BEFORE I FORGET, I MUST TELL YOU THAT THE THING THAT STRUCK ME MOST ABOUT THIS FIREPLACE WHEN I SAW IT AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE ON RUE ORDENER (WELL KNOWN BOULEVARD AT THE EDGE OF MONTMARTRE) FROM WHICH WE SNATCHED IT AT NIGHT, IS THE CARE WITH WHICH ITS MARBLE SLABS WERE CHOSEN, A SELECTION THAT ALLOWED FOR A PERFECT ALIGNMENT IN A HORIZONTAL SENSE OF THE BLEU FRETWORK AGAINST THE BACKGROUND BETWEEN GRAY AND TURQUOISE.
ALMOST NEVER (AND IT WILL NOT BE DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO SEE THIS IN OUR WAREHOUSE AS WELL) WAS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FRIEZES TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, AND THIS WAS BECAUSE IT COST TOO MUCH TO CUT THE SLABS FOLLOWING THIS AESTHETIC DIRECTIVE, IT WAS MUCH MORE CONVENIENT NOT TO PRODUCE SCRAP (IN ESSENCE WASTE).
DOES THIS SEEM LIKE A SMALL DETAIL TO YOU?
WELL, KNOW THAT IT IS NOT, WHEN THE CARE REACHES THESE LEVELS, WELL, MOST LIKELY THE REST OF THE SCULPTURE IS ALSO AT ITS BEST!
Having said that (to give Caesar, i.e., the master sculptor, his due), let us come to our Pompadour Pied Galbé, and say right away how much its color (I repeat between Grey and Turchin with friezes aimed at bleu) is sought after today by architects and decorators. In short, we can say that it is going VERY much in fashion, at fast paces reaching or at least coming very close to the numbers of requests for fireplaces in Black Color.
This mantel, whose provenance I have already mentioned above, is really in perfect condition, was carved in an Italian sculpture workshop, and its date of birth is between 1860 and 1880.
