Fireplaces and Mantels
19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Slate
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Steel
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 1900s Scottish Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Mahogany
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
19th Century French Baroque Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 18th Century Dutch Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Early 18th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone, Sandstone
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone, Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 18th Century Dutch Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood, Paint
20th Century German Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
1840s Scottish Early Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
2010s English Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
19th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1820s French Egyptian Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century English Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron, Wrought Iron
2010s Northern Irish Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
2010s Chinese Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Late 20th Century French Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Victorian Fireplaces and Mantels
Oak
19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Bronze, Iron
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel, Steel, Cut Steel
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century British Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Copper
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Carrara Marble
19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Griotte Marble
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Enamel, Steel, Iron
1830s English George IV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass
Early 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 20th Century Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
20th Century American Federal Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
19th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Terracotta
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Brass, Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble, Statuary Marble
19th Century Belgian Louis XVI Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Early 2000s American Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
18th Century and Earlier Belgian Louis XV Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Northern Irish Baroque Fireplaces and Mantels
Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary American Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
Late 19th Century British Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Northern Irish Regency Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Fireplaces and Mantels
Marble
1880s Victorian Antique 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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