WARNING: THE COMMENTARY ON THIS FIREPLACE, BECAUSE OF MY FRIEND GIACOBAZZI'S VULGAR LANGUAGE, IS FORBIDDEN TO THOSE UNDER 16:
WARNING: THE COMMENTARY ON THIS FIREPLACE, BECAUSE OF THE VULGAR LANGUAGE OF MY FRIEND GIACOBAZZI, IS FORBIDDEN TO CHILDREN UNDER 16.
A SMILING (AND YOUNGER THAN THE RIGHT AGE, WHO KNOWS WHY...) LUCIANO BENETTON APPEARED ON THE SCREEN, WHO, UNSHEATHING AND HOLDING UP AN AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD AS IF IT WERE A HOLY CARD, MORE OR LESS EXCLAIMED: “WITH MY AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CARD I AM A HAPPY MAN”, IMPLYING THAT, POSSESSING THAT CARD, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO BUY ANYTHING...
UPON HEARING THIS, MY FRIEND GIACOBAZZI, INVARIABLY REPLIED TO HIM (HOW COULD HE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE SCREEN...): THANK THE F--FLIGHT, I, TOO, WITH “YOUR” CREDIT CARD IN MY POCKET WOULD BE A HAPPY MAN!!!"
WHY AM I TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS ANECDOTE?
BECAUSE THIS TIME, IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THE FIREPLACE I AM PRESENTING TO YOU, ALL YOU WILL NEED TO DO IS PULL SOME CHANGE OR YOUR, EVEN CRUMPLED, CHECKBOOK OUT OF YOUR POCKET.... WE CAN IN FACT, DESPITE THE SIGNIFICANT COST OF ITS MARBLE FABRIC, OFFER THIS MANTELPIECE AT A FIGURE DEFINITELY WITHIN EVERYONE'S REACH...
SMALL TECHNICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE: This was the fireplace deputed, relatively to the Louis XIV style, to be put in place in bedrooms, a fact that justifies the very small measurements of our mantel. Which is very important for us, since modern houses have small or very small rooms, in which this small fireplace always manages to find a place.
Serious and minimalist, never intrusive, it is full of that discretion and reserved elegance that makes it look good anywhere.
ANTIQUE FIRE SURROUND IN STATUARY ARABESCATO MARBLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY PERIOD, PROVENANCE PARIS, EXCELLENT PRESERVATION.
