Meaning of chimney piece | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“The designs for Chimney Pieces are of Grecian, Roman, Gothic, and Elizabethan styles of architecture, some being suitable for houses of moderate pretensions, as also others of a more expensive character to decorate the extensive and highly-finished mansion.”

“1984, J. P. Donleavy, De Alfonce Tennis, New York: Dutton / Seymour Lawrence, Part 5, p. 86, a vast drawing room asprawl with immense sofas, high backed chairs, two massive refectory tables and four chimney pieces”

“First Floor/Rere Room: Doors, door cases, chimney piece, decorative plaster ceiling.”

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