Fireplaces and Mantels
Late 20th Century British Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Nickel
2010s American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
2010s American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
20th Century Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 2000s European Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Travertine, Statuary Marble, Bronze
2010s American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
2010s American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
2010s American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Concrete, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
2010s Northern Irish Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Northern Irish Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Late 20th Century English Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine, Paint
20th Century English Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Northern Irish Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
2010s American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
2010s North American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
20th Century French Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
2010s North American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone, Marble
Late 20th Century English Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
2010s American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Nickel
2010s Italian Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Travertine, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1980s English Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary Northern Irish Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1940s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
2010s Mexican Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Concrete, Stainless Steel
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Guatemalan Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Concrete
2010s Danish Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Aluminum
2010s Mexican Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Concrete, Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel, Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
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.