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French & Italian

I172

A 19th century Louis XVI style chimneypiece in Siena marble of exceptional quality.

Of modest proportions, carved in solid richly coloured and strikingly veined convent Siena marble of exceptional quality. Above generous scroll console jambs, the corner blocks carved with oak leaves and acorns, flanking a frieze decorated with an elaborate Vitruvian scroll centred by a flourish of acanthus leaves.

Height 62½in (158.9cm) width 45¾in (116.3cm)
Internal height 40¼in (102.3cm) width 36⅛in (91.7cm)
Footblock to footblock 48½in (148cm)
Depth 16in (40.7cm)