ON HOLD
LOUIS XVI "LANGUETTE" FIREPLACE CARVED IN "WHITE P" MARBLE (NOW CALLED “WHITE JOY” AFTER THE NAME OF THE ONLY QUARRY LEFT IN BUSINESS).
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI WOULD NOT HAVE CHOSEN IT FOR ITS PIETY, BUT IT REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND REFINED CARRARINI MARBLES, LET'S SAY THAT ITS FAMILY AFFILIATION, THOUGH VERY NOBLE, IS SECOND TO THE STATUARY MARBLE LINEAGE.
Classic Napoleon III (1860s/80s) architectural layout, classic “OVAL FLEUR” (REALIZED BY SPLITING A COUPLE OF CONTRAPPOST ACANTHUS LEAVES) at the center of the frontal and equally classic pair of “PARIS ROSES” at the sides of the same frontal. In short, classicism of lines and ornamentation reigns supreme here.
It proposes, this fireplace, its elegant sobriety, it does not try to pamper us with too many floral or leafy frills, to flatter us with added decorations, he is content, in my opinion with flattering results, to show his personality of discreet elegance rather than his bejeweled person.
A beauty, in short, “à la Caterine Deneuve” rather than “à la Sabrina Ferilli.”
Compared to its more decoratively loaded “TROIS FLEURS” siblings, however, she comes to cost us almost half as much.
You like it better now, don't you!
PROVENANCE PARIS, CARVING PERIOD II HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY (SECOND EMPIRE PERIOD), EXCELLENT (LITERALLY) PRESERVATION.
