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: 13403
A strong and sturdy large Belgian Black Marble antique chimneypiece in the manner of Louis XVI, the panelled frieze centred with a diamond lozenge, the endblocks with framed bosses above large acanthus decorated jambs supported on sympathetically large lion paw feet and moulded footblocks.
French 19th century.
Link to: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
54"
137.2 cms |
39"
99 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
38 13⁄16"
98.5 cms |
29 1⁄8"
74 cms |
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Stock: 9032
A boldly featured French Baroque antique chimneypiece in white, blue and purple veined Pavonazza marble. The angled scrolled jambs support a multi- moulded shelf over a panelled frieze centred by a large central scrolled cartouche in the manner of a heraldic Italian 'stemma nobiliare'. French, mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
68 1⁄8"
173 cms |
42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
18 11⁄16"
47.5 cms |
| Internal |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
31 1⁄4"
79.5 cms |
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Stock: 7979
An elegant and large Regency fireplace mantel in solid Sienna marble with tapering jambs, simply moulded capitals and shelf, in the manner of the Egyptian Revival.
Scottish, circa 1820.
Link to: Antique English Regency chimneypieces inc. George IV fireplace mantels.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
79 13⁄16"
202.6 cms |
50 11⁄16"
128.9 cms |
12 3⁄16"
31.1 cms |
| internal |
43 1⁄4"
109.9 cms |
39 1⁄4"
99.7 cms |
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Stock: 12487
An imposing finely carved white Carrara Marble Fireplace Surround in the Louis XV Rococo manner. The serpentine shelf over the elaborately carved central floral cartouche, supported on side-facing scrolled jambs.
French, mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique Rococo Chimneypieces inc Louis XV English Scottish Chippendale Rococo fireplace mantels.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
64"
162.5 cms |
44 11⁄16"
113.5 cms |
17 1⁄8"
43.5 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
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Stock: 11098
A strikingly grand Louis XV Rococo antique fireplace mantel in pale green ribboned Campan marble. Unusually tall for a French chimneypiece, the generous and fine carving in high relief under the large serpentine shelf features an ornate floral shell central cartouche with lower scrolling, flanked by inset panels and large "C" scrolled endblockings with ribbed concave shells supported on further scrolled canted jambs. Provenance: Pall Mall, in the borough of Westminster in London. French mid 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
67 7⁄8"
172.5 cms |
46 13⁄16"
118.9 cms |
20 13⁄16"
52.9 cms |
| Internal |
47 3⁄16"
120 cms |
37 11⁄16"
95.8 cms |
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Stock: 13385
An elegant white Statuary Marble Chimneypiece in the late Georgian manner, the central Jasperware plaque on the frieze depicting maidens and children at a flower market with bouquets and sprays of flowers, flanked by a pair of ornate athemion carvings echoed on the endblocks and with fluted jambs terminating in ribboned swags.
English, circa 1870s.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
54 1⁄8"
137.5 cms |
43 11⁄16"
111 cms |
6 1⁄4"
16 cms |
| Internal |
39 3⁄8"
100 cms |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
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Stock: 11558
A large Louis XV period Rococo fireplace mantel in Sarrancolin marble, the serpentine contoured shelf over a scrolled shell central cartouche flanked by the panelled frieze terminating in canted endblocks descending on further carved and fluted jambs. French, mid 18th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
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73 5⁄8"
187 cms |
48 3⁄16"
122.5 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
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56 1⁄8"
142.5 cms |
38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
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Stock: 8958
A large Flemish chimneypiece in black fossil marble with Tinos green marble panels, a gadrooned undershelf, fluted brackets and full round columns. Awaits re- polishing.19th century.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70 7⁄8"
180.2 cms |
73"
185.5 cms |
18"
45.7 cms |
| Internal |
40 5⁄8"
103 cms |
53 3⁄16"
135.2 cms |
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Stock: 11198
A rare George I English Fireplace Mantel in white statuary marble. This is an original early period chimneypiece elegantly proportioned and carved from the solid in three elements in the Baroque manner of the Lombardy region of Italy. The shelf is carved with a neat moulding from a single block integral with the delicately panelled frieze which is centred with a typical asymmetric central stylised floral cartouche, flanked by further smaller floral motifs on the upper jamb panels, also carved from the solid.
English early 18th century circa 1720.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
65 11⁄16"
167 cms |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
6 7⁄8"
17.5 cms |
| Internal |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
41 1⁄8"
104.5 cms |
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Stock: 8864
A very grand Italian Renaissance style antique fireplace mantel in white Statuary Marble. The stepped shelf, edged with richly carved lambs tongue detail over an egg and dart border, sits above a very fine frieze which is made from one block and carved in high relief with linked palmette motifs supported by scrolled acanthus brackets resting above intricately carved panelled jambs.
Italian, mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
83 1⁄2"
212 cms |
71 11⁄16"
182 cms |
16 1⁄8"
41 cms |
| Internal |
57 1⁄2"
146 cms |
57 1⁄8"
145 cms |
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Stock: 12565
A GRANDLY PROPORTIONED BAROQUE REVIVAL FIREPLACE CARVED IN blue and purple veined white Pavonazzo marble. The breakfronted shelf supported over the geometrically patterned frieze over panelled and fluted jambs with massive side-facing scrolled supports. French, late 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
70 7⁄8"
180 cms |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
16 11⁄16"
42.3 cms |
| Internal |
42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
29 1⁄2"
75 cms |
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Stock: 8888
An unusual and attractive Rococo Revival antique fireplace in the manner of Louis Majorelle (1859 -1926) carved in Carrara Marble. Louis Majorelle was a prolific French designer and later an exponent of Art Nouveau design at the Ecole de Nancy.
French late 19th century.
Notes: The Nancy School, founded in 1901 by Émile Gallé, Victor Prouvé, Louis Majorelle, Antonin Daum and Eugène Vallin in the city of Nancy in Lorraine, was prominent in the Art Nouveau movement.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 13⁄16"
157 cms |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
15 7⁄8"
40.5 cms |
| Internal |
46 1⁄8"
117 cms |
35 3⁄8"
90 cms |
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Stock: 13349
A large & elegant English Statuary Marble Victorian fireplace with inlaid Spanish Brocatelle Marble on the frieze and jambs set within delicately carved entwined stem edged panels, the endblocks carved with putti, festoons & bird and all supported on substantial footblocks.
English, early to mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| Width |
79 7⁄8"
203 cms |
55 1⁄2"
141 cms |
15 3⁄16"
38.5 cms |
| Height |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
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Stock: 13366
An unusually large Louis XVI style, Breche Violette Marble Fireplace Surround.
The frieze with an acanthus style cartouche framed by beaded edging, the endblocks with floral paterae, and with acanthus leaves carved in high relief on the jambs.
French 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 5⁄8"
156.5 cms |
42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
15 5⁄8"
39.5 cms |
| Internal |
43 11⁄16"
111 cms |
32 1⁄8"
81.5 cms |
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Stock: 13322
A rather fine mid 19th century Victorian chimney piece in figured white statuary marble. The frieze, jambs and endblocks are boldly carved with a delicate profusion of trailing tendrils of clematis and passion flowers centred by acanthus leaf motifs.
English, 1850s.
Link to: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70 1⁄4"
178.5 cms |
49"
124.5 cms |
13 3⁄16"
33.5 cms |
| Internal |
39"
99 cms |
38"
96.5 cms |
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Stock: 13394
A large white & grey veined Old English Marble fireplace surround in the Victorian Gothic manner, with typical Gothic tracery on the endblocks and acanthus leaf decoration on the spandrels..
Mid 19th century
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
73 1⁄4"
186.3 cms |
54 1⁄4"
138 cms |
12 3⁄16"
31 cms |
| Internal |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
41 11⁄16"
106 cms |
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Stock: 6498
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A large and richly carved Louis XV Breche Violette marble chimneypiece, the substantial serpentine shelf above the panelled frieze centered by a highly carved shell cartouche and supported on panelled jambs.
French, early 19th century.
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Width |
height |
depth |
| External |
72 13⁄16"
185 cms |
47 3⁄8"
120.5 cms |
17 7⁄8"
45.5 cms |
| Internal |
53 11⁄16"
136.5 cms |
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Stock: 13286
An Arts & Crafts Specimen Marble Chimneypiece inlaid with Rouge Griotte, Biuxcarro Rosa, Belgian Black, White Statuary, Yellow Sienna, Grey Bardiglio and Green Connemara in strongly accented geometric designs on the end blocks and hints of Gothic tracery carving throughout.
English, circa1890.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
69 11⁄16"
177 cms |
51 5⁄8"
131 cms |
12 3⁄16"
31 cms |
| Internal |
38"
96.5 cms |
39"
99 cms |
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Stock: 13285
An Arts and Crafts Gothic Revival stye blue grey Bardiglio Marble fireplace surround with pleasant glass mosaic detail on the spandrels, an arched opening and plain moulded jambs.
English, c.1850.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
56 13⁄16"
144.2 cms |
45 5⁄8"
115.7 cms |
5 1⁄8"
13 cms |
| Internal |
46 11⁄16"
118.7 cms |
40"
101.6 cms |
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Stock: 13280
MYSTICAL MYTHICAL MAN: An exquisite Louis XV Cheminee, carved in high relief in veined ivory Pavonazzetto marble. The serpentine shelf over a shaped frieze with a finely defined large central shell cartouche, flanked by leafy adorned spandrels, the end blocks with carved effigys of the mythical Green Man with oak leaf beards above scrolled fielded jambs with tumbling acanthus leaf decoration and highly veined and intricately carved acanthus footblocks.
French, circa 1870s.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 1⁄8"
150 cms |
42 7⁄8"
109 cms |
16 1⁄8"
41 cms |
| Internal |
41 1⁄2"
105.5 cms |
36"
91.5 cms |
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Stock: 6561
MYSTICAL MYTHICAL MAN: An exquisite Louis XV Cheminee, carved in high relief in veined ivory Pavonazzetto marble. The serpentine shelf over a shaped frieze with a finely defined large central shell cartouche, flanked by leafy adorned spandrels, the end blocks with carved effigys of the mythical Green Man with oak leaf beards above scrolled fielded jambs with tumbling acanthus leaf decoration and highly veined and intricately carved acanthus footblocks.
French, circa 1870s.
NOW SNo 13280
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 1⁄8"
150 cms |
42 7⁄8"
109 cms |
16 1⁄8"
41 cms |
| Internal |
41 1⁄2"
105.5 cms |
36"
91.5 cms |
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Stock: 13180
A beautiful carved Statuary Marble Scottish Rococo fireplace in the Louis XV manner, with a moulded serpentine shelf above a large and intricate floral cartouche held within extending acanthus leaves and with elaborately carved end blocks above tumbling acanthus leaves and bellflowers on the jambs.
Scottish, circa 1850.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
60 5⁄8"
154 cms |
45 11⁄16"
116 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
| Internal |
40 3⁄8"
102.5 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 13174
A stunning and unusual Italian Pavonazzetto Bianco marble fireplace, carved in the French court manner of Louis XV, with a moulded serpentine shelf over a carved scrolling shell cartouche, flanked by panels, with delicate acanthus endblocks, over scrolled and fluted jambs.
French 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 13⁄16"
152 cms |
43 11⁄16"
111 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
43 1⁄4"
110 cms |
33 1⁄2"
85 cms |
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Stock: 8383
A small and pretty Louis XV style Rococo fireplace mantel in subtly figured red and yellow Breche d'Aleppe marble.The freize under the serpentine shelf with an oval medallion central cartouche flanked by subtly scolled carved detail, supported on panelled and fluted angled jambs.
French 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
56"
142.2 cms |
39 1⁄2"
100.3 cms |
12"
30.5 cms |
| internal |
40 1⁄2"
102.9 cms |
31 11⁄16"
80.6 cms |
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Stock: 13131
"PATTES DE LIONS" An unusually carved Lion Paw Louis XVI fireplace in white lightly veined Carrara marble, with a central floral cartouche in light relief, with Gothic-esque floral endblocks over the scrolling jambs, and supported on collared lion paw feet.
French, mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 3⁄8"
151 cms |
40 3⁄16"
102 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
39 5⁄8"
100.5 cms |
28 1⁄4"
72 cms |
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Stock: 12976
An elegant arched Bianco Pi marble chimneypiece with a plain shelf above, the arch edged with beaded decoration and a central rosette keystone flanked on either side with simple Gothic roundels on the spandrels.
English, 19th Century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
74 11⁄16"
189.7 cms |
49 3⁄8"
125.6 cms |
14"
35.5 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 12840
A small compact Louis XVI antique fireplace in elegantly veined Arabascato marble. The simple shelf rests over a carved stop-fluted frieze, flanked by acanthus leaf capitals supported on half round pilasters.
French, early 19th Century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
53 7⁄8"
137 cms |
43 3⁄16"
109.8 cms |
17 1⁄8"
43.5 cms |
| Internal |
37 3⁄8"
95 cms |
33 11⁄16"
85.5 cms |
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Stock: 12484
A French Rococo fireplace surround in the Louis XV manner in white veined Carrara marble with a serpentine breakfront shelf above a charming central shell cartouche above a well shaped opening the end blocks carved with foliate and astragal style decoration above panelled c-scroll jambs.
French, 19th Century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
62 1⁄4"
158.3 cms |
42 7⁄8"
109 cms |
14 7⁄8"
37.8 cms |
| Internal |
37"
94 cms |
34 3⁄8"
87.5 cms |
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Stock: 10444
A small and compact Louis XV manner French Rococo fireplace in lightly veined Carrara marble with a fielded frieze centred by a stylised shell cartouche beneath a serpentine breakfront shelf the end blocks with foliate astragal style decoration above c-scroll fielded jambs.
French, 19th Century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
52 13⁄16"
134 cms |
41 1⁄8"
104.5 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
34 3⁄8"
87.5 cms |
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Stock: 12964
A finely carved antique Regency Chimneypiece in statuary marble. The delicately carved shelf sits over the central plaque carved with hop vines. The plaque is flanked by Greek revival side panels, ornately adorned with palmette motif and hop decorated end blocks. Supported on elegant and substantial Doric columns. Irish, early 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
76"
193 cms |
55 1⁄8"
140 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
| Internal |
46 1⁄4"
117.5 cms |
43 7⁄8"
111.5 cms |
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Stock: 12965
A very lovely large and elegant white statuary marble fireplace in the Irish Regency Greek Revival manner, the frieze centred by a plaque carved with wheat ears, pineapples and grape vines, flanked by reeded panels and with well carved acanthus leaf corbels on the endblocks above reeded jambs.
Provenance: Claremont Lodge, County Derry, Northern Ireland.
Irish early 19th century circa 1810.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
75 3⁄16"
191.1 cms |
51 3⁄8"
130.5 cms |
10 3⁄16"
26 cms |
| Internal |
45 11⁄16"
116 cms |
42 11⁄16"
108.5 cms |
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Stock: 12928
An impressive Gothic Revival Fire Surround in lightly veined Carrara Marble. The simple moulded shelf set above a pointed arched opening and with typical Gothic tracery carvings on the frieze, the end blocks and the panelled jambs. English mid 19th century. Known provenance.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
74 3⁄8"
189 cms |
51 3⁄8"
130.5 cms |
13"
33 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
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Stock: 13470
An early 20th century Neo Classical style white statuary & porphyry marble fireplace surround, the fluted frieze centred with a 19th century tablet depicting putti gathering a grape harvest, with swag draped urn endblocks above tapering half round fluted jambs entwined with foliate decoration.
The scene was possibly taken from original drawings, artist unknown please see images below, which may have been part of a series depicting The Harvest as shown in The Connoisseur Magazine Oct 1911 pages 99 & 103.
English early 20th century incorporating earlier elements.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61"
155 cms |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
| Internal |
37"
94 cms |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
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Stock: 12688
A substantial chimneypiece in the Baroque manner in Belgian Black marble of Namur with simply carved mouldings under the wide shelf. Flemish, Early 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
72"
183 cms |
49 3⁄16"
125 cms |
15 3⁄16"
38.5 cms |
| Internal |
44 1⁄8"
112 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 12810
A compact Carrara Marble Louis XVI Cheminee, the breakfront shelf over panelled carved frieze supported on scrolled carved jambs.
French mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
55 1⁄8"
140 cms |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
14 3⁄8"
36.5 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
32 1⁄8"
81.5 cms |
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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.