ROCOCO & FRENCH LOUIS XV ANTIQUE FIREPLACES
English and French Rococo, antique fireplaces, chimneypieces and mantels including Louis XV, French Regence, English Chippendale & Italian Rococo styles in marble, stone, ceramic and wood.
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Stock: 8282
The Chateau au Maquis de la Valette Cheminee. This superb massive antique fireplace mantel, superbly carved in Pierre de Brume, a fine, hard & dense ivory coloured stone from the Tours region of France, is a very large Louis XV Rococo antique fireplace mantel. The styling is particularly grand and noble as befits the location of the original, destroyed by fire during the revolution, this being a 19th century replica made for the rebuilt Chateau. The style and scale of the piece, very fine, sharp carving and the attractive stone combine to make a most elegant and imposing chimneypiece in the best Louis XV tradition. Provenance: The original Medieval chateau and domaine of the Marquis de Valette at Pont St. Maxence, 50 miles north of Paris was severley damaged during the Revolution. It was rebuilt in the same style in the mid 19th century – see present day image attached. The chimneypieces were removed early during World War II when the German Wehrmacht garrisoned troops in the Chateau, they were never reinstalled. The Marquis de Valette accompanied La Fayette on his American adventures during the War of Independence.
French, circa 1850 (photo before restoration ).
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depth |
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98"
248.9 cms |
61"
154.9 cms |
20"
50.8 cms |
| internal |
67"
170.2 cms |
46 1⁄2"
118.1 cms |
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Stock: 8278
A large Louis XV antique mantle in warm ribboned Campan marble from the Pyrenees, with a boldly carved central floral cartouche, serpentine frieze and scrolled floral canted jambs.
French, circa 1840.
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width |
height |
depth |
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69 1⁄2"
176.5 cms |
45 1⁄2"
115.6 cms |
18"
45.7 cms |
| internal |
50 1⁄2"
128.3 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 7691
A small Louis XIV style antique fireplace in Carrara marble with serpentine shelf & simply moulded frieze & jambs.
French, circa 1850.
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depth |
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41"
104.1 cms |
39 1⁄4"
99.7 cms |
13 1⁄4"
33.7 cms |
| internal |
26 1⁄2"
67.3 cms |
33 1⁄4"
84.5 cms |
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Stock: 7436
An unusually large and impressive Louis XV period fireplace, richly carved in Breche Violette marble, decorated with large central scrolled shell cartouche and scrolled fluted jambs beneath a serpentine shelf.
Provenance: The Pink Drawing Room, Bath House, Piccadilly, London residence of Sir Julius and Lady Wernher. He left Germany at the age of 21, settled in Britain then went to the Kimberley Diamond Fields in South Africa where he assembled vast wealth becoming in the process a prominent member of the British Establishment. Bath House, the interior of which was decorated by Georges Hoentschel (1855-1915) a prominent Parisian architect and decorator, was his town house and Luton Hoo filled with art treasures, built by Robert Adam in the 18th century and rebuilt by Robert Smirke, was his country residence.
French, circa 1740.
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depth |
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80"
203.2 cms |
52"
132.1 cms |
18 1⁄2"
47 cms |
| internal |
51 1⁄2"
130.8 cms |
41"
104.1 cms |
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Stock: 7402
A rare English Baroque antique fireplace in glorious solid Siena marble, with gadrooned serpentine shelf, scrolled frieze centered by a large shell cartouche, scrolled and panelled canted jambs and moulded footblocks.
English, circa 1840.
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height |
depth |
| external |
59 1⁄2"
151.1 cms |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
14"
35.6 cms |
| internal |
36 11⁄16"
93.3 cms |
33"
83.8 cms |
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Stock: 7119
A Regency carved Rococo-Revival antique mantle in Statuary marble, the shaped serpentine shelf above a frieze centered by a shell and rocaille decoration,the canted corner jambs with scrolling foliage with acanthus leaves above the footblocks.
Provenance: Motcomb Grange, Motcomb, Dorset.
Circa 1830 (photo before restoration).
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Depth |
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70"
177.8 cms |
49 1⁄4"
125.1 cms |
16 1⁄4"
41.3 cms |
| Internal |
44"
111.8 cms |
39"
99.1 cms |
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Stock: 7022
A rare William IV carved walnut antique Regency fireplace mantel in the Rococo Revival Venetian manner, the moulded and shaped shelf above a carved frieze centered by a cartouche and carved spandrals, the jambs headed by putti decorated with foliate garlands with carved acanthus at the base on moulded foot-blocks.
English, circa 1830.
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width |
height |
depth |
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81"
205.7 cms |
52"
132.1 cms |
12"
30.5 cms |
| internal |
54 1⁄2"
138.4 cms |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
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Stock: 6279
A superb large Louis XV antique French Rococo chimneypiece in Sienna Claire marble with high relief carved shell & rocaille detail with its original gilt-metal serpentine insert.
French, circa 1830.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
73 1⁄2"
186.7 cms |
47 3⁄16"
120 cms |
17 1⁄2"
44.4 cms |
| internal |
50 11⁄16"
128.9 cms |
37 3⁄16"
94.6 cms |
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Antique Fireplace Mantels and Chimneypieces in the Rococo Style of the 18th and 19th centuries. This delicate and playful style, regarded by some at the time as risqué, was established in the 1730’s in France and quickly became widespread throughout Europe. Rococo fireplaces, mantels and chimneypieces in marble, stone and wood ( frequently gilded in the 18th century ), were again prolific in the Rococo Revival period of the early to mid 19th century mostly in Italy and France but many fine and grand examples were exported in great numbers to England, Ireland and Scotland. During the reign of Louis XV and the preceding Regence period a more feminine frivolity and intimacy held sway in the arts as a reaction to the monumental formality of the Baroque period. In England and Germany the Rococo style came under the influence of the Oriental. This was evident in the chimneypiece mantels of Thomas Chippendale. At its best the Rococo style was meant to lighten the mood, to be enjoyed and to encourage gaiety and delight.
Our collection of Antique Rococo fireplaces, chimneypiece and mantels, contains an impressive range in marble, stone and wood. They will enhance any home whether you live in a period house or if you simply want to bring an element of period features to a more modern room design.