Fireback: searchable by width, height, price, name
This website displays more than 500 antique firebacks. Also we have more than 200 pair of firedogs or andirons to choose from to make a nice set of fireback and firedogs or andirons.
All displayed firebacks are unique pieces and therefore we usually cannot deliver more than one fireback with a certain pattern and size. Our taxation of the age of each fireback is indicated. Also, the condition of each fireback is specified. Each fireback is in principle suitable for normal use in the fireplace, also the weathered and cracked firebacks, unless explicitly stated that it is only suitable for decorative use. Under Tips the various quality categories used in the website are described.
The cast iron firebacks are in principle sorted by increasing width to facilitate your selection process, but you can also sort by other characteristics such as height and age. In addition, our Advanced Search function allows you to search our collection by features such as width, height, price and name. And you can save your favorite items in My Favorites and mail them to yourself and others.
If you have questions, for example about the use of firebacks or the nature of specific damages of firebacks, please contact us by phone (+31.653493998, European business hours) or by mail (info@antique-fireback.com). Also, if you need sharper pictures, we are happy to mail them to you.
It is of course possible to see our firebacks for yourself. This is possible by appointment.
We hope that our special collection of unique, old firebacks will seduce you to further improve your fireplace.
Pure and Noble
The oldest fireback dates back from 1460 and was used by the French royal premises. Originally, firebacks were luxury items to be used exclusively by the royalty and aristocracy. Thus the early firebacks show the crests and crowns of royalty and aristocracy. Later the firebacks received more decorative designs about classical stories, nature and rural live.
The fireback has always had two important functions:
1. It protects the backside of the fire against cracking and chipping.
2. The thick iron keeps the heat that would else be lost and gives back this heat to the room. A fireback thus works like a radiator and may increase the efficiency of the fire with as much as 50%. The thicker the fireback, the longer and softer this radiative effect.
A fireplace provides warmth, security and style, even now when the fireplace isn't usually the main source of heating anymore. An antique fireback reinforces this by the honesty of the material, the timelessness, beauty and historical significance of the fireback.
Also, the antique fireback is used for functions other than in fireplace, such as a splash guard for a stove or water fountain or just as a decoration on the wall.