SKETCH No. 50.
Reading edition
This mantel is like sketch No. 41, except that it has a face brick lining and a metal frame around the opening, and has no portable fireplace.
Width of breast 3 feet 1 inch.
Width of opening 1 " 9 inches.
eight of mantel 4 " 5 "
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, $20.
Price of cream, bull, gray, pink or brown bricks, $30.
Additional cost of frame is $2 for iron or $4 for brass.
Below is a drawing of each ornamental brick used in this design.
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