Neoclassical Fire Necessary in Polished Brass on Columnar Base Support

This majestic neoclassical fire set is a tour de force of French polished brass craftsmanship, representing the luxury furniture market of the 1970s in its most ambitious expression. The ensemble is centred on a large columnar support with impressive proportions, whose central shaft is turned in the manner of a baluster — expanding and contracting with the rhythmic articulation of classical column forms — and crowned with a ring for suspending the tools from which the individual instruments hang in an orderly and elegant arrangement. At 77.5 cm in height, the support possesses the characteristic presence of a true floor piece, drawing attention like a torch or a candlestick of similar scale. The base of the support is a shallow circular tray — a generous shape with wide flat edges in polished brass that anchors the composition with stability while providing its most distinctive visual element. This wide, low tray base acts as a counterweight to the slender shaft, anchoring the composition in the classical tradition of the brazier or candlestick base, where a wide pedestal or tray constituted a conventional structural solution. The tools themselves — poker, tongs, brush, and shovel — are individually shaped with long twisted handles in polished brass, each ending in a well-crafted handle and freely suspended from individual hooks. When the ensemble is fully deployed, the tools create a visually rich display, their vertical lines multiplying the reflective surfaces of the polished brass and animating the whole with a warm and luminous presence. It is a set of true scale and authentic luxury, suited for a grand fireplace in a main reception room. Its neoclassical vocabulary — column, urn, tray, baluster — is deployed with confidence and thoroughness, making it...