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: 16360
A simple and elegant bolection fireplace in a soft beige composition stone, resembling a polished limestone. The perfect addition to a contemporary or period interior.
English, c.1930.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
53 7⁄8"
137 cms |
39 5⁄8"
100.6 cms |
5 3⁄16"
13.1 cms |
| Internal |
43 3⁄16"
109.8 cms |
33 13⁄16"
85.9 cms |
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Stock: 16057
A stylish and strikingly modern antique marble bolection fireplace in beautifully veined portoro marble with its original matching fender and cast iron work, not yet photographed.
English, circa 1920.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
64"
162.6 cms |
44"
111.7 cms |
4"
10.2 cms |
| Internal |
48"
122 cms |
36"
91.4 cms |
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Stock: 15946
An antique bolection fireplace in boldly veined green verde antico marble.
English, c.1930.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
65 11⁄16"
167 cms |
47 13⁄16"
121.5 cms |
3 7⁄8"
10 cms |
| Internal |
53 7⁄8"
137 cms |
41 13⁄16"
106.2 cms |
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Stock: 15324
A simple and elegant bolection fireplace carved from a dove grey limestone. The polished and undulating surface reveals the subtle veining and mottling, which would be just as well suited to a contemporary interior as a period one. English, c.1930.
Provenance: Removed from a property on Eaton Square, London.
The Queen Anne style of the late 17th century saw the emergence of the simple bolection fireplace, often situated within a panelled room. It was far more simple in design that what had preceded it, and it was this striking simplicity that secured its enduring popularity.
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Height |
Depth |
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61"
155 cms |
47"
119.5 cms |
3"
7.6 cms |
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Stock: 15416
An elegant and large Bolection fire surround in warm, cream coloured Italian Travertine with evidence of sedimentary deposits, the outer moulding sweeping in to a cushioned frame around the wide opening.
English, or possibly Italian, early 20th century.
Travertine is a sedimentary form of limestone usually deposited by mineral springs. The Italian quarry of Guidonia Montecello was one of the quarries chosen by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the building of the famous Colonnade of St. Peter's Square in Rome in 1656–1667 and Michelangelo also chose Travertine as the material for the external ribs of the dome of St Peter's Basilica.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
63 7⁄8"
162.4 cms |
42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
3 1⁄2"
9 cms |
| Internal |
47 3⁄16"
120 cms |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
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Stock: 14767
An elegantly simple Carrara Marble moulded bolection fireplace surround raised on sturdy footblocks.. English, circa 1910.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
52 3⁄8"
133 cms |
49 3⁄16"
125 cms |
3 7⁄8"
10 cms |
| Internal |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
41 1⁄8"
104.5 cms |
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Stock: 8153
A very large Baroque style Victorian bolection chimneypiece in darkly hued Ashburton Marble. The wide simply moulded shelf rests above a deep panelled frieze beneath which is a flat moulded bolection surround centred by a keystone supported on integral footblocks. English, circa 1850.
Image before restoration.
Ashburton Marble: In 1852 a Devon newspaper 'The Western Times', reported that some large blocks of marble had been excavated from quarries adjoining the ancient Stannary Town of Ashburton. It was suggested at the time that the marble be used for the making of chimneypieces as the veins and colour were considered very decorative and superior to that found in any other quarry in South Devon.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
90 3⁄16"
229 cms |
62 3⁄16"
158 cms |
8 1⁄8"
20.5 cms |
| Internal |
66 1⁄8"
168 cms |
40 3⁄16"
102 cms |
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Stock: 8626
A substantial Bolection chimneypiece carved from beautiful soft grey, salmon brown and taupe Derbyshire Fossil Limestone with a large central keystone. This stone is quite hard and will take a polish. English, circa 1860.
Notes: Derbyshire Fossil Limestone was laid down during the Carboniferous Period some 355 million years ago and contains numerous brachiopods, corals and crinoids. The county of Derbyshire in the East Midlands has many outcrops of this stone which dominate the landscape and contribute to its dramatic vistas.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
51 3⁄16"
130 cms |
39 3⁄8"
100 cms |
6 11⁄16"
17 cms |
| Internal |
37 3⁄8"
95 cms |
32 1⁄4"
82 cms |
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Stock: 10819
A wide moulded Bolection chimneypiece in veined green Tinos Verde Marble the jambs raised on shaped footblocks. English circa 1860.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
63"
160 cms |
42 7⁄8"
109 cms |
5 1⁄8"
13 cms |
| Internal |
51 3⁄16"
130 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 11362
A very fine authentic replica of 17th century Italian Baroque fireplace surround carved from the solid in three sections in beige, pale yellow and rose, faintly veined Nembro Marble.The frieze, integral with the shelf, is centred by a cartouche carved in characteristic Lombardian high relief and possibly inspired by marine life. The whole is supported by a pair of moulded jambs. Italian, mid 20th century.
Shown here with andirons SNo 10202 recently sold.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
73 1⁄4"
186.2 cms |
53 11⁄16"
136.5 cms |
9 13⁄16"
24.8 cms |
| Internal |
51 3⁄16"
130 cms |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
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Stock: 15124
A large, late Victorian Derbyshire Fossil Limestone Bolection fire surround with a polished satin finish. The moulded frieze and jambs raised on substantial and sturdy footblocks.
English, circa 1900.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 1⁄8"
168 cms |
48"
122 cms |
4 1⁄8"
10.3 cms |
| Internal |
50"
127 cms |
40"
101.5 cms |
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Stock: 11066
A fine Italian Baroque Bolection fireplace carved in warm Sarrancolin Marble. The simple, deep moulded shelf rests above the inset moulded bolection which is supported on elegantly shaped footblocks.
Italian, mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
65 3⁄16"
165.7 cms |
45 1⁄2"
115.5 cms |
14 1⁄2"
36.8 cms |
| Internal |
48 3⁄16"
122.5 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 14714
A large and majestic twin columned Carrara Marble antique chimneypiece. The deeply moulded cornice shelf rests above a panelled frieze, with a central plain shield surrounded by scrolled foliate detail, flanked by square paterae endblocks. The free standing tapering columns, with exhuberantly carved capitals, are raised on substantial buttoned footblocks. Belgian, late 19th century.
Shown here with firegrate SNo 14374 not included.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
72 3⁄16"
183.5 cms |
61 3⁄8"
156 cms |
25 13⁄16"
65.5 cms |
| Internal |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
42 11⁄16"
108.5 cms |
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Stock: 7913
A large 19th century French Baroque style antique fireplace mantel in variegated, pink toned Languedoc Marble. French, mid 19th century.
Shown here with andirons SNo 11812 not included.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
56 1⁄4"
143 cms |
46 1⁄8"
117 cms |
15 1⁄8"
38.3 cms |
| Internal |
39 13⁄16"
101 cms |
38"
96.5 cms |
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Stock: 11349
A large and wide Victorian Bolection chimneypiece moulded in dramatically veined Verde Tinos Marble. Photographed with and without footblocks.
English, late 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
57 1⁄2"
146 cms |
45 7⁄8"
116.5 cms |
3 11⁄16"
9.5 cms |
| Internal |
38"
96.5 cms |
36"
91.5 cms |
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Stock: 14845
A deeply moulded 20th century Bolection fireplace surround in richly veined Pavonazzo marble. English, early 20th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
60"
152.5 cms |
46 1⁄4"
117.5 cms |
2 13⁄16"
7 cms |
| Internal |
44 1⁄4"
112.5 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
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Stock: 14737
A Baroque style Ashburton Marble antique Bolection fireplace surround in the soft pale pinks and greys typical of the finer examples of this marble most likely to have come from the Lindhay Quarry in Devon in south west England.
English, late 19th century.
Notes: In 1852 a Devon newspaper 'The Western Times', reported that some large blocks of marble had been excavated from quarries adjoining the ancient Stannary Town of Ashburton. It was suggested at the time that the marble be used for the making of chimneypieces as the veins and colour were considered very decorative and superior to that found in any other quarry in South Devon. This marble was still being quarried at the Linhay Quarry into the late 20th century.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
58"
147.2 cms |
45 1⁄4"
115 cms |
5 1⁄8"
13 cms |
| Internal |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
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Stock: 13707
A late 19th century French fireplace mantel in deeply carved Carrara Marble. The moulded shelf rests above a cushioned frieze surmounted by a large acanthus cartouche flanked by shell and acanthus foliate carvings on the spandrels set either side of the bolection moulded opening.
French, late 19th century.
Shown here with fire basket SNo 14236 not included in the price.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 11⁄16"
169.5 cms |
45 1⁄8"
114.5 cms |
16 11⁄16"
42.5 cms |
| Internal |
47 3⁄16"
120 cms |
35"
89 cms |
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Stock: 14277
A grand Baroque style antique fireplace mantel in luxuriously veined Portoro Marble with a wide moulded shelf above a panelled frieze centred by a roundel. Flanking the frieze are square paterae endblocks above very large c- scrolled angled jambs supported on sturdy footblocks framing the wide shaped fireplace opening. French, mid 19th century.
Shown with fire grate SNo 14266 not included in the price.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
69 1⁄4"
176 cms |
44 11⁄16"
113.5 cms |
18 7⁄8"
48 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
31 1⁄4"
79.5 cms |
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Stock: 14803
A large antique moulded Bolection fireplace surround in pale green Connemara Marble, raised on solid foot blocks. Together with its integral fender. Shown here with andirons SNo 14528 not included.
English. late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
65 7⁄8"
167.5 cms |
48"
122 cms |
3"
7.5 cms |
| Internal |
50 13⁄16"
129 cms |
40 5⁄8"
103 cms |
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Stock: 9726
A tall but slim Victorian Tinos Verde Marble Baroque style antique Bolection fireplace surround. English, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
37"
94 cms |
42 1⁄4"
107.5 cms |
2 13⁄16"
7 cms |
| Internal |
27 3⁄16"
69 cms |
36"
91.5 cms |
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Stock: 14736
An elegant early 20th century moulded Pavonazzo Marble, Baroque style bolection chimneypiece. The name Pavonazzo derives from the Italian word for peacock, pavone. It is one of the many varieties of Carrara Marble being white with grey and black veining. English, circa 1920.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
50 13⁄16"
129 cms |
42 5⁄8"
108.2 cms |
3 11⁄16"
9.5 cms |
| Internal |
35"
89 cms |
34 13⁄16"
88.5 cms |
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Stock: 14365
A French white Statuary Marble chimneypieces flamboyantly carved in the Baroque style with a shaped and graceful opening and a foliate adorned medallion on the panelled frieze flanked by stylised acanthus endblocks set above angled console jambs. A pair with SNo 14366 not yet on the website.
French late 19th century.
Shown here with a pair of chenet SNo 13840 not included in the price.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
74"
188 cms |
43 1⁄4"
110 cms |
18 7⁄8"
48 cms |
| Internal |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
31 1⁄2"
80 cms |
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Stock: 14438
A Baroque Louis XV antique fireplace mantel in grey and white Arabascato Marble. The shaped moulded shelf above a panelled frieze with a central cartouche set above the serpentine opening flanked by twin panelled jambs. French early 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
49 5⁄8"
126 cms |
41 1⁄8"
104.5 cms |
17 1⁄4"
44 cms |
| Internal |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
34 13⁄16"
88.5 cms |
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Stock: 14248
A grand richly coloured and carved Rosso Levanto marble antique chimneypiece in the Baroque style., with a central scrolled cartouche on the panelled frieze, beneath a generous breakfront serpentine shaped shelf, with a pair of massive c-scrolled angled jambs flanking the graceful slow arched opening. Shown with fire grate SNo 14374. French mid 19th century.
Notes: Richly coloured and veined Rosso Levanto Marble is quarried throughout southern Europe and is often used for interior walls, floors, mosaics, fountains and fireplaces.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
70 7⁄8"
180 cms |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
17 7⁄8"
45.5 cms |
| Internal |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
32 11⁄16"
83 cms |
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Stock: 9017
A Maurin Green Marble Bolection Fireplace Mantel of bold proportions with light green veining interspersing the darker green figuring.
English 19th century.
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Height |
Depth |
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60"
152.5 cms |
51"
129.5 cms |
3 7⁄8"
10 cms |
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42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
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Stock: 7722
A small Louis XV Baroque style mantle, carved in Languedoc marble, with a serpentine
shelf & frieze, central shell cartouche and panelled jambs.
French 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 13⁄16"
146.8 cms |
43"
109.2 cms |
10"
25.4 cms |
| Internal |
44 5⁄8"
113.3 cms |
35 1⁄2"
90.2 cms |
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Stock: 13593
MONUMENTAL VENETIAN BAROQUE:
A superb highly ornate carved Walnut Chimneypiece. The architectural pediment, surmounted by a pair of reclining putti above a tympanum centred by a carved panel depicting Vulcans Forge, is flanked by figures of the twins Castor and Pollux known as the Dioskouri and the whole is supported on the shoulders of two massive carved figures of Atlas.The carving is typical of the nineteenth century Italian school, beautiful and seemingly effortless.
Italian circa 1870.
This piece was removed from a North American mansion together with
an associated sideboard SNo13592, see last image. Both were almost
certainly carved by Italian craftsmen and probably commissioned in
the late 19th century.
Notes: Vulcan was the Roman God of fire & volcanoes, metalworking, stone masonry, forges and the art of sculpture. In Greek mythology he was known as Hephaestus.
He was the son of Juno and Jupiter and because he was born lame legend says that his mother being so displeased at the sight of him flung him out of heaven. He was, though, married to and deeply loved by Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.
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Height |
Depth |
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96 1⁄8"
244 cms |
115"
292 cms |
24"
61 cms |
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55 7⁄8"
142 cms |
53 1⁄2"
136 cms |
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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: 13818
A large carved Yorkstone Baroque style Bolection Chimneypiece
with a generously moulded shelf.
English 20th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
78 11⁄16"
200 cms |
56 1⁄2"
143.5 cms |
8 1⁄2"
21.5 cms |
| Internal |
54 11⁄16"
139 cms |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
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Stock: 13517
THE DREAM OF JULIET
A rare and impressive Sarrancolin Opera Marble antique chimneypiece in the Baroque manner, the moulded bolection around the opening is centred by a flamboyantly scrolled cartouche flanked by a cushioned panelled frieze. The jambs with elaborately carved scrolled foliate decoration. The marble overmantel with it's high arched pediment holds a large round statuary marble panel depicting a beautiful young woman finely carved in the Renaissance manner and reminiscent of Shakespeare's Juliet and is signed F. Richard at the base.
English possibly French, circa 1900.
Notes: The Sarrancolin marble quarries are near the towns of Sarrancolin, Ilhet and Beyrede-Jumet in the Hautes-Pyrénées, in southwestern France. This chimneypiece has great presence.
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width |
height |
depth |
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80 11⁄16"
205 cms |
88 5⁄8"
225 cms |
19 11⁄16"
50 cms |
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46 7⁄8"
119 cms |
34 5⁄8"
88 cms |
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Stock: 8133
A very smart French antique fireplace in the Baroque manner, carved in Jaune Saint-Beaume, Crema Valencia marble, with inset Bardiglio Forito grey marble panels and scrolled corbels.
French, circa 1850.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
67 1⁄4"
171 cms |
47 3⁄16"
120 cms |
14"
35.6 cms |
| internal |
40 3⁄16"
102.2 cms |
36 11⁄16"
93.3 cms |
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Stock: 8168
A large and stately Baroque style antique chimneypiece in polished Belgian Blue Fossil Stone. The heavily moulded dentil shelf and corbelled frieze is supported
by a pair of generous fluted corbels above fluted jambs which rest on substantial footblocks. Belgian circa 1870.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
91 11⁄16"
233 cms |
69 11⁄16"
177 cms |
28 1⁄4"
72 cms |
| Internal |
57 1⁄8"
145 cms |
53 1⁄2"
136 cms |
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Stock: 8210
A large Bolection antique mantle in green Verde Antico marble. English, circa 1880.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
60"
152.4 cms |
49"
124.5 cms |
4 13⁄16"
12.1 cms |
| internal |
46"
116.8 cms |
40 11⁄16"
103.5 cms |
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Stock: 13132
A petit and charming Louis XIV Baroque style antique fireplace surround carved in Sarrancolin marble with a deep shelf above carved spandrels, a gentle slow arch and moulded bolection jambs.
French,19th Century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
53 1⁄8"
135 cms |
42 11⁄16"
108.5 cms |
14 5⁄8"
37 cms |
| Internal |
37 3⁄8"
95 cms |
34 1⁄8"
86.5 cms |
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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.