$59,857
H 47.52 in W 69.3 in D 11.82 in
Regency Imperial Egyptian Porphyry and Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A 19th century neoclassical Regency Statuary and Imperial Egyptian Porphyry antique marble fireplace surround, in the Egyptian Revival style.
Statuary Marble, Porphyry
$45,195Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.52 in W 69.3 in D 11.82 in
19th C Regency Imperial Egyptian Porphyry & Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A 19th century neoclassical Regency statuary and Imperial Egyptian Porphyry antique marble fireplace surround, in the Egyptian Revival style.
Statuary Marble, Porphyry
$24,144
H 44.89 in W 61.82 in D 16.15 in
A French Empire Egyptian Revival Marble and Ormolu Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large and very well decorated French Empire Egyptian Revival fireplace surround, in well configured Antico Verde Marble with exceptional quality Ormolu mounts.
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Figural Egyptian Style Marble Fireplace Surrounds
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of antique fireplace surrounds carved of solid white marble into two female Egyptian style figures.
Marble
Large Egyptian Revival Manner Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large and handsome with good proportions-Egyptian revival manner lightly veined statuary marble fireplace surround.
Statuary Marble
$517,869 / set
H 114.5 in W 35.5 in D 5 in
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
Wood, Pine
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.