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Andirons For Sale
Pair of Antique Solid Brass Ball Top Claw Feet Fireplace 22" Tall End Irons MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Antique Solid Brass Ball Top Claw Feet Fireplace 22" Tall End Irons MINT
Category

20th Century American Art Deco Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

Pair of Samuel Yellin Italian Renaissance Wrought Iron Andirons
By Samuel Yellin
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance-style wrought iron andirons with an upper and lower spike & basket design with open scroll base & griffins supporting a cross bar (Attributed to SAMUEL YE...
Category

19th Century American Renaissance Revival Antique Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Midcentury Italian Pair of Wrought Iron Andirons, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Italian modernist pair of wrought iron andirons.
Category

1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Early 20th Century Decorative Cast Iron Ram Andirons
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1900s-1910s; Olympic Logmaster - Chicago, IL Pair of cast iron andirons with stylized ram's head finials, marked "Olympic Logmaster 254". Originally produced by Olympic Logmaste...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Andirons

Materials

Iron

Pair of Charleston Neoclassical Brass Urn Finial Andirons with Orig. Grate, 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Rare Charleston Neoclassical brass urn faceted ball finial andirons with flanking scrolled ringed columns, decorative scrolled squared ...
Category

1820s American Neoclassical Antique Andirons

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Pair of Late 19th Century French Baroque Bronze Chenets / Andirons
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of late 19th century French Baroque bronze chenets / andirons Beautifully decorated with dolphin and putti. A fleur-de-lys sits on top of the obelisks. These are in very g...
Category

Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Andirons

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Custom Mid-Century Modernist Style Polished Brass Rectangular Andirons
Located in New York, NY
This ultra chic pair of custom andirons feature a minimalistic vertical rectangular front panel displayed in polished brass. They are fully customizable in terms of the dimensions an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Andirons

Materials

Iron, Brass

French Adnet Style Brass Fire Tools
Located in New York, NY
French Modernist set of brass fire tools suspended on a glass frame, in the style of Jacques Adnet. Professionally polished.
Category

20th Century French Modern Andirons

Materials

Brass

Pair of Antique Figural Gilt Bronze Stylized Dolphin or Fish Andirons
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique gilt bronze andirons are unsigned, but believed to have originated from Europe, possibly France and dating to approximately 1880. The detailed cast bronze sculpt...
Category

Late 19th Century French High Victorian Antique Andirons

Materials

Bronze

French Brass Serpentine Four Panel Decorative Foliage Fire Place Screen, C. 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
French Brass serpentine four panel folding fire place screen with decorative beaded foliage medallions, engraved ball finials, and flanking side handl...
Category

1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Andirons

Materials

Brass, Wire

American Arts and Crafts Fireplace Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
American Arts and Crafts wrought iron and bronze fire place andirons and screen with castles and griffins.
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Andirons

Materials

Bronze, Wrought Iron

Pair of modernist wrought iron andirons, France, 1950 s, mid century
Located in BELFORT, FR
Pair of Mid-Century Modern, wrought iron andirons in the style of Jean Royère.
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of Bradley and Hubbard American Country Wrought Iron Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of American Country (19th Century) wrought iron andirons with sunburst and face design (BRADLEY & HUBBARD) (PRICED AS Pair)
Category

19th Century American Rustic Antique Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

American Brass Rail and Pleasing Wire Work Fire Place Screen, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass rail and pleasing wire work fire place screen, Early 19th century.
Category

Early 1800s American American Colonial Antique Andirons

Materials

Brass, Wire

French Antique Bronze “Beethoven” Andirons
Located in Austin, TX
A pair of French antique andirons made of finely cast bronze. These pieces are adorned with the face of Beethoven. They are in very nice antique condition with only minor surface wea...
Category

1880s French Antique Andirons

Materials

Bronze

American Brass Lemon Top Andirons
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good pair of American Federal period andirons with lemon finials on ring turned column base and standing on spurred legs ending in hoof feet. American circa 1820.
Category

Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

American Brass Decorative Artistic Wire Work Hinged Fireplace Screen, C. 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
American cast brass and painted artistic wire work hinged fireplace screen. Late 18th Century Photographed at 48 wide / 36 Wide middle section / 14.5 Deep on hinged panels. Screen wi...
Category

1790s American American Colonial Antique Andirons

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron, Wire

Pair of Brass Nautical Andirons
By Puritan
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
This stylish set of polished solid brass anchor-form andirons date to the 1960s and have been professionally polished and lacquered (thus no tarnishing).
Category

Mid-20th Century American Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

Custom Art Deco Style Skyscraper Andirons Displayed in Polished Brass and Nickel
Located in New York, NY
These custom Art Deco style andirons feature a stepped streamlined design with an inverted curve at the top of the structure. They are fully cu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Andirons

Materials

Brass, Nickel

Antique French Rococo Baroque Style Brass Leafy Acanthus Andirons - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Rococo Baroque Style Brass Leafy Acanthus Andirons - a Pair. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 17" H x 10" W x 18" D.
Category

Early 20th Century Rococo Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

Antique Victorian Cast Iron Greyhound Andirons ~ a pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of black cast iron figural stylized greyhound andirons. Made in USA, circa 1940. Unsigned but attributed to the Nashville Tennessee Chrome Plating Co. Dimensions: 18" H ...
Category

1940s Vintage Andirons

Materials

Iron

Pair Of Federal Brass Ball Top Andirons
Located in Essex, MA
Ball top with scrolled legs and brass ball feet. Newly polished.
Category

Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

Fire Place Tools, Midcentury Lucite, Italy, C 1960, Lucite and Polished Chrome
Located in New York, NY
Decorative mid-century fire place tools, circa 1960. Made of polished chrome and lucite. Made in Italy.
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Chrome

Gothic Revival Wrought Iron Andirons, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Gothic Revival Wrought Iron Andirons, with openwork twist finial and twist support on scroll form base. 24.25" H x 10" W x 17.5" D. Provenance: From a New York City Collection.
Category

Early 20th Century Gothic Revival Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Gothic Revival Wrought Iron Andirons, Pair
Gothic Revival Wrought Iron Andirons, Pair
$750 Sale Price / set
46% Off
Set of Decorative Mermaid Andirons
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Very decorative set, superbly casted and executed. A lovely set of andirons showing two sea mermaids. Great set, can be used in a real gas or wood fire.
Category

Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Andirons

Materials

Iron

Pair of Antique French 19th Century Bronze Figural Chenets, Andirons
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of antique French 19th Century Baroque style bronze figural chenets ( Andirons ). Each chenet topped with a male figure one with a helmet and the other with a beard. The bases h...
Category

Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Andirons

Materials

Bronze

American Brass Artistic Wire Work Folding Hinged Fire Place Screen, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass and artistic wire work folding hinged panels fire place screen, Early 19th Century.
Category

1810s American American Colonial Antique Andirons

Materials

Brass, Wire

Pair of Twisted Wrought Iron Andirons, French, circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of andirons is made of a twisted main part with ball on top. With their look, they can both be used for an old fire place as for a contemporary one. They are French, circa ...
Category

1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Fine Pair of French Rococo Style Ormolu Chenets, circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine Pair of French Rococo style Ormolu Chenets, circa 1900. Each Chenet having pierced Rocaille form. Sometimes beauty needs few words. The Chenets m...
Category

Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Andirons

Materials

Metal

American Brass Artistic Wire Work Fire Place Screen with Eyelet Holes, C 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass and artistic wire work fire place screen with flanking eyelet holes for originally securing to fire place surround, Early 19th century.
Category

Early 1800s American American Colonial Antique Andirons

Materials

Brass, Wire

Early Blacksmith Forged Andirons with Polished Bronze Finials
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of substantial blacksmith-made iron andirons having tapered square section shafts topped by striking polished bronze suppressed ball finials, possessing spit supports with con...
Category

17th Century Italian Antique Andirons

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Andirons / Fire Dogs, Vagebond
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique French andirons, vagabond with a hat and sideburns. Weight: 14 lbs / 6 kg. Upon request they can be made black / pewter.
Category

19th Century French Antique Andirons

Materials

Iron

Andirons / Fire Dogs, Vagebond
Andirons / Fire Dogs, Vagebond
$376 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of American Cast Iron Horse Head Andirons with Original Dog Legs, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American cast iron horse head andirons with the original rear dog legs. Mid 19th century.
Category

1850s American American Empire Antique Andirons

Materials

Iron

A fine and palatial size pair of Italian silvered bronze chenets
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and palatial pair of Italian silvered bronze chenets. Highly detailed with cherubs at the top and the Gods of the winds on either side
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Andirons

Materials

Bronze

Antique Andirons / Fire Dogs, Woman with Hairband
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique andirons, woman nicely dressed with a hairband made of spikes - very decorative. Weight: 12 lbs / 5 kg. Upon request they can be made black / pewter.    
Category

19th Century French Antique Andirons

Materials

Iron

Pair of French Directoire Bronze Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of French Directoire-style bronze andirons with filigree connector (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category

20th Century French Directoire Andirons

Materials

Bronze

Pr, Donald Deskey for Bennett Textured Bronze and Brass Andirons C. 1950s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This pair of andirons, designed by the iconic modernist Donald Deskey for Bennett, exemplifies mid-century American design at its most refined. Produced in the 1950s, these andirons ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Andirons

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Iron

English Regency Brass Pierced Gallery Fire Fender. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency brass fire fender with pierced floral gallery, hand chase bossing, rope motif, and terminating on stylized lions paw feet. Late 18th Century.
Category

18th Century and Earlier British Antique Andirons

Pair of Flame Brass Andirons, circa 1960, France.
Located in Brussels, BE
Very nice pair of stylised flame andirons, circa 1960, France. Polished brass, wrought iron. Dimensions: 43 cm D, 38 cm H, 18 cm W. All purchases are covered by our Buyer Protection ...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Andirons

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Italian Early 20th Century Foldable Colored Wicker Fire Screen
Located in Milan, IT
Italian early 20th century colored wicker wall mirror. Backed in pewter sheets.   
Category

1920s Italian Jugendstil Vintage Andirons

Materials

Pewter

French Art Nouveau Brass Fire Screen with Mirror
Located in Van Nuys, CA
French Art Nouveau solid cast brass fire screen with a beveled round mirror. The frame is very decorative ormolu with a carrying handle at the top. Measurements: 29"h 31"w x 8.5 L
Category

1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Andirons

Materials

Brass

A Pair Of Bronze Modernist Andirons By Wah Chang Signed Ca 1950 s
By Wah Chang
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of unusual, modernist andirons by Wah Chang, signed. Made ca '1950 the bases are stamped Van Nuys, California. A note about the designer. " Wah Ming Chang (August 2, 1917 – December 22, 2003) was an American designer, sculptor, and artist. With the encouragement of his adoptive father, James Blanding Sloan, he began exhibiting his prints and watercolors at the age of seven to highly favorable reviews. Chang worked with Sloan on several theatre productions and in the 1940s, they briefly created their own studio to produce films. He is known later in life for his sculpture and the props he designed for Star Trek: The Original Series, including the tricorder and communicator. The Chang family moved from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco, California and about 1920 opened the Ho-Ho Tea Room on Sutter Street, which became a favorite venue for the city's Bohemian artists. Wah-Ming's mother, Fai Sue Chang, was a graduate of Berkeley's California School of Arts and Crafts (today's California College of the Arts), where she specialized in fashion design and etching. After she died in 1927, her husband persuaded Wah Ming Chang's art teacher and family friends, the highly respected printmaker, puppeteer, and theatre designer, James Blanding Sloan and his wife Mildred Taylor, to become his son's legal guardians. Sloan exhibited Wah Ming's etchings and watercolors in public exhibitions as early as 1925 to favorable reviews in the San Francisco Bay Area and later in the largest art colony on the Pacific Coast, Carmel-by-the-Sea. The child became part of Sloan's family, traveled in 1926 to Taos, New Mexico, for the on-site study of American Indian culture, and in 1928 displayed his block prints in joint exhibitions with Sloan at the prestigious Philadelphia Print Club and in Pasadena, California. He became a valued assistant in several of Sloan's marionette theatres as well as in productions for the Hollywood Bowl Ballet and the "Cavalcade of Texas." In the mid-1940s Chang formed a joint studio business with Sloan, The East-West Film Company, and produced such memorable films as Pick a Bale of Cotton (an interview and performance with the legendary blues and folk singer Lead Belly in 1944) and the highly controversial anti-war short (1946–47), The Way of Peace, created in part with elaborate miniature sets and puppets in stop...
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Andirons

Materials

Bronze

Monumental Pair of Forged Iron Spanish Revival Andirons
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Hand forged heavy gauge andirons with iron strapping and heraldic shields and battle axes. Generously sized at 18.5" wide, 23" deep and 27" high. Fine old p...
Category

1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Andirons

Materials

Steel

Pair of American Classical Style Andirons
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good pair of American Classical style andirons having double knob urn finials over Doric column shafts, standing on plinth support over pair o...
Category

20th Century American Federal Andirons

Materials

Brass

Buckle Burn: 19th Century Forged Iron Andirons with Colonial Charm
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Wrought-Iron “Buckle” Andirons, 19th Century Forged from solid iron, these fireplace andirons feature sturdy billet bars terminating in tight scroll feet and uprights pierced...
Category

19th Century Antique Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Modernist Wrought Iron and Brass Fire Andiron
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Modernist Wrought Iron and Brass Fire Andiron  
Category

1960s French Art Deco Vintage Andirons

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Pair of Cast Iron George Washington Figural Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of cast iron George Washington Andirons: Measures: 9" x 20" x 16" Weighs: 30 LBS.
Category

Early 20th Century American American Classical Andirons

Materials

Iron

Pair of Neo Classical Style Iron, Ebonized Andirons with Urn Form Motif
Located in Lomita, CA
We love this pair of andirons for its stately air. The pair of Neoclassical style ebonized copper ball-top andirons are probably European, and from the early 20th Century. They are d...
Category

Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Andirons

Materials

Copper, Iron

Andirons with Fireplace Tools, Late 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
A decorative fireplace set comprising two andirons with a grate (35 × 29 × 17 cm) and a four-piece set of fireplace tools. The tools include tongs (70 × 10 × 3 cm), a shovel (70 × 14...
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Andirons

Materials

Metal

Antique French Napoleon III Firedogs / Andirons, 19th Century
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
Antique French Napoleon III Firedogs / Andirons, 19th century.
Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Andirons

Materials

Iron

French Brass Rococo Acanthus Foliage Fire Place Screen on Scrolled Feet, C. 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
French Brass Rococo free standing fire place screen with decorative acanthus foliage, crosshatching with beaded motif, and resting on the original four scrolled feet, Early 19th Century
Category

1830s French Rococo Antique Andirons

Materials

Brass, Wire

Pair of Forged Wrought Iron Andirons, French, 19th Century
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rack and pinions andirons are made of forged wrought iron. They are French, from 19th century.
Category

1880s French Gothic Antique Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of Dutch Baroque Style Iron Brass Andirons
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive pair Dutch Baroque style andirons crafted from patinated brass and iron. The large andirons feature round cannonball spheres having an etched gun metal finish topped with...
Category

20th Century English Baroque Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

Pair of American Brass and Cast Iron Horse Head Wagon Wheel Andirons, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass and cast iron horse head wagon wheel andirons with flanking ball finial log stops, mid 19th century.
Category

1850s American American Empire Antique Andirons

Materials

Brass, Iron

17th c. French Louis XIII Antique Andirons
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Very nice and simple 17th century French antique andirons.
Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Andirons

Materials

Iron

17th c. French Louis XIII Antique Andirons
17th c. French Louis XIII Antique Andirons
$648 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Bronze Sculptural Andirons After Pierre Legrain
By Pierre-Emile Legrain
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of heavy cast bronze sculptural andirons in the form of a swordfish or dolphin in the manner of a 1926 design by Pierre Emile Legrain. Appare...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Andirons

Materials

Bronze, Wrought Iron

Pair of 19th Century Hessian Soldiers Antique Andirons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Add a touch of history and elegance to your fireplace with this pair of 19th Century Hessian Soldiers Antique Andirons. Crafted with precision and attention to detail, these andirons...
Category

Late 19th Century North American American Classical Antique Andirons

Materials

Iron

Pair of Wrought Iron Dragon Andirons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of wrought iron andirons featuring dragon heads. Dimensions 6.5" width x 18.5" depth x 20.25" height. Condition Good vintage condition with age appropriate patina.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Andirons

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of Renaissance Style Bronze Andirons
Located in Essex, MA
Cast with cherubs and acanthus. Wrought iron legs.
Category

17th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Andirons

Materials

Bronze, Wrought Iron

Pair of French Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Andirons Chenets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of French Early 19th century Louis XV gilt bronze figural Chenets Andirons. The scrolled and pierced body, each surmounted with a figure of a young boy and a young girl, both ...
Category

Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Andirons

Materials

Bronze

Antique and Vintage Andirons

A set of antique or vintage andirons is a staple accessory, part of the fireplace tools you’ll want to collect for keeping a neat and elegant fireplace in your home.

Using andirons in a fireplace elevates the fire, ensuring more air can get to the logs thus keeping a fire burning longer. Andirons also encourage ventilation and may also prevent smoke from working its way into your living room or bedroom.

Think of these accessories as part of an upright metal support system to optimize your fire. Antique andirons are basically u-shaped brackets with a curved end that come in pairs and are largely quite simple in structure, but the design of this household necessity has improved over time. Outwardly decorative andirons have become available since their debut because one should never underestimate the style quotient of an attractive hearth.

Andirons, which earned the nickname “firedogs” given their similarity in form to a pair of upright canines, are believed to be the oldest fireplace furnishings. They have been used broadly since at least the late Iron Age. Before iron became the material of choice, stone andirons did a suitable job of balancing the logs in a fire and adding a sense of symmetry to the hearth. Fire baskets, like the combination of andirons and a grate, afforded an opportunity to layer logs in a fire rather than delicately stacking them on andirons.

Today, andirons can be found in bronze and brass, too, which contrast wonderfully with a mantel carved from dark marble, for example, and add dimension to what might otherwise be a subdued space. And while people aren’t cooking in the fireplace anymore, andirons’ spit hooks offered an opportunity to roast meat or rest the pokers that you typically would’ve kept fireside.

During the Renaissance, andirons became especially ornate and even figurative, taking on human forms as well as marine life such as dolphins. Art Deco–era andirons are particularly exquisite. While the accessories are frequently characterized by rich geometric angles and sculptural curves, attributes that we know of most Art Deco furniture, artisans of the period also looked to what was by then a long tradition of designing andirons in the shape of animals and reptiles.

Adding fashionable antique or vintage andirons will not only improve the quality of a fire but can also elevate your space as well as the fireside experience. Find modern andirons, Art Nouveau andirons and other varieties today on 1stDibs.