Antique French limestone fireplace in the Directoire style
Reference : 2026022
This antique French limestone fireplace is in the Directoire style (1795 to 1799), and is in good condition. It features carved stone side jambs gracefully diminishing in width to the feet, aligned with a pair of stone-carved rosettes at each extremity of the lintel. The lintel itself features an upper and lower profile running around the mantel shelf to the rear.
Being unmistakably reclaimed it is ready to grace an authentic historic room, or a more contemporary space where traditional features enhance the interior.
Sold with the antique pine overmantel with mirror.
Dimensions approx:
- Width: 146 cm (57,5 inches)
- Height: 121 cm (47,75 inches)
- Width between jambs: 106 cm (41,75 inches)
- Jamb thickness: 16 cm (6,25 inches)Height under lintel: 97 cm (38,25 inches)
- Lintel thickness: 24 cm (9,5 inches)
- Projection of the lintel from the back of the jambs: 52 cm (20,5 inches)
- Pine overmantel: 115 cm (45,25 inches) x H. 164 cm (64,5 inches) x 19 cm (7,5 inches)
On display at in BCA’s showrooms at Pont L’Evêque near Deauville, in the heart of Normandy.
