MANTEL
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom
About this object
The panel across the top under the shelf is carved in low relief with a medallion in the center enclosing the interlaced initials LP of Louis Philippe, King of France. Surrounding and flanking this are circles formed of an interlaced vine and a crimpled ribbon, and a rosette at either end. The side supports are each carved with a pilaster tapered downward, with spiraling channeling and acanthus leaves on the capitals.
- Object name:
- MANTEL
- Made from:
- Marble
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- 1830-1850
- Size:
- 108 × 137.2 cm (42 1/2 × 54 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 22.18
- Class:
- STONE
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM LP for Louis Phillipe
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973