Featured French Carved Breton??

Help!? by Oscar Gonzalez posted Jun 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM

Looking for some help on this piece, my wife and I purchased it as a mantle but we think it may be a a part of something bigger.

 

Geez,how big is that fireplace ?!? You dont give measurements but it looks pretty large. Is it sitting on feet ? It does look like maybe it was a door surround for some giant victorian building,but thats a guess . Can you include some pics of the bottom and back ?

 

Stunning!

 

Its relatively thin but its about 7 foot wide and 3 foot tall. I am still trying to upload a few more images but it keeps saying that they are to large to upload.

 

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I don't see anything specifically French or Breton. where was it bought ?

 

We bought it in central Texas.

 

makes sense. could be of an old Hispanic church or presbytery or such.

 

I added a few more pictures, there are what looks like fittings on the bottom that look liked they attached to something as well as a ridge on the top that looks like it was placed to align with a top portion as well. Peaked our interest as the seller wasn't able to elaborate on its origins.

 

That could very well be the top of a buffet or the like. Its gorgeous.

 

Think probably the top to a large buffet/hutch.

Something like this....

 

Beautiful.

 

That's what we where thinking too, unfortunately it doesn't have any type of makers mark or any dead give away.