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 . . . . .

Above designs, except for waterfalls, were created by master stone artisan, Lew French.

See extraordinary fireplace designs by Lew French!

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 archi-
tectural 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 loca-
tion.    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 in-
corporates  a  variety  of stone sizes, shapes,
colors and textures.    Some  utilize  stones or
rocks in their original shapes,  while others are
made with stones that have been cut or split.

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the  fieldstone  fireplaces  pictured above, please let us know and we'll
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