Stone Fireplaces and Mantels

Original 19th century French petite bourguignon antique fireplace mantel in a Burgundy marble hard stone. It is waxed and has a very nice patina. A small decorative piece fit for dif...

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...

A carved giltwood and marble chimneypiece in the style of Thomas Johnson (1714–1778), an English designer and master carver. With foliate c-scrolls, lozenges and a scored ground, the...

A Regency style fireplace from the mid 19th century executed in Italian Statuary white and Siena marbles. The jambs with inset Siena panels supported on foot blocks, terminating with...

An attractive 19th century Edwardian hand carved Mantle Place. Carved from statutory marble with rouge marble detailing across the jambs and lintel. The lintel features charming figurative porcelain...

A large and impressive Louis XVI style fireplace mantel in Italian Carrara marble. The scrolled console legs, with decorative carved ribbon twist, carved acanthus to top, carved scro...

Beautiful French fireplace mantel Inside dimensions : 110cm wide x 103cm high

Carved from Carrara marble, this attractive fireplace surround exhibits expert craftsmanship. The design elegantly incorporates charming siena marble buttons beneath the shelf, sea...

French country bicolor hard Stone Fireplace Surrounds, limestone fireplace surround from the Louis XIV period, 17th century. The jambs are original. It is a perfect home upscale elem...

This is a fine original antique fireplace surround from the first half of the 18th century. Louis XIV period. The Saracolin marble and the fine carved center is of exceptional qualit...

A very nice antique wooden fireplace with a gray marble top. The nice shaped top makes this a very pleasant mantel to look at. Its marble top...

This magnificent antique 19th Century marble mantel with decorative gilt bronze mounts is after the fireplace in Marie Antionette"s Silver Boudoir at Fontainbleau. The Silver Boudoir...

Located in the hall of a ballroom, this exceptional fireplace welcomed the 80 guests of Edward Julius Berwind's luxurious New York home in the Louis XV style. It attests to the true ...

This outstanding Tonnerre stone fireplace is a masterpiece of the first French Renaissance. It was sculpted in 1534, under the reign of King François the 1st for Philippe Merlan (1503-1546), Baron of Montpont, Lord of Jully-lez-Arnay-le-Duc. This monumental fireplace...

Happy to offer this impressive 18th Century Rococo style fireplace in Belgian Blue stone. This tall mantel has a very nice and strong shaped topshelf with ditto profiling, it rest on...

An exceptional antique carved white statuary marble chimneypiece from the late Georgian period. With full free standing and fluted ionic columns under carved putti corner blocks. A substantial egg and dart cornice shelf...

A stylish and fashionable fireplace design produced in white statuary marble. The fireplace has a moulded bolection frame on plain plinths, with a stepped cornice shelf...

This French White Carrara Marble Mantel is crafted from high-quality Carrara marble from France in the 1870s, featuring intricate floral motifs and carved details in the Louis XVI st...

This is very small French country limestone fireplace surround from the Louis XV period. A delicate surround with great authentic patina and which was installed in a wood pannel...

Very nice and colorful fireplace mantel from the Northern part of Italy. This Italian beauty dated from the beginning of the 19th century it was reclaimed from a large estate. Its ...

A French Louis XVI style fireplace in Carrara marble. The moulded jambs with acanthus leaves and scrolled returns, the frieze with carved oval paterae, moulded panels and square pate...

This exquisite early 19th-century Louis XVI fireplace mantel embodies timeless elegance and exceptional French craftsmanship. Made from stunning grey limestone, this piece is elevate...

This antique fireplace mantel (fireplace) is one of a kind. It has been executed in Brocatelle d'Espagne marble with Black Belgian Mazy marble details. The angel head and the caprico...

A beautiful antique fireplace in Carrara marble from the 19th century including a plateau of the same marble. This beautifully decorated chimney is in Louis XV style and features 'tr...

Antique French statuary Carrara marble mantelpiece of large scale and great quality. This magnificent Napoleon III style mantelpiece is beautifully carved in the purest of white stat...

Antique fireplace surround in French Bleu-Green stone with a restoration on the front piece. This original French reclaimed 18th century period fireplace is available for a good pric...

This original Art Deco period fireplace surround from the Burgundy region is built in the exquisite rose liseron marble from the French Burgundy region. Many historic landmarks carry...

An English painted pine and composition (Gesso) fire surround in the Adam style. Salvaged from a house in York. Additional Dimensions Opening Height 112 cm Opening Width 121 c...

France / 1950 / fire place / Carrara marble / Baroque / Rococo / Mid-century / Vintage Fireplace in very good condition, made in France in the 20th century, in Carrara marble. A tru...

A original fine French Carrara marble vintage fireplace mantle which has no restoration. The Pompadour style was the perfect bedroom style in ...

Inspired by the many charming country homes of the Provence region in the South of France, The Provencale stone fireplace evokes a classic Country French feel, with its deep top shel...

Extraordinary Dutch Louis XIV Smuiger, executed in Gris d'Ardenne marble. This chimneypiece was made circa 1700 for a small farmers residence in Haarlem. Simple but beautiful cur...

A period George III late 18th century fireplace in Kilkenny marble. Architectural in design with simple jambs stood on square foot blocks, supporting a long frieze with plain centre ...

Crafted in France during the 1890s, this French African Breccia Marble Mantel boasts intricate carvings throughout the piece. Made from stunning African Breccia stone, this mantel is...

Very important late 19th century gilt bronze mounted palatial fireplace surround. This fireplace is an exact copy of the original 18th century model that was made for The Salon de Hercules in The Palace of Versailles...

Description: Carrara marble fireplace. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT AND SHIPPING INFORMATION CAN BE REQUEST BY SENDING AN EMAIL Indicative shipping costs in Italy: 550€ ...

Impressive Carved Wood Mantel And Trumeau With Yellow Sienna Marble Accents

A large and impressive 19th century style Statuary marble corbel fireplace surround. A deep shelf with ovolo edge moulding rests above a recessed cushion panelled frieze, flanked by ...

This is a original Art Nouveau French mantel in limestone. It has a silky touch and reflects the light in the room. This fine European antique fireplace surround carries a nice patin...

This classically-designed carved stone fireplace looks beautiful in either limestone or marble. It is part of our Elizabeth Scott Fireplace Collection, designed by Elizabeth Scott D...

A state of the art antique mantle in Gris St-Anne marble from the Louis XVI period transition, 18th century. The fronton and jambs are decorated with its original bijouterie in bras...

Ancient Italian fireplace in white Carrara marble but veined gray, with carved mask and friezes on the uprights, very rich and with many moves, from movement to the room and heat, be...

An attractive and richly coloured antique Victorian period fireplace made from very desirable Portoro Nero marble The arched panels with raised and fielded panels are centred by a ke...

Very nice antique fireplace of carrara marble from Italy! This mantle surround is in style of Louis XV and has very elegant ornaments and decoration in the front part and on the legs...

Antique fireplace mantle, hand-carved in gray stone, with the typical shape of the pink Salvator fireplaces, taking up the frame of the famous painter, original fireplace from the 16...

A Highly Important Empire Period Rosso Antico Chimneypiece Inset with Specimen Marble Portrait Reliefs of Roman Emperors The carved and veneered surround comprising a moulded shelf supported by a bold dentil cornice, above an inverted breakfront frieze carved with a central triglyph panel, flanked by a pair of rosettes carved in shallow relief, the frieze mounted with six carved hardstone profile portrait medallions of Roman Emperors, the stop-fluted jambs raised on moulded footblocks; in excellent condition with small restorations commensurate with age and use; the pale inclusions in the stone naturally formed. This spectacular neoclassical marble chimneypiece is carved from Rosso antico, the frieze inset with six portrait reliefs of Roman Emperors, each carved in marmo giallo on a bardiglio background, five variously incised: VESPASIANUS, TIBERIVS, OTHO, JULIUS CAESAR, TITUS. Rosso antico (marmor taenarium) is first recorded as being quarried in 1700 BC at Akra Tainaron (Cape Matapan), Greece.¹ The majority of this stone, however, was extracted throughout the Roman period, when it was one of the most coveted materials for carving due to its rich red colouring and association with highly prized Egyptian ‘Imperial’ Porphyry.² Rosso antico was chosen in antiquity for portrait busts, notably depicting Bacchic subjects such as Dionysus and satyrs due to its rich red wine colour which symbolised conviviality whilst conveying the education and cultivated taste of the owner.³ In the Renaissance, Rosso antico was also used for architectural detail on important buildings, such as the steps leading up to the choir in the medieval church of S. Prassede, and the large columns at the entrance to the Camera dell'Aurora.⁴ In 121 AD, G. Suetonius Tranquillus, secretary to Emperor Hadrian, wrote a biographical history of the first twelve emperors of Rome entitled De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars). A Renaissance edition of Tranquillus’ work was published in 1470, followed by further reprints and translations into all the main European languages. Many of these were illustrated with prints of emperors taken from coins and statues, or imagined by the artist based on Tranquillus’ accounts. These interpretations were copied, in turn, by Renaissance designers for medals, Limoges enamels, and busts, as well as paintings such as the Eleven Caesars, a series of eleven half-length portraits of Roman emperors made by Titian in 1536–40 for Federico II, Duke of Mantua.⁵ These paintings were later given to King Charles I, before being passed in the Commonwealth to the Kings of Spain. Unfortunately, the series was destroyed in the catastrophic fire of 1734 at the Royal Alcazar of Madrid, and is now only known through copies and engravings.⁶ From the middle of the 17th century until the end of the 18th century, there was an insatiable demand for marble carvings, often sold as Roman or assembled from ancient fragments, thus perpetuating the reverence for antiquity that was the quintessence of the Grand Tour. Rosso antico was in extremely short supply, even after the ancient quarries at Skutari were rediscovered in 1830, and remained one of the most highly valued of all stones. Described in 1776 as ‘dark red; scarce and dear’, it was mostly used for small objects such as Grand Tour desk ornaments, inevitably using material re-cut from classical fragments, due to its rarity, as was the case with porphyry.⁷ The portrait roundels on this chimneypiece are typical of those produced in Rome and Florence in hardstones, semi-precious stones, gold, silver, bronze, and mother-of-pearl, which, being easily transportable, would be taken home from the Grand Tour to be mounted within wooden, gilded or brass frames, as fashion dictated.⁸ A group of gold portraits of Caesars, dating from around 1660, are in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. Images of Roman emperors were not limited to Italy, England and France, however, as examples executed in Deshima for the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) show. Medallions depicting Roman emperors, invariably made of black and gold Japanese hiramakie or takamakie lacquer on copper, were produced for the Dutch market at the end of the 18th century. Examples can be found in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.⁹ There are two possible sources for the Imperial profiles on the chimneypiece: the engravings of The Twelve Caesars by Marcantonio Raimondi, or the Imperatorum Imagines by Hubert Golz.¹⁰ The portrait medallions also bear remarkable resemblance to a set of eighteen carved portrait reliefs of Roman Emperors, also of marmo giallo, almost certainly bought by David Ker (1742–1811) of Portavo, Co. Down, on his Grand Tour between 1792–4 in either Florence or Rome. Ker’s diary entry for 17th October 1793 is interesting as it reveals that he was offering his brother a choice of chimneypiece designs, which further supports a Roman origin for the offered example.¹¹ Indeed, fire surrounds incorporating antique fragments had been promoted from the late 1760s by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–78), encouraged by Rome-trained architects including Robert Adam (d.1792). One such example, inset with mythological tablets carved from Rosso antico, was acquired by the 9th Earl of Exeter from Piranesi himself for Burghley House.¹² Another can be found at Islington House, Dorset.¹³ A third, inset with giallo antico and Rosso antico, follows Piranesi’s engraved design dated 1769 for a fire surround mounted with three marble portrait reliefs.¹⁴ It should be re-emphasised that Rosso antico was so precious that it was only ever used for small tablets or details rather than an entire chimneypiece, as with the offered example; likewise, while portrait reliefs are occasionally seen on the jambs of Italian surrounds, it is exceptionally rare to see the frieze mounted with a group, especially of this scale: the combination indicates an architectural commission by an extremely wealthy patron. The sophisticated lines of this chimneypiece epitomise the French Empire influence on the Italian states at the turn of the 18th century. This idiosyncratic ‘Roman’ taste is encapsulated by that of Napoleon, who identified with Rome’s Imperial past. Napoleon’s desire to establish a visual link between himself and Roman emperors is demonstrated by the portraits of his court painter, Jacques-Louis David, inspired by portraits of Emperor Augustus. This Imperial taste extended to architecture, furniture and porcelain, the latter two of which are combined in a group of magnificent ormolu-mounted guéridons commissioned in Sèvres between 1803–11, made to immortalise Napoleon’s reign.¹⁵ The second guéridon in the series, the Table des Grands Capitaines (Table of the Great Commanders of Antiquity), commissioned in 1806, is made almost entirely of hard-paste Sèvres porcelain. The top, painted in imitation of sardonyx, is centred by a portrait cameo of Alexander the Great, surrounded by twelve smaller heads of commanders and philosophers from antiquity: Pericles, Scipio Africanus, Pompey, Augustus, Septimus Severus, Constantine, Trajan, Caesar, Mithridates, Hannibal, Themistocles and Miltiades.¹⁶ Louis XVIII presented the table to the Prince Regent (later King George IV) in 1817 as a token of appreciation for Napoleon’s defeat two years earlier, and George IV treasured it so highly that it became part of the ceremonial backdrop for all his state portraits. The table remains in the Royal Collection.¹⁷ This chimneypiece remained, until recently, in the possession of a noble Dutch family, who acquired it from the owners of a bombed Knightsbridge house in the 1940s; unfortunately, its provenance prior to this has been lost. The use of Rosso antico on this scale, inset with these splendid Imperial profile medallions, appears unparalleled. 1. J. B. Grossman, 'Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone' (Los Angeles, 2003). Grossman states that this material was ‘...quarried in three places during antiquity: on Cape Tainaron present day Matapan on the Peloponnese of Greece; on Crete; and at the site of Iasos in Asia Minor. 2. L. Lazzarini, ‘Rosso antico and other red marbles used in antiquity: a characterization study’, Marble, Art Historical and Scientific Perspectives on Ancient Sculpture’ (1990), 237–252. C. Gorgoni, L. Lazzarini, P. Pallante, ‘New archaeometric data on Rosso antico and other red marbles used in antiquity, ASMOSIA VI, Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone’ (2002), pp. 199–206. J. Deér, trans. G.A. Gilhoff, The Dynastic Porphyry Tombs of the Norman Period in Sicily (Cambridge, 1959), p. 144. R. Gnoli, Marmora Romana (Rome, 1988), pp. 187–191. 3. A notable example is a satyr from the Emperor Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome. Another is the head of a satyr in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, accession no. 2006.110. See T. Opper, Hadrian. Empire and Conflict (London, 2008), p. 165, fig. 149. 4. De Luca, Marmi antichi (Rome, 1998), p. 126. Faustino Corsi, Catalogo ragionato d’una collezione di pietre di decorazione (Rome, 1833), p. 93. 5. For related Limoges medallions, see set of ten circular Limoges enamel medallions depicting Roman emperors, en grisaille with gilding, from the workshop of Jacques I Laudin, sold Christie’s London, Fine Renaissance Bronzes and Works of Art, 19 December, 1977, lot 95. 6. See set of drawings sold Sotheby’s London, Of Royal and Noble Descent, 24 February, 2015, lot 184. 7. J. J. Ferber, Raspe’s Travels through Italy in the Years 1771–1772 (London, 1776), p. 218. 8. See Sotheby’s London, Pelham, the Public and the Private, 8 March 2016, lot 75: ‘A set of twelve mother-of-pearl cameos of Roman Emperors, Southern Italian, early 19th century’ 9. Oliver Impey, Christiaan J.A. Jörg, Cynthia Viallé, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580–1850 (Amsterdam, 2005) pp. 48–57, no. 56 & 57. 10. For a further reference, see the candlesticks by Jacques I Laudin in the Waters Art Gallery, illustrated in P. Verdier, Catalogue of the Painted Enamels of the Renaissance (Baltimore, 1967), p. 389, nos. 207 & 208. 11. John Ingamells, A Dictionary of British and Irish travellers in Italy 1701–1800 (London, 1997), pp. 572–3. 12. Oliver Impey, Four Centuries of Decorative Arts from Burghley House (Virginia, 1998), p. 53, fig. 23. 13. Country Life, 12 June, 1997, p. 162, figs. 9–11. 14. A. González-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto, Roma e il Regno delle due Sicilie, Vol. II (Milan, 1984), pp. 592–93, p. 260. 15. S. Grandjean, 'Napoleonic Tables...

Antique marble stone fireplace, 19th century. To place in front of the chimney.

A large and imposing English William IV fireplace in pencil vein Carrara marble, with paneled pilaster jambs with twin corbel brackets supporting a long wide and generous mantel. Som...

A 19th century neoclassical Regency Statuary and Imperial Egyptian Porphyry antique marble fireplace surround, in the Egyptian Revival style. The neoclassical forms of this fireplace are the epitome of fashionable Regency taste. It features a simply moulded shelf resting above a panelled Egyptian Porphyry frieze centred by a crisply carved and bold statuary marble mask depicting Aurora, the Roman Goddess of dawn. Flanked by circular Imperial Egyptian Porphyry capitols to the end blocks, thus supporting Imperial Egyptian Porphyry tapered panelled jambs raised on plain foot blocks. The external return sections have a recessed panel with cock-beading. Shown with its original statuary marble kerb fender...

The Bolection B carved stone fireplace features a classical Bolection-style profile, curving out and then back in. Additional layers of molding add to the visual interest. The top s...

Antique fireplace mantel, In refined gray stone, in excellent conservative condition, the star-shaped decorations on the pediment are very beautiful above the hole for the chimney, i...

Royal Breccia Vimines marble from the High-Alpes, France, is rare to find in a fine chimney piece of the Regency period, 1st half of the 18th century. It is reclaimed from a grand ci...

Very nice warm colored antique French Louis XIV from the 18th century. The monumental trumeau mantel came from a modest Chateau in the middle of France, during the end of the 19th...

This is a Georgian revival marble fireplace. An English, fire surround with mantelpiece in the classical taste by Dominic Hurley, dat...

An attractive Louis XIV style Carrara marble fireplace. The panelled frieze with good carving of flowers and foliage, with ribbons and quiver below initialed centre circular plaque. ...

A good quality period Victorian fireplace in Statuary white marble. The jambs with corbels featuring acanthus leaves with decorative panels below. The frieze with centre panel carved...

The pictured hearth is not included. Louis XVI French Regency style carved limestone mantel that has been painted a pale yellow color. This mantel has a modest design with three carv...

Great French Louis XIV piece in warm limestone, 19th century. Overall good, original condition. Ready to be shipped and installed.