Early 18th Century style 'flat' in Breccia Viola marble Chimney-piece

Modern reproduction
This is a copy and includes a set of internal returns and a soffit, together with a matching marble slab. Many originals have lost their slips and slabs. The viola marble is a close match to the 'purple' marble that was fashionable in the early 18th Century.

Flat chimney-pieces, such as this, were fitted into many ground and first floor rooms of houses constructed from the 1680s through to the 1730s.

A reproduction marble chimney-piece in Breccia Viola marble. This is a copy of a type commonly found in many ground and 1st floor level rooms within early 18th century London town houses of the period 1710 to late 1720s.The jamb panels are simply moulded and the frieze has a projecting, fluted, tablet. The marble is related to one of the more ornamental marbles used during the period, the “purple” marble quarried from Seravezza. The depth of the slab is in keeping with depths found within smaller town houses of this period.

Dimensions

  • Total height 48 48
  • Total width 48 7/8 48 7/8
  • Slab width 51 1/8 51 1/8
  • Aperture height 31 1/2 31 1/2
  • Cornice width 48 7/8 48 7/8
  • Cornice depth 0 7/8 0 7/8

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