Fireplaces and Mantels
1860s Scottish Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Statuary Marble
Early 18th Century European Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Mid-19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1770s French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary European Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century European Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Statuary Marble
2010s Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Early 1900s British Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
20th Century American Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1950s Georgian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Early 19th Century Belgian Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1920s British Regency Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
19th Century French Country Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1840s American American Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1950s French Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 19th Century English Gothic Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Early 18th Century Belgian Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Chrome
Late 18th Century French Gothic Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
19th Century Spanish Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 19th Century European Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Steel
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century French Colonial Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Iron
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
20th Century French Empire Fireplaces and Mantels
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
1860s French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
19th Century English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 19th Century European Gothic Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak, Paint
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Oak
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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