19th Century English Victorian Dove Grey Marble Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
A 19th century English Victorian dove grey marble fireplace, with carved brackets to jambs and arched opening. Shelf Width: 2265 mm 89 1/8 in Overall Height: 1390 mm 54 ...
Marble
19th Century Victorian Statuary Marble Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
19th century fine English Victorian statuary honed marble fireplace surround. Hand carved with fluted pilasters tapered jambs. With fine ornamental tablets On recessed paneling above...
Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble
19th Century Victorian Style Polished Cast Iron Fireplace Mantelpiece
By Acquisitions
Located in London, GB
20th Century Polished Cast Iron Fireplace Mantelpiece This Magnificent Fireplace, The Peace & Plenty Exemplifies Pure Quality Cast Iron. And Is An Unusually Detailed Polished Cast ...
Iron, Wrought Iron
$434Sale Price|41% Off
English Solid Oak Timber Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
Simple classical late Victorian, early Edwardian design.
Oak
$4,890Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Carrara Marble Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
19th Century Victorian White Carrara Marble Fireplace Mantelpiece A beautiful and authentic 19th century English made Victorian white Italian Carrara honed marble fireplace mantelpi...
Carrara Marble
20th Century English Stone Fireplace Mantelpiece
By Acquisitions
Located in London, GB
Late Georgian, early Victorian style English made fireplace mantel. English made with impressive white limestone. Hand-carved with columns giving an elegant understated appearance. ...
Limestone
19th Century St. Annes Marble Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
Annes Marble Fireplace Mantelpiece. This Stunning Original Victorian English Made Marble Fireplace Has Recently Been Salvaged From A London Town House.
Marble
19th Century Cast Iron Tiled Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
19th century cast iron tiled fireplace mantelpiece. This fine example of an Antique original Victorian fireplace has a fully Burnished (Polished) Finish.
Iron, Wrought Iron
Antique Victorian Statuary Carrara Beautifully Carved Marble Mantel, circa 1880
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Antique Victorian Statuary Carrara Beautifully Carved Marble Mantel, circa 1880 A beautifully carved and proportioned, antique Victorian Statuary Carrara marble mantelpiece.
Statuary Marble
1883 English Pair of Victorian Brass Candlesticks with Cobalt Blue Enamel Panels
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
A rare surviving pair of smaller-scale Victorian candlesticks, ideal for mantelpiece, desk, cabinet or intimate dining display.
Bronze, Enamel
Staffordshire Horse and Rider Figure, England, ca. 1850s
By Staffordshire
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
This type of Staffordshire figure was popular in Victorian parlors and mantelpieces, representing scenes from daily life, legend, or nobility.
Ceramic, Earthenware
COLLECTABLE 1940's ORIGINAL UPHOLSTERY DOROTHY DRAPER GROSFELD HOUSE SIDE CHAIR
By Dorothy Draper
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
They also bought more than a million yards of her signature cabbage rose fabric In 1937, Draper created a top-to-bottom decorative scheme for the exclusive Hampshire House apartment...
Upholstery, Hardwood
Grand Arched Victorian Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A Grand and Impressive Arched Victorian Mantelpiece, carved in Bardiglio Black veined Blue Grey Marble, English Mid 19th Century.
Marble
Early Victorian Arched Mantelpiece in Carrara Marble
Located in New York, NY
Early Victorian arched mantelpiece hand carved in Carrara marble.
Marble
Unavailable
H 46.75 in W 63.5 in D 12.5 in
Antique Original Veined Carrara Victorian Marble Corbel Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
Original antique beautifully veined Victorian Carrara marble corbel surround. Measures: Opening 39.75" W x 38.5" H.
Marble
19th Century Belgium Black Marble Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
A beautiful 19th century marble fireplace mantelpiece. Carved in Belgium black marble, with finely hand-carved white statuary paterae, delicate corbels above the fluted jambs and ce...
Belgian Black Marble
Unavailable
H 45.5 in W 78 in D 13 in
19th Century antique Victorian Carved Statuary White Marble Corbel fireplace
Located in London, GB
Original antique Statuary white Victorian marble corbel fireplace mantelpiece with carved frieze, legs and corbels.
Marble
Sold
H 50.01 in W 70.87 in D 7.88 in
Arts & Crafts Antique Fireplace, Victorian Mantelpiece Fire Surround in Walnut
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an Arts & Crafts antique fireplace, a Victorian mantelpiece fire surround in walnut, English, circa 1900.
Walnut
Antique Decorative Pine Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Decorative antique pine fireplace. A victorian mantelpiece with a carved frieze. The fireplace has been stripped and waxed and features beautiful dental carvings.
Wood, Pine
English Stone Corbel Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
An impressive English made white Italian stone fireplace mantel. Hand-carved corbels with detailed recessed panels on jambs and frieze.
Marble, Statuary Marble
19th Century English Black Marble Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
A striking black with white veined Nero Marquina marble fireplace. The jambs with tapering half round columns with moulded bases and capitals, surmounted by plain square side blocks,...
19th Century Belgium Black Marble Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
A beautiful 19th century marble fireplace mantelpiece. Carved in Belgium black marble, with finely hand-carved white statuary paterae, delicate corbels above the fluted jambs and ce...
Statuary Marble, Belgian Black Marble
Staffordshire Pottery Cow Figure Spill Vases
By Staffordshire
Located in Downingtown, PA
Measurements: Height: 10 3/4 inches (27.3 cm) Width: 9 inches (22.9 cm) Depth: 4 inches (10.2 cm) Historical Context: In the Victorian home, the mantelpiece was the focal point of...
Ceramic, Pottery
19th Century Victorian Cast Iron Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
19th century Victorian cast iron fireplace mantelpiece. Burnished finish.
Iron
Sold
H 52.76 in W 69.69 in D 11.42 in
19th Century Victorian Burnished Cast Iron Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
A truly magnificent imposing 19th century English Victorian burnished cast iron mantelpiece. This rare fireplace shows exceptional details; With a classical urn and swags casting ill...
Iron
Antique Marble Mantelpiece
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Antique English Victorian black and green marble mantelpiece. Dating from the 1860s, large in scale and made in the classical revival style.
Marble
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.
Stone, Slate
19th Century Polished Cast-Iron Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
This truly magnificent original peace and plenty fireplace mantelpiece exemplifies the craftsman’s approach to quality iron casting of its age. This ornate period design incorporates...
Iron
Original Victorian Cast Iron Fireplace Mantlepiece
Located in London, GB
An original British Victorian antique cast iron fireplace mantelpiece.
Iron
Victorian 19th Century Cast, Iron Fireplace Mantlepiece
Located in London, GB
An elegant Victorian original cast iron mantelpiece. Salvaged from a London town house with highlight polished finish.
Iron
20th Century Victorian Corbel Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
20th century Victorian styled arched carved corbel mantelpiece in a statuary white marble.
Marble, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble
Victorian Belgium Black Marble Mantel, circa 1870, "Vic-Zb72"
Located in New York, NY
A Belgian black marble mid-Victorian, circa 1870, corbel mantelpiece. Opening dimensions: 36" W x 38.75" H.
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.