As the snow falls and the wind makes it feel like the Arctic outside, the idea of a warm fire in a lovely fireplace is on many people's minds. E specially ours! So imagine our delight when we heard that there was a Bossi fireplace in the President's Office in the College. Beautiful Pietro Bossi fireplace Pietro Bossi, an Italian craftsman believed to be from the Lombardy region in Northern Italy, came to Dublin in the 1780s. Bossi is understood to have been brought to Ireland by Lord Clanricarde to carry out stucco and scagliola work for him. Scagliola is a technique of producing works that have been inlaid with marble, semi-precious stones and coloured paste. Bossi stayed in Dublin from 1785 to 1798 producing fireplaces and tables in the Neo-classical design. He is believed to have produced stucco work for the Earl of Aldborough, Baronscourt Estate , Co. Tyrone and Charlemont House also known as the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin. Detail ...