Louis XIV Style red marble mantle

This beautiful Louis XIV Style antique molded mantle was carved and finely sculpted in a beautiful red marble with white veins. It dates from the 19th century.

The Louis XIV Style is characterized, among other things, by a depressed-arch hearth-opening and a protruding molding called "Bolection" that runs along the whole hearth and thus enhances it. The lintel is decorated with spandrels and enhanced by a thin molded shelf.

The shape of this antique molded mantle is called " gueule-de-four arrondie”

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