Georgian

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Georgian fireplace design was based on the classical orders and followed strict rules of proportion while employing a rich and varied range of decorative devices. The first half of the century saw Palladian architectural influence in the ascendancy but fireplace design was revolutionized mid-century by Robert Adam, with a new and elegant repertoire based on a wide variety of classical sources.

Fireplaces acquired a lighter and less robust appearance displaying crisply executed low relief carving and the use of inlaid colored marble became popular, providing a striking contrast to the remainder of the fireplace which was always worked from Statuary marble.