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.
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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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71 1⁄8" 180.5 cms |
56 3⁄8" 143.3 cms |
8 1⁄2" 21.5 cms |
Internal |
43 3⁄16" 109.8 cms |
48 11⁄16" 123.7 cms |
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Listed Price: £16,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 13632
A beautifully carved, highly ornate late 18th century pine and applied gesso twin columned antique chimneypiece. The under shelf, embellished with delicate acanthus leaf detail also seen throughout the fireplace, is set above a frieze centred with a gesso panel of classical figures in a rural setting. The endblocks, with further gesso figures representing the harvest, rest above the two sets of slender twin columns fronting the jambs. Provenance: Purportedly from Thame Park an early Georgian House in Oxfordshire.
English circa 1780.
Please note: There is some cracking to the gesso commensurate with age.
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76 13⁄16" 195 cms |
58 1⁄8" 147.5 cms |
7" 17.8 cms |
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49 3⁄8" 125.5 cms |
45 1⁄4" 115 cms |
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Listed Price: £9,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 7667
A fine antique pine fireplace surround in the Georgian manner, with a richly carved floral frieze centred by a large shell cartouche and with lambs tongue, egg & dart undershelf carving and acanthus leaf detail around the opening. We can provide marble slips if desired which would be added to the cost. English, circa 1880.
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64 5⁄8" 164 cms |
50 3⁄8" 128 cms |
6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms |
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46 11⁄16" 118.5 cms |
37 13⁄16" 96 cms |
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Listed Price: £4,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 10203
A large and fine antique Palladian style chimneypiece in the manner of William Kent (1685-1748). Carved in pure white Statuary Marble and with Breche Violette, endblocks and ingrounds, it has a prominent corniced shelf set over a beautifully scrolled foliate carved frieze, centred by a simple Breche Violette plaque, flanked by foliate endblocks above bold tapering volute jambs, topped by ribbon tied scrolls, resting on plain large footblocks.
English, mid 19th century with later restoration.
Notes: This chimneypiece, made in the 19th Century, bears a striking resemblance to the chimneypiece in the Red Dining Room at Raynham Hall in Norfolk, designed by Inigo Jones in the late 17th Century. The chimneypiece was probably designed by William Kent as the Hall was refashioned by him in 1731 in collaboration with the Master Sculptor & Carver James Richards (1718-1759) who is credited with the carving of the chimneypiece.
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97 1⁄2" 247.7 cms |
73 1⁄8" 185.7 cms |
14 3⁄16" 36 cms |
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42 1⁄8" 107 cms |
44 11⁄16" 113.5 cms |
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Stock: 12127
A late Georgian neoclassical fireplace surround in the manner of Robert Adam carved in white Statuary marble with yellow Sienna marble inlay. The wide breakfront shelf set over the fluted frieze centred by a large tablet also of purple veined yellow Sienna marble flanked by circular fluted paterae endblocks above fluted jambs.
English, late 18th century with restorations.
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82 1⁄4" 209 cms |
59 1⁄8" 150 cms |
8 1⁄4" 21 cms |
Internal |
48 3⁄8" 123 cms |
42 11⁄16" 108.5 cms |
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Stock: 13512
An elegant 20th century Georgian style chimneypiece in Statuary and inlaid Sienna
and Brocatelle marble.The frieze beneath the breakfront shelf embellished
with inlaid sienna festoons and centred by a tablet of a lidded urn surmounted by
a pair of seated sphinx draped with further festoons. The endblocks with tall vases
above descending inlaid sienna bellflowers on the jambs.
English mid 20th century.
Notes: There is an almost identical fireplace in the Library of Shropham Hall, Norfolk, England please see the image below.
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74 13⁄16" 190 cms |
60 5⁄8" 154 cms |
8 1⁄4" 21 cms |
Internal |
48 13⁄16" 124 cms |
46 1⁄2" 118 cms |
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Listed Price: £28,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 11772
A splendid 20th century fossil stone and marble chimneypiece in the Palladian manner. Removed from the Banqueting Hall of The Worshipful Company of Leatherers, an ancient Guild institution in the City of London. The massive white Statuary Marble shelf is supported on a fossil stone frieze centred by a plaque of Verdi Tinos green marble and is flanked by scrolled stone and green marble brackets, over a substantial lower frieze supported on either side by large scrolled consoles. The wide low opening has Statuary Marble ingrounds behind which are a pair of concave Verdi Marble inserts.
English 1950.
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95 1⁄4" 242 cms |
66 1⁄4" 168.4 cms |
14 13⁄16" 37.6 cms |
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28 11⁄16" 73 cms |
39 1⁄8" 99.3 cms |
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Stock: 12713
A tall carved pine chimneypiece in the style of William Kent, with a prominent shelf above a frieze profusely carved with scrolling acanthus centred by a female mask. Late 19th century.
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73 3⁄8" 186.5 cms |
73 3⁄8" 186.5 cms |
9 3⁄8" 24 cms |
Internal |
54 1⁄4" 138 cms |
50 3⁄8" 128 cms |
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Listed Price: £4,400 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 13386
A very smart late 18th century Statuary and Spanish Brocatelle inlaid marble chimneypiece, the central tablet carved with exquisite crossed leaf fronds and classical urn to the highest quality. The end blocks carved with rosettes common to the period with unusual extra carved oval paterae below.
English, circa 1780 with later restoration.
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72 3⁄8" 184 cms |
57 1⁄2" 146 cms |
7 7⁄8" 20 cms |
Internal |
47 5⁄8" 121 cms |
44 1⁄2" 113 cms |
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Listed Price: £24,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 12738
A Georgian style white statuary marble chimneypiece with Giallao di Sienna yellow marble detail, the fluted frieze with a carved central tablet depicting musical instruments the lute and trumpet echoed on the end blocks set above stop fluted pilaster jambs.
English circa 1880.
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57" 144.7 cms |
47" 119.5 cms |
6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms |
Internal |
37 7⁄8" 96.3 cms |
36 1⁄4" 92.3 cms |
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Stock: 13469
A small very decorative early 20th century Neoclassical style fireplace in statuary and antique red brown fossil marbles with an egg and dart moulded shelf over a guilloche frieze and central plaque and rosettes on the endblocks above fluted swagged jambs.
English early 20th century.
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53 1⁄4" 135.5 cms |
43 11⁄16" 111 cms |
6 11⁄16" 17 cms |
Internal |
36 5⁄8" 93 cms |
34 3⁄8" 87.3 cms |
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Listed Price: £12,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 8259
Aesop's Fables "The Fox, Stork and Pitcher"
An elegant George III style antique mantle finely carved in white Statuary marble with Sienna marble side panels & ingrounds and Sienna fluted frieze panels. The central plaque with Aesop's fable,"The Fox, the Stork and the Water Pitcher ", these have been recently carved, over fluted jambs.
English, circa 1900 and later.
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61" 154.9 cms |
51" 129.5 cms |
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Internal |
39" 99.1 cms |
39" 99.1 cms |
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Listed Price: £24,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 11466
A large period late Georgian pine Fireplace Surround well carved with egg and dart under the plain moulded shelf and around the opening. The frieze centred by a tablet carved with a ribboned fruit swag. Shown fitted with large marble footblocks and grey veined and figured marble ingrounds.
English 1880s.
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81 7⁄8" 208 cms |
63 3⁄8" 161 cms |
8 11⁄16" 22 cms |
Internal |
66 7⁄8" 170 cms |
50" 127 cms |
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Listed Price: £8,500 Excluding marble ingrounds.(+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 12221
A substantial and impressive late 19th century profusely carved pine and limewood chimneypiece in the Georgian manner of Robert Adam. The frieze, with its exquisitely carved limewood detail, has a central plaque of a classical urn draped with bellflower festoons flanked by further bellflower swags and there are two smaller delicately carved urns on the endblocks set above finely fluted tapering columns surmounted with scrolled Ionic capitals.
English, late 19th century.
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80 11⁄16" 205 cms |
61 13⁄16" 157 cms |
11 3⁄16" 28.5 cms |
Internal |
51 13⁄16" 131.5 cms |
45 1⁄4" 115 cms |
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Listed Price: £15,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 10051
A Georgian style carved mahogany chimneypiece in the Adam revival manner,the breakfront shelf over a classical urn carved central tablet flanked by a panelled frieze and endblocks supported on fluted columns with scrolled Ionic columns.Image before revival of polish. English, late19th century.
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78 1⁄4" 199 cms |
59 1⁄4" 150.5 cms |
14" 35.6 cms |
Internal |
44 7⁄8" 114 cms |
39 7⁄8" 101.3 cms |
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Listed Price: £6,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 10520
A richly carved pine mid Georgian style fireplace mantel. The plain moulded shelf over a central plaque carved with a woven reed basket of flowers, flanked by scrolled acanthus pattern on the side panels and leaf end brackets over lion heads holding descending rings on the jambs.
English late 19th century.
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82 1⁄8" 208.5 cms |
53 1⁄8" 135 cms |
11 13⁄16" 30 cms |
Internal |
48 3⁄8" 123 cms |
40 5⁄8" 103 cms |
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Listed Price: £6,300 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 11050
A smart & elegant medium sized White Statuary Marble Chimneypiece in the late Georgian manner, with simple carved fluted frieze panels which flank the central Wedgwood Jasperware plaque showing Hercules with Artemis ? Pan in the background, and oval medallions on the endblocks featuring dancing maidens, with descending bow tied bellflowers carved in low relief on the jambs.
English 1920's.
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71 11⁄16" 182 cms |
56 11⁄16" 144 cms |
7 1⁄8" 18 cms |
Internal |
46 1⁄8" 117 cms |
43 1⁄8" 109.5 cms |
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Stock: 10978
A carved walnut Edwardian fireplace in the Palladian manner with large carved Vitruvian scrolls on the frieze flanking a central floral plaque supported on shaped acanthus carved jambs above large foorblocks.
English, circa 1900.
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61" 155 cms |
51 5⁄8" 131 cms |
11 3⁄8" 29 cms |
Internal |
42 1⁄8" 107 cms |
40 3⁄16" 102 cms |
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Stock: 9111
An elegant, quite large chimneypiece in the Georgian manner in richly toned Mahogany. The frieze with Acanthus leaf carved sidepanels either side of the simple centre tablet, dentil undershelf detail, over dog leg opening to receive original pencil statuary marble slips, not shown.
English, late 19th century.
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67 1⁄8" 170.5 cms |
58 1⁄4" 148 cms |
9 3⁄16" 23.3 cms |
Internal |
55 1⁄2" 141 cms |
46 1⁄4" 117.5 cms |
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Stock: 7682
A Georgian, Adam style fireplace with pine & gesso decoration in the Neoclassical manner.
English, late 18th early 19th century.
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64 13⁄16" 164.5 cms |
55 1⁄2" 141 cms |
8" 20.3 cms |
Internal |
50" 127 cms |
46 13⁄16" 118.8 cms |
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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.