Antique French limestone Directoire

This antique champagne coloured French limestone Directoire (1795 to 1799) style fireplace shows signs of honest repair, in good overall condition. It features simple carved stone side jambs diminishing quite dramatically in width and depth towards the feet. The otherwise quite plain lintel features a pair of finely chiselled rosettes at each extremity, aligned above the side jambs. The lintel itself features an upper and lower profile running around the mantel shelf to the rear.

Being unmistakably reclaimed this antique chimneypiece will enhance an authentic but relatively modest historic room, or a contemporary space where traditional features are integrated to add style.

Dimensions approx: 

• Width: 136 cm (53,5 inches)
• Height: 106 cm (41,75 inches)
• Width between jambs: 101 cm (39,75 inches)
• Jamb thickness: 13 cm (5 inches)
• Height under lintel: 86 cm (33,75 inches)
• Lintel thickness: 20 cm (7,75 inches)
• Projection of the lintel from the back of the jambs: 65 cm (25,5 inches)
• Designed for a side wall projection of 50 cm (19,75 inches)

On display at in BCA’s showrooms at Pont L’Evêque near Deauville, in the heart of Normandy.