Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2016.055.005 |
Object Name |
Mantel |
Title |
Mirrored Mantel from Branningham Grove |
Date |
Early 20th century? |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
An ornate white-painted, wooden mantel w a plain, smooth column on each side of the fireplace with a Corinthean top (very detailed). Each column has a flat top on which an urn or vase could be placed. Above the fireplace is a shelf which is divided below with three sections - the centre section has a detail of two crossed torches. On either side are upward arcing floral garlands. There is a bevelled mirror above the fireplace and above the mirror is a second, shallower shelf supported by six braces. At the back of the shelf is a wooden detail of two scrolls with another upward arcing floral garland in the centre. |
Provenance |
Extracted and salvaged from one of the main floor rooms of Branningham Grove. The brick farmhouse was built in 1881 in the former Sydenham Township, on a farm near the eastern outskirts of Owen Sound. Later annexed to the city, its last address was 2010 16th Street East. Its first owners were Walter and Mary Holmes. From 1907-1915, it belonged to Margaret (Mag) Matthews. Agnes Palmour owned it next, and then Dennis Hatton. The Cecil G. Toms family purchased it from the Estate of Dennis Hatton. The Toms family resided there from 1940-1974. Then it was sold to Lillian Weaver, who owned it for several years, and then sold it to the Gavaris family, who operated a fine dining restaurant there called the "Louis' Steakhouse", until 1997. It last belonged to Swisscan Properties Inc. who demolished it in the fall of 2016 to either develop or sell the land upon which it sat. |
Collection |
Furniture, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Wood/Glass/Paint/Metal |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Holmes, Walter Toms, Cecil Toms, Violet Matthews, Margaret (Mag) Hatton, Dennis Gavaris family Weaver, Lillian Palmour, Agnes |
Subjects |
Fireplaces Architectural decorations & ornaments Mantels Heat |
Search Terms |
Branningham Grove |