Fireplaces and Mantels
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1910s Scottish Edwardian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
Mid-18th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Iron
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1760s Scottish George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Mid-18th Century English Palladian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Mid-18th Century English Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Mid-18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1750s Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Ormolu
Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1910s English Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1910s Scottish Edwardian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Hardwood
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Mid-18th Century English Medieval Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone, Iron
Mid-18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century English Adam Style Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic, Faience
1760s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Mid-18th Century English Palladian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
1740s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone, Sandstone
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1910s English Regency Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century European Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
1740s Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble, Marble
Mid-18th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Mid-18th Century French Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Carrara Marble
1750s German Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1910s European Queen Anne Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1760s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1910s French Napoleon III Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1740s British George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble
Mid-18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble, Statuary Marble
1760s English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Mid-18th Century European George II Antique 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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