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Sketchbook of the Philadelphia & Boston Face Brick Co.

SKETCH No. 17.

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A mantel with guilloche ornament around opening, and the shelf corbelled with three rows of egg and dart.

Width of breast 5 feet 6 inches.

Width of opening 2 " 8 "

Height of mantel 5 " 1 "

Height of opening 2 " 5 "

Price of red face and moulded bricks necessary to lay up this mantel, including the hearth, fire-back, under-fire and tile shelf, $38.

Price of cream, buff, pink, gray or brown bricks, $57.

Price with all the plain bricks of cream and all the moulded bricks of warm gray, $53.

Below is a drawing of each ornamental brick used in this design.

No. 8 Stretcher No. 33 Header

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