Meaning of mantel-piece | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of mantelpiece.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“On the mantel-piece two alabaster figures supported each a little lamp, whose flame was tinted by the stained flowers; […]”

“It was Friday—the next day was Saturday—the third—he read it on the japanned card-rack, which was nailed near his mantel-piece—was Sunday—he knew not how he should face his parishioners.”

“[…] while the suites of small rooms which had come into favor under the Regent led to a reduction in the size of mantel-pieces, and to the use of less massive and perhaps less architectural ornament. In the eighteenth century, mantel-pieces in Italy and France were almost always composed of a marble or stone architrave surmounted by a shelf of the same material, while the over- mantel consisted of a mirror, framed in mouldings varying in design from the simplest style to the most ornate.”

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