Fireplaces and Mantels
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Mahogany
Early 18th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Reclaimed Wood
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Metal
Late 19th Century European Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Walnut
Late 20th Century Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1820s French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Griotte Marble, Bronze
1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Metal
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Walnut, Wood
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Statuary Marble
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble, Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble, Iron, Ormolu
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Walnut
20th Century American Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Mid-19th Century Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
19th Century Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
1950s English Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Walnut
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Walnut
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century American Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century European Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
Late 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Mid-19th Century French Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Ironstone
19th Century French Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
2010s Chinese Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 20th Century English Empire Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble, Marble
20th Century Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Statuary Marble
20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Belgian Black Marble
20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel
20th Century French Empire Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century Belgian Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Oak, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Walnut, Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
1850s French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
1850s French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
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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