Overmantel
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OVERMANTEL, the name given to decorative cabinet work, or joinery, applied to the upper part of a fireplace.
The ScheideMantel house is forest green clapboard and shingle bungalow with a stone foundation cozy veranda. The interior has oak floors and chestnut woodwork.
Mantelpiece - The wood, brick, stone or marble frame surrounding a fireplace, frequently including an over-mantel or mirror above; sometimes called chimney-piece.
Mantelpiece The framed area surrounding a fireplace, usually of wood, brick, stone or mar
ble, frequently including a mantel shelf; sometimes called a chimneypiece.
Mantel
The frame surrounding a fireplace, often with a shelf above the opening.
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Mantel:
The shelf above a fireplace. The term is also commonly used to refer to the decorative trim around a fireplace opening known as a fireplace surround.
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Overmantel
decorative feature or panel above a fireplace surround.
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An antique mantelpiece mirror and a footstall which Liz embroidered herself were destroyed, and the ceiling, carpet and walls were ruined by smoke and water.
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8. Glasner House Mantel Clock
With a wooden base and glass panel, this small clock is inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's art glass window at the 1905 Glasner House in Glencoe, Illinois.
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CHIMNEY-PIECE A mantelpiece, usually of wood or marble, that surrounds the sides and top of a fireplace opening.
CHIMNEY-STACK An upright structure in stone or brick, containing flues and rising above the roof.
Fireplace mantels are immediately upgraded when a stain grade column is installed. Pilasters and architectural pillars enrich a room to its full elegance.
iron, were constructed on a "through and through" basis, meaning that the individual iron bars of which they were made, pierced or threaded through other bars, and were themselves threaded through, making the whole thing impossible to dismantel.
Another scroll is found on the mantel in the library. Flanked by built-in bookcases, the fireplace is incorporated into the room primarily for warmth, but is an important design feature.
Mantlet wall: The outer wall of a late medieval castle that was situated between the main curtain and the moat. (L. mantellum, cloak).
Manzil: A fortified hostel on the Iberian peninsula.
 See also: Architecture, House, Ornament, Floor, Cornice
  
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