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Fireplaces and Mantels For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 19th Century
19th Century English Brocatelle and Statuary Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A 19th century English Brocatelle and statuary marble fireplace, with carved centre and side blockings of putti, reeded shelf. Shelf Width: 1465 mm 57 5/8 in Overall Height: 1...
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19th Century English Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Statuary Marble

Large Brass and Cast Iron English Register Grate
Located in London, GB
A turn of the 19th-20th century register grate, in the Georgian manner with brass boarder, reeded interior, fan decoration to fireback and decorative hob grate, having inset brass male...
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1890s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Iron, Brass

George III Brass and Cast and Wrought Iron Fire Grate
Located in London, GB
A large and very rare George III cast and wrought iron, brass mounted antique fire grate in the Greek Revival manner. The backplate, with a rolled top embellished with scrolled folia...
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Early 19th Century English Greek Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Period 18th Century Directoire Fireplace with Half Round Columns
Located in London, GB
A small, well proportioned French stone Directoire fireplace. The jambs with half round columns surmounted by plain frieze and reeded shelf, circa 1800. Measurements: Shelf width: 1...
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Early 19th Century French Directoire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Stone

Fan-Carved Wood Mantel in the Federal Taste
Located in New York, NY
New York, Fan-carved mantel in the Federal taste, circa 1812 Pine Measures: 66 1/4 in. high, 90 3/8 in. wide, 13 1/4 in. deep Within the genre of carved rather than plasterwork mantels of the Federal Period, no example that has come to light is more perfectly designed or more carefully wrought than the present one, which is an amazing symphony of fans, urns, beads, and other Neo-Classical devices, all ultimately influenced by the plasterwork designs of the English architects Robert (1728–1792) and James (1732–1794) Adam. Of a type that proliferated in the area bounded by the northern New Jersey counties of Bergen and Passaic, the Hudson Valley, and western Long Island, the mantel is representative of work that flourished in the first couple of decades of the 19th century. While most of the woodwork of this style that has survived is found in interiors, various examples of exterior doors and other trim have been noted, but most examples have disappeared as a result, variously, of natural deterioration and purposeful demolition in anticipation of development. Although considerably larger in scale and more elaborate in ornament than a mantel that has been in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum since 1944 (acc. no. 44.55; photograph in Hirschl & Adler archives), the present mantel is so close in style and conception to that example that it likely originated in the same house. The Brooklyn mantel is documented as having been removed from a house built by Judge Isaac Terhune (1762–1837), an eminent lawyer and judge. The house was situated on King’s Highway, at the corner of Mansfield Place, at the edge of South Greenfield, a village in northern Gravesend, Brooklyn. A photograph of the house, taken by the German e´migre´ photographer, Eugene Armbruster (1865–1933), is in the collection of the New-York Historical Society. Terhune is ultimately descended from the Dutch-Huguenot e´migre´ Albert Albertson Terhunen, who died in Flatlands, Brooklyn, in 1685.The family eventually spread out through New Amsterdam, Long Island, and Bergen County, New Jersey. Terhune’s great-grandson, also Albert (1715–1806), left a sizable estate to his six surviving children, including his second child and second son, Isaac. Judge Terhune lived in the house until his death in 1837, at which time, according to an article in The New York Times for November 27, 1910, he, having died without issue, “left the White Frame Mansion with its exquisitely carved doorway, beautiful mantels, and other interior adornments to his brother John” (Part Six, p. 11). The article continues: After the latter’s death, the house and its estate of about 70 acres passed through several owners, eventually being purchased in 1853 by Benjamin G. Hitchings [1813–1893]. The house next passed to Benjamin’s son, Hector, who had been born in the house, and then lived there for 25 years. He sold it in 1910 in partial payment for a Manhattan apartment house. After thus having been sold to a real estate developer, the Hitchings property was subdivided into Hitchings Homestead. The house survived until about 1928, at which time it was razed and a Deco-style apartment house with the address 2301 Kings Highway was constructed on the site and occupied in 1935. By 1910, the fate of the house, in an area of Brooklyn that was being rapidly developed, was becoming obvious. The Times article reported: The house has been well kept up, but fearing lest the hand of time or vandals might deal harshly with some of its choice bits of carving, Mr. Hitchings removed a few years ago a few beautifully carved wood mantels...
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1810s American Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Wood

19th Century Burgundy Honey Color Antique Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
Fireplace surround in burgundy hard stone with nice shelf detail. Measures: 122 cm EW 48.03". 99 cm EH 38.97". 91 cm IW 35.82". 86 cm IH 33.85". 32 cm S 1...
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Stone

Carved French Fireplace with Guilloche Frieze
Located in London, GB
A fine quality French Louis XVI style statuary marble fireplace. The guilloche frieze with carved rosettes, flowers and berries throughout, flanked by square paterae to end blocks. T...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Marble

A 19th century polished cast iron fireplace mantel in the Adam style
Located in London, GB
A 19th century polished cast iron fireplace in the Adam style. The frieze with delicately cast urn to centre with swags, belldrops and oval paterae. The jambs with intertwinging bell...
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19th Century British Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Iron

Antique George III Style White Statuary and Sienna Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
This striking fireplace boasts a finely carved centre tablet depicting a scene from the story of Androcles and the Lion. The frieze is supported by a pair of free-standing, fluted, ionic columns, beneath distinctive goat-mask end-blocks. The story of Androcles and the Lion can be traced back to antiquity and tells of a fugitive slave who unwittingly took shelter in the den of a ferocious but wounded lion...
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Early 19th Century British George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Statuary Marble, Marble, Siena Marble

English Sandstone Fireplace in the Georgian Style
Located in London, GB
An English sandstone chimneypiece in the Georgian manner. The columned jambs surmounted by Doric capitals and panelled end blockings, the frieze with panelling throughout. Moulded sh...
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Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Sandstone

Statuary Marble French Louis XVI Style Mantel
Located in London, GB
An elegant and good quality 19th century (circa 1840) French Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace, with bowed frieze with guilloche carving. Round paterae above shaped jambs. Shelf le...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Statuary Marble

19th Century Fireplace in Italian Bardiglio Marble
Located in London, GB
An large and impressive carved fireplace in grey Bardiglio marble. The panelled jambs surmounted by end blocks featuring carved grapes and leaves, the matching centre block with addi...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble

19th Century Italian Andirons with Brass Melon Tops
Located in Charleston, SC
These 19th century Italian andirons have hand wrought engraved centre pedestals ending in scroll stylized legs. The melon tops are cast brass.
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Brass, Iron

Antique Victorian 19th Century Neoclassical Style Hooded Fire Grate Basket
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large inset antique Victorian 19th century hooded neoclassical style cast iron and brass fire grate basket. The polished serpentine four barr...
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1880s English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Iron

Pair of Polished Brass Chenets or Andirons with Decorative Scrolls, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of polished brass chenets or andirons with decorative scrolls and towering finials, 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Brass

Imposing Period English Antique Regency Pine Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An imposing period English Regency pine fireplace. The finely carved jambs featuring urns and swags surmounted by carved rams heads, the end blockings with carved round paterae, the ...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Pine

Veined Statuario French Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 19th century, circa 1830 French Louis XVI fireplace in veined Statuario marble. The frieze carved with flutes, exquisitely carved to the centre with fruit, flowers and...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Statuary Marble

Early 19th Century French Empire Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century French Empire limestone fireplace, the panelled frieze with carved centre motif of Napoleonic bee and flowers, the panelled jambs with hexagonal motif to centre...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Limestone

English Fireplace in York Stone
Located in London, GB
An English fireplace in York stone. The plain jambs surmounted by brackets, with moulded shelf above. English, circa 1900. Measures: Shelf width: 1445 mm...
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Late 19th Century English Gothic Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Stone

19th C Regency Imperial Egyptian Porphyry & Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A 19th century neoclassical Regency statuary and Imperial Egyptian Porphyry antique marble fireplace surround, in the Egyptian Revival style. The neoclassical forms of this fireplace are the epitome of fashionable Regency taste. It features a simply moulded shelf resting above a panelled Egyptian Porphyry frieze centred by a crisply carved and bold statuary marble mask depicting Aurora, the Roman Goddess of dawn. Flanked by circular Imperial Egyptian Porphyry capitols to the end blocks, thus supporting Imperial Egyptian Porphyry tapered panelled jambs raised on plain foot blocks. The external return sections have a recessed panel with cock-beading. Shown with its original statuary marble kerb fender...
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1810s Italian Egyptian Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Statuary Marble, Porphyry

Pair of Polished Iron Chenets or Andirons, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of polished iron chenets or andirons, 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Iron

Antique Italian White Marble Victorian Arched Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large and imposing Victorian arched fireplace carved in Italian white marble. The massive plain moulded shelf is supported on twin scrolle...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble

Antique Castle Fireplace from the 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
This authentic French castle fireplace comes from the Bordeaux region and dates back to the 19th century. A beautiful fireplace with history and a lot...
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19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Limestone

English Wood Fireplace in the Georgian Style
Located in London, GB
An English wood fireplace in the Georgian manner. The fluted frieze with carved urn to centre tablet adorned with carved beading, the tapering, ...
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Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Wood

Early 19th Century Statuary White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An architecturally designed Regency period fireplace in statuary white marble. The pilaster jambs with moulded and stepped capitals, supporting a stepped long frieze with plain centr...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble

English Adam Brass Festoon Mantel
Located in New York, NY
English Adam-style (19th Century) brass fireplace mantel with urns and applied brass festoon design with iron fender front.
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19th Century British Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Brass, Iron

Victorian Fireplace in Bardiglio Forito Marble
Located in London, GB
An English Victorian fireplace in Italian Bardiglio Forito marble. The flat jambs and frieze with traditional Victorian mouldings and plain shelf ab...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Carrara Marble

Mid-19th Century Antique English Carved Pine Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century English carved pine fireplace, with carved leaf and dentils to cornice, carved patera and foliage to centre frieze and leaf and rope twist around inner mouldings. ...
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19th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Pine

19th Century Regency Brass Scottish Register Fireplace Insert Grate
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A fine and rare 19th Century Regency fireplace Insert grate, salvaged from Anne Street, Edinburgh Scotland. Circular rondel's to capitals with r...
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1810s Scottish Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Brass, Steel

French Red Griottee Marble Mantel
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant French Marble Mantel is an antique piece, originating from France circa 1820. Crafted from Red Griottee marble, this late Empire carved mantel...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Griotte Marble

Statuary Marble Fireplace in the Soanian Style
Located in London, GB
An English statuary white marble fireplace in the Soanian manner. The reeded moulding to jambs and frieze with centre plaque and arched end blockings, 19th century. Measurements: Sh...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Marble

Pair of Polished Brass Chenets or Andirons with Flame Finials, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of polished brass chenets or andirons with flame finials, 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Brass

19th Century Georgian Statuary Marble Fire Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Fine and well executed antique Georgian statuary white marble fireplace surround. Reeded and curved leg faces sit atop curved plinths and terminate in finely carved capitals depictin...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble

Exclusive Antique Dutch Fireplace Mantel from the 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
Very beautiful recuperated.
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Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Carrara Marble

Antique French Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace with Guilloche Frieze
Located in London, GB
An antique 19th century, French Louis XVI style, veined white marble fireplace with simple rectangular shelf. The panelled frieze decorated with intertwining guilloche centred with f...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Stone, Marble, Statuary Marble

French Gilt Bronze Cherub and Decorative Floral Acanthus Firescreen, Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
French gilt bronze freestanding fire screen with centered laurel wreath and torch handle, flanking acanthus finials, ribbon and floral scroll work, centered floral cherubs, lower car...
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1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Bronze, Steel

19th Century Baroque Belgian Black Marble and Onyx Chimneypiece
Located in Manchester, GB
An unusual and imposing restored and polished Victorian Belgian black marble chimneypiece with carved corbels and fluted legs, the flutes decorated with onyx reeds. Onyx mounts and i...
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19th Century English Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Belgian Black Marble, Onyx

Victorian Carved Walnut Leaf Mantel
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian carved walnut fireplace mantel surround with acorn and leaf design.
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19th Century American Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Walnut

Antique Fireplace Mantel with a Wedgwood Central Table
Located in London, GB
A late 18th century, early 19th century neoclassical chimneypiece in white statuary marble, centred with a Wedgwood ' Bacchanal' tablet, with 3/4 round fluted Ionic columns fronting ...
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Early 19th Century British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble, Marble

Carved Louis XV Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A rustic French limestone fireplace in the Louis XV style. The shaped frieze with attractive carved shell to centre, flanked by scrolls, rosettes and shaped panels. Shaped panelled j...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Limestone

Petite Louis XVI Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A rustic yet charming French Louis XVI stone fireplace. The delicately carved frieze and jambs with foliage throughout. Directoire period, early 19th c...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Stone

Hammered Brass Fire Screen Decorated in the Renaissance Revival Style
Located in Antwerp, BE
A wonderful hammered brass fire screen, decorated in the renaissance revival style with scrolling foliage around a curved eye - shaped field representing a curling dragon spitting fi...
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Brass

American Brass and Decorative Swag Wire Fender, Circa 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
American brass and wire rail top fire fender with decorative swag motif, Early 19th century.
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Early 1800s American American Classical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Large Bronze Hooded Victorian Antique Fire Grate
Located in London, GB
A large bronze hooded Victorian fire grate with pierced curved apron mounted with a pair of small flambeau finials supported on substantial baluster firedogs in the Baroque manner. ...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Bronze, Iron

Pair of Polished Brass Chenets or Andirons with Bronze Cherubs, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of polished brass chenets or andirons with bronze cherubs, 19th century.  
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19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Bronze, Brass

Antique Louis XV Marble Stone Fireplace Mantel, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
Very beautiful fireplace to place in front of the chimney.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble

19th Century Honey Color Antique Fireplace Mantle in Limestone
Located in Beervelde, BE
Fireplace surround in bicolor marble stone from the Burgundy region with a flower motive such as found in the Art Deco period. Very elegant. End 19th century. Measures: 157 cm ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Limestone

Pair of French 1950s Modernist Cast Iron Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of modernist cast iron andirons. France, 1950s. Dimensions: 10 W x 16 H x 17 D.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels

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Iron

19th Century Georgian Mantel in Statuary Marble with Siena Inlay ‘NY-156’
Located in New York, NY
Georgian style mantelpiece in statuary and convent Siena marbles with pastoral centre tablet scene and cherubic corner blocks, circa 1820. Opening dimensions: 44 1/2" W x 41 1/2" H.
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Siena Marble, Statuary Marble

A French Louis XV Style Brocatelle Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XV style fireplace in Spanish Brocatelle marble. The frieze with shell to centre and carved panels. The panelled jambs su...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Marble

19th Century Burgundy Honey Color Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is an antique petite Burgundy marble stone fireplace surround from the library of a town house. Perfect for a small firebox. Measures: 112 cm EW 44.09", 103 cm EH 40.5...
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Limestone

French Brass Decorative Fur-De-Lei Free Standing Fire Place Screen. C. 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
French brass free standing fire place screen with fur-de-lei finials, centered handle, decorative scrolled floral work, fluted borders, and terminating on the original scrolled quad ...
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1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Brass, Wire

French Brass Folding Four-Panel Laurel Wreath Fire Screen, Circa 1840
Located in Hollywood, SC
French brass four panel folding fire screen with brass handles and decorative laurel wreath mounts. Each panel is 24.25" Tall and 12.75" wide. Mid-19th Century
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1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Brass, Wire

French Brignoles Marble Mantel
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis XVI marble mantel Origin: France circa 1850 Measurements: 62 1/4" W x 15" D x 44" H. Firebox: 33 1/4" W x 34 1/4" H.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble

19th Century Original Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a rare original fireplace surround out of a paneling room. The Royal Breche D’ Aleppo marble has been fixed on solid blocks of hard stone. The sides are in the Belgian Abbey...
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Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble

French Louis XVI Style Rouge Royale Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI Rouge Royale and inlaid dark green marble fireplace, with panelled tapering jambs, surmounted by scroll capitals and mould...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble

19th Century Empire Fireplace Bronze or Brass
Located in Weiningen, CH
19th century Empire fireplace bronze
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1880s French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Bronze

Neo-Classical Antique Fireplace Mantel in Statuary, Siena and Jasper Marbles
Located in London, GB
A neoclassical chimneypiece of statuary, veneered Siena and inlaid Jasper & Rosso Antico marbles, circa 1800 The plain rectangular shelf above the Siena frieze which is centered w...
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Early 1800s British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels

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Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary 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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