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: 10041
A large and imposing Victorian arched fireplace carved in Italian white marble with a scrolled central keystone, over a carved rope twist arched opening. The massive plain moulded shelf is supported on twin scrolled corbels supported by twin pilasters with carved guilloche motif inset in the panels.
English, mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.
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width |
height |
depth |
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81"
205.7 cms |
48"
121.9 cms |
15 1⁄2"
39.4 cms |
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39"
99.1 cms |
36"
91.4 cms |
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Listed Price: £14,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 7843
An Irish Connemara Green Marble antique bolection fireplace surround with a central key stone.
English, circa 1900.
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 1⁄8"
150 cms |
46 1⁄8"
117 cms |
2 3⁄8"
6 cms |
| Internal |
43 11⁄16"
111 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
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Listed Price: £6,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 7565
ITALIAN PALAZZO CAMINO.
One of a near pair, with SNo 7566, of very large Italian Palazzo antique chimneypieces in Rouge Verona Marble. The scrolled bracketed frieze supporting a large moulded shelf over a deeply moulded Bolection on plain footblocks.
Italian, 17th century Bolection surmounted by a later entabluture and shelf.
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
90 5⁄8"
230 cms |
79"
200.7 cms |
10 1⁄2"
26.7 cms |
| Internal |
65 7⁄8"
167.5 cms |
50 1⁄2"
128.2 cms |
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Stock: 9684
A boldly carved Carrara marble chimneypiece in the Palladian manner. French late 19th century. A near pair with 9052.
Link to: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
69 1⁄4"
176 cms |
49"
124.5 cms |
15"
38 cms |
| Internal |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
35 3⁄8"
90 cms |
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Stock: 9910
A very small Louis XVI cheminee in light green Campan marble with a fluted bow fronted frieze, flanked by rectangular carved floral paterae over fluted 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 |
35 3⁄8"
90 cms |
39 5⁄8"
100.5 cms |
11"
28 cms |
| Internal |
23 3⁄16"
59 cms |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
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Stock: 6407
An attractive Victorian arched fireplace in richly veined Rosa Valencia marble. Namur black marble reeded detailing on the keystone, the underfrieze and foot block mouldings. English circa 1880.
Before restoration.
Link to: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
78"
198 cms |
47 3⁄8"
120.5 cms |
14"
35.5 cms |
| Internal |
35 13⁄16"
91 cms |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
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Listed Price: £4,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 7352
A large Victorian white marble arched chimneypiece with serpentine shelf over angled ‘C’ scrolled endblocks and scrolled Cabriole jambs, the tall arch centred by a small ribbed keystone.
English, circa 1860.
Link to: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70"
177.8 cms |
50 1⁄2"
128.3 cms |
18 1⁄2"
47 cms |
| Internal |
39"
99.1 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Listed Price: £9,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 8899
A replica Italian Baroque Marble fireplace carved out of the solid in Marmo Nembro Verdello. Three sections, bolection in form, the shelf and frieze carved in one integral section.
Late 20th century replica of the 17th century stone original.
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70 1⁄2"
179 cms |
50 1⁄2"
128.3 cms |
6 1⁄2"
16.5 cms |
| Internal |
54 1⁄2"
138.5 cms |
40 5⁄8"
103 cms |
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Listed Price: £5,300 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 9291
A large Gothic Revival chimneypiece in Old English Marble with carved recessed medallions enclosing five-pointed shields either side of the pointed Gothic arch supported by red variegated marble columns under leaf decorated capitals.
English, mid 19th century.
Awaiting restoration
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
78 1⁄2"
199.5 cms |
52"
132 cms |
15 5⁄8"
39.5 cms |
| Internal |
40 5⁄8"
103 cms |
39 3⁄8"
100 cms |
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Listed Price: £17,200 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 7614
A substantial and elegant fine quality Baroque replica chimneypiece, with breakfront shelf and simple pleasing mouldings in solid Nembro marble.
20th Century replica of the 17th century original.
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
80"
203.2 cms |
56 1⁄4"
142.9 cms |
9 13⁄16"
24.8 cms |
| Internal |
51 1⁄4"
130.2 cms |
44 1⁄2"
113 cms |
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Listed Price: £12,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 7691
A small Louis XIV style antique fireplace in Carrara marble with serpentine shelf & simply moulded frieze & jambs.
French, circa 1850.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
41"
104.1 cms |
39 1⁄4"
99.7 cms |
13 1⁄4"
33.7 cms |
| internal |
26 1⁄2"
67.3 cms |
33 1⁄4"
84.5 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.