With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the marble fireplace Belgian you’re looking for. Frequently made of
stone,
marble and
belgian black marble, every marble fireplace Belgian was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a marble fireplace Belgian — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right marble fireplace Belgian, those designed in
Louis XV,
Louis XVI and
Regency styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made marble fireplace Belgian over the years, but those crafted by
De Opkamer and
Pace Furniture Company are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
A marble fireplace Belgian can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $12,084, while the lowest priced sells for $775 and the highest can go for as much as $599,998.
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.