Fireplaces and Mantels
19th Century English Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
1890s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Brass
Early 19th Century English Greek Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Early 19th Century French Directoire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century British Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 19th Century British George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble, Marble, Siena Marble
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Sandstone
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1880s English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
19th Century French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 19th Century English Gothic Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
1810s Italian Egyptian Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble, Porphyry
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
19th Century British Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
19th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
1810s Scottish Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel
Early 19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Griotte Marble
19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Marble, Statuary Marble
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Steel
19th Century English Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble, Onyx
19th Century American Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Walnut
Early 19th Century British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble, Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 1800s American American Classical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Iron
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Brass
Mid-19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wire
1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wire
Mid-19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1880s French Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
Early 1800s British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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.
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