Baroque Wall Decorations
The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
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Early 1900s French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Wool
17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Wool
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
16th Century German Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Wood
16th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paint
1840s English Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Gesso, Canvas, Wood
Late 18th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Oak
1870s Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Giltwood
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper, Giltwood
Late 20th Century Portuguese Baroque Wall Decorations
Delft, Faience, Terracotta
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
17th Century Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas
18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas
1920s French Vintage Baroque Wall Decorations
Wool
19th Century German Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Plaster, Stucco
19th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas, Paint
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas, Giltwood
1880s French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Wool
1950s Italian Vintage Baroque Wall Decorations
Wood
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Gold Leaf
17th Century Swiss Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
17th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Fruitwood
1920s French Vintage Baroque Wall Decorations
Wool
1650s Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas
1670s Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas
19th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Gold, Bronze
18th Century European Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Marble, Gold Leaf
17th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Wood
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas
19th Century Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas, Paint
1710s French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Gold, Bronze
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Terracotta
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Wall Decorations
Pottery
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Gold
Mid-18th Century English Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Pewter
17th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
20th Century Baroque Wall Decorations
Wood, Paper
18th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Wool, Silk
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Wall Decorations
Pottery
1920s French Vintage Baroque Wall Decorations
Wool
19th Century French Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Bronze
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
1850s English Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Wall Decorations
Pottery
Early 18th Century German Antique Baroque Wall Decorations
Canvas, Wood