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  • Stock: 16384

    A fine Louis XVI chimneypiece in pine. The inverse breakfront shelf is mounted over a frieze which is beautifully carved with trailing olive foliage, and the central motif is a garland of roses over a bow. This is flanked by acanthus paterae typical of the period, over generous acanthus scrolled console jambs.
    French, mid-19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 60 1316"
    154.5 cms
    48 316"
    122.5 cms
    12 316"
    31 cms
    Internal 37 14"
    94.7 cms
    35 1316"
    91 cms

    Listed Price: £5,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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    Stock: 16322

    A fine Jacobean Revival chimneypiece with exceptional stone ingrounds. The oak chimneypiece is beautifully carved, the high shelf with four nude terms dressed with elaborate headpieces carved in high relief, whilst the frieze is carved with Jacobean fretwork in crisp low relief. The tapered jambs support two portrait endblocks and terminate in high footblocks, which rest over the stone. This encloses the spectacular ingrounds, which have a beautiful frieze carved with foliate scrolls and two opposing birds.

    English, 19th century.

    Provenance: A country house in Cheshire.

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    width height depth
    External 82 12"
    209.6 cms
    60"
    152.4 cms
    14 58"
    37 cms
    Internal 48"
    122 cms
    47"
    119.4 cms
  • Stock: 15859

    A large and grand Renaissance Revival chimneypiece in Walnut. The inverted breakfront overmantel has a large cornice, which is supported by twin Corinthian freestanding columns. These flank the panelled frieze, which is centred by a beautiful panel carved with fantastical putti holding cornucopia, from which mythical birds pluck fruit. This large overmantel sits above the main chimneypiece, which is also a grand affair. The frieze is evenly placed with both triglyphs and biglyphs between finely carved foliate panels in low relief. Fluted and collared columns on large footblocks support the shelf.
    English, c.1880.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 73 78"
    187.7 cms
    96 14"
    244.5 cms
    12 1116"
    32.2 cms
    Internal 32 14"
    82 cms
    37 1316"
    96 cms
  • Stock: 13154

    A grand and large George III twin columned warm toned pine and gesso Georgian chimneypiece with its original Carrara Marble slips. The fluted and anthemion decorated frieze is centred by a plaque depicting four classical Greek figures around a weeping child. Each pair of slender twin columns on the jambs are separated by tumbling vines beneath end blocks with elaborately styled platters of fruit. English circa 1770.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 77"
    195.5 cms
    58"
    147.3 cms
    8 14"
    21.2 cms
    Internal 41 1116"
    106 cms
    40 78"
    104 cms

    Listed Price: £12,200 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14874

    A large carved oak Jacobean fireplace surround and overmantel. The high breakfront shelf rests above bead and reel and bracket supports. The carved overmantel is embellished with a pair of scrolled foliate panels beneath which are decoratively arched panels alternating with slender pairs of elaborately carved columns. The fireplace surround, with a double panel frieze with linked anthemion detail interspersed with diamond lozenges, is supported on a pair of tall carved columns with further lozenge detail on the footblocks.
    English, c.1650.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 64 1316"
    164.5 cms
    96 1116"
    245.5 cms
    9 58"
    24.5 cms
    Internal 37 58"
    95.5 cms
    45 14"
    115 cms
  • Stock: 15858

    A monumental and grand Victorian chimneypiece in oak. The grand and imposing double height chimneypiece with collared twin columns and a large mirrored overmantel is Renaissance Revival in style and is carved from beautifully warm oak.
    English, c.1880.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 108 18"
    274.5 cms
    113 38"
    288 cms
    13 38"
    34 cms
    Internal 50"
    127 cms
    42 18"
    107 cms

    Listed Price: £18,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14533

    A beautiful, tall and elegant walnut wood antique trumeau fireplace surround. A most stunning and grand piece.The overmantel, beneath the breakfront pediment, is centred by a finely carved deep sea dragon amidst swirling sea fronds and a sea serpent above which can be seen a prominent grotesque mask. The fire surround, with further swirling fronds and sea dragons on the frieze, is supported on plain jambs fronted by free standing, boldly carved male and female terms, beneath acanthus and cabuchon carvings, standing on pediments above tall stepped foot blocks. French circa 1870.

    Shown here with andirons SNo 12527 not included in the price.

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    width height depth
    external 63 38"
    161 cms
    126 1316"
    322 cms
    30 78"
    78.5 cms
    internal 40 316"
    102 cms
    39 38"
    100 cms
  • Stock: 15547

    A rare Scottish pine and composition chimneypiece by Richard Foster of Edinburgh.

    The chimneypiece was designed with the coastal landscape of the East Coast of Scotland in mind and is profusely decorated in exquisite detail whilst maintaining the elegant restraint of a neoclassical chimneypiece.

    The breakfront shelf rests above an undershelf studded with acorns and mushrooms which in turn is supported by two eagles on the endblocks. The eagles are modelled after a Roman Imperial Eagle in Horace Walpole’s collection, found in the gardens of Boccapadugli and displayed by Walpole at his Strawberry Hill Home. These details frame the remarkable frieze which is a celebration of the Scottish coast; profusely decorated with seaweed, shells, sea cucumber and crabs, all in high relief.

    Most remarkable of all is the exquisite central tablet, which depicts Lady Emma Hamilton leaning on a ship’s anchor whilst gazing out to sea at the distant HMS Victory, the ship on which he would meet his heroic end. This scene is surrounded by a profusion of seashells and seaweed.

    The underfrieze makes a departure from the coastal theme, and instead entwines thorny roses with the Scottish emblem of the thistle.

    The jambs return to a more restrained neoclassicism, with engaged slender pilasters resting on plain footblocks. The original Kilkenny fossil marble slips are still present, which is a lovely feature.

    Scottish, c.1805.

    Provenance: Removed from an elegant Georgian house on the East Coast of Scotland, near Edinburgh.

    Notes:

    Chimneypieces of this manufacture were a speciality of Richard Foster of Edinburgh and his son and examples survive not only in Scotland but also in the United States and Canada, where he seemed to create a strong market for them in the late 18th century.
    Richard Foster was born in Canonbie, the Scottish Borders, in 1755. At the age of fourteen, he was recorded as having a bank account in London, presumably as he was serving as an apprentice there, perhaps to the Adam Brothers as they too were in London at this time. In 1785 he returned to Edinburgh, working as a "joiner" and married to the daughter of a wealthy leather merchant. His chimneypieces were sold not only in Scotland, but in the USA, a bold move only a few years after American Independence was declared! This is perhaps why he avoided becoming a prominent figure in Scottish social and intellectual circles, as selling to Britain's former colonies would have been regarded as treachery in many cases.
    The pine and composition chimneypiece he perfected made the rational principles and beauty of classicism affordable to the growing mercantile and professional class emerging in the 18th century. These clients wished to express their cultural understanding through objects that conveyed the principles they admired, the chimneypiece was one such highly prized object.
    The Adam brothers (Robert and James) were well known for promoting their designs to the masses, and it is the pine and composition chimneypiece they made for the emerging middle class in Edinburgh that have become synonymous with the "Adam Style". However, Foster was a true master of the technique, and his designs are some of the most delicate and finely manufactured ever made.
    In the 1770s, the technique of applying a cast composition onto pine really took off in Scotland, especially with the construction of many new houses, such as those in Edinburgh's New Town. The process of cast composition can be described as essentially a thermo plastic mix of chalk, glue size, and other additives heated up to a precise temperature then pressed into wood or brimstone moulds. These could then be applied to a simple pine surround and painted if desired. Foster was commissioned to make designs unique to clients, so there may only be a single example of a particular design, but these usually incorporate existing decorative motifs.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 78 1316"
    200.1 cms
    62 58"
    159 cms
    7 78"
    20.1 cms
    Internal 52"
    132 cms
    45 14"
    115 cms
  • Stock: 15548

    A rare pine and composition chimneypiece by Richard Foster of Edinburgh. The chimneypiece is a celebration of the Scottish coast, and painstaking care has been taken to render the sea life and flora with a great deal of accuracy. The composition decoration has also been carefully wood-grained to make it appear like carved pine; this finish is a great survival.
    The inverted breakfront shelf sits above a band of composition moulded into acorns and mushrooms, and the frieze is decorated with swags of ribboned bellflowers in the neoclassical taste. Between these swags is the unusual detail of a fan of seaweed at their centre, a request of the patron no doubt.
    The central tablet has a floral ribboned swag studded with roses and other small blooms and the centre is filled with a spray of flowers and ferns within a woven basket. The endblocks feature a bound posy of roses and the jambs are decorated with trailing oak leaves and acorns. A very fine thing.

    Scottish, c.1800.

    Notes:
    Richard Foster was born in Canonbie, the Scottish Borders, in 1755. At the age of fourteen, he was recorded as having a bank account in London, presumably as he was serving as an apprentice there, perhaps to the Adam Brothers as they too were in London at this time. In 1785 he returned to Edinburgh, working as a "joiner" and married to the daughter of a wealthy leather merchant. His chimneypieces were sold not only in Scotland, but in the USA, a bold move only a few years after American Independence was declared! This is perhaps why he avoided becoming a prominent figure in Scottish social and intellectual circles, as selling to Britain's former colonies would have been regarded as treachery in many cases. The pine and composition chimneypiece he perfected made the rational principles and beauty of classicism affordable to the growing mercantile and professional class emerging in the 18th century. These clients wished to express their cultural understanding through objects that conveyed the principles they admired, the chimneypiece was one such highly prized object. The Adam brothers (Robert and James) were well known for promoting their designs to the masses, and it is the pine and composition chimneypiece they made for the emerging middle class in Edinburgh that have become synonymous with the "Adam Style". However, Foster was a true master of the technique, and his designs are some of the most delicate and finely manufactured ever made.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 66 12"
    169 cms
    58 12"
    148.6 cms
    7 14"
    18.6 cms
    Internal 48 18"
    122.3 cms
    45 1116"
    116 cms
  • Stock: 15537

    A very elegant Regency pine and gesso chimneypiece decorated in the Adam style. The inverted breakfront shelf is decorated with a beaded cornice and sits above an elegant frieze decorated with opposing gryphons holding ribbons of bellflowers in their beaks, centred by urns on stands. The tablet is more naturalistic, with Venus and attendants depicted in a pastoral landscape. The slender endblocks are decorated with classical urns on stands, and rest above the gently fluted pilaster jambs.

    English, c.1810.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 73 316"
    186 cms
    61 18"
    155.1 cms
    7"
    17.7 cms
    Internal 54 1116"
    139 cms
    48"
    122 cms
  • Stock: 11067

    A fine 19th century carved pine chimneypiece in the Georgian manner, with a frieze decorated with finely carved floral garlands and foliate flourishes. Intended to be fitted with marble slips, which we can provide.

    English, c. 1880.

    Width Height Depth
    External 61 12"
    156.3 cms
    52 58"
    133.5 cms
    6 14"
    16 cms
    Internal 5 38"
    13.6 cms
    40 1116"
    103.4 cms

    Listed Price: £3,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14786

    A rather magnificent and beautifully carved twin columned Palladian style Victorian walnut antique fireplace mantel. The shelf, under carved with scrolling foliate detail, rests above a stop fluted frieze centred by a plaque with a stylised urn and trailing acanthus leaves and fronds. Each of the endblocks, with large heraldic cartouche, sit above twin pairs of finely carved stop fluted tapering columns supported on substantial footblocks. The fireplace opening with a border of shell and tongue is centred by a scrolled panel of angels, amid further foliage, immediately beneath the plaque. English, circa 1880.

    Shown here with fire basket SNo 12271 not included.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 89 316"
    226.5 cms
    62 58"
    159 cms
    12"
    30.5 cms
    Internal 50 1316"
    129 cms
    43 12"
    110.5 cms
  • Stock: 13248

    THE GOLDEN AGE OF DUTCH PAINTING: An Aesthetic Movement Register Grate and Walnut Fire Surround. The fire surround has a breakfront shelf above a frieze with alternating rosette panelled designs, curiously the left set differs from those on the right, the frieze is centred by the initials EC and the date 1875, and the opening is set with Ashburton marble slips. The integral Register Grate has ten hand painted tiles, four of which depict 17th century Dutch Painters, who were of the Dutch Realist School of Genre Painting in Utrecht, Delft & Leiden or Amsterdam.

    The Integral Register Grate has ten hand painted tiles, four of which depict 17th century Dutch Painters, all of whom were of the Dutch Realist School of Genre Painting in Utrecht, Delft and Leiden or Amsterdam.

    The painters are from the bottom left:
    WOUTER CRABET(H) (1594 – 1644) The School of Delft and the most important Dutch Golden Age artist in the town of Gouda.
    LEONARD BRAMER (1596 – 1667) The School of Delft an established painter of note who had studied in Italy & who later became a pupil of Rembrandt.
    REMBRANDT Harmensz van Rijn (1606 – 1669) whose artistic ability could not be contained within the confines of Dutch Realism. A grand manner artist in his depictions of the drama of the Bible and an acute portraitist, including many famous portraits of himself, capturing the complete range of human emotions.
    GERARD DOU (1613 – 1675) a pupil of Rembrandt & founder of the Painters Guild of Leiden another Dutch Golden Age painter he specialised in genre scenes & was noted for his trompe l’oeil and candlelit night-scenes.
    English Dated 1875.

    NOTE- The walnut surround was probably manufactured by Gillows of Lancaster as they manufactured the original furnishings for the property in Windemere from which this fireplace was removed.

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    Width Height
    External 79 12"
    202 cms
    64 58"
    164 cms

    Listed Price: £9,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 8445

    A George II antique pine chimneypiece with leaf carved moulding & vines, with bunches of grapes on the frieze.
    English, Circa 1760.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 61 1316"
    157 cms
    61 38"
    156 cms
    6 1116"
    17 cms
    Internal 44 78"
    114 cms
    46 12"
    118 cms

    Listed Price: £4,300 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 10093

    A substantial and profusely carved pine Fireplace Surround in the Neo Classical manner. The central plaque floral swar is finely carved in high relief, the endblocks with stylised foliate paterae and with acanthus corbels and descending festoons on the jambs.
    English 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 75 316"
    191 cms
    52 38"
    133 cms
    11"
    28 cms
    Internal 42 18"
    107 cms
    37 58"
    95.5 cms

    Listed Price: £8,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 13011

    An enormous and grand antique Victorian walnut chimneypiece in the Neoclassical style. The frieze elaborately carved with three pairs of sea serpents alternating with flambeau urns and scallop shells. The shells are repeated on the panelled surround of the opening. Larger scallop shells are set on the endblocks and the jambs have entwined decoration set within panels framed by beading and egg & dart edging. There is a brass plaque fixed to the undershelf with the engraved signature of Carlo Scarselli and the date 1878.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 122 1316"
    312 cms
    78"
    198 cms
    22"
    56 cms
    Internal 55 78"
    142 cms
    50 1316"
    129 cms
  • Stock: 9119

    A tall Jacobean Revival antique oak chimneypiece with a panelled, pyramid overmantel above a recessed shelf resting on the large fire surround and supported by a pair of substantial free standing columns fronting the jambs. English, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 71"
    180.3 cms
    112 58"
    286 cms
    15"
    38.1 cms
    Internal 48 316"
    122.5 cms
    42 14"
    107.5 cms

    Listed Price: £6,200 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 9151

    A tall mahogany chimneypiece in the Renaissance Revival manner. The richly carved deep frieze, featuring fruit filled cornucopia, is centred by a pair of mythical birds and a gadrooned urn with stylised mythical serpents either side. Tall reeded tapering columns topped by Corinthian capitals front the jambs. English, circa 1890.

    Shown here with andirons SNo 12784 not included.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 67 14"
    171 cms
    63 38"
    161 cms
    11"
    28 cms
    Internal 40 58"
    103 cms
    39 1316"
    101 cms

    Listed Price: £5,600 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14246

    A very finely carved Neoclassical style antique pine chimneypiece. The shelf, with floral under carving, egg and dart and dentl borders, rests above a delicate stop fluted frieze centred by a large central plaque depicting an allegorical scene of a seated goddess, possibly Eileithyia the Greek Goddess of Childbirth, surrounded by children gathering fruits. The foliate detailed endblocks rest on Ionic capitals above tapering panels with vine entwined rods on the jambs. The opening with an embellished floral edging.
    English, early to mid 19th century.

    Shown here with firegrate SNo 14748 not included.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 71 18"
    180.5 cms
    56 38"
    143.3 cms
    8 12"
    21.5 cms
    Internal 43 316"
    109.8 cms
    48 1116"
    123.7 cms

    Listed Price: £16,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14789

    A tall and substantial Victorian mahogany fireplace surround and overmantel in the Baroque style. The plain frieze beneath a dentilled under-shelf, centred by a cabochon and mythical beast plaque, is flanked by carved endblocks above reeded columns raised on tall footblocks. The overmantel with a moulded shelf above a dentil band and with a strapwork and foliate decorated panel flanked by tapering reeded pilasters beneath alternating lion masks and oval medallion bands. English, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 65 1116"
    167 cms
    82 78"
    210.5 cms
    8 58"
    21.8 cms
    Internal 43"
    109.3 cms
    40 316"
    102 cms

    Listed Price: £7,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14774

    A tall and unique Gothic Revival oak fireplace mantel together with the original Kilkenny Black Marble curved fender. The high stepped shelf has a central podium flanked by two demi lune podium undercarved with foliate detail beneath which is a castellated border centred by a keystone with a plain shield. The deeply carved foliate spandrels frame the arched opening with its English Marble ingrounds. The tall oak jambs, with small ebonised columns, are supported on sturdy double footblocks. English, circa 1850.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 68 78"
    175 cms
    65 78"
    167.5 cms
    14 14"
    36.3 cms
    Internal 37"
    94 cms
    36 1316"
    93.5 cms

    Listed Price: £18,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14564

    A fine, large and stately French Renaissance style antique walnut fireplace with a tall pedimented overmantel set with winged dragons holding a caduceus cartouche above the large egg and dart framed mirror. The three panelled frieze of the fireplace is supported by a pair of ornate free standing columns fronting the jambs. French, late 19th century.

    Shown here with andirons SNo 12149 not included in the price.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 74 316"
    188.5 cms
    143 78"
    365.5 cms
    25"
    63.5 cms
    Internal 51 58"
    131 cms
    56 18"
    142.5 cms

    Listed Price: £22,800 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14516

    A tall and imposing antique walnut trumeau chimneypiece together with it's original cast iron back plate and accompanying side panels. The large carved salamander on the trumeau is set beneath a high pediment. The fireplace surround, with a rectangular opening and a wide gadrooned frieze centred by acanthus carving, is supported by two large free standing balustered columns resting on plinths above large footblocks. The original central cast iron back panel is centred by another salamander amidst the flames and the twin side panels are embellished with a display of bees.
    French, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 65"
    165 cms
    114 316"
    290 cms
    22 58"
    57.5 cms
    Internal 34 1316"
    88.5 cms
    39 58"
    100.5 cms
  • Stock: 13632

    A beautifully carved, highly ornate late 18th century pine and applied gesso twin columned antique chimneypiece. The under shelf, embellished with delicate acanthus leaf detail also seen throughout the fireplace, is set above a frieze centred with a gesso panel of classical figures in a rural setting. The endblocks, with further gesso figures representing the harvest, rest above the two sets of slender twin columns fronting the jambs. Provenance: Purportedly from Thame Park an early Georgian House in Oxfordshire.
    English circa 1780.

    Please note: There is some cracking to the gesso commensurate with age.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 76 1316"
    195 cms
    58 18"
    147.5 cms
    7"
    17.8 cms
    Internal 49 38"
    125.5 cms
    45 14"
    115 cms

    Listed Price: £9,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 12089

    A pleasingly simple early 20th century mahogany fireplace mantel with fine inlaid marquetry Art Nouveau detail on the frieze.
    Edwardian, early 20th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 64 1316"
    164.5 cms
    54 78"
    139.5 cms
    9 38"
    24 cms
    Internal 41 78"
    106.5 cms
    39 18"
    99.4 cms
  • Stock: 13878

    A tall carved oak fireplace in the Jacobean style. The high overmantel is set with three decorative panels beneath which are two arched panels either side of a geometric panel, alternating with baton posts and resting on the simple fireplace surround with further baton posts on the reeded jambs.
    English, late 19th century.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 74 18"
    188.3 cms
    100 38"
    255 cms
    4 1116"
    12 cms
    Internal 56 12"
    143.5 cms
    53 14"
    135.5 cms
  • Stock: 14456

    An Arts & Crafts oak fireplace surround in the manner of the Cheshire designer George Faulkner Armitage (1849-1937), with a deep moulded shelf above a pair of cupboards with stained and leaded glass doors set either side of the open lower shelf above panelled jambs flanked by protruding, leaf-carved uprights.
    English, circa 1900.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 66 14"
    168.5 cms
    63 1316"
    162 cms
    12"
    30.5 cms
    internal 39 12"
    100.3 cms
    37 1316"
    96 cms
  • Stock: 7667

    A fine antique pine fireplace surround in the Georgian manner, with a richly carved floral frieze centred by a large shell cartouche and with lambs tongue, egg & dart undershelf carving and acanthus leaf detail around the opening. We can provide marble slips if desired which would be added to the cost. English, circa 1880.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 64 58"
    164 cms
    50 38"
    128 cms
    6 18"
    15.5 cms
    Internal 46 1116"
    118.5 cms
    37 1316"
    96 cms

    Listed Price: £4,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14454

    A tall twin columned antique walnut Trumeau fireplace surround with Gothic Revival detail throughout. The simple overmantel with a high stepped pediment rests above the double frieze, the upper of carved arches flanked by linefold endblocks, and the lower with a row of demi-lune quatrefoils. The plain jambs are fronted by twin pairs of slim columns, with carved capitals, resting on sturdy footblocks. French, mid 19th century.

    Shown here with firegrate SNo 11882 now sold.

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    Width Height Depth
    External 64 38"
    163.5 cms
    111 1316"
    284 cms
    20 1116"
    52.5 cms
    Internal 33 78"
    86 cms
    41 78"
    106.5 cms

    Listed Price: £18,500 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 14139

    A carved oak Jacobean style chimneypiece and overmantel of modest proportions. The deeply carved strap work frieze on the fireplace is decorated with Tudor roses and roundels containing portraits of bearded noblemen and is flanked by floral paterae end blocks supported on caryatid jambs. The caryatids, set within deep egg and dart bordered panels, stand on carved foot blocks. The overmantel, beneath a simple but boldly moulded cornice, is divided into three panels inset with light coloured fruit wood and black ebony geometric designs. Each panel alternates with male and female terms holding cherub, fruit and foliate panels
    English, rebuilt in the mid 19th century with 17th & 18th century elements.

    Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600

    Width Height Depth
    External 71 18"
    180.5 cms
    79 12"
    202 cms
    10"
    25.5 cms
    Internal 44 1116"
    113.5 cms
    40 1116"
    103.5 cms
  • Stock: 12494

    A compact carved walnut antique chimneypiece in the Italian Renaissance manner with an ornately carved frieze flanked by cavorting putti on the endblocks above fluted columns with elaborately carved corinthian capitals and scrolled decoration fronting the jambs and resting on simple footblocks.
    English late 19th century.

    Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600

    Width Height Depth
    External 58 14"
    148 cms
    60 58"
    154 cms
    10 1316"
    27.5 cms
    Internal 40 58"
    103 cms
    45 78"
    116.5 cms

    Listed Price: £5,700 (+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 13843

    A tall and elegant walnut antique Art Nouveau fireplace in the manner of Charles Harrison Townsend (1851 - 1928), architect and designer of the 1901 Horniman Museum and the 1895 Bishopsgate Institute, both in London. Carved in relief in a design typical of the Art Nouveau period with a pair of tall stylised trees with slender trunks and sinuous roots flanking the high set columned podium.
    English late 19th century.

    Link to: Antique Arts and Crafts, Aesthetic, Art Nouveau mantels and Art Deco fireplaces and chimneypieces.

    Width Height Depth
    External 46 78"
    119 cms
    75 316"
    191 cms
    18 18"
    46 cms
    Internal 29 78"
    76 cms
    38 58"
    98 cms
  • Stock: 13874

    THE ITALIAN WARS
    A monumental and imposing richly carved French walnut trumeau chimneypiece. The generously moulded cornice lies above a dramatically carved arched central panel dominating the trumeau frieze and depicting a scene of battle probably relating to the eighth Italian War (1551-1559) when Henry II of France declared war against Charles V ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. The panel is flanked on either side by two large carved horned and winged mythical beasts and the whole rests on the wide and sturdy fireplace surround beneath.

    The deep shelf of the fireplace surround, with its carved alternating bossed frieze, sits above a pair of robust fluted columns with Corinthian capitals and stepped footblocks and the deep set fireplace opening is topped by a finely carved and decorative border detail.
    French, mid 19th century.

    Notes: The 1551-1559 Italian War was also known as the Habsburg – Valois War. There were a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 that involved, at various times, most of the city-states of Italy, the Papal States, most of the major states of Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Originally arising from dynastic disputes over the Duchy of Milan and the Kingdom of Naples, the wars rapidly became a general struggle for power and territory among their various participants, and were marked with an increasing number of alliances, counter-alliances and betrayals.

    Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600

    Width Height Depth
    External 79 1116"
    202.5 cms
    107 18"
    272 cms
    29 78"
    76 cms
    Internal 46 78"
    119 cms
    35"
    89 cms
  • Stock: 10564

    A tall antique carved oak fireplace surround & overmantel in the Jacobean style. The surround with fluted corinthian column jambs and a cushioned mantel shelf, the overmantel with two quartered panels separated by three pilaster Aztec style figures with stylised floral headdresses. The upper frieze, flanked by grotesque masks, is centred by a plain shield surrounded by scrolling leaf & figural carved decoration.

    English mid 19th century incorporating 17th century and 18th century carved elements.

    Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600

    width height depth
    External 84 58"
    215 cms
    99"
    251.5 cms
    8 1116"
    22 cms
    Internal 59 38"
    151 cms
    49 316"
    125 cms

    Listed Price: £10,500 restored.(+VAT where applicable)

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  • Stock: 13638

    A tall carved antique walnut chimneypiece in the Italian Renaissance manner. The stepped shelf and pediment is set above a shallow frieze with a pair of mythical dragons either side of a central grotesque mask amid scrolling foliage, flanked by squared foliate endblocks and supported on a pair of elaborate Solomonic Columns.The elaborately carved double inner frieze has four panelled shell cartouche above a panel centred with a crowned, quartered shield guarded on either side by a further pair of mythical dragons. The opening is edged with a guilloche detail and the whole is raised on substantial carved footblocks. Provenance: Removed from a Theological College in Glasgow, Scotland.
    Italian, late 19th century.

    Shown here with a pair of Gothic style andirons SNo 13416 not included.

    Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600

    Width Height Depth
    External 76 38"
    194 cms
    81 12"
    207 cms
    16 14"
    41.5 cms
    Internal 37 1316"
    96 cms
    39 38"
    100 cms

    Listed Price: £18,600 (+VAT where applicable)

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Antique Wooden Mantels

Antique wooden fireplaces have been enjoyed for centuries. From the earliest examples, heavily carved and worn with time, to strikingly simple Arts and Crafts fireplaces, we try to stock a variety of styles and sizes. Antique wooden mantels are a fabulous way of injecting character into a property, or just making a statement. The appeal of wooden mantels is perhaps their diversity. Wood is a fantastic material to carve, capable of being hewn into numerous forms and being used on projects that vary in scale enormously. These Antique wood fireplace mantels encapsulate a moment in history and a period style.

Antique Oak Fireplaces

Antique oak fireplaces conjure images of inviting country houses with a crackling open fire, a place to welcome guests and family members. Antique oak fireplace mantels bring to mind a rustic country interior, with a substantial focal point and an inviting open fire. They have been a focus of domestic life for centuries. Oak fireplaces mantels range from the earliest of inglenooks to the rustic charm of the arts and crafts movement.

Antique Pine Mantels

Pine fireplace mantels were used widely in the 18th century, and perhaps most famously by the renowned Architect Robert Adam. The most highly sought after of antique pine mantels are almost certainly those that can be attributed to Adam, or those which closely resemble his iconic neoclassical designs with gesso decoration. These antique pine fireplaces were often painted so as to resemble their more expensive marble counterparts or to suit the colour scheme of the room. Antique pine mantels are very rarely found in their original paint, so can be left bare, or painted to a desired finish.

Antique Wood Fireplaces

Wooden fire surrounds are easy to look after, as they can be treated much like antique wooden furniture. We often buy chimneypieces that have been worn and damaged with time, and in our workshops we can restore them to their former glory. Antique wood fireplaces are often carved from rare and beautiful woods that are hard to source today. To buy antique is a more environmentally friendly way to source pieces for the home as buying an antique means that new trees don’t need to be felled and you avoid the risk of purchasing unethically sourced wood.
If you would like any advice on what wooden fireplace to select for your home, do not hesitate to contact us.