Fireplaces and Mantels
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1870s Scottish Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
1880s English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
1890s English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1880s English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1870s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1870s English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1880s English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1870s English Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 19th Century American American Craftsman Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Beech
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Statuary Marble
Late 19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Late 19th Century British Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Iron
1880s European Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Carrara Marble
1960s Italian Gothic Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel, Iron
1870s Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1870s French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Bronze
1880s Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1890s Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Composition
Late 19th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic, Stoneware
Late 19th Century Belgian Napoleon III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
1890s Renaissance Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1960s Dutch Space Age Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
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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