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Fireplace mantel

Framework around a fireplace Fireplace mantel of a marble slab atop decorative stonework, at Arlington House Parisian chimneypiece, circa 1775–1785, Carrara marble with gilt bronze, height: 111.4 cm (43+3⁄4 in), width: 169.5 cm (66+3⁄4 in), depth: 41.9 cm (16+1⁄2 in), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A fireplace mantel or mantelpiece, also known as a chimneypiece, originated in medieval times as a hood that projected over a fire grate to catch the smoke.

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