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Andirons For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1990s
20th Century Sunflower Black Wrought Oversized Iron Hand Forged Andirons
Located in Essex, MA
20th century wrought iron hand forged black sunflower andirons with scrolled legs and hitching post loop in the middle these spectacular andirons measure. Tall. Lovely large size.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of "Sea Horse" Andirons by Edouard Schenck
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Pair of "Sea Horse" andirons by Edouard Schenck France 1950's.
Category

1950s European Vintage Andirons

Materials

Iron

Vintage Brass Horse Andirons, Screen, Log Holder and Tools, Complete Set
Located in Esperance, NY
Vintage brass horse andirons, screen, log holder and tools - complete set Measures: Screen: 31.25” H x 38” W x 5.5” D Andirons 17.25” H x 4.25”...
Category

1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Brass

Large Bronze Andirons in the Style of Pierre Legrain, France 1960's
By Pierre-Emile Legrain
Located in New York, NY
The largest version of these stunning andirons, they stand at 24" tall and would make any fireplace stand out. The bronze part is a solid piece and is shaped like a stylized flame, p...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Andirons

Materials

Bronze, Wrought Iron

Pair of Graphical Andirons from Iron and Brass Chrome, France, circa 1940
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant French late Art Deco, early midcentury andirons made from forged iron, brass and nickel details. Very reduced, graphical andirons in good condition with signs of rust...
Category

1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Iron, Brass, Wrought Iron

Fireplace Grate Andirons, With Deer With Drawer Collect Ashes
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Very original, surely it is a unique piece, made by a professional sculptor. perfect finish Original Fire Grate Basket made of iron with a drawer to extract the ashes and with upper...
Category

Mid-20th Century European Other Andirons

Materials

Iron

Donald Deskey Andirons and Wall Mounted Fireplace Tools by Bennett
Located in Hanover, MA
An original five piece set of modernist Art Deco andirons and matching fireside tools designed by Donald Deskey and produced by Bennett-Ire...
Category

1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Pair of Brass George Washington Andirons
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage pair of brass George Washington Andirons, likely mid 20th century, cast brass shallow full length figure of George Washington standi...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Federal Andirons

Materials

Brass

Pair of Bronze Andirons, Large and Impressive
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of bronze andirons. Large and impressive andirons having been polished. Louis XVI in style having a flame top supported by a column center...
Category

Mid-20th Century Louis XVI Andirons

Materials

Metal, Brass

Pair of Arts & Crafts Modern Chrome Andirons
Located in Port Jervis, NY
A very modern take on a pair of hand forged Andirons that are chrome over iron. Tall sleek and elegant. Signed Cahill?
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Chrome, Iron

Pair of Large Bronze Georgian Style Andirons
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of large Bronze Georgian style andirons. These large and impressive andirons have been polished and are ready to sit in front of any fireplace setting. Set on ball and hairy cla...
Category

1960s Georgian Vintage Andirons

Materials

Metal, Brass

Raymond Subes, Pair of Wrought Iron Andirons, French, Circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of andirons is made of wrought iron. This is a French work, circa 1940.
Category

1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Large Pair Hand Forged Iron Spanish Colonial Mission Arts & Crafts Andirons
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of well-crafted hand forged Andirons in the Spanish Colonial style. Complete set of three with the connecting bar for stability. Great craftsmanship with swing arm for pot warming...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Spanish Colonial Andirons

Materials

Iron

Polished Brass Twisted Arrow Style Andirons, Vintage Pair
Located in East Hampton, NY
These simple and yet classic designed andirons in a polished brass with twisted neck and spade finial.
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Iron, Brass

Pair of Neoclassical Style Bronze and Wrought IronAndirons with Lions Faces. F
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of neoclassical style andirons is made of bronze and wrought iron. These firedogs have lion faces medallions. This is a French work, circ...
Category

1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Andirons

Materials

Bronze, Wrought Iron

Mid Century Fireplace Tool Set by Bennett Attributed to Deskey
Located in New York, NY
Great midcentury fireplace tool set signed Bennett, design attributed to Donald Deskey. This set is in exceptional clean, ready to use o...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

Andirons by Donald Deskey
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A pair of sculptural patinated bronze andirons having simple diagonally cropped tapered blades projecting vertically from footed cast iron bases.
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Pair of Cast Iron and Wrought Ironandirons, French, circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of andirons is made of cast iron and wrought iron. This is a French work, circa 1940.
Category

1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron, Iron

Donald Deskey Style Polished Brass and Steel Art Deco Fireplace Andirons
Located in Ferndale, MI
Art Deco styled geometric fireplace andirons. Polished brass square set in cast iron stand. Style of Donald Deskey known for so many Machine Age fi...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron, Wrought Iron

Vintage Blackened Steel Tree Trunk Log Andirons, circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
AFP0636 A pair of vintage blackened steel andirons in the form of tree trunks or cacti with two branches. The richly textured surface created by a clever method of laying down indivi...
Category

1950s Rustic Vintage Andirons

Materials

Steel

Pair of Modernist Wrought Iron Andirons
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
Pair of modernist wrought iron andirons, French, circa 1940.
Category

1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Donald Deskey Style Andirons, Brass Buckles and Wrought Iron
Located in New York, NY
Donald Deskey style andirons, brass buckles and wrought iron. Handsome pair of modernist andirons with square brass buckle fronts, semicircle bases and wr...
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron, Brass

Pair of Vintage Cast Iron Horse Head Andirons USA 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Pair of cast iron horse head andirons. USA, circa 1950. Black finish, brass accent.
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Iron

Dachshund Andirons
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A substantial pair of Art Deco dachshund andirons in a patinated bronze finish.
Category

1940s American Art Deco Vintage Andirons

Materials

Bronze

Pair of cast Iron Musketeers Andirons, French, circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of Musketeers andirons is made of cast iron. They are very unusual and decorative. These are a French work, circa 1950.
Category

1950s French Louis XIV Vintage Andirons

Materials

Iron

Large Iron North Wind and Dolphin Andirons
Located in Tarrytown, NY
From a celebrities Southampton, NY oceanfront estate. Large iron, north wind and dolphin andirons. These andirons can be shipped UPS.
Category

1990s Andirons

Materials

Iron

H-Form Cast Iron Andirons and Fire Log Basket by William H. Jackson Co.
Located in Hanover, MA
This is an original set of cast iron H-form andirons or chenets labelled Wm. H. Jackson Co. together with the original cast iron fire log basket. Late ...
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

American Modernist Andirons in Steel and Iron
Located in New York, NY
American Modernist pair of andirons made in steel and iron. The pair was made during the circa 1930s-1940s in the United States and has decorative pine cone finials. In great vintage...
Category

1930s American Art Deco Vintage Andirons

Materials

Steel, Iron

1950s Iron Horseshoe Andirons
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s iron horseshoe andirons.
Category

1950s Vintage Andirons

Materials

Iron

Massive Pair of Cast Brass Chenet Andirons Mythological
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An impressive pair of cast brass Chenet andiorns. The mythological figures representing Hercules in mirror image rest on elaborate bases with winged and scaled dragons with three paw...
Category

Mid-20th Century European Andirons

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Wrought Iron Rustic Andirons, Midcentury, France
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of wrought iron rustic andirons. The condition is good with minor signs of rusting due to material use. Dimensions: Height is 14.96" x 11.41...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Andirons

Materials

Iron

Donald Deskey Andirons, Brass, Signed Bennett
Located in New York, NY
Donald Deskey andirons, brass, signed Bennett. In original unrestored condition. The brass elements have a warm, naturally aged patina with minor discoloration and slight corruption ...
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron, Brass

Pair of Cast Iron Andirons Representing an Evangelist, French, circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of cast iron andirons represents an Evangelist. They are French, circa 1940.
Category

1940s French Gothic Vintage Andirons

French Vintage Ornamental Andirons Made from Brass Iron
Located in Vienna, AT
Nice pair of andirons from France, circa 1950s, made from iron and brass with handmade embossed ornaments. The condition is good with patina to the brass. Measurements are 14.96"/4....
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Iron, Brass

Pair of 20th Century French Neoclassical Column Bronze Andirons
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of 20th century French neoclassical column bronze andirons. Each with flame finial above draped Ionic columnar standard on oval pedestal base ...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Andirons

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Iron

Pair of Twisted Wrought Iron Andirons, French, circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of andirons is made of a twisted main part with ball on top. With their look, they can both be used for an old fire place as for a contemporary one. They are French, circa ...
Category

1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Vintage Brass Anchor Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of anchor-shaped andirons in polished brass with black iron stand. USA, circa 1940.
Category

1940s American Vintage Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

Mythological Horned Creatures, French Andirons
Located in East Hampton, NY
These very rare andirons are from Art Deco period, mythological animals with horns in brass. Very heavy and well crafted.
Category

1950s French Art Deco Vintage Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

Pair of Wrought Iron Andirons, French
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of wrought iron andirons are very elegant and made of a very good quality. It is a french work, circa 1940.
Category

1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Folk Art Industrial Forged and Blackened Iron Andirons with Scroll Feet, c. 1940
Located in New York, NY
AFP0598 A pair of vintage andirons, made in the folk art style with truck axles, topped with a bouquet of engine valve stems and terminating in scrolled feet. The iron in a blackened...
Category

1940s Folk Art Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Mid Century Modern Virginia Metalcrafters Modernist Nickel Plate Andirons 1980s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a phenomenal, pair of cast brass with nickel-plated andirons, by Virginia Metalcrafters, circa the 1980s. In excellent condition. The dimensions of each are...
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Nickel

Hand-Wrought Black Iron Snake Andirons
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage pair of hand-wrought black iron snake form andirons.
Category

1940s American Folk Art Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of Brass Andirons Attributed to Donald Deskey
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of midcentury fireplace andirons. We're reasonable sure they were designed by Donald Deskey. Brass portions have been polished. The...
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Brass, Steel

Chinoiserie Antiqued Mirror Andirons
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant chinoiserie antiqued mirror andirons, American, circa 1940s. They retain their warm original patina to the brass.
Category

1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

Brass Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish Mid-Century Modern set of andirons in polished brass and black iron date to the 1950s and have been professionally polished and will make a great look for your fires thi...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

Selection of Modern Fire Tools
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Modern Fire Tools, circa 1950s-1960s. From left to right as seen in the first photo, they are: 1) Italian hand-hammered iron fire tools, Italy, circa 1950s. They measure 38" H x 10" W x 9" D and are priced at $1600 for the set. 2) Sculptural Firestarter, designed by George Nelson for Howard Miller, American, circa 1950s. It measures 12" H x 6.5" W and is priced at $850. 3) Chrome and Lucite fire tool...
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Iron, Metal

Donald Deskey Andirons for Bennett, Nickel Chrome and Wrought Iron, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Donald Deskey andirons for Bennett, nickel chrome and wrought iron, signed. Nickel-plated brass tapered blades with newly restored matte black wrought iron shanks. Deskey's design wa...
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron, Nickel

Pair of Modernist Wrought Iron Andirons, French, circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of modernist wrought iron andirons have pure lines and are very elegant. Very nice quality with rivets. French work, circa 1940.
Category

1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Two 1939 Dog Andirons Signed by Dupond
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Two dog andirons signed by Dupond and dated 1939, in metal.
Category

1930s French Vintage Andirons

Materials

Metal

Pair of Arts & Crafts Steel Andirons
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
An amazing pair of Arts & Crafts burnished steel andirons by Walter Frank Knight OBE 1885 to 1972. Knight was a silver smith working in Wellingborough and these are a one off commis...
Category

1940s English Vintage Andirons

Materials

Steel

Pair of Ornate French 1950s Andirons
Located in Buchanan, NY
Pair of highly decorative French mid century brass and bronze andirons. Good vintage condition. Ref #: D0810-03 Dimensions: 11"H x 6"W x 15"D
Category

1950s French Vintage Andirons

Materials

Iron

Fire Place Tools, Midcentury Lucite, Italy, Lucite and Polished Chrome, C 1960
Located in New York, NY
Decorative mid-century fire place tools, circa 1960. Made of polished chrome and lucite. Made in Italy.
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Chrome

Fine Pair of Large and Impressive Louis XVI Style Brass and Irons
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine pair of large and impressive brass and irons in the Louis XVI style. These fine and solid andirons are simply stunning with wreath and vine decorati...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Andirons

Forged Andirons in Steel by Albert Paley
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albert Paley Forged Andirons Steel 16 x 10 x 18 in Albert Paley (born 1944) is an American modernist metal sculptor. Initially starting out as a jeweler, Paley has become one of the...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Andirons

Materials

Steel

Pair of French Art Deco Fireplace Chenets by Michel Zadounaïsky
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of French Art Deco fireplace chenets by Michel Zadounaïsky. Pair of French Art Deco patinated hand forged wrought iron andirons, signed...
Category

1940s French Art Deco Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

1930s Vintage Fluted Ionic Column Andirons with Ball Finials in Darkened Brass
Located in New York, NY
AFP0520 A pair of vintage andirons in the stylized neoclassical form of fluted ionic columns, surmounted by large spheres. In their original age-darkened brass finish. Dimensions: O...
Category

1930s Neoclassical Vintage Andirons

Materials

Brass

Brass Scroll Andirons After Raymond Subes
Located in New York, NY
Well designed and crafted brass scroll form andirons, clean, original ready to use condition. In the style of Raymond Subes         
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Andirons

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Brass Fire Tool Andiron Set
Located in St. Louis, MO
Circa 1950s sculptural brass fire tool set, with original patina. Can be polish polished for additional cost. Set Includes Fire tools , Andirons and log holder. Tools 35.5 h x 1...
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

Antique and Vintage Andirons

A set of antique or vintage andirons is a staple accessory, part of the fireplace tools you’ll want to collect for keeping a neat and elegant fireplace in your home.

Using andirons in a fireplace elevates the fire, ensuring more air can get to the logs thus keeping a fire burning longer. Andirons also encourage ventilation and may also prevent smoke from working its way into your living room or bedroom.

Think of these accessories as part of an upright metal support system to optimize your fire. Antique andirons are basically u-shaped brackets with a curved end that come in pairs and are largely quite simple in structure, but the design of this household necessity has improved over time. Outwardly decorative andirons have become available since their debut because one should never underestimate the style quotient of an attractive hearth.

Andirons, which earned the nickname “firedogs” given their similarity in form to a pair of upright canines, are believed to be the oldest fireplace furnishings. They have been used broadly since at least the late Iron Age. Before iron became the material of choice, stone andirons did a suitable job of balancing the logs in a fire and adding a sense of symmetry to the hearth. Fire baskets, like the combination of andirons and a grate, afforded an opportunity to layer logs in a fire rather than delicately stacking them on andirons.

Today, andirons can be found in bronze and brass, too, which contrast wonderfully with a mantel carved from dark marble, for example, and add dimension to what might otherwise be a subdued space. And while people aren’t cooking in the fireplace anymore, andirons’ spit hooks offered an opportunity to roast meat or rest the pokers that you typically would’ve kept fireside.

During the Renaissance, andirons became especially ornate and even figurative, taking on human forms as well as marine life such as dolphins. Art Deco–era andirons are particularly exquisite. While the accessories are frequently characterized by rich geometric angles and sculptural curves, attributes that we know of most Art Deco furniture, artisans of the period also looked to what was by then a long tradition of designing andirons in the shape of animals and reptiles.

Adding fashionable antique or vintage andirons will not only improve the quality of a fire but can also elevate your space as well as the fireside experience. Find modern andirons, Art Nouveau andirons and other varieties today on 1stDibs.

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