Fireplaces and Mantels
1780s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary Northern Irish Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Early 20th Century American Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
Early 1800s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
18th Century British Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Mid-19th Century European Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 18th Century British Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
1830s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1830s Scottish Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
2010s Unknown Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Statuary Marble
1880s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century Irish Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1830s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 1800s Scottish Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Other, Iron, Wrought Iron
1870s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
19th Century British Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron, Steel, Wrought Iron
19th Century English George IV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone, Marble
Early 20th Century British George III Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
18th Century English Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
18th Century English Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Nickel, Brass
Early 19th Century British George IV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1830s Scottish Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Mid-18th Century English Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
19th Century British Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
18th Century English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century English George III Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron, Steel
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century English George III Fireplaces and Mantels
Other
20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Sandstone
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine, Paint
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
Early 18th Century Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1820s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Iron
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Early 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel, Iron
20th Century Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century English Adam Style Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Iron
1770s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Mid-20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1790s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel, Iron
Early 20th Century English Adam Style Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Iron
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.