The fireplace is photographed here exactly (apart from a cursory dusting before taking these pictures) as we found it in the yard, so it looks like Calimero, but once well cleaned and waxed it will appear a little lighter still.
The condition of this mantel can be defined by this adjective: PERFECT.
PROVENANCE PARIS, MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY PERIOD, MARBLE WITH THE EVOCATIVE APPELLATION OF “BLEU FLEURI” (THIS IS THE NAME BY WHICH IT WAS MADE KNOWN TO THE WORLD BY FRENCH DEALERS. THE MARBLE IS ACTUALLY VERY ITALIAN AND FROM THE APUAN ALPS. OF COURSE, SELLING IT AS “BLEU FLEURI” IS CERTAINLY MORE PROFITABLE THAN SELLING IT BY ITS PROPER BIRTH NAME, WHICH IS “BARDIGLIO”).
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