Andirons
Late 19th Century English Baroque Antique Andirons
Brass
1790s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Brass, Wire
1850s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Wrought Iron
Early 1900s French Renaissance Revival Antique Andirons
Bronze
1930s American Vintage Andirons
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons
Brass
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Andirons
Bronze, Iron, Metal
Early 1800s French Louis XVI Antique Andirons
Bronze, Iron
1920s American American Classical Vintage Andirons
Brass, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Andirons
Other, Iron
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Andirons
Other
Early 1800s English George III Antique Andirons
Brass, Wrought Iron, Wire
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Andirons
Brass, Wrought Iron
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Andirons
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Late 19th Century Antique Andirons
Metal
1870s Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Andirons
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Andirons
Metal, Brass
Late 19th Century Unknown Spanish Colonial Antique Andirons
Wrought Iron
18th Century French Gothic Antique Andirons
Wrought Iron
1920s Vintage Andirons
Iron, Tin
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Andirons
Iron
Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Antique Andirons
Bronze, Wrought Iron
19th Century British Antique Andirons
2010s American Machine Age Andirons
Brass, Iron
1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Brass, Iron
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Andirons
Wrought Iron, Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Andirons
Bronze
19th Century American Antique Andirons
Upholstery
21st Century and Contemporary American Andirons
Bronze, Steel
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Andirons
1860s French Louis XV Antique Andirons
Bronze
19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Andirons
Steel
Early 1800s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Brass, Iron
18th Century and Earlier British Antique Andirons
Early 20th Century Gothic Revival Andirons
Wrought Iron
1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Brass, Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Andirons
Steel
1830s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Brass, Wrought Iron
19th Century English Antique Andirons
Bronze
20th Century French Art Deco Andirons
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Unknown Other Andirons
Bronze, Iron
Late 19th Century European Gothic Antique Andirons
Iron
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Andirons
Brass, Bronze, Iron
Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Andirons
Bronze, Steel, Iron
19th Century Louis XV Antique Andirons
Iron, Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Victorian Antique Andirons
Iron
1750s French Louis XV Antique Andirons
Bronze, Iron
20th Century French Victorian Andirons
Bronze
1920s French Regency Vintage Andirons
Bronze
Early 1800s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Brass, Wire
1850s American American Empire Antique Andirons
Brass, Iron
1790s American American Colonial Antique Andirons
Brass, Wire
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons
Brass, Wrought Iron
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Andirons
Brass, Iron
Early 1900s Belgian Japonisme Antique Andirons
Bronze
19th Century English Empire Revival Antique Andirons
Bronze, Steel, Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Andirons
Ormolu
1950s American Vintage Andirons
Brass, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century American American Classical Andirons
Iron
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Andirons
Bronze
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.





