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Place of Origin: American
Lily Stems Fireplace Screen in Aged Silver
Located in Dallas, TX
Elevating the art of the fireplace screens to new heights, the Lily Stems screen features uniquely formed leaves that seem to delicately emerge from the ste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Butterfly Fire Screen in Gold Rubbed Black
Located in Dallas, TX
The butterfly fireplace screen combines movement, grace, and charm. Each butterfly is formed with individual, hand bent iron wings. This dra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Sakura Brass Fireplace Screen with Warm Black Frame Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
Inspired by the ephemeral, delicate beauty of cherry blossoms opening in the spring, the Sakura fireplace screen is made of forged iron and hand-formed brass flowers, buds, and branc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Lily Stems Fireplace Screen in Gold Rubbed Black
Located in Dallas, TX
Elevating the art of the fireplace screens to new heights, the Lily Stems screen features uniquely formed leaves that seem to delicately emerge from the ste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
American Brass and Artistic Wire Work Fire Place Fender, New York, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
American brass and artistic wire work fire place fender, New York. Early 19th century.
Category
1810s Federal Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wire
American Brass and Flanking Foliage Finial Rope Fire Place Fender, Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
American brass and flanking decorative foliage finial oval rope fire place fender with a chased molded edge base, early 19th century.
Category
1820s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
Lily Stems Fireplace Screen in Aged Gold
Located in Dallas, TX
Elevating the art of the fireplace screens to new heights, the Lily Stems screen features uniquely formed leaves that seem to delicately emerge from the ste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Pair of American Federal Brass Flanking Urn Finial Engraved Andirons Phil C 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American Federal brass andirons with flanking urn finials, matching urn finial log stops, engraved swags on skirt, and resting on banded...
Category
Early 1800s Federal Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of George Washington Cast Iron Andirons
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Patriotic pair of cast iron andirons featuring George Washington posed in military attire. Washington is depicted standing with his hat in hand mounted on a pedestal having swag deco...
Category
19th Century American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
American Brass Rail Top and Artistic Wire Work Folding Fire Place Screen, C 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
American brass rail top and pleasing artistic wire work fire place screen with folding hinged side panels and eyelet holes for securing to fire place surround. Late 18th Century.
Category
1790s American Colonial Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wire
Fig Leaf Fireplace Screen in Brilliant Gold
Located in Dallas, TX
This handmade metal screen brings a touch of organic botanical whimsy to your home. Handcrafted from plasma-cut and forged iron, it features leaves growing up the face of the design,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Sakura Brass Fireplace Screen with Aged Silver Frame Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
Inspired by the ephemeral, delicate beauty of cherry blossoms opening in the spring, the Sakura fireplace screen is made of forged iron and hand-formed brass flowers, buds, and branc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Sakura Brass Fireplace Screen with Aged Gold Frame Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
Inspired by the ephemeral, delicate beauty of cherry blossoms opening in the spring, the Sakura fireplace screen is made of forged iron and hand-formed brass flowers, buds, and branc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Italian Mid-Century Modern Chrome Andirons by Alessandro Albrizzi
By Alessandro Albrizzi
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated pair of modernist andirons were realized by the esteemed designer Alessandro Albrizzi, in Italy, circa 1970. They feature inverted T-forms consisting of a horizont...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Chrome, Iron
Art Deco Thistle Top Chrome Petite Fireplace Tools Set
Located in Westport, CT
Art Deco petite chrome or Bakelite disk thistle design top fireplace tools all original finish, shovel, tongs, brush, and poker together with circular holder.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Magnificent Antique Carved Fireplace Mantel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large and impressive mahogany fireplace mantel with carvings. The piece is of American origin, circa late 19th century to early 20th century. Carved out of solid grained mahogany, ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Classical Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Style Chimneypiece
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine early 20th century Georgian style mantel, having floral carved egg and dart molding over bolection molded opening having applied composition decoration with foliate sprays and scrolls, now stripped. Removed from a prominent Westchester home designed by Mott Schmidt...
Category
1930s Georgian Vintage American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Composition
Pair of American Cast Iron Horse Head Andirons with Original Dog Legs, C. 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American cast iron horse head andirons with the original rear dog legs. Mid 19th century.
Category
1850s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Madalyn Fireplace Screen in Brilliant Gold
Located in Dallas, TX
The Madalyn fireplace screen lends a soft natural touch to the fireplace, with individual layers of branches and leaves. Handmade of plasma-cut and forged iron, each component is art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
California Modern Barbecue or Brazier by Stan Hawk for Hawk House
By Stan Hawk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A three-legged iron barbecue or fire pit by Stan Hawk for his company Hawk House. A Case Study Program-approved design, the fire barbecue gave modernist form...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Metal, Iron
Exceptional Hiram Tucker Boston MA Cast Iron Fireplace Mantel with Églomisé
By Hiram Tucker
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional cast iron fireplace serpentine form mantel and surround, circa 1850-1860, with original inset églomisé glass panels depicting buildings and figures, attached Rococo backsplash, central arched interior opening, and large scrolled surround. The back is embossed “Patent by H. Tucker” Fireplace mantel designer Hiram Tucker patented improvements to the common mantelpiece back in 1850. His invention involved using ornamented...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
American Serpentine Brass Finial and Artistic Wire Work Fire Fender, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Empire serpentine fire place fender with brass urn finials, brass rail top, and pleasing scrolled artistic wire work. New York, early 19th century.
Category
1810s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of American Federal Brass Urn Finial Shield Engraved Andirons. Phil. C 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American Federal brass andirons with shield engraved urn finials, shield engraved plinths, incised checkering lines, engraved swags on s...
Category
Early 1800s Federal Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Kentucky Horse Farm Fireplace Mantel Horse Legs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This pair of giant sculptural wooden horse legs, at 5 ft. tall, was once part of a large mantel at the home of a horse ranch in Kentucky. Said to have been A...
Category
20th Century Folk Art American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood
American Serpentine Brass Finial and Artistic Wire Work Fire Fender, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Empire serpentine fire place fender with bulbous faceted brass finials, brass rail top, and pleasing scrolled artistic wire work. Philadelphia, early 19th century.
Category
1810s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
American Serpentine Brass Finial and Artistic Wire Work Fire Fender, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Empire serpentine fire place fender with bulbous faceted brass finials, brass rail top, and pleasing scrolled artistic wire work. Philadelphia, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
American Serpentine Brass Finial and Artistic Wire Work Fire Fender, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Empire serpentine fire place fender with brass ball ringed finials, brass rail top, and pleasing scrolled artistic wire work. Boston, MA early 19th century.
Category
1810s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
Rustic Arts & Crafts Hand Tooled Copper Fireplace Fender Surround
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare, rustic Arts & Crafts fireplace fender/surround exudes old world patina and richness. Masterfully hand tooled piece well constructed and maintaining originality.
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Copper
American Brass and Polished Steel Urn Finial Chased Eagle Fire Coal Grate C 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
American brass and polished steel fire coal grate with flanking urn finials, floral medallions, hand chased foliage and eagle gallery, serpentine cast iron b...
Category
1820s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
Arts & Crafts Brass Tooled Celtic Themed Fireplace Bungalow Mantle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Fine Arts & Crafts mantel (fireplace) example with dark patina brass. Salvaged from old bungalow of the period. Subtle details and understated elegance,
circa 1905-1910.
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass
American Serpentine Brass Finial and Artistic Wire Work Fire Fender, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Empire serpentine fire place fender with brass acorn finials, brass rail top, and pleasing scrolled artistic wire work. New York, Early 19th Century.
Category
1810s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
American Brass Rail and Rope Artistic Wire Work Fire Place Fender, NY, C. 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
American fire place fender with brass rail, pleasing scrolled artistic wire work, and resting on a decorative brass rope base. New York, Early 19th century.
Category
Early 1800s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
Mirrored Mantel Piece with Shell Decorations
Located in Stamford, CT
Carved and beveled mantel with shaped and beveled wood top. Carved shell and sea decorations. Front vertical pieces are 12" wide. Front horizontal piece is 13" high.
Category
1930s Vintage American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Mirror, Wood
American Brass and Iron Fireplace Screen with Decorative Wire Work, Circa 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
American brass and iron fireplace screen with pleasing decorative wire work, Early 19th century.
Category
Early 1800s American Colonial Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
Contemporary Blackened Steel Fire Tools Set by Scott Gordon
By Scott Gordon
Located in Sharon, VT
The fire tools set, an original design offered exclusively by Vermontica, is designed and produced in Vermont by Scott Gordon. A sculptural element for the hearth that stands apart. Features walnut...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Steel
Virginia Metalcrafters Brass Dolphin Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of solid brass and irons Dolphins andirons by Virginia Metalcrafters.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
1880s Small Victorian White Carrara Marble Mantel Hand Carved Details
Located in New York, NY
Petite antique 1880s white Victorian Carrara marble mantel with decorative hand carved floral details. Features beading on the legs and acanthus leaves on the bottom. Includes the or...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair of Arts & Crafts Andirons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Arts & Crafts andirons.
Category
19th Century Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Upholstery
Modernist Art Deco Inspired Nickel and Brass Andirons, Manner of Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade by artisans in New York state, this pair of modernist andirons embody the old world craftsmanship and design aesthetic of a bygone era. Each andiron offers a solid rectiline...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Nickel, Brass
Pair of American Wrought Iron Finial Caduceus Andirons with Splayed Feet, C 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American wrought iron ball finial caduceus andirons with stylized splayed feet, Mid-19th century.
The caduceus is the traditional symbol of Hermes a...
Category
1850s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wrought Iron
American Wire Decorative Scrolled Brass and Swag Folding Fire Screen, Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
American wire and brass rail top hinged fireplace screen with pleasing decorative brass wire work, flanking brass wire work swags, eyelet holes for attaching to surround, and interio...
Category
1790s American Colonial Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
Pair of Classical Brass and Iron Tool Rests
Located in Essex, MA
Each with urn finials and octopus legs.
Category
1880s Neoclassical Revival Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass
Custom Modernist Art Deco Revival Tubular Polished Nickel Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Handmade by our bespoke atelier in New York, this stunning and graphic skyscraper style pair of tubular andirons embodies the old world craftsmanship and design aesthetic of a bygone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Nickel
Contemporary Minimalist Blackened Steel or Walnut Fire Tools Set by Scott Gordon
By Scott Gordon
Located in Sharon, VT
The fire tools set, an original design offered exclusively by Vermontica, is designed and produced in Vermont by Scott Gordon. A sculptural element for the hearth that stands apart. Features walnut...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Steel
American Wire and Brass Fireplace Fender with Decorative Wire Work, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
American wire and brass fireplace fender with pleasing decorative wire work, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s American Colonial Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
Wood, Iron and Brass Magazine Stand or Fireplace Log Rack Mid-Century Modern
Located in North Miami, FL
This Mid-Century Modern vintage brass, wood and black iron magazine stand or rack and or log carrier for a fireplace is handsome and very utilitarian. it serves as a Dual purpose for...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
American Painted Wire and Polished Brass Fireplace Fender on Iron Base, C. 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
American hand painted wire and polished brass fireplace fender with interior vertical rod supports and iron base, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s American Colonial Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron, Brass
Fan-Carved Wood Mantel in the Federal Taste
Located in New York, NY
New York,
Fan-carved mantel in the Federal taste, circa 1812
Pine
Measures: 66 1/4 in. high, 90 3/8 in. wide, 13 1/4 in. deep
Within the genre of carved rather than plasterwork mantels of the Federal Period, no example that has come to light is more perfectly designed or more carefully wrought than the present one, which is an amazing symphony of fans, urns, beads, and other Neo-Classical devices, all ultimately influenced by the plasterwork designs of the English architects Robert (1728–1792) and James (1732–1794) Adam.
Of a type that proliferated in the area bounded by the northern New Jersey counties of Bergen and Passaic, the Hudson Valley, and western Long Island, the mantel is representative of work that flourished in the first couple of decades of the 19th century. While most of the woodwork of this style that has survived is found in interiors, various examples of exterior doors and other trim have been noted, but most examples have disappeared as a result, variously, of natural deterioration and purposeful demolition in anticipation of development.
Although considerably larger in scale and more elaborate in ornament than a mantel that has been in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum since 1944 (acc. no. 44.55; photograph in Hirschl & Adler archives), the present mantel is so close in style and conception to that example that it likely originated in the same house.
The Brooklyn mantel is documented as having been removed from a house built by Judge Isaac Terhune (1762–1837), an eminent lawyer and judge. The house was situated on King’s Highway, at the corner of Mansfield Place, at the edge of South Greenfield, a village in northern Gravesend, Brooklyn. A photograph of the house, taken by the German e´migre´ photographer, Eugene Armbruster (1865–1933), is in the collection of the New-York Historical Society.
Terhune is ultimately descended from the Dutch-Huguenot e´migre´ Albert Albertson Terhunen, who died in Flatlands, Brooklyn, in 1685.The family eventually spread out through New Amsterdam, Long Island, and Bergen County, New Jersey. Terhune’s great-grandson, also Albert (1715–1806), left a sizable estate to his six surviving children, including his second child and second son, Isaac.
Judge Terhune lived in the house until his death in 1837, at which time, according to an article in The New York Times for November 27, 1910, he, having died without issue, “left the White Frame Mansion with its exquisitely carved doorway, beautiful mantels, and other interior adornments to his brother John” (Part Six, p. 11).
The article continues:
After the latter’s death, the house and its estate of about 70 acres passed through several owners, eventually being purchased in 1853 by Benjamin G. Hitchings [1813–1893].
The house next passed to Benjamin’s son, Hector, who had been born in the house, and then lived there for 25 years. He sold it in 1910 in partial payment for a Manhattan apartment house. After thus having been sold to a real estate developer, the Hitchings property was subdivided into Hitchings Homestead. The house survived until about 1928, at which time it was razed and a Deco-style apartment house with the address 2301 Kings Highway was constructed on the site and occupied in 1935.
By 1910, the fate of the house, in an area of Brooklyn that was being rapidly developed, was becoming obvious. The Times article reported:
The house has been well kept up, but fearing lest the hand of time or vandals might deal harshly with some of its choice bits of carving, Mr. Hitchings removed a few years ago a few beautifully carved wood mantels...
Category
1810s Neoclassical Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood
Marie Suri "Luna" Andirons in Bronze
By Marie Suri
Located in New York, NY
Marie Suri
"The Luna Andirons."
Andirons with polished gold bronze balls and patinated steel fire dogs.
Custom inquiries welcome. Also available with a brushed or antiqued finish,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Steel, Brass
Pair of American Wrought Iron and Faux Painted Bronze Foliage Andirons, C. 1890
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American wrought iron and faux painted bronze andirons with flanking foliage finials, spiral and ringed centered columns, squared foliage plinths, matching rear dog legs, an...
Category
1890s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Pair of American Monumental Brass Ball Finial Ionic Capital Andirons, Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American Monumental brass andirons with flanking ball finials, Ionic capitals, tapered decorative medallion plinths, spit hooks, matching squared tapered log stops, original ...
Category
1830s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of Modernist Curved Deco Inspired Nickel Andirons, Manner of Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade by artisans in New York state, this pair of modernist andirons embody the old world craftsmanship and design aesthetic of a bygone era. With their skyscraper style construct...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Nickel
American Brass Finial and Artistic Wire Serpentine Fire Place Screen, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
American serpentine fire place screen with a brass rail top, three centered brass urn finials, and pleasing artistic scrolled wire work. Early 19th century, Philadelphia.
Category
1810s American Colonial Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wire
Pair of American Cast Iron Anchor Andirons with Circular Ringed Columns. C. 1870
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American cast iron anchor andirons with circular ringed columns, squared plinths, and the original dog legs. Late 19th century.
Category
1870s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Modernist Andirons in Polished Brass and Nickel
Located in New York, NY
Handmade by artisans in New York state, this pair of modernist andirons embody the old world craftsmanship and design aesthetic of a bygone era. With their skyscraper style construct...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron, Nickel
Pair of American Brass & Onyx Flame Finial Andirons with Acanthus Feet, C. 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American brass and onyx andirons with flanking flame finial Urns, Corinthian capitals, centered bulbous onyx columns, squared floral plinths, matching flame finial log stops,...
Category
1850s American Empire Antique American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Onyx, Brass, Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Flame Four Piece Bronze & Black Enamel Firetool Set
Located in New York, NY
This stunning and dramatic Mid-Century Modern four piece fire tool set was realized in the United States, circa 1950. A cantilevered bronze support ascends from an amorphic shield fo...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
G. Poillerat Style Handmade Fire Screen Available in Any Size
By Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Chicago, IL
Striking Mid-Century Modern Custom Handmade Fireplace Screen in the style of Poillerat and built to your specifications. The one shown here is in stock and available for immediate de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern American Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Metal, Brass
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