Fireplaces and Mantels
20th Century Italian Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Terracotta
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1920s English Rococo Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1880s English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Late 20th Century Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel, Iron
Mid-19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Iron, Ormolu
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
18th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1980s Rococo Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century European Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1950s Italian Rococo Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Majolica
Mid-20th Century Unknown Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Early 19th Century Scottish Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
17th Century European Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Granite
18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Late 18th Century Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Early 19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century British Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Early 20th Century Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1880s French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1750s German Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Ceramic
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1830s Belgian Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Late 19th Century French Hollywood Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Brass, Iron
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Mirror, Wood
18th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
18th Century Scandinavian Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
Early 19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Late 20th Century Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Brass
1880s French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
18th Century English Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
Early 18th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
1910s English Rococo Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-18th Century British Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
20th Century Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 1900s French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Ormolu
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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