A Louis XVI Ornate Chimneypiece in White Marble.
A Louis XVI chimneypiece composed of S-scrolled jambs and a running guilloche frieze and projecting shelf. The carving in White Marble is brisk and dynamic, yet the delicacy and extent of carving imparts a lavishness. The aperture is of landscape proportion and flanked handsomely by the scrolled acanthus jambs, completing what is a quintessential French chimneypiece.
Height: 46in (116.8cm)
Width: 69⅝in (176.7cm)
Internal height: 33⅝in (85.5cm)
Internal width: 48½in (123.3cm)
Footblock to footblock: 66¾in (169.5cm)
Shelf depth: 18⅛in (46cm)