ANTIQUE LUIS XVI “CANNELURE” MANTELPIECE CARVED IN CLASSIC CARRARA WHITE MARBLE.
A LITTLE TOO SOBER?
NO, I WOULD SAY... “LINEAR.”
A LITTLE TOO LACKING IN DECORATION?
NO, I WOULD SAY RATHER... “DIGNIFIED”... “MINIMALIST”...
IN SHORT, THIS FIREPLACE MODEL (A LOUIS XVI MANTEL VERY APPRECIATED IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BY THE UPPER-MIDDLE CLASS...) IS NOT THE “SHOW-OFF” TYPE, IT IS A SERIOUS, PRECISE TYPE, ONE OF THOSE THAT SPEAK LITTLE AND DO THEIR DUTY IN SILENCE...
AND IN MANY OF THE FURNITURE, THERE ARE ALREADY MANY “CRYING OUT” ELEMENTS, FROM THE TABLE TO THE CARPET, FROM THE CONSOLE TABLE TO THE MAGNIFICENT MIRROR, FROM THE PIECE OF FURNITURE YOU LOVE SO MUCH TO THE LATEST FASHIONABLE SET OF CHAIRS...
QUIETLY, IT WILL BE ADMIRED FOR ITS “CLEAN” BEAUTY, WITHOUT FRILLS, DIGNIFIED AND WITHOUT THE PRETENSION OF REIGNING IN YOUR LIVING ROOM...
I ADMIRE ITS ELEGANT MODESTY, I HOPE YOU DO TOO...
PROVENANCE PARIS, CONSTRUCTION PERIOD NAPOLEON III, REALLY BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED AND WITH A LOT OF PATINA, WHICH IS THE TRUE SEAL OF ITS NOBILITY.
