Antique Wood Fireplaces

Stock: 15859

A large and grand Renaissance Revival chimneypiece in Walnut. The inverted breakfront overmantel has a large cornice, which is supported by twin Corinthian freestanding columns. These flank the panelled frieze, which is centred by a beautiful panel carved with fantastical putti holding cornucopia, from which mythical birds pluck fruit. This large overmantel sits above the main chimneypiece, which is also a grand affair. The frieze is evenly placed with both triglyphs and biglyphs between finely carved foliate panels in low relief. Fluted and collared columns on large footblocks support the shelf.
English, c.1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 7⁄8" 187.7 cms	96 1⁄4" 244.5 cms	12 11⁄16" 32.2 cms
Internal	32 1⁄4" 82 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 14874

A large carved oak Jacobean fireplace surround and overmantel. The high breakfront shelf rests above bead and reel and bracket supports. The carved overmantel is embellished with a pair of scrolled foliate panels beneath which are decoratively arched panels alternating with slender pairs of elaborately carved columns. The fireplace surround, with a double panel frieze with linked anthemion detail interspersed with diamond lozenges, is supported on a pair of tall carved columns with further lozenge detail on the footblocks.
English, c.1650.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	64 13⁄16" 164.5 cms	96 11⁄16" 245.5 cms	9 5⁄8" 24.5 cms
Internal	37 5⁄8" 95.5 cms	45 1⁄4" 115 cms

Stock: 15547

A rare Scottish pine and composition chimneypiece by Richard Foster of Edinburgh.

The chimneypiece was designed with the coastal landscape of the East Coast of Scotland in mind and is profusely decorated in exquisite detail whilst maintaining the elegant restraint of a neoclassical chimneypiece.

The breakfront shelf rests above an undershelf studded with acorns and mushrooms which in turn is supported by two eagles on the endblocks. The eagles are modelled after a Roman Imperial Eagle in Horace Walpole’s collection, found in the gardens of Boccapadugli and displayed by Walpole at his Strawberry Hill Home. These details frame the remarkable frieze which is a celebration of the Scottish coast; profusely decorated with seaweed, shells, sea cucumber and crabs, all in high relief.

Most remarkable of all is the exquisite central tablet, which depicts Lady Emma Hamilton leaning on a ship’s anchor whilst gazing out to sea at the distant HMS Victory, the ship on which he would meet his heroic end. This scene is surrounded by a profusion of seashells and seaweed.

The underfrieze makes a departure from the coastal theme, and instead entwines thorny roses with the Scottish emblem of the thistle.

The jambs return to a more restrained neoclassicism, with engaged slender pilasters resting on plain footblocks. The original Kilkenny fossil marble slips are still present, which is a lovely feature.

Scottish, c.1805.

Provenance: Removed from an elegant Georgian house on the East Coast of Scotland, near Edinburgh.

Notes:

Chimneypieces of this manufacture were a speciality of Richard Foster of Edinburgh and his son and examples survive not only in Scotland but also in the United States and Canada, where he seemed to create a strong market for them in the late 18th century.
Richard Foster was born in Canonbie, the Scottish Borders, in 1755. At the age of fourteen, he was recorded as having a bank account in London, presumably as he was serving as an apprentice there, perhaps to the Adam Brothers as they too were in London at this time. In 1785 he returned to Edinburgh, working as a "joiner" and married to the daughter of a wealthy leather merchant. His chimneypieces were sold not only in Scotland, but in the USA, a bold move only a few years after American Independence was declared! This is perhaps why he avoided becoming a prominent figure in Scottish social and intellectual circles, as selling to Britain's former colonies would have been regarded as treachery in many cases.
The pine and composition chimneypiece he perfected made the rational principles and beauty of classicism affordable to the growing mercantile and professional class emerging in the 18th century. These clients wished to express their cultural understanding through objects that conveyed the principles they admired, the chimneypiece was one such highly prized object.
The Adam brothers (Robert and James) were well known for promoting their designs to the masses, and it is the pine and composition chimneypiece they made for the emerging middle class in Edinburgh that have become synonymous with the "Adam Style". However, Foster was a true master of the technique, and his designs are some of the most delicate and finely manufactured ever made.
In the 1770s, the technique of applying a cast composition onto pine really took off in Scotland, especially with the construction of many new houses, such as those in Edinburgh's New Town. The process of cast composition can be described as essentially a thermo plastic mix of chalk, glue size, and other additives heated up to a precise temperature then pressed into wood or brimstone moulds. These could then be applied to a simple pine surround and painted if desired. Foster was commissioned to make designs unique to clients, so there may only be a single example of a particular design, but these usually incorporate existing decorative motifs.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	78 13⁄16" 200.1 cms	62 5⁄8" 159 cms	7 7⁄8" 20.1 cms
Internal	52" 132 cms	45 1⁄4" 115 cms

Stock: 15548

A rare pine and composition chimneypiece by Richard Foster of Edinburgh. The chimneypiece is a celebration of the Scottish coast, and painstaking care has been taken to render the sea life and flora with a great deal of accuracy. The composition decoration has also been carefully wood-grained to make it appear like carved pine; this finish is a great survival.
The inverted breakfront shelf sits above a band of composition moulded into acorns and mushrooms, and the frieze is decorated with swags of ribboned bellflowers in the neoclassical taste. Between these swags is the unusual detail of a fan of seaweed at their centre, a request of the patron no doubt.
The central tablet has a floral ribboned swag studded with roses and other small blooms and the centre is filled with a spray of flowers and ferns within a woven basket. The endblocks feature a bound posy of roses and the jambs are decorated with trailing oak leaves and acorns. A very fine thing.

Scottish, c.1800.

Notes:
Richard Foster was born in Canonbie, the Scottish Borders, in 1755. At the age of fourteen, he was recorded as having a bank account in London, presumably as he was serving as an apprentice there, perhaps to the Adam Brothers as they too were in London at this time. In 1785 he returned to Edinburgh, working as a "joiner" and married to the daughter of a wealthy leather merchant. His chimneypieces were sold not only in Scotland, but in the USA, a bold move only a few years after American Independence was declared! This is perhaps why he avoided becoming a prominent figure in Scottish social and intellectual circles, as selling to Britain's former colonies would have been regarded as treachery in many cases. The pine and composition chimneypiece he perfected made the rational principles and beauty of classicism affordable to the growing mercantile and professional class emerging in the 18th century. These clients wished to express their cultural understanding through objects that conveyed the principles they admired, the chimneypiece was one such highly prized object. The Adam brothers (Robert and James) were well known for promoting their designs to the masses, and it is the pine and composition chimneypiece they made for the emerging middle class in Edinburgh that have become synonymous with the "Adam Style". However, Foster was a true master of the technique, and his designs are some of the most delicate and finely manufactured ever made.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	66 1⁄2" 169 cms	58 1⁄2" 148.6 cms	7 1⁄4" 18.6 cms
Internal	48 1⁄8" 122.3 cms	45 11⁄16" 116 cms

Stock: 15537

A very elegant Regency pine and gesso chimneypiece decorated in the Adam style. The inverted breakfront shelf is decorated with a beaded cornice and sits above an elegant frieze decorated with opposing gryphons holding ribbons of bellflowers in their beaks, centred by urns on stands. The tablet is more naturalistic, with Venus and attendants depicted in a pastoral landscape. The slender endblocks are decorated with classical urns on stands, and rest above the gently fluted pilaster jambs.

English, c.1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 3⁄16" 186 cms	61 1⁄8" 155.1 cms	7" 17.7 cms
Internal	54 11⁄16" 139 cms	48" 122 cms

Stock: 15231

An Edwardian, Arts and Crafts oak fire surround. The crenelated cornice, supported by a pair of turned columns, rests above a recessed frieze and mantle shelf. The frieze is set with five painted panels depicting Medieval York including the ‘bar’ or city walls, streets and gateways; the ruins of St Mary's Abbey and York Minster itself. A Tudor style arch frames the fireplace opening flanked by a pair of simple tapering columns on the jambs. English, circa 1910.

Photos before cleaning and polishing.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	62 3⁄16" 158 cms	75 5⁄8" 192 cms	8 1⁄2" 21.6 cms
Internal	41 1⁄2" 105.5 cms	38 13⁄16" 98.5 cms

Stock: 14786

A rather magnificent and beautifully carved twin columned Palladian style Victorian walnut antique fireplace mantel. The shelf, under carved with scrolling foliate detail, rests above a stop fluted frieze centred by a plaque with a stylised urn and trailing acanthus leaves and fronds. Each of the endblocks, with large heraldic cartouche, sit above twin pairs of finely carved stop fluted tapering columns supported on substantial footblocks. The fireplace opening with a border of shell and tongue is centred by a scrolled panel of angels, amid further foliage, immediately beneath the plaque. English, circa 1880.

Shown here with fire basket SNo 12271 not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	89 3⁄16" 226.5 cms	62 5⁄8" 159 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	43 1⁄2" 110.5 cms

Stock: 15173

A rare and beautifully carved Art Nouveau walnut fireplace surround attributed to Louis Majorelle (1859 – 1926). The moulded shelf, with podium to either side, rests on dramatic angled, naturalistic styled columns fronting the jambs fashioned as slender tree trunks entwined with climbing vines and raised on large round footblocks. The frieze, inner surround and side returns are profusely embellished with delightful, finely carved floral tendrils. French, circa 1900.

Notes: Louis Majorelle was a French decorator and furniture designer who manufactured his own designs. He was one of the outstanding French designers of furniture in the Art Nouveau style at the turn of the 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	61 3⁄8" 156 cms	44 1⁄2" 113 cms	23 3⁄16" 59 cms
Internal	40 7⁄8" 104 cms	35" 89 cms

Stock: 11303

An exquisitely carved pine and limewood mid Georgian fire surround.The pediment shelf, undercarved with lambs tongue, leaf & dart and bead enrichment, rests above a plain pine frieze centred by a panel of delicately carved limewood rosebud sprigs. The endblocks with equally finely carved limewood urns sit above panelled jambs with Corinthian capitals and ascending foliate motifs. By repute removed from Holy Rood House in Thirsk, North Yorkshire.
English, late 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	68 13⁄16" 174.8 cms	56 7⁄8" 144.4 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms
Internal	46 7⁄8" 119 cms	42 7⁄8" 109 cms

Stock: 15057

An enormous Baroque style oak chimneypiece. Heavily carved throughout with a pedimented shelf, a gadrooned undershelf set with two small lion masks, a panelled tongue and dart frieze flanked by pairs of large lion masks on the endblocks and carved strapwork jambs standing on large stepped footblocks. Photos before restoration.
French, circa 1860.

Shown here with fire grate SNo 12948 not included

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	98 3⁄8" 250 cms	74 13⁄16" 190 cms
Internal	60 3⁄16" 153 cms	50 5⁄8" 128.5 cms

Stock: 14787

A large and grand Victorian walnut fireplace surround. The corniced, breakfront shelf resting on a plain frieze, beneath a dentil border, is centred by a carved plaque of mythical beasts. The large cartouche endblocks above tall ornately carved panels topped by ancone brackets fronting the jambs. The plain frame around the fireplace opening is centred by a carving of vases, frond and fruits amid acanthus foliage and a pair of intriguing, playful putti.
English, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	87 13⁄16" 223 cms	65 3⁄8" 166 cms	9 13⁄16" 24.9 cms
Internal	50 13⁄16" 129 cms	48 13⁄16" 124 cms

Stock: 9077

A substantial Victorian antique oak fireplace surround in the Renaissance manner. The moulded shelf, above carved dentil detail, rests on a frieze set with three urn and foliate carved panels and is supported on a pair of fluted pilasters and a pair of free standing columns, all with Corinthian capitals, standing on large footblocks. English, late 19th Century.

Shown here with andirons SNo 14839 not included.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 11⁄16" 187.2 cms	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	12" 30.5 cms
Internal	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	40 3⁄16" 102 cms

Stock: 9300

A well carved English Rococo style dark mahogany wood antique fireplace mantel. The serpentine shelf supported by large C scrolled brackets is set over an inset frieze panel with carved rosette hatched motif and a central floral cartouche. The scrolled angled, scrolled console jambs terminate in curled feet above large footblocks. English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height
External	63" 160 cms	51" 129.5 cms
Internal	39" 99 cms	39 3⁄8" 100 cms

Stock: 10497

A beautifully carved and pleasantly patinated early pine and gesso antique fireplace surround the shelf with a delicately carved border above repeating foliate bands, the frieze centred by gambolling putti within a medallion and with draped bellflowers and tied reeded bands either side within a beaded panel, flanked by carved figural endblocks above tied tapering reeded jambs.
English, early 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	56 11⁄16" 144 cms	53 11⁄16" 136.5 cms	5 1⁄2" 14 cms
Internal	44 1⁄8" 112 cms	44 1⁄4" 112.4 cms

Stock: 10649

A pleasingly simple Edwardian, carved oak antique fireplace surround raised on tall footblocks and with trailing foliate detail carving around the opening.
English, circa 1910.

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	width	height	depth
External	56 3⁄16" 142.7 cms	47 1⁄8" 119.7 cms	6" 15.3 cms
Internal	44 1⁄4" 112.5 cms	41 1⁄8" 104.5 cms

Stock: 14700

A large finely carved walnut Gothic Revival chimneypiece and over mantel. The carved central plaque depicting fighting hunting dogs is flanked by a running frieze of quatrefoils, supported on the heads of kneeling monks on stiff leaf corbels over simple stop chamfered jambs. The galleried over mantel with four slender corinthian capped columns, supporting finely carved Gothic tracery either side of a central panel containing an oil on canvas painting of a nobleman bearing a standard with the motto FAC ET SPERA ( DO AND HOPE), standing in front of his castle, either side of which are two small corbeled shelves in the form of crouching musicians.
French, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	68 7⁄8" 175 cms	116 1⁄8" 295 cms	25 3⁄16" 64 cms
Internal	51 5⁄8" 131 cms	48 3⁄8" 123 cms

Stock: 14638

A tall antique Renaissance style carved, columned Walnut Trumeau chimneypiece, with its original brass insert. The central arched pediment, containing a deeply carved salamander, is flanked by a fretwork gallery set over a plain frieze, supported on barley twist columns with Corinthian capitals.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	64" 162.5 cms	106 7⁄8" 271.5 cms	18 1⁄2" 47 cms
Internal	35 3⁄8" 90 cms	43 11⁄16" 111 cms

Stock: 14605

A large Renaissance style carved Oak chimneypiece, with original brass and cast iron insert. The richly carved frieze of scrolling foliage with a central mask is flanked by spread eagle end blocks, supported on free standing Atlanteans. Shown here with matching andirons SNo 14609 not included in the price.
French, circa 1870.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	77" 195.5 cms	63 5⁄8" 161.5 cms	24 13⁄16" 63 cms
internal wood	43 11⁄16" 111 cms	47 3⁄8" 120.5 cms

Stock: 14516

A tall and imposing antique walnut trumeau chimneypiece together with it's original cast iron back plate and accompanying side panels. The large carved salamander on the trumeau is set beneath a high pediment. The fireplace surround, with a rectangular opening and a wide gadrooned frieze centred by acanthus carving, is supported by two large free standing balustered columns resting on plinths above large footblocks. The original central cast iron back panel is centred by another salamander amidst the flames and the twin side panels are embellished with a display of bees.
French, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	65" 165 cms	114 3⁄16" 290 cms	22 5⁄8" 57.5 cms
Internal	34 13⁄16" 88.5 cms	39 5⁄8" 100.5 cms

Stock: 12089

A pleasingly simple early 20th century mahogany fireplace mantel with fine inlaid marquetry Art Nouveau detail on the frieze.
Edwardian, early 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	64 13⁄16" 164.5 cms	54 7⁄8" 139.5 cms	9 3⁄8" 24 cms
Internal	41 7⁄8" 106.5 cms	39 1⁄8" 99.4 cms

Stock: 6577

An antique French carved oak chimneypiece and overmantel in the Renaissance style flanked by two full height cupboards concealed behind panelling. The high shaped pediment of the overrmantel is set above a gadrooned undershelf beneath which are a pair of strapwork panels with alternating reeded columns. The fireplace surround with a further gadrooned undershelf flanked by a pair of lions head masks above caryatid and strapwork jambs.
French late 19th century.

Shown here with fire basket SNo 14140 not included in the price.

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	Overall Width	Height	Depth
external	181 7⁄8" 462 cms	126" 320 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms
internal

Stock: 13878

A tall carved oak fireplace in the Jacobean style. The high overmantel is set with three decorative panels beneath which are two arched panels either side of a geometric panel, alternating with baton posts and resting on the simple fireplace surround with further baton posts on the reeded jambs.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	74 1⁄8" 188.3 cms	100 3⁄8" 255 cms	4 11⁄16" 12 cms
Internal	56 1⁄2" 143.5 cms	53 1⁄4" 135.5 cms

Stock: 14456

An Arts & Crafts oak fireplace surround in the manner of the Cheshire designer George Faulkner Armitage (1849-1937), with a deep moulded shelf above a pair of cupboards with stained and leaded glass doors set either side of the open lower shelf above panelled jambs flanked by protruding, leaf-carved uprights.
English, circa 1900.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	66 1⁄4" 168.5 cms	63 13⁄16" 162 cms	12" 30.5 cms
internal	39 1⁄2" 100.3 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 7667

A fine antique pine fireplace surround in the Georgian manner, with a richly carved floral frieze centred by a large shell cartouche and with lambs tongue, egg & dart undershelf carving and acanthus leaf detail around the opening. We can provide marble slips if desired which would be added to the cost. English, circa 1880.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	64 5⁄8" 164 cms	50 3⁄8" 128 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms
Internal	46 11⁄16" 118.5 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 14430

A most attractive and tall Arts & Crafts Ash fireplace mantel with three inset repousse copper panels on the overmantel in the style of CFA Voysey, flanked by a pair of demi lune shelves and with slim free standing tapering columns supporting the high pediment resting on pedestal mounted footblocks. The Design Number 25732091 is stamped on the back. Photographed before cleaning and shown together with fire basket SNo 12594 not included in the price. English, possibly Scottish, circa 1910.

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	width	height
	63 3⁄8" 161 cms	68 7⁄8" 175 cms
	40 3⁄16" 102 cms	37 13⁄16" 96 cms

Stock: 8395

A large elegant George III style antique fireplace surround carved in pine & gesso in the style of Adam. The central plaque decorated with Arabesque floral scrolls and urns, set on a stop fluted frieze flanked by oval floral paterae on the endblocks above scrolled jambs with applied acanthus and descending bellflower decoration and with abundant husk detail edging throughout. English, mid to late 19th century.

Shown here with fire grate SNo 8260 now sold.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	77 1⁄2" 196.8 cms	61 1⁄2" 156.2 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms
Internal	56 11⁄16" 144.1 cms	48 11⁄16" 123.8 cms

Stock: 14369

A large antique Jacobean style carved oak and ebony fireplace surround and overmantel. The strapwork barrel frieze is divided by well carved lion masks, mirrored on the endblocks, above the simple fluted pilaster jambs with dental capitals, supported on tall moulded footblocks. The original Yorkstone ingrounds have a graceful Tudor arch and deep mouldings to the opening. The upper fluted frieze on the overmantel is supported on a pair of carved ebony and oak caryatids, decorated with further lion masks, strapwork and carved fruit, flanking geometric panels with ebonized detailing on the dividing pilasters. Labelled on the back, Marsh Jones and Cribb, a renowned Arts & Crafts furniture manufacturers founded around 1850, originally as the firm “Marsh & Jones
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
external	88 3⁄8" 224.5 cms	89" 226 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms
internal stone	47 5⁄8" 121 cms	41 11⁄16" 106 cms

Stock: 14139

A carved oak Jacobean style chimneypiece and overmantel of modest proportions. The deeply carved strap work frieze on the fireplace is decorated with Tudor roses and roundels containing portraits of bearded noblemen and is flanked by floral paterae end blocks supported on caryatid jambs. The caryatids, set within deep egg and dart bordered panels, stand on carved foot blocks. The overmantel, beneath a simple but boldly moulded cornice, is divided into three panels inset with light coloured fruit wood and black ebony geometric designs. Each panel alternates with male and female terms holding cherub, fruit and foliate panels
English, rebuilt in the mid 19th century with 17th & 18th century elements.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	71 1⁄8" 180.5 cms	79 1⁄2" 202 cms	10" 25.5 cms
Internal	44 11⁄16" 113.5 cms	40 11⁄16" 103.5 cms

Stock: 13945

A simple panelled walnut antique fireplace surround set with very fine and rare Aesthetic Movement Tiles made by Minton & Company ( 1828 - 1868 ). The tiles, exquisitely hand painted in the unburnished precious metals of fine gold, platinum and dragon red rhodium, depict cranes flying and feeding over tranquil lakes amid islands of bamboo and are the work of Japanese artists brought over by Mintons in the 1880's to add their skills and artistry to that of the Minton ceramicists.
English circa 1880.

Note: Rhodium is from the Greek word 'rhodon' meaning rose and was discovered in 1803 by a William Hyde Wollaston, an English chemist, shortly after his discovery of the element palladium. Rhodium tends to occur along with deposits of platinum and is primarily obtained as a byproduct of mining and refining platinum.

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	width	hight	depth
	72 13⁄16" 185 cms	54 7⁄8" 139.5 cms	10 3⁄16" 26 cms
	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	40 3⁄8" 102.5 cms

Stock: 14157

A most attractive large Edwardian fireplace surround carved in beautiful rich Rosewood with very fine, high quality mother of pearl floral marquetry panels on the central frieze panel, endblocks and jambs and a with large dog leg opening.
English circa 1910

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	73 3⁄16" 186 cms	55 7⁄8" 142 cms	13" 33 cms
Internal	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	38 3⁄16" 97 cms

Stock: 12359

A large well-proportioned carved oak antique chimneypiece in the Palladian manner. The straight moulded shelf over a panelled frieze supported on the large carved Palmette capitals above fluted, volute jambs.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	76 3⁄16" 193.5 cms	56 1⁄8" 142.5 cms	8 7⁄8" 22.5 cms
Internal	42 1⁄2" 108 cms	40" 101.5 cms

Stock: 13956

A fine Edwardian carved oak antique fireplace surround and overmantel in the Jacobean manner. The breakfront corniced top rests on four free standing oak columns behind which are three large strapwork panels. The frieze is set with three plainer panels divided by four acanthus detailed brackets. The whole is supported on a pair of reeded columns, embellished with ornate capitals and strapwork detail, standing on large footblocks.
English early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	69 11⁄16" 177 cms	89 3⁄8" 227 cms	12 3⁄8" 31.5 cms
	41 7⁄8" 106.5 cms	42 1⁄8" 107 cms

Stock: 13843

A tall and elegant walnut antique Art Nouveau fireplace in the manner of Charles Harrison Townsend (1851 - 1928), architect and designer of the 1901 Horniman Museum and the 1895 Bishopsgate Institute, both in London. Carved in relief in a design typical of the Art Nouveau period with a pair of tall stylised trees with slender trunks and sinuous roots flanking the high set columned podium.
English late 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	46 7⁄8" 119 cms	75 3⁄16" 191 cms	18 1⁄8" 46 cms
Internal	29 7⁄8" 76 cms	38 5⁄8" 98 cms

Stock: 13874

THE ITALIAN WARS
A monumental and imposing richly carved French walnut trumeau chimneypiece. The generously moulded cornice lies above a dramatically carved arched central panel dominating the trumeau frieze and depicting a scene of battle probably relating to the eighth Italian War (1551-1559) when Henry II of France declared war against Charles V ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. The panel is flanked on either side by two large carved horned and winged mythical beasts and the whole rests on the wide and sturdy fireplace surround beneath.

The deep shelf of the fireplace surround, with its carved alternating bossed frieze, sits above a pair of robust fluted columns with Corinthian capitals and stepped footblocks and the deep set fireplace opening is topped by a finely carved and decorative border detail.
French, mid 19th century.

Notes: The 1551-1559 Italian War was also known as the Habsburg – Valois War. There were a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 that involved, at various times, most of the city-states of Italy, the Papal States, most of the major states of Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Originally arising from dynastic disputes over the Duchy of Milan and the Kingdom of Naples, the wars rapidly became a general struggle for power and territory among their various participants, and were marked with an increasing number of alliances, counter-alliances and betrayals.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	79 11⁄16" 202.5 cms	107 1⁄8" 272 cms	29 7⁄8" 76 cms
Internal	46 7⁄8" 119 cms	35" 89 cms

Stock: 10284

A large 19th century antique oak chimneypiece mantel in the Jacobean style. The deeply moulded shelf is set above a double frieze, carved with birds, cherubs riding seahorses, and entwined acanthus leaves, flanked by roaring lion mask end blocks, supported by a pair of caryatids draped in robes in the form of pilasters with ionic capitals, embellished with lion masks and strap work. The fireplace opening is boarded by richly carved mouldings of egg and dart and acanthus.

English mid 19th century, incorporating 17th and 18th century elements.

Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600

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	48 3⁄16" 122.5 cms	48 3⁄16" 122.5 cms