Fireplaces and Mantels
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble, Statuary Marble
1970s European Brutalist Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Ironstone
19th Century Dutch Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Berlin Iron
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1950s English Georgian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Late 20th Century Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century European High Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Iron
Early 19th Century Italian Rustic Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
19th Century Dutch Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
Mid-19th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
19th Century Belgian Renaissance Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1950s British Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Onyx, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble
1890s Scottish Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1770s French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century European Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
1810s Italian Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
18th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Mid-19th Century Italian Napoleon III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Breccia Marble
1820s English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century European Napoleon III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Fireplaces and Mantels
Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
2010s American French Provincial Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1780s American American Colonial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Breccia Marble
1960s English Georgian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Breccia Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary European George II Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Porcelain
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
19th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Late 18th Century American American Colonial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 1900s English Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 20th Century European Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone, Sandstone
19th Century Dutch Renaissance Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century American Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
20th Century French Gothic Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Mid-18th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1880s British Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
2010s Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1890s British Arts and Crafts Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Copper, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
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.
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