Georgian Limestone Bolection Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An original late Georgian limestone bolection fire mantel dating from circa 1800 and reclaimed from a property in Oxfordshire, UK.
Stone, Limestone
George III Limestone Bolection Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A good original late Georgian period surround,reclaimed from a house near Tetbury. Measures: Opening Height 80.5 cm Opening Width 122.5 cm Width between outside of foot-blocks 165.5 cm.
Stone, Limestone
Early 20th Century Limestone Bolection Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large and substantial late 19th / early 20th century limestone bolection fire surround, circa 1900. With its appealing neutral stone colour, with light wear in places that only add...
Stone, Limestone
Monumental 17th-century Italian limestone fireplace mantel with bolection profil
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Monumental 17th-century Italian limestone fireplace mantel in Renaissance style, featuring a characteristic and grand bolection profile.
Limestone
Antique Limestone Bolection Fireplace Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Reclaimed Antique Limestone Bolection Fire Surround. Hand carved natural limestone fire surround salvaged from a property in Stroud. Additional Dimensions Opening height 75.5 c...
Limestone
Elegant Carved Bolection Fireplace in Limestone
Located in London, GB
An elegant carved bolection moulded fireplace in a light limestone. The frieze and jambs with carved oak leaf decoration and cross banded centre ribbon to centre. A copy of a period ...
Limestone
Antique French Bolection Limestone Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A French bolection style antique limestone fire surround, possibly dating from as early as the 17th century. This striking stone fireplace is of beautiful design and proportion, offe...
Stone, Limestone
Georgian Limestone Bolection Chimneypiece Fireplace, England, 1890
Located in London, GB
A large ‘Hopton Wood’ limestone moulded bolection chimneypiece fireplace with rectangular framed frieze and plinths. The chimneypiece is made up of three carved moulded lengths and ...
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. Restored. Circa Late Nineteenth century. Internal width: 34 1/2″ Internal heig...
Limestone
A Stylish English Moulded Bolection Fireplace in Moleanos Limestone.
Located in London, GB
A stylish English moulded bolection fireplace in Moleanos Limestone. A good quality copy of the Queen Anne design. Modern. Shelf Width: 1370 mm 53 ⅞" Overall Height: 1205 mm ...
Limestone
$8,151 / item
Ryan & Smith Large Stone Bolection Fireplace
By Ryan & Smith Ltd.
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A limestone bolection fireplace of large-scale, the frame measuring 12" (300 mm) wide. This simple and timeless style of fireplace was used by architect Sir Christopher Wren almost 3...
Limestone
$12,471 / item
An English Bolection Fireplace in Ancaster stone
Located in London, GB
An English bolection fireplace in Ancaster stone. The jambs and frieze with moulding throughout, surmounted by moulded shelf. Unusually deep design for the style adding the benefit o...
Limestone
$40,040
French Limestone Fireplace
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted from exquisite limestone quarried in Bordeaux, France in 1680, this French Limestone Fireplace Mantel boasts authentic Bolection style carvings.
Limestone
Ryan and Smith Modern Stone Bolection Style Fireplace
By Ryan & Smith Ltd.
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A solid limestone fireplace of fashionable design, produced from three single blocks of stone. The 'Naples Bolection' is a stylishly simple and robust example of a bolection moulding...
Limestone
The Bolection B: A Classical Stone Fireplace Profile with Shelf and Plinths
By Atelier Jouvence Custom Stoneworks
Located in Chicago, IL
The Bolection B carved stone fireplace features a classical Bolection-style profile, curving out and then back in. Additional layers of molding add to the visual interest. The top s...
Limestone
The Bolection A: A Classical Stone Fireplace Profile Without Shelf or Plinths
By Atelier Jouvence Custom Stoneworks
Located in Chicago, IL
The Bolection A stone fireplace shares a classical Bolection-style profile with our Bolection B design, but without the top shelf piece and the plinths. The molding profile curves o...
Limestone
Antique Cotswold Limestone Bolection Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A reclaimed Bolection stone fire surround of large proportions. Additional Dimensions: Opening Height 114 cm Opening Width 137.5 cm Width between outsides of the foot blo...
Limestone
1920s Bolection Fossilised Limestone Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique carved Hopton wood limestone fire surround of simple form. Additional Dimensions: Opening Height 108 cm Opening Width 121.5 cm Width between outsides of the foot blo...
Limestone
Reclaimed Bolection Style Limestone Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An English reclaimed limestone fire mantel in bolection style dating from the early 20th century.
Stone, Limestone
Reclaimed English Bolection Style Limestone Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An elegant reclaimed limestone fireplace in a timeless bolection style. Its clean-lines and soft limestone colour are an understated addition to interiors traditional and contempora...
Stone, Limestone
Antique Bolection Style Fossilised Limestone Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A simple and elegant antique fossilised limestone fireplace in the bolection style, circa 1900. With its clean lines and neutral stone colour, this reclaimed stone fire surround is a...
Stone, Limestone
Antique English Limestone Bolection Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Though this antique English limestone bolection fireplace dates from circa 1800, it clean-lines and soft limestone colour are an understated addition to interiors traditional and con...
Stone, Limestone
Limestone Bolection Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
About A deeply carved English Cotswold or Bath stone bolection fireplace Condition Report The mantel has had a repair to the right side.
Stone
Antique English Limestone Bolection Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
About A good quality Georgian period carved Limestone fireplace. Reclaimed from a property in Devon. Condition report: In excellent condition for its age and use. There have...
Limestone
19th Century Limestone Bolection Fire Surround
Located in London, GB
A substantial Bolection chimneypiece carved from beautiful soft grey, salmon brown and taupe Derbyshire Fossil Limestone with a large central keystone. This stone is quite hard and w...
Limestone
Georgian Style Fossilised Limestone Bolection Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A bolection molded fireplace, hand carved from Limestone with many fossil inclusions. Measures: Opening height 105.5 cm Opening width 111.5 cm.
Limestone
Antique French Limestone Mantel
Located in Dallas, TX
An 18th-century French limestone mantel featuring a gracefully carved bolection arch design that extends across the center and down both legs.
Limestone
A Bolection Fireplace in a Light Coloured Limestone
Located in London, GB
A simple stone bolection fireplace in a light coloured limestone. Moulded frieze and jambs based on the classical Queen Anne style. Modern. Shelf Width: 1207 mm 47 ½" Overall...
Limestone
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H 45.08 in W 74.81 in D 4.34 in
Early 19th Century English Cotswold Limestone Bolection Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This fire surround comes with a later limestone fender. Excellent original condition Opening Height 91 cm Opening Width 144.5 cm Width Between Legs 192.5 cm Fender Height 12 cm Lengt...
Limestone
Nineteenth Century Bathstone Bolection Fireplace
Located in London, GB
19th century Bathstone bolection chimneypiece, in the late 17th century style, the ogee moulded surround on block feet. Opening height 102cm x 107cm wide. Bathstone is a type of l...
Limestone
Victorian Stone Bolection Fireplace Surround
Located in Twickenham, GB
A simple Victorian stone (possibly Ironstone) bolection fireplace surround, the frame surround composed of an inverse ogee mould, with thin mould surrounding the aperture, on block f...
Limestone
Ryan & Smith Large Stone Bolection Fireplace
By Ryan & Smith Ltd.
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A limestone bolection fireplace of large-scale, the frame measuring 12" (300 mm) wide. This simple and timeless style of fireplace was used by architect Sir Christopher Wren almost 3...
Limestone
Reclaimed Limestone Bolection Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique carved natural stone fire surround. Additional Dimensions: Opening height 102 cm Opening width 123.5 cm Width between outside of the foot blocks 165.5 cm.
Limestone
1920s Bolection Fossilised Limestone Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An Antique carved Hopton wood limestone fire surround of simple form. Additional Dimensions: Opening Height 108 cm Opening Width 121.5 cm Width between outsides of the foot bl...
Limestone
Reclaimed Limestone Bolection Fireplace Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Reclaimed Limestone Bolection Fireplace. A Georgian style, Fossilised Limestone, Bolection Fire Surround dating to the 1920s. Additional Dimensions Opening Height 102 cm Ope...
Limestone
Fossil Stone Bolection Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large, late Victorian Derbyshire Fossil Limestone Bolection fire surround with a polished satin finish. The moulded frieze and jambs raised on substantial and sturdy foot blocks. ...
Limestone
1920s Art Deco Polished Limestone Bolection Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
1920s Art Deco polished limestone bolection fire surround. Opening H 87 x W 117 cm.
Limestone
Bath Stone Bolection Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A rustic bolection fireplace in bath stone. English, 19th century. Measurements: Shelf width: 1221 mm / 48 1/8 in Overall height: 1080 mm / 42 1/2 in Opening height: 925 mm / 36 3/8...
Limestone
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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