Regency Style Wooden Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A handsome Regency style wooden fire mantel circa 1900. Made from pine, this reclaimed English fireplace is carved with reeded jambs and frieze beneath an ornate egg and dart trimmed...
Wood, Pine
Carved Neoclassical Georgian Style Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
It is intricately detailed with hand-carved fluting across the frieze and a Neoclassical tablet with urn, swags and foliage alongside egg and dart dentals beneath the mantel, carved ...
Wood, Pine
Large Victorian Style Carved Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Various carved motifs including egg and dart details to the mantel and frieze accentuate the pronounced shape of the shelf, bringing a sense of grandeur and prestige to any setting.
Wood, Oak, Pine, Paint
Victorian Arts & Crafts Carved Pine Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
It is further decorated with egg and dart moulding beneath the mantel and a carved dog leg opening.
Pine, Wood
Antique Neoclassical Style Pine Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This fireplace is a testament to the craftsmanship of its Victorian maker with its detailed frieze showcasing a wheat sheaf to its centre, then drapes and patarae to either side. Egg...
Composition
Cream Marble Hand Carved Mantel with Floral and Foliate Designs
Located in Houston, TX
A shell carving is centered on the front upper portion, A corbel carving is centered above the fire box opening. An egg and Dart carving surrounds the upper mantel and also surroun...
Marble
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H 65 in W 53 in D 1.5 in
1931 NYC Waldorf Astoria Hotel Tan over Mantel Mirror with Egg and Dart Design
Located in New York, NY
Simple tan and gold mirror with egg and dart details surrounding the glass. This is from the 1931 NYC Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Some wear from age and use. A Waldorf Astoria authenticit...
Mirror, Wood
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H 60.25 in W 92 in D 13 in
1905 White & Gold Wood Federal Style Mantel with Columns and Egg and Dart Design
Located in New York, NY
Federal style mantel with egg and dart details and slim columns on each side.
Wood
Pine Mantel with Egg & Dart Moulding (VIC-V65)
Located in New York, NY
A carved Pine mantel with egg & dart moulding and Acanthus frieze, dog leg jambs with egg & dart moulding to aperture.
Pine
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H 51 in W 64 in D 7 in
Early 19th Century Carved Pine Mantel with Egg and Dart Decoration (VIC-NY29)
Located in New York, NY
An early 19th century carved pine mantel with egg and dart decoration and carved corbels.
Pine
Queen Anne Breche Marble Surrounded with Egg and Dart Moulding
Located in London, GB
Queen Anne Breche marble surrounded with egg and dart moulding. These were originally made for paneled rooms.
$1,450
H 58 in W 85 in D 7.5 in
Unfinished Wood Fireplace Mantel with Carved Sunburst and Fluted Pilasters.
Located in Stamford, CT
Unfinished reproduction wood fireplace mantel with carved sunburst and fluted pilasters. This particular mantel exhibits decorative carving, including a central sunburst motif and fl...
Wood
Large Antique Neoclassical Wooden Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large antique neoclassical wooden fireplace. This impressive, large scale fire surround is crafted in hardwood and ornately decorated with composition embellishments, including fl...
Wood, Hardwood, Paint
Antique Georgian Style Painted Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Georgian style painted fireplace. Dating to the mid-century, this elegant English Georgian style fireplace is constructed in pine with a white painted finish. A feature o...
Wood, Pine
Antique Arts & Crafts Style English Solid Oak Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique arts and crafts style English solid oak fireplace. Dating to circa 1900, this antique oak fireplace is a beautiful piece still displays a rich mid oak finish that has sto...
Wood, Oak
Reclaimed Edwardian Oak Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A simple and handsome early 20th century reclaimed Edwardian oak fire mantel. This beautiful solid oak fire surround has an understated design with a smart panelled frieze that will ...
Wood, Oak
Antique 20th Century English Oak Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique early 20th century English oak fireplace. Elegant egg and dart carvings line the dog leg jambs to the moulded frieze. In classic Victorian style, this fireplace evokes sty...
Wood, Oak
Antique English Carved Pine Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An elegant antique English carved pine fire mantel, reclaimed from a property in Edinburgh. Dating from the early 19th century, this fireplace is an original of the late Georgian per...
Wood, Pine
Antique Arts & Crafts Style Oak Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Arts & Crafts style oak fire surround reclaimed from a townhouse in Edinburgh. Dating to circa 1900, this fireplace is handcrafted from good quality English oak with a ha...
Wood, Oak
Antique Georgian Style Carved Pine Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Georgian style carved pine fire surround. Dating to circa 1850, this English fireplace has a stripped pine finish, heavily carved with swags and foliage topped with a stri...
Wood, Pine
Arts & Crafts Style Carved Oak Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An arts and crafts style oak fireplace dating to circa 1900. This surround has a handsome dark tone to the expertly carved solid oak, showcasing a beautiful Tudor rose to the centre...
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Georgian Style Carved Pine Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A late Georgian style carved pine fire surround, circa 1850. Crafted at the hand of a talented 19th century woodworker, this antique fireplace is beautifully carved, the frieze depic...
Pine, Wood
Antique Limestone Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
19th century French Louis XVI style fireplace mantel in nice warm limestone. This nice and clean looking paneled Louis XVI is adorned with two lovely stylish flowers on both sides o...
Limestone
Carved Edwardian Oak Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A handsome Edwardian oak fireplace with a stripped natural light oak finish. Dating from circa 1910, this antique oak fireplace is a beautiful piece and has stood the test of time fo...
Wood, Oak
Antique Pine & Composition Painted Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique pine and composition painted fire surround. This sophisticated antique fireplace will make a stunning chimneypiece in any setting, bringing the fine elegance of Georgian s...
Composition
Antique Georgian Carved Wooden Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Georgian carved pine fire surround, reclaimed from a farm house in Surrey. This fire surround would make a beautiful feature of properties old and new alike. The handcarv...
Oak, Pine
$2,721
H 78 in W 65.75 in D 9.75 in
Arts & Crafts Oak Fire Surround by Shapland and Petter with five carved hearts.
By Shapland & Petter
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts oak fire surround by Shapland and Petter with five heart carvings to the top flanked by tapering columns with a central circular detail. The overmantel sits on th...
Oak
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.
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