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Andirons For Sale
French Brass Rococo Acanthus Foliage Fire Place Screen on Scrolled Feet, C. 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
French Brass Rococo free standing fire place screen with decorative acanthus foliage, crosshatching with beaded motif, and resting on the original four scrolled feet, Early 19th Century
Category
1830s French Rococo Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wire
French Adnet Style Brass Fire Tools
Located in New York, NY
French Modernist set of brass fire tools suspended on a glass frame, in the style of Jacques Adnet. Professionally polished.
Category
20th Century French Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass
$4,500 / set
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chenet Set with Playful Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and large French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze figural Chenet (andiron) and Fender Suite. The impressive fender surmounted on each end by a figure of playful battlin...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze
A Pair Of Sea Horse Andirons by Oscar Bach
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of stylized, sea-horse andirons by Oscar Bach.
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
$4,800 / set
A Pair Of Bronze Modernist Andirons By Wah Chang Signed Ca' 1950's
By Wah Chang
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of unusual, modernist andirons by Wah Chang, signed. Made ca '1950 the bases are stamped Van Nuys, California. A note about the designer. " Wah Ming Chang (August 2, 1917 – December 22, 2003) was an American designer, sculptor, and artist. With the encouragement of his adoptive father, James Blanding Sloan, he began exhibiting his prints and watercolors at the age of seven to highly favorable reviews. Chang worked with Sloan on several theatre productions and in the 1940s, they briefly created their own studio to produce films. He is known later in life for his sculpture and the props he designed for Star Trek: The Original Series, including the tricorder and communicator.
The Chang family moved from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco, California and about 1920 opened the Ho-Ho Tea Room on Sutter Street, which became a favorite venue for the city's Bohemian artists. Wah-Ming's mother, Fai Sue Chang, was a graduate of Berkeley's California School of Arts and Crafts (today's California College of the Arts), where she specialized in fashion design and etching. After she died in 1927, her husband persuaded Wah Ming Chang's art teacher and family friends, the highly respected printmaker, puppeteer, and theatre designer, James Blanding Sloan and his wife Mildred Taylor, to become his son's legal guardians. Sloan exhibited Wah Ming's etchings and watercolors in public exhibitions as early as 1925 to favorable reviews in the San Francisco Bay Area and later in the largest art colony on the Pacific Coast, Carmel-by-the-Sea. The child became part of Sloan's family, traveled in 1926 to Taos, New Mexico, for the on-site study of American Indian culture, and in 1928 displayed his block prints in joint exhibitions with Sloan at the prestigious Philadelphia Print Club and in Pasadena, California. He became a valued assistant in several of Sloan's marionette theatres as well as in productions for the Hollywood Bowl Ballet and the "Cavalcade of Texas." In the mid-1940s Chang formed a joint studio business with Sloan, The East-West Film Company, and produced such memorable films as Pick a Bale of Cotton (an interview and performance with the legendary blues and folk singer Lead Belly in 1944) and the highly controversial anti-war short (1946–47), The Way of Peace, created in part with elaborate miniature sets and puppets in stop...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons
Materials
Bronze
American Brass & Pleasing Wire Work Fire Place Screen with Orig. Hooks, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass rail & pleasing scrolled wire work fire place screen with original exterior hooks. Hooks were originally used to attach fire place screen to fire place surround, early...
Category
1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wire
A fine and palatial size pair of Italian silvered bronze chenets
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and palatial pair of Italian silvered bronze chenets. Highly detailed with cherubs at the top and the Gods of the winds on either side
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze
American Brass & Decorative Artistic Wire Work Hinged Fireplace Screen, C. 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
American cast brass and painted artistic wire work hinged fireplace screen. Late 18th Century Photographed at 48 wide / 36 Wide middle section / 14.5 Deep on hinged panels. Screen wi...
Category
1790s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron, Wire
Classical Bronze Fish Form Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Solid cast bronze fantasy fish form andirons. Nice original dark patina.
Category
19th Century American American Classical Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze
$3,400 / set
Pr, Donald Deskey for Bennett Textured Bronze and Brass Andirons C. 1950s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This pair of andirons, designed by the iconic modernist Donald Deskey for Bennett, exemplifies mid-century American design at its most refined. Produced in the 1950s, these andirons ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Iron
Pair of Brass Nautical Andirons
By Puritan
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
This stylish set of polished solid brass anchor-form andirons date to the 1960s and have been professionally polished and lacquered (thus no tarnishing).
Category
Mid-20th Century American Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
$1,295 / set
Brutalist “trident” Andirons, France 1960's
Located in New York, NY
Solid Wrought iron andirons with a clover detail.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Victorian Era Cast Iron Decorative Railing Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique decorative Victorian era cast iron decorative railing panel by George Wright & Co, Rotherham (stamped). This is one of various similar pieces we have available for sale, e...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Andirons
Materials
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Pair of Turned Steeple Top Andirons
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine pair of bronze and wrought iron andirons having turned steeple finials over partly twist worked shafts with forward facing bronze onion finials and standing on arched legs endin...
Category
17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
$6,900 / set
Arts & Crafts Style Tulip Design Medallion Cast Iron Andirons
Located in San Francisco, CA
Arts & Crafts style Tulip medallion hand forged cast iron andirons in the style of Earnest Gimson
Category
20th Century Arts and Crafts Andirons
Materials
Iron
Fireplace Grate for Andirons, Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Made of 1.4 cm (0.55") thick steel bars.
All sizes of the fire grate of fireplace rack are outside sizes. Distance between the beams is 26.5 cm (10.44...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Andirons
Materials
Steel
$228 / item
19th Century Zoomorphic Brass Fire Dogs Andirons
Located in Chamblee, GA
Fabulous pair of late 19th Century cast brass fire dogs with a charming zoomorphic aesthetic. The unique form offers twists and turns in all the right places and curlicues as a perf...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass
Pair of Early Victorian Fireplace Brass Andirons. American, Circa 1850
Located in Incline Village, NV
Lovely original surface to these pair of classical Victorian solid brass andirons, with bold vertical turned and bulbous design to the post; connected below to horizontal iron log su...
Category
1850s American Victorian Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
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
Arts & Crafts Gothic Cast Iron Spiral Scrollwork Fireplace Andirons - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Arts & Crafts Gothic Cast Iron Spiral Scrollwork Fireplace Andirons - a Pair. Item features swing out arm/pot holders, ornate scrolling frame, spiral form body, cast iron constructio...
Category
19th Century Unknown Gothic Antique Andirons
Materials
Iron
Set of Decorative Mermaid Andirons
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Very decorative set, superbly casted and executed.
A lovely set of andirons showing two sea mermaids.
Great set, can be used in a real gas or wood fire.
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Andirons
Materials
Iron
Josephine Andirons / Fire Dogs
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Beautiful cast iron andirons.
Weight: 14 lbs / 6 kg.
Upon request they can be made black / pewter.
See all our antique fireplaces and fireplace accessories at 1stdibs by pressing ...
Category
19th Century Antique Andirons
Materials
Iron
$288 Sale Price / set
20% Off
American Brass and Artistic Wire Work Fire Place Screen with Orig Hooks, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass and artistic wire work fire place screen with original flanking rear hooks for securing to fire place surround, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wire
Pair of Monumental French Brass Obelisk Acanthus Floral Andirons. Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Monumental French brass obelisk andirons with decorative bead work, floral filigree, centered decorative rings, matching log stops, and terminating on acanthus scrolled flute...
Category
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of Arts & Crafts Andirons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Arts & Crafts Andirons.
Category
19th Century American Antique Andirons
Materials
Metal
$2,000 / set
Pair of Forged Wrought Iron Andirons, French, 19th Century
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rack and pinions andirons are made of forged wrought iron. They are French, from 19th century.
Category
1880s French Gothic Antique Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
Unusual Octagonal Mid Century Log Holder in Wrought Iron ca. 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Unusual octagonal form, nice usable scale, good clean, ready to use condition, recently repainted black. Most MCM log holders are circular in form, this...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
Sculptural Andirons in Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Originally sculpted in pine, Flame is a pair of andirons by Jacques Jarrige that has been cast in bronze, preserving the tactile immediacy of the artist’s hand. Their undulating, ant...
Category
2010s French Andirons
Materials
Bronze
$13,500 / set
American Brass and Artistic Wire Work Lemon Finial Fire Place Fender, C. 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass and artistic wire work banded lemon finial fire place fender, Late 18th Century
Category
1790s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wire
Mid Century Brass Nautical Style Anchor Andirons with Dolphins
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of cast brass andions with a total nautical theme. Anchors are the main feature with dolphins at the base and rope all represented in excellent castings.
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
Early Blacksmith Forged Andirons with Polished Bronze Finials
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of substantial blacksmith-made iron andirons having tapered square section shafts topped by striking polished bronze suppressed ball finials, possessing spit supports with con...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Antique Dore Bronze and Green Marble Bronze Louis XVI Style Chenets/Andirons
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite pair of antique chenets/ andirons was realized in France in the late 19th century. They represent an excellent example of the period. Created in a lustrous dore bronze, they feature rococo designs throughout and immaculately polished Italian green marble orbs at the center. The faces of two Greek revival female faces adorns the center panel between the two legs. Flanked by two scroll forms, she wears a pearl headpiece...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Andirons
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Custom Art Deco Style Skyscraper Andirons Displayed in Polished Brass and Nickel
Located in New York, NY
These custom Art Deco style andirons feature a stepped streamlined design with an inverted curve at the top of the structure. They are fully cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Andirons
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Fine Pair of French Rococo Style Ormolu Chenets, circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine Pair of French Rococo style Ormolu Chenets, circa 1900. Each Chenet having pierced Rocaille form. Sometimes beauty needs few words. The Chenets m...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Andirons
Materials
Metal
Pair of Gothic Revival Brass Andirons Firedogs in the Style of Augustus Pugin
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful pair of solid brass Aesthetic Movement andirons in the manner of Augustus Pugin. Gothic arch bases, tapered columns with pyramid tops. Great original condition, original lo...
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair 1970s Italian Wrought Iron Dragon Sculpture Fireplace Andirons
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantastic pair of Brutalist Italian hand-forged andirons in the form of gothic, mystical dragons. Nice original patina. Amazing craftsmanship and details. Very unique, tough item to ...
Category
20th Century Italian Brutalist Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron
Tree-of-Life Andirons
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine pair of English Arts & Crafts andirons having pierced brass filigree finials and bosses and applied pierced brass mounts reminiscent of the tree of life.
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Andirons
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
$7,900 / set
American Wire and Brass Fireplace Fender with Decorative Wire Work, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American wire and brass fireplace fender with pleasing decorative wire work, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of Neo Classical Style Iron, Ebonized Andirons with Urn Form Motif
Located in Lomita, CA
We love this pair of andirons for its stately air. The pair of Neoclassical style ebonized copper ball-top andirons are probably European, and from the early 20th Century. They are d...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Andirons
Materials
Copper, Iron
$1,439 Sale Price / set
46% Off
Pair Of St Nicholas Cast Iron Andirons
Located in Essex, MA
Cast as figures of a standing Santa holding toys.
Category
1880s American Late Victorian Antique Andirons
Materials
Iron
Pair of Late 19th Century French Baroque Bronze Chenets / Andirons
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of late 19th century French Baroque bronze chenets / andirons
Beautifully decorated with dolphin and putti. A fleur-de-lys sits on top of the obelisks.
These are in very g...
Category
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 1950's bronze andirons attributed to Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Very nice pair of 1950's bronze andirons
attributed to Jacques Adnet
Category
1950s French Vintage Andirons
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Gothic Revival Hammered Forged Iron Andirons Attributed to Yellen
By Samuel Yellin
Located in Toledo, OH
A handsome pair of Gothic revival hammered forged iron andirons that are attributed to Samuel Yellen. Very sturdy these andirons feature a twisted top an...
Category
19th Century American Gothic Revival Antique Andirons
Materials
Iron
Large Andiron, France 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Large Andirons, each is made to fit horizontally in a fireplace so these are ideal for a dual fireplace grand room.
Sold individually.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Andirons
Materials
Brass, Cut Steel
$5,500 / item
Pair of Louis XV Bronze Chenet Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze chenet / andirons featuring two bound male figures on a gilt base. (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze
$18,500 / set
Pair of Antique Cast Metal Figural Soldier Fireplace Andirons
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique cast metal andirons are unsigned, but likely originate from Europe dating to approximately 1880 and done in the period Victorian style. The fronts of the andiron...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown High Victorian Antique Andirons
Materials
Metal
1950's Brass and glass andirons in the style of Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's Brass and glass balls andirons in the style of Jacques Adnet
France
One little chip in the bottom of one ball who doesn't affect anything
Category
1950s French Vintage Andirons
Materials
Brass
Antique French Napoleon III Firedogs / Andirons, 19th Century
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
Antique French Napoleon III Firedogs / Andirons, 19th century.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Andirons
Materials
Iron
17th c. French Louis XIII Antique Andirons
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Very nice and simple 17th century French antique andirons.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Andirons
Materials
Iron
$648 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid Century Cast Iron Figural Andirons Santa Claus by Virginia Metal Crafters
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of cast iron Santa Claus andirons by Virginia Metalcrafters c1950. Excellent castings, very detailed with Santa having toys and presents ...
Category
1950s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Andirons
Materials
Iron
Gilt and Patinated Bronze Andirons with Figures, C. 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt and patinated bronze andirons with figures, circa 1890.
With iron log holders behind.
Category
1890s Rococo Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Antique Sheffield Dutch Boy and Girl Bronze & Cast Iron Fireplace Andiron - Pair
By Sheffield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Antique Sheffield Dutch Boy and Girl Bronze & Cast Iron Andirons. Stamped to underside. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 16" H x 7" W x 20" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Other Andirons
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Gorgeous Pair of Scrolled Iron Andirons and Cross Bar
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool pair of extremely well made solid iron scroll andirons with matching cross bar.
Category
Late 20th Century American Andirons
Materials
Iron
$950 Sale Price / set
51% Off
Substantial 19th Century Wrought Fireplace Andirons
Located in London, GB
A substantial pair of wrought fireplace andirons with shaped collared standards surmounted with a disk. The upright is supported on scrolled feet with a central drop finial...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Andirons
Materials
Iron
American Painted Wire and Polished Brass Fireplace Fender on Iron Base, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American hand painted wire and polished brass fireplace fender with interior vertical rod supports and iron base, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Iron
Donald Deskey Art Deco Brass Andirons and Fireplace Set Vintage Rare
Located in North Miami, FL
This great Donald Deskey polished and lacquered solid brass Art Deco moderne andirons and fireplace tool set are stellar. These are timeless and modernist. These came from amazing co...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Andirons
Materials
Brass
American Brass Finial and Artistic Wire Serpentine Fire Place Screen, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American serpentine fire place screen with a brass rail top, three centered brass urn finials, and pleasing artistic scrolled wire work. Early 19th century, Philadelphia.
Category
1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass, Wire
18th c Brass American Chippendale Lemon Drop Top Andiron Firedog Pair
Located in Savannah, GA
This graceful pair of American brass andiron/ firedogs feature smaller belted "lemon drop" finials over a larger belted "lemon drop" above a multi tiered st...
Category
Mid-18th Century American Chippendale Antique Andirons
Materials
Metal, Brass
Repousse & Bronze Fireplace Andirons Fire Dogs
Located in London, GB
An outstanding pair of andirons in the early Neo-Gothic manner of A W N Pugin. The bronze octagonal uprights have a hammered texture and are set between superb wrought-iron repousse ...
Category
1820s English Gothic Revival Antique Andirons
Materials
Bronze, Steel
$15,821 / set
Pair Of 18th Century Boston Federal Bell Metal Andirons
Located in Essex, MA
Lemon top with ball and claw feet and brass urn form log stops.
Category
1790s American Federal Antique Andirons
Materials
Brass
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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