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Monumental oak wood fireplace with painting on canvas depicting Joan of Arc

This large antique Neo-Renaissance style fireplace was made out of oak wood during the 19th century. Coming from the Lille region, the fireplace is decorated with a painted canvas featuring the profile of Jeanne d'Arc set in a medallion surrounded by a floral wreath. On one side of the medallion is the coat of arms of Jeanne d'Arc, made up of a sword supporting a crown and two fleurs de lys, and on the other side is the coat of arms with the cross of Lorraine which is often associated with Jeanne d'Arc. The fireplace is elaborately carved with lions' heads, columns rising to capitals, and a colonnade. An enameled faience plaque decorates the opening of the fireplace, which is decorated with dragons and foliage.

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Pair of late 20th century Art Deco style wood trompe l'oeil doors

This pair of doors presents a painted décor of wood trompe l'oeil panels in an English Art Deco taste. The decor is the same on one of the two sides of each door. The back of one of the doors is adorned with a mirror, on the other one we find another decoration composed of painted panels imitating wood underlined by black painted frames.

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Cast iron fireback with Pellet de Fretinville family coat of arms, 16th century

This beautiful antique fireback was made in the 16th century. It shows the coat of arms of the Pellet de Fretinville family hold by two lions with a great helm and the Saint Michel orders. A similar exemple is kept in the Pithiviers museum and is illustrated in the H.Carpentier's book "Firebacks"

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Louis XVI period mantel adorned with a garland carved in antique veined Carrara marble

This Louis XVI period fireplace is in Carrara marble, a white marble with gray veins quarried in the Apuan Alps. The presence of multiple gray veins is what makes this fireplace so distinctive. The length of the band is decorated with a garland of laurel leaves. This garland is supported by rings at the center and ends of the band. At the center of the fireplace, a circle is formed with the garland, creating the motif of a laurel leaf wreath, a motif much used in the Louis XVI-style. The console part of the leg is adorned with a floral motif formed from acanthus leaves superimposed and carved in a circular shape. At the top of the leg, we find part of a laurel garland hanging from a circular knob and ribbon. The rest of the base is covered with molding.

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A Louis XVI period fireplace in veined Carrara marble, decorated with a Greek-style frieze.