Fireplaces and Mantels
18th Century Spanish Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
18th Century French Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
18th Century French Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century French Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
18th Century Italian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Walnut
17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
18th Century French Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Granite
18th Century French Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
17th Century French Brutalist Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
17th Century Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone, Soapstone
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
18th Century Dutch Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Terracotta
Early 18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
1780s French French Provincial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
18th Century Dutch Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Other
Early 18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Travertine, Marble
Mid-17th Century English Country Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine, Wood
18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
17th Century Dutch Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Iron
18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
1980s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Sheet Metal
17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 18th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Chestnut
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1770s English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Copper
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Walnut
17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
1780s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought 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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