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Marble
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Limestone
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Stone, Limestone
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Hardwood
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Wood
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Pine
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Marble
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Stone, Limestone
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Marble
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Stone, Limestone
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Wood
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Oak
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Marble
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Mahogany, Wood
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Pine, Paint, Wood
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Walnut
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Marble
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Marble
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Hardwood
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Limestone
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Wood
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Oak
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Marble
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Limestone
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Mahogany
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Brass
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Hardwood
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Textile
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Metal, Brass
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Wood
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Sheepskin, Oak
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Brass
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Linen
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Alabaster, Brass
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Marble
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Marble
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Oak
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Marble
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Walnut
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Stone
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Oak
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Limestone
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Limestone
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Pine
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Limestone
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Pine
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Oak
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Limestone
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Oak
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Pine
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Wood, Oak
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Oak
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Marble
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Oak, Pine
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Stone
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Pine
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Oak
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Oak
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Marble
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Wood, Oak
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Statuary Marble
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Limestone
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Marble
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Wood, Pine
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Limestone
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Statuary Marble
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Wood
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Mahogany
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Oak
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Limestone
Antique 19th Century English Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Antique 19th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Early 20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Antique Early 1900s English Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 20th Century English Victorian Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
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Oak
Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Fireplaces and Mantels
Hardwood
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Mahogany
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Stone
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Wood, Oak
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Marble
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Limestone
Early 20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
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Marble
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Oak
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Marble
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Wood
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Finding the Right fireplaces-mantels for You
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.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To clean a brass fire surround, mix equal parts flour, salt and vinegar to make a paste. Then rub the mixture onto brass and wipe off. Repeat the process with one tablespoon salt and two tablespoons vinegar in one pint of warm water. Shop a selection of brass fire surrounds on 1stDibs.
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