18th Century Hidden Fireplaces
In 18th and 19th century buildings there can be a profusion of fireplaces flues soot boxes and small grates.
18th century hidden fireplaces. Wonderful 18th century trammel candle holder adjustable hanging wrought iron. Chesneys georgian collection encompasses chimneypiece design throughout the 18th century. The adam brothers advocated an integrated style for architecture and interiors with walls. A formal mid 18th century chimneypiece featuring side projecting female caryatids.
The clandon fireplace carved in limestone is based on a queen. A fine example of mid 18th century design with robustly carved. Increasingly appreciated are the 1930 s art deco designs. Late 18th century english chimneypiece in statuary marble with horizontally.
In english colonial homes fireplaces typically were surrounded by simple floor to ceiling paneling usually plain vertical or bead edged planks. The adam style or adamesque and style of the brothers adam is an 18th century neoclassical style of interior design and architecture as practised by the three scottish brothers robert adam 1728 1792 james adam 1732 1794 and william adam of whom robert and james were the most widely known. The clandon fireplace carved in limestone is based on a queen. This lavish use of heating was partly due to the relative cheapness efficiency and availability of coal.
Big chimneys were needed for colonial houses in the 18th century to support multiple fireplaces. A mid 18th century chimneypiece with moulded dog leg jambs a. True mantels were rare before the 1800s. A mid 18th century chimneypiece with moulded dog leg jambs a.
Regency 13 the pleasing combination of scale and simplicity makes regency fireplaces an ideal choice for modern and period rooms. An impressive late 18th century limestone chimneypiece of strong architectural form. If the house was dutch the fireplace flue projected into the room concealed by a massive hood. The very earliest american hearths were flush with the wall.
The alderney is the most recent addition to our georgian collection. A mid 18th century chimneypiece in statuary marble with breakfront corniced. As heating technology shifted in the 18th to 19th centuries the architecture of the homes in the united states also changed. This type of fireplace design known as the rumford fireplace was a success and is still popular today.
The blenheim is a grand fireplace in the style of william.