Fireplaces and Mantels
1750s English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
1820s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
18th Century Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Brass
19th Century English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
19th Century Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Early 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 19th Century Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 19th Century Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 20th Century English George II Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 19th Century Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Nickel
1820s British Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1830s English George IV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Mid-19th Century English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Chrome
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1780s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Sandstone
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Wrought Iron
1740s English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
20th Century English George II Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1850s Scottish Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
1810s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Wrought Iron, Nickel
1750s English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Nickel, Brass
1780s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Mid-18th Century European George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Brass
1820s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Early 19th Century Irish George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron, Wire
1820s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1740s British George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble
18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Onyx
1930s American Georgian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Composition
Early 1800s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1770s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1830s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
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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