Fireplaces and Mantels
Mid-19th Century European Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
1870s English Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s North American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Travertine
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel, Iron
1930s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic
19th Century European Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Oak
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1970s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Enamel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel, Cut Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron, Metal
2010s Northern Irish Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s Northern Irish Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Mid-18th Century English Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Siena Marble
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Steel
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Sheet Metal
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Shell, Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Iron
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Mid-18th Century Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary Northern Irish Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century 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.