Fireplaces and Mantels
Mid-20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 1900s English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
Early 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel
1740s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Early 20th Century Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Chrome, Brass
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
20th Century German Louis XIV Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
20th Century French Louis XIII Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Revival Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone, Sandstone
20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
20th Century French Napoleon III Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1940s Scottish Georgian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
1920s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
20th Century French Napoleon III Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century French Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century German Louis XIII Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 20th Century English Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century French Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Early 20th Century Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-20th Century Spanish Other Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron, Bronze
20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
1950s English Regency Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1970s British Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century French Empire Fireplaces and Mantels
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
1910s English Regency Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1940s Scottish Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Granite
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Fireplaces and Mantels
Majolica
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
Mid-20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine, Paint
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
Early 20th Century American Victorian Fireplaces and Mantels
Mirror, Oak
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Mid-20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
20th Century Dutch Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1960s English Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1740s Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
Early 20th Century Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
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.
Find a collection of antique and vintage fireplaces and mantels on 1stDibs today.
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