chimney piece
AmericanEtymology
Origin of chimney piece
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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Downstairs, amid the stained glass, oak paneling and carved stone chimney piece of a Gothic-style sitting room, was a tangerine foot about the size of a small car.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2019
Sitting in the Great Hall of Cliveden House, we took in the ornate oak paneling, Belgian wall tapestries and the 16th-century stone chimney piece, sheltering a roaring fire.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2014
Christie’s judiciously reproduced a photograph taken around 1935 that shows them in situ, on either side of a marble chimney piece designed by Richard Castle, who died in 1751.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2011
Sandby, who had designed a marble chimney piece for one of the rooms, was probably commissioned to paint the two views as a celebration of the architectural achievement.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2010
Bob, in delight, dragged Winkle into the back room where sat Ben Allen, amusing himself by boring holes in the chimney piece with a red-hot poker.
From Tales from Dickens by Rives, Hallie Erminie
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