Georgian & Neo-Classical Fireplaces - Westland London Antiques

Neoclassical & Georgian, including Adam and Palladian, English, Scottish, Irish & Italian antique fireplaces, mantels and chimneypieces in marble, stone and wood.

  • Stock: 6596

    A very rare and finely cast, George III, Neo-classical cast iron chimneypiece, designed by Robert Adam. The frieze is delicately decorated with a finely cast central oval cartouche containing a scene of putty riding and pulling a lion, flanked by swags and floral paterae. The endblocks with oval paterae containing portraits of King George III and Queen Charlotte are surmounted by a pair of Neo-classical urns. These are supported on paneled jambs containing circular lion mask paterae and ribboned floral borders over paterae footblocks. The fluted integral hob grate with serpentine bars is decorated with bell flowers and a central floral paterae. The handsome back plate with a half round arch, above which is a central mask depicting a Roman Goddess, which is flanked by swags and a pair of cartouches depicting a roman emperor and empress.

    English, circa 1760.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 42 12"
    108 cms
    55 12"
    141 cms
    13"
    33 cms
    Internal 30 1116"
    78 cms
    22 316"
    56.5 cms

    Listed Price: £18,000 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16273

    A rare Irish chimneypiece of grand proportions in statuary marble. The generous moulded shelf rests over a wide panelled frieze which is mounted with a tablet of exceptional quality. It depicts a recumbent Poseidon, god of the sea, being drawn on a seashell chariot by hippocampi, all carved in an artful blend of high and low relief. This scene is flanked by the most glorious endblocks, each a crouching Aphrodite, situated within a scallop shell. These crouch above freestanding Doric columns. The strikingly simple elegance of the chimneypiece is a perfect foil for the beautifully carved tablet and spectacular endblocks.

    Irish, c.1820.

    Provenance: Raheen House, Raheen, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Southern Ireland. By repute, the chimneypiece was installed at Raheen House by the then owners of the house, the Burke family, circa 1889, when they apparently acquired it in lieu of a part payment for a warehouse. This commercial building was purchased by the Loreto Convent of Clonmel to be used as a religious school when their own school was damaged by fire.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 83 78"
    213 cms
    54 1116"
    139 cms
    18 18"
    46 cms
    Internal 43 14"
    110 cms
    38 58"
    98 cms
  • Stock: 8232

    A very smart English Regency specimen marble chimneypiece in Kilkenny Black Fossil Marble inlaid with Breche Violette marble panels which have been cut and opened like a book to reveal symetrical veining. The oval plaque on the frieze and the flanking end blocks are of inlaid Convent Sienna Marble. English, circa 1820.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 69"
    175.3 cms
    55 1116"
    141.6 cms
    6"
    15.2 cms
    Internal 43"
    109.2 cms
    42 12"
    108 cms

    Listed Price: £24,000 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16123

    A rare neoclassical chimneypiece of exceptional quality in statuary marble with a lapis lazuli tablet. The inverse breakfront shelf is supported by a boldly carved egg and dart undershelf which rests on a crisply carved, reeded frieze. The frieze is mounted with an exceptionally fine lapis lazuli tablet with an applied low relief scene in statuary marble depicting a pair of cavorting putti. This is flanked by floral paterae endblocks over jambs finely carved with flat corbels, terminating in bellflowers.
    English, c.1830.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 73 14"
    186.1 cms
    58 78"
    149.5 cms
    12"
    30.5 cms
    Internal 44 14"
    112.5 cms
    43 18"
    109.6 cms
  • Stock: 16124

    A fine statuary marble Regency chimneypiece in the manner of Samuel Wyatt (1737-1807). The plain shelf sits over a slender panelled frieze, which is flanked by stylised oak leaf endblocks over jambs finely carved with ribbon tied oak leaves and acorns. This chimneypiece is reminiscent of the work of Samuel Wyatt, as the carving on the jambs is remarkably similar to his chimneypiece designed for Sundridge Park.
    English, c.1805.

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    width height depth
    External 63 38"
    161 cms
    45 18"
    114.5 cms
    9 38"
    24 cms
    Internal 39 12"
    100.3 cms
    35 316"
    89.3 cms
  • Stock: 16083

    A good George III carved statuary and Siena marble chimneypiece with a games theme! The inverted breakfront shelf sits above a frieze depicting putti playing a game of 'blind man's bluff' within a classical setting. This scene is flanked by endblocks depicting putti playing battledore and shuttlecock, whilst the jambs below show putti skipping over neoclassical vases hung with swags. These sit either side of the generous Siena marble slips.
    This is a really unusual chimneypiece with a wonderfully lighthearted subject.

    English, c.1790 with later restorations.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 72"
    183 cms
    60 58"
    154 cms
    7 18"
    18 cms
    Internal 42 1116"
    108.5 cms
    44 316"
    112.2 cms
  • Stock: 13154

    A grand and large George III twin columned warm toned pine and gesso Georgian chimneypiece with its original Carrara Marble slips. The fluted and anthemion decorated frieze is centred by a plaque depicting four classical Greek figures around a weeping child. Each pair of slender twin columns on the jambs are separated by tumbling vines beneath end blocks with elaborately styled platters of fruit. English circa 1770.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 77"
    195.5 cms
    58"
    147.3 cms
    8 14"
    21.2 cms
    Internal 41 1116"
    106 cms
    40 78"
    104 cms

    Listed Price: £12,200 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15958

    A fine and grand neoclassical chimneypiece in statuary marble with Siena marble inlay. The boldly carved breakfront shelf sits above a high relief egg and dart undershelf and a finely fluted frieze inlaid with Siena marble. This is mounted with a beautifully carved tablet depicting putti feeding a goat within a pastoral landscape. This symbolises abundance. The solitary putto endblocks rest on three-quarter pilasters with inlaid Siena volutes over plain jambs.

    English, c.1760 with nineteenth-century restorations.

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    Width Height Depth
    72 12"
    184.2 cms
    61 58"
    156.5 cms
    11"
    28 cms
    43 1116"
    111 cms
    40 12"
    102.8 cms
  • Stock: 15880

    A small antique neo-classical statuary marble chimneypiece with green Campan marble inlay. The finely carved central tablet depicting Diana the huntress reclining attended by a pair of hunting dogs. This is flanked by a fluted frieze inlayed with green Campan marble and a pair of deeply carved foliate circular paterae corner blocks, all supported on inlayed fluted jambs on simple moulded footbloocks.
    English, Circa 1800.

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    width height depth
    External 60 1116"
    154.2 cms
    45 14"
    115 cms
    8 1116"
    22.2 cms
    Internal 39 12"
    100.4 cms
    35 38"
    90 cms
  • Stock: 15984

    An antique Neo-classical white statuary marble fireplace with Verde Antico ingrounds and frieze panels centred by a carved central tablet depicting Hebe in classical robes feeding Jupiter in the form of an eagle among clouds. This is flanked by a pair of 18th century corner blocks nicely carved with lidded urns.
    English, circa 1900 and earlier.

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    width height depth
    58 1116"
    149.2 cms
    47 316"
    119.8 cms
    6 12"
    16.5 cms
    36 1316"
    93.5 cms
    36 18"
    91.6 cms

    Listed Price: £9,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15844

    A fine eighteenth century George III chimneypiece in statuary marble. The solid reverse breakfront shelf sits above a frieze which is delicately carved with a stylised foliate design. This is centred by a tablet depicting a putto imitating Bacchus riding on a goat drawn chariot with two other putti in attendance. The endblocks are carved with urns hung with bellflowers and are supported by carved jambs which depict one putting holding a rake, whilst the opposing holds a scythe above trailing bellflowers.
    English, c.1790 with restorations.

    Ingrounds are a later replacement, and these can in turn be replaced with another marble.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 65 316"
    165.5 cms
    51 1316"
    131.5 cms
    8 12"
    21.6 cms
    Internal 37 38"
    95 cms
    36 1316"
    93.5 cms
  • Stock: 15775

    A large eighteenth century English neoclassical chimneypiece of exceptional quality. The moulded reverse breakfront shelf sits above a frieze inlaid with volutes of sarrancolin marble. The central tablet has been deftly carved with a neoclassical urn hanging with bellflowers.The delicately carved endblocks are supported by jambs also inlaid with volutes of soft amber coloured sarrancolin marble. Remarkably, this fireplace has had very few repairs over the centuries, and remains in beautiful, original condition.
    English, c.1780.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 69 1116"
    177.1 cms
    58 78"
    149.6 cms
    7 12"
    19 cms
    Internal 44 14"
    112.4 cms
    46 18"
    117 cms
  • Stock: 15547

    A rare Scottish pine and composition chimneypiece by Richard Foster of Edinburgh.

    The chimneypiece was designed with the coastal landscape of the East Coast of Scotland in mind and is profusely decorated in exquisite detail whilst maintaining the elegant restraint of a neoclassical chimneypiece.

    The breakfront shelf rests above an undershelf studded with acorns and mushrooms which in turn is supported by two eagles on the endblocks. The eagles are modelled after a Roman Imperial Eagle in Horace Walpole’s collection, found in the gardens of Boccapadugli and displayed by Walpole at his Strawberry Hill Home. These details frame the remarkable frieze which is a celebration of the Scottish coast; profusely decorated with seaweed, shells, sea cucumber and crabs, all in high relief.

    Most remarkable of all is the exquisite central tablet, which depicts Lady Emma Hamilton leaning on a ship’s anchor whilst gazing out to sea at the distant HMS Victory, the ship on which he would meet his heroic end. This scene is surrounded by a profusion of seashells and seaweed.

    The underfrieze makes a departure from the coastal theme, and instead entwines thorny roses with the Scottish emblem of the thistle.

    The jambs return to a more restrained neoclassicism, with engaged slender pilasters resting on plain footblocks. The original Kilkenny fossil marble slips are still present, which is a lovely feature.

    Scottish, c.1805.

    Provenance: Removed from an elegant Georgian house on the East Coast of Scotland, near Edinburgh.

    Notes:

    Chimneypieces of this manufacture were a speciality of Richard Foster of Edinburgh and his son and examples survive not only in Scotland but also in the United States and Canada, where he seemed to create a strong market for them in the late 18th century.
    Richard Foster was born in Canonbie, the Scottish Borders, in 1755. At the age of fourteen, he was recorded as having a bank account in London, presumably as he was serving as an apprentice there, perhaps to the Adam Brothers as they too were in London at this time. In 1785 he returned to Edinburgh, working as a "joiner" and married to the daughter of a wealthy leather merchant. His chimneypieces were sold not only in Scotland, but in the USA, a bold move only a few years after American Independence was declared! This is perhaps why he avoided becoming a prominent figure in Scottish social and intellectual circles, as selling to Britain's former colonies would have been regarded as treachery in many cases.
    The pine and composition chimneypiece he perfected made the rational principles and beauty of classicism affordable to the growing mercantile and professional class emerging in the 18th century. These clients wished to express their cultural understanding through objects that conveyed the principles they admired, the chimneypiece was one such highly prized object.
    The Adam brothers (Robert and James) were well known for promoting their designs to the masses, and it is the pine and composition chimneypiece they made for the emerging middle class in Edinburgh that have become synonymous with the "Adam Style". However, Foster was a true master of the technique, and his designs are some of the most delicate and finely manufactured ever made.
    In the 1770s, the technique of applying a cast composition onto pine really took off in Scotland, especially with the construction of many new houses, such as those in Edinburgh's New Town. The process of cast composition can be described as essentially a thermo plastic mix of chalk, glue size, and other additives heated up to a precise temperature then pressed into wood or brimstone moulds. These could then be applied to a simple pine surround and painted if desired. Foster was commissioned to make designs unique to clients, so there may only be a single example of a particular design, but these usually incorporate existing decorative motifs.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 78 1316"
    200.1 cms
    62 58"
    159 cms
    7 78"
    20.1 cms
    Internal 52"
    132 cms
    45 14"
    115 cms
  • Stock: 15615

    A fine George III chimneypiece in Statuary and Siena marble. The inverted breakfront shelf sits above a boldly carved egg and dart undershelf, resting over the faux fluted frieze inlaid with fine Siena Marble and studded with two oval paterae.
    The central rectangular tablet depicts three putti, one possibly Cupid as he holds a bow, the others grapple with a quiver of arrows. This scene is situated within ribbon tied drapery. The endblocks are also carved with putti, one holding a set of cymbal like instruments aloft and the other holding an unfurling scroll.
    Supporting the endblocks are the three-quarter columns also inlaid with Siena marble and topped by elegant composite ionic capitals and resting on socle and block plinth bases.

    English, c.1770. With restorations.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 74"
    188 cms
    62 58"
    159 cms
    13"
    33 cms
    Internal 46 78"
    119 cms
    39"
    99 cms
  • Stock: 15548

    A rare pine and composition chimneypiece by Richard Foster of Edinburgh. The chimneypiece is a celebration of the Scottish coast, and painstaking care has been taken to render the sea life and flora with a great deal of accuracy. The composition decoration has also been carefully wood-grained to make it appear like carved pine; this finish is a great survival.
    The inverted breakfront shelf sits above a band of composition moulded into acorns and mushrooms, and the frieze is decorated with swags of ribboned bellflowers in the neoclassical taste. Between these swags is the unusual detail of a fan of seaweed at their centre, a request of the patron no doubt.
    The central tablet has a floral ribboned swag studded with roses and other small blooms and the centre is filled with a spray of flowers and ferns within a woven basket. The endblocks feature a bound posy of roses and the jambs are decorated with trailing oak leaves and acorns. A very fine thing.

    Scottish, c.1800.

    Notes:
    Richard Foster was born in Canonbie, the Scottish Borders, in 1755. At the age of fourteen, he was recorded as having a bank account in London, presumably as he was serving as an apprentice there, perhaps to the Adam Brothers as they too were in London at this time. In 1785 he returned to Edinburgh, working as a "joiner" and married to the daughter of a wealthy leather merchant. His chimneypieces were sold not only in Scotland, but in the USA, a bold move only a few years after American Independence was declared! This is perhaps why he avoided becoming a prominent figure in Scottish social and intellectual circles, as selling to Britain's former colonies would have been regarded as treachery in many cases. The pine and composition chimneypiece he perfected made the rational principles and beauty of classicism affordable to the growing mercantile and professional class emerging in the 18th century. These clients wished to express their cultural understanding through objects that conveyed the principles they admired, the chimneypiece was one such highly prized object. The Adam brothers (Robert and James) were well known for promoting their designs to the masses, and it is the pine and composition chimneypiece they made for the emerging middle class in Edinburgh that have become synonymous with the "Adam Style". However, Foster was a true master of the technique, and his designs are some of the most delicate and finely manufactured ever made.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 66 12"
    169 cms
    58 12"
    148.6 cms
    7 14"
    18.6 cms
    Internal 48 18"
    122.3 cms
    45 1116"
    116 cms
  • Stock: 15537

    A very elegant Regency pine and gesso chimneypiece decorated in the Adam style. The inverted breakfront shelf is decorated with a beaded cornice and sits above an elegant frieze decorated with opposing gryphons holding ribbons of bellflowers in their beaks, centred by urns on stands. The tablet is more naturalistic, with Venus and attendants depicted in a pastoral landscape. The slender endblocks are decorated with classical urns on stands, and rest above the gently fluted pilaster jambs.

    English, c.1810.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 73 316"
    186 cms
    61 18"
    155.1 cms
    7"
    17.7 cms
    Internal 54 1116"
    139 cms
    48"
    122 cms
  • Stock: 11067

    A fine 19th century carved pine chimneypiece in the Georgian manner, with a frieze decorated with finely carved floral garlands and foliate flourishes. Intended to be fitted with marble slips, which we can provide.

    English, c. 1880.

    Width Height Depth
    External 61 12"
    156.3 cms
    52 58"
    133.5 cms
    6 14"
    16 cms
    Internal 5 38"
    13.6 cms
    40 1116"
    103.4 cms

    Listed Price: £3,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15438

    A late 18th century Statuary and Brocatelle marble chimneypiece, inlaid with a Greek key design on the frieze. The finely carved tablet depicts a goddess, perhaps Persephone, holding a cornucopia brimming with fruit, including a pineapple; something of a luxury in 18th century Britain. Beside her, a putto holds aloft an ear of wheat as he rides a lion pulling the goddess' chariot. In the distance, a small temple sits atop a hill, very much like the temple follies seen in 18th century parkland. Flanking the frieze are two elegantly carved endblocks, depicting a putto holding torches - another symbol of Persephone. These are supported by gently tapered jambs, inlaid with flutes of brocatelle marble and terminating in plain footblocks.
    English, Circa 1790 with restorations.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 74 1316"
    190 cms
    60 1316"
    154.5 cms
    8 78"
    22.5 cms
    Internal 48 38"
    123 cms
    47"
    119.5 cms
  • Stock: 15429

    A large and imposing Statuary and Connemara marble Neoclassical style chimneypiece made in the Palladian manner. The wide stepped shelf rests above a band of substantial dentil carving, beneath which lies a Connemara marble frieze centred with a large Statuary tablet depicting playful cherubs riding an eagle, the tablet is flanked by bold Statuary carvings of mythical dragons. The paterae endblocks sit above plain, tapering Connemara columns on the jambs.
    English, circa 1890.

    Shown here with firebasket SNo 14151 not yet on the web.

    The Palladian style was named after the Venetian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) whose work and ideas were based on the symmetry and perspective of the formal classical temple architecture of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. His work hugely influenced European architecture from the early 17th century to the present day.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 73 12"
    186.6 cms
    58 14"
    148 cms
    12"
    30.5 cms
    Internal 43 18"
    109.5 cms
    41 1116"
    106 cms
  • Stock: 6593

    The Dalquharran Castle Chimneypiece.

    A very rare, early Georgian, gently concave Portland Stone fireplace designed by Robert Adam and carved by the renowned Dutch stonemason Pieter Mathias van Gelder.

    A moulded shelf rests above a simple frieze centred by a panel carved in relief with a floor standing globe flanked by opposing sphinxes. The endblocks, with carved lyres and husk swags, sit above fern frond corbels terminating in festooned bucrane on fielded panel jambs raised on stepped footblocks.
    English, circa 1790.

    Dalquharran Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland, is regarded as one of the finest examples of Robert Adam’s Castle Style. His castles were unique in the respect that whilst the outside embodied the robustness associated with a castle, the inside was the embodiment of his restrained and delicate classical style. Dalquharran Castle was created for Thomas Kennedy of Dunure but is sadly now a ruin after the roof was removed in 1967 to avoid paying rates.

    The chimneypiece was originally installed in the round tower library of the Castle and epitomised Adam's classical elegance. The last image below shows it in situ in the ruins of the library. It is exceptionally rare to find such a piece and made even more remarkable as it survived virtually undamaged. There is a similarly fine chimneypiece at Seton Castle, Adam’s final project in Scotland.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 78"
    198.2 cms
    58 1316"
    149.3 cms
    12 58"
    32 cms
    Internal 47 1316"
    121.5 cms
    42 12"
    108 cms
  • Stock: 7360

    A large and very finely made replica Chimneypiece in the Italian Neo Classical manner in Statuary Marble inlaid with Cippolino, Portoro, Sienna, Breccia Colorato and Aegean Bordeaux specimen marbles. The egg and dart moulding beneath a breakfront shelf is above a frieze centred by a carved Statuary marble cartouche inlaid with Cippolino marble flanked by oval Portoro marble endblocks.

    Italian late 20th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 98 12"
    250.2 cms
    76"
    193 cms
    11 1116"
    29.8 cms
    Internal 61"
    154.9 cms
    50"
    127 cms
  • Stock: 11376

    A fine, late 18th century antique fireplace surround in Statuary marble with Spanish Brocatelle marble fluting and ingrounds. The breakfront shelf rests on a frieze with inlaid Brocatelle marble fluting, which is interspersed by delicately carved rosette paterae. The frieze is flanked by endblocks carved with pillar vases and trailing leaves above tapering fluted jambs raised on stepped footblocks.
    English circa 1780.

    Known provenance.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 69 14"
    176 cms
    58 1116"
    149 cms
    6"
    15.3 cms
    Internal 41 14"
    104.8 cms
    42 18"
    107 cms
  • Stock: 14356

    A fine Statuary Marble Victorian chimneypiece with grey/green Verde Antico Marble inlay very much in the George III manner. The wide moulded shelf, with an underlay of dentil detail, rests above an inlaid Greek Key frieze with a central tablet of an urn surmounted by a pair of mythical styled sphinx. The rosette paterae on the end blocks are set above inlaid fluted pilasters fronting the jambs. English, circa 1870.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 71 1116"
    182 cms
    56 12"
    143.5 cms
    9 18"
    23 cms
    Internal 44 18"
    112 cms
    42 78"
    109 cms
  • Stock: 14786

    A rather magnificent and beautifully carved twin columned Palladian style Victorian walnut antique fireplace mantel. The shelf, under carved with scrolling foliate detail, rests above a stop fluted frieze centred by a plaque with a stylised urn and trailing acanthus leaves and fronds. Each of the endblocks, with large heraldic cartouche, sit above twin pairs of finely carved stop fluted tapering columns supported on substantial footblocks. The fireplace opening with a border of shell and tongue is centred by a scrolled panel of angels, amid further foliage, immediately beneath the plaque. English, circa 1880.

    Shown here with fire basket SNo 12271 not included.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 89 316"
    226.5 cms
    62 58"
    159 cms
    12"
    30.5 cms
    Internal 50 1316"
    129 cms
    43 12"
    110.5 cms
  • Stock: 8445

    A George II antique pine chimneypiece with leaf carved moulding & vines, with bunches of grapes on the frieze.
    English, Circa 1760.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 61 1316"
    157 cms
    61 38"
    156 cms
    6 1116"
    17 cms
    Internal 44 78"
    114 cms
    46 12"
    118 cms

    Listed Price: £4,300 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15274

    A small 20th century Neoclassical style Statuary Marble chimneypiece in the manner of Adam with a Sienna Marble frieze and ingrounds. The frieze is centred by a Statuary Marble tablet which features a pair of seated cherubs either side of a bust of Homer within a classical landscape. One cherub has a hand on Homers forehead, the other has a hand on an open book and both are holding bones the whole possibly a representation of Learning. The tablet is flanked by a pair of carved ewers on the endblocks set above jambs fronted by elegant Statuary ionic pilasters raised on neat footblocks. Removed from a house in Cornwall. English, mid 20th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 62"
    157.5 cms
    51 18"
    129.7 cms
    7 14"
    18.5 cms
    Internal 38 14"
    97.3 cms
    38"
    96.5 cms
  • Stock: 14950

    An early 20th century Neoclassical style Statuary and Sienna Marble chimneypiece. The Sienna panelled frieze beneath the stepped moulded shelf is centred by a carved Statuary Marble plaque depicting Venus and Cupid. Finely carved floral paterae adorn the endblocks above tapering, panelled Sienna columns on the jambs. English, circa 1930.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 61 14"
    155.7 cms
    51 12"
    130.8 cms
    8 12"
    21.6 cms
    Internal 36 18"
    91.8 cms
    40 316"
    102 cms

    Listed Price: £8,200 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 9240

    A grand and impressive Palladian style chimneypiece in finely carved Portland Stone. The wide shelf carved in high relief with an undershelf of repeating acanthus leaf motif, over boldly scaled egg and dart over lambs tongue detail. The main ingrounds carved with continuous guilloche motif. The whole is supported on large, sturdy footblocks. Rebuilt using original 19th century elements. Provenance: Removed from a building in the City of London.
    English, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 112 1316"
    286.5 cms
    87 58"
    222.5 cms
    17 78"
    45.5 cms
    Internal 65 316"
    165.7 cms
    63 1116"
    161.7 cms
  • Stock: 15195

    A late 18th century Georgian chimneypiece carved in Statuary Marble with Verde Antico frieze panels and slips to the opening. This chimneypiece was carved by the sculptor Thomas Carter (d.1795) and designed by the architect Charles Cameron, who installed it at 15 Hanover Square, London W1 c.1774 - a property which has subsequently been demolished. It was almost certainly designed for one of the principle rooms in the house. The Statuary Marble chimneypiece is boldly carved, uniting both Neoclassical and Palladian ideals to create an ornate yet elegantly balanced piece. The central tablet is carved in high relief with a depiction of putti representing the Arts, Sciences, Knowledge and Industry. It is centred on the frieze beneath the wide breakfront shelf and is in turn flanked by a pair of large stylised, foliate endblocks which sit above the sweeping console jambs.
    English, circa 1774.

    Provenance: 15 Hanover Square was designed in the 1770s by the architect Charles Cameron for Jervoise Clark (1743-1808) Member of Parliament for Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight. The chimneypiece was installed there in the 1770s. It was taken out when the house was demolished in 1904 and was subsequently promoted by prominent antique dealers of the time among them Mr Pratt, Messrs Keeble, Gill & Reigate & Sir Charles Allom. It was Illustrated in English Chimneypieces by Guy Cadogan Rothery published by John Tiranti in 1927 (please see the scanned image below).

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    Width Height Depth
    86 316"
    219 cms
    63 12"
    161.2 cms
    12"
    30.6 cms
    47 58"
    121 cms
    43 1116"
    111 cms
  • Stock: 15202

    A finely carved Statuary Marble George III chimneypiece with a musical theme. The reeded frieze, beneath the moulded shelf, is centred by a carved tablet of a muse playing her harp with a putti beside her holding her music. The musical theme is echoed in the carved trumpets, drums and symbols on the endblocks set above the reeded jambs. This fine Georgian fire surround was at one time in a large house in a village in Hampshire. English, circa 1800 - 1810.

    Shown here with fire grate SNo 14862 not included.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 53 1316"
    136.7 cms
    49 38"
    125.6 cms
    10"
    25.5 cms
    Internal 35 12"
    90.2 cms
    40 38"
    102.5 cms
  • Stock: 10093

    A substantial and profusely carved pine Fireplace Surround in the Neo Classical manner. The central plaque floral swar is finely carved in high relief, the endblocks with stylised foliate paterae and with acanthus corbels and descending festoons on the jambs.
    English 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 75 316"
    191 cms
    52 38"
    133 cms
    11"
    28 cms
    Internal 42 18"
    107 cms
    37 58"
    95.5 cms

    Listed Price: £8,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 13011

    An enormous and grand antique Victorian walnut chimneypiece in the Neoclassical style. The frieze elaborately carved with three pairs of sea serpents alternating with flambeau urns and scallop shells. The shells are repeated on the panelled surround of the opening. Larger scallop shells are set on the endblocks and the jambs have entwined decoration set within panels framed by beading and egg & dart edging. There is a brass plaque fixed to the undershelf with the engraved signature of Carlo Scarselli and the date 1878.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 122 1316"
    312 cms
    78"
    198 cms
    22"
    56 cms
    Internal 55 78"
    142 cms
    50 1316"
    129 cms
  • Stock: 14780

    A tall and finely made white Statuary Marble Georgian chimneypiece. The wide corniced shelf rests above the plain frieze which is centred by a tablet depicting The Triumph of Love. Flanking the frieze are laurel wreathed endblocks above fielded jambs with corbels in the form of stylised fern fronds terminating in bellflowers. This antique fireplace exudes the simple elegance characteristic of the period. English, circa 1790.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 74 1316"
    190 cms
    59 58"
    151.5 cms
    7 12"
    19 cms
    Internal 45 14"
    115 cms
    43 58"
    110.8 cms
  • Stock: 7602

    An attractive and delicately carved white Carrara marble antique fireplace surround in the Italian Imperio manner with inset Brescia Violette panels. The frieze with a central crown of laurel leaves flanked by a pair of Brescia Violette panels, echoed on the jambs, is flanked by floral paterae on the endblocks set above twin trophy panels on the jambs signifying Victory. Italian, circa 1800 (with restoration).

    Shown here with andirons SNo 12527 not included.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 60 12"
    153.7 cms
    46 14"
    117.5 cms
    12"
    30.5 cms
    Internal 45 12"
    115.6 cms
    37"
    94 cms

    Listed Price: £9,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14246

    A very finely carved Neoclassical style antique pine chimneypiece. The shelf, with floral under carving, egg and dart and dentl borders, rests above a delicate stop fluted frieze centred by a large central plaque depicting an allegorical scene of a seated goddess, possibly Eileithyia the Greek Goddess of Childbirth, surrounded by children gathering fruits. The foliate detailed endblocks rest on Ionic capitals above tapering panels with vine entwined rods on the jambs. The opening with an embellished floral edging.
    English, early to mid 19th century.

    Shown here with firegrate SNo 14748 not included.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 71 18"
    180.5 cms
    56 38"
    143.3 cms
    8 12"
    21.5 cms
    Internal 43 316"
    109.8 cms
    48 1116"
    123.7 cms

    Listed Price: £16,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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Georgian and Neoclassical fireplaces
Our collection of antique Neoclassical and Georgian fireplaces, chimneypieces and mantels comprises an impressive range in marble, wood and occasionally stone. Whether you wish to complement an existing Georgian or Neoclassical interior or add a touch of period style to a modern room, our Georgian and Neoclassical fireplaces are a great way to make a statement.

The Georgian Era
The Georgian era was a fascinating moment in British Art, Architecture, Design and Culture. This period saw the foundation of the Royal Academy of Art and the British Museum, and nurtured some of the finest architects, Robert Adam, John Nash and John Soane. The Georgian monarchy was a Hanoverian one; founded when the protestant George I ascended to the throne following the death of Queen Anne, his cousin. This Hanoverian monarchy ruled at a time of enormous colonial expansion, economic instability and even saw the birth of the Industrial Revolution. Despite the political and social unrest, the royal family were voracious patrons of the arts, and can be credited with nurturing some of the finest design talent of the time, including the revered architect and designer, Robert Adam.

Period Design Features
There was such a broadening and oscillation in artistic style during this period that it is perhaps more accurate to speak of “Georgian styles.” Palladianism, Neoclassicism and the English Rococo all thrived during the eighteenth-century. The overriding sense was a withdrawal from the heavy opulence of the Baroque style. Classical restraint was certainly favoured; symmetry, proportion and elegance were esteemed characteristics of the period. This was in part due to the popularity of the Grand Tour which highlighted some of the greatest sights of antiquity, and provided invaluable inspiration for both the patrons and designers of the 18th century.

Georgian Fireplaces
The Georgian fireplace embodied the favoured architectural characteristics of the period. Classical proportion and features evocative of Greek and Roman architecture were employed to create a grand and elegant focal point in the Georgian home. The Georgian period is often applauded for its development of domestic architecture also; vast swathes in cities and towns were being redeveloped with elegant terraces and villas, each with their own chimneypieces.

A revolution in Georgian fireplace design
Robert Adam was a seminal figure of the 18th century, and it is perhaps his designs for chimneypieces which are most well-known. Adam had studied in Rome and when he returned to Britain in 1758, opened up an architectural practice with his brother James, becoming the leading figure of the classical revival. The firm’s movement away from the rigid Palladianism of the late 17th century led to a lighter, more whimsical classical style. Their firm was not limited to architecture alone; it produced finished interiors using furniture and fittings of their design. As leading architects to Britain’s aristocracy and royalty, they also sought to show that good, harmonious design had a wider civic purpose. The Adam brothers sought democratise taste with a number of ambitious civic projects.

Adam style fireplaces
Adam fireplaces are instantly recognised by their crisp classical motifs carved in low relief in the form of central tablets and endblocks, and pilastered or columned jambs. Their elegance, designed to complement the finest architecture, is unquestionable
The firm also pioneered a pine and composition chimneypiece which is now an iconic part of 18th century design. This composition was made from a secret recipe and could be applied to wooden frames and treated with a number of finishes, such as gilt, paint, and faux marble. It meant that decorative chimneypieces could be manufactured far more quickly than the traditional limewood or marble chimneypieces, allowing the firm to keep pace with the rapid rate of house construction. They were also more affordable, and allowed more modest homes to enjoy the classical styles, which had been before, the preserve of the elite.

The Neoclassical
The neoclassicism typified by Adam style fireplaces evolved as a response to the flamboyant and opulent designs of both the Rococo and Baroque periods. Use of classical motifs was also intrinsically linked to the ideals of the Enlightenment, as classical design conveyed ideas of knowledge and truth. The style was born in Rome in the mid-18th Century after the rediscovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and was circulated throughout Europe by a generation of wealthy Grand Tourists and artists, who returned from their Grand Tours in Italy with freshly discovered Greco-Roman ideals.
Neoclassicism favoured a more formal, dignified approach that respected order and decorum, and established rules that became a distinct movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music and architecture throughout northern Europe from the mid-18th to the end of the 19th centuries. It still endures as one of the most popular architectural styles today.