. The wood-carver of Salem; Samuel McIntire, his life and work . Plate LX.—Two Mantels on the Third Floor of the Derby-Crowninshield-Rogers House. I >>^^ f. O Pi EO U -T3 an <u c k- oU y^ Mantels and Chimney Pieces basket of fruits and flowers, as well as the wheatsheaves on the pilasters which were features of theLindall-Barnard-Andrews mantel; the festoons arereminiscent of one of the Derby-Crowninshield-Rogers mantels and the reeded pilasters of anotherin that house. The effect here is considerably en-hanced by decorating the architrave with verticalreeded groups of wood in alterna
. The wood-carver of Salem; Samuel McIntire, his life and work . Plate LX.—Two Mantels on the Third Floor of the Derby-Crowninshield-Rogers House. I >>^^ f. O Pi EO U -T3 an <u c k- oU y^ Mantels and Chimney Pieces basket of fruits and flowers, as well as the wheatsheaves on the pilasters which were features of theLindall-Barnard-Andrews mantel; the festoons arereminiscent of one of the Derby-Crowninshield-Rogers mantels and the reeded pilasters of anotherin that house. The effect here is considerably en-hanced by decorating the architrave with verticalreeded groups of wood in alternation with appliedrosettes, and an oval floret adorns the pilaster capital,all of which motives will be seen repeated in thesurbase and cornice of the room. The photographshows another quaint summer blind in place. Impartial criticism seems to favor the Crownin-shield mantel as representing higher refinement indesign and greater precision in workmanship; cer-tainly it is daintier, more exquisitely carved, and theapplied work — festoons, urns, horns of plentyand straight-hanging garlands — are of slenderergrace. The central panel, an oval within a rectan
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