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A Franklin stove. The Franklin stove is a metal-lined fireplace named after Benjamin Franklin, who invented it in 1742. [1] It had a hollow baffle near the rear (to transfer more heat from the fire to a room's air) and relied on an "inverted siphon" to draw the fire's hot fumes around the baffle. [2]
A Rumford fireplace, sometimes known as a Rumford stove, is a tall, shallow fireplace designed by Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, an Anglo-American physicist best known for his investigations of heat.
By the 1800s, most new fireplaces were made up of two parts, the surround and the insert. The surround consisted of the mantelpiece and side supports, usually in wood, marble or granite . The insert was where the fire burned, and was constructed of cast iron often backed with decorative tiles .
And clearly, other social media users think so too (her original fireplace discovery video garnered almost 200k likes on Instagram). "Our home shouldn't be a serious place. It should be a place ...
The McNeills stayed faithful to the integrity of the home’s parlor while creating a comfy study to suit their needs by using the original hearth bricks and mantel and including the room's 100 ...
Grand Neoclassical interior by Robert Adam, Syon House, London Details for Derby House in Grosvenor Square, an example of the Adam brothers' decorative designs. The Adam style (also called Adamesque or the Style of the Brothers Adam) is an 18th-century neoclassical style of interior design and architecture, as practised by Scottish architect William Adam and his sons, of whom Robert (1728 ...
An andiron, firedog, fire-dog, fire dog or iron-dog is a bracket support, normally one of a pair, on which logs are laid for burning in an open fireplace, so that air may circulate under the firewood, allowing better burning and less smoke. They generally consist of a tall vertical element at the front, with at least two legs.
Located at 183 Mountain Ave in Pequannock, NJ, the Ackerson Mead Clark House is a 21-room Greek Revival mansion built in the mid-1800s.. Although having a three-century history, the home wasn't included on the Register of Historic Sites maintained by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection until a decision was made on July 29, 1981.