Lot 83
83
An Irish George II kilkenny marble chimneypiece
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An Irish George II kilkenny marble chimneypiece

CIRCA 1760

Details
An Irish George II kilkenny marble chimneypiece
Circa 1760
The tablet engraved with foliate scrolls, the jambs with pilaster column uprights, the block surmounts with vitruvian scrolls
56¼ in. (143 cm.) high, 70¼ in. (178.5 cm.) wide, 8 in. (20.5 cm.) deep; the opening -- 45 in. (114.2 cm.) high, 46½ in. (123 cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

Kilkenny marble: Black marble is found in County Kilkenny, which also produces a fosil marble. The principle marble mills were situated on the River Nore, two miles south of Kilkenny. The Kilkenny marble mills instanced what was believed to have been the first known example of sawing marble other than by hand in 1730.

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