mantelpiece
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Their work had an unlikely brush with literary fame: during a visit in 1873, Mark Twain was so taken with the dining‑room mantelpiece at Ayton Castle that he purchased it.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
The density of the ornament is matched only by its cheapness, with chalices lined up on the mantelpiece like the decorator raided the trophy case of a middle-school gymnasium.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025
This product is about 4 inches long, with a string for hanging from your rearview mirror or mantelpiece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
A fallen tree’s “live edge” can make a nice mantelpiece or floating shelf, Elfline suggests.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
Get knocked into it with a fist of fatigue to avoid a night of noisy silence, empty birdcages that don’t need wrapping in cloth, of bold unsmiling girls staring from the mantelpiece.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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