Fireplaces and Mantels
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 20th Century English Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
Late 20th Century English Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
Late 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1750s English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 20th Century English Adam Style Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 20th Century English George II Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 20th Century German Fireplaces and Mantels
Silver
Late 20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Brass
Late 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1740s English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1750s English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
Mid-18th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Mid-18th Century European George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1740s British George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Mirror, Wood
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 20th Century English Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 20th Century Gothic Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1750s English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Mid-18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Late 20th Century Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Brass
1750s English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Nickel, Silver
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Brass
Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Marble
Late 20th Century English Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Carrara Marble
Late 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Mid-18th Century Belgian Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Chrome, Iron
Mid-18th Century British Palladian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble, Statuary Marble
Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Mid-18th Century Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Statuary Marble
Late 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 20th Century English Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Chrome
Late 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Late 20th Century English Queen Anne 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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