Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the jamb fireplace mantel you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A jamb fireplace mantel — often made from
stone,
marble and
statuary marble — can elevate any home. Find 1103 options for an antique or vintage jamb fireplace mantel now, or shop our selection of 33 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect jamb fireplace mantel — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each jamb fireplace mantel bearing
Louis XVI,
Georgian or
Regency hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made jamb fireplace mantel over the years, but those crafted by
Status Aparte,
Edward Welby Pugin and
Emily Todhunter are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
Prices for a jamb fireplace mantel can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,171 and can go as high as $376,500, while the average can fetch as much as $14,116.
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.