[This is part of my FIREPLACE MANTEL-103 series.] It’s big, it’s fancy, but it’s made from simple materials. Here’s the full inventory.
About An unusual and charming 19th century Regency style Lumacella di San Vitale marble fireplace surround, a deep square splayed shelf sits above a frieze of carved reeding with a central unadorned tablet, flanked and supported by jambs displaying large corbels and capping’s, with further reeding encompassing intermittent splayed separators to the stepped jambs, all resting on moulded foot blocks. English, circa 1930 Fireplace opening size: 912mm high x 870mm wide, width is adjustable in or out. Each leg width: 200mm Overall base width if the opening width is 870mm would be 1325mm Lumachella di San Vitali marble started to be mined in the early Renaissance. It can be found in buildings such as the Basilica Di San Marco in Venice where there is a column, panel and a band of this marble in the floor and central nave, it is also present in many ecclesiastical buildings throughout Italy. This particular type of Lumachella from Verona in the Veneto is the most diffuse it was formed in the Jurassic period with molluscan debris and other mainly marine organisms such as seaweed, corals, fish etc. The Lumachelle have appealed to man since antiquity as they were considered mirabilia and testimony of the transformation from sea to land and vice versa. The Romans were attracted by its beauty and decorative quality, and in medieval times lumachelle and its fossils had superstitious connotations.
About This beautifully crafted antique marble fireplace dates from the Baroque era. Baroque time is characterized by an abundance of form and decorations. Especially decorations such as curls, shells, acanthus leaves and rosettes are often seen with this type of fire! A unique specimen for us, partly because of the exclusive marble type Statuario, a white marble from Italy.
As seen as in the movie Shutter Island, this impressive fireplace can set the mood on any dramatic climactic scene because it’s so powerful and really illuminates the scene. Leonardo DaVinci…
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Art Deco model fireplace made of old green marble. Various sizes available. Contact us for more information.
The traditional wall fireplace wasn’t widespread until the 12th century. In the beginning of that century, we’ve continued to see Central fireplaces as seen in ancient Grecian and Roman house…
