A French ormolu-mounted and white marble chimney-piece

IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE

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A French ormolu-mounted and white marble chimney-piece
In the Louis XVI style
With breakfront white marble shelf, flanked to each side by a caryatid monopodiae, each with oak wreath and acanthus terminal, on block feet
75¾in. (192.5cm.) wide; 46½in. (118cm.) high; 22in. (56cm.) deep The hearth opening: 51¼in. (130.2cm.) x 41¾in. (106cm)

Lot Essay

This chimney-piece, modelled with cherub herms is derived from the model by Louis-Simon Boizot and Pierre Gouthière, for the Salon of Madame du Barry at Fontainbleau in 1774, and now at Versailles (see H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986, p. 568, p 568).

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