Antique Wood Fireplace Mantel with Carved Lions Rampant Heraldry Shield
Located in Greer, SC
Exceptional antique handcrafted wood fireplace mantel, featuring what looks to be two lions rampant with a shield in the center.
Wood
19th Century Portor Marble Fireplace Mantel With Lion Paws - Rare Luxury
Located in Beervelde, BE
Perfect for luxury residences, galleries, or boutique hotels, this Portor marble fireplace mantel transforms any room into an atmosphere of timeless grandeur and exclusivity.
Marble
White Marble Fireplace with Carved Lion's Mask
Located in London, GB
Very good quality English, white marble fireplace in the late Georgian style. The frieze with carved lion masks, drapery and dentils, the jambs with delicate inner moulding of egg-an...
Marble
Georgian Painted & Carved Pine Fire Mantel with Lion Frieze
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An interesting Georgian painted and carved pine fireplace with lion decoration to the central frieze tablet dating from circa 1790. This antique fire surround exudes grandeur and pr...
Pine
Hand Carved Marble Monumental Fireplace with Classical Motifs and Lion Masks
Located in Marbella, ES
A stunning hand-carved marble fireplace, adorned with rich, classically inspired ornamentation. The piece is distinguished by its sculpted columns emblazoned with floral garlands and...
Marble
19th Century Empire Marble Fireplace Mantelpiece, Carved Columns and Lion Heads
Located in GB
19th century unique Empire style brown Bois-Jourdan marble fireplace mantelpiece, with a white statuary Carrara hand carved Roman Rosette on the centre tableau; Flanked Either side b...
Statuary Marble
1800s English Regency Style Carved Oak Tall Mantel with Lion, Ribbon and Swags
Located in New York, NY
English Regency style oak mantel. Very large mantel, but not overly done, from the 1800s. It has a center lion motif with ribbon and swag details. Please note, this item is located i...
Oak
Timeless Neoclassical Fireplace Surround With Sculpted Lion Paw Feet
Located in Beervelde, BE
This rare 19th century antique fireplace surround, masterfully carved from white marble, represents an exceptional example of refined craftsmanship and timeless architectural eleganc...
Marble, Carrara Marble
$23,234Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Fireplace in Serena Stone, Lions Legs-Noble Coat of Arms, 1500, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient fireplace mantel in Serena stone, with lions' faces and hand carved legs, noble coat of arms in the center of the fireplace, from the high 16th century, from Central Italy, i...
Stone
Unavailable
H 57.09 in W 68.9 in D 14.57 in
Italian Lions Renaissance Style Fireplace Hand-Carved Limestone Antique Finish
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Art work with tradition, Italian Renaissance style fireplace with Lions heads on legs, hand-carved in pure limestone with tradition, hand-finishing and patina in excellent quality. A...
Limestone
Unavailable
H 46.5 in W 64.25 in D 15 in
19th Century Empire Marble Fireplace Mantelpiece, Carved Columns and Lion Heads
Located in London, GB
19th century unique Empire style brown Bois-Jourdan marble fireplace mantelpiece, with a white statuary Carrara hand carved Roman Rosette on the centre tableau; Flanked Either side b...
Statuary Marble
Unavailable
H 61.03 in W 68.9 in D 19.69 in
Italian Renaissance Style Fireplace in Limestone, Lions Heads, Medallion, Italy
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
An Italian Renaissance style fireplace, hand-carved in pure limestone late 20th century from Italy.
Limestone
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H 59 in W 61 in D 24 in
Antique French Fireplace Mantel Surround Hearth Carved Oak Renaissance Lion Mask
Located in Tyler, TX
SUPERB Antique LARGE French Fireplace Mantel Surround ~~Renaissance Revival~~HIGHLY CARVED OAK~~c. 1890s This HANDSOME statement piece will add charm and character to your home or...
Oak
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H 39.38 in W 48.04 in D 15.75 in
Fireplace mantel in white Carrara marble with lion's paws, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient fireplace mantle, carved in white Carrara marble, with lion's paws and complete with original base, built in the 19th century, in Italy for a house in the historic center. Al...
Carrara Marble
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H 39.38 in W 55.12 in D 11.82 in
Antique Veined Gray Marble Fireplace Mantel, Lion's Paw, Early 1800, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient fireplace hand carved mantle in veined gray marble, very precious, with lion's paw legs and acanthus leaves. Epoch early 18800 coming from the Italian house of the time. Ver...
Marble
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H 78.35 in W 96.86 in D 34.26 in
Antique Big Botticino Stone Fireplace Mantel, Scrolls, Lion's Paws, 1500 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient and very important Botticino stone fireplace, a rich and very ancient stone, typical of the Italian area. Carved all by hand, with a mighty hat, large scrolls in the limbs an...
Stone
Heavily Hand-Carved Wooden Mantel with Lions, Wolves and Fruit
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully carved pine mantel with majestic lions and bountiful fruit flanking both sides with a center frieze of a pack of wolves. This mantel was recently salvaged out of the mo...
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H 40.56 in W 59.06 in D 15.36 in
Empire fireplace mantle, carved in white Carrara marble lion's paw, France
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient Empire fireplace mantle, hand-sculpted in white Carrara marble, with geometric motifs and lion's paw, with breakages due to the period already restored, fireplace frame of el...
Carrara Marble
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H 46.5 in W 64.25 in D 15 in
19th Century Empire Marble Fireplace Mantelpiece, Carved Columns and Lion Heads
Located in London, GB
19th century unique Empire style brown Bois-Jourdan marble fireplace mantelpiece, with a white statuary carrara hand-carved Roman Rosette on the Centre Tableau; Flanked Either Side B...
Marble, Statuary Marble
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H 45.67 in W 74.02 in D 15.75 in
Carved Carrara marble mantel in the Napoleon III style with winged lions
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This Napoleon III style mantelpiece was created in Carrara marble in the 19th century. The centre of the lintel is adorned with a large plant pattern surrounding a stylized drawing o...
Marble, Carrara Marble
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H 21.26 in W 55.12 in D 14.18 in
Antique Solid Oak Carved Lion Heads Rectangular Overmantel Mirror or Hall Bench
Located in Torquay, GB
Antique Victorian rectangular overmantel mirror. Very unique piece. Made of solid oak with carved lion heads and scrolled carvings to its 2 sturdy front support legs. Rectangular ...
Mirror, Wood, Oak
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H 64.18 in W 64.97 in D 25.99 in
GENTIL & BOURDET " Model K ", blue stoneware mantel with lions heads
By Gentil & Bourdet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Made by Gentil & Bourdet in the early 20th century, this mantel is decorated in blue stoneware. The decoration is a striking example of the Napoleon III style in its Neo-Gothic and N...
Stoneware
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H 68.12 in W 80.32 in D 6.7 in
Grand French Cottage Chateau Fireplace In Limestone With Lion Detail
Located in Beervelde, BE
One of a kind French castle fireplace surround in limestone. This statement mantle piece has rounded corners and fantastic original wear. The central cartouche figures a lion. Measur...
Limestone
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H 64.57 in W 57.88 in D 25.2 in
Antique Stone Fireplace Mantle, Columns and Lions, "Eclectic" Period '700, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique Italian stone fireplace, hand-carved with very rich decorations: twisted columns, fretted front with many frames, load-bearing lions, complete with original base and in good ...
Stone
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H 38.98 in W 57.49 in D 15.36 in
Antique Louis XVI Fireplace in White Carrara Marble, Lion's Paws, 1700, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
antique Louis XVI fireplace in white Carrara marble, lion's paws, 1700 Italy, richly carved with flowers and leaves, lion-foot feet typical of the era. Elegant and refined, very fas...
Carrara Marble
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H 66.5 in W 41 in D 3 in
19th Century English Pier Mirror Decorated with Lions Head and Figural Griffins
Located in Essex, MA
19th Century English Gilded pier mantel mirror with a crest decorated with figural lions and griffin figures from a prominent New England estate Waldinfield in Ipswich, Massachusetts...
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Gothic Lions Mask Carved Oak Fire Place
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century Gothic lions mask carved oak fireplace This mid-19th century fireplace was rescued from a French Manor House during extensive renovations The fireplace is in a oak...
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H 38.59 in W 48.04 in D 15.75 in
Antique Fireplace Mantel Gray Marble Carved with Lion's Paws, Empire Style, 1800
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique fireplace mantel in gray marble hand carved by an Italian artist, with lion's feet and wavy columns, Empire style, early 1800s, from an Italian noble home.
Marble
19th Century English Renaissance Carved Mahogany Lion Mantel
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style (19th Century) carved mahogany lion side fireplace mantel.
Mahogany
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H 46.75 in W 55.5 in D 15.25 in
19th Century Louis XVI Lion Paw Fireplace Mantel, French circa 1850
Located in London, GB
An Antique Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel finely carved in elegantly veined light green Campan marble, with richly carved Lion Paw feet, acanthus leaf scrolled tops and sided, French Cir...
Marble
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H 40.56 in W 59.06 in D 15.36 in
Antique Empire Style Fireplace, White Carrara Marble, Lion Paws, 1800 France
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient mantle fireplace in perfect Empire style, hand carved in white Carrara marble, has geometric shapes and lions legs on the feet, good state of conservation, produced in the ea...
Carrara Marble
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H 39.38 in W 57.09 in D 16.15 in
Antique Black Portoro Marble Fireplace Mantle Lion's Paw Legs 19th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique fireplace in black Portoro marble (La Spezia), sculpted with lion's paw legs, hand-built in the 19th century, for an important Ligurian palace (Italy). Beautiful and of grea...
Marble
Humongous English Style Custom Carved Wood Lion Mantelpiece
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Grand scale mantelpiece, custom made for a Chappaqua, N.Y. estate in 2000. Hand carved, original cost 21,000.00. Never used.
Wood
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H 44.89 in W 61.82 in D 16.15 in
Pure Black Napoleon III Fireplace with Lion's Paws Decor, Black Belgium Marble
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
This antique Napoleon III style fireplace was made in a Belgium Black marble, circa 1880. The model with "lion's paws" is quite typical of the Napoleon III style. Black marble withou...
Belgian Black Marble
Statuary Marble Mid-18th Century Chimneypiece Bearing a Carved Lion
Located in London, GB
A magnificent statuary marble mid-18th century chimneypiece bearing an exquisitely carved lion on the central tablet. The lion is reminiscent of the Medici Lions guarding the Loggia ...
Statuary Marble
$15,439 / item
H 32.68 in W 110.24 in D 40.56 in
Art Deco Sofa by Munna Design Studio with Velvet Upholstery
By Munna Design Studio
Located in New York, NY
This sofa features a wonderfully elegant fan-shaped motif, with its accentuated curvy lines with decadent and lavish finish. The feminine curves are ravishingly enhanced by the diffe...
Velvet
21st Century Marble Nero Portoro Fireplace Mantlepiece
Located in London, GB
21st Century Marble Nero Portoro Fireplace Mantlepiece This Luxury Marble Fireplace Mantlepiece Is Hand Carved From natural Nero Portoro Marble. Contemporary Yet Based on An Old Ge...
Breccia Marble
Breccia Viola Marble Bolection Mantel Fireplace by Ryan And Smith
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A large marble bolection fire surround of generous proportions. The wide and simplified bolection moulded frame rests on plain angled plinths. Carved in the solid from a block of be...
Breccia Marble
Antique English Statuary White Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An antique English marble fireplace circa 1830-1840 In Italian white marble with panelled frieze and arched panelled jambs on plinths. The central tablet depicts crossed spears, with...
Statuary Marble
$4,360
H 64.5 in W 84.5 in D 11.5 in
Vintage Wood Fireplace Mantel with Antique Carvings and Columns with Capitals
Located in Stamford, CT
Vintage antique wood fireplace mantel with round columns and a beautiful face with draped ribbons and flowers. This is a very nice mantel with the full columns raise panels and decor...
Wood
$36,018
H 46.07 in W 57.29 in D 7.09 in
An English Regency Statuary White Marble Columned Fireplace mantel
Located in London, GB
A very good quality English Regency period fireplace executed in Italian Statuary white marble. The jambs with fluted columns stood on square foot blocks with carved Ionic capitals, ...
Statuary Marble
Louis XIV fireplace in Portor marble, circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XIV fireplace in Portor marble, circa 1880 Dimensions of the fireplace: 88 x 109cm
Marble
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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