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: 14863
A Victorian Tinos Green Marble pompadour Louis XVI style antique fireplace surround. The serpentine panelled frieze, centred by an oval paterae, is flanked by panelled endblocks above angled panelled jambs. English, mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
13 3⁄8"
34 cms |
| Internal |
34 3⁄8"
87.5 cms |
30 7⁄8"
78.5 cms |
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Stock: 11349
A large and wide Victorian Bolection chimneypiece moulded in dramatically veined Verde Tinos Marble. Photographed with and without footblocks.
English, late 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
57 1⁄2"
146 cms |
45 7⁄8"
116.5 cms |
3 11⁄16"
9.5 cms |
| Internal |
38"
96.5 cms |
36"
91.5 cms |
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Stock: 14730
A substantial Regency fireplace surround in beautifully coloured and veined Ashburton Marble from the Lindhay Quarry in South Devon. The moulded shelf, set above a cushioned panel frieze, rests on a pair of tall half round tapering columns fronting the jambs. English, early 19th century.
Shown here with firegrate SNo14748 not included.
Notes:In 1852 a Devon newspaper 'The Western Times', reported that some large blocks of marble had been excavated from quarries adjoining the ancient Stannary Town of Ashburton. It was suggested at the time that the marble be used for the making of chimneypieces as the veins and colour were considered very decorative and superior to that found in any other quarry in South Devon. This marble was still being quarried at the Linhay Quarry into the late 20th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
68 1⁄8"
173 cms |
47 3⁄16"
120 cms |
12 1⁄8"
30.7 cms |
| Internal |
38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
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Stock: 14845
A deeply moulded 20th century Bolection fireplace surround in richly veined Pavonazzo marble. English, early 20th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
60"
152.5 cms |
46 1⁄4"
117.5 cms |
2 13⁄16"
7 cms |
| Internal |
44 1⁄4"
112.5 cms |
38 3⁄16"
97 cms |
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Stock: 14314
An attractive Victorian arched white marble antique fireplace surround with a central foliate keystone flanked by large profusely carved floral panelled spandrels set over rectangular moulded foot blocks. One of a pair with SNo 14639
English late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
75 5⁄8"
192 cms |
48 1⁄4"
122.8 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
| Internal |
37"
94 cms |
40 3⁄16"
102 cms |
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Stock: 14737
A Baroque style Ashburton Marble antique Bolection fireplace surround in the soft pale pinks and greys typical of the finer examples of this marble most likely to have come from the Lindhay Quarry in Devon in south west England.
English, late 19th century.
Notes: In 1852 a Devon newspaper 'The Western Times', reported that some large blocks of marble had been excavated from quarries adjoining the ancient Stannary Town of Ashburton. It was suggested at the time that the marble be used for the making of chimneypieces as the veins and colour were considered very decorative and superior to that found in any other quarry in South Devon. This marble was still being quarried at the Linhay Quarry into the late 20th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
58"
147.2 cms |
45 1⁄4"
115 cms |
5 1⁄8"
13 cms |
| Internal |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
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Stock: 14835
A small and elegant White Statuary Marble columned Regency antique chimneypiece. The wide corniced shelf resting above a cushion panelled frieze centred by a carved tablet depicting a Greek muse playing a lyre, is flanked by panelled foliate paterea end blocks supported on free standing tapering columns fronting the jambs on moulded footblocks.
English, circa 1810.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 1⁄8"
150 cms |
47 13⁄16"
121.5 cms |
11 3⁄16"
28.5 cms |
| Internal |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
38 13⁄16"
98.5 cms |
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Stock: 13707
A late 19th century French fireplace mantel in deeply carved Carrara Marble. The moulded shelf rests above a cushioned frieze surmounted by a large acanthus cartouche flanked by shell and acanthus foliate carvings on the spandrels set either side of the bolection moulded opening.
French, late 19th century.
Shown here with fire basket SNo 14236 not included in the price.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 11⁄16"
169.5 cms |
45 1⁄8"
114.5 cms |
16 11⁄16"
42.5 cms |
| Internal |
47 3⁄16"
120 cms |
35"
89 cms |
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Stock: 7743
A pretty Louis XV antique chimneypiece in Bleu Fleuri marble with a simple panelled frieze over a gentle opening flanked by scrolled and panelled endblocks above canted panelled jambs raised on plain foortblocks.
French, late 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
56"
142.2 cms |
42"
106.7 cms |
14 13⁄16"
37.5 cms |
| internal |
41 1⁄2"
105.4 cms |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
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Stock: 14565
A fine Louis XVI style antique chimneypiece in Carrara Marble, the frieze centred by a plaque in high relief that is deftly carved with a garland of summer flowers gathered by ribbons from which emanates an abundance of scrolled foliage punctuated by further floral motifs. The foliate paterae end blocks rest on console jambs, which culminate in a flourish of finely rendered acanthus leaves. French, circa 1880.
Shown here with chenet SNo 14046 not yet on the web and not included in the price
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 1⁄8"
168 cms |
45 1⁄8"
114.5 cms |
17 1⁄2"
44.5 cms |
| Internal |
43 11⁄16"
111 cms |
33 1⁄8"
84 cms |
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Stock: 7892
A small and elegant mid 19th century Louis XVI style antique fireplace mantel simply carved in subtly veined creamy Cippolino Africano Marble. The moulded shelf rests above a bolection style fireplace supported on neat footblocks.
French, circa 1860.
Shown here with chenets SNo 12469 not included in the price.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
53 1⁄4"
135.3 cms |
45 1⁄2"
115.6 cms |
15 1⁄2"
39.4 cms |
| internal |
36 1⁄4"
92.1 cms |
37 3⁄16"
94.6 cms |
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Stock: 14833
A typical early Victorian White Statuary Marble antique fireplace surround with a panelled frieze and large corbels above panelled jambs.
English, circa 1850.
Shown here with insert SNo 14344 not included.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
65 1⁄4"
165.8 cms |
46 7⁄8"
119 cms |
11"
28 cms |
| internal |
36"
91.5 cms |
38 13⁄16"
98.5 cms |
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Stock: 8612
A small and pretty Louis XVI Cheminee 'Bijou' antique fireplace mantel in richly variegated Campan marble with a central ormolu mounted plaque centred on the frieze flanked by floral ormolu paterae on the endblocks above delicate ribboned ormolu garlands on the jambs.
French, mid 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
50"
127 cms |
44 1⁄8"
112 cms |
7 7⁄8"
20 cms |
| internal |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 14777
A very large and majestic arched Victorian antique fireplace mantel in lightly veined Carrara Marble. The wide moulded shelf rests above the broad arched fireplace opening, centred by a panelled keystone, is framed by finely carved, bound laurel torus moulding flanked by a pair of carved laurel wreaths on the panelled spandrels. The whole is supported on large shaped footblocks.
English, mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
87 5⁄8"
222.5 cms |
50 3⁄8"
128 cms |
15 5⁄8"
39.5 cms |
| Internal |
42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
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Stock: 14277
A grand Baroque style antique fireplace mantel in luxuriously veined Portoro Marble with a wide moulded shelf above a panelled frieze centred by a roundel. Flanking the frieze are square paterae endblocks above very large c- scrolled angled jambs supported on sturdy footblocks framing the wide shaped fireplace opening. French, mid 19th century.
Shown with fire grate SNo 14266 not included in the price.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
69 1⁄4"
176 cms |
44 11⁄16"
113.5 cms |
18 7⁄8"
48 cms |
| Internal |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
31 1⁄4"
79.5 cms |
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Stock: 14563
An impressive and beautifully carved French Rococo style antique chimneypiece in richly veined and variegated Languedoc Marble. The shaped moulded shelf rests above the deeply carved serpentine frieze centred by an asymmetrical shell cartouche amid foliate and floral detail. The c-scrolled endblocks sit above scrolled angled jambs which terminate in foliate furls supported on neat footblocks.
French, late 19th century.
Shown here with chenet SNo 11667 not included.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70 11⁄16"
179.5 cms |
42 11⁄16"
108.5 cms |
11 3⁄8"
29 cms |
| Internal |
54 11⁄16"
139 cms |
34 1⁄8"
86.5 cms |
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Stock: 14808
A Rococo style Carrara Marble lightly veined decorative fireplace surround in the Louis XV manner with a shaped and moulded shelf above a serpentine frieze centred by a large shell cartouche, framed by acanthus leaves, flanked by floral endblocks above angled panelled jambs embellished with acanthus detail above plain footblocks. French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 13⁄16"
157 cms |
43 1⁄8"
109.5 cms |
16 7⁄8"
43 cms |
| Internal |
41 11⁄16"
106 cms |
34 13⁄16"
88.5 cms |
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Stock: 14803
A large antique moulded Bolection fireplace surround in pale green Connemara Marble, raised on solid foot blocks. Together with its integral fender. Shown here with andirons SNo 14528 not included.
English. late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
65 7⁄8"
167.5 cms |
48"
122 cms |
3"
7.5 cms |
| Internal |
50 13⁄16"
129 cms |
40 5⁄8"
103 cms |
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Stock: 8892
A chic Louis XVI fireplace mantel carved in Breche Violette Marble with applied ormolu mounts in the manner of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813) who was appointed ciseliste, doreur, bronze chaser and gilder by Aux Menus Plaisirs du Roi, Palais de Versailles in France. The shelf is set above an inset frieze applied with a scrolling foliate mount with flanking ormolu paterae on the endblocks above the jambs which are fronted by a pair of beautiful finely tapering stop fluted columns, each in the form of a stylised quiver of arrows resting on elegant footblocks. Image before the re-instatement of the ormolu on the right hand column.
French, late 19th century.
Shown here but not included are chenets SNo 14433.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
55 1⁄2"
141 cms |
47 1⁄4"
120.2 cms |
12 3⁄8"
31.5 cms |
| Internal |
34 5⁄8"
88 cms |
35 13⁄16"
91 cms |
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Stock: 14136
A Victorian Regency style antique fireplace surround in lightly veined Carrara Marble, with a simple panelled frieze flanked by bullseye endblocks above panelled jambs
English, circa 1890.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 13⁄16"
152 cms |
44 1⁄2"
113 cms |
10"
25.5 cms |
| Internal |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
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Stock: 9460
A pleasing Louis XVI antique fireplace mantel in warm variegated Breche D'Aleppe marble, the simple moulded shelf over a plain panelled frieze with similar moulded endblocks above attractively scrolled consoled jambs. French mid 19th century.
Shown here with andirons SNo 13840 not included.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
54 1⁄8"
137.5 cms |
43 3⁄16"
109.7 cms |
8 13⁄16"
22.3 cms |
| Internal |
36 3⁄8"
92.4 cms |
33 13⁄16"
85.8 cms |
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Stock: 9726
A tall but slim Victorian Tinos Verde Marble Baroque style antique Bolection fireplace surround. English, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
37"
94 cms |
42 1⁄4"
107.5 cms |
2 13⁄16"
7 cms |
| Internal |
27 3⁄16"
69 cms |
36"
91.5 cms |
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Stock: 14653
A French, Louis XVI antique fireplace mantel in white Statuary Marble together with its original decorative cast iron insert. The frieze, decorated with a carved rippling ribbon entwined with laurel leaves, is flanked by large acanthus endblocks above delicately carved stopped fluted jambs. French late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 1⁄8"
145 cms |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
15 7⁄8"
40.5 cms |
| Internal |
39"
99 cms |
33 1⁄8"
84 cms |
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Stock: 14646
A decorative Louis XV lightly veined Carrara Marble Rococo fireplace surround with a shaped and moulded shelf above a serpentine frieze centred by a large shell cartouche with trailing bell flowers, flanked by ornate angled endblocks above panelled jambs with scrolled acanthus feet resting on plain footblocks. French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
52 13⁄16"
134 cms |
42 7⁄8"
109 cms |
16 1⁄2"
42 cms |
| Internal |
35 5⁄8"
90.5 cms |
35 3⁄16"
89.5 cms |
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Stock: 14736
An elegant early 20th century moulded Pavonazzo Marble, Baroque style bolection chimneypiece. The name Pavonazzo derives from the Italian word for peacock, pavone. It is one of the many varieties of Carrara Marble being white with grey and black veining. English, circa 1920.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
50 13⁄16"
129 cms |
42 5⁄8"
108.2 cms |
3 11⁄16"
9.5 cms |
| Internal |
35"
89 cms |
34 13⁄16"
88.5 cms |
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Stock: 14517
An elegantly simple William IV finely figured Regency Portoro Marble fireplace surround shown with firedogs. English, circa 1830.
Shown here with chenet SNo 14498 not included in the price.
Notes: Varieties of Portoro Marble have been found in different parts of the world the most beautiful comes from the quarries on the Island of Palmaria, in the Gulf of La Spezia, Italy. The Portoro used to make this fireplace could well have come from there. The Italian Portoro Marble was first discovered and 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 |
67 11⁄16"
172 cms |
49 3⁄8"
125.5 cms |
8 1⁄4"
21 cms |
| internal |
38"
96.5 cms |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
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Stock: 14647
A small Louis XV white marble chimneypiece in the Rococo style. The serpentine breakfront moulded shelf rests above a scrolled panelled frieze, with a central shell cartouche and a single bell flower, flanked by foliate endblocks above angled scrolled jambs. French, late 19th century. Shown here with chenet SNo13999 not yet on the web.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
48 7⁄8"
124.2 cms |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
15 3⁄8"
39 cms |
| Internal |
33 11⁄16"
85.5 cms |
34 5⁄8"
88 cms |
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Stock: 14639
An attractive Victorian arched white marble antique fireplace surround with a central foliate keystone flanked by large profusely carved floral panelled spandrels set over rectangular moulded foot blocks. One of a pair with SNo 14314.
English late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
78"
198 cms |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
39 13⁄16"
101 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 14701
French Louis XVI white Statuary Marble Fireplace with fine Ormolu detail. The elegantly moulded shelf rests above an ormolu mounted panelled frieze flanked by ormolu acanthus endblocks. The jambs with half round fluted columns embellished with delicate ormolu detail and with further ormolu beading around the opening. Shown here with firegrate SNo 14266.
French late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
51 1⁄8"
129.7 cms |
43 5⁄8"
110.7 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
35 3⁄8"
90 cms |
34 1⁄4"
87.2 cms |
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Stock: 14249
A most attractive French Louis XVI columned antique fireplace surround in very fine black and gold veined Portoro Marble. The moulded shelf is set above a fluted and cushion panelled freeze which is flanked by a pair of lozenge endblocks resting on full round free standing columns fronting the jambs supported on stepped footblocks. French early to mid 19th century.
Shown here with fire grate SNo 12497 now sold.
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 high quality and the distinctive black and gold veining.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
65 11⁄16"
167 cms |
46 1⁄8"
117 cms |
16 1⁄2"
42 cms |
| Internal |
38 13⁄16"
98.5 cms |
33 1⁄8"
84 cms |
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Stock: 14641
A late Victorian White and Crema Valencia antique marble fireplace mantel of a pleasingly simple design with a moulded shelf above a plain frieze flanked by stop fluted jambs, together with the original white marble fire kerb.
English, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
72 3⁄16"
183.5 cms |
50 3⁄16"
127.5 cms |
13 3⁄16"
33.5 cms |
| Internal |
38"
96.5 cms |
38"
96.5 cms |
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Stock: 14515
A Louis XV style Belgian Black Marble antique Rococo fireplace surround with a shaped moulded shelf above a panelled frieze centred by a plain roundel flanked by corbelled endblocks above fluted and scrolled angled jambs.
French, late 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 |
14 5⁄8"
37 cms |
| internal |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
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Stock: 14427
A pretty and neat Regence style Louis XVI antique fireplace in white Carrara Marble. The moulded shelf rests above a panelled frieze embellished with ribboned festoons of flowers flanked by floral paterae on the endblocks above stop fluted jambs with inset floral panels. French late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 1⁄4"
145.5 cms |
47 5⁄8"
121 cms |
13 1⁄4"
33.7 cms |
| Internal |
35 3⁄16"
89.5 cms |
35 13⁄16"
91 cms |
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Stock: 14267
A wide French, Louis XV Rococo style antique fireplace mantel in white Carrara Marble with a finely shaped and moulded shelf. The serpentine panelled frieze is centred by a large integral foliate cartouche flanked by acanthus scrolled angled jambs resting on curved footblocks. French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
64 5⁄8"
164 cms |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
15 7⁄8"
40.5 cms |
| Internal |
47"
119.5 cms |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
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Stock: 14652
A small and pleasingly simple Louis XVI fireplace mantel in Arabescato Marble, together with its original cast iron decorative insert. The inset fluted frieze with a pair of stylised rosettes is flanked by angled fluted jambs.
French late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
45 1⁄2"
115.5 cms |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
15 1⁄4"
38.8 cms |
| Internal |
29 1⁄2"
75 cms |
32 7⁄8"
83.5 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.