Fireplaces and Mantels
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Granite
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Walnut, Poplar
2010s Canadian Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1780s American American Colonial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1770s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
2010s Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1790s French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Rustic Fireplaces and Mantels
Travertine
2010s Danish Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary European Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 18th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Poplar
2010s Chinese Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Irish Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Early 2000s English Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels
Slate
2010s Mexican Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Stainless Steel
Late 18th Century Irish George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
2010s North American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 18th Century Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
2010s Italian Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s American Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
2010s Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
1780s British George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s Northern Irish Palladian Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
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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