Reclaimed Neoclassical Style Fireplace with Dolphin Frieze
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
dolphins or fish with floral garlands flowing from their mouths. Highly ornate, this distinctive fireplace
Wood, Pine
$7,455
H 43.31 in W 70.87 in D 10.24 in
Art Deco Fireplace mantel Inlaid Red and Yellow Marble, Rough, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
contestants. Inside fireplace mouth 122 x 88 h cm. Imponente camino in marmo rosso Levanto e serpentina
Breccia Marble
Cast Iron Fireback Presenting the Mouth of Truth, 19th Century
Located in Richebourg, Yvelines
Dated from the 19th century, cast iron fireback presenting the mouth of Truth. According to a
Cast Stone
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H 39.38 in W 44.49 in L 39.38 in
Antique White Carrara Marble Fireplace Mantel, Carved, 19th Century France
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient fireplace mantle in white Carrara marble, carved with geometric shapes and acanthus leaves
Carrara Marble
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H 44.1 in W 55.12 in D 11.82 in
Antique Gray Stone Fireplace Mantle, Rich Decorations Carved Roosters Ivy, '700
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
, cladding measuring top cm W 140 x H max 112 x D top cm 30, w pediment 120 cm, internal fireplace mouth cm W
Stone
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H 37.41 in W 39.38 in D 3.94 in
Fireplace Mantle, Carved Cast Iron Stove Floral Decorations, 19th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
mouth, built in the 19th century in Italy and used as a fireplace insert. Given its thickness, it can
Ironstone
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H 46.46 in W 55.12 in D 16.93 in
Antique Pink Marble Fireplace Mantel with Red Marble Inlays, 19th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
mouth of the fireplace measures cm W 90 x H 88.
Marble
$22,841
H 28.75 in W 15.75 in D 8.67 in
Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully carved hood & robes all from one...
Carrara Marble
$4,056
H 41.93 in W 43.31 in D 83.27 in
ANTIQUE FRENCH DUCK EGG BLUE HAND PAiNTED ORNATELY DECORATED BED FRAME IN OAK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this sublime quality, antique French Duck Egg Blue hand painted Napoleon II style bed frame Please note th...
Oak
$456,940 / set
H 157.49 in W 157.49 in D 157.49 in
18th Century Renaissance Palladio Dining Room Set in blackening wood of walnut
By Andrea Palladio
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Monumental and important Renaissance Palladio dining room set all in solid hand-carved walnut from a Palladian Palace in Vicenza of a Venetian patrician family. The back of the show...
Glass, Pine, Walnut
Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Metal
$168,346
H 110.24 in W 127.56 in D 127.56 in
1 BANGA space age micro architecture prefab house bungalow by Carlo Zappa, 1971
By Carlo Zappa
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
here we offer one of 2 bangas, with black interior. the second one with light grey interior is offered in another listing. a banga shows ways in which we could live more sustainably...
Fiberglass
$1,022,104
H 82.68 in Dm 76.78 in
Exceptional Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, L-A Marquis, France, C. 1860
By Maison Marquis
Located in PARIS, FR
This very important 96-lights chandelier made entirely in chiseled and gilded bronze in the Renaissance style, is composed at the lower part of six large sets of ten light-arms, ador...
Crystal, Bronze
Steinway & Sons Concert Grand Piano
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This extraordinary concert grand piano with 88 keys was made by the prestigious firm Steinway & Sons around 1894. The case's decoration was entrusted to the company Cuel & Cie and mo...
Wood, Giltwood
$2,749
H 31.5 in W 30.71 in D 1.19 in
Two Modernist Panels of Wrought Iron Railings, Gates or Screens Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Two modernist panels of wrought iron - railings, gates or screens. Mid-20th century, found in Sweden. Striking modernist design of folded triangles and rods finished in black paint....
Iron
English Regency Metamorphic Library Ladder
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency mahogany metamorphic library table/steps with hinged top & lion finial on a scrolled base. (with registry tag for J. Brodey, Bristol, dated March 12, 1851)
Bronze
"Bond Girls" by Larry Ellis
By Larry Ellis
Located in London, GB
"Bond Girls" by Larry Ellis Australian actor George Lazenby poses with several of his female co-stars whilst filming the new James Bond film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' in the...
Black and White
$78,000
H 39 in W 16 in D 16 in
Carlo Bugatti Mirrored Hall/Hat Stand with Mother of Pearl, Silver, & Bone Inlay
By Carlo Bugatti
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Art Nouveau narrow hall / hatrack stand having a walnut & ebonized wood frame with pewter & pearl inlay and a shaped inSet full-length mirror,with elaborate columns and cente...
Metal, Silver
$34,871
H 35.04 in W 21.66 in D 21.66 in
Important Empire Early 19th Century Fauteuil by Jean-Joseph Chapuis
By Jean Joseph Chapuis
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Despite his long life, very little is known about the general production of menuisier (chairmaker) Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864) and even less about his use of bent laminates, whic...
Cane, Bentwood
Painted 19th Century Armchair by Jean-Joseph Chapuis
Located in Troy, NY
Painted 19th Century Armchair by Jean-Joseph Chapuis. Neoclassical green painted and gilt armchair with caned seat. After a model by Jean-Joseph Chapuis. The front legs retain their ...
Cane, Wood
$17,186
H 34.65 in W 17.33 in D 22.05 in
Monumental Pair of Bronze Wall Lanterns in Natural Verdigris Patination
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Truly magnificent pair of bronze wall hung porch lanterns, simply vast scale, excellent natural verdigris patination. Fine crisp casting. Beautifully manufactured. England, Early 2...
Bronze
Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Nine-Light Candelabra, Emblematic of Hunting
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Large Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Nine-Light Candelabra, Emblematic of Hunting. Each conceived in the Louis XV style with rocaille stem supporting assymetrically modelled sc...
Ormolu
Monumental 20th Century Pair Of French Gilt Bronze & Crystal Lanterns
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A monumental early 20th Century French pair of gilt bronze & crystal lanterns. Each features a foliate and acanthus-cast corona above six scroll supports, which suspend a waisted ban...
Crystal, Bronze
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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