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   lat_axe | Jun 26, 2020 05:33pm | #1

   Mario Rodriguez wrote a book of fireplace surround designs and how to make them, published by Taunton press. Is it in there?

   https://www.amazon.com/Building-Fireplace-Mantels-Distinctive-Projects/dp/1561583855/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Mario+rodriguez&qid=1593207109&s=books&sr=1-1

   There are a couple of his fire[lace articles on this website, including a fireplace mantle with four square panels and in an A&C style - but the squares are a lot bigger than 2 inches.....

   https://www.finewoodworking.com/1998/08/01/a-mantel-with-a-mission

   Lataxe

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   steptayl | Jun 28, 2020 07:15pm | #2

   Lataxe,
   Thanks for the reply.

   I know it wasn't in Mario's book since I don't have it and teh 4 panels i have seen - teh mission surround. My windows were in the legs/columns, if i am remembering right.

   I could try and make my own design but this mystery one was so perfect.

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   MikeInOhio | Jun 28, 2020 10:29pm | #3

   Are the "windows" kinda like these or are they openings that allow you to see the wall behind?

   
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   lat_axe | Jun 29, 2020 03:39am | #4

   Small cut out squares in a group of 4 are features of Limbert and some Mission furniture (both now classed as A&C styles). A quick image search on the web throws up these examples:

   https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9b/7d/b3/9b7db3a7bd6366245e405e76f0a0da6f.png

   https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.tA4jF9u7ZagUlctnnu7eqwHaGo%26pid%3DApi&f=1

   There are no doubt more such items, if one could come up with a better search procedure than just "Limbert fireplace" or "Mission fire surround".

   Kevin Rodel does various items that borrow a bit of Limbert and/or Mission, including those 4-square cut-outs; but I can't find a fireplace surround by him in FWW.

   Lataxe

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   steptayl | Jul 02, 2020 03:40pm | #5

   MikeInOhio

   they are not meant to show the wall. They were clustered like Lat_axe mentions in Limbert designs. I'm sure they were meant to copy Limbert. I believe they had a background to them for cover and color.

   TY

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   steptayl | Jul 02, 2020 03:45pm | #6

   Lataxe

   You are right on for the inspiration. The lower bed head side 2x2 windows look just like the image I retained. I have looked in FWW, PWW, Wood, and Woodsmith to no avail. As I said it was an article somewhere, I would have thought one of my regulars but nothing has showed. Very confused. I could come up with my own plan based on Limbert's 2x2.

   TY

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   lat_axe | Jul 02, 2020 05:13pm | #7

   There's a lot to be said for coming up with your own design albeit in a well-known style inclusive of various motifs, timber choices, proportional arrangements, finishes and the like. It seems to teach far more when you have to design a thing yourself rather than follow a plan, as you start to understand why a certain style looks like it does.

   Of course a definite piece of furniture, including an exploded drawing of it as often found in FWW, is a very useful way to understand the typical joinery of a style as well.

   Personally I like many of the more straightforward A&C styles including Mission, Cotswold, Limbert and Greene & Greene. I've built many pieces in those styles but not followed a plan for any of them. It's more like using a language than making a replication.

   And if you design your own, you can often fit it into the house-hole you have for it, whereas a planned item might refuse that hole and demand a bigger one. :-)

   Lataxe