Rare Fireplace In Black Marble From Louverné De Mayenne, Louis XVI, From The 18th Century

Rare fireplace in black marble from Louverné de Mayenne, Louis XVI, from the 18th century. Its entablature receives in its center a flower treated as a rosette, surrounded by a pair of laurel garlands supported by a clasp and rings which penetrate into the heads of the uprights and spring from the frames of the latter. Its straight feet are animated by reserves. A torus runs along the line of its hearth. Its side cheeks have been reported, its entablature was formerly restored in an imperceptible way. A restored floor slab, of the same material, is proposed. Its length at the body is 136 cm. The dimensions of the floor slab are 136.1 x 31 cm. The dimensions of its hearth are 98 cm wide and 95 cm high. Black marble in Europe, Maison Castelli: "The Louverné region near Laval in Mayenne has several quarries from which Louverné black marble is extracted. This marble has been used for monuments and the making of certain objects since the reign of Louis XVI. The color of Louverné marble is between gray and black, it is often veined with white." https://maison-castelli.com/le-marbre-noir-en-europe You can visit our site: www.claudeaugustin.com