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Fluted columns support mantelshelf; above shelf smaller fluted columns support top; beveled mirror with applied decoration on eash side; under mantelshelf is more applied decoration - foliate and ribbons; egg-and-dart run along top edges of columns and top of mantel.
mantels
beveling
fluting
mirrors
varnishing
wood (plant material)
glass (material)
Colonial Revival
egg and dart moldings
fluting
foliation (pattern)
scrolling foliage
ribbon (material)
Varnished
Colonial Revival
Fluted
Beveled
Egg-and-Dart
Foliate
Ribbon
Glass
MANTEL
Stamped on rear side: [see worksheet for sketch; letters are around a maltese cross] ""S B & Co 3 8 97""
Original To Gov. Fuller House,
S. B. and Company (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA; Boston, MA, USA, Suffolk Cty
76.5 x 57 x 12 (HxWxD) (inches)
1986.1024
Massachusetts (United States)
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