Style Regence / Ref.12744
Beautiful cas iron fireback with the wedding coat of arms of Louis-Alexandre, Count des Salles and Marie-Louise de Beauvau, Marquise de Noviant, dated 1716
Dimensions
Width 29'' ⅛ 74cm
Height 31'' ⅛ 79cm
Depth: 1'' ⅝ 4cm
Origin:
France, 18th century
Cast iron fireback with the wedding coat of arms of Louis-Alexandre, comte des Salles, baron de Rorté, capitaine de la cavalerie au régiment d’Orléans, dead in 1746, and Marie-Louise de Beauvau, marquise de Noviant, chanoinesse du chapitre d’Épinal, married on the 10th of March 1721.
See the work of Philippe Palasi « Heraldic firebacks », p. 217 for a similar model.