Antique Marble Fireplaces
Stunning antique marble fireplaces, mantels & chimneypieces made in variety of different antique marbles, including Sienna marble, Statuary marble, Cippolino marble and Verde antico marble.
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Stock: 8383
A small and pretty Louis XV style Rococo fireplace mantel in subtly figured red and yellow Breche d'Aleppe marble.The freize under the serpentine shelf with an oval medallion central cartouche flanked by subtly scolled carved detail, supported on panelled and fluted angled jambs.
French 19th century.
Link to: Antique Rococo Chimneypieces inc Louis XV English Scottish Chippendale Rococo fireplace mantels.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
56"
142.2 cms |
39 1⁄2"
100.3 cms |
12"
30.5 cms |
| internal |
40 1⁄2"
102.9 cms |
31 11⁄16"
80.6 cms |
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Stock: 12976
An elegant arched Bianco Pi marble chimneypiece with a plain shelf above, the arch edged with beaded decoration and a central rosette keystone flanked on either side with simple Gothic roundels on the spandrels.
English, 19th Century.
Link to: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
74 11⁄16"
189.7 cms |
49 3⁄8"
125.6 cms |
14"
35.5 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 12840
A small compact Louis XVI antique fireplace in elegantly veined Arabascato marble. The simple shelf rests over a carved stop-fluted frieze, flanked by acanthus leaf capitals supported on half round pilasters.
French, early 19th Century.
Link to: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
53 7⁄8"
137 cms |
43 3⁄16"
109.8 cms |
17 1⁄8"
43.5 cms |
| Internal |
37 3⁄8"
95 cms |
33 11⁄16"
85.5 cms |
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Stock: 12484
A French Rococo fireplace surround in the Louis XV manner in white veined Carrara marble with a serpentine breakfront shelf above a charming central shell cartouche above a well shaped opening the end blocks carved with foliate and astragal style decoration above panelled c-scroll jambs.
French, 19th Century.
Link to: Antique Rococo Chimneypieces inc Louis XV English Scottish Chippendale Rococo fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
62 1⁄4"
158.3 cms |
42 7⁄8"
109 cms |
14 7⁄8"
37.8 cms |
| Internal |
37"
94 cms |
34 3⁄8"
87.5 cms |
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Stock: 10444
A small and compact Louis XV manner French Rococo fireplace in lightly veined Carrara marble with a fielded frieze centred by a stylised shell cartouche beneath a serpentine breakfront shelf the end blocks with foliate astragal style decoration above c-scroll fielded jambs.
French, 19th Century.
Link to: Antique Rococo Chimneypieces inc Louis XV English Scottish Chippendale Rococo fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
52 13⁄16"
134 cms |
41 1⁄8"
104.5 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
34 3⁄8"
87.5 cms |
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Stock: 12964
A finely carved antique Regency Chimneypiece in statuary marble. The delicately carved shelf sits over the central plaque carved with hop vines. The plaque is flanked by Greek revival side panels, ornately adorned with palmette motif and hop decorated end blocks. Supported on elegant and substantial Doric columns. Irish, early 19th century.
Link to: Antique English Regency chimneypieces inc. George IV fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
76"
193 cms |
55 1⁄8"
140 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
| Internal |
46 1⁄4"
117.5 cms |
43 7⁄8"
111.5 cms |
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Stock: 12965
A very lovely large and elegant white statuary marble fireplace in the Irish Regency Greek Revival manner, the frieze centred by a plaque carved with wheat ears, pineapples and grape vines, flanked by reeded panels and with well carved acanthus leaf corbels on the endblocks above reeded jambs.
Provenance: Claremont Lodge, County Derry, Northern Ireland.
Irish early 19th century circa 1810.
Link to: Antique English Regency chimneypieces inc. George IV fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
75 3⁄16"
191.1 cms |
51 3⁄8"
130.5 cms |
10 3⁄16"
26 cms |
| Internal |
45 11⁄16"
116 cms |
42 11⁄16"
108.5 cms |
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Stock: 12928
An impressive Gothic Revival Fire Surround in lightly veined Carrara Marble. The simple moulded shelf set above a pointed arched opening and with typical Gothic tracery carvings on the frieze, the end blocks and the panelled jambs. English mid 19th century. Known provenance.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
74 3⁄8"
189 cms |
51 3⁄8"
130.5 cms |
13"
33 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
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Stock: 13470
An early 20th century Neo Classical style white statuary & porphyry marble fireplace surround, the fluted frieze centred with a 19th century tablet depicting putti gathering a grape harvest, with swag draped urn endblocks above tapering half round fluted jambs entwined with foliate decoration.
The scene was possibly taken from original drawings, artist unknown please see images below, which may have been part of a series depicting The Harvest as shown in The Connoisseur Magazine Oct 1911 pages 99 & 103.
English early 20th century incorporating earlier elements.
Link to a section showing full range of similar/related neo-classical chimneypieces
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61"
155 cms |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
| Internal |
37"
94 cms |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
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Stock: 12688
A substantial chimneypiece in the Baroque manner in Belgian Black marble of Namur with simply carved mouldings under the wide shelf. Flemish, Early 19th century.
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
72"
183 cms |
49 3⁄16"
125 cms |
15 3⁄16"
38.5 cms |
| Internal |
44 1⁄8"
112 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 12810
A compact Carrara Marble Louis XVI Cheminee, the breakfront shelf over panelled carved frieze supported on scrolled carved jambs.
French mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
55 1⁄8"
140 cms |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
14 3⁄8"
36.5 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
32 1⁄8"
81.5 cms |
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Stock: 12801
A large white marble Art Deco very smart fireplace mantel. The lightly veined and figured ivory white bolection surround has a Belgian Black Marble trim and stainless steel inserts together with a fireside fender.
English circa 1930.
Link to: Antique Arts and Crafts, Aesthetic, Art Nouveau mantels and Art Deco fireplaces and chimneypieces.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
72"
183 cms |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
7 1⁄4"
18.5 cms |
| Internal |
20 7⁄8"
53 cms |
20 7⁄8"
53 cms |
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Stock: 9206
A Statuary,Sienna marble and Scagliola inlaid marble chimneypiece in the Adam style. The moulded shelf above an inlaid faux fluted freize centred by a rectangular tablet applied with a drapery hung urn, the corresponding faux fluted jambs with urn cappings, on block feet.
English circa 1930.
Link to a section showing full range of similar/related neo-classical chimneypieces
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
62 1⁄8"
157.8 cms |
48 13⁄16"
124 cms |
7 1⁄2"
19 cms |
| Internal |
40 5⁄8"
103 cms |
37 5⁄8"
95.5 cms |
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Stock: 12777
A fine and unadorned arched chimneypiece in Saint-Anne des Pyreneese Grand Dessin black veined marble from the Audy Quarry in France, with carved spandrels and sturdy wide jambs.
Victorian, mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.
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width |
height |
depth |
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98 3⁄8"
250 cms |
49 5⁄8"
126 cms |
13 3⁄8"
34 cms |
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39 3⁄8"
100 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
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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.
Link to a section showing full range of similar/related neo-classical chimneypieces
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
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.
Link to a section showing full range of similar/related neo-classical chimneypieces
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
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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Stock: 14226
An attractive Louis XVI fireplace carved in statuary marble with a central shell cartouche, and related carved decoration on the jambs.
French 19th century, likely to have been made for the English market.
Link to: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
63 3⁄16"
160.5 cms |
46 1⁄8"
117 cms |
14"
35.5 cms |
| Internal |
40 3⁄16"
102 cms |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
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Stock: 12599
An unadorned early 19th century English Regency marble fireplace surround in beautiful richly coloured Siena marble, with simple stepped end blocks and plain jambs.
English circa 1840.
Link to: Antique English Regency chimneypieces inc. George IV fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
72"
183 cms |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
13 3⁄8"
34 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
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Stock: 12666
A LOUIS XVI BOLECTION FIREPLACE in the Baroque manner, in white veined and figured purple, red and green Campan marble. French, mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
57 3⁄16"
145.3 cms |
43 11⁄16"
111 cms |
15 3⁄8"
39.2 cms |
| Internal |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
35 1⁄2"
90.2 cms |
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Stock: 13244
An unusually large Carrara marble Bolection Fireplace Surround with a rising ogee edging and jambs supported on substantial footblocks. English mid to late 19th century.
Notes: There is a similar Bolection in the study at Belton House, Lincolnshire.
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
71 11⁄16"
182 cms |
51"
129.5 cms |
4 1⁄4"
11 cms |
| Internal |
54 1⁄8"
137.5 cms |
42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
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Stock: 12636
A smart Louis XVI style antique French fireplace mantel carved in vividly coloured, veined and figured Sarin Colin marble. The plain moulded shelf over a panelled frieze centred by an olive branch wreath flanked by florally carved endblock paterae supported on fluted jambs. French circa 1840.
Link to: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 13⁄16"
157 cms |
43 11⁄16"
111 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
| Internal |
47 3⁄8"
120.5 cms |
36 3⁄8"
92.5 cms |
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Stock: 12547
ONE OF A NEAR PAIR OF SMALL LATE GEORGIAN WHITE MARBLE fireplaces. The simply moulded shelf over a plain frieze centred by a bellflower swag-decorated central plaque, flanked by fluted pilaster capitals, with Verde Antico green marble slips. English, late 19th century.
Link to: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
59 3⁄8"
151 cms |
50"
127 cms |
11"
28 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
38"
96.5 cms |
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Stock: 12537
A LARGE GREEN MARBLE FIREPLACE MANTEL IN THE BAROQUE MANNER OF LOUIS XIV, with angled florally decorated scrolled bracketed jambs. French, mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
68 1⁄8"
173 cms |
43 1⁄4"
110 cms |
18 3⁄8"
46.7 cms |
| Internal |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
34 5⁄8"
88 cms |
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Stock: 12482
A BLACK AND GOLD PORTORO MARBLE BOLECTION FIREPLACE IN THE LOUIS XVI MANNER. Image before restoration and polishing. French, mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 11⁄16"
146.5 cms |
40 3⁄8"
102.5 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
42 1⁄4"
107.5 cms |
30 11⁄16"
78 cms |
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Stock: 12479
A substantial and finely proportioned late Georgian antique fireplace mantel. Beautifully carved in white statuary marble with a breakfront shelf over the grandly carved frieze centred by a figural plaque with cherubs and a reclining female. The frieze decorated with rosette paterae and bell flower swags hung between classical urns and flanked by deeply scrolled corbels on the endblocks above tall fluted jambs. English, late 18th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
90"
228.6 cms |
67 11⁄16"
172 cms |
12 3⁄16"
31 cms |
| Internal |
54 1⁄4"
138 cms |
48 13⁄16"
124 cms |
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Stock: 6538
A TALL " BOLECTION DE VERSAILLES " FIREPLACE IN THE LOUIS XIV MANNER, carved in attractive pale green, variegated marble. The simply moulded shelf is seated over the " clerestory windowed " concave frieze supported over the lower plain frieze which terminates each end with ribboned descending large bellflowers. On both side returns are hinged gilt brass, circular repousséd ventilation ports to increase upward chimney draft if required. Image before restoration which is in progress. French, mid 19th century.
NOW SNo. 13284
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
62 3⁄8"
158.5 cms |
54 1⁄8"
137.5 cms |
12 7⁄8"
32.7 cms |
| Internal |
47"
119.5 cms |
39 13⁄16"
101 cms |
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Stock: 6529
A substantial Louis XVI antique fireplace mantel carved in Breache Violette Marble. The simple breakfront shelf seated over a plain panelled frieze flanked by carved lion mask endblocks in the Roman manner with crossed paws over descending scrolled florally-carved decoration. French, mid 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
61 5⁄8"
156.5 cms |
43 11⁄16"
111 cms |
16 1⁄2"
42 cms |
| Internal |
40 3⁄8"
102.5 cms |
33 1⁄8"
84 cms |
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Stock: 9816
A pleasing French Pompadour, Louis XV style, antique fireplace surround in lightly veined, pure white Carrara Marble. The serpentine breakfront shelf rests above a shaped panelled frieze centred by a simple oval medallion echoed on the angled jambs.
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Width |
height |
depth |
| External |
44 1⁄2"
113 cms |
40 5⁄8"
103 cms |
13 13⁄16"
35 cms |
| Internal |
30 1⁄4"
77 cms |
35"
89 cms |
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Stock: 12557
A PERIOD 18th CENTURY GEORGE III IRISH NEO CLASSICAL FIREPLACE in the manner of Sir Henry Cheere, in white Statuary marble inlaid with Sicilian Jasper panels on the frieze and jambs.
The breakfront shelf with bead and reel detail over a frieze inlaid with prettily figured Jasper / Diaspora and centred by a large tablet carved in high relief depicting a rural scene of a ploughboy with shire horses and a hound evoking the history of Ceres as harvest deity of Peace and Plenty. It is flanked by two carved sphinx on the endblocks supported on tapering plinths carved with ribboned interwoven bellflowers. English 1770.
NOTE : A similar but wider tablet is on a chimneypiece in featured in " English Chimneypieces " published in 1927 by Guy Cadogan Rotheray; on another chimneypiece featured in a Litchfield & Co advertisement in The Connoisseur Magazine Sept 1906 and on a chimneypiece at Castletown, Co. Kilkenny (The Georgian Society Records of eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Ireland, vol.5, Dublin, 1913, pl.59)... images below.
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width |
height |
depth |
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80 1⁄4"
204 cms |
62 3⁄16"
158 cms |
8"
20.3 cms |
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48 5⁄8"
123.5 cms |
46 1⁄8"
117 cms |
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Stock: 12544
AN ANTIQUE SUBSTANTIAL BOLECTION FIREPLACE in richly veined and figured grey, white and red Languedoc marble. English, 1930s.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
56 1⁄8"
142.5 cms |
47"
119.5 cms |
3 7⁄8"
10 cms |
| Internal |
36"
91.5 cms |
37 3⁄16"
94.5 cms |
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Stock: 12331
A LOUIS XV CHIMNEYPIECE IN BLACK, WHITE AND IVORY VEINED AND FIGURED MARBLE. Quite sophisticated and understated in the Rococo manner. The serpentine shelf over the frieze is centred by a well formed central shell cartouche, supported on angled, panelled jambs. French 18th century.
Link to: Antique Rococo Chimneypieces inc Louis XV English Scottish Chippendale Rococo fireplace mantels.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
68 1⁄2"
174 cms |
45 11⁄16"
116 cms |
10 5⁄8"
27 cms |
| Internal |
53 1⁄2"
136 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
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Stock: 12548
An imposing Gothic Revival fireplace surround in lightly veined English Marble with a half hexagonal column plinth centrally on the frieze and inset Gothic tracery panelled jambs supporting the shelf. The slow Gothic arch is formed with attractive florally carved spandrels.
English mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
72"
183 cms |
51 3⁄16"
130 cms |
13 3⁄8"
34 cms |
| Internal |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
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Stock: 12545
An imposing Victorian Neo gothic style chimneypiece in Kilkenny Black Fossil Marble with a prominent five sided half columned central plinth on the frieze above the pointed arched opening.
English mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
71 1⁄8"
180.5 cms |
51 3⁄8"
130.5 cms |
12 3⁄16"
31 cms |
| Internal |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
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Stock: 12304
A Louis XVI style late19th century antique chimneypiece in Breccia Dorata Marble, the straight moulded shelf supported on scrolled console jambs with lion paw feet.
French ca 1880.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
58 1⁄4"
148 cms |
43 1⁄8"
109.5 cms |
11 5⁄8"
29.5 cms |
| Internal |
42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
33 1⁄8"
84 cms |
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Stock: 12214
A simple understated but elegant Bianco Pi marble fireplace Surround in the late Regency early Victorian manner.
Circa 1840.
Link to: Antique Victorian, William IV and Edwardian fireplaces and chimneypieces.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
78"
198 cms |
52"
132 cms |
10 13⁄16"
27.5 cms |
| Internal |
42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
40 3⁄8"
102.5 cms |
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Marble fireplaces
Our stunning collection of antique marble fireplaces, mantels and chimneypieces features fireplaces made in a variety of different antique marbles, including Sienna marble, Statuary marble, Cippolino marble and Verde Antico marble.
A brief history of marble
Marble has been used in architecture for thousands of years, dating back to the ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian cultures. Its ability to bear immense weight made it ideal for supporting structures and monolithic columns in public, private and religious buildings. Prized for its beauty and resilience, marble has been used in some of the world’s most iconic buildings, including the Parthenon, the Taj Mahal and the Palace of Versailles.
Marble has been popular for its use in sculpture since classical times. In fact, the word ‘marble’ derives from the Ancient Greek mármaron, which means ‘crystalline rock, shining stone’. Light is able to penetrate several millimetres into marble before being scattered out, producing the characteristic ‘glow’ that seems to give life to sculptures.
The introduction of marble fireplaces
Marble fireplaces have been popular for hundreds of years. Marble has been highly prized as a material for fireplaces due to its softness - which makes it easier to carve - its strength, and, perhaps most of all, its elegance and air of luxury.
The oldest piece in our collection of antique marble fireplaces dates back to around 1460. This extremely rare chimneypiece is carved in Pietra d’Istria marble from the Istrian Peninsula near Venice, and is attributed to Giorgio da Sebenico, sculptor of the Duomo San Francesco, Cathedral of Ancona.
A taste for marble fireplaces
Marble fireplaces remained fashionable in Europe throughout the 15th and 16th Centuries and were particularly popular during the Georgian, Regency and Victorian eras.
The first half of the Georgian era saw marble fireplaces influenced heavily by the classical temple architecture of the Greeks and Romans. Halfway through the 18th Century, designer and architect Robert Adam revolutionised fireplace design with his neoclassical fireplaces.
Marble fireplaces were much sought-after during the Regency period, particularly those made from Statuary marble. However, the onset of the Napoleonic wars in 1803 made its cost prohibitive to all but the wealthiest, and largely restricted its use to grand public rooms.
From the early to mid Victorian era these fireplaces were typically very ornate, featuring intricate floral designs. Later Victorian fireplaces show a preference for simpler, more geometric designs.
Antique marble fireplaces
Antique marble fireplaces are still very much in demand, and it’s easy to see why. From the simplest to the most sumptuously extravagant, a marble fireplace can be tastefully integrated into either a traditional or modern room to make a beautiful and striking focal point.
Our collection of antique marble fireplaces is one of the most comprehensive in the world. A display spanning such a breadth of styles, periods and materials is unlikely to be found elsewhere.