Fireplaces and Mantels
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
1960s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Chrome, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Iron
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Wrought Iron
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary European Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century English Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Statuary Marble
Early 19th Century North American Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Early 19th Century French Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Wrought Iron
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Nickel, Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Iron
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
17th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Travertine
17th Century English Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
18th Century and Earlier French Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Enamel
19th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Iron
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Chrome, Iron
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Chrome
Early 18th Century Irish Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1890s English Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Early 18th Century French Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Sandstone
19th Century English Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble, Iron
20th Century French Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century English Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble, Onyx
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Travertine
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
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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