Fireplaces and Mantels
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel, Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Brutalist Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Copper
1850s American Colonial Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Bronze
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
2010s Guatemalan Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Concrete
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Steel
1840s English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Chrome, Brass, Steel
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought 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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