Dealers in authentic antique limestone mantels.

At Ancient Surfaces we are committed to preserving the elegance and history of architectural antiquity. We buy, reclaim and restore antique limestone mantels, then sell them on to the homes being built today, turning chimneypieces that warmed rooms centuries ago into the quiet centre of a new one. A hearth is where a house gathers, and we think it deserves stone with something behind it.

Our artisans specialise in reclaimed limestone fireplace mantels of every character. French Louis XV mantels with scrolled volutes, Italian Renaissance chimneypieces on carved columns, Tudor arches, and plain provincial surrounds where the stone does all the talking. Each limestone mantel is cleaned, stabilised and conserved with respect for the patina it arrived with. We are careful never to restore that away.

Ancient Surfaces has appeared on the front covers of Architectural Digest in May 2011 and LUX Magazine in November 2012, which says something about how our limestone mantels and architectural antiques are regarded within the design world.

We sell antique limestone mantels to private residences across Manhattan, Jersey City and Newark, and to projects nationwide and overseas that are after genuine historical elegance. Every piece is crated by specialist stone handlers and delivered worldwide. Prices are given on request, because each mantel is one of one and the delivered cost depends on where it is going.