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.

  • Stock: 16289

    A fine French Empire chimneypiece in dramatically veined Portoro marble. The moulded shelf above a panelled frieze and endblocks, is supported by boldly carved console jambs and scrolled feet. This is turn frames the gently arched opening.
    French, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 60 316"
    152.8 cms
    40 38"
    102.5 cms
    14"
    35.6 cms
    Internal 42 1116"
    108.5 cms
    27 58"
    70 cms
  • Stock: 16308

    A small early nineteenth-century chimneypiece in Rouge Royale marble, charming in its simplicity, with a plain paneled frieze and jambs, embellished only with floral paterae endblocks. Possibly Northern Italian c.1800.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 48 1316"
    124 cms
    41 14"
    105 cms
    13 1316"
    35 cms
    Internal 35 1316"
    91 cms
    35 316"
    89.5 cms

    Listed Price: £7,600 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16361

    An early Victorian carrara marble corbel fireplace. The moulded shelf is supported by generously carved corbels over plain jambs and a plain frieze.

    English, c.1860.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 74 1316"
    190 cms
    49 58"
    126 cms
    13 1316"
    35 cms
    Internal 33 12"
    85 cms
    39 38"
    100 cms

    Listed Price: £6,000 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16270

    A fine antique Regency chimneypiece with floral tablet and endblocks. The moulded shelf sits above a crispy panelled frieze mounted with a floral tablet, carved to depict an arrangement of flowers in a basket. This is flanked by delicately carved floral endblocks over panelled jambs and plain footblocks

    English, c.1830.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 73 14"
    186.2 cms
    47 316"
    120 cms
    11 18"
    28.3 cms
    Internal 44"
    111.7 cms
    38 12"
    97.7 cms

    Listed Price: £14,000 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16287

    An unusual Victorian fireplace very much in the French taste, but manufactured in England. The moulded serpentine shelf sits above a panelled frieze inset with verde antico marble and centred by a foliate cartouche. This is flanked by foliate endblocks, over verde antico angled and panelled jambs.

    English, c.1890.

    Provenance: Hallrule Mansion House.

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    width height depth
    External 56 78"
    144.5 cms
    42 14"
    107.5 cms
    16 1116"
    42.5 cms
    Internal 39 38"
    100 cms
    35 316"
    89.5 cms

    Listed Price: £6,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16320

    A fine Victorian St Ann marble fireplace. The shelf rests over a plain frieze and jambs with beautifully carved corbels.

    English, c.1860.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 68 12"
    174 cms
    47 58"
    121 cms
    11 78"
    30.2 cms
    Internal 38 316"
    97 cms
    38 316"
    97 cms

    Listed Price: £5,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16252

    A fine Louis XVI Carrara marble chimneypiece with ormolu mounts. The moulded shelf sits over a panelled frieze which has a fine tablet mounted with an ormolu cornucopia decoration, and the panels highlighted with ormolu beading. The ormolu continues in the form of acanthus paterae, ormolu husks and bound laurel on the stop fluted jambs.

    French, mid-19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 57 18"
    145 cms
    42 1316"
    108.7 cms
    15"
    38 cms
    Internal 40 1316"
    103.6 cms
    32 12"
    82.5 cms

    Listed Price: £11,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15233

    A very fine Louis XVI marble chimneypiece, possibly made for the English market in beautifully matched dove grey bardiglio fiorito. The marble has exceptional veining which is book matched on the jambs. The moulded shelf sits above a frieze carved with crisp volutes which are echoed in the jambs.

    French, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 56 316"
    142.7 cms
    48"
    121.8 cms
    13 78"
    35.2 cms
    Internal 39 1316"
    101 cms
    39 316"
    99.5 cms

    Listed Price: £6,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16162

    A really striking and large Victorian fireplace in Bardiglio Fiorito marble. The wide and deep shelf is supported by simple corbels on plan jambs. The angled inner returns are a really unusual feature and give this fireplace a substantial presence.

    English, c.1840.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 78 12"
    199.3 cms
    55"
    139.7 cms
    13 78"
    35.4 cms
    Internal 39 38"
    100.2 cms
    40 78"
    103.9 cms

    Listed Price: £16,000 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16307

    A small Louis XVI Bardiglio Fiorito marble fireplace, the moulded shelf sits snugly above the simply panelled frieze, which is flanked by simple rounded endblocks over angled jambs.

    French, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 53 12"
    136 cms
    42"
    106.8 cms
    14 1116"
    37.3 cms
    Internal 38 12"
    97.7 cms
    32 14"
    82 cms

    Listed Price: £6,200 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16306

    A fine pompadour chimneypiece in a boldly veined nero marquina marble, with a panelled frieze and angled jambs. The perfect small fireplace that would work well in both period or contemporary interiors.
    French, 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    42 12"
    108 cms
    40 38"
    102.5 cms
    13 58"
    34.5 cms
    28 1116"
    73 cms
    33 1316"
    85.8 cms
  • Stock: 16305

    A beautiful Pompadour chimneypiece in a boldly veined breche violette fireplace. The serpentine panelled frieze is supported by angled panelled jambs over plain footblocks. Small but perfectly formed!

    French, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    54 58"
    138.7 cms
    41 12"
    105.5 cms
    14 14"
    36.2 cms

    Listed Price: £7,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16304

    A Louis XVI fireplace in a boldly veined breche violette marble. The simply moulded shelf rests above a panelled frieze and square endblocks, over simple volute jambs. A celebration of this beautiful marble.

    French, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 53 12"
    136 cms
    41 14"
    105 cms
    13 1316"
    35 cms
    Internal 36 58"
    93 cms
    31 78"
    81 cms

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

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  • Stock: 16285

    A fine Scottish Rococo statuary marble chimneypiece. The moulded serpentine shelf rests above a dramatic panelled frieze, centred by a rocailled motif, and scrolling foliate decoration. This is echoed by the beautifully carved c scroll enblocks, aboce console jambs decorated with hanging bellflowers, and terminating in scrolling acanthus leaves.
    Scottish Rococo chimneypieces are much rarer than their continental counterparts.

    Scottish, early 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 67"
    170.2 cms
    47 58"
    121 cms
    7 1116"
    19.5 cms
    Internal 46 14"
    117.5 cms
    38 78"
    98.8 cms

    Listed Price: £18,500 (+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: 16164

    A large Victorian chimneypiece in a striking, dramatically veined bardiglio fiorito marble. The large shelf rests on simply carved corbels, which flank a wide and plain frieze, over wide plain jambs with angled returns. This fireplace would be well suited to both a traditional, and a contemporary interior, due to its imposing simplicity.
    English, c.1860.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 75 38"
    191.5 cms
    48 316"
    122.5 cms
    11 58"
    29.5 cms
    Internal 38 316"
    97 cms
    37 38"
    95 cms

    Listed Price: £12,000 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15650

    A small and elegant Regency fireplace with a reeded frieze and jambs. The central tablet is carved with a neoclassical urn flanked by ram's heads and the endblocks are simply rendered with floral paterae.
    English. c. 1820.

    Photographs before cleaning and restoration.

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    Width Height Depth
    61"
    155 cms
    44 12"
    113 cms
    7 12"
    19 cms
    42 78"
    109 cms
    37"
    94 cms
  • Stock: 10919

    A beautiful early Victorian Derbyshire fossil marble fireplace. The marble is a beautiful soft dove grey and is studded with a plethora of fascinating fossils. This is one of the finest examples we have seen of a fossil marble fireplace.
    English, circa 1840.

    Notes from the Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones: The fossilised remains of crinoids (sea lilies) and corals are particularly abundant in Carboniferous Limestone, a geological formation that outcrops in various parts of Britain including Sheldon Moor, in the Derbyshire Peak District. It is rarely quarried for decorative use today. The 6th Duke of Devonshire, was responsible for bringing some of the Derbyshire stone to Rome and there are rare examples of its use in pietre dure work of the early 19th century.

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    width height depth
    External 61 38"
    156 cms
    48"
    122 cms
    8 78"
    22.5 cms
    Internal 38"
    96.5 cms
    38"
    96.5 cms

    Listed Price: £5,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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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
  • 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: 16246

    A Victorian chimneypiece in a grey mottled St Anne marble, with a stepped frieze and fluted pilaster jambs, striking in its simplicity.
    English, circa 1850.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 62 14"
    158.2 cms
    49 14"
    125.3 cms
    11 14"
    28.6 cms
    Internal 36 38"
    92.5 cms
    40 316"
    102.2 cms

    Listed Price: £4,200 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • 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: 15439

    An imposing Regency statuary marble chimneypiece with a bold geometric design to the frieze and the jambs, and laurel wreath endblocks. This strikingly modern design embedded within the Greek Revival style is very much the antecedent to the Art Deco, despite being designed over a hundred years before the modernist style. This chimneypiece is of exceptional quality.
    Irish, circa 1820.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 84 18"
    213.5 cms
    54 12"
    138.5 cms
    12"
    30.6 cms
    Internal 50 316"
    127.5 cms
    41 12"
    105.5 cms
  • Stock: 14802

    An imposing and striking large fireplace in highly polished Belgian Black Marble. The wide and deep moulded shelf sits above a panelled frieze with a crisply carved central tablet, which is flanked by two lion mask endblocks over wide panelled jambs and plain footblocks.
    French, c.1900.

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    width height depth
    External 57 18"
    145 cms
    43 38"
    110.2 cms
    13 316"
    33.5 cms
    Internal 36 38"
    92.5 cms
    36"
    91.4 cms

    Listed Price: £14,000 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14537

    A substantial and grand Victorian fireplace in dramatic Belgian black marble. The large and wide moulded shelf sits over a verde antico undershelf, and is centred by a beautifully carved keystone above the slow arch which is emphasised by the spandrels, picked in gold. This is echoes in the generous corbels and jambs, which also have fine carving filled with gold.
    English, c.1880.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 77 1316"
    197.5 cms
    51"
    129.5 cms
    15 58"
    39.5 cms
    Internal 40"
    101.5 cms
    37 38"
    95 cms

    Listed Price: £12,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 15904

    An unusual Belgian fireplace in statuary marble. The deep moulded shelf rests over the frieze and jambs, which have been unified in carving with a wide band of bound laurel in low relief and frames the stepped opening.

    Belgian, mid-19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 70 78"
    180 cms
    43 14"
    110 cms
    17 1116"
    45 cms
    Internal

    Listed Price: £14,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 16051

    A rare eighteenth-century English Rococo chimneypiece. Finely carved from pure white statuary marble, this fireplace epitomises Georgian England's interpretation of the Rococo style, which had originated in France.

    The serpentine shelf rests above an ornately carved frieze, where the decorative elements appear to take the form of seaweed, with ribbon kelp and a central scallop shell cartouche.
    English, c.1780

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    Width Height Depth
    External 57 18"
    145 cms
    43 38"
    110.2 cms
    13 38"
    34 cms
    Internal 36 38"
    92.5 cms
    36"
    91.4 cms

    Listed Price: £28,000 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • 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: 15872

    A fine late nineteenth century fireplace in beautifully veined serravezza marble. The fireplace is simply carved, allowing the marble to take centre stage. The moulded shelf sits above a paneled frieze centred by a flited tablet and flanked by acanthus paterae endblocks. These rest on stop fluted jambs over plain footblocks.
    French, c.1880.

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    width height depth
    External 60 38"
    153.5 cms
    43 14"
    110 cms
    13 58"
    34.6 cms
    Internal 43 18"
    109.5 cms
    33 78"
    86 cms
  • Stock: 15876

    A fine Louis XV Rococo chimneypiece carved from the beautifully veined breccia seravezza marble, which incorporates soft grey and khaki tones on a a creamy ground. The fireplaces' serpentine shelf sits above a low and wide frieze, which is panelled and centred by a finely carved rocaille motif over boldly carved jambs.
    The chimneypiece comes with its original cast iron insert, which is beautifully cast and decorated with putti and other Rococo motifs.
    French, late 19th century.
    Cast Iron Insert opening:
    Width: 25"
    Height: 23 1/2"

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    width height depth
    External 62 14"
    158.2 cms
    44 14"
    112.5 cms
    16 14"
    41.5 cms
    Internal 45 58"
    115.8 cms
    37"
    94 cms
  • Stock: 15869

    A very finely mottled Carrara marble Louis XV chimneypiece of particularly elegant design, with a moulded serpentine shelf, and a foliate central cartouche modelled as a shell. This motif is echoes by the endblocks, which sit of panelled and angled, console jambs.

    French, late 19th century.

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    width height depth
    External 56 78"
    144.5 cms
    43 18"
    109.5 cms
    16 78"
    43 cms
    Internal 40 38"
    102.5 cms
    35 18"
    89.2 cms
  • Stock: 15907

    A large and grand Rococo white statuary marble fireplace, profusely carved in high relief to create a true statement piece. The moulded serpentine shelf sits an ornate frieze, carved with stylised acanthus leaves and flowers, centred by a beautifully carved scallop shell cartouche. This motif is echoed in the C scroll cartouche which sits above bold console jambs, also carved with flowers and curling acanthus leaves.

    Scottish, mid-19th century.

    Provenance: From a private Belgian collection.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 66 78"
    169.8 cms
    43 14"
    110 cms
    14"
    35.6 cms
    Internal 41 1316"
    106.1 cms
    34 12"
    87.7 cms
  • Stock: 15883

    An antique polished hard fossil limestone fireplace, with a plain frieze and jambs supported on simple moulded footblocks
    English, circa 1890.

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    width height depth
    External 64 38"
    163.5 cms
    48 14"
    122.8 cms
    10 316"
    26 cms
    Internal 36"
    91.5 cms
    38 316"
    97 cms
  • Stock: 15875

    An elegant Louis XV fireplace in red hued Languedoc marble. This particularly pretty example features a moulded serpentine shelf above a slender serpentine frieze, which is carved with a central shell cartouche and trailing flowers. This is framed by boldly carved c-scroll endblocks over floral console jambs.
    French, mid-19th century.

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    width height depth
    External 64 58"
    164 cms
    43 1116"
    111 cms
    13 78"
    35.4 cms
    Internal 45 58"
    115.8 cms
    37"
    94 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.