Fireplaces and Mantels
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 20th Century Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel, Iron
1950s Italian Rococo Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Majolica
Mid-19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Iron, Ormolu
2010s American Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
20th Century Italian Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Terracotta
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
1880s English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1930s Scottish Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
20th Century Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
2010s Northern Irish Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
2010s Northern Irish Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
19th Century French Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1980s Rococo Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
18th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
19th Century French Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1920s English Rococo Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Scagliola
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Walnut
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Brass
Late 20th Century European Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Northern Irish Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Early 1900s English Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Walnut
Early 19th Century Scottish Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
Mid-20th Century Unknown Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
17th Century European Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 18th Century Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 1900s British Art Deco Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
18th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
1920s French Art Deco Vintage 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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