Early 19th Century Fireplaces and Mantels

A lovely Antique Wooden Fireplace mantel. This subtle yet elegant and decorative mantel has a beautiful original patina and atmosphere. Is an be used in a classical library or a nic...

Finely carved early 19th c French chimneypiece in statuary marble with engaged stop fluted half round columns terminating beneath acanthus carved capitals, the frieze with delicately...

Lovely tall and decorative fireback with a depiction of Poseidon holding trident, the sea, four horses and cherubs holding trumpet. Bottom is rough and has a repair, overall great...

An antique pair of George III steel fire dogs. These steel fire dogs have front supports shaped like short tongs with urn and baluster finials.

A large French fireback or backsplash, man and women around a well. This fireback has been used and this shows, parts of the base are gone. H...

A very nice and unusual shaped French Louis XV fireplace. Executed in beautiful warm bi colored limestone, this lovely decorative mantel adds true style and French class to any inte...

Very nice and subtle pinkish French Louis XVI fireplace mantel. The mantel is made from Sandstone from the “Massif de Vosges” called Grès Rose, pink sandstone. One of its unique characters it that the color changes during the day and the way it is lit. It’s unusual shape and nice paneling combined with the leaf decorations make this a modest yet strong decorative piece. It is unrestored, it has some chips and imperfections but this only adds to its beautiful pantina. This mantel can be supplied with returns or can be made to be flush fitted against a wall. Sold by Schermerhorn Antique Fireplaces Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you might have, we are happy to help! Our vast collection of antique fireplaces and mantels...

Very nice and attractive English moulded bolection fireplace in warm and soft toned wood. Great condition and easy to install.

French extendable and foldable firescreen / fireplace screen. This large and perfect 19th Century French firescreen is capable of extending to a ...

Antique fireback / backsplash, vase with flowers. Nice square cast iron antique fireback displaying a vase with flowers. Great condition, can be used in a real gas or log fire. ...

A French decorative stand to place in a fireplace, gilt, brass and bronze. This item will make any fireplace look great.

Perfect Petite Antique Fireplace Mantel in White Marble. Very exited to offer this unique little gem, perfect proportioned French Louis XVI fireplace mantel in beautiful Carrara white marble. A very nice trick stepped and profiled topshelf sits above a slightly curved frieze with a finely carved central foliate paterae flanked by the split paneled frieze. The paterae endblocks are of the same acanthus form, and are supported by curved, angled and fluted jambs, which rest on rounded plain footblocks. Left from corner of the topshelf shows some minor discoloration. Very nice and small decorative piece, second pictures shows it size and potential. The interior dimensions are: Height: 24.40 in. (62 cm) Width: 32.28 in. (82cm) This mantel is ready to be packed, shipped and adorned. Would make the ultimate (small) bedroom mantel...

Antique fireplace in black marble and lovely colored brocatelle marble details. The Louis Philippe style console fireplace mantel ...

Antique French Louis XV fireplace fireback / backsplash showing "Winter" by an old bearded man who is trying to heat up to a nice little fire. The cast iron fireback has been prop...

Lovely decorative Parisian fireplace mantel with nicely carved corbels. Executed in Belgian red marble this mantel was installed in a nice sized Pa...

An early 19th century French Louis xv limestone fireplace mantel. The moulded and profiled shelf is integral to the frieze which is cent...

Lovely decorative cast iron fireback or backsplash. Has been used well during its live and this shows. A lot of details have slowly faded and the bottom is missing some pieces. Woul...

A Regency period chimneypiece of simple form in Derbyshire Fossil and Carrara marble.

Bi-Color Limestone Louis XV from France Lovely modest Bi-Color Limestone Louis XV from France. This French limestone comes from the burgundy area, it is unique because of its col...

Antique fireback / backsplash, knight in a frame. Nice square cast iron antique fireback displaying a knight posing in a frame. Great condition, can be used in a real gas or log ...

Very interesting Rustic French Louis XV Fireplace. This nice limestone mantel show its age and history. Saved from a derelict building it stood in the rain for many years before ...

Lovely subtle decorated French Louis XV fireplace mantel in nice soft toned limestone. This mantel shows how a true Parisian limestone Louis XV fireplace mantel should look and feel....

Cupid fireback / backsplash Very nice detailed and superbly casted antique 19th century fireback. The fireback displays a very stout looking cupid p...

Nice French Campagnard style fireplace mantel in lovely limestone. This gem comes from central France, burgundy area. Its perfect size make it possible to install this mantel in al...

An early 19th/ late 18th century Dutch fireplace mantel in the Louis XVI manner. The nice mantel has great proportions and is wonderfully decorated in "V.O.C." style. It superbly c...

Very nice and colorful fireplace mantel from the Northern part of Italy. This Italian beauty dated from the beginning of the 19th century it was reclaimed from a large estate. Its ...

Very nice and strong French Louis XV fireplace mantel in limestone. The amazingly detailed carvings are beautifully executed, the strong lines of the mantels gives it a nice stance....

Early 19th century Regency neoclassical firegrate in the manner of Robert Adam. The pierced serpentine fretwork raised over square tapering leg on block foot surmounted by finials, w...

Elegant French fireplace in the style of Louis Philippe. Perfect usable size, great condition. Ready to be shipped an installed. Opening measurements: 32.2 x 30.3 inch or 82 x...

Lovely soft toned yellow limestone with hints of red. This subtle French mantel dates back to the beginning of the 19th century. Some minor overall restorations and damages, le...

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

An early 19th century mantelpiece of generous proportions in the French Rococo style. Removed from No. 9 Stratford Place, London, which was ...

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...

Georgian style mantelpiece in statuary and convent Siena marbles with pastoral centre tablet scene and cherubic corner blocks, circa 1820. Opening dimensions: 44 1/2" W x 41 1/2" H.

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

Tall, elegant Louis XVI fireplace mantel. This lovely mantelpiece is crisp and lovely decorated through out. very nice warm and soft toned limestone. Great overhanging frieze s...