Fireplaces and Mantels
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Travertine, Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 1900s Scottish Edwardian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
1960s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Northern Irish Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 20th Century Unknown Louis XIV Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Late 18th Century American American Colonial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary English Victorian Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
1830s American American Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Louis XV Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
1990s Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary English George III Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Paint, Gesso
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Statuary Marble
19th Century American Federal Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
17th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble, Marble
19th Century French Hollywood Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
19th Century Belgian Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble, Statuary Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Louis XV Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 18th Century French Directoire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Breccia Marble, Statuary Marble
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble, Marble
18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1880s British Late Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1970s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Northern Irish Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1850s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
1970s Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic, Majolica
18th Century Belgian Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century English Victorian Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
1930s Scottish Edwardian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
1920s Belgian Romantic Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Oak
1890s Scottish Late Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 1900s American Neoclassical Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Iron
20th Century Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century French Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic
Early 2000s American Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
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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