The Louis XVI style precedes the reign of Louis XVI by a few years, from which it takes its name, and marks the transition from the redundant and bizarre forms of rococo to the more sober neoclassicism. The fil rouge is undoubtedly the reference to both classical and Greek culture what a Roman. The return to these models leads to a preference for a composure of shapes and symmetrical decorations that still today make the Louis XVI style synonymous with high manufacturing quality and elegance. Fireplace cladding, made and sculpted in Carrara marble in the Louis XVI style. Inlays and decorations with an evident classical inspiration, are worked here in the purity of the stone. The balance of their shapes, in harmony with the unrepeatable veining of the marble, is able to give the whole pi.
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