“Around the spacious cupola, over the Italian fire-places, is a
ledge to which are affixed pegs, on which postillions hung their wet
clothes to dry. We call the shelves over the fire-places
`mantel-pieces,' but we no longer hang our mantles on them to
dry.” —Memoirs of Col. Macaroni.
More on Mantel-piece from Infoplease:
- Mantel-piece - Mantel-piece (A). A shelf over a fire-place, originally used for drying clothes. “Around the ...
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