Description & Heritage Context
Exquisite early 18th-century salon mantelpiece hand-carved in fine white Touraine tuffeau limestone. Features an arched lintel carved with a symmetrical Louis XIV acanthus medallion, supported by scrolled console jambs with foliate drops. Includes original hearth floor pavers and fireback surround stones.
Provenance & Historical Sourcing
Hôtel particulier in Chinon; dismantled and consolidated by an accredited art restorer.
Condition Report & Patina
Delicate soft white patina, conserved stone with no structural fissures; numbered for reassembly.
Hand-Carved Louis XIV Tuffeau Limestone Fireplace Surround (c. 1710)
Indre-et-Loire, France (FR)
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