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Style Louis XV / Ref.1164

White marble Louis XV mantel with three shells

Dimensions
Width 50'' ⅜  128cm
Height 41'' ⅜  105cm
Depth: 15''   38cm
Inner width: 35'' ⅜  90cm
Inner height: 32'' ⅝  83cm

Origin:
19th century

Status:
Good condition.

White marble mantel with three shells: one upside down in the center of the frieze, and one atop each jamb. The white marble is delicately speckled with gray.

The Carrara marble quarries in the Apuane Alps, near the Mediterranean sea between Pisa and Parma, have been famous since Antiquity, although the marble industry really developed during the Medici period in the Renaissance. The marble extracted in Carrara is white, sometimes with grey veins. This marble is of semi-statuary quality (see photo 1), which adds a distinct shine and refinement to objects. Carrara marble was also used for sculpture and architectural elements. It is the whitest, finest and most luxurious of marble