Fireplaces and Mantels
Late 19th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
18th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Northern Irish Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Walnut, Pottery
20th Century French Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1880s American High Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Oak
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble, Ormolu
18th Century Spanish Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1930s American Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Rattan
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Early 1800s American American Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Early 17th Century French Renaissance Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Other Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone, Sandstone
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel
Late 19th Century Belgian Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 17th Century Dutch Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Brass
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
1780s Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1950s English Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 19th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
2010s American Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
19th Century European Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century English Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Carrara Marble
Late 18th Century Irish George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
20th Century Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
15th Century and Earlier French French Provincial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
18th Century French Directoire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Early 20th Century Belgian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
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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