Period Antique Chimneypiece in the Manner of Bossi

A very refined Adam period chimneypiece carved in white Statuary marble. The frieze is ornamented with enclosed alternating flowers within lozenge, and with a central tablet depicting two sphinx holding a paterae. The iconography of the sphinx originally derives from the ancient Egyptian sculptures...

The frieze decorated with the Greek key motif ends in corbels carved with the mythological horse Pegasus. The central tablet depicts a scene from Lord Byron's poem 'Mazeppa', publis...

The shelf carved with fine acanthus and egg & dart, above a prominent tablet carved with a central urn, flanked by draped wreaths hanging from bows. The urn is upheld by hoofs and be...

An elegant pie-crust shelf rests on the frieze, adorned with alternating floralpaterae and finger flutes. Finely carved scrolls with delicate foliage decorate the side console jambs,...

A fine Irish veined statuary marble fireplace. The richly coloured inlaid centre tablet and side blockings in the manner of Pietro Bossi, with urns, bellflowers and foliage. Fluting ...

A small Bathstone chimneypiece in the Jacobean manner. Beautiful scrolled strapwork with rose detail adorn the frieze. Scroll decoration framed within the fluted spandrel archs. Flut...

This white hand-carved marble chimney-piece with Scagliola inlay and break fronted shelf attributed to Pietro Bossi who is known to have worked in Dublin from 1785-1798. Not much is known about Pietro Bossi, although much inlay work of the late 18th century is commonly known as`Bossi-work'. An Italian craftsman, Bossi worked in Dublin from 1785-1798 and used colored marble inlay and also a colored paste inlay, known as Scagliola, on a white marble ground. His designs are in the neoclassical style, a style disseminated by Robert Adam in 1770s. Bossi`s process was a closely guarded secret and was apparently carried out behind closed doors. Although, there were other craftsmen producing this type of work, the present chimney-piece can be attributed to Bossi because it shares some distinctive decoration with other pieces strongly believed to be by him. The overall style is typical of Bossi. This unique marble fireplace mantel-piece is believed to originate from a wing of Huntroyde Hall...

This white hand-carved marble chimney-piece with Scagliola inlay and break fronted shelf attributed to Pietro Bossi who is known to have worked in Dublin ...