Fireplaces and Mantels
1930s Unknown Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Early 1900s American Neoclassical Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Nickel
1980s European Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Plaster
1950s European Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
Early 20th Century English Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Oak
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Stainless Steel
16th Century European Gothic Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
1910s Scottish Edwardian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Hardwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
19th Century British Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
19th Century British Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
1950s English Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century English Victorian Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
1850s English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century British Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century European Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Iron
1890s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1890s Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1870s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1870s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century British Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
19th Century European High Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1950s British Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 18th Century American American Colonial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
Mid-20th Century Swedish Adam Style Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Early 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
19th Century British Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel, Iron
18th Century European Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
17th Century Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Breccia Marble
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1930s Scottish Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
Antique and Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
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.
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