Dealers in authentic antique limestone mantels.

At Ancient Surfaces we are committed to preserving the elegance and history of architectural antiquity. We source, reclaim and conserve antique limestone mantels, then sell them on to the houses and estates being built today, turning fireplace surrounds that warmed rooms for centuries into the quiet centre of a new house. A mantel is the one piece of architecture a room is arranged around.

Our specialists source reclaimed limestone mantels of every character. Deeply carved friezes of foliate scrollwork and cartouches, scrolled acanthus legs and corbels, broad arched openings gathered by a keystone, and plain block mantels where the weathered stone does all the talking. Each 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 mantel 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 its weight and where it is going.