Green Marble Mantel with Empire style Insert with Bronzes - marble

Description

The green marble adds character and singularity to this mantel with very pure lines. Two straight jambs, each rising from a plinth to a capital, support a plain entablature. The jambs and capitals are adorned with fluting, the entablature with moldings. A wide cornice tops the composition. The rarity of this mantel is the insert adorned with gilded bronze ornaments and its finely chiseled air vent. The insert is flanked with a pair of candelabra, which are very thin and tall. The top part of the insert presents a bronze ornament figuring an antique chariot with two wheels and two galloping horses driven by a woman with long hair blowing in the wind. The use of Antique style elements and ornamentations in bronze, such as palmettes, is characteristic of the Empire style.

Additional information

Carved in Patricia marble.