Antique Marble Fireplaces
Stunning antique marble fireplaces, mantels & chimneypieces made in variety of different antique marbles, including Sienna marble, Statuary marble, Cippolino marble and Verde antico marble.
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Stock: 16481
A fine Rococo Louis XV chimneypiece in pavonazzo marble. The serpentine shelf sits above a beautifully carved panelled frieze, centred with a shell cartouche framed by sprays of olive. This is framed by the scrolling enblocks, mounted over the scrolling console jambs. carved with a simple stop-fluted decoration.
French, mid-19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 7⁄8"
147 cms |
43 13⁄16"
111.2 cms |
16"
40.7 cms |
| Internal |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
36 1⁄2"
92.7 cms |
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Listed Price: £14,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 6628
A large Victorian Kilkenny marble arched fireplace with star decoration. This large and grand fireplace is carved from a striking black Kilkenny marble, with white fossils dramatically set against a black background. The large moulded shelf rest on the generous spandrel jambs with chamfered corners, carved with a Star of David decoration, which flanks the keystone of cartouche form, mounted above the generously moulded arched opening.
English, c.1860.
Measurements footblock to footblock 185.3cm
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
78 1⁄4"
198.8 cms |
50 3⁄8"
128 cms |
15"
38 cms |
| Internal |
39 3⁄8"
100 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
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Listed Price: £11,400 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16643
A small but fine Louis XV Rococo fireplace in a very subtly mottled Carrara marble. The serpentine frieze is centred by a rocaille or shell and foliate scrollwork with trailing flowers, and this motif is echoed on the scrolling endblocks and canted console jambs.
French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
52 13⁄16"
134 cms |
42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
15 3⁄8"
39.2 cms |
| Internal |
35 5⁄8"
90.3 cms |
35"
88.8 cms |
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Stock: 16736
A deeply moulded bolection fireplace in a very dark grey, hard limestone with subtle veining.
Italian, late 20th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
50 3⁄16"
127.4 cms |
43 3⁄16"
109.8 cms |
5 1⁄8"
13 cms |
| Internal |
36 1⁄8"
91.6 cms |
36 1⁄8"
91.6 cms |
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Listed Price: £8,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16483
A fine Louis XV Pompadour fireplace in Belgian black marble. This pompadour fireplace is boldly carved with a serpentine shelf, over a panelled serpentine frieze flanked by scrolling endblocks over generous, canted console jambs. A dramatic fireplace with a beautiful finish.
French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 3⁄8"
156 cms |
48 11⁄16"
123.8 cms |
13 11⁄16"
34.8 cms |
| Internal |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
40 3⁄8"
102.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £7,200 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 6625
An exceptionally rare chimneypiece by Robert Adam.
This chimneypiece is an exciting new discovery. Commissioned by General John Burgoyne (1722-1792) for the eating room of his London residence at 10 Hertford St, Mayfair, it was designed by Robert Adam to embrace the Italian Neoclassicism both patron and architect had enjoyed during their time in Italy.
Burgoyne was a professional soldier, and despite being the son of a Baronet he relied on his military income. In 1743, he eloped with Lady Charlotte Stanley and as a result the pair were denied Lady Charlotte’s dowry, forcing them into and an extended trip to Europe to avoid their creditors in 1749.
It was in Aix-en-Provence that the couple struck up a friendship with the young architect, meeting him again in Florence, and visiting him at his apartments in Rome on several occasions. When their fortune had been restored by the generosity of Lady Charlotte’s father, the couple sought an architect to design the interiors for their new home they had leased on Hertford St. Naturally they engaged their friend Robert Adam, who set about designing the interior mouldings, chimneypieces and furniture for the fourteen rooms. Many of the drawings for these interiors survive in the Sir John Soane archive. At this time, Robert Adam was still Architect of the King’s Works, so Burgoyne had employed the very best architect to finish his new home.
Adam’s grand tour similarly started in France, and continued to Florence and Rome, where he met Giovanni Battista Piranesi, an established architect and printmaker known for his fantastical drawings of ancient ruins and precise interpretation of classicism. The pair enjoyed many drawing excursions together, the product of which became an essential marketing tool for the young architect, who sent these sketches back to England to win business, which it did. Within five years of his return to England, Adam was swamped with work.
What makes this chimneypiece so interesting is undoubtedly its association and stylistic similarities with Piranesi, with whom Adam shared a close friendship. We know for certain that this chimneypiece was designed after Adam’s time in Rome, having been commissioned by Burgoynes in 1769. Interestingly, this is the date of publication for Piranesi’s volume of chimneypiece designs, his Diverse Manière Cammini, which comprises 62 fanciful designs designed to be a complete departure from the Italian neoclassicism which emerged in the Renaissance.
This chimneypiece is not only Italianate in design, it is also constructed very much in the Italian manner, utilising 4 large blocks of marble which were hewn into shape from the whole. In contrast, English chimneypiece construction of this period was more aligned with cabinetmaking, using sheets of marble that were joined together. Here, the tablet and endblocks have been let in, and it is perhaps the case that the chimneypiece was made in Italy under instruction from Robert Adam and was finished in England. The carving is exquisite and bears many similarities to a design Piranesi published in his volume. Simple in form, the shelf features a small egg and dart moulding above crisply carved dentil and leaf and dart mouldings. This is supported by a generous frieze, inset with panels of verde antico marble centred by an urnular tablet, and flanked by endblocks carved with candlestands, which also bear resemblance to Piranesi’s design. The verde antico is also inset on the jambs, and the opening is framed with more exquisitely carved leaf and dart, which continues around the footblocks. This chimneypiece is very substantial in size, and is a truly innovative piece of 18th century design, and a striking departure from other English chimneypieces of the same date.
English, c.1769.
Full provenance on request.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
79 1⁄4"
201.5 cms |
56 1⁄8"
142.5 cms |
8 7⁄8"
22.5 cms |
| Internal |
50"
127 cms |
40 5⁄8"
103.2 cms |
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Stock: 16305
A beautiful Pompadour chimneypiece in a boldly veined breche violette fireplace. The serpentine panelled frieze is supported by angled panelled jambs over plain footblocks. Small but perfectly formed!
French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
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54 5⁄8"
138.7 cms |
41 1⁄2"
105.5 cms |
14 1⁄4"
36.2 cms |
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Listed Price: £7,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16560
An elegant Louis XVI fireplace in a boldly veined dove grey bardiglio fiorito. The breakfront shelf sits above a stop-fluted frieze, which is flanked by acanthus paterae endblocks. These are supported by scrolling console jambs.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 1⁄8"
145 cms |
44 3⁄16"
112.2 cms |
16 5⁄8"
42.2 cms |
| Internal |
40"
101.5 cms |
34"
86.3 cms |
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Stock: 14723
A small Louis XIV chimneypiece in campan marble. This Baroque chimneypiece is carved from a beautifully veined campan marble, with a generous bolection moulding framing the rounded opening.
The perfect fireplace if you love the bolection shape, but also want a fireplace with a shelf.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
50"
127 cms |
39 3⁄16"
99.5 cms |
15 3⁄16"
38.5 cms |
| Internal |
35 5⁄8"
90.5 cms |
32 11⁄16"
83 cms |
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Listed Price: £8,400 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 14250
A very fine and delicately carved Louis XVI antique French chimneypiece. The slender shelf rests over a frieze carved in low relief with Vitruvian scrolls amongst foliage, and set with a tablet carved with a portrait cameo and ribboned floral garland. The frieze is supported on corbel jambs with floral garlands. The fireplace has its original ornate cast iron insert, decorated with a bead and reel border, with a torchere and quiver motif.
French, mid 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
67 7⁄8"
172.4 cms |
44 1⁄4"
112.5 cms |
18 7⁄8"
47.9 cms |
| internal |
47 3⁄8"
120.5 cms |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
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Stock: 16724
A rare pair of very fine Louis XV Rococo marble fireplaces in a beautifully veined seravezza marble. On each, the serpentine shelf is mounted over the serpentine frieze, beautifully carved with a central rocaille cartouche and trailing flowers. The scrolled corners on the frieze meet the jambs where they elegantly taper to the base.
It is extraordinarily rare to have an original pair of fireplaces of such quality.
French, mid-19th century.
Provenance: A fine house in Italy.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61"
155 cms |
43 11⁄16"
111 cms |
16 1⁄4"
41.5 cms |
| Internal |
45 11⁄16"
116 cms |
35 5⁄8"
90.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £46,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16674
A fine and large Belgian arched fireplace in a pure white statuary marble. The breakfront shelf rests on a deep and generously carved frieze, with a Greek key like low relief band of carving centred by a large and rather Baroque tablet with floral and foliate garlands framing an androgynous mask mounted on a cartouche. This cartouche is echoed on the endblocks, which sit above the boldly carved and substantial acanthus corbel, console jambs which are also embellished with rose garlands carved exquisitely in high relief. These frame the arched opening which is detailed with laurel spandrels and a plain keystone.
Belgian, c.1860.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
76 1⁄4"
193.7 cms |
47 1⁄8"
119.7 cms |
16 1⁄4"
41.5 cms |
| Internal |
37"
94 cms |
31 1⁄4"
79.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £22,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16573
A very large and grand rouge royale marble Victorian fireplace. The warm, rusty red marble with bold white and grey veining is shown to its full potential with this design. The wide moulded shelf rests on boldly carved corbels mounted on wide and deep jambs. These frame the arched opening which is bordered by simply panelled spandrels.
English, c.1880.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
86 13⁄16"
220.5 cms |
50"
127 cms |
13 3⁄16"
33.5 cms |
| Internal |
37 7⁄8"
96.3 cms |
37 7⁄8"
96.3 cms |
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Listed Price: £8,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 15905
A small Belgian fireplace in the Baroque style. The moulded shelf is highlighted with a band of inlaid Sarrancolin marble, and this rests over the frieze which is mounted with lozenge tablets in the same marble. The whole is supported on generous corbel jambs and the opening is bordered by a slender slip in Sarrancolin.
Belgian, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 1⁄8"
145 cms |
55 7⁄8"
142 cms |
22 3⁄8"
57 cms |
| Internal |
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Listed Price: £14,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 6624
A small, low and charming Victorian arched fireplace in the Egyptian Revival style. This beautiful chimneypiece is carved from pure white statuary marble and has a moulded shelf which is supported by Egyptian palm capital pilasters. This is centred by moulded spandrels and a shell keystone.
The height of this piece suggests it might once have been installed underneath a window, or perhaps just a very tall overmantel! Perfect for a room with a limited ceiling height.
English, c.1840.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70"
177.8 cms |
37 3⁄16"
94.5 cms |
13 3⁄8"
34 cms |
| Internal |
35"
89 cms |
30 1⁄2"
77.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £11,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16579
A large, boldly carved Victorian corbel fireplace in a pencil statuary marble. The generous moulded shelf rests over a plain frieze, and is supported by bold panelled and acanthus corbels, over plain jambs.
English, c.1860.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
74"
188 cms |
47 5⁄8"
121 cms |
12 3⁄16"
31 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
38 1⁄4"
97.3 cms |
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Stock: 16646
A dramatic French bolection fireplace in a boldly veined verde antico marble, with a cushion moulding around the opening.
Unlike English bolections, this fireplace has the useful addition of a shelf making it a practical choice when you are looking to decorate a mantelpiece.
French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 1⁄2"
146 cms |
42 1⁄2"
107.9 cms |
9 11⁄16"
24.6 cms |
| Internal |
41 13⁄16"
106.2 cms |
34 13⁄16"
88.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £6,300 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 6620
A bold and very grand Louis XV Rococo fireplace in a buttery yellow Siena marble. This fireplace is truly a statement piece, with a wonderfully ornate frieze, centred by a mask of Hercules wearing the Nemean lionskin. This cartouche is framed with foliate scrollwork which is echoed on the corners of the panelled frieze, and also on the canted, console jambs.
French, mid-20th century.
Notes: This fireplace was clearly influenced by the Salon de Hercules in The Palace of Versailles. After Antoine Vassé.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
79 1⁄8"
201 cms |
51 5⁄8"
131 cms |
23 13⁄16"
60.5 cms |
| Internal |
51 11⁄16"
131.3 cms |
41 1⁄8"
104.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £38,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 6613
An exceptional Louis XV Rococo fireplace in dramatically figured breche violette marble of grand proportions. This is perhaps one of the most magnificent French Rococo chimneypieces we have had in our collection. The moulded serpentine shelf rests on the wide frieze, also of serpentine from, and is boldly carved with a central rocaille motif and panels. This carving is echoed in the endblocks, which are mounted above beautifully bold Rococo jambs.
French, 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
79 11⁄16"
202.5 cms |
51 3⁄16"
130 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
59 1⁄8"
150 cms |
42 1⁄4"
107.5 cms |
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Stock: 16576
A finely carved Italian fireplace in white marble. The slender moulded shelf sits over a plain frieze, mounted with an anthemion tablet, with a central floral rosette. The slender jambs are carved with a twisting vine, terminating in anthemions.
Italian, 20th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
51 5⁄8"
131 cms |
40 3⁄16"
102 cms |
7 11⁄16"
19.5 cms |
| Internal |
35 1⁄4"
89.6 cms |
34 5⁄8"
88 cms |
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Stock: 16480
A fine Louis XVI chimneypiece in a beautiful breche d'Aleppe marble. Simple in form, this fireplace has a panelled frieze centred by an integral paterae tablet, which is echoed on the endblocks, which in turn are mounted over panelled jambs.
French, late 19th century.
Outside to outside footblock 150.4cm
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
60 1⁄8"
152.7 cms |
46 1⁄4"
117.5 cms |
15 7⁄8"
40.5 cms |
| Internal |
40 5⁄8"
103.2 cms |
35 3⁄16"
89.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £9,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16644
A beautiful French Empire period fireplace in an unusual, deep breccia marble. The marble has a deep red hue and incorporates grey brown and even yellow tones, with some sparse white veining. The moulded shelf sits over the plain frieze, which is supported on corbels over flat jambs.
A fireplace that showcases the marble with its simplicity of design.
French, early 19th century.
Outside footblock to outside footblock measurement: 151.5cm
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
62"
157.5 cms |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
15 5⁄8"
39.5 cms |
| Internal |
45"
114.4 cms |
30 11⁄16"
78 cms |
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Listed Price: £5,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 6619
An ornately carved Louis XVI , Rococo style fireplace surround in white Carrara Marble, with panelled returns and circular hinged gilt brass ventilation ports.
French late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 3⁄8"
151 cms |
41 1⁄2"
105.5 cms |
17 1⁄4"
44 cms |
| Internal |
45 1⁄8"
114.5 cms |
31 7⁄8"
81 cms |
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Listed Price: £9,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 14883
A starkly elegant Regency chimneypiece in black Kilkenny marble. The plain shelf rests over a frieze that is simply decorated with a tablet carved with an ovoid design. This motif is echoed in the endblocks which rest on reeded jambs.
Scottish, c.1810.
Notes: Kilkenny marble is a black, carboniferous limestone laced with ancient fossils which has been quarried in Ireland for centuries.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
64 5⁄8"
164 cms |
50"
127 cms |
8 1⁄8"
20.5 cms |
| Internal |
42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
40 3⁄8"
102.7 cms |
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Listed Price: £13,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 6609
A pair of reproduction Georgian chimneypieces in white marble with Azul Valverde Greek key inlay. Beautifully carved, these fireplaces have thick moulded shelves with acanthus leaf and dart carved in low relief, over friezes inlaid with a Greek key design. This is flanked by very slender Adam style corbels, over slender jambs.
20th century.
Outer footblock to footblock width 55 1/2" 141cms
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
63 7⁄8"
162.3 cms |
53 1⁄8"
135 cms |
7"
17.8 cms |
| Internal |
40"
101.5 cms |
40"
101.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £22,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16505
A most beautiful Louis XV chimneypiece in a dramatically veined campan mélange marble, in many ways surpassing the beauty of breche violette. The veining of khaki greens and deep violet ripples across the peachy base tone, it really is remarkably unique. The moulded shelf rests over a panelled serpentine frieze which is centred by a boldly carved Rococo shell cartouche. This is echoed on the endblocks which are mounted above the canted console jambs.
French, mid-19th century.
Campan marble comes from the high French Pyrenees, where it has been quarried since Antiquity. The area produces a variety of beautiful, richly veined coloured marbles, such as Campan Gran Mélange, Campan Vert, Ribbon Campan and the deep red Rouge Griotte. These were much prized and used in the apartments in Versailles during the reign of Louis XVI for chimney pieces and wall panels. Campan Vert and Campan Gran Mélange are extensively used on the walls of the Escalier de la Reine (the Queen’s stairs) Versailles.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 13⁄16"
152 cms |
46"
116.8 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
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Listed Price: £11,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 6611
A large and grand bolection fireplace in the most beautifully dramaric red rouge royale marble. With a wide moulded shelf, this deep bolection fireplace has Greek corners and scrolls on the jambs, elevating it beyond the usual simplicity that typifies the style.
French, c.1850.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
65 7⁄8"
167.3 cms |
46 3⁄16"
117.4 cms |
16 1⁄4"
41.5 cms |
| Internal |
38 1⁄8"
96.7 cms |
38"
96.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £12,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16528
A charming Victorian arched fireplace in a boldly veined Carrara marble. The moulded shelf looms over panelled spandrels with a central, faceted keystone which is flanked by acanthus endblocks over plain jambs.
English, c,1880.
Outer footblock to footblock 154.5cm
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
72 3⁄8"
184 cms |
47 3⁄16"
119.8 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
| Internal |
37 5⁄8"
95.5 cms |
37 7⁄8"
96.2 cms |
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Listed Price: £9,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16506
A charming French Louis XVI Fireplace in a very softly mottled Carrara marble. The slender shelf sits over a fluted frieze, which is mounted with tablet carved with a ribbon tied garland of daises - this is a rare design! The acanthine paterae endblocks are mounted over fluted, console jambs.
French, late 19th century.
Outer footblock to footblock width 60" 152.5cms.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 3⁄8"
156 cms |
43 1⁄2"
110.4 cms |
15 3⁄8"
39 cms |
| Internal |
44 11⁄16"
113.6 cms |
34"
86.3 cms |
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Stock: 16477
An antique Louis XV chimneypiece in carrara marble in the Rococo style. This fireplace has a serpentine shelf, which rests over the frieze, carved with a central Rocaille motif. The scallop endblocks are mounted over fluted console canted jambs.
French, late 19th century.
Outside footblook to outside footblock 55 1/4" 140cms
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
56 1⁄8"
142.5 cms |
43 5⁄8"
110.8 cms |
15 3⁄16"
38.5 cms |
| Internal |
40 3⁄8"
102.7 cms |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
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Listed Price: £8,900 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16580
A very fine Regency bullseye fireplace in statuary marble, with beautiful scagliola embellishments. This chimneypiece is utterly charming, small in proportion and decorated with scrolling scagliola work, reminiscent of the Roman decorative motifs found at archaeological sites such as Herculaneum, which later inspired the work of architects such as Robert Adam.
English, c.1800.
Outside footblock to outside footblock 48" 121.9cms
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
52 3⁄16"
132.5 cms |
41 11⁄16"
106 cms |
6 1⁄2"
16.6 cms |
| Internal |
36 1⁄8"
91.7 cms |
35 7⁄8"
91.2 cms |
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Stock: 16562
A large and grand bolection fireplace in the most beautifully veined breche violette marble. With a wide moulded shelf, this deep bolection fireplace has Greek corners and scrolls on the jambs, elevating it beyond the usual simplicity that typifies the style.
French, c.1850.
Outer footblock to footblock width 63" 160cms
View our collection of fireplaces: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
65"
165.2 cms |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
16 11⁄16"
42.5 cms |
| Internal |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
35 3⁄16"
89.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £18,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 16561
A fine antique Louis XVI fireplace in a beautifully veined Seravezza marble. The fireplace has a moulded shelf which rests over a stop-fluted frieze, framed by acanthus paterae over elegant jambs.
French, mid 19th century.
Notes: Seravezza marble has been one of the most sought after since antiquity. Widely used by the Etruscans, the Tuscan quarries were later purchased by the Medici family, who used the marble for many of the buildings in Florence. Michelangelo was sent to open the quarry and improve access to it, but it has since closed, making fireplaces in this marble particularly sought after.
View our collection of: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
64 11⁄16"
164.3 cms |
45"
114.3 cms |
13 11⁄16"
34.7 cms |
| Internal |
48 11⁄16"
123.7 cms |
35 5⁄8"
90.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £12,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 6605
A fine neoclassical chimneypiece in pure white statuary marble, inlaid with a warm Sicilian jasper. The moulded shelf rests over the frieze of crisply reeded inlay, which is centred by an urnular tablet, and supported by paterae endblocks. These decorative features are echoed again in the jambs.
A beautifully drawn Georgian fireplace, that almost anticipates the restraint of the Regency. the
English, c.1780 with restorations.
View our collection of: Antique English Regency chimneypieces inc. George IV fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 1⁄8"
168 cms |
56 1⁄4"
143 cms |
6 11⁄16"
17 cms |
| Internal |
45 1⁄4"
115 cms |
45 11⁄16"
116 cms |
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Listed Price: £32,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 6604
A fine and large Neoclassical fireplace in statuary and Siena marble. The thick moulded shelf of this fireplace rests on a frieze set with a generous panel of richly veined, yellow Siena marble, which is centred by a wreath and lyre tablet. Paterae endblocks over elegant jambs, which are also mounted with wide bands of Siena.
English, late 18th century, with restorations.
View our collection of: Antique English Regency chimneypieces inc. George IV fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70 7⁄8"
180 cms |
53"
134.7 cms |
6 11⁄16"
17 cms |
| Internal |
46 1⁄8"
117 cms |
42 3⁄16"
107.2 cms |
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Listed Price: £32,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Marble fireplaces
Our stunning collection of antique marble fireplaces, mantels and chimneypieces features fireplaces made in a variety of different antique marbles, including Sienna marble, Statuary marble, Cippolino marble and Verde Antico marble.
A brief history of marble
Marble has been used in architecture for thousands of years, dating back to the ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian cultures. Its ability to bear immense weight made it ideal for supporting structures and monolithic columns in public, private and religious buildings. Prized for its beauty and resilience, marble has been used in some of the world’s most iconic buildings, including the Parthenon, the Taj Mahal and the Palace of Versailles.
Marble has been popular for its use in sculpture since classical times. In fact, the word ‘marble’ derives from the Ancient Greek mármaron, which means ‘crystalline rock, shining stone’. Light is able to penetrate several millimetres into marble before being scattered out, producing the characteristic ‘glow’ that seems to give life to sculptures.
The introduction of marble fireplaces
Marble fireplaces have been popular for hundreds of years. Marble has been highly prized as a material for fireplaces due to its softness - which makes it easier to carve - its strength, and, perhaps most of all, its elegance and air of luxury.
The oldest piece in our collection of antique marble fireplaces dates back to around 1460. This extremely rare chimneypiece is carved in Pietra d’Istria marble from the Istrian Peninsula near Venice, and is attributed to Giorgio da Sebenico, sculptor of the Duomo San Francesco, Cathedral of Ancona.
A taste for marble fireplaces
Marble fireplaces remained fashionable in Europe throughout the 15th and 16th Centuries and were particularly popular during the Georgian, Regency and Victorian eras.
The first half of the Georgian era saw marble fireplaces influenced heavily by the classical temple architecture of the Greeks and Romans. Halfway through the 18th Century, designer and architect Robert Adam revolutionised fireplace design with his neoclassical fireplaces.
Marble fireplaces were much sought-after during the Regency period, particularly those made from Statuary marble. However, the onset of the Napoleonic wars in 1803 made its cost prohibitive to all but the wealthiest, and largely restricted its use to grand public rooms.
From the early to mid Victorian era these fireplaces were typically very ornate, featuring intricate floral designs. Later Victorian fireplaces show a preference for simpler, more geometric designs.
Antique marble fireplaces
Antique marble fireplaces are still very much in demand, and it’s easy to see why. From the simplest to the most sumptuously extravagant, a marble fireplace can be tastefully integrated into either a traditional or modern room to make a beautiful and striking focal point.
Our collection of antique marble fireplaces is one of the most comprehensive in the world. A display spanning such a breadth of styles, periods and materials is unlikely to be found elsewhere.