LOUIS XV “TROIS COQUILLES AMÉLIORÉ” IN BLACK BELGIUM MARBLE, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY, PROVENANCE PARIS, NEAR-OPTIMAL CONSERVATION.
QUESTION: What is one of the colors most requested by architects and Wives ?! (husbands useless to name them, they count as the two of cups when in trumps there are clubs).
ANSWER: The color Black in general, great if Black of Belgium.
QUESTION:And how does the Lady want the fireplace in Belgium Black marble?
ANSWER: Small, but not too small... OR... BIG, but not too big..
QUESTION: For the measurements I understand, but... regarding the decorative load, how does the Lady want it!!!
ANSWER: Simple (how modest She is..), but not too much.. Possibly “original.”
I HAVE DONE THIS WHOLE RIGMAROLE OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH 'THE SOLE PURPOSE OF COMING TO THE POINT OF SAYING THAT THIS FIREPLACE, OF ALBEIT NUMEROUS FAMILIES, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED “ORIGINAL.”
WHY? YOU MAY ASK.
BECAUSE THE TROIS COQUILLES MODEL, WHILE NOT AT THE PINNACLE OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY LOUIS XV MODELS, WAS NONETHELESS, SHALL WE SAY, IN THE MID- TO HIGH-COST RANGE AND GENERALLY PURCHASED TO SET REPRESENTATIVE SALONS AND NOT, WHAT DO I KNOW, SMALLER ROOMS SUCH AS BEDROOMS, ROOMS, THESE, FOR WHICH THE PATRON VERY RARELY SPENT THE MONEY FROM HIS PURSE, AS, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAPPENED IN THE CASE OF OUR FIREPLACE, WHICH, BY THE WAY, WAS ENDOWED WITH A VERY PRECIOUS MARBLE EVEN AT THE TIME, IF ONLY BECAUSE OF ITS VERY HIGH COSTS OF QUARRYING AND ALSO OF SCULPTURE (FEW WERE THE SCULPTORS CAPABLE OF WORKING THIS MARBLE, WHICH HAS STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO CRYSTAL).
A BEAUTIFUL GIRL (GIRL BECAUSE THIS SPECIMEN IS, CLEARLY, FEMALE..), THIS FIREPLACE, WHICH BECOMES EXTRAORDINARY BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN PRECIOUS BLACK.
And, again the Lady (who is generally hard and naughty in economic negotiation..), how much would she like to spendon an antique fireplace of this noble Black color, the prices of which, long since very high, are bound to rise further???
Answer: Almost nothing, or, at any rate, very little (Husbands sometimes break out in a cold sweat, talking about money, but ... they are usually decidedly brighter, a point therefore, at least this it is fair to remark, in their favor..).
With this splendid and very fine Trois Coquilles in Black Belgium marble, which is more unique than rare, we manage to please the incontentatible Lady, look at the photos and prices in this regard and you will understand that we have succeeded in the miracle of pleasing her for real, something that happened to the unfortunate husband only on his wedding day!!!
