Traditional Fireplaces
Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor / Stone Carver
Chicago, U.S.A.
42-K large fireplace with columns © Walter S. Arnold 42-k
A gallery of my carved stone fireplaces...
Tudor fireplace with shields © Walter S. Arnold

29-W Tudor fireplace with shields - a variation on the fireplace shown in the Story of a Fireplace

Massive tudor fireplace © Walter S. Arnold

27-P  Large Tudor fireplace with grotesque masques

Antiqued tudor fireplace

23-C  Antique Tudor fireplace

Small regency surround

6-S  Small Regency fireplace

Tudor Fireplace Surround

41-B  Small English Tudor fireplace
(Note the woodwork around the fireplace isn't finished in this photo.)

 

tudor fireplace

35-B  Simple Tudor fireplace in Kansas Limestone

Hummingbird fireplace

5-H  Oriental hummingbird fireplace

Sitting room fireplace © Walter S. Arnold

2-K  Rumford fireplace

Limestone mantle with verde panels

8-W  Limestone fireplace with green marble panels

French baroque limestone mantle

39-G  French country fireplace in Italian limestone

 

French country limestone fireplace

Detail of 39-G. This Baroque fireplace is carved from an old, rustic block of Pietra Vicenza, an Italian limestone. I imported the stone from Italy after selecting it for it's character and historic accuracy. 

Plain English fireplace

32-W  Simple English fireplace

 

Classical Doric design © Walter S. Arnold

EC-S2  Doric fireplace with carved flower panel, in Moca Cream Portuguese Limestone

 

simple, clean neoclassical design

WC-03 Neoclassical fireplace in antiqued Blanco do Mar Portuguese Limestone

 

 

Arts and Crafts fireplace with raised hearth © Walter S. Arnold

57-J  Arts and Crafts fireplace in French limestone with granite inner surround.

Romanesque Dragon fireplace - 30-d © Walter S. Arnold

  30-D Dragon Fireplace

Center panel of dragon fireplace model 30-D

  30-D Dragon Fireplace - detail of center panel

 

custom bronze fireplace screen

Cast bronze fireplace screen

Select any image to see a larger view of the fireplace.
Note that many of these photos were taken on the day of the installation.


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