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Description: Complex quasi-arched rectangular shape with fillet edging; bell flowers descending from the top of the arch; double fillet scrolls at the side with cockerel terminals; under the arch, a royal crown surmounting a counter-posed double 'L' monogram enclosing a human mask with a sunburst; below, a table draped with a cloth bearing a circular royal shield of France within palm leaves.
Notes: A very elaborate and symbolic design alluding to the Sun King, Louis XIV.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with round arch (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- architectural
- monogram
- humans
- plants
Manufactured: in the late-17th to early-18th century in France.
Current location:, not known.
- Attached to series:
- Foreign armorial firebacks