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Maison & Maison allows you to design your own custom-made mantel in luxury marbles such as Black Belgian marble. Our mantels are fully customized through your freedom in the choice of marble.

Black Belgian marble features a solid black color, which was very popular for making mantels. A good reference is the mantel of the Hercules Salon at the Chateau des Comtes de Marchin in Modave, a masterpiece of sculpture carved in Black Belgian marble. The antique mantel in the kitchen of the hotel Groesbeeck Cross in Namur is also carved in Black Belgium marble and dates from 1605.
Finally, let us note that eight of the nine mantels from the sixteenth century Château de Cadillac in Gironde have Black Belgian marble elements.

This name refers to several black marbles quarried in Belgium. Black Belgium quarries are in the Hainault region and near Namur in Belgium. Free from veins, it is a rare marble of extraordinary quality with an incomparable polish. The marble was quarried in the region of Tournai from the eleventh century. It is often referred to "Tournai marble" and was widely used in churches in Belgium. In the twelfth century, the marble was also exported to England. The baptismal font in the cathedral of Winchester, the tombstone of the Abbot at Westminster Abbey and the monument of Bishop Roger of Salisbury Cathedral, are all made in this marble and date from this period.

Another quarry north-west of Namur produces a marble called "Golzinne marble " since the nineteenth century. It is considered the purest of all black Belgian marbles. It is a favorite for precious hard stone marquetry.

 
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