The Fieldstone Fireplace...
Outstanding In Its Field!

Fieldstone fireplace designs vary  greatly,  due  to
the wide range in size, shape, color and texture of
the material, itself. A very beautiful stone for build-
ing, fieldstone,  nevertheless, is relatively common
with an earthy, natural appearance.    A fieldstone
hearth  has  the look of durability and strength, as
in the striking example below, right.

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Fieldstone is used to erect virtually anything  that can be constructed
with  stone,  including  foundations
and  walls  for  buildings,  retaining
walls, fences, fireplaces, chimneys, landscape  terracing and waterfalls.

The  examples  below depict a few
of the ways . . . in addition to fire-
places . . . . . in which this natural
building material can be utilized.

Above designs, except for waterfalls, were created by master stone arti-
san, Lew French.

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By definition, fieldstone is stone collected from the surface of fields where it occurs naturally and is subsequently used in its original shape, as shown in the examples below . . . . .

In practice, however, the definition has been expanded to include any ar-
chitectural stone recovered from the topsoil OR subsoil and used not only in its original shape,  but modified by cutting or splitting, as well.   In the following examples, the stones have been cut or split.

Most fieldstones have been left by glacial deposits and are rectangular to oval in shape.   Though they tend to be somewhat flat, the corners have been softened by thousands of years of weathering and tumbling.

They range in color from dark blues, grays and browns to light blues, grays and browns,  rusts and light buffs . . . . . depending upon their geographic location.    For example,  the fieldstone of Pennsylvania is generally darker, with more dark blues and browns (below left)  than the typically tan,  light red, and light blue fieldstone of New England (below right).

Following is a sampling of fieldstone fireplace designs - for both indoors and out - that incorporates a variety of stone sizes,  shapes,  colors  and  tex-
tures.    Some utilize stones or rocks in their original shapes,  while others are made with stones that have been cut or split.

For more information about any of the  fieldstone fireplaces  pictured above,   please  let us know   and
we'll  be  happy  to  provide  it for
you.

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