19th Century Original Empire Period Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is one of a kind fireplace surround in Carrara marble was made by special order for the Castle of Fontainebleau.
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Country Limestone Antique Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a very wide honey color fine French limestone fireplace surround. Its sizes are perfect for a home theater with a big screen.
Limestone
Reclaimed French Chic Stone Fireplace Mantel For A Good Price
Located in Beervelde, BE
Antique fireplace surround in French Bleu-Green stone with a restoration on the front piece.
Stone
Cosy Chic French Fireplace Mantle With Black Marble Details
Located in Beervelde, BE
Cosy chic fireplace surround with black marble details. This original antique French chimneypiece stood in a library with a boiserie wall.
Marble, Belgian Black Marble
A stunning antique Belloc Griotte marble fireplace / mantel
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A stunning antique Belloc Griotte marble fireplace surround, made in the neo-classical style With fluted and carved ionic pilasters under square floral paterea end-blocks.
Griotte Marble
Rustic Red Patina Fireplace Mantel Reclaimed From France
Located in Beervelde, BE
French antique fireplace surround. This exceptional decorative element is a unique piece to create an authentic interior.
Limestone
Hand-Carved Grand French Limestone Fireplace, Louis XIII Style
Located in Beervelde, BE
French Abbey grand limestone fireplace. Remarkable extra heavy 17th century fireplace surround in great condition.
Stone, Limestone
Reclaimed Pale Stone Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A reclaimed pale sandstone fireplace surround. Additional Dimensions: Opening Height 90 cm Opening Width 87.5 cm Width Between outside of foot blocks 128 cm.
Sandstone
18th Century French Country Limestone Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a wide, large, limestone antique French fireplace surround. The floral details of the carving is quite easy on the eye.
Limestone
19th Century Cast Iron Burnished Mantlepiece Surround
Located in London, GB
19th Century Cast Iron Burnished Mantlepiece Surround. An Unusally Detailed Polished Cast Iron Fireplace.
Iron, Wrought Iron
Rare 19th Century Italian White Marble Original Antique Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
The fine carving on this original antique fireplace surround is very unique. The marble used is white statuary marble.
Statuary Marble
18th Century Antique French Dark Stone Fireplace Mantel Directoire Style
Located in Beervelde, BE
This bicolor antique fireplace surround has a very deep patina. The detail in the middle shows music instruments and is from the Directoire period.
Stone
18th Century Fine French Country Limestone Antique Fireplace
Located in Beervelde, BE
This petite French country fireplace surround in limestone carries still its original patina.
Limestone
17th Century Original French Country Limestone Antique Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
Very decorative French country fireplace surround in Pierre d'or de Lyon for a cozy or rustic interior design.
Limestone
18th Century Regency French Country Antique Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
This original fine European antique fireplace surround is coming from the French Burgundy region.
Stone
18th Century French Country Original Antique Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
This fine original fireplace surround is made of lava stone. The stone gives it a country look.
Stone
Elegant Antique Fireplace
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Perfect as a functional fireplace surround or a decorative focal point, this antique piece brings history, warmth, and character to any room or design.
Limestone
17th Century Hand-Carved Limestone Louis XIV Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
Unusual, one of a kind, French country fireplace surround in limestone. The jambs are deep and round in one block with remains from the original paints and patina.
Stone, Limestone, Sandstone
The Hemingway: A Modern Multi-Layered Stone Fireplace
By Atelier Jouvence Custom Stoneworks
Located in Chicago, IL
The Hemingway Stone Fireplace, from our Elizabeth Scott Collection, is playful and distinctive, with multiple levels of vertical stone segments coming together to create an eye-catch...
Limestone
Louis XV Style Antique Limestone Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large French Limestone fireplace surround with panelled jambs and frieze, centred by a shell cartouche.
Limestone
18th Century Fine Original Antique Fireplace Mantle in Black Fossil Stone
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a unique original antique fireplace surround in fossil stone with Brocatelle de Spain marble inlay.
Stone, Marble
Fine 19th Century European Original Antique Fireplace Mantle from Empire Period
Located in Beervelde, BE
This original vintage fireplace surround is a one of a kind chimney piece.
Carrara Marble, Brass
French Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Its warm, natural stone surface bears subtle variations and age-worn character that designers prize when curating layered, authentic spaces. A statement fireplace surround of this s...
Stone, Limestone
A Polished Bolection Chimneypiece in Red-Veined Limestone
Located in London, GB
A polished moulded bolection fireplace surround in red-veined limestone, with shaped plinth blocks.
Limestone
Antique French Style Louis Pompadour Rouge Marble Fireplace
Located in Ware, GB
A finely carved fireplace surround in richly veined red marble, distinguished by its elegant serpentine frieze with a central cartouche motif.
Marble
Timeless Cosmopolitan Classic French Antique Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
Phenomenal original vintage fireplace surround in Ardeche hard stone. The stone has the look of a marble and reflects the light into the room.
Stone
Cast Iron Louis XVI Style Fireplace Insert
Located in Ware, GB
A handsome cast iron fireplace interior crafted from cast iron. The antique piece is designed to sit within the opening of a fireplace surround and frame the fire aperture just as sl...
Iron
Fine 18th Century French Burgundy Antique Fireplace Mantle in Stone
Located in Beervelde, BE
This rare original antique fireplace surround has on the front a pear upside down which was a symbol of wealth.
Stone
18th Century Original Antique Belgian Marble Fireplace, Louis XIV Period
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is an exceptional original Belgian fireplace surround in Gris d'Ardenne marble. The mantel shows side panels.
Marble
19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace With Brass From Grand Salon
Located in Beervelde, BE
Amazing Jaune de Sienne marble fireplace surround with brass bijouterie. The marble has beautiful veining which has been well reinforced.
Marble, Brass
French Marble Fireplace From The Ardeche Region In Olive Green Multi Colour
Located in Beervelde, BE
Fireplace surround with palm tree detail carved on the main piece.
Marble
18th Century Louis XVI Style French Stone Classic Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
Fine LXVI period French fireplace mantle in bicolor hard stone. Authentic fireplace surround for bespoke interior design.
Stone, Marble
Antique French Elegant Rustic Fireplace Mantel In Limestone With Patina
Located in Beervelde, BE
Original 18th century French grez limestone fireplace surround. The patina is exceptional. It reflects the light in the room and has a silky feeling when touching.
Stone, Limestone
18th Century Normandy Granite Fireplace For Rustic Slow Living Interior Design
Located in Beervelde, BE
Rustic French fireplace surround from the 18th century period in beige granite with original wear from Normandy.
Granite
19th Century French Classic Marble Antique Fireplace in the Style of Pompadour
Located in Beervelde, BE
Vintage antique fireplace surround with its original ground plate in a very rich color marble.
Marble
18th Century Classic French Regency Period Light Limestone Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
Classic French antique fireplace surround from the 18th century period. The limestone is waxed.
Limestone
Fine 18th Century Period French Antique Decorative Fireplace in Limestone
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is very small French country limestone fireplace surround from the Louis XV period. A delicate surround with great authentic patina and which was installed in a wood pannel room...
Limestone
Beautiful Belgian Antique Fireplace Mantel in Marble with Special Fronton
Located in Beervelde, BE
The details of the carving reflects the wealth of the former master. This fireplace surround was installed in a patriciers home in Bruges, the Venice of Northern Europe.
Marble
18th Century in Belgian Brown Marble Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
An exceptional original Regency period antique fireplace surround from an important Belgian family palace, dating from the 18th century.
Marble
Reclaimed Fireplace Mantle In Limestone From France
Located in Beervelde, BE
Unusual elegant white limestone antique French fireplace surround. This French campagnarde style is timeless and not too rustic.
Limestone
Antique French Style Pompadour Rouge Breche Marble Fireplace
Located in Ware, GB
A finely carved fireplace surround in richly veined red Breche marble, distinguished by its elegant serpentine frieze with a central cartouche motif.
Marble
Large Georgian Style Fireplace Mantel in Statuary and Blue John Marble
Located in London, GB
A large and very good quality Georgian style fireplace surround. In Statuary white marble with rare BlueJohn marble tablet and inlay.
Statuary Marble
19th Century Scottish Victorian Carrara Marble Corbeled Fireplace.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
An original Victorian 19th Century Scottish Pencil Veined Carrara marble corbeled fireplace surround. A generous square edged top shelf sits directly above an unadorned tablet fri...
Carrara Marble
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
18th Century Fine French Bicolor Marble Hard Stone Antique Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a very unique, once in a lifetime, original antique fireplace surround in deep color hardstone out of the Corton vinyard area in France.
Stone
large bolection mantel of Emperador marble produced by Ryan & Smith
By Ryan & Smith Ltd.
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
The Roma Bolection is a stylishly simple and robust example of a bolection moulding fireplace surround.
Marble
19th Century Louis Philippe Original French Antique Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
This fine 19th century European antique fireplace surround in a bicolor marble hard stone/marble has return pieces that can be used for a smaller upper mantle.
Stone
An English Bolection Fireplace in Fleur De Pêcher Marble
Located in London, GB
Historically associated with French and European interiors, Fleur de Pêcher works particularly well for fireplace surrounds, where its gentle movement and unusual palette create a so...
Marble
17th Century Louis XIV Limestone Fireplace Mantel, Carved, France
Located in Beervelde, BE
This again is a fabulous original antique fireplace surround in limestone. The central cartouche on the front holds a family crest of a nobilli.
Limestone
19th Century Elegant Antique Fine French Hard Stone Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
The hardness and the polish of the stone reflects the light in a room - the fireplace glows. It is the perfect Vintage fireplace surround for a panel room and a classic cozy interior...
Stone
Reclaimed ornate Regency Style Wooden Surround with Slate Slip
Located in Ware, GB
A substantial and highly decorative Regency style fireplace surround. The frieze is finely detailed with classical garlands, paterae and urns, framed by crisply moulded bands and de...
Slate
Reclaimed Georgian Style Pine Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Neoclassical style fireplace surround constructed from pine, with applied composition decoration, painted.
Pine
Antique Georgian Statuary Marble Surround with Acanthus
Located in Ware, GB
An original, antique Georgian fireplace surround carved in statuary white marble, dating to the late 18th or early 19th century.
Marble
Small Antique French Louis XIV Fireplace In Sandstone 18th Century Period
Located in Beervelde, BE
Small Louis XIV period fireplace surround in limestone with beautiful patina.
Stone, Limestone, Sandstone
Antique Georgian Belgian Black Marble Fire Surround & Insert
Located in Ware, GB
Exceptional Georgian Belgian Black Marble Fireplace with Original Cast Iron Insert A striking and highly refined late Georgian fireplace surround, executed in Belgian Black fossil m...
Marble, Iron
18th Century Fine European Vintage Marble Hard Stone Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a very unique marble-hardstone original antique fireplace surround. The hardness of the stone reflects the light in the room.
Stone, Marble
French Castle Fireplace Mantel In Rose And Ivory Colour Stone From Beaune
Located in Beervelde, BE
French castle fireplace surround in colourful hard-stone. This kind of stone was also used in the hotel Château de Gilly, near Dijon.
Marble
French Limestone Fireplace For Timeless Living From The 17th Century
Located in Beervelde, BE
Exceptional French Limestone Fireplace For Timeless Living. This is an original Louis XIV period limestone fireplace surround.
Limestone
18th Century Louis XIV Fine French Antique Fireplace Mantel in Hard Stone
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is an exceptional bicolor hard stone original antique fireplace surround from the south of France, near the Italian border.
Stone
French Limestone Fireplace Mantel with Authentic Rustic Patina Remains
Located in Beervelde, BE
An original French Louis XIV period antique fireplace surround from the 17th century, carved in limestone and enriched with authentic patina remains.
Stone, Limestone, Sandstone
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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