ORIGINAL AND VERY NICE CARVING SOFTWOOD FIREPLACE (ELM, POPLAR?! HONESTLY, ITS BACK WEAR DID NOT ALLOW ME TO UNDERSTAND ITS ESSENCE), EARLY ART NOUVEAU (LATE 19TH CENTURY) PERIOD, PARISIAN PROVENANCE, EXCELLENT OVERALL PRESERVATION (RESTORATION WILL FOCUS ESSENTIALLY ON A SINGLE STAIN THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE LOWER RIGHT IMAGE).
The period is, clearly, that of the early twenties of Floral Art (the Italian Art Nouveau), but the architectural layout is, just as clearly, Baroque and more precisely Louis XV.
