Fireplace mantel in Gray Stone, richly carved with Birds, Flowers and Cherubs
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Prezioso e antico camino mantello di dimensione monumentale in pietra, Fronte riccamente scolpito con volute, decori floreali, stemmi e conchiglie. Centrato da cesto di frutta con c...
Stone
A Stunning Large Size 19th Century Giltwood Overmantel Mirror with Flower Detail
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning 19th Century elegantly simple, giltwood overmantel mirror of grand proportions and exceptional quality. The shaped mirror glass plate of rectangular form with curved top ...
Glass, Giltwood
Large Art Nouveau Mirror with Lotus Flower Decor, France, Early 1900s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rare and beautiful large, gilt plaster mirror, with a decor of lotus flowers, irises and scrolling foliage, on a softly reeded frame. Swag detail. The mirror is backed in wood, and w...
Beech
French Interior with Pink Fireplace Mantel Modernist 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Description: A charming French Modernist interior depicting an elegant fireplace mantel adorned with a vase of flowers, decorative objects and a large gilt-framed mirror.
Oil
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H 14 in W 8 in D 18.75 in
Late 19th Century French Andirons with Scroll Top and Flower Detail
Located in Boston, MA
Late 19th century French andirons iron andirons.
Wrought Iron
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H 39 in W 30.5 in D 7 in
Aesthetic Movement Fireplace with Stylised Dragons & Repeating Sun Flowers
By Thomas Jeckyll
Located in London, GB
A very interesting Aesthetic Movement fireplace in the style of Thomas Jeckyll with repeating sun flowers and stylised dragons to the upper corners.
Iron
19th Century French Louis Philippe gold Mirror with Flower Details
Located in New Orleans, LA
A beautiful 19th Century French Louis Philippe mirror featuring a warm gilt finish and delicate floral detailing lightly along the frame. Its classic silhouette and understated ornam...
Mirror, Wood
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H 31.5 in W 37.8 in D 1.58 in
Ancient Golden Mirror with Flowers, Central Oval, 19th Century, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique gilded mirror, beautiful wooden frame and very carved with flowers and roses, the reflecting part is a central oval, while the rectangular frame allows you to install the mir...
Wood
French Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French marble fireplace mantel with garlands, flowers, laurel leaves, and many details throughout.
Marble
19th Century Pillars with Flowers Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Beautiful one-of-a-kind fireback piece with tulips. We always have 500+ antique and vintage firebacks in stock in all dimensions, styles and designs. Contact us our current stock ...
18th c. Pillars With Flowers Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Door-to-door delivery to the US by UPS in 2-3 days for $ 205 We always have 500+ antique firebacks in stock that can be ordered on line. See our website http://www.firebacks.net
Iron
19th Century Pillars with Flowers Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century neo-classical fireback from France
Iron
18th Century Pillars with Flowers Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
The so-called Pillars of Hercules. The pillar refers to the club of Hercules, his favorite weapon. It symbolizes power. Since antiquity the ‘Pillars of Hercules’ are also the name of...
Iron
19th Century French 'Pillars with Flowers' Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
19th century French Neoclassical fireback with two pillars and a guirlande. We have a unique and specialized collection of antique and used fireplace accessories consisting of more ...
Iron
French Pillars with Flower Baskets Fireback, Dated 1769
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
We always have 500+ antique firebacks in stock in all styles and dimensions that can be ordered on line. See our website for our current stock and prices.
Iron
18th Century Pillars with Flower Basket Fireback Dated 1799
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
18th century French fireback with pillars, a flower basket and the date of production 1799.
Iron
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H 31.89 in W 38.19 in D 1.19 in
Pillars with Fleurs de Lys and Flower Basket Fireback, Dated 1782
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Pillars with Fleurs de Lys and flower basket fireback, dated 1782.
Iron
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H 40.95 in W 57.09 in D 11.82 in
Fireplace mantel in "France Red" speckled marble with carved flowers, France
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique fireplace frame, carved in speckled marble called "France Red", very charming and with carved flowers, built in France for a noble palace. Beautiful color of precious marble,...
Marble
19th Century Rustic French Pine Fireplace Mantel
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 19th century rustic French Country fireplace mantel made of pine with carved flower medallions in the corners.
Pine
Antique Marble Mantel with Lotus Flower Decor, circa 1800s
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique marble mantel with lotus decor Origin: Venice, Italy, circa 1800s Measurements: 59" W x 10" D x 51.5" H firebox: 42" W x 42" H.
Marble
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H 41.74 in W 52.76 in D 15.75 in
Antique Walnut Wood Fireplace Mantle with Carved Flowers, 18th Century, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique fireplace in solid and patinated walnut wood, beautifully rendered, with carved flowers and hand-made decorations, made in the late 1700s in Italy it can certainly be used a...
Walnut
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H 47.25 in W 63 in D 11.75 in
Marble Mantel in Pale Gold, Hand Carved with Fruit Flowers and Foliate Design
Located in Houston, TX
Marble mantel that has a graceful arch center and has been hand carved with foliate design and fruit and flowers. A roped edge follows the arch. Carved corners add beauty to this h...
Marble
Antique Fireback / Backsplash, Vase with Flowers
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique fireback / backsplash, vase with flowers. Nice square cast iron antique fireback displaying a vase with flowers. Great condition, can be used in a real gas or log fire. ...
Iron
Antique Fireback / Backsplash, Vase with Flowers
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique fireback / backsplash, vase with flowers. Nice square cast iron antique fireback displaying a vase with flowers. Great condition, can be used in a real gas or log fire. ...
Iron
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H 33 in W 25 in D 5 in
French Dore Bronze Oval Fire Place Screen with Ribbon Swags Flowers Firescreen
Located in Roslyn, NY
This charming fire place screen has so much to show. There is the intricate scroll throughout along with ribbon swags and a beautiful floral basket spilling over with flowers. The fi...
Bronze
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H 42.52 in W 59.06 in D 11.82 in
Rare 19th Century Napoleon III Brown Marble Mantel Hand-Sculpted with Flowers
Located in Isle sur la Sorgue, FR
This beautiful 19th century fireplace has been finely carved and hand-sculpted in a nice brown marble veined with orange. This Napoleon III fireplace presents molded legs beautifu...
Marble
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H 39.38 in W 61.23 in D 15.95 in
Antique Louis XVI style fireplace in Semi-Statuary marble with carved flowers
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
This antique Louis XVI style fireplace was realized in Semi-Statuary Carrara marble during the 19th century. The fireze is highly carved with realistics flowers. The fireplace come...
Carrara Marble, Iron
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H 42 in W 33 in D 3 in
French Louis Philippe Period Gilded Mirror with Hand-Carved Flowers and Leaves
Located in Oakville, ON
A very romantic style gilded mirror of the Louis Philippe period with lovely hand-carved flowers in each corners and acanthus leaves. The mirror is original.
Wood
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H 43.9 in W 56.7 in D 15.75 in
Louis XVI Style Fireplace in White Carrara Marble with Carved Garland of Flowers
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Antique Louis XVI style fireplace made in white Carrara marble during the 19th century. Both jambs are fluted and feature acanthus leaves decor. The center of the frieze is highly c...
Carrara Marble
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H 27.76 in W 28.15 in D 11.23 in
Rare Antique Louis XVI Style Fire Screen Ornated with Ram Heads and Flowers
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
This antique Louis XVI style fire screen is highly decorative and quite rare. Made in the 19th century, this fire screen is ornated with garlands of flowers, ram heads, antique vases...
Bronze
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H 30.52 in W 28.35 in D 9.06 in
Louis XVI style gilded bronze fire screen with flowers and quiver, 19th c.
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
This antique Louis XVI style fire screen was made out of gilded bronze in the 19th century. Ornated with a quiver and arrows in the upper part, this fire screen features garlands of ...
Bronze
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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