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: 13929
An antique Victorian fireplace surround in finely veined Carrara Marble the shelf supported on plain jambs surmounted by a pair of plain corbels. Shown with insert SNo 10314 not included in the price. English Circa 1840.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
64 13⁄16"
164.5 cms |
46 1⁄4"
117.5 cms |
9 5⁄8"
24.5 cms |
| Internal |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
38"
96.5 cms |
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Stock: 14419
A small French antique chimneypiece in the Louis XVI manner finely carved in attractively veined Pavonazza Marble. The breakfront shelf, set above a panelled frieze centred by a tablet with six stylised foliate panels, is flanked by a pair of floral paterae above corbelled, stop fluted jambs resting on neat footblocks. French early 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
49 3⁄16"
125 cms |
42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
14 5⁄8"
37.2 cms |
| Internal |
33 1⁄8"
84 cms |
32 1⁄4"
82 cms |
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Stock: 14439
A Louis XVI style antique fireplace surround in finely veined grey Bardiglio marble. The moulded shelf set above a simple panelled frieze flanked by cushioned panels on the enblocks supported by a pair of scrolled acanthus corbelled and panelled jambs terminating with lion paw feet resting on substantial footblocks. French late 19th century.
Shown here with fire grate SNo 14266 not included in the price.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 1⁄4"
145.5 cms |
40 11⁄16"
103.5 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
38"
96.5 cms |
29 11⁄16"
75.5 cms |
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Stock: 11265
An elegantly simple early Victorian dove grey Italian Bardiglio Marble antique chimneypiece.
English, circa 1840.
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Width |
height |
depth |
| External |
72"
183 cms |
45 1⁄4"
115 cms |
11 7⁄8"
30.2 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
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Stock: 14406
An antique Louis XVI style carved Carrara Marble chimneypiece mantel with its original decorative cast iron insert. The bead framed panel on the frieze is set with delicately carved entwined stem detail flanked by foliate paterae on the endblocks. The iron insert is embellished with a large urn and elaborate rinceau detail. Similar to SNo 13413. French late 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
52 5⁄8"
133.5 cms |
43 1⁄8"
109.5 cms |
15 7⁄8"
40.5 cms |
| internal |
36 3⁄8"
92.5 cms |
33 13⁄16"
85.8 cms |
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Stock: 14440
A fine French Rococo antique fireplace surround in opulent Arabascato Marble a dramatic Italian marble with distinctive dark grey veins against a predominantly white background. The moulded shelf above a panelled frieze centred by an elaborate scrolled cartouche echoed on the endblocks which are set above angled scrolled jambs.
French, mid 19th century.
Note: Shown together with chenet/fender SNo 13982 not yet on the web and not included in the price.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
52"
132 cms |
42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
36"
91.5 cms |
35 3⁄8"
90 cms |
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Stock: 14436
A large and stately Palladian style columned antique fireplace mantel in beautiful finely veined green Campan Marble. The colonnade frieze set with small panels alternating with fluted piers, the jambs fronted by pairs of free standing, tapering columns resting on tall and sturdy panelled footblocks.
Belgian, mid to late 19th century.
Shown here with fire basket SNo 13863 not included in the price.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
67 1⁄8"
170.5 cms |
50"
127 cms |
16 11⁄16"
42.5 cms |
| Internal |
37 3⁄8"
95 cms |
36 3⁄8"
92.5 cms |
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Stock: 14345
A pleasingly simple antique Victorian fireplace surround in warm Brocatelle Marble. The panelled frieze set beneath a plain shelf is flanked by a pair of large corbels on the jambs which rest on substantial footblocks. English late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 1⁄4"
168.5 cms |
47"
119.5 cms |
11 3⁄8"
29 cms |
| Internal |
40"
101.5 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
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Stock: 14315
A very large and finely carved Victorian antique marble fireplace surround. The wide moulded shelf rests above a broad arched fireplace opening centred by a foliate keystone and framed by a finely carved laurel and berry torus moulding. The whole is supported on large shaped footblocks.
English, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
92 1⁄8"
234 cms |
49 13⁄16"
126.5 cms |
17 5⁄8"
44.8 cms |
| Internal |
43 1⁄4"
110 cms |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
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Stock: 14391
A Louis XVI Carrara Marble antique chimneypiece with a moulded shelf above an elaborate central cartouche on the panelled frieze. The jambs, with tapering panels beneath foliate capitals, stand on plain footblocks. French, early 19th century.
Shown here with fire grate SNo 14236 not included in the price.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
63"
160 cms |
45 1⁄4"
115 cms |
17 1⁄8"
43.5 cms |
| Internal |
44 1⁄2"
113 cms |
35 5⁄8"
90.5 cms |
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Stock: 14316
A Louis XV Rococo style antique fireplace surround in very fine Rouge Royal Marble, with a simple moulded shelf above an elaborate central cartouche on the panelled frieze and with angled jambs flanking the serpentine shaped opening.
French, mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 1⁄4"
168.5 cms |
47"
119.5 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
| Internal |
40"
101.5 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
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Stock: 9819
A small Louis XVI Carrara Marble antique fireplace surround. The split panelled frieze, centred by a floral roundel, is flanked by a pair of foliate endblocks above angled, rounded stop fluted jambs resting on sturdy footblocks.
French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 1⁄8"
145 cms |
41 1⁄2"
105.5 cms |
15 3⁄8"
39 cms |
| Internal |
41 11⁄16"
106 cms |
31 1⁄2"
80 cms |
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Stock: 14388
A very fine Portoro Marble antique Victorian arched chimneypiece. The moulded shelf is set above a simple panelled frieze centred by a plain panel above a keystone linking the panelled gently arched surround which rests on wide footblocks.
English, circa 1860.
Notes: Varieties of Portoro Marble have been found in different parts of the world but the marble used to make this chimneypiece is of fine quality and almost certainly came from the quarries on the Island of Palmaria, in the Gulf of La Spezia, Italy. This marble was discovered and first extracted in Roman times and is rightly regarded worldwide as a luxury marble because of the high quality and the distinctive black and gold veining.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
77 5⁄8"
197 cms |
49"
124.5 cms |
10 3⁄16"
26 cms |
| Internal |
37"
94 cms |
36 3⁄8"
92.5 cms |
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Stock: 14276
A small Victorian, Gothic Revival antique chimneypiece in colourful Breche du Nord marble with Pavonazza marble panels on the frieze, endblocks and the jambs which have small columns of the same marble set above the panels.
French late 19th century.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
53 3⁄16"
135.2 cms |
44 5⁄8"
113.2 cms |
14 1⁄4"
36.2 cms |
| Internal |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
35"
89 cms |
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Stock: 14355
A rare, monumental and highly ornate Louis XV style deeply carved Statuary Marble antique fireplace surround in the French Baroque Rococo manner with its original cast iron insert. The upper stop fluted coffered frieze sits above and behind an enormous and most elaborately scrolled central cartouche quite simply the flamboyant focus of the whole chimneypiece. The equally massive angled, scrolled and panelled jambs, beneath the two tiered endblocks, are embellished with large acanthus detail. Quatrefoil panels sit above the panelled side returns. The signature of a J. Molinari, and the name Menton are carved above the quatrefoil on the right return shown in the second to last image below.
French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
82 1⁄4"
209 cms |
66 7⁄8"
170 cms |
22 13⁄16"
58 cms |
| Internal |
48 13⁄16"
124 cms |
47 5⁄8"
121 cms |
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Stock: 14248
A grand richly coloured and carved Rosso Levanto marble antique chimneypiece in the Baroque style., with a central scrolled cartouche on the panelled frieze, beneath a generous breakfront serpentine shaped shelf, with a pair of massive c-scrolled angled jambs flanking the graceful slow arched opening. Shown with fire grate SNo 14374. French mid 19th century.
Notes: Richly coloured and veined Rosso Levanto Marble is quarried throughout southern Europe and is often used for interior walls, floors, mosaics, fountains and fireplaces.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70 7⁄8"
180 cms |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
17 7⁄8"
45.5 cms |
| Internal |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
32 11⁄16"
83 cms |
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Stock: 14312
A large Victorian white marble fireplace with a simple moulded shelf above an egg and dart undershelf and with a finely carved architrave around the opening. The guilloche frieze pattern is echoed on the paneled jambs which are set beneath large scrolled corbels.
English late nineteenth century.
Shown with insert SNo.14313 not included in the price
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
74 7⁄8"
190.3 cms |
51"
129.5 cms |
13 7⁄8"
35.3 cms |
| Internal |
42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
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Stock: 14328
A Louis XV Rococo antique fireplace surround carved in veined reddish brown Rouge Royale marble with an asymmetric scrolled cartouche on the serpentine, panelled frieze and with similar detail on the endblocks set above angled panelled jambs flanking the opening.
French early 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 3⁄8"
151 cms |
44 7⁄8"
114 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
| Internal |
45 1⁄2"
115.5 cms |
38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
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Stock: 14245
A smart 19th century white Statuary Marble antique chimneypiece with a simple bevelled edged shelf above a linked rosette panel on the frieze flanked by scrolled cartouche on the endblocks set above panelled jambs, each centred by a rosette, resting on plain footblocks.
English, mid 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
75 3⁄16"
191 cms |
48 11⁄16"
123.7 cms |
10 3⁄16"
26 cms |
| internal |
39 5⁄8"
100.7 cms |
35 11⁄16"
90.7 cms |
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Stock: 10670
A small Louis XV style antique Rococo fireplace surround in veined and figured white Carrara marble. Image before restoration. French, late 19th, early 20th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
52 3⁄8"
133 cms |
42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
14 3⁄8"
36.5 cms |
| Internal |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
34 3⁄8"
87.5 cms |
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Stock: 14320
An antique white Statuary Marble fireplace surround. The deeply carved central plaque, set beneath the simple moulded shelf on a plain panelled frieze, is decorated with roses, fruit and orange blossom and is flanked by carved end blocks, one depicting Summer and the other Autumn, The panelled jambs richly carved with hanging, ribbon tied clusters of oak and acorns
English, mid 19th century.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 5⁄8"
156.5 cms |
46 1⁄2"
118 cms |
9 3⁄8"
24 cms |
| Internal |
37 5⁄8"
95.5 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 14260
A small Rococo style Louis XV antique fireplace surround in fine Carrara Marble
with a carved foliate cartouche on the panelled frieze above a shaped opening flanked by panelled & fluted angled jambs.
French late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
52 13⁄16"
134 cms |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
16"
40.6 cms |
| Internal |
35 13⁄16"
91 cms |
32 5⁄8"
82.7 cms |
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Stock: 10645
A delightful small Louis XVI style cheminee in Medicis Breccia marble, the serpentine shelf over a vividly figured frieze centred by a large unusual lobed Cartouche flanked by angled scrolled endblocks and jambs. Image before restoration. French early 19th century.
Shown here with various fireplace accessories not included in the price.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
51 3⁄16"
130 cms |
42 1⁄4"
107.5 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
34 1⁄8"
86.5 cms |
34 3⁄8"
87.5 cms |
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Stock: 8123
A striking Victorian fireplace mantel in white Statuary marble. It is decorated with 17 Minton majolica tiles, five depicting winged heraldic lions holding grapes, three black and one brown prancing horses, four putti rowing in shell boats, and four lion mask shields with scimitar swords. All are set in a stylised Greco-Roman manner. (Research is on-going into the significance behind the tile images).
English circa 1860.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
78 1⁄8"
198.5 cms |
46 11⁄16"
118.5 cms |
14 3⁄8"
36.5 cms |
| Internal |
39"
99 cms |
36 1⁄2"
92.8 cms |
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Stock: 14218
A wide and grand white Statuary Marble Louis XV style antique chimneypiece carved in high relief. The stepped breakfront shelf rests on an elaborately carved serpentine frieze centred by an Akroter female mask amid acanthus leaf decoration and trailing floral wreaths above a shaped moulded opening. The c-scrolled floral endblocks with tumbling floral swags sit above prominent panelled angled jambs.
English, circa 1860.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
76 3⁄8"
194 cms |
49 13⁄16"
126.5 cms |
16 1⁄8"
41 cms |
| Internal |
39 3⁄16"
99.5 cms |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
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Stock: 14338
An elegant and simple French Regence, Carrara Marble Louis XVI antique fireplace surround with a stop fluted frieze flanked by square endblocks above tapering, scrolled and panelled jambs. French early 19th century.
Shown here with fire grate SNo 14266 not included in the price.
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width |
height |
depth |
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55 3⁄8"
140.8 cms |
42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
15 1⁄8"
38.3 cms |
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35"
88.8 cms |
32 11⁄16"
83 cms |
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Stock: 14254
A large elegant Louis XVI style Pavonazza Marble chimneypiece with a wide curved stepped shelf set above a simple frieze centred by a foliate plaque and flanked by panelled angled jambs resting on moulded footblocks.Together with its original matching fireplace curb.
Belgian, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
77 13⁄16"
197.5 cms |
52 3⁄16"
132.5 cms |
15"
38 cms |
| Internal |
43 1⁄8"
109.5 cms |
38 13⁄16"
98.5 cms |
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Stock: 14307
A smart High Renaissance style polished Belgian Black Marble antique fireplace surround with three foliate carved panels on the frieze flanked by a pair of lozenge endblocks set above tapering free standing fluted columns resting on double footblocks. Flemish 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
63 13⁄16"
162 cms |
59 1⁄8"
150 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
35 13⁄16"
91 cms |
44 7⁄8"
114 cms |
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Stock: 14147
A refined and elegant Edwardian Neoclassical style antique fireplace, in white statuary and Verdi Antico marble. The central plaque is decorated with a finely carved urn surrounded by bell flower swags tied with ribbons. The inlaid Verdi Antico Greek key pattern frieze panels are flanked by oval floral paterae end blocks, set beneath the deeply moulded and stepped shelf with dental and pearl bead detail. The jambs are in the form of subtly scrolling, fluted console pilasters over small footblocks. The fireplace opening is framed by a simple moulded architrave.
English, circa 1910.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 1⁄2"
169 cms |
53 1⁄8"
135 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
| Internal |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
40"
101.5 cms |
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Stock: 14158
A simple and elegant Black Kilkenny Marble Chimneypiece in the William IV style with a stepped panelled frieze. The sturdy jambs, each with twin flattened columns, are raised on plain footblocks.
English, circa 1850.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
73 3⁄16"
186 cms |
48"
122 cms |
12 1⁄2"
31.7 cms |
| Internal |
41 1⁄2"
105.4 cms |
39"
99.1 cms |
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Stock: 14301
A Louis XVI style antique chimneypiece in carrara marble, the split panelled frieze with a central a rosette paterae is flanked by square floral paterae endblocks set above angled stop fluted demi lune jambs resting on simple moulded footblocks.
French late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
52 3⁄8"
133.2 cms |
43 1⁄4"
110 cms |
15 5⁄8"
39.5 cms |
| Internal |
33 7⁄8"
86 cms |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
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Stock: 13875
A French Louis XVI style antique fireplace in elegantly veined Arabescato marble. The simple moulded shelf is set above the fluted and ormolu mounted frieze and flanked by acanthus leaf, square gilt paterae end blocks, supported on stop fluted, pilaster jambs with further ormolu decoration.
French, late 19th century.
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Width |
hight |
depth |
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57 11⁄16"
146.5 cms |
41 1⁄2"
105.5 cms |
13 13⁄16"
35 cms |
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40 3⁄8"
102.5 cms |
31 1⁄2"
80 cms |
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Stock: 14261
A large statuary marble Louis XV antique fire surround with a shaped opening and with a central shell cartouche surrounded by acanthus detail on the frieze flanked by smaller shell cartouche with tumbling bellflowers in the endblocks above angled acanthus embellished jambs.
French late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
71 1⁄4"
181 cms |
46 11⁄16"
118.5 cms |
15"
38 cms |
| Internal |
49 13⁄16"
126.5 cms |
32 1⁄2"
82.5 cms |
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Stock: 14184
A finely carved Louis XVI style style antique chimneypiece in white Carrara Marble with a simple moulded shelf above a panelled frieze centred by an empty quiver resting on sprays of olive leaves symbolizing Peace. The frieze is flanked by square floral paterae above prominent scrolled acanthus embellished jambs with scrolled feet above simple moulded footblocks.
French, late 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
61 3⁄16"
155.5 cms |
42 11⁄16"
108.5 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| internal |
43 1⁄8"
109.5 cms |
32 1⁄2"
82.5 cms |
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Stock: 13854
A fine Louis XVI French Regence style antique Portoro Marble fireplace mantel. This is a rare beautifully gold veined marble. The moulded rectangular shelf of this antique chimneypiece is set above the simple panelled frieze which is flanked by a pair of square endblocks supported on moulded and fluted corbels above the panelled jambs.French, late 19th century.
Notes: Varieties of Portoro Marble have been found in different parts of the world but the marble used to make this chimneypiece is of the highest quality and could only have come from the quarries on the Island of Palmaria, in the Gulf of La Spezia, Italy. This marble was discovered and first extracted in Roman times and is rightly regarded worldwide as a luxury marble because of the quality and it’s distinctive black and gold veining.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 1⁄8"
150 cms |
39 13⁄16"
101 cms |
15 3⁄16"
38.5 cms |
| Internal |
44 11⁄16"
113.5 cms |
29 7⁄8"
76 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.