Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels

18th - 19th Century French neoclassical fireback with two pillars of freedom. The pillars symbolize the value liberty, one of the three values of the French revolution. The fireb...

18th - 19th Century French neoclassical fireback with two pillars of freedom. The pillars symbolize the value liberty, one of the three values of the French revolution. The fireb...

18th - 19th Century French neoclassical fireback with two pillars of freedom. The pillars symbolize the value liberty, one of the three values of the French revolution. The fireb...

18th - 19th Century French neoclassical fireback with two pillars of freedom. The pillars symbolize the value liberty, one of the three values of the French revolution. The fireb...

18th-19th Century French neoclassical period fireback with a cupid. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a black / pewter patina. The condition is good, no cracks. ...

18th-19th century French neoclassical period fireback. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a black / pewter patina. The condition is good, no cracks.  

18th-19th century French fireback with two eagles, coat of arms of Napoleon Bonaparte. The style of the fireback is Neoclassical and it is from that period. The fireback is made o...

18th-19th century German neoclassical period fireback. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a black / pewter patina. It is in a good condition and does not have cracks.

Late 18th or early 19th century French fireback with the Judgement of Paris. Neoclassical period. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it ca...

Pair of Italian brass neoclassical figural tiered beaded urn finial andirons resting on decorative fluted triangular bases, Early 19th Century.

18th-19th century French neoclassical period fireback with a woman and a cupid. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black /...

Late 18th or early 19th century French neoclassical fireback with two pillars of freedom. The pillars symbolize the value liberty, one of the three values of the French revolution. ...

An antique neo-classical style marble chimneypiece from the late Georgian period. The tapering pilasters are inlaid with panels of Scottish Isla Rosa Tiree marble and overlaid with ...

18th-19th century French neoclassical period fireback. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter at no extra cos...

Beautiful 18th-19th century German neoclassical fireback. The fireback depicts Minerva, goddess of knowledge, intellect and ingenuity of the human spirit. She is often depicted with ...

Beautiful 18th-19th century German neoclassical fireback with a flower basket. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / p...

18th-19th century French neoclassical fireback with an allegory of love. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter.

18th-19th century French neoclassical fireback with an allegory of love. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter....

18th-19th century French neoclassical fireback with the goddess Diana. Goddess of hunting, also protector of animals of the forest, especially the young animals. She experienced grea...

18th-19th century French neoclassical fireback with two pillars of freedom. The pillars symbolize the value liberty, one of the three values of the French revolution. The firebac...

A magnificent and rare English Regency Neoclassical Egyptian style statuary marble fireplace carved to the highest quality, of the type popularised by Thomas Hope 17691831, in his highly influential Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807) with term jambs of Antinous Osiris...

18th-19th century French neoclassical fireback. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter. It is in a good condi...

18th-19th century French Neoclassical fireback with Apollo and Satyr Marsyas. Marsyas challenged Apollo to a musical contest. He hoped to defeat Apollo with a flute thrown away by At...

New York, Fan-carved mantel in the Federal taste, circa 1812 Pine Measures: 66 1/4 in. high, 90 3/8 in. wide, 13 1/4 in. deep Within the genre of carved rather than plasterwork mantels of the Federal Period, no example that has come to light is more perfectly designed or more carefully wrought than the present one, which is an amazing symphony of fans, urns, beads, and other Neo-Classical devices, all ultimately influenced by the plasterwork designs of the English architects Robert (1728–1792) and James (1732–1794) Adam. Of a type that proliferated in the area bounded by the northern New Jersey counties of Bergen and Passaic, the Hudson Valley, and western Long Island, the mantel is representative of work that flourished in the first couple of decades of the 19th century. While most of the woodwork of this style that has survived is found in interiors, various examples of exterior doors and other trim have been noted, but most examples have disappeared as a result, variously, of natural deterioration and purposeful demolition in anticipation of development. Although considerably larger in scale and more elaborate in ornament than a mantel that has been in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum since 1944 (acc. no. 44.55; photograph in Hirschl & Adler archives), the present mantel is so close in style and conception to that example that it likely originated in the same house. The Brooklyn mantel is documented as having been removed from a house built by Judge Isaac Terhune (1762–1837), an eminent lawyer and judge. The house was situated on King’s Highway, at the corner of Mansfield Place, at the edge of South Greenfield, a village in northern Gravesend, Brooklyn. A photograph of the house, taken by the German e´migre´ photographer, Eugene Armbruster (1865–1933), is in the collection of the New-York Historical Society. Terhune is ultimately descended from the Dutch-Huguenot e´migre´ Albert Albertson Terhunen, who died in Flatlands, Brooklyn, in 1685.The family eventually spread out through New Amsterdam, Long Island, and Bergen County, New Jersey. Terhune’s great-grandson, also Albert (1715–1806), left a sizable estate to his six surviving children, including his second child and second son, Isaac. Judge Terhune lived in the house until his death in 1837, at which time, according to an article in The New York Times for November 27, 1910, he, having died without issue, “left the White Frame Mansion with its exquisitely carved doorway, beautiful mantels, and other interior adornments to his brother John” (Part Six, p. 11). The article continues: After the latter’s death, the house and its estate of about 70 acres passed through several owners, eventually being purchased in 1853 by Benjamin G. Hitchings [1813–1893]. The house next passed to Benjamin’s son, Hector, who had been born in the house, and then lived there for 25 years. He sold it in 1910 in partial payment for a Manhattan apartment house. After thus having been sold to a real estate developer, the Hitchings property was subdivided into Hitchings Homestead. The house survived until about 1928, at which time it was razed and a Deco-style apartment house with the address 2301 Kings Highway was constructed on the site and occupied in 1935. By 1910, the fate of the house, in an area of Brooklyn that was being rapidly developed, was becoming obvious. The Times article reported: The house has been well kept up, but fearing lest the hand of time or vandals might deal harshly with some of its choice bits of carving, Mr. Hitchings removed a few years ago a few beautifully carved wood mantels...

18th-19th century French neoclassical fireback with two pillars of freedom topped with Phrygian caps. The fireback was produced during or just after the French Revolution in 1815. T...

A late 18th century, early 19th century neoclassical chimneypiece in white statuary marble, centred with a Wedgwood ' Bacchanal' tablet, with 3/4 round fluted Ionic columns fronting ...

A good quality Regency period, statuary marble column fireplace made in Italy for the English market to a British Neo-Classical design. The rectangular moulded tiered shelf abov...

French fireback with two pillars, four heads with a Phrygian cap, an angel and the date of production 1817. The fireback was produced just after the Fren...

A neoclassical chimneypiece of statuary, veneered Siena and inlaid Jasper & Rosso Antico marbles, circa 1800 The plain rectangular shelf above the Siena frieze which is centered w...

Early 19th century, Italian neoclassical console table with veneered verde antique top, the base having original faux painted verde ...

An early 19th century English mantelpiece of restrained and elegant form, incorporating later elements and repairs, in Italian statuary marble with...

American brass and wire rail top fire fender with decorative swag motif, Early 19th century.

Pair of Italian brass floral acanthus and rope motif ball top andirons with wrought iron twisted column, acanthus centered plinths, pleasing decorative scroll work and terminating on...

Pair of Italian gilt figural mask wrought iron and poly chromed medallion andirons with flanking gilt foliage and painted ball finials, decorative scrolled gilt foliage iron work, ce...

Beautiful 18th century French Neoclassical fireback with flower decorations and two pillars. The pillars refer to the club of Hercules and Stand for strength and the unknown. Towards...

19th century French neoclassical fireback with two pillars of freedom. The pillars symbolize the value liberty, one of the three values of the French revolution. The fireback is ...

Late 18th of early 19th century French Neoclassical fireback with a cupid on a pedestal. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made...