Fireplaces and Mantels
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Marble
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
1870s British Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1870s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
1880s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1880s Belgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1880s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
Late 19th Century American American Craftsman Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Brass, Bronze
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Ironstone
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Oak, Pine
Late 19th Century English Elizabethan Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Composition
1880s English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1890s English Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Other
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Composition
1890s Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1880s English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1870s English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1890s Belgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1870s Belgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1870s Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1870s Gothic Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1880s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 19th Century English Jacobean Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic
1890s Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century American Renaissance Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pottery
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1880s Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1880s Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century American Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
1880s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
Late 19th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel, Iron
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
1890s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Onyx, Marble
1870s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
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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