Quick search furniture lighting sculpture mirrors architectural CLOCKS & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS DECORATIVE OBJECTS Latest Acquisitions ARCHITECTURAL FIREPLACES & ACCESSORIES EXTERNAL DECORATIONS         A Highly Important Patinated Bronze and Sienna Marble Fireplace of Impressive Proportions Full Screen Print Format Contact us E-mail a friend REF No. B68440 French, Circa 1850. Height: 179 cm / 71 inches Width: 238 cm / 94 inches Depth: 34 cm / 13 inches   A Highly Important Patinated Bronze and Sienna Marble Fireplace of Impressive Proportions with finely cast bronze panels and classical figures depicting 'Printemps' and 'Automne'. This magnificent Fireplace has a moulded mantle shelf with an applied bronze vitruvian scroll running pattern above a patinated bronze frieze. The central panel of the frieze depicts playful putti cast in high relief flanked to each side by panels containing putti supporting armorial cartouches. It is supported by architectural jambs in the form of pilasters headed by bronze Corinthian capitals framing niches containing finely modelled classical figures of maidens holding flowers and berries cast in the round representing Spring and Autumn. The jambs are raised on corresponding bronze mounted plinths and put down on a marble base plate. The fire aperture is framed by a wide bronze meandering vine border and opens to an ornamented fireback cast with scrolling acanthus and centred by a cartouche. The fireplace for centuries has played an important role in providing the 'Focal Point' for a room. Often in the past a fireplace was designed to harmonise with the architectural and decorative scheme of a room creating a unified whole. Today the introduction of a grand architectural fireplace, especially if sculpted in marble, or as in this example marble and bronze, still provides a sense of style and opulence to any room.         Adrian Alan Ltd       66/67 South Audley Street       London W1K 2QX       Tel: + 44 (0)20 7495 2324       Fax: + 44 (0)20 7495 0204       Email: