18th Century Dutch Canal House Wooden Mantelpiece with Overmantel

18th century French Regency (Régence) mantelpiece, made of peach colored limestone. The Régence was the period in French history between 1715 and 1723, when King Louis XV was a mi...

A rare 18th century French Baroque polished limestone (Pierre de Bourgogne) fireplace or mantelpiece of monumental size with early "coquilles" on the corners and various heraldic att...

19th-Century yellow Sienna marble mantelpiece. Antique Pompadour "Pied Galbé" mantelpiece in yellow Siena marble. This fireplace features an oval center medallion, gently curved pane...

This antique fireplace is made of a rare grey shade of Pierre de Bourgonge stone from France. The mantel is decorated with a beautiful sunflower, the symbol of Louis XIV, also kno...

This Régence mantelpiece in grey sandstone tics all the boxes of the age of the Baroque. The Régence used the same strong classically inspired lines from the early Baroque but brough...

18th Century Regency Grey Ardennes Marble Mantelpiece

The frieze having curved panels of verde antico, overlaid with foliate scrolls of statuary marble. The centre plaque which is dog leg in shape depicts Flora, goddess of flowers and the season of spring, flanked by swags of oak leaves and acorns. The full tapering columns of verde antico marble are fluted and capped with finely carved ionic capitals. This fireplace is considered to be one of the finest and most important 18th century fireplaces to come to the market in recent years. Ryan and Smith have acquired it from the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. Walter P Chrysler Jr., renowned collector of antiques and fine art, purchased the fireplace from the well-known Mayfair antiques dealer Stanley J Pratt Limited, 27 Mount Street, London. Stanley J Pratt removed the chimneypiece from the drawing room of Linton Park Kent after the Owner (Olaf Hambro’s) death in 1961, its featured in a Country life article from April 5th 1946 (see additional images). The chimneypiece is also illustrated in Connoisseur magazine 1963 Vol. 154, no. 620, which states “Originally in the Drawing room of Chesterfield House Mayfair, attributed to Isaac Ware...

The three-piece hand-carved and shaped marble mantel with concave and channel carving, the top piece with interesting peaked corners, the bottom of the supports in black marble.