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Prestigious antique fireplace in Scagliola as Sarrancolin Fantastico marble made after the fireplace of the Council Room at the Palace of Versailles

Prestigious antique fireplace made out of Scagliola painted in trompe-l'œil in faux Sarrancolin Fantastico marble with gilded ornaments. The large central leafy shell and the espagnolettes are characteristic of the Louis XV style . This beautiful chimney was made around 1880 after the model of the one that adorns the Council Room at the Versailles Palace. The latter was ordered by Louis XV in 1748 to replace the one commissioned by Louis XIV in 1701. The current fireplace, made out of Griotte red marble and gilt bronze, was installed in 1755. We also find the same model of fireplace, this time in white Carrara marble and gilt bronze , in the Ambassadors' Room of the Palais de l'Élysée, Presidency of the French Republic, in Paris. It is therefore an extremely prestigious mantelpiece model, realized to decorate exceptional places.

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Cast iron fireback with the Salamander of King Francis Ist

This Neo-Renaissance style fireback plate was made during the 20th century. It is decorated with King Francis I's Salamander, a well-known symbol of the sovereign, engraved in stone at the Chateau de Chambord and the Chateau de Fontainebleau. According to legends, the Salamander hibernates in the stumps and wakes up when they are burned, hence its presence on this fireback .

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Important Louis XV period fireplace in Rouge du Nord marble

This important fireplace was made of Rouge du Nord marble in the 18th century.Its decor is characteristic of the Louis XV style, its serpentine shaped frieze is adorned with a large central shell underlined by an oblong moulding. It leans on jambs with paneled decor. The two elements sides were made after in the 19th century.

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Louis XVI period stone and marble mantel

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SÈVRES Manufacture, Porcelain Tazza with Masks, 1846-1863

This splendid tazza in blue porcelain enhanced with gold was executed at the Sèvres manufactory between 1846 and 1863. The Vincennes manufactory, the ancestor of the Sèvres manufactory, was founded in 1740 by workers who had defected from the Chantilly manufactory. The Vincennes manufactory became royal in 1752, shortly before its transfer to Sèvres in 1756. It enjoyed growing popularity in the second half of the 18th century, and throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, continuing to the present day. This tazza features a highly elaborate shape and decoration. Its baluster stem alternates bands of deep blue with lighter shades embellished with gold filigree, and interlaced gold on a white background with an oriental motif. Three finely executed faun masks complete the decor. The cup itself is decorated with an alternation of more or less expressive male and female masks in relief, also enhanced with gold. Inside the tazza, numerous interlaced gold patterns, some more burnished than others, unfold on a white background. The manufactory stamps present under the base provide information about the creation of the piece: the tazza was crafted during the reign of Louis-Philippe (1830-1848), in 1846; the gold decoration was only completed in 1863, under Napoleon III (1852-1870). A pair of tazze of this model, dated 1854, were shown at the 1884 Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs exhibition. This tazza is therefore a magnificent testimony to 19th-century decorative art, both in its form and its decoration.

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Louis XVI style Carrara marble mantel with floral décor

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Louis XV style Pompadour mantel in black Marquina marble

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Louis XVI style molded mantel in veined Carrara marble

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Louis XV style fireplace in Carrara marble, with plant decoration