Antique Victorian 19th Century Arched Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A classic antique Victorian 19th century arched spandrel fireplace surround in white Carrara marble, a moulded shelf sits above a large pair of carved spandrels, connected by a centr...
Marble
Carrra Marble Fireplace Mantlepiece Surround
By Acquisitions
Located in London, GB
Carrra Marble Fireplace Mantlepiece Surround. This Popular And Versatile Surround Is A Classic Victorian Design Which Actually Featured In Houses Throughout The Late-Georgian and Vic...
Marble, Carrara Marble
19th Century Marble Fireplace Mantlepiece
Located in London, GB
19th century Marble Fireplace Mantlepiece Hand Caved Original Arched Fireplace Surround With Centre Key Stone.
Marble, Carrara Marble
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H 47.25 in W 71.26 in D 13.19 in
Antique Victorian White Carrara Arched Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Antique Victorian white Carrara marble fire surround with an arched aperture and carved flowers in the spandrels. For detailed sizes please see final image.
Carrara Marble
Antique 19th Century Victorian Carrara marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
An antique mid Victorian white Carrara marble fireplace surround with a simple corbels supporting the shelf, circa 1860 Pictured with an original Victorian cast iron arched grate...
Carrara Marble
Antique 19th Century Victorian White Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Antique 19th century Victorian white marble fireplace surround with carved corbels supporting the shelf with chamfered corners and edge and reeded detail to the frieze, circa 1860. ...
Carrara Marble
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H 47.01 in W 74.22 in D 15.36 in
Large English Victorian White Carrara Marble Fire Surround with arched grate
Located in Manchester, GB
Large Victorian Carrara white marble fireplace surround with and arched aperture and heavily carved corbels supporting the serpentine shelf.
Carrara Marble
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H 48.63 in W 73.82 in D 12.8 in
Victorian Carrara Marble Fireplace Surround with an Original Cast Iron Grate
Located in Manchester, GB
Substantial antique late Victorian white Carrara marble fireplace surround with fluted capitals and staff bead framing that aperture.
Carrara Marble, Iron
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.