PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE PROFESSOR MICHAEL JAFFE C.B.E., LITT. D., F.R.S.A.

A FRENCH WHITE STATUARY MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE

19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH WHITE STATUARY MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE
19th Century
In the Egyptian manner, the rectangular shelf above a anthemion and foliate scrolled panelled frieze, supported by a pair of Egyptian herms with lion-paw feet, flanking a lappeted slip, on a plinth base
47 in . (119.5 cm.) high; 61 in. (155 cm.) wide; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep The aperture: 36 x 42 in. (91.5 x 106.5 cm.)

Lot Essay

This chimney-piece is designed in the 'antique' manner, influenced by the excavations at Pompeii and Herculeneum as well as Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, and promoted by ornemanistes such as Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, who issued their Recueil des décorations intérieures in 1801. It celebrates lyric poetry with its Grecian palm-flowered frieze enriched with laurels and its Egyptian palm-wrapped herm-pilasters with regal sphinx heads and paw feet.

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