Fireplaces and Mantels
1930s Unknown Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
1930s Scottish Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
1930s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
1930s American Classical Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Scagliola
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1930s French Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Wrought Iron
1930s English Georgian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Glass
1930s Scottish William IV Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
1930s French Louis XVI Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
1930s Unknown Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
1930s American Georgian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Composition
1930s American Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Mirror, Wood
1930s English George III Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
1930s French Neoclassical Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
1930s French Belle Époque Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
1930s English Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1850s American Colonial Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century American American Craftsman Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 1800s American American Colonial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wire
20th Century American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
1820s American American Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Wire
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Elizabethan Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century French Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Mahogany
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Chrome
1930s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
1930s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron, Metal
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic
1930s American Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1930s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Chrome
1930s Edwardian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Mahogany
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1930s European Edwardian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Mahogany
1930s Scottish Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Antique and Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
While we likely wouldn’t mourn the invention of home heating and air-conditioning, these innovations did tragically reduce the widespread need for fireplaces and mantels in our living rooms.
Once an essential fixture in all homes, the fireplace, which, along with the chimney, is as old as the Middle Ages, was actually rendered redundant with the advent of the cast-iron heating stove during the 18th century. Victorian-era heating stoves were popular in the common areas of a living space for their capacity to heat as well as for their lack of smoke compared to fireplaces. However, improvements in craftsmanship as well as the Industrial Revolution meant that fireplaces were evolving in form and functionality.
Even as HVAC systems would eventually see to it that fireplaces weren’t a necessity, no mechanically engineered thermal heating and ventilation technology can replicate the feeling of warmth and camaraderie that a flickering fire guarantees. We just love a good fireplace.
“With antique fireplaces, you get heart, soul, character and architecture,” says Tony Ingrao, a Manhattan-based interior designer who purchased an important 16th-century French limestone fireplace for a client’s Greenwich Village townhouse.
Vintage fireplaces and mantels have earned their coveted position as desirable focal points in any room over the course of a staggering evolution in design that has yielded everything from intricately carved works of limestone to sleek works of wood paneling and rolled steel.
As log after log turns into ash, these iconic designs prove their timelessness and value, monetarily and as prized decorative monuments. Whether you seek to simply warm a space or completely transform it, an eye-catching new mantel for your blazing hearth — be it an elegant neoclassical design, a marvelous work of marble in the Louis XV style or an unconventional contemporary variation — is the perfect solution.
Find a collection of antique and vintage fireplaces and mantels on 1stDibs today.
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