REGENCY CARRARA MARBLE FIREPLACE SURROUND
English, c.1830
An antique Regency Carrara Marble fireplace surround with square corner blocks, the cushion moulded jambs with quarter-round returns, all in strongly figured marble.
£7,500
AW002
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A model exhibiting the Regency preference for a shallower frieze and shelf than was typical in the Georgian period. The corner blockings show a transition towards designs typical to the William IV period with the rectilinear adaptation of the ubiquitous circular convex roundel.
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Width 62⅝” / 159cm
Height 45” / 114cm
Depth 9½ ” / 24cm
Opening height 38⅝” / 98cm
Opening width 38⅛” / 96.8cm
Width at base 56¾” / 144cm