Antique Carrara Marble Fireplace Mantel Louis XVI Style

An antique marble fireplace mantel in Carrara, in the Louis XVI manner: a straight lintel on fluted column jambs, well balanced and restrained. At the center of the frieze is an oval cartouche with a floral motif in relief, and the square blocks at the head of each jamb carry matching blooms. The shelf finishes in rounded ends that follow the circular profile of the columns below. The marble is bright white to pale gray with faint veining and light speckling.

It measures 51 1/2 inches wide, 13 1/2 inches deep and 42 1/4 inches high, with an opening of 36 1/2 by 32 3/4 inches. It is reclaimed whole from a French house. Age has softened the sharp edges of the ornament without blurring it, and dark staining from the fire remains along the inner edge of the opening together with small surface marks; we think these should stay.

It belongs in a formal living room, a primary bedroom or a boutique hotel lobby, against wood paneling, classic mouldings or a plain painted wall, and the shelf is deep enough for a line of objects or a leaning picture. This marble fireplace mantel can be seen in Marina Del Rey; ask us for photographs and a price delivered to your site.