Fine Carved Marble Fireplaces

Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor / Stone Carver
Chicago, U.S.A.
Black marble with rare fine veined port'oro inset panels LC-B2

I design and carve custom fireplaces in stone and marble.
Here are some of my marble fireplaces. I invite you to follow the links at the bottom of the page to learn more about my work.

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Elegant Green Antique marble fireplace

LC-N1 Classic green marble fireplace

 fine white Italian marble fireplace
LC-V2 White statuary marble fireplace with carved griffin panel and Egyptian revival columns capitals
Most of the fireplaces you see on this site are original creative designs © Walter S. Arnold and are not to be reproduced without permission.

My fireplace pages:
Introduction to my fireplaces
Hand Carved Fireplaces in limestone and marble - learn about their variety
Fireplace Gallery - traditional fireplaces
Modern Fireplaces - contemporary designs
Marble Fireplaces - Carved in Italian and Portuguese marble.
Affordable Fireplaces - simple and elegant
Available Fireplaces - ready now for installation in your home
New Fireplaces - My most recent fireplaces
The story of a fireplace - from design through carving to installation.
Fireplace in 3D - Progress drawings and photos of a large fireplace
Friezes - Examples of center relief panels from my fireplaces
Keystones - Keystones for fireplaces, entryways and windows.
Unless otherwise specified these fireplaces are carved in Indiana limestone. I work in a variety of different limestones and marbles. Since my work is custom, hand carved to order, the  prices depend on factors such as design, size, detailing, and type of stone or marble. Therefore I do not have a standard catalog or price list.

White marble fireplace

LC-B1 Italian statuary marble Empire fireplace 
This fireplace appeared in Architectural Digest, Feb. 2005

 Marble port'oro fireplace

LC-B2 Port'oro marble fireplace
This fireplace was featured on the
cover of Architectural Digest, Feb. 2005
Pink Portughese Marble fireplace with overmantel Louis XIV design
EC-D2 This fireplace features curved bracket legs, a classical entablature with metopes and dentils, and fluted columns in the over mantel. It is carved in rose marble. MF-19 Louis XIV fireplace with acanthus brackets and laurel ornament in Italian Statuary Marble.
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 Renaissance design with acanthus carvings
WZ-01 Carved in filled Roman travertine with an inner surround and inset panels of light Emperador marble, this fireplace surrounds the living room side of a see-through fireplace. LC-V1 Elegant white marble fireplace with fluted columns LR-05 Renaissance design in antiqued white marble
  statuary marble fireplace
EC-P3 This large fireplace in antiqued Portuguese limestone features a lion head keystone and scroll legs with lion paws.   LC-B3 White statuary marble with bronze capitals
Select any image to see a larger view of the fireplace.
I originally trained with master carvers in Italy, and maintain close contacts with select studios there. I create custom designs and import classical Italian fireplaces. You can view these works on my marblestudio.com web site.

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