Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . e opening come directly fromthose shown in plate 51, and many motives of the otherconsoles, the frieze, and the overmantel are taken from plates 52 and 53. The con-soles of the fireplace in the parlor (figure 92) are identical with those of plate 50(figure 93), and the carved moulding of its architrave exactly follows the detailgiven on plate 51. The Brice house has been traditionally ascribed to 1740,2 but itis obvious from these relationships that the interior finish, at least, dates from sometime after 1745, at earli
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . e opening come directly fromthose shown in plate 51, and many motives of the otherconsoles, the frieze, and the overmantel are taken from plates 52 and 53. The con-soles of the fireplace in the parlor (figure 92) are identical with those of plate 50(figure 93), and the carved moulding of its architrave exactly follows the detailgiven on plate 51. The Brice house has been traditionally ascribed to 1740,2 but itis obvious from these relationships that the interior finish, at least, dates from sometime after 1745, at earliest. The most elaborate of all the chimneypieces carved in the colonies (figure 94),that of the Council Chamber of the Governor Wentworth house at Little Harbor,near Portsmouth, with its termini supporting the mantel, is derived from plate 64in William Kents Designs of Inigo Jones, a folio work of which several copies 1 Its use at Annapolis has been already noted by T. H. Randall, Colonial Annapolis, Architectural Record, vol. 1 (1892), p. 318. 2 E. g., ib., p. 335- 124. Copyright, 10IQ, by Pc Maurice Kra/cow Figure 92. Console fromchimneypiece of parlor man-tel in the Brice house, An-napolis THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY are known to have been in the colonies. There is a somewhat similar design inSwans book, plate £4, but this has no overmantel and is otherwise not so nearlyidentical with the American example. Facings of marble for the fireplace opening were often provided, the oldesthouses having them being Stenton and Westover. Ordinarily these were plainslabs constituting the fascia of the architrave. At Whitby, built 1754, the soffit
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