Fireplaces and Mantels
18th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1970s French Rustic Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1860s Scottish Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone, Marble
1950s English Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1880s English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
20th Century French Napoleon III Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone, Sandstone
Early 19th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 20th Century English Victorian Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
2010s North American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
1880s Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper, Iron
Early 18th Century Irish Queen Anne Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Plaster
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-19th Century Gothic Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Walnut
19th Century German Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze
1950s English Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1980s English Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Early 20th Century European Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 20th Century Italian Late Victorian Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
Early 20th Century Gothic Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
20th Century Italian Rococo Fireplaces and Mantels
Terracotta
1950s English Louis XIII Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Statuary Marble
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Carrara Marble
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone, Marble
1910s Scottish Edwardian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Hardwood
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
1950s English Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1850s Scottish Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Belgian Black Marble
1980s English Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
Early 1900s British Late Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s American Brutalist Fireplaces and Mantels
Concrete
2010s Italian Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
18th Century Dutch Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1880s English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1950s English Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
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.
Find a collection of antique and vintage fireplaces and mantels on 1stDibs today.
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