A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted Carrara marble chimney-piece
A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted Carrara marble chimney-piece

AFTER THE MODEL BY PIERRE GOUTHIÈRE FOR THE PETIT SALON OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE AT FONTAINEBLEAU, CIRCA 1880

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A Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted Carrara marble chimney-piece
After the model by Pierre Gouthière for the Petit Salon of Marie-Antoinette at Fontainebleau, Circa 1880
The rectangular shelf with acanthus and bead-cast sides, above a frieze centred by a bow with floral garland and entwined with trailing vine, the rectangular jambs fronted by a support in the form of a quiver of arrows, on block feet, with black-painted cast-iron hearth surround and fire-back
43¾in. (111cm.) high; 633/8in. (161cm.) wide; 15½in. (39.4cm.) deep

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