BAROQUE, MANNERIST & BOLECTION ANTIQUE FIREPLACES
A selection of English, Scottish, Irish and European Baroque antique fireplaces, chimneypieces and mantels, including Bolections, in wood, stone and marble.
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Stock: 13726
A smart but small Belgian Black and Verde Antico antique marble chimneypiece in the Baroque manner. The verde antico detailed frieze, centred by a lozenge and alternating fluted bossed detail echoed on the endblocks, is set above twin verde antico panelled jambs.
Belgian late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
56 11⁄16"
144 cms |
50 3⁄8"
128 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
| Internal |
34 3⁄8"
87.5 cms |
39 13⁄16"
101 cms |
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Stock: 13606
A tall carved French Baroque style oak fireplace and overmantle. The stepped
shelf above egg & dart detail is set above the frieze, carved with scrolling foliate decoration and centred by a cushioned cartouche, flanked by a pair of similar cartouche on the endblocks. The jambs topped by a pair of carved lion masks, the mirror framed by twin fluted pilasters topped with Corinthian capitals and with egg and dart edging. French circa 1880.
French circa 1880.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
68 1⁄8"
173 cms |
70 1⁄2"
179 cms |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
| Internal |
37 3⁄8"
95 cms |
52 3⁄8"
133 cms |
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Listed Price: £24,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 4880
A Louis XIV deep rose Brocatelle marble fireplace surround. The moulded serpentine shelf above a frieze centred by a simple cartouche, the shaped jambs with moulded panels raised on block feet.
French, circa 1740.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
63"
160 cms |
45 11⁄16"
116 cms |
14 5⁄8"
37 cms |
| Internal |
53 1⁄8"
135 cms |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
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Listed Price: £5,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 12687
An imposing carved Bath Stone antique Victorian fireplace surround and overmantel in the English Neo Baroque manner. The frieze beneath the breakfront shelf centred by a scrolled Heraldic cartouche depicting a plumed knights helmet, surmounted by an mythical beast, above a crown and a shield enscribed with the date 1860.
English mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
99 5⁄8"
253 cms |
74"
188 cms |
13"
33 cms |
| Internal |
70 1⁄8"
178 cms |
44 1⁄2"
113 cms |
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Stock: 11616
A large carved polished pine fireplace mantel in the English Baroque manner. The breakfront shelf set over dentilled, castellated detail above an inset frieze panel centred with a clamshell carved in high relief over scrolled cartouche. The opening is flanked by descending bellflower decoration and set within are the original veined and figured pale Sienna marble ingrounds and original black Belgian fossil marble fender.
English, circa 1920, with known London Provenance.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
86 7⁄8"
220.6 cms |
75 1⁄4"
191.3 cms |
18 1⁄4"
46.5 cms |
| Internal |
48 5⁄8"
123.5 cms |
46 3⁄8"
117.8 cms |
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Listed Price: £7,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 6124
The Uccelli Caminetto:
A rare and very grand Italian Baroque fireplace mantel in black Tunisian Nero Antico Marble with polychrome Pietra Dura inlaid designs of birds and floral foliage. The central panel featuring an acanthus cartouche, floral scrolls and uccelli (birds) with various coloured Pietra Dura inlays and Giallo Siena, Spanish Brocatelle, Statuary, Verde Antico, Carrara & Languedoc Rouge marbles.
Italian, circa 1660.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
84 5⁄8"
215 cms |
63"
160 cms |
8 1⁄2"
21.6 cms |
| Internal |
62 3⁄16"
158 cms |
46 7⁄8"
119 cms |
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Stock: 10302
A very small bolection chimneypiece in yellow Sienna marble with original hearth.
English 1930's.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
33 1⁄2"
85.2 cms |
38 11⁄16"
98.2 cms |
3 1⁄8"
7.8 cms |
| Internal |
24 13⁄16"
63 cms |
34 3⁄8"
87.5 cms |
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Stock: 7843
An Irish Connemara Green Marble antique bolection fireplace surround with a central key stone.
English, circa 1900.
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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.
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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: 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.
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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: 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.
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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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Antique Baroque design, which evolved in the 1600s, was preceded by the Mannerist movement and followed by the Rococo style. Grand and impressive, it orginated in Italy and subsequently developed in France, Germany, Bohemia, Poland, Spain, the Ukraine, Belgium and England. Architects such as Wren, ( St Pauls Cathedral ) Vanbrugh, ( Castle Howard ) & Hawksmoor, ( St Lukes, Spitalfields ) revelled in its grandeur.
An Antique Baroque fireplace, chimneypiece or mantels from our large collection would add an element of drama to any home or property.
The Baroque Style
The Baroque style emerged in Italy as a product of the Counter-Reformation movement. Despite its religious foundations, the style was rapidly adopted over Europe for secular and civic architecture.
It is a grand, monumental style, characterised by bold curved shapes and was a striking departure from the classical restraint of the Renaissance. In England, the Baroque fireplace is often described as Queen Anne in style, as her reign coincided with the arrival of the Baroque on British soil.
The Bolection Fireplace
The bolection fireplace is perhaps best known and best loved in Britain, adored for its simple form consisting of curved moulded jambs and a matching frieze.
Typically, a bolection fireplace does not require a shelf, but often slightly grander incarnations were designed to accommodate a shelf, and even an entablature. Today, a bolection fire surround can be used in both a period style of a contemporary home, as the timeless form of the simple surround does not dominate an interior but rather provides harmony. When selecting a bolection, antique examples were carved by hand from beautiful rare marbles and are infinitely more beautiful.
The Mannerist Style
The Mannerist style preceded the Baroque and mannerist fireplaces were still entwined with the classical past and the High Renaissance, motifs after the antique were incorporated with bolder, more curvaceous designs. They are therefore often more elaborate in form and carving than the later Baroque antique fireplace, and perhaps better suited to a more opulent interior.