Madame Recamier Bust In Two Tone. Cameo decorative pieces

decorative pieces

70 cm tall

In the days when antique sculptures gained immediacy by being identified with specific figures from history or literature

expertly cut to leave the patch of papyrus coloured inclusion at the front

Hand made from the finest British Gypsum in Staffordshire

Madame Recamier Bust In Two Tone. Cameo decorative piecesMadame Recamier, a fine period marble portrait bust, finished in marble and granite, with a warm polished sheen across both stones. Madame Recamier, after the antique marble by Joseph Chinard, 1756 1813, French, The Getty collection, Los Angeles. A sophisticated and romanticly sculptured marble bust of a young woman,looking downward and to dexter, clutching her drapery around her chest. Madame Recamier was considered by many as the most beautiful and