air or landscape painting, a portrait, or such period favorites as Edward Curtis prints of Native Americans. When a mirror was used, often it was beveled glass set into mouldings over the hearth, rather than a florid piece hung on the wall, as in previous periods. Animal heads continued to be popular in Western and Rustic homes or dens. Bring out the inherent (or preferred) style of your bungalow or Colonial Revival house with a well-dressed hearth and mantel.

Mantel Styles by Era

REVIVALS The most widespread designs of the early 20th century are Colonial Revival. Wood is often painted in an off-white color. Various arch shapes define Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival mantels. Mantel Beauty ROCOCO Many mid-19th-century marble mantels have an arched firebox opening. The spandrels forming the arch often overflow with carved fruits, leaves and flowers, or cherubic figures in three-dimensional relief. Wood mantels are carved. All mantelpieces are made from solid first grade pine, painted in undercoat paint, ready to be painted with a final paint color of your choice. Please note, the photos show the item with a final paint layer but you will receive your piece with an undercoat layer only.