Fireplaces and Mantels
Late 19th Century English Jacobean Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Oak
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine, Paint
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 19th Century English Jacobean Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Oak
19th Century European Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century French Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
19th Century English Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century English Jacobean Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Oak
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
18th Century French Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Pine
19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Siena Marble
Early 20th Century English Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble, Other
Mid-19th Century Belgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Early 19th Century French Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel, Iron
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century British George III Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
18th Century Italian Other Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary British Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 20th Century English George III Fireplaces and Mantels
Other
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1810s English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
1780s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Gesso, Pine
17th Century French Gothic Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
19th Century English George IV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone, Marble
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Mid-19th Century European Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Mid-19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine, Paint
19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Pine
Early 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Elm, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Nickel
19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Metal
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Steel
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Giltwood
Late 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Carrara Marble
Early 20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Mahogany
20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
1760s English George III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Brass
1820s British George IV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century European George III Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century French Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century British Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Iron
Late 18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
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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