Chimneypieces | Rococo | Stock No: 10180

An Antique Louis XV caryatid marble fireplace Mantel.

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Stock No.10180

FLORA AND ZEPHYR...THE GODDESS AND THE WEST WIND...A splendid French Rococo Revival Cheminee in the most richly figured Breche Violette marble with sumptuous applied gilt bronze decoration and the dark bronze patinated and gilded butterfly-winged caryatids of the lovers Flora, the Goddess of Spring and Zephyr, the West wind.... in the manner of Antonio Canova. Similar to one in the Wallace Collection , Hertford House , Manchester Square, London WI. There is also a larger example at Palais de Versailles in Rouge Griotte marble, in the Dauphin's Chambre. Circa 1850.
Provenance : Dorchester Hotel annexe, Park Lane, Mayfair, London.

85000
GBP
Width Height Depth
External 71 12"
181.5 cms
48 1316"
124 cms
16 18"
41 cms
Internal 45 78"
116.5 cms
39 38"
100 cms

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