MIDNIGHT
BLUE
&
COGNAC
In the past, for thousands of years, people used to sit by the fireplace on these calm nights, first open campfires in their huts, later built over with a flue that narrowed to a chimney over the centuries. Especially the fire protection regulations made wooden chimneys disappear by 1850 and brick-built chimneys as we know them today became the standard in Europe. People used the open fireplace to warm up but also to hang cooking pots over the glow, hold skewers with roast meat in the heat or dry wet clothes.
PEOPLE USED THE OPEN FIREPLACE TO WARM UP BUT ALSO TO HANG COOKING POTS OVER THE GLOW, HOLD SKEWERS WITH ROAST MEAT IN THE HEAT OR DRY WET CLOTHES. 173
SISTERMAG 32 | 11 / 2017