Ornate Ceramic Kachelofen Stove
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive "Kachelofen" (ceramic stove) from the 19th century. The shaped feet surmounted by substantial burning chamber with arched copper door.
Ceramic
19th Century Austrian White Glazed Terracotta Kachelofen Stove
Located in Essex, MA
Austrian White Terracotta Tile Stove or Kachelofen. Mid 19th Century in Rococo Style.
Terracotta
19th Century German Rococo Style Majolica Stove Kachelofen
Located in London, GB
A large late 19th century South German or Austrian majolica-faience stove or kachelofen in the Rococo style. Built in nine sections of typical Bombe format, fired in white with ligh...
Vivai del Sud Lounge Chair in Pink Fabric Upholstery
By Vivai del Sud
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Vivai del Sud, lounge chair, pink fabric upholstery, Italy, 1970s This vibrant and cheerful lounge chair was created in the 1970s. This playful lounge chair is upholstered in a shi...
Fabric
$476,572
H 16.15 in W 28.35 in D 20.48 in
Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone Regency period ebonized wooden casket
Located in London, GB
Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone mounted ebonized wooden casket English, 19th Century Height 41cm, width 72cm, depth 52cm Exceptionally fine and richly adorned, this beau...
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Ormolu
$140,000 / set
H 24 in W 44.5 in D 21.5 in
Rare Pair French Retour D'egypt Terracotta Lions Sculptures Statues Los Angeles
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rare Pair French Retour D'egypt Terracotta Lions Sculptures Statues Los Angeles , Exceptional fine pair of Large French Retour D'egypt period terracotta lions, circa 1790-1810. The F...
Terracotta
Grand French Art Deco Three Tiered Signed Sabino Chandelier
By Marius-Ernest Sabino
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Stunning three tiered French Art Deco chandelier signed by the famous French artist Marius-Ernesto Sabino. Consisting of 38 glass leaf panels in a geometric motif that surround the c...
Glass
$11,181
H 29.53 in Dm 23.63 in
Art Nouveau Lamp, Patinated Bronze and Stained Glass, Tiffany style, 1980's
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
We are delighted to offer this stunning Art Nouveau style salon lamp, a faithful reinterpretation of the "Hanging Head Dragonfly Shade and Mosaic and Turtleback Base" model created b...
Metal, Brass, Bronze
$129,355
H 112.5 in W 125 in D 21.5 in
19th Century French Mahogany and Ormolu Bookcase in the Empire Style
By Antoine Krieger
Located in London, GB
An exceptional and fine library breakfront bookcase by Antoine Krieger of Paris In the Empire taste, this wonderful piece shows careful selection of matched flame mahogany veneers...
Ormolu
19th Century Paul Storr Silver Tea Urn
By Paul Storr, Rundell, Bridge & Rundell
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinarily rare and masterfully crafted tea urn is by the hand of the master Georgian silversmith Paul Storr. Created by Storr while working for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell...
Silver
$32,500 / set
H 31 in W 52 in D 20 in
Pair of French Wood Carved Dolphin Console Tables, Pier Tables, Giltwood
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of French Wood Carved Dolphin Console Tables, Marble Top, Giltwood, Made in France A Large and Impressive pair of full bodied Dolphin solid wood carved console or pier tables. ...
Giltwood
Important Italian Renaissance Revival Marble Garden Planter
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
IMPORTANT ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL MARBLE GARDEN PLANTER ORIGIN: NORTHERN ITALY PERIOD: 19th CENTURY Height: 52 cm Length: 130 cm Depth: 53 cm Verona marble Taking the form o...
Marble
$163,396 / set
H 11.42 in W 27.56 in D 11.42 in
Large Antique Austrian Silver and Glass Garniture by Schwarz & Steiner
By Schwarz & Steiner
Located in London, GB
Large antique Austrian silver and glass garniture by Schwarz & Steiner Austrian, Late 19th Century Centrepiece: Height 29cm, width 70cm, depth 29cm Candelabra: Height 39cm, width 2...
Silver
French Regence Red Velvet Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
French Regence style (19th Cent) gilt throne chair with carved back crest and stretcher with red velvet upholstery
Velvet, Wood
Baradari in White Marble Handcrafted in India
By Stephanie Odegard Collection
Located in New York, NY
Baradari, also Bara Dari, is a building or pavilion with twelve doors designed to allow free flow of air. The structure has three doorways on every side of the square-shaped structur...
Marble
$68,800
H 13 in W 12.5 in D 9.5 in
Important French Renaissance Revival Silver, Lapis Lazuli, Jeweled Covered Box
Located in New York, NY
An Important French Renaissance Revival Covered Box, Crafted in Silver and Mounted with Lapis Lazuli Panels, Gilt Bronze Figures, and Jeweled Cabochons. The piece is signed in two lo...
Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Silver
Important and Rare Canopy Bed of the Guangxu Reign
Located in Madrid, ES
Important and rare canopy bed. In 19th century tamarind, of the Guangxu reign (1875-1908). Decoration with plant motifs. Dimentions.: 228 x 210 x 165 cm. Complete and in very g...
Wood
Unavailable|$280,000 / set
H 88 in W 35 in D 26.5 in
Monumental Pair of Covered Presentation Vases Christofle, Paris, circa 1864-1865
By Christofle
Located in Tarzana, CA
Monumental Pair of Covered Presentation Vases on Pedestals Christofle, Paris, circa 1864-1865 Grand neoclassical urn forms with waisted necks and slightly everted rims, fitted with ...
Marble, Silver Plate
Desco Circle Bathtub Made of Marble Customizable
By Vittorio Longheu
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Desco Collection is the results of a renewed collaboration between Pibamarmi and the designer Vittorio Longheu. This work is defined by a peculiar set of elements, strongly charact...
Limestone, Marble
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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