Stock No: 11198

A RARE ITALIAN ANTIQUE FIREPLACE MANTEL IN WHITE STATUARY MARBLE. This is an original early period chimneypiece elegantly proportioned and carved from the solid in three elements in the Baroque manner of the Lombardy region of Italy.The shelf is carved with a neat moulding from a single block integral with the delicately panelled frieze which is centered with a typical asymmetric central stylised floral cartouche, flanked by further smaller floral motifs on the upper jamb panels, also carved from the solid. Italian, late 17th, early 18th century.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	65.7" 167 cms	48.4" 123 cms	6.9" 17.5 cms
Internal	43.5" 110.5 cms	41.1" 104.5 cms