A carved oak fire surround incorporating late 16th century Renaissance panels
Panels probably French
The frieze centred by a male portrait roundel flanked by griffins and wheat arabesques, above a pair of panels each carved with scrolling wheat and floral filled-urn, headed by birds and centred by a portrait roundel, a conforming horizontal vacant cartouche centred panel below, the uprights each with a corbel niche enclosing a carved figure holding fruit-filled cornucopia, above carved masks, with stop-fluted jambs 126cm wide x 18cm deep x 216cm high, (49.5" wide x 7" deep x 85" high)
The frieze centred by a male portrait roundel flanked by griffins and wheat arabesques, above a pair of panels each carved with scrolling wheat and floral filled-urn, headed by birds and centred by a portrait roundel, a conforming horizontal vacant cartouche centred panel below, the uprights each with a corbel niche enclosing a carved figure holding fruit-filled cornucopia, above carved masks, with stop-fluted jambs 126cm wide x 18cm deep x 216cm high, (49.5" wide x 7" deep x 85" high)
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£1,625
inc. premium
Category: Furniture
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