Sentence:  Sepia Delft tiles <WSD>surrounded</WSD> the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.