I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MITIGATE, IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS, THE COLOR OF THIS FIREPLACE, PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO BRIGHT COMPARED TO THE REAL THING, BUT... I GUARANTEE YOU THAT OF SUCH A BEAUTIFUL YELLOW, YOU WILL HARDLY BE ABLE TO FIND ITS EQUAL. IT IS AS IF THE COLOR IS SO STRONG THAT IT IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE MARBLES IN WHICH IT IS CONGEALED TO ENTER YOUR EYES AND .... INTO YOUR HEART.
SAID FIREPLACE IS INCLUDED IN BOTH THE ART NOUVEAU SECTION AND THE “VARIOUS STYLES” SECTION BECAUSE IT HAS ART NOUVEAU DECORATIVE FEATURES AND REGENCY ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES (OR TRANSITION AS YOU LIKE).
A fireplace from a Parisian house (but it is Italian in "design" and sculptural achievement..) carved during the Art Nouveau period and more precisely, from the data in our possession, between 1910 and 1920...
The fireplace we present here is definitely from the same era as the house, while the
architecture is clearly Transition or Regency as it may be....
PERFECT CONDITION, PATINA AND POLISHING.
Of 'Art Nouveau, in this splendid artifact in equally splendid Royal Yellow marble, there is that very graceful floral addition to the classic central cartouche....
FIRST RULE FOR FITTING A FIREPLACE (ANTIQUE OR OTHERWISE): NEVER RELY ON YOUR MASON FRIEND!!!
HE'LL TELL YOU “AG PEINS ME!” (IF HE'S FROM EMILIA-ROMAGNA), “FASSO TUTTO MI” (IF HE'S FROM VENETO OR
BERGAMASCO") OR “COMME LO FACCIO IO NUN LO FA NISCIUNO!” (IF HE'S NEAPOLITAN OR SO). IN FACT HE, OF FIREPLACES, HAS MOUNTED THREE IN HIS LIFE, TWO OF THEM WRONG
RESOUNDINGLY BRINGING FRIENDS WHO TRUSTED HIM TO THE BRINK OF SUICIDE, AND
THE ONLY FIREPLACE THAT SEEMS TO WORK, HE GUESSED IT BY ACCIDENT, AND IT MOST LIKELY WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. SURELY, ON THE OCCASION OF A DINNER WITH FRIENDS IT WILL MAKE SMOKE AND THEN THE UNWARY CUSTOMER WILL CURSE THE INSTANT HE MADE THE INSANE DECISION....
THE INSTALLATION OF A FIREPLACE IS A FEASIBLE AND ALMOST SIMPLE TASK FOR PROFESSIONALS.
PROFESSIONALS, WHILE IT IS A JACKPOT FOR IMPROVERS.
AND WHO ARE THE PROFESSIONALS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THIS WORK? THEY CALL THEMSELVES CHIMNEY FITTERS, AND EVERY DAY ONE OF THEM BUILDS A FIREPLACE (JUST SAYING, IT USUALLY TAKES 4 OR 5 DAYS FOR A CHIMNEY FITTER TO WORK “SOLO”), EVERY DAY THEY INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, EVERY DAY A REFRESHER, ONLY IN THIS WAY DO WE GET TO SAFETY AND RELIABILITY.
BY PURCHASING A FIREPLACE FROM US YOU WILL BE DIRECTED (WITHOUT US MAKING A PROFIT..) AND ASSISTED BY AN EXPERIENCED STOVE FITTER.
IF, ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU ALREADY HAVE A FIREPLACE FRAME AND NEED A CHIMNEY SMOKER, CONTACT ME, AND ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE HORNED ME ABOUT THAT PURCHASE, I WILL SEARCH FOR YOU FOR THE NEAREST STOVE FITTER TO YOUR HOME.
