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.

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Ancient Europe Map 1652, Europa Antiqua – Nicolas Blancardus, Roman World

$843

H 20.79 in W 25.04 in D 0.02 in

Ancient Europe Map 1652, Europa Antiqua – Nicolas Blancardus, Roman World

Located in Langweer, NL

uncommon mid-17th-century map of ancient Europe presents the classical world as understood during the

Category

Antique Mid-17th Century Dutch Maps

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Hand-colored World Map with or without Frame, '1696'

$4,339Sale Price|20% Off

H 28.75 in W 33.67 in D 1.58 in

Original Antique Hand-colored World Map with or without Frame, '1696'

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique world map titled 'Mappe-Monde dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des

Category

Antique Late 17th Century French Maps

Materials

Paper

Antique World Map with Astronomical Spheres by Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, c.1700

$885Sale Price|25% Off

H 16.93 in W 20.08 in D 0 in

Antique World Map with Astronomical Spheres by Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, c.1700

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique World Map with Astronomical Spheres by Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1700 This

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Antique 17th Century French Maps

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Paper

Gorgeous Antique World Map by the Dutch Mapmaker Visscher, published circa 1679

$7,955

H 20.79 in W 25.2 in D 0.02 in

Gorgeous Antique World Map by the Dutch Mapmaker Visscher, published circa 1679

Located in Langweer, NL

example of Nicholas Visscher's World map, which appeared in his Atlas Minor after 1679. The map is

Category

Antique Late 17th Century Dutch Maps

Materials

Paper

Antique Miniature Map of the Old World and France by Mallet, circa 1683

$168Sale Price|20% Off

H 11.03 in W 8.86 in D 0.6 in

Antique Miniature Map of the Old World and France by Mallet, circa 1683

Located in Langweer, NL

shows a hemisphere of the Old World. The lower map shows France. This map originates from 'Description

Category

Antique Late 17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Starlie Sokol Hohne Untitled Globe Mixed Media Monoprint Artwork One-of-a-Kind

$1,600

H 28.5 in W 27.75 in D 1.25 in

Starlie Sokol Hohne Untitled Globe Mixed Media Monoprint Artwork One-of-a-Kind

Located in Secaucus, NJ

17th-century world map "Nova Totivs Terrarvm Orbis Geograph," created by figures like Henricus Hondius

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Cherry, Paint, Paper

Carel AllardWORLD MAP - Planisphaerium Terrestre Sive Terrarum Orbis... 1696, 1696

$4,750

H 20.5 in W 23.5 in

WORLD MAP - Planisphaerium Terrestre Sive Terrarum Orbis... 1696

By Carel Allard

Located in Santa Monica, CA

) Engraving, 20 ½ x 23 ½”, sheet 21 x 24 1/8". A stunning double hemisphere World Map with sphere projections

Category

17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

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Highly Decorative Italian Wall Map of the World

Unavailable

H 40 in W 47.5 in D 1 in

Highly Decorative Italian Wall Map of the World

By Paolo Petrini

Located in La Jolla, CA

at the end of the 17th century. Petrini's world map is one of the finest and most fascinating of his

Category

Antique Early 1700s Italian Baroque Prints

Materials

Paper

Coffee Table With Antique World Map

Sold

H 20.48 in W 53.15 in D 35.04 in

Coffee Table With Antique World Map

Located in Brussels, Brussels

lovely coffee table from the 50s with a large 17th century world map beautiful mahogany base with

Category

20th Century Italian Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Mahogany

"Orbis Terrarum Typus" Cluver 17th C Hand-colored World Map, CA as an Island

Sold

H 7.5 in W 11 in D 0.07 in

"Orbis Terrarum Typus" Cluver 17th C Hand-colored World Map, CA as an Island

By Philipp Clüver

Located in Alamo, CA

A hand-colored double hemisphere map of the world entitled "Orbis Terrarum Typus", which appears to

Category

Antique 17th Century German Maps

Materials

Paper

Antique World Map by Stoopendaal, circa 1680

Sold

H 12.41 in W 18.71 in D 0.02 in

Antique World Map by Stoopendaal, circa 1680

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique map of the world titled 'Werelt Caert'. Double-hemisphere map of the world, with California

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Antique Late 17th Century Maps

Antique Map of the Old World by Coronelli, circa 1690

Sold

H 19.14 in W 25.32 in D 0.02 in

Antique Map of the Old World by Coronelli, circa 1690

Located in Langweer, NL

Coronelli's map of the Old World, dedicated to Jacobo Marcello. Coronelli bases his map on classical geography

Category

Antique Late 17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

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Winslow HomerIn the Wheatfield (Girl Standing in a Wheat Field), 1873

$2,600,000

H 21.75 in W 13.5 in

In the Wheatfield (Girl Standing in a Wheat Field)

By Winslow Homer

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"In the Wheatfield (Girl Standing in a Wheat Field)" is a painting by Winslow Homer. The painting is signed, lower left, "Homer 1873". The framed piece measures 29 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 2 7...

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1870s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Decorative Antique Celestial Map – Zodiac, Stars & Hemel Globe, 1720

$711

H 7.09 in W 12.6 in D 0.12 in

Decorative Antique Celestial Map – Zodiac, Stars & Hemel Globe, 1720

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique Celestial Map – Hemel Globe, Zodiac & Constellations by Halma, 1720 This striking double-hemisphere celestial chart, titled Hemel Globe. Coeli enarrant gloriam Dei (The Heav...

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Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Maps

Materials

Paper

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

$34,954

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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Materials

Bone

Italian Sterling Silver Chess Board, Chess Game, Sodalite Marble

$39,776

H 8.67 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in

Italian Sterling Silver Chess Board, Chess Game, Sodalite Marble

By Arval Argenti Valenza

Located in VALENZA, IT

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2010s Italian Medieval Games

Materials

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Edo Period Samurai Suit Of Armor

$188,500

H 51.25 in W 25.75 in D 22.63 in

Edo Period Samurai Suit Of Armor

Located in New Orleans, LA

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Antique 18th Century Asian Edo Arms, Armor and Weapons

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Copper, Iron

Rare 15th Century Solid Oak Medieval Dutch Gothic Chest or Trunk

$10,606Sale Price|41% Off

H 31.5 in W 43.31 in D 27.17 in

Rare 15th Century Solid Oak Medieval Dutch Gothic Chest or Trunk

Located in Casteren, NL

A very rare chest that was completely made of solid oak from the Netherlands middle ages. It is a joined chest with hand carved geometric gothic front panels. The ornaments used ar...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Dutch Gothic Blanket Chests

Materials

Wrought Iron

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

$446,961

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

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Monumental 19th Century English Pine Arched Glazed Bookcase

$17,809

H 79.93 in W 105.12 in D 13.78 in

Monumental 19th Century English Pine Arched Glazed Bookcase

Located in Staffordshire, GB

circa 1870. Monumental 19th century English pine arched glazed bookcase. sku 1401 Measures: W 267 x D 35 x H 203 cm.

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Antique 19th Century Bookcases

Materials

Pine

Antique Ortelius Map of Asia Featuring Japan, China, Taiwan & East Indies, 1587

$3,877Sale Price|35% Off

H 13.78 in W 19.3 in D 0.02 in

Antique Ortelius Map of Asia Featuring Japan, China, Taiwan & East Indies, 1587

By Abraham Ortelius

Located in Langweer, NL

Ortelius Asia Japan China Taiwan Philippines East Indies Antique Map 1570 This highly important early map of Asia titled “Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus” is one o...

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Antique 16th Century Belgian Maps

Materials

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Fossil Shrimp of Jurassic Period

$4,123

H 12.6 in W 9.85 in D 2.76 in

Fossil Shrimp of Jurassic Period

Located in Scorton, GB

A wonderful example of a Solnhofen Aeger eichsatt shrimp, surmounted in our AES etched brass stand, created to a high museum standard. the fossil limestone plate conserved for the pe...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Prehistoric Natural Specimens

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Neo-Renaissance Period Stone Fireplace, Dated 1534

$3,495,470

H 167.33 in W 137.8 in D 36.23 in

Neo-Renaissance Period Stone Fireplace, Dated 1534

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

This outstanding Tonnerre stone fireplace is a masterpiece of the first French Renaissance. It was sculpted in 1534, under the reign of King François the 1st for Philippe Merlan (150...

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Antique 16th Century French Renaissance Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Stone

Colored wall map of the WORLD

$28,928Sale Price|20% Off

H 45 in W 57 in D 0.8 in

Colored wall map of the WORLD

By Chambon

Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL

“Mappe Monde, contenant les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre” CHAMBON, Gobert-Denis (France, 17.. - 1781) Paris, Longchamps et Janvier, 1754 Size H. 115 x W. 145 cm. Gobert-Denis...

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Antique Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Maps

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Pieter van den Keere (also, Kaeius)Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula, 1608/1630

$19,000

H 24 in W 29 in D 1.25 in

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula

Located in New York, NY

Copper-plate engraving, hand-colored, 1608 - c.1630 and published by Joannes Jansonius, Amsterdam. Image size 15.75 x 21.19 inches (40 x 53.9 cm). A classic example of a world ma...

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17th Century Other Art Style More Art

Materials

Engraving

Antique Map of the World on Mercator's Projection, 1788

$722Sale Price|20% Off

H 8.08 in W 12.8 in D 0.02 in

Antique Map of the World on Mercator's Projection, 1788

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique map titled 'Kaart van de Geheele Wereld (..)'. Uncommon small world map on Mercator's projection. Nice detail of the islands throughout the world. Decorative title cartouche ...

Category

Antique Late 18th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

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17th Century World Map For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic 17th century world map available at 1stDibs. Each 17th century world map for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, metal and brass. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer 17th century world map, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A 17th century world map, designed in the Baroque or Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made 17th century world map has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Johannes Janssonius, B. Schotanus and Jacques-Nicolas Bellin are consistently popular.

How Much is a 17th Century World Map?

Prices for a 17th century world map can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $65 and can go as high as $275,000, while the average can fetch as much as $350.

Questions About 17th Century World Map

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.

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