Fireplace Mantels & Surrounds · Tudor & Tudor Revival
Dining Room Chimneypiece, Hatfield House (photographed 1904)
Charles Latham's 1904 photograph of the dining room chimneypiece at Hatfield House, a tall Jacobean fireplace surround with columns, strapwork and an overmantel.
Design characteristics
Jacobean chimneypieces typically rose in two stages: a fireplace surround with columns or pilasters, and a taller overmantel with niches, carved strapwork or heraldry above. This example at Hatfield shows the type. For a Tudor Revival living room, a two-stage chimneypiece in oak is the most powerful single element you can add. Simplified versions, with plain panels in place of carving, can still capture the silhouette.
Classification
- Category
- Fireplace Mantels & Surrounds
- Material
- Oak
- Motifs
- Strapwork
- Photograph
- 1904
- Photographer
- Charles Latham (1847-1912)
- Evidence
- Photograph of a documented interior or object
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Architectural context
Dark oak paneling, linenfold, strapwork and heavy plank doors. England · original c. 1485–1603; revival c. 1890–1940.
