Inlaid Marble Chimneypiece

The moulded shelf above an inlaid faux fluted freize centred by a rectangular tablet applied with a drapery hung urn the corresponding faux fluted jambs with urn cappings on block feet.

Inlaid marble chimneypiece.

The central plaque depicts two carved seated winged griffons either side of a flaming urn two inlaid green marble panels either side. A statuary sienna marble and scagliola inlaid marble chimneypiece in the adam style. Shelf width 1524 mm 60 in. Category 1790s british regency antique inlay fireplaces and mantels.

Overall height 1213 mm 47 in. A late 18th century neoclassical english statuary marble chimneypiece inlaid with contrasting portoro nero marble circa 1795 with moulded shelf breaking forward and protruding ove. This very fine statuary marble and scagliola chimneypiece with inlaid neo classical designs is in the manner of pietro bossi. An italian craftsman bossi worked in dublin from 1785 to 1798 and used coloured marble inlay and also a coloured paste inlay known as scagliola on a white marble ground.

A compact neo classical chimneypiece carved in statuary and inlaid with verde antico green marble panels. This technique has been replicated by ryan smith to produce this uniquely irish fireplace. Not much is known about pietro bossi although much inlay work of the late 18th century is commonly known as bossi work. A regency style statuary marble chimneypiece inlaid with porphyry ovals to centre panel and side blockings.

Sienna marble interior slips 19th century. Born in italy and moved to dublin in the late 18th century pietro bossi developed and perfected the technique of inlaying scagliola. Depth of shelf 203 mm 8 in. Ronald phillips ltd medium.

With satyr masks on the endblocks supported on the jambs also of statuary with inlaid green marble panels with two carved amorini one. Opening height 889 mm 35 in. This exceptional chimneypiece is one of three bossi s from a private collection each bought during the 1980 s from three different georgian buildings. An irish george iii inlaid statuary marble chimneypiece by george and hill darley gallery.