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Title |
Donnelly Fire Place Mantle, c. 1880s-1890s |
Object Name |
Mantel |
Description |
Donnelly Fire Place, c. 1880s-1890s is seperated into five pieces as follows. (A) Top piece of the mantle, it would rest upon two support pieces and served as a counter top that could hold decorative objects. Made of wood with a cream paint, it is shaped like a stout and wide bell. (B) Large wooden piece with a cream paint and floral carvings. The carvings appear to be branches of a blossom tree with the majority of the flowers on proper left and decreasing as they move to the proper right. This piece potentially could have been placed above the rest of the mantle as a decoration of some kind. (C) Wooden support for the mantle top, one of two identical pieces; this one appears to have been on the proper right. It is an L shaped spiral with Bay or Eucalyptus leaves going down the front. At the bottom is a read leaf in the shape of a star. (D) Wooden support for the mantle top, one of two identical pieces; this one appears to have been on the proper left. It is an L shaped spiral with Bay or Eucalyptus leaves going down the front. At the bottom is a read leaf in the shape of a star. (E) Main decorative panel, it would go behind the two support beams and under the mantle top. The carvings are of floral spiraling vines moving outwards from the center, each vine has a red flower in their center. The flower on proper left pedals' curl out while the pedals on the proper right curl inward. The center of the carving is a crest of coat of arms with a band moving diagonally from proper top left to proper bottom right. |
Date |
c. 1880s-1890s |
Creator |
Donnelly, Caroline Terry |
Catalog Number |
2013.015.001 |
Dimensions |
H-31.25 W-72.5 D-14.5 inches |
Dimension Details |
(A) 3.5" x 72.5" x 14.5" (B) 26" x 72.5" x 1.75" (C) 31.25" x 6" x 14.5" (D) 31.25" x 6" x 14.5" (E) 12" x 47.5" x 2" |
Collection |
3D - Building Components |
Provenance |
Fireplace mantle from a house built by John Donnelly (1830-19107) of Burlingame for his son Daniel Webster Donnelly (1864-1908) and his wife Caroline Terry (1875-c. 1960). Caroline was an accomplished artist and did the carving. House was on Donnelly Ave. just east of the John Donnelly home. |
Search Terms |
Donnelly, Caroline Terry Donnelly, Daniel Webster Donnelly, John Estates Fireplace Great Estates |
Subjects |
Carving Estates Fireplaces |
People |
Donnelly, Caroline Terry Donnelly, Daniel Webster Donnelly, John |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Bill Wehrend |