Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
1950s English Palladian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Hardwood
1960s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Limestone
Mid-20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Mahogany
1970s French Louis XVI Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
Mid-20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Pine
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Shell, Wood
1950s English Palladian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Limestone
1950s Georgian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Marble
1940s Scottish Victorian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Granite
1950s English Regency Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Marble
1930s English Georgian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Pine
20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Walnut
1960s British Georgian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Brass, Steel
1960s Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Pine
1950s English Victorian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Marble
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Limestone
1960s English Egyptian Revival Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
1940s British Victorian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Carrara Marble
1940s English Georgian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
1950s English Georgian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
Late 20th Century English Georgian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Marble, Carrara Marble
Late 20th Century British Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Brass, Chrome
1960s British Early Victorian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
1960s British Regency Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
1950s British Victorian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
1930s Scottish William IV Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
1950s English Victorian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
1950s English Regency Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Limestone
1950s Scottish Georgian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Steel, Brass
20th Century English Georgian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Pine
Late 20th Century American Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Brass, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Louis XV Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Wood
1930s Scottish Art Deco Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Limestone
1930s English George III Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
20th Century English Georgian Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Wood
1970s British Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Oak
20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Oak
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Terracotta
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Stainless Steel
20th Century English Art Deco Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Walnut, Bakelite, Wood
20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Mid-20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Limestone
20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Oak
20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Pine, Paint
20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Walnut
20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Statuary Marble
20th Century English Neoclassical Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Medieval Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Marble
Mid-20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Brass
20th Century English Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Pine
20th Century European Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Marble
20th Century American Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Marble
Mid-20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Wood, Pine
20th Century Vintage Fireplace Mantel Surround
Limestone
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Finding the Right fireplaces-mantels for You
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.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A fireplace mantel surround is an object that extends from the fireplace's exterior wall into the room and frames the opening. It consists of the sides and a mantel, although it may or may not contain the hearth, which is the base of the fireplace. Fireplace surrounds assist in making a fireplace more of a centerpiece and focal point for a home, as well as offering a shelf space above the fireplace for personal objects to be displayed. Find a variety of antique and vintage fireplace mantel surrounds on 1stDibs.
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