NYC Waldorf Astoria Hotel Marble Mantel Suite 13K Neoclassical Verde Antico

This mantel was salvaged from the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and is carved from Rouge Royale - a rich oxblood marble characterized by the presence of white calcite veins. This piece featu...

This English Regency style mantel is carved from white marble with cream and ivory veining and features a delicate linked medallion motif across the apron and jambs. The carved patte...

This English Regency style mantel is carved from statuary marble, and inlaid with oxblood marble with white and slate gray marbling. In the center of the apron is a motif featuring a...

This petite mantel was carved from white marble and is highlighted with detailed and decorative inlay. A wreath-like infinity chain decorates the apron, and is framed by corner flora...

A refined late 18th century chimneypiece in statuary marble with Verde Antico inlays of the highest quality, circa 1790. The fluted details on the jambs are centred by oval paterae. ...

A 19th century Carrara and Verde Antico marble chimneypiece In the George III style The inverted breakfront shelf with dentil cornice above a ribbon tied and medallion hung bell husk garlanded frieze with central tablet carved with a draped pedestal...

A pleasing and bold 19th century fireplace surround displaying a two tone combination of Verde Antico marble with Statuary marble corb...

A large and masculine 19th century arched fireplace surround carved in rich vareated Verde Antico marble, a generous double thick bullnose shelf rests above a stepped and moulded under cornice, supported by a raised scalloped fluted keystone, and flanked by a pair of large spandrels each carved with relief shaped fielded panels and moulding. Quarter round side returns connect to deep revels, all resting on large shaped foot blocks with Belgian Black Marble insert cappings, a splendid and exceptional example shown with its original highlighted arch cast iron insert. Scottish, circa 1895 Arch opening size: 908mm high x 1033mm wide. Overall base block width: 1828mm Marble notes: Verde Antico marble is a breccia of serpentinite, schistose calc-silicate and crystallite marble clasps in a lime-green serpentine matrix, from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, the quarries were re-opened sometime between 1895- 1905, for the first time since the reign of the Emperor Justinian (483-565) A similar type marble has been obtained in later years from Northern Italy that was both cheaper and faster to extract. Examples of this can be found all over the world, circa 1930 Cartier...