Carrara Marble Building and Garden Elements

Louis XV Style Fireplace In White Carrara Marble Hearth dimensions: 77.5 x 93 cm

Nice Carrara marble Louis XVI fireplace mantel to place around the chimney.

Late 19th c. Louis XVI style mantel in carrara marble with stepped frieze elaborated with guilloche carving detail, stop fluted tablet and rose swag. Fluted console jambs exhibit rib...

Antique 19th Century Louis XVI fireplace in Carrara marble with elegant ornaments.

Very beautiful French hand carved fireplace to place in front of the chimney.

"Poésie" a 19th century French Polychromed Symbolist marble sculpture A Carrare, Sienna and very rare Skyros Marbles Symbolist Sculpture Group. Figuring Poetry under the appearance of Dante and Béatrice resting on a rock, Dante holding in his hand a parchment titled "Poetry". It rests on a Neo-Renaissance moulded and hand-carved walnut rotating sellette, the barrel consists of three fluted Corinthian columns, decorated with foliage at the base, resting on a truncated column decorated with female masks connected by a drape. It’s joined, in the upper part, by arcatures with a background of foliated foliage and masks of women crowned alternately with cutout RT monogram. Moulded triangular base, with curved sides and rising from lobed angles with a frieze of oves at the base. Circa 1870 Measures: Sculpture: H. 75 CM • 29 1/2 IN. Sellette: H. 112 CM W. 44 CM - D. 49 CM H 44 1/8 IN. W 17 3/8 IN. D 19 1/4 IN. The poetry of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Beatrice Portinari, simply known as Beatrice or Beatrix, commonly refers to the muse of Dante Alighieri, whom he glorifies and loves. But she is also a woman whom, if one follows the New Life, Dante loved from his childhood, and to whom he dedicated a place in all his works. More sensitive than all is the resolute amplification which, after the pathetic force and expressionist intensity of Hell, intensifies with the more elegiac and penetrating emotion of Purgatory and leads to the miraculous triumph of the imaginary in Paradise. Of the three «hymns», it is Hell which is the most known, the most popular one can say: the taste of the picturesque, spread by the romantic criticism, is much to it. Dante, however, had the conviction, repeatedly affirmed in his poem, that by rising from one kingdom to another, he raised his poetry each time by a level which made it worthy of an ever more «high» matter. At a distance of six and a half centuries, there is certainly no obligation to share this view, however assured it may be for the poet. Anyone, however, who wants to enter the world of the Comedy must refuse the scale, eliminatory in its consequences of fact, which puts such a section above the other or brings the Comedy to a rosary of episodes more or less «beautiful» Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti...

Reclaimed Carrara Marble Garden Plaque / Wall Fountain. An early 20th century, Italian marble plaque with decorative scrolling with an applied compositio...

Exceptional 19th century French Louis XVI style Carrara marble mantel. Beautiful carvings with a decorative pattern. Makes a very elegant statement!!

A nice pair of strong profiled bolection. Executed in white Carrara marble both mantels have the same proportions and dimensions. Great pair for opposite or back to back placement.  

An antique Victorian style washstand constructed from pine with a Carrara marble top and splashback. Supplied with an antique style porcelain bowl. Additional Dimensions: Bowl ex...

A beautiful antique fireplace with rich details and a wide profiled top. This full circulation fireplace is made of “Carrara”, a very luxurious type of marble. A sumptuous scallop (shell) stands out in the center of the fireplace. Placed at 30 degrees from the corners are fully solid consoles...

Pair of Italian (probably Florence) 18th century white Carrara marble campana shaped vases, extremely decorative architectural pieces both for indoor or outdoor use dating back to Ne...

Fabulous 18th century French Louis XV style Carrara marble and gilt bronze mantel. Beautiful marble and nice decorative designs on the...

This late 1800s Gothic style fireplace mantel is made of carved gray Carrara marble that has been painted tan. There are floral details with griffins and a face at the center, egg an...

A rich and beautiful 19th century antique French sculpted Louis XVI white Carrara marble fireplace mantel. Hand-carved with a serpentine shelf with, detailed frieze which is powerful...

A large Louis XVI style 19th century surround in Italian Carrara marble. The carved acanthus leaf console jambs having tapering rope twist panels, terminating in scrolls. The bowed f...