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The house already had marble mantelpieces and a Jacuzzi, but Manafort took it to a new level, adding a two-story extension out back, new windows, a roof deck and a slate walkway.
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The house already had marble mantelpieces and a Jacuzzi, but Manafort took it to a new level, adding a two-story extension out back, new windows, a roof deck and a slate walkway.
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The living room has a gas fireplace with a limestone mantelpiece, and there are walnut floors throughout.
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Some of the furniture was designed especially for the house, but paintings, furniture and a marble mantelpiece were purchased by the family in Europe.
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Docents in the Victorian house pointed out the 2,000-pound mantelpiece made of Italian marble and the light fixtures that are French antiques.
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One is perhaps more likely to find a decoy adorning a collector’s mantelpiece than floating in a hunter’s rig.
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The mantelpiece is adorned with a wooden ship that was acquired for $17, antlers that were picked up during a hike, and miscellaneous metal boxes and bowls purchased at an estate sale for pennies.
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The house already had marble mantelpieces and a Jacuzzi, but Manafort took it to a new level, adding a two-story extension out back, new windows, a roof deck and a slate walkway.
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First Known Use of mantelpiece
1660
MANTELPIECE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of mantelpiece for English Language Learners
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: the shelf above a fireplace and the decorative pieces on the sides of the fireplace
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