A Substantial 19th Century Scottish Victorian Slate Fireplace Surround.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A masculine 19th Century Victorian Scottish Slate fireplace surround. A deep unadorned top shelf with rounded corners sits above a plain frieze.
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A Scottish 19th Century Victorian Ballachulish Slate Fireplace Surround.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A classic antique 19th Century Scottish Ballachulish slate fireplace surround of elegant proportions.
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Monumental Antique Victorian Slate Fireplace Surround With Corbels
Located in Ware, GB
A very large Victorian fireplace surround in black slate, characterised by its architectural scale and clean, imposing proportions.
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19th Century Black Slate Fireplace Mantlepiece
Located in London, GB
19th Century Black Slate Fireplace Mantlepiece. This Glorious Original Victorian English Made Black Slate Fireplace Surround Has Recently Been Salvaged From A Central London Town H...
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19th Century Black Slate Fireplace Mantlepiece
Located in London, GB
19th Century Black Slate Fireplace Mantlepiece. A Large Beautiful Antique Victorian English Made Fireplace Surround Made From Black Welsh Slate.
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Reclaimed ornate Regency Style Wooden Surround with Slate Slip
Located in Ware, GB
A substantial and highly decorative Regency style fireplace surround. The frieze is finely detailed with classical garlands, paterae and urns, framed by crisply moulded bands and de...
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Ornate Neoclassical Style Wooden Surround with Capitals
Located in Ware, GB
Large reclaimed wooden surround in a Neoclassical composition, with fluted pilasters, acanthus capitals and stepped bases. The frieze is finely carved with classical scenes, garland ...
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Pair of of Victorian Gothic Slate Fireplace Surrounds
Located in London, GB
A pair of Victorian Gothic slate surrounds. Price is per fireplace as they can be sold separately.
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Early Victorian Slate Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A well proportioned antique early Victorian slate fireplace surround with "lambs tongue" carved brackets.
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19th Century Slate Rouge Marbleized Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
19th Century slate rouge marbleized fireplace mantelpiece. Hand carved antique Victorian slate fireplace surround with a deep black lacqured finish.
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H 51.38 in W 77.96 in D 14.57 in
Large 19th Century Victorian Scottish Slate Corbeled Fireplace Surround.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large and grand 19th Century Victorian Scottish Ballachulish slate fireplace surround. A generous top shelf with a moulded edge rests above a recessed panelled frieze the recessed ...
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Restored Edwardian Slate Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Restored Edwardian slate fireplace surround with simple geometric corbels supporting the shelf, circa 1900.
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Antique Edwardian Slate Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Antique Edwardian slate fireplace surround with geometric corbels supporting the shelf and etched panels to the jambs and frieze, circa 1900.
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Late Victorian Restored Slate Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Late Victorian restored plum slate fireplace surround. Fluted capitals sit above a chamfered interruption and three slate bosses.
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Antique 18th Century Georgian Slate Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Antique 18th century Georgian slate fireplace surround of simple form with dog leg moulding.
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Antique 19th Century Victorian Slate Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Antique 19th century Victorian slate fireplace surround. With etched detail and carved round bosses to the capitals and frieze, circa 1890.
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Large 19th Century Late Victorian Slate Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Large late Victorian slate fireplace surround with well carved corbels supporting the ogee moulded shelf above plain jambs and frieze, circa 1880.
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Early 19th Century Regency Slate Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Early 19th century Regency fireplace surround in subtly figured green grey slate.
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Original Georgian Slate Bull's-Eye Fireplace Surround
Located in London, GB
Antique Georgian slate surround shown with original Georgian insert (extra cost). Provenance bow. Opening size 28" W x 36" H.
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H 48.5 in W 77.5 in D 14 in
Antique Early Victorian Hand-Painted Slate Arched Fireplace Surround and Insert
Located in London, GB
A truly magnificent fireplace surround with unique, hand-painted decoration.
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Antique Victorian Corbeled Slate Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Antique Victorian slate surround with geometric carved corbels supporting the shelf. Circa 1890. Finished with traditional slate blacking. For detailed sizes see the size diagram ...
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Antique Regency Carved Slate Fire Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Antique Regency fire surround in Welsh heather blue slate with fluted legs terminating in fluted corbels. The frieze is centred with a high relief carved panel. Welsh Heather blu...
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H 45.67 in W 53.35 in D 8.86 in
Victorian Corbeled Slate Surround in Original Marble Paint Finish
Located in Manchester, GB
Victorian corbeled slate surround retaining its original Portoro marble paint finish in excellent condition. For detailed sizes please see the size diagram in the image gallery.
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H 47.64 in W 66.93 in D 13.78 in
Substantial Mid Victorian 19th Century Carved Slate Fire Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
A substantial mid Victorian carved slate fire surround with fine etched detail to the spandrels, quarter columns with carved capitals to the outside returns and an unusual heavily ca...
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Restored Antique Edwardian Slate Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Tall antique restored Edwardian black slate fireplace surround with tapering pilasters terminating in square capitals supporting an ogee shaped shelf.
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Restored 19th Century Victorian Slate Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Restored 19th century Victorian slate fireplace surround. The carved corbels benefit from flutes and applied black glazed bosses.
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Reclaimed 19th Century Victorian Slate Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Antique 19th century Victorian slate fireplace surround, with etched detail highlighted in gold and simple shallow corbels supporting the shelf, circa 1890.
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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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