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Remarkable and monumental Flemish Neo-Renaissance style fireplace, second half of the 19th century

This monumental fireplace was made in Belgian Petit Granit in the second half of the 19th century inspired by the Flemish Renaissance art answering the revival vogue of this period. Our fireplace shows a very rich sculpted decor and gilt bronze ornamentation. The curved jambs are sculpted with large fluted scrolls surmounted by bronze capitals with arabesque decoration. Ths sides are also adorned with a beautiful sculpted decor of acanthus leaves scrolls and roses. The jambs are holding a large entablature made of Brèche Sanguine, the Petit Granit console architectural elements form the pattern of its decor that keeps going on each side. Six of them are adorned with a standing lion, the mouth opened and holding between his paws a shield, they support a large moulding cornice decorated with an acanthus leaves frieze. The entablature is also adorned with four painted medallions depicting portraits in bronze frames and a romantic scene flanked by two stylized dolphins in scrolls decoration. Many stylized fleur-de-lys are decorating the cast iron insert framed by a gilt bronze openwork frieze surmounted on its center by a bronze dragon in haut-relief. The cast iron fireback depicts a salamander in flames that we can compare to the emblem of Francis I, famous king of the French Renaissance.

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Series of sculpted face and decorative elements in Sun stone of the Ardennes, late 19th century

This series of Neo-Renaissance mural sculptures was made in the late 19th century in Sun stone from the Ardennes, also called stone of Dom. They were originally adorning the facade of a Belgian building. This stone with a very typical yellow color comes from the Dom Le Mesnil quarries which had provide the substance of many constructions such as the Place ducale in Charleville-Mézières for instance. Its exploiting was ended in 1951. Our series of sculptures is composed of eight high relief portraits, four men and four women, dressed in the Renaissance style, and three faces of old men made in the grotesque style that we could find in abundance in the decor during the Renaissance period. We also add a series of architectural decorations in the same style, with cartouche and medallion.

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GODIN, Cast Iron Stove with Art Nouveau Floral Decor, 19th-20th Century

This cast iron stove, adorned with enamelled ceramics and metal plates painted with a floral design, is by the brand Godin. Resting on four feet, its openwork enamelled decor extends over almost the entire surface. Its two shorter sides are adorned with painted metal plates featuring an Art Nouveau floral design reminiscent of the works of painter Alphonse Mucha at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. At the top, the cover features delicate openwork ornamentation. One of the stove’s feet is broken. A latch is missing. The decorative front plate is missing.

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Napoleon III style fireplace with floral decoration, in green Estours marble

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Neo-Renaissance bronze chandelier

This Neo-Renaissance bronze chandelier features a particularly original structure. Four dragons support as many crouching cherubs perched upon a large openwork drum. The drum is adorned with scrolling acanthus foliage in which chimeras and putti holding medallions are nestled. These medallions depict Mercury, recognizable by his winged helmet, and evoke the antique cameos collected by 16th-century humanists. The structure is encircled by two elements forming a continuous frieze of laurel leaves. At the heart of the composition, four fantastical gargoyles hold the light bulbs, completing this richly historicist design.