{"product_id":"seated-angel-with-roses-marble-headstone-160cm","title":"Seated Angel With Roses Marble Headstone - 160cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn angel sits on a rectangular chest-form headstone with her head bowed and her hands gathered in her lap around a cluster of carved roses. Her wings sweep up behind her and her gown falls over the front edge of the stone onto the moulded base step below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSeated Angel Carved With Roses in Her Lap\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe roses are the difficult part, not the figure. They are massed loose in her lap where nothing supports them from beneath, so each bloom is undercut back to a stem and the whole cluster is left until the drapery around it is finished and stable. Her gown is worked over the front arris of the chest so that the seat and the seated figure read as one mass rather than two. The moulded base step beneath the chest is what carries the whole memorial down to the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a full monument rather than a lawn marker, and it wants a whole grave plot: a churchyard, a municipal cemetery, a private family enclosure or a walled memorial garden. It reads from the front and from both sides, so leave clear ground around it for maintenance, and check the burial authority limits on height and footprint before ordering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eChoosing the Wording for the Front Panel\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven weeks. The chest is cut and its front panel trued flat before the angel is begun, because the lettering goes into that panel later on and it has to be dead flat to take a chisel cleanly. The figure is then taken from one block so the wings need no jointing. The panel comes to you uncut, ready for a name and dates in whichever lettering you settle on, or bare if a mason near you is doing the work, and the roses can be dropped. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Around 2,546kg across two pieces, so it is craned into position and bedded on a poured foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore angel memorials are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/headstones-memorials\"\u003eheadstones and memorials\u003c\/a\u003e, with the marble under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-headstones\"\u003emarble headstones\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53822252417371,"sku":"MST-MEM-009","price":23786.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-MEM-009_1.jpg?v=1787091509","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/seated-angel-with-roses-marble-headstone-160cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}