G188
A Finely Carved and Intricately Inlaid Irish George III Chimneypiece
An Irish Georgian III white antique marble fireplace. The frieze centred with a carved centre tablet with a sphinx mounted urn and ribbon tied swags flanked by inlaid roundels and swags, the end blocks carved with drapery hung urns with a lower border of flowerheads, the carved tapering jambs with ribbon tied foliage and drapery. Circa 1780.
Height 60⅝in (154cm) width 76½in (194.3cm)
Internal height 47in (119.4cm) width 47¼in (120.6cm)
Footblock to footblock 68⅝in (174.3cm)
Shelf depth 6½in (16.5cm)