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Title: Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961 Lyman, Clara Brown
Subjects: Interior decoration Furniture House furnishings
Publisher: Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday, Page & Co
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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)ad points of the chinmey. The gas grate of to-day is a very ditterent article from that installed whengas burning was first introduced—as a fire))lace ornament. The j^eifection ofmanufacture has resulted in a grate with which no one can find fault. Gas gratesare of two varieties—those which reciuire a chimney or flue and those that requireneither. The grate re(;uiring a flue is termed a multiple biunei: it has a per-forated face plate with cast-iron Itack to the burner; this gives a flame over theentire face. The back of the grate is lined with heavy asbestos board. The flueless and odorless gas grate has tlie same burner as the other, but isconstructed differently on three ditterent plans: One has an asl)estos back andhot-air chamber around the fire, with asbestos board lining, which passes theheated air into the room through the register under the board. The second isthe cast-iron imitation log; and the third the odorless terra-cotta log, both without 157
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Wood and Tile Mantel, by \Vm. II. Jackson Co., 29 East 17th St., New York City an air cliamber. Odorless gas logs are constructed on the same principle as tliegas grate. Tlie choice of a fireplace mantel requires more thought than it did a dozenyears ago, because the materials and combination of materials have, in the handsof clever specialists, been perfected to such an extent that there is little to hedesired in the way of artistic appearance, utility or convenience. To some people the fireplace built entirely of ornamental pressed brick orunglazed tile, with or without a wooden shelf, appeals strongly. Others preferthe mantel made entirely of wood, with only a. facing about the fire opening oflirick, tile or stone, and with or without the beveled mirror aliove the shelf. Others,especially where there aic stately rooms decorated in French style, prefer the im-ported marble mantel. The choice is merely a matter of taste, but it is well to 158

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