Fireplaces and Mantels
Early 19th Century Dutch Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
1850s French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Iron
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Chrome, Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Iron
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Wrought Iron
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Wrought Iron
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Chrome
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Nickel, Brass
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1790s French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Other
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
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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