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Sketchbook of the Philadelphia & Boston Face Brick Co.

SKETCH No. 22.

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Drawing of interior of an English hall or a living-room, showing a high fireplace built of brick. The top of the hood would be plastered and painted a color to harmonize with the decorations. The corbels are to be of brick.

Width of breast 6 feet 8 inches.

Width of opening 4 " 8 "

Height of mantel 8 " 8 "

Height of opening 6 "

Price of red face and moulded bricks necessary to lay up this mantel, including the hearth, fire-back, under-fire and corbels, $82.

Price of cream, buff, brown, pink or gray bricks, $123.

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

No. 3 Stretcher No. 5 Stretcher No. 8 Stretcher

Illustration from Sketchbook of the Philadelphia & Boston Face Brick Co.
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No. 10 Stretcher No. 11 Left Face Return In No. 15 Stretcher

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No. 101 Stretcher No. 117 Stretcher

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Illustration from Sketchbook of the Philadelphia & Boston Face Brick Co.
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