Wooden Antique Fireplaces, Mantels & Fireplace Accessories

Add a Historic Touch to Your Home with an Antique Fireplace Mantel

Antique fireplace mantels are an excellent way to add ambiance and character to your home. You will find a wide range of antique fireplace mantels for sale on eBay. In addition, you are certain to find an antique mantel that suits your particular style and personality.

Gently used antique fireplace mantels come in several styles. The decorative frames appeared in American homes first in the Colonial period. If you enjoy environmentally friendly options for architectural embellishments, antique mantels easily fall into the reduce, reuse, and recycle trend. You will find antique fireplace mantels for sale in these types:

• Mantel, surround
• Cover
• Fender
• Screen
• Grate

Here's where you can have some fun picking an antique mantel that suits your personal style. The most common material is wood. However, you will also find delightful mantels made from metals, manufactured wood, glass, cast stone, marble, limestone, and brick. Any of these materials may be distressed for a nostalgic appearance, or they may come in near-new condition. They may feature hand carvings. You may find an antique fireplace mantel with a mirror. Some come with drawers neatly tucked away for storage. Since most antique mantels are made in wood, the most common woods are:

• Chestnut
• Oak
• Walnut
• Poplar
• Mahogany

Antique mantels come with a seemingly endless selection of adornments. Georgian period mantels typically had large pilasters and carved mantel shelves. Some were so ornate that they came with overmantels that featured an additional set of pilasters. Federal period antique fireplace mantels were typically more streamlined than Georgian mantels. They came adorned with urns, garlands, and moldings of classic motifs. The Victorian era mantels had overmantels with display shelves and mirrors. In addition, they came with:

• Columns, pilasters and overmantels with additional columns and pilasters
• Imaginative motifs, such as exotic Asian imagery
• Entablatures and classic moldings
• Spindle work and Gothic shapes

You will find collectible antique mantels in a wide variety of architectural styles. You may select one that matches your own home, or you may look for one that is quite different for an eclectic look in your living room, such as an antique fireplace mantel with a mirror. Pre-owned antique mantels come in these styles:

• Beach
• Traditional or Victorian
• Rustic
• Industrial
• Craftsman