Pair of Anglo-Japanese Cast Iron Fire Inserts by T Jeckyll
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
An Anglo-Japanese cast iron fire insert which shows strong design similarities between Thomas Jeckyll's work for BBB and E W Godwin for S S and Shorland Manchester under the cape of ...
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Rare Anglo-Japanese Cast Iron Fire Insert Designed by Thomas Jeckyll
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
A rare Anglo-Japanese cast iron fire insert designed by Thomas Jeckyll for Barnard Bishop and Barnard. Retaining the original blue sunflower tiles supplied with the insert from new, ...
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Unusual Cast Iron Insert by Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
A very unusual cast iron fireplace insert by Thomas Jeckyll. The reeded background with finely cast rosettes of varying decoration.
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Thomas Jeckyll Tiled Insert
Located in Llandudno, Conwy
Aesthetic movement cast iron guilotean grate insert. Desinged by Thomas Jeckyll (1827-1881) for the Barnard, Bishop & Barnards foundry of Norwich. Four bar grate flanked by i...
Antique Brass Repousse Fire Insert
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An unusual brass fireplace insert featuring dragons and and a gentleman in 19th century dress, possibly Bach. We believe the plaque could be removed if required and the brass underne...
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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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