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Fireplaces and Mantels For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Neoclassical
18th Century French Neoclassical 'Marriage' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
French neoclassical fireback cast in 1790 for the (usually just) married couple who's names are cast in the fireback.
This product weighs more than 65 kg / 143 lbs. All our products...
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Late 18th Century Style Fireplace in Statuary and Siena Marbles
Located in London, GB
A good late 18th century style neoclassical fireplace in Statuary and Siena marbles with a centre tablet depicting the antique fairy tale of Cupid and Ps...
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Late 18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
Set of Four Italian Brass and Wrought Iron Fire Tools on Bracket, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
Set of four Italian brass and wrought iron figural fire tools with decorative hand chasing mounted on a scrolled iron wall bracket, Late 18th centur...
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1780s Italian Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century Statuary and Siena Fireplace of Neoclassical Design
Located in London, GB
A late 18th century statuary and Siena fireplace of late 18th century neoclassical design, the frieze with a statuary marble tablet decorated a classical...
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Late 18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Siena Marble, Statuary Marble, Marble
Enormous Antique Walnut Fireplace Mantel Signed Carlo Scarselli
Located in London, GB
An enormous and grand antique walnut chimneypiece in the neoclassical style. The frieze elaborately carved with three pairs of sea serpents alternating with flambeau urns and scallop...
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Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Walnut
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
Pair of Andirons in Gilded Bronze and Iron, France, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The area closest to the fire is left undecorated. The front features two cupids with butterfly wings, detail usual in the 19th century, as are the eggs, shields and plant elements wh...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Neoclassical Statuary Marble Mantelpiece, 'GEO-ZE97'
Located in New York, NY
An early 19th century English mantelpiece of restrained and elegant form, incorporating later elements and repairs, in Italian statuary marble with...
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Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
Italian Neoclassical Console Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Early 19th century, Italian neoclassical console table with veneered verde antique top, the base having original faux painted verde ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Antique 19th Century French 'Pillars' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
French fireback with the pillars of freedom, a name and the date of production 1851.
This product weighs more than 65 kg / 143 lbs. All our products that weigh 66 kg / 146 lbs or mo...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
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
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Statuary Marble, Marble
Superb George III Neoclassical Fireplace Mantel of the Roman Doric Order
Located in London, GB
In white statuary and Spanish Brocatelle marbles; The design attributed to Sir William Chambers (1723-1796), architect to the King, circa 1765-1770.
The tiered shelf with egg and dart, (symbolic of good and evil) moulding, above the frieze, which is centered with a rectangular tablet, superbly sculpted with a Bucranium mask of an ox skull. This has horns and a jeweled decoration adorns the skull above the eyes, the horns are draped with bunched, knotted ribbons, which hold swags of tied bell flowers, the other end of which are secured and fall from circular, flower decorated paterae. This is flanked by Brocatelle panels and recessed, statuary end blockings. The jambs with pilaster Brocatelle uprights, flanked by statuary out grounds with scrolling volutes decorated with sprigs of foliage. The opening with moulded edge, the whole raised on foot blocks.
The Doric Order...
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Mid-18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Wonderful French Bronze Neoclassical Fireplace Draped Fabric Chenets Andirons
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful French bronze neoclassical fireplace draped fabric chenets andirons finished by Large Acorn finials.
Measures: 8" H x 8.5" W x4&qu...
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1930s French Neoclassical Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Statuary White Marble and Scagliola Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An Irish 19th century highly decorative and very well executed fireplace in Italian Statuary white marble with red and black Etruscan style Scagliola inlaid jamb panels and frieze. ...
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Late 18th Century Irish Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
18th Century Georgian Antique Fireplace in the Manner of Robert Adam
Located in London, GB
A late Georgian neoclassical chimneypiece in the manner of Robert Adam carved in white statuary marble with yellow Sienna marble inlay. The ...
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Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
Antique Victorian Neoclassical Dog Grate
Located in Manchester, GB
Fine antique mid-Victorian dog grate of elegant proportions in the neoclassical style with a semi-circular grate and fan detail in the spandrels, above a cla...
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19th Century Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Fireplace Mantel of Neoclassical Style
Located in London, GB
An exceptional 18th century Irish neoclassical chimneypiece of statuary marble, inlaid with Pietra Dura specimens of Rosso Antico, Verde and Kilkenny black. Almost certainly from the...
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1770s British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
19th Century French Pillars Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
French fireback with pillars and the date of production 1863.
This product weighs more than 65 kg / 143 lbs. All our products that weigh 66 kg / 146 lbs or more are shipped as stand...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Iron
French Urn Form Chenets with Flame and Pinecone Finials in Aged Brass, c. 1860s
Located in New York, NY
AFP0515
A pair of antique French urn form chenets having finely chased neoclassical details in the bodies with pinecone and flame finials. ...
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1860s French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Iron, Brass
Neoclassical Style Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
The breakfront, moulded shelf above the frieze which is centred with a tablet carved with tazza shaped, lidded urn in statuary on sienna marble. This is flanked by bands of flutes; t...
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Mid-18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
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
18th Century Neoclassical Pine Mantel
Located in New York, NY
A very fine late 18th century neoclassical pine mantel in excellent condition and exquisitely well carved featuring corner blocks carved with rosettes above tapering pilasters carved with pendant bell drops, and running frieze ribbon tied swags beneath a breakfront corniced mantel...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Pine
French Art Nouveau Statuary Marble Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
A refined French Art Nouveau white Statuary marble fireplace. The shaped frieze with delicately carved rose and foliage to centre and ends, the jambs with full length tapered panels....
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Neoclassical English Statuary Marble Fireplace Mantel with Siena Inlay
Located in London, GB
A very fine period neoclassical English Statuary marble fireplace with Siena inlay. The carved jambs with classical urn surmounted by ribbons and drapery, with Siena marble ingrounds...
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Mid-18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Statuary Marble
18th Century Neoclassical Pine Mantel
Located in New York, NY
An exceptionally fine neoclassical pine mantel with a frieze carved in the finest low relief centered with an urn and flanked by foliate arabesques. The corner blocks carved with urn...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
18th Century Antique Fireplace Mantle in Statuary and Siena Marbles
Located in London, GB
A statuary and Siena marble chimney piece late 18th century; circa 1795.
With moulded shelf with rounded corners above the frieze which is centred with a tablet of a reclining godde...
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1790s British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
English Hand-Painted Fireplace Mantel in the Neoclassical Style
Located in London, GB
A rare and highly decorative chimney piece in the manner of George Brookshaw
The frame carved part gilded and polychrome decorated, with the inverted breakfront top shelf having a...
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Paint
Neoclassical Pine Fireplace with Carved Urn
Located in London, GB
An English neoclassical pine fireplace. The centre blocking with carved urn and drapery, flanked by oval paterae and fluting. The tapering legs with tied ri...
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Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Pine
A Neoclassical English Statuary and Siena Marble Mantel Piece
Located in London, GB
A 19th century English statuary and Sienna marble fireplace in the neoclassical style. The finely carved jambs with Athenian foliage and urns surmounted by carved end blockings. The ...
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19th Century British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
Pair of Italian Brass and Wrought Iron Floral Andirions, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian brass floral acanthus and rope motif ball top andirons with wrought iron twisted column, acanthus centered plinths, pleasing decorative scroll work and terminating on...
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1810s Italian Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pair of Italian Wrought Iron and Floral Andirons with Scroll Legs. Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian wrought iron andirons with foliate petals, centered acanthus plinths, and terminating on hand chased scrolled legs. Early 19th Century
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1830s Italian Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique French 'Marriage' Fireback / Backsplash, dated 1797
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th Century French Marriage Fireback, dated 1797.
All our products that weigh 66 kg / 146 lbs or more are shipped as standard door-to-door freight. The prices of freight have incre...
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Iron
Pair of American Wrought Iron and Brass Melon Top Andirons, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American wrought iron and brass melon top andirons with turned centered column, spit hooks, and terminating on stylized penny feet. Note: Centered columns of andirons were ma...
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18th Century and Earlier American American Classical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
American Neoclassical Cypress Figural Mantel " Dance Design " R. Wellford C 1790
By Wellford
Located in Hollywood, SC
Charleston / Philadelphia Cypress and White Pine Neoclassical mantel piece with a central carved gesso panel of dancing figural ladies, floral swags, floral urns, musical instruments...
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1790s American Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Composition
Pair of Italian Wrought Iron & Poly Chromed Medallion Andirons w/ Log Stops 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian gilt figural mask wrought iron and poly chromed medallion andirons with flanking gilt foliage and painted ball finials, decorative scrolled gilt foliage iron work, ce...
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1810s Italian Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Wrought Iron
Georgian Style Statuary White and Siena Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century marble fireplace in the Georgian Neoclassical manner. Executed in Statuary white marble with Sienna Marble panels to the Jambs and flanking the frieze. The mant...
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Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels
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Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
Antique French Neoclassical 'Flower Baskets' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
Beautiful 18th century French Neoclassical fireback with flower decorations and two pillars. The pillars refer to the club of Hercules and Stand for strength and the unknown. Towards...
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Iron
Antique George III Style Neoclassical Marble Fireplace
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique George III style Neoclassical statutory marble fireplace. This late 19th century fireplace was removed from a house in Jersey, and would certainly make for a statement pie...
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Mid-19th Century Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Stone, Marble
GENTIL & BOURDET " Model K ", blue stoneware mantel with lions heads
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Made by Gentil & Bourdet in the early 20th century, this mantel is decorated in blue stoneware. The decoration is a striking example of the Napoleon III style in its Neo-Gothic and N...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
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Stoneware
Small Antique French Neoclassical Fireback / Backsplash, 18th-19th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th - 19th century French neoclassical period fireback.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter. The conditio...
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Iron
Antique French Neoclassical Fireback / Backsplash, 18th - 19th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
Beautiful 18th century French Neoclassical fireback with flower decorations and two pillars. The pillars refer to the club of Hercules and Stand for strength and the unknown. Towards...
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Antique French, Neoclassical 'Pillars of Freedom' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th - 19th Century French Neoclassical fireback with two pillars of freedom. The pillars symbolize the value liberty, one of the three values of the French revolution.
The firebac...
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Iron
English Serpentine Fire Grate
Located in London, GB
A beautifully proportioned polished steel English serpentine fire grate. The openwork fret with dragon detail is set between Roman Doric column legs on plinth feet, surmounted by urn finials. Shaped arched fire...
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Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Steel, Iron
Pair of Bronze Andirons
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of neoclassical style andirons is made of bronze. This is a French work. Circa 1920.
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1920s French Neoclassical Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
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Bronze
Neoclassical French Antique Carrara Marble Fireplace
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
A beautiful antique fireplace with rich details and a wide profiled top. This full circulation fireplace is made of “Carrara”, a very luxurious type of marble.
A sumptuous scallop (shell) stands out in the center of the fireplace. Placed at 30 degrees from the corners are fully solid consoles...
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Early 18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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Carrara Marble
19th Century Italian Painted and Parcel Gilt Fireplace Mantel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Italian neoclassical style painted and parcel gilt carved wood fireplace mantel. Carved acanthus leaf detail across the top o...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood
Art Nouveau Carved Oak Mantel with Applique
Located in New York, NY
Carved oak Art Nouveau chimney mantel with ornate applique. Please note, this item is located in our Scranton, PA location.
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
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Oak
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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