THIS MANTEL IS, AMONG ALL THE “TROIS COQUILLES” FIREPLACES IN MY WAREHOUSE, A REAL “BIJOU” THAT SHOULD BE APPEALED TO THE FEMININE, SINCE OF MASCULINE, FORTUNATELY, NOTHING HAS..
LOOK AT IT TOO, THIS BLOUSE, DOESN'T IT LOOK GRACEFUL AND SUPPLE?
AND A MAN, IF “GRACEFUL AND SUPPLE,” CAN GIVE TO THINK, NO? THAT'S WHY I LIKE TO CALL FIREPLACES IN GENERAL AND BAROQUE FIREPLACES IN PARTICULAR IN THE FRENCH WAY (I.E., FEMININE).
FURTHERMORE, THIS CHIMNEYPIECE HAS TWO BEAUTIFUL LEGS AND A BEAUTIFUL BREAST (THE FRONT), ANATOMICAL PARTS THAT THE SO-CALLED “VOX POPULI” TELLS US REPRESENT THE FEATURES OF THE MOST FAMOUS MISTRESS IN HISTORY, THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR, PROCOCIOUS COMMONER BORN ANTONIETTE POISSON.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN LEGENDS IN GENERAL, BUT THIS ONE DOES.
AH, I FORGOT, THIS BLOUSE BEARS ON ITS SKIN A PATINA THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO CARESS IT (IF MY WIFE READS ME I AM RUINED..)..
THIS FIREPLACE, VERY RARE AND VERY GRACEFUL, AND MAY REPRESENT AN INTERESTING (AND FOR ONCE NOT TOO EXPENSIVE) ACQUISITION FOR THOSE WHO LOVE LOUIS XV ARCHITECTURE.
PARISIAN FIND, ITALIAN SCULPTURAL WORK (OCCURRED IN LUNIGIANA AREA, LAND OF THE LUNI, ON THE SLOPES OF THE APUAN ALPS, BETWEEN TUSCANY AND LIGURIA ), IN A QUALITY OF WHITE MARBLE FROM CARRARA CALLED “BIANCO P” (THE INITIAL" P" STANDS FOR “PURE”), WHOSE BOTTOM IS CANDID AND COMPACT, PERFECT PRESERVATION, OF THE PATINA WE HAVE ALREADY MADE INCONVENIENT MENTION, ERA OF ITS CONSTRUCTION 1860-80.
P.S: TODAY “P MARBLE” IS, BY SCULPTORS OF THE LATEST GENERATIONS, CALLED “WHITE JOY” AFTER THE NAME OF THE LAST REMAINING QUARRY OF THIS FINE MATERIAL.
