Illustrated by Georges Lepape, Vogue, August, 19231/24The Georges Lepape–illustrated cover of Vogue’s August 1, 1923 issue, touting “New Ideas for Interior Decorating.”
Photographed by Francois Halard, Vogue, January 20062/24A bright white stone mantel stands in stark contrast to the black walls in the drawing room of Amanda Harlech’s Shropshire, England, country home.
Photographed by Craig McDean, Vogue, January 20143/24The ornate carving on this mantel is worthy competition for this beautifully detailed and ultrafeminine look from Rochas.
Photographed by Francois Halard, Vogue, February 20044/24The West Village, New York, dining room of Allison Sarofim, complete with potted-herb-covered mantel. As a trained chef, she wanted this space and the kitchen to be able to function as a “food laboratory.”
Photographed by Mario Testino, Vogue, February 20125/24The glazed tile fireplace at New York City’s Bowery Hotel provides a striking backdrop for Taylor Swift.
Photographed by Francois Halard, Vogue, November 20036/24“[Our home] had been owned by an antiques dealer for 20 years before us, and he had left everything intact,” said Hugo Guinness of the 19th-century Brooklyn brownstone he shares with wife Elliott Puckette. “The fireplaces and cornices and ceilings were all here when we moved in.” To the left of the couple’s drawing room mantel, Guinness’s botanical prints go up as each is completed.
Photographed by Mario Testino, Vogue, May 20127/24Scarlett Johansson channels Old Hollywood glamour in front of this sleek Art Deco mantel.
Photographed by Mario Testino, Vogue, July 20108/24Marion Cotillard strikes a pose in front of an imposing stone fireplace.
Photographed by Francois Halard, Vogue, September 20039/24Flanking the 18th-century stone mantel in the master bedroom of Reed Krakoff and wife Delphine’s Manhattan brownstone are a pair of chairs by Jean-Michel Frank.
Illustrated by Carl Oscar August Erickson, Vogue, January, 193310/24A grand carved fireplace serves as a backdrop to Augustabernard and Schiaparelli dresses in this 1933 illustration from Carl Oscar August Erickson.
Photographed by Sheila Metzner, Vogue, September 200611/24Vogue’s European Editor at Large, Hamish Bowles, in front of the grand fireplace in Michael Chow’s Los Angeles home. The mantel is from a 16th-century castle and Ed Ruscha’s 1973 painting Mr. Chow L.A. was commissioned for Chow’s then newly opened restaurant.
Photographed by Matthieu Salvaing, Vogue, September 201412/24This massive hearth in Lily Allen and husband Sam Cooper’s English country estate is in the “Gellybub” room—a “gentleman’s room and is stacked with guitars, comfy armchairs, and shelves full of vinyl.”
Photographed by Francois Halard, Vogue, October 200413/24Mossy velvet walls, an old-master portrait, and blue-and-white export vases accent the mantel in the drawing room of Tory Burch’s Manhattan apartment.
Photographed by Gili Oberto, Vogue, October 201214/24A moment of simplicity in the guest room of the Connecticut estate owned by architect Daniel Romualdez.
Photographed by Travis Broxton, Vogue, November 200315/24An oversize mantel provides a moment of repose for Karen Elson as she channels the “Lost-Generation look” in this F. Scott Fitzgerald–inspired story.
Photographed by Francois Halard, Vogue, November 200516/24The “disco fantasy” golden mosaic living room created by architect David Chipperfield in Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s Portofino, Italy, property.
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, December 200317/24Natalia Vodianova slips through the looking glass at the Château de Corbeil-Cerf as Nicolas Ghesquière stares off.
Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, July, 197118/24The entrance hall of Lee and Stanislaw Radziwill’s English home, complete with a marble chimneypiece for warming up on a dreary day.
Photographed by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, February, 197119/24Cecil Beaton captures Coco Chanel in front of the fireplace in her Paris apartment—the mantel’s simple lines are almost eclipsed by the ornate belongings that surround it.
Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, November, 196520/24Truman Capote stands tall on the ledge of the fireplace in the living room of his Long Island, New York, beach house.
Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, August, 197421/24The dramatic pyramidal white porcelain fireplace in the Appian Way, Rome, home of Valentino Garavani.
Photographed by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, November, 194122/24A portrait of glamour: Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt seated before the mantel in the library of her Fifth Avenue home.
Photographed by Karen Radkai, Vogue, July, 198323/24In Lady Angelika Cawdor’s Scottish castle, the sitting room’s carved-stone fireplace demands attention even amid vivid blue walls and myriad antiques.
Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, December, 198524/24The dramatic—and perfectly symmetrical—tableau around the hearth in Paloma Picasso’s New York apartment.
