MANTEL
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
Just under the shelf of the mantel is a narrow band of the egg and dart motif in gilt bronze. The panel across the top has a vine scroll in ormolu on either side of a wreath, and at either end of a rectangle with acanthus leaves. The side supports have each a pilaster tapered downward, with a corinthian capital, a base, and decoration inside the channeling, all in gilt bronze.
- Object name:
- MANTEL
- Made from:
- White marble -- gilt bronze
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1780
- Size:
- 119.4 x 200.7 cm (47 x 79 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 22.17
- Class:
- STONE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973