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957
Description: Upon a rectangular base plinth, an arched rectangular, ovolo-moulded panel containing a draped cloth (disclosing on the reverse the arms of Duras) upon which two oval shields are surmounted by a ducal coronet, and encircled by the collars of the Orders of St Michel and Saint-Esprit. Behind the cloth are crossed batons of a Marshal of France; on each side are flattened S-scrolls with tassels.
Notes: In all probability the arms of Jean-Baptiste de Durfort, Duc de Duras (1684-1770), created Marshal of France in 1741.
Arms: Durfort, duc de Duras
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- ovolo (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- armorial
Manufactured: in the early to mid 18th century in France.
Current location: Chateau de Duras, Duras, Lot-et-Garonne, France.
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- Foreign armorial firebacks
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938
Description: Rectangular with three-facetted arch; fillet edging; shield, crown and lion supporters of the French royal house of Valois.
Notes: The arms date to before 1589 when the House of Valois was succeeded by the House of Bourbon. Lion supporters on the French royal arms are not common.
Arms: France Royal
- Decoration tags:
- rectangle with three-facetted arch (shape)
- fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- planklines
- armorial
Manufactured: in the late 16th century in France.
Current location: in private hands, Ewhurst, Surrey, England.
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940
Description: Upon a rectangular base plinth, wide scrolled side fillets with foliage about the scrolls and suspended bell flowers in chain above; central oval shield bearing three fleurs-de-lys supported by an angel on each side, and surmounted by a French royal crown; on top, an arch rising from horizontal moulding on each side.
Notes: Characteristic of designs illustrated by architects such as Daniel Marot.
Arms: France Royal
- Decoration tags:
- quasi-arched rectangular (shape)
- complex individual (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- planklines
- armorial
- royal
Manufactured: in the late 17th to early 18th century in France.
Current location: in private hands, Ewhurst, Surrey, England.
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367
Description: Arched rectangular shape; fillet and cavetto moulded edging; pictorial scene of three children, the centre one holding a stick strung with a bunch of grapes over his shoulder, and sitting on a goat.
Notes: A mythological scene of the young Bacchus.
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- fillet and cavetto (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- humans
Manufactured: in the 18th century in France.
Current location: Newarke Houses, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
Museum number: H.358.1953.0.0 (part of the Leicester City Museums museum group)
Citation: Carpentier, H., 1912, Plaques de Cheminées, Paris.
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828
Description: Upon a rectangular base plinth with an inscribed rectangle, to each side, a wide foliate scroll; central cartouche behind an oval shield bearing three fleurs-de-lys over a horizontally textured ground, supported on each side by a draped male figure, the whole surmounted by a French royal crown; on top, an arch rising from horizontal moulding on each side.
Notes: Characteristic of designs illustrated by architects such as Daniel Marot; the texturing on the shield indicates the azure tincture.
Arms: French royal
- Decoration tags:
- quasi-arched rectangular (shape)
- complex individual (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- planklines
- armorial
- royal
Manufactured: in the late 17th to early 18th century in France.
Current location: in private hands, Lewes, East Sussex, England.
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533
Description: Arched rectangular shape; fluted pilasters supporting a lintel with nine evenly spaced flowers arranged horizontally; central standing female figure, holding a basket of flowers, a child upon her back, another child by her side, and a sheep to her left; on top, a symmetrical arrangement of an anchor, two paddles and two cornucopiae.
Notes: The figure would seem to represent Charity. One of a series with a distinctly Empire style.
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- none (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- allegorical
- animals
- humans
Manufactured: in the late 18th to early 19th century in France.
Current location: Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: NT/PET/M/86 (part of the National Trust museum group)
Citation: Carpentier, H., 1912, Plaques de Cheminées, Paris.
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- Miscellaneous pattern firebacks
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658
Description: Canted rectangular shape; stepped fillet edging; indistinct pictorial scene of two men on the prow of a sailing ship, their arms in the air, passing a naked figure, arms also in the air.
Notes: Possibly a representation of Odysseus and one of the Sirens.
- Decoration tags:
- canted rectangular (shape)
- stepped fillet (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- pictorial
- mythological
- humans
Manufactured: in the early 18th century in France.
Current location: in private hands, Rolvenden, Kent, England.
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- Miscellaneous pattern firebacks
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820
Description: Arched rectangular shape; wide fillet and egg-and-dart ovolo edging; central oval armorial with fillet edging, palm fronds on each side, tied below, a crown above; in each top corner, the cross of Lorraine.
Notes: The arms are those of Duke Leopold I of Lorraine, who also bore the titles of King of Jerusalem, Hungary and Aragon, and Duke of Anjou, Bar, Gueldre and Juliers.
Arms: Leopold I, Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1680-1729)
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- ovolo, egg and dart (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- armorial
Manufactured: in the early 18th century possibly in the Lorraine area of France.
Current location: in private hands, Taddington, Gloucestershire, England.
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965
Description: Upon a moulded base plinth, wide scrolled side double fillets with foliage about the scrolls and suspended bell flowers in chain above; central foliate cartouche behind an oval shield surmounted by a viscomte's coronet; on top, an arch rising from horizontal moulding on each side.
Notes: Blazon: Azure, a chevron Argent between three estoiles Or, all surmounted by a bar of the second; characteristic of designs illustrated by architects such as Daniel Marot; the texturing on the shield indicates the azure tincture. See Carpentier p. 234, fig. 644.
Arms: Besset de la Chapelle
- Decoration tags:
- quasi-arched rectangular (shape)
- complex individual (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- armorial
Manufactured: in the late 17th to early 18th century in France.
Current location:.
Citation: Carpentier, H., 1912, Plaques de Cheminées, Paris.
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789
Description: Arched rectangular on a plain rectangular plinth; cavetto-moulded edging (top and sides) with repeated floriate motif; within mirrored olive leaves, shield (three pallets, on a fess in chief three mullets, an eagle displayed) surmounted by a crown; on each side above the plinth, a bracket formed of a rose within a foliate swirl; on each shoulder, a dolphin.
Notes: A baroque style of fireback; the excrescences on the shield are the result of careless pouring of the iron into the mould.
- Decoration tags:
- quasi-arched rectangular (shape)
- cavetto (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- armorial
Manufactured: in the late 17th to early 18th century in France.
Current location: in private hands, Whatlington, East Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- Foreign armorial firebacks