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Fireplaces and Mantels For Sale
French Louis XV Rouge Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in New York, NY
A distinguished and gracefully sculpted Louis XV-style fireplace mantel, originating from France circa 1850, this exquisite piece embodies the opulence and fluidity of the 19th centu...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Fine France Red marble fireplace with white veins, italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique and Precious mantel fireplace, constructed of French Red marble with beautiful light white veining, The frame features carved geometric moldings with space for central coat o...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Griotte Marble
Eiffel-style Industrial Metal Table, Original Worn Green Paint, circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Eiffel-style Industrial Metal Table, Original Worn Green Paint, circa 1900
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood
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 Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wire
19th Century Manner Cast Iron Fire Grate.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A charming 19th Century manner cast iron fire grate basket. A high shaped back with curved sides, the four barred fire front, with shaped legs adorned with brass finials. This piece...
Category
1970s English Early Victorian Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Sculptural Chimney in Burgundy Red Steel with Integrated Lights
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Chimney with integrated lights, lacquered steel, iron, Europe, 1980s
This ceiling-mounted chimney exhibits a sculptural aesthetic that emphasizes its ornamental qualities over its f...
Category
1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Steel, Iron
Rare 18th Century Italian Antique Fireplace Surround with Columns
Located in Beervelde, BE
Absolute exquisite fireplace mantel in marble.
It's a one-of-a-kind piece made from a stunning combination of Bleu Turquin marble and Blanc de Carrara marble.
The craftsmanship is tr...
Category
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
The Bourgogne: A Classic French Stone Fireplace
Located in Chicago, IL
The Bourgogne fireplace evokes the classic French Provincial style. It starts deep at almost 13" at the top shelf piece. It comes down into a broad arched opening, and then into the ...
Category
2010s American French Provincial Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
$8,110 / item
Antique French Style Louis Pompadour Rouge Marble Fireplace
Located in Ware, GB
A finely carved fireplace surround in richly veined red marble, distinguished by its elegant serpentine frieze with a central cartouche motif. The jambs are gently shaped and termina...
Category
18th Century Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
French Arch Top Fire Back. Armour and Eagle
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Arch Top Fire Back. Armour and Eagle
The fire back has a large crest or shield in the centre that is surrounded by leaves and flowers. Above the crest is a helmet from a suit...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Cast Iron antique Cast Iron Fireplace
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
This typical English fireplace is characterized by the beautiful cast iron, with original tiles in it. A built-in fire of this level can be built into a slee...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
Marble Fireplace Mantel 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
Nice marble fireplace mantel from the 19th Century
to place around the chimney.
Category
1880s Belgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
A Solid Brass Fireplace Fender, c. 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
Constructed of a solid brass frame cast in parts and embossed with acanthus leaves. The central fender is flanked by stepped pedestals topped by solid brass lions connected by a central bar, also of solid brass. The overall design is neo-classical and dates to the Napoleon III period of the mid-to-late 19th Century. The piece appears to have been cleaned regularly, with only modest amounts of soot accumulating in the center directly in front of the firebox. The classical details are handsomely set off by unadorned surfaces, making this antique fireplace fender...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass
$2,800 Sale Price
22% Off
Large Decorative Victorian Mahogany Tiled Fireplace
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A large decorative Victorian mahogany tiled fireplace.
The fireplace has a large mantel (fireplace) piece with tiled panels beneath, it is supported ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Walnut
Antique fireplace of Noir de Mazy marble, 19th century, Louis XVI style
Located in Made, NL
This timeless elegant 19th century fireplace is made of the rare marble Noir de Mazy marble, the deep black Belgian marble known for its luxurious appearance. Executed in the refined...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Early 19th Century Louis XVI Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Louis XVI limestone fireplace mantel, dating from the beginning of the 19th century.
Inside dimensions : 108cm wide and 92cm high
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
Important mantle fireplace in white Carrara marble richly carved, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Important and precious antique mantel fireplace, richly hand-carved in white Carrara marble, The precious white Carrara marble is known throughout the world for its uniform pure whit...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Carrara Marble
American Wrought Iron and Brass Nursery Wire Fender, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American wrought iron and brass rail top nursery wire fender with connecting swags and interior iron pan, Early 19th century. Pan can be removed if desired...
Category
1810s American American Colonial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Edwardian Oak Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An Edwardian golden oak fire surround, reclaimed from a property in Yorkshire.
Opening Height 106.5 cm
Opening Width 116.5 cm
Width between outside of legs...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Oak
Reclaimed Antique Carved Stone Fireplace Mantle chimney surround Los Angeles CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Reclaimed Antique Carved Stone Fireplace Mantle chimney surround Los Angeles CA . Rare 18th century Louis XIV carved stone fireplace from Provence. Under Louis XIV, everything is full of richness and luxury, everything is grandiose and monumental. But wealth is never excessive. Without heaviness, the style seeks symmetry and perfection. Artists of this period also knew how to create new decorative motifs, new canons of beauty and new architectural rules.
Under the reign of the Sun King, in the middle of the 17th century to early 18th Century , the general profile of the hood fireplace became a trumeau gradually . There is now more depth in front of the shelf and the gradual disappearance of the first ledge generates a more significant height of the trumeau.
The jambs are narrower at the base and rather swollen on their upper part, recalling the balustrade legs of the furniture of that time. Molded Cornice Framing.
This fireplace will be the perfect focal point for any room, living room, bedroom, library, dining room ...
The depth could be adjusted when installed, since we pull the fireplace as is mostly without cutting the extra stone pieces that were partially in the wall.
The simplicity of the Carved line and the symmetry, makes this fireplace versatile in any design, even in a modern space, a provincial design, an Italian design, or even a Spanish style house a Farm house or a winery. This fireplace mantle with trumeau...
Category
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Stone, Limestone
$32,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Special Three-Color Marble Art Deco Fireplace
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Special three-color marble Art Deco fireplace. From the transistion period, in the early 20th century, with influence of both Art Nouveau and Art Deco, with A-symmetrical floral deco...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
1880-1890 French ‘Rouge de Rance
Fireplace Surround Mantel
Located in Surrey, BC
A French handcrafted, circa 1880-1890 fireplace surround in ‘Rouge de Rance’, a rare red marble with subtle white or grey veining. This Classic style an...
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
French Brass Fire Screen Adorned with a Fire Cheriot, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
19th Century French Polished Brass Fire Screen Adorned with a Fire Cheriot in the Center. Professionally cleaned and polished
Category
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Fire Fender
Located in Stamford, CT
A French Art Deco period nickle plated steel and bronze fire fender.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Bronze
$4,750
Court Fireplace Surround/Mantle
By Brent Warr
Located in Bainbridge, GA
A striking marriage of sculptural elegance and architectural presence, The Court Fireplace Surround/Mantle commands attention as the centerpiece of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Fiberglass, Plaster, Hardwood, Paint
French Louis XV Antique Rouge Royale Marble Mantel
Located in New York, NY
This Louis XV rouge royale marble mantel was imported from Europe by Danny Alessandro
Edwin Jackson Mantel Company - a fine mantel dealer that specialized in fireplaces and man...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
$11,600 Sale Price
42% Off
English Queen Anne Bolection Fireplace in Italian Arabescato Marble with Shelf
Located in London, GB
A Stylish & Elegant English Queen Anne Style Bolection Fireplace Surround in Nicely Veined Italian Arabescato Marble, with a Deep Shelf.
External Width: 57 3/4″ – 147 cm
Depth: 7″ –...
Category
2010s British Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
21st Century Fireplace Log Wood Burner Fire pit The Brazier Cast Iron Outdoor
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
An iron hexagonal outdoor brazier
B.B. - Positioned around a drive or on a terrace they give such an exciting and inviting light. Particularly good in winter and not so massive as...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Steel
French Hand-Carved Walnut Fireplace
Located in London, GB
French hand-carved walnut fireplace
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 121cm, width 160cm, depth 45cm
This beautiful fireplace surround is a wonderful demonstration of wood carving. The fireplace is made from walnut, which has been intricately and artistically carved with a host of design motifs. The centre of the fireplace feature...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Walnut
Antique Sandstone Fireplace Mantel 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
Antique sandstone fireplace mantel from France, mad in the 19th century.
Front chimney without return, for other sizes see last picture.
Category
1830s French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Sandstone
English Regency Brass Hand Chased and Bossed Fire Fender, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency brass hand chased and bossed fire fender with circular medallions, floral motif, and terminating on stylized paw feet, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
17th Century Grand French Rustic Limestone Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
A grand French country antique fireplace surround. This amazing limestone mantel has a great original patina. The very beautiful details with corniche to protect the fronton from wat...
Category
Early 17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Limestone
English Brass Serpentine Engraved Dragon Fire Place Fender, Circa 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
English serpentine fire place fender with a hand chased pierced gallery consisting of cornucopia, opposing dogs, and centered dragons with floral mo...
Category
1760s English George II Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Brass, Steel
Pair of American Brass
Onyx Flame Finial Andirons with Acanthus Feet, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass and onyx andirons with flanking flame finial Urns, Corinthian capitals, centered bulbous onyx columns, squared floral plinths, matching flame finial log stops,...
Category
1850s American American Empire Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Onyx, Brass, Wrought Iron
Louis XV Style Fireplace In Carrara Marble Circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XV style fireplace in Carrara marble circa 1880
Hearth dimensions: 83 x 105.5 cm
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Waldorf Astoria Hotel Louis XVI Regency Marble Mantel Suite 14M
Located in New York, NY
This petite Louis XVI Regency style mantel is carved out of burgundy marble with striking white and gray veining. An infinity chain of hand carved overlapping circles decorates the a...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
$14,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Bolection Fireplace with Moulded Shelf
Located in London, GB
An English bolection fireplace with moulded shelf above. Shown in Italian Arabescato marble, could be made in other marbles or limestones if required. English, modern. N.B. May be su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
$14,674 / item
Ornate Louis XV-Style Fireplace Hand-Carved in Carrara Marble
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautifully ornate fireplace, hand-carved in the Louis XV style, is made from semi-polished White Carrara marble. It features delicately-carved floral details on both the lintel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Louis XV Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique French Statuario Marble Mantel
Located in Dallas, TX
Elevate your living space with this Antique French Statuario Marble Mantel. Made from stunning Statuario marble, this 1850s reclaimed piece boasts striking black veining and intricat...
Category
1850s Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Antique Bolection Marble Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique bolection marble fire surround. This striking Belgian black marble fireplace was reclaimed from a large house in North London.
The marble...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Belgian Black Marble
19th century French Fire Place Mantel, Walnut
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Fire Place Mantel with mirror,
ca. 1870-1880 France,
Solid walnut,
Spectacular French Fire Place Mantel made of solid walnut.
Tapering pilasters c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Walnut
21st Century Steel Circular Fire Grate, The Round Grate
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
A steel circular fire grate
B.B. has adapted the fire grate for those chilly starlit evenings when friends can all sit around the fire.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Steel
19th Century Ornate English Gothic Revival Cast Iron Fireplace Basket Grate
Located in London, GB
The finest example of Gothic Revival. This English cast iron fireplace basket - grate is ornately detailed with arched back-plate centred with pair of proudly standing polished andirons showing fine brass detailing. A very rare and important piece of its period. English made, mid-19th century, circa 1830-1850.
Measures: Front width 37 3/4" 96 cm
Back width 20 1/4" 51.5 cm
Back height 28" 71 cm
Andiron dogs...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
$5,187 Sale Price
50% Off
Large Antique Arts
Crafts Style Oak Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large antique Arts and Crafts style oak fire surround.
This fireplace’s warm oak colour and arched frieze accompanied by subtle dentils and shaped embellishments make it a timeles...
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Oak
Antique Marble Fireplace, Louis XV Style, Kind of Marble Is Saint-Anna
Located in Made, NL
A very exclusive antique fireplace of Sainte-Anne belge marble from Belgium. The fireplace is in the style of Louis XV.
Category
19th Century Belgian Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Style Fireplace in Rance Marble
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XV style fireplace in Rance marble fireplace dimensions 100.5 x 101cm.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
A Magnificent Late Georgian Polished Wrought
Cast-iron Register Grate
Located in London, GB
A magnificent late Georgian wrought and cast-iron register grate, the wrought railed serpentine basket front with polished steel hob fronts set over fluted openwork fret, with bead m...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Other, Iron, Wrought Iron
A Magnificent Finely Carved Statuary William IV Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A magnificent finely carved statuary William IV chimneypiece. The moulded shelf sits over a finely carved continuous frieze with central acanthus bloom, harebells and foliage details. The foliate and berry corner blocks, set over scroll and flower in relief. The jambs echo the finely detailed frieze with anthemion, harebell and floral motifs. The inner moulding framing the opening in fine carved lambs...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
A George III Greek Revival Chimneypiece in the Manner of Architect James Stuart
By James Stuart
Located in London, GB
Provenance: Stair & Company, Inc. New York, NY, private collection, gifted to Telfair Museums, c. 1977.
The elegant moulded breakfront shelf with an egg and dart and a beaded motifs...
Category
Early 19th Century English Greek Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Style Fireplace in Rance Marble, Circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XV style fireplace in Rance marble fireplace dimensions 92 x 105.5 cm.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Marble Mantel with Gilded Bronze Mounts
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful French 19th century Louis XVI mantel features pristinely gilded bronze mounts with ribbons and a floral design. The mounts contrast quite well against the marble’s lig...
Category
19th Century French Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Regency Style Pine Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An early 19th century antique Regency style pine fire mantel with a stripped finish, ready for paint, stain or wax. Dating from circa 1820, this fireplace has stood the test of time ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Pine
Louis XVI Style Carrara Marble and Ormolu Mounted Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI style Carrara marble and ormolu mounted fireplace, the shaped and moulded shelf above frieze centred by fluted panel adorned with trails of foliage and ribbons, the pater...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Antique Gilt Bronze Fireplace Surround Fender
Located in London, GB
This elegant gilt bronze (ormolu) fireplace fender was created in France in the late 19th century. The item will add splendour and beauty to a fireplace, making it the focal point of a room.
The fender features a pierced rail which is decorated with a central cartouche, flanked by stylized acanthus leaves. The ends of the fender are topped by full-length, semi-nude figures. These include a beautiful young woman and a bearded male, holding a blacksmith’s hammer. The latter can be identified as Hephaestus (or Vulcan), the classical god...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Statuary and Connemara Marble Fireplace Greek Key, circa 1820
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An antique Statuary and Connemara marble fireplace from the late Georgian period.
The white Italian Statuary Carrara marble frieze is inlaid with Irish green Connemara marble forming a continuous Greek key pattern. The flanking square end-blocks are finely carved with neo-classical decoration, these upheld by the tapering console...
Category
19th Century Irish Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
Neoclassical English Statuary Marble Fireplace Mantel with Siena Inlay
Located in London, GB
A very fine period neoclassical English Statuary marble fireplace with Siena inlay. The carved jambs with classical urn surmounted by ribbons and drapery, with Siena marble ingrounds...
Category
Mid-18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Statuary Marble
French Napoleon III
Train
Fireback / Backsplash, 20th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
20th century French Napoleon III fireback with a train.
The fireback is made of cast iron. The patina is natural brown. Upon request it can be made black / pewter at no extra costs....
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Iron
French Art Nouveau Statuary Marble Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
A refined French Art Nouveau white Statuary marble fireplace. The shaped frieze with delicately carved rose and foliage to centre and ends, the jambs with full length tapered panels....
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Marble
Georgian Carved Pine Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A Georgian carved pine fire mantel made using materials dating from the mid 18th century, later adapted. With a warm wood colour, this antique fire surround features a classical dog ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Wood, Pine
Monumental 17th Century English Carved Limestone Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This spectacular, monumental 17th century English carved limestone fireplace, circa 1650, was reclaimed from Cobtree Manor House, England (demolished 1968). Standing at 2 m tall (6’ 5”) and over 2.7 m wide (9’), this exceptional English fire surround is a very rare find.
It is not often you find a chimneypiece like this outside of a listed heritage property, making this a rare opportunity to purchase a fireplace of such size and grandeur.
Highly elaborate, the surround is intricately hand-carved throughout, the frieze of which is most extravagant, carved with a mythical beast to the central tablet among birds, stylised lions holding crowns, parakeets and scrolling foliage. The jambs are carved in a column-like style with fruits and flowers below corbels to the end blocks, completed with a carved egg and dart trim beneath the shelf.
This fireplace truly is a magnificent work of art, designed for an interior of prestige and fine grandeur. It is in the manner of late 16th / early 17th century English architect and designer, Inigo Jones (1573 – 1652), who was known for introducing the classical style architecture of the Italian Renaissance to Britain. His famous works include the Banqueting House at Whitehall, The Queen’s House, Greenwich and the Queen’s Chapel at St. James’ Palace.
Provenance
Removed from a wing of Cobtree Manor in Kent, UK. Though demolished in 1968, the house’s parklands remain to this day and were once the site of Maidstone Zoo. The occupation of the land itself dates back as far as the neolithic times (4300 BC – 2000 BC). However, the first known record can be found in the title estate deeds of English poet and politician, Sir Thomas Wyatt, in 1596.
Cobtree is linked to the famous 19th century novelist, Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870). It is believed that during the 1830s, a young Dickens had fallen into a pond while out walking near Cobtree farm. He knocked on the door of the tenant farmer at the time – Mr William Spong – who took Dickens in. It is said that Dickens later took inspiration from Mr Spong in his 1837 novel ‘The Pickwick Papers’, in which he immortalised him as Mr Wardle of Manor Farm near Dingley Dell.
17th Century Heritage
Having stood the test of time for more than 370 years, this antique fireplace offers a glimpse into England in the 1600s. This century saw the Stuarts rise to the English throne: first James I of England and VI of Scotland following the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, followed by Charles I in 1625. Other notable events of this century included the English Civil War (1642 – 1651) and Guy Fawkes...
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Mid-17th Century English Tudor Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Stone, Limestone
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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