Fireplaces and Mantels
Late 20th Century British Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Iron
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Stoneware
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 20th Century English Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
20th Century English Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Ormolu
1940s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel, Iron
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic, Wood, Walnut
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic, Faience
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1920s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Copper
19th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Iron
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century French Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
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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