CAST IRON ART NOUVEAU FIREPLACE DATING BACK TO THE LAST YEARS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, EXCELLENT STATE OF PRESERVATION, PARISIAN ORIGIN.
AT THE CENTER OF ITS COUNTERSCORE IS THE DEPICTION (WELL DETECTED AND OF GREAT CASTING QUALITY..) OF THE POMEGRANATE, FRUIT ANCIENTLY A SYMBOL AND AUGURY OF FERTILITY AND ABUNDANCE...
CURRENTLY THE FINISH OF THE CAST IRON SURFACE IS, AS PER MORE THAN CENTURIES-OLD TRADITION, WITH “GRAPHITE” TREATMENT, A TREATMENT WHOSE FINAL COLOR CONSISTS OF A KIND OF “GUNMETAL” EXACTLY AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PUBLISHED IMAGES, BUT, UPON REQUEST AND ORDER OF THE CUSTOMER (IN THIS CASE UPON PAYMENT IN ADVANCE) WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PICKLE ITS SURFACES AND PAINT THEM WITH HEAT-RESISTANT COLORS.
THAT WOULD BE A SMALL CRIME, BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO, THE GOOD WEATHER IS GONE AND THINGS CHANGE..
GENERAL NOTES ON LARCHER'S SIGNATURE CAST IRON FIREPLACES:
THE LARCHER FAMILY (WHOSE MEMBERS WERE ALL SOMEWHAT ARTISTS, ALBEIT IN DIFFERENT FIELDS) PRODUCED, OVER THE COURSE OF 30 OR 40 YEARS (LET'S SAY, JUST TO GIVE YOU A CONCRETE IDEA, FROM ABOUT 1880 TO 1920) SEVERAL MODELS OF THESE SMALL CAST-IRON FIREPLACES WITH ATTACHED BACKSPOUTS.
NO ONE KNOWS PRECISELY HOW MANY OF THESE MODELS THERE ARE, I HAVE COUNTED AND COLLECTED OVER ALMOST HALF A CENTURY AT LEAST A DOZEN AND AT PRESENT WE HAVE ABOUT FIFTEEN SPECIMENS IN STORAGE, MOSTLY OF THE FAMOUS (THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND “EASY” TO FIND) MODEL BY THE PARISIANS APPRAISED AS THE CHEMINEE BÉBÉ PAR EXCELLENCE.
THE LATTER CAN BE SEEN IN THIS SAME CATEGORY OF THE SITE.
