Fireplace Carrara marble L 150cm

Carrara marble fireplace

Frame, fireplace covering with classic hand-sculpted decoration.

Since the dawn of time, one of man’s primary needs has been to obtain, domesticate and maintain fire by using it for lighting, heating and cooking. The modern fireplace has its origins in Paleolithic hearths, passing through the Roman hypocausts and arriving at the fireplaces of the early Middle Ages.

In the modern world the need is often purely aesthetic and decorative, but the fireplace remains an undisputed symbol of family warmth and conviviality.

THE MATERIAL.

White Carrara marble is the quintessential Italian natural stone known and appreciated all over the world. All the great sculptors have measured themselves with this material which in the clearest variety is not by chance called Statuary. It is the marble of the great Italian Renaissance, which delivered to the immotality of History the magnificence of cities like Florence and works like Michelangelo’s David, considered the most perfect masterpiece of all time. The calcite crystals that form this type of marble do not reflect light, but instead allow it to penetrate the material, which appears almost illuminated from within. This particular quality causes white Carrara marble to be so highly valued in the arts and construction industry because of its aesthetic refinement. Due to its fine appearance, white Carrara marble is widely used for the construction of luxury architectural elements: not only pillars, claddings, columns and floors, but also cornices, plinths and capitals. Such rock is also often used to make fountains, fireplaces, statues, decorative objects of all kinds, even tombstones, stelae and altars.