Fireplace Mantels & Surrounds · Georgian & Colonial Revival
Federal Mantel from the Drawing Room of the Craig House, Baltimore (c. 1810)
A carved wood mantel from about 1810, from the drawing room of the Craig House in Baltimore, in the refined Federal style of the early republic.
Design characteristics
Baltimore was a center of fine Federal-period craftsmanship. This mantel comes from a drawing room and uses the vocabulary of the period: slender columns or pilasters, a frieze divided into panels, and fine mouldings under a projecting shelf. Federal mantels are an especially good choice for houses that need a fireplace surround with presence but without bulk, including many Colonial Revival homes built in Denver and elsewhere in the early 1900s.
Classification
- Category
- Fireplace Mantels & Surrounds
- Material
- Painted pine
- Date
- ca. 1810
- Recorded medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- Dimensions unavailable
- Evidence
- Documented historical object
Architectural context
Symmetry, classical proportions and refined raised-panel woodwork. Britain and colonial America · original c. 1714–1830; revival c. 1876–1955.
