What is 17th-century furniture called?

What 17th-century furniture is called varies. The general term for all furniture produced 100 years ago, including 17th-century pieces, is antique furniture. You may also choose to be more specific and describe a piece by its style. Theatrical and lavish, the Baroque style was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to the mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from shape to materials. 17th-century pieces from England often feature characteristics of the William and Mary style, such as crisp lines, maple and walnut veneers, inlaid bands and C-scroll ornaments. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of antique furniture.

Who invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century?

Sir Isaac Newton invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century. He created it as a replacement for the refracting telescope, which tended to have poor optics. Find a collection of antique and vintage telescopes on 1stDibs from some of the world’s top sellers.

What are the major features of Dutch 17th century portraiture?

17th-century Dutch portraiture has many similarities to other Baroque paintings, including rich colors, dark shadows and intense lighting. Many famous Dutch Baroque works lean toward realism. In Dutch portraiture, props and detailed backgrounds are uncommon. You'll find a collection of Dutch Baroque paintings from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.

17th Century Wooden Boxes

Italy Leather Box

17Th Century Casket

17th Century Wood Box

Muromachi Period

Large Lacquer Box

Italian Leather Boxes

Antique Japanese Sword

17th Baroque Textile

17th Antique Aragonese Carved Wooden Box with Geometric Inlays

$8,374

H 6.7 in W 14.97 in D 10.63 in

17th Antique Aragonese Carved Wooden Box with Geometric Inlays

Located in Marbella, ES

Magnificent antique hand-carved wooden chest, decorated with intricate geometric motifs and inlays

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Antique 17th Century Spanish Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Early 17th Century Italian Red Silk Casket or Box on Stand

$4,900

H 30 in W 24.75 in D 15.63 in

Early 17th Century Italian Red Silk Casket or Box on Stand

Located in Milford, NH

A fine example of an early 17th century Italian wooden casket or box, possibly pine, with slightly

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Antique Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wrought Iron

17th Century Italian Ballot Voting Urn Carved Blue and Red Painted Wood

$3,230

H 14.57 in W 11.03 in D 5.52 in

17th Century Italian Ballot Voting Urn Carved Blue and Red Painted Wood

Located in Milano, MI

Savino near Arezzo in Central Italy. This ballot urn is an excellent example of a 17th century wooden

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Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

An Indo-Portuguese colonial tortoiseshell veneered wooden casket

$16,748

H 5.52 in W 7.72 in D 4.14 in

An Indo-Portuguese colonial tortoiseshell veneered wooden casket

Located in Amsterdam, NL

India, probably made in Gujarat for Portuguese Goa, late 17th/early 18th century The tortoiseshell

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Antique Late 17th Century Indian Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Silver

Large Chinese Wooden Lacquered Box Decorated with Birds and Vegetal Motif

$3,880

H 2.56 in Dm 13.78 in

Large Chinese Wooden Lacquered Box Decorated with Birds and Vegetal Motif

Located in Brea, CA

Chinese Art. A large wooden lacquered box decorated with birds and vegetal motif China, Ming

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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Late Baroque Games Box Chess Backgammon Decorated with Rich Wooden Interior.

$2,584

H 5.32 in W 20.08 in D 17.52 in

Late Baroque Games Box Chess Backgammon Decorated with Rich Wooden Interior.

Located in Knivsta, SE

Century/Early 18th Century. This charming games box features intarsia of wood veneer in several different

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Antique Late 17th Century European Baroque Games

Materials

Birch, Olive, Walnut

Box with a corrugated, embossed, polychrome wooden core Colonial work Perú

$5,383

H 5.52 in W 16.93 in D 11.82 in

Box with a corrugated, embossed, polychrome wooden core Colonial work Perú

Located in Madrid, España

Box with a corrugated, embossed, polychrome wooden core and leaf decoration. Iron lock and hinges

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Antique Mid-17th Century Peruvian Antiquities

Materials

Leather, Wood

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17th-18th Century German Wooden Strong Box

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H 12.5 in W 9 in D 6 in

17th-18th Century German Wooden Strong Box

Located in Buisson, FR

Spectacular wooden box with it's wrought iron details Germany, circa 1600-1750. Beautiful

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Antique 17th Century German Other Decorative Boxes

Materials

Iron

Old Japanese Copper Buddha Statue and Wooden Box / 16th-17th Centuries

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H 3.19 in W 3.19 in D 2.13 in

Old Japanese Copper Buddha Statue and Wooden Box / 16th-17th Centuries

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

centuries) and a wooden box (Masu) from the Edo period. The name of the Buddha statue is "Fudo Myoo

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Antique 16th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities

Materials

Copper

French 17th Century Weathered Rustic Wooden Coffer/Box

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H 11.42 in W 14.77 in D 13.78 in

French 17th Century Weathered Rustic Wooden Coffer/Box

Located in Buisson, FR

Spectacular weathered wooden box with working lock and original key, France, 17th century. For its

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Antique 17th Century French Rustic Decorative Boxes

Materials

Iron

Wooden Box with Embroidery, Venice, Early 17th Century

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H 14.18 in W 20.87 in D 15.75 in

Wooden Box with Embroidery, Venice, Early 17th Century

Located in Firenze, IT

16th century and shoots with flowers, parrots and small insects.

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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Textile

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Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago

$34,692

H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago

Located in Puglia, Puglia

Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure

$117,721

H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in

Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure

Located in London, GB

A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...

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Antique Late 19th Century European Moorish Architectural Elements

Materials

Wrought Iron

Chrysanthemum Tiffany Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 255 pcs Fitted Chest

$95,950 / set

H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in

Chrysanthemum Tiffany Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 255 pcs Fitted Chest

By Tiffany & Co.

Located in Big Bend, WI

Chrysanthemum (c1880) originally called Indian Chrysanthemum .Tiffany's luxurious Chrysanthemum silver was designed in 1880 by Charles Grosjean. With its flowing curves, swirling ve...

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Antique Late 19th Century Tableware

Materials

Sterling Silver

George RomneyPortrait of Lady Caroline Price, 1774

$1,495,000

H 29.5 in W 24.5 in

Portrait of Lady Caroline Price

By George Romney

Located in Miami, FL

DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...

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1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fabergé Silver Service

$248,500 / set

H 10.25 in W 20.75 in D 16.38 in

Fabergé Silver Service

By Fabergé

Located in New Orleans, LA

This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...

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Antique 19th Century Russian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.

$450,111

H 70.87 in W 125.99 in D 2.17 in

Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.

Located in London, GB

This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Decorative Art

Materials

Other

19th Century Italian Empire Giltwood Queen Bed, Frame Only

$12,000

H 81.5 in W 63 in D 88 in

19th Century Italian Empire Giltwood Queen Bed, Frame Only

Located in Houston, TX

This listing is for bed frame only. Mattressm bedding and pillows not included and shown only for decorative purposes. A period Italian Empire queen bed beautifully carved with Neoc...

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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Mahogany

Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage

$425,000

H 168 in Dm 104 in

Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage

Located in Queens, NY

Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cages

Materials

Metal

Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire

$346,239

H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in

Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire

By Guggenheim Museum, Pauly et Cie

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...

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Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Walnut

Jacques-Francois Delyen A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day", 1752

$347,200

H 68 in W 55 in

A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"

Located in Queens, NY

Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...

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18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Octagonal Tortoiseshell Picture Frame

$1,850

H 12 in W 10 in D 1.5 in

Octagonal Tortoiseshell Picture Frame

Located in New York, NY

Octagonal tortoiseshell picture frame. Antique octagonal frame in beautiful condition smoothly applied with antique Sicilian tortoiseshell and original brass hook; for favourite phot...

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Picture Frames

Materials

Metal

Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy

$62,207Sale Price|20% Off

H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in

Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy

Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)

Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Apothecary Cabinets

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Style of Faberge Guilloche Nephrite Jade Trinket Box

$12,000Sale Price|60% Off

H 2.5 in Dm 3.75 in

Style of Faberge Guilloche Nephrite Jade Trinket Box

By Fabergé

Located in Guaynabo, PR

An oval footed trinket box which is bearing the Faberge Imperial Russian silver hallmark Cyrillic characters, and made in the St. Petersburg workshop. During the late 1800s, there we...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Russian Belle Époque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Jade

IMPORTANT BISHOP JAMES STANLEY 1508 KING HENRY VII ENGLiSH OAK TUDOR TESTER BED

$166,194

H 90.95 in W 61.03 in D 77.56 in

IMPORTANT BISHOP JAMES STANLEY 1508 KING HENRY VII ENGLiSH OAK TUDOR TESTER BED

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, English Tudor King Henry VII Oak tester bed made for an...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier English Renaissance Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Oak

Italian Renaissance Style Set Dining Room 16 Pieces Walnut Hand-Carved

$299,076 / set

H 137.8 in W 137.8 in D 137.8 in

Italian Renaissance Style Set Dining Room 16 Pieces Walnut Hand-Carved

Located in Vigonza, Padua

Code: FQ58 Period: 19th century Style: Renaissance Dining room of the School of Arts in Monza, 19th century, walnut hand-carved consists of: sideboard showcase with leaded cathedra...

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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Dining Room Sets

Materials

Leather, Glass, Walnut

Nineteenth Century Gilt Bronze Candelabra Pair, French or Russian

$71,778 / set

H 40.95 in Dm 17.72 in

Nineteenth Century Gilt Bronze Candelabra Pair, French or Russian

Located in Milano, IT

Pair of thirteen-flame candelabra France or Russia Second quarter of 19th century Cast, chiseled and gilt bronze Height 40.95 in (cm 104), diameter 17,7 in (cm 45) 97 lb (44 kg) Sta...

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Antique 1830s French Neoclassical Candelabras

Materials

Ormolu

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17th Century Wooden Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of 17th century wooden boxes available for sale. Each of these unique 17th century wooden boxes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and hardwood. Find 45 antique and vintage 17th century wooden boxes at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. There are all kinds of 17th century wooden boxes available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. 17th century wooden boxes bearing Baroque or Victorian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Many 17th century wooden boxes are appealing in their simplicity, but Charles Dudouyt, Raymond Lowey and Richard Comyns produced popular 17th century wooden boxes that are worth a look.

How Much are 17th Century Wooden Boxes?

Prices for 17th century wooden boxes start at $145 and top out at $249,718 with the average selling for $1,875.

Questions About 17th Century Wooden Boxes

What is 17th-century furniture called?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024
What 17th-century furniture is called varies. The general term for all furniture produced 100 years ago, including 17th-century pieces, is antique furniture. You may also choose to be more specific and describe a piece by its style. Theatrical and lavish, the Baroque style was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to the mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from shape to materials. 17th-century pieces from England often feature characteristics of the William and Mary style, such as crisp lines, maple and walnut veneers, inlaid bands and C-scroll ornaments. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of antique furniture.
Who invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
Sir Isaac Newton invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century. He created it as a replacement for the refracting telescope, which tended to have poor optics. Find a collection of antique and vintage telescopes on 1stDibs from some of the world’s top sellers.
What are the major features of Dutch 17th century portraiture?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
17th-century Dutch portraiture has many similarities to other Baroque paintings, including rich colors, dark shadows and intense lighting. Many famous Dutch Baroque works lean toward realism. In Dutch portraiture, props and detailed backgrounds are uncommon. You'll find a collection of Dutch Baroque paintings from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.