Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.
Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.
Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.
Find a collection of Beaux Arts decorative objects, lighting, wall decorations and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 12.9 × 12.9 x 2.2 inches. - Born in 1975 i...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 12.9 × 12.9 x 2.2 inches. - Born in 1975 i...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 7.9 × 7.9 x 3.5 inches. - Born in 1975 in ...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 7.9 × 7.9 x 3.5 inches. - Born in 1975 in ...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 12.9 × 12.9 x 2.2 inches. - Born in 1975 i...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware ovoid medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 11.4 × 7.9 x 2.7 inches. - Born in 1...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware ovoid medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 11.4 × 7.9 x 2.7 inches. - Born in 1...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware ovoid medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 11.4 × 7.9 x 2.7 inches. - Born in 1...
Ceramic, Earthenware
"Le matin", Oil on canvas, by Patrice Guiraud, 2000
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
"Le matin", oil painting (50 x 61 cm, not framed), by Patrice Guiraud Patrice is a painter and sculptor who explores many supports (stone, earth, wood, paint) and masters multiple te...
Paint
Flower bouquet, Oil on canvas, by Patrice Guiraud, 2019
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Flower bouquet, oil painting (40 x 40 cm, not framed), by Patrice Guiraud Patrice is a painter and sculptor who explores many supports (stone, earth, wood, paint) and masters multipl...
Paint
City of Aveiro, Portugal, Oil on canvas, by Patrice Guiraud, 2019
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
City of Aveiro, oil painting (40 x 60 cm, not framed), by Patrice Guiraud Patrice is a painter and sculptor who explores many supports (stone, earth, wood, paint) and masters multipl...
Paint
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 12.9 × 12.9 x 2.2 inches. - Born in 1975 i...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Orchid, Oil on canvas, by Patrice Guiraud
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Orchid, oil painting (40 x 60 cm, not framed), by Patrice Guiraud Patrice is a painter and sculptor who explores many supports (stone, earth, wood, paint) and masters multiple techni...
Paint
New York City in the rain, Oil on canvas, by Patrice Guiraud, 2017
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
New York City (Times Square) in the rain, oil painting (50 x 75 cm, not framed), by Patrice Guiraud Patrice is a painter and sculptor who explores many supports (stone, earth, wood, ...
Paint
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 12.9 × 12.9 x 2.2 inches. - Born in 1975 i...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware ovoid medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 11.4 × 7.9 x 2.7 inches. - Born in 1...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware ovoid medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 11.4 × 7.9 x 2.7 inches. - Born in 1...
Ceramic, Earthenware
White glazed stoneware sculpture entitled « FataMorgana » by Clémentine Dupré.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
White glazed stoneware sculpture entitled « FataMorgana » by Clémentine Dupré. Artist signature on the base. 2019. H : 33.1 x 17.7 x 17.7 inches. - After majoring in Anthropology a...
Ceramic
Glazed stoneware sculpture entitled « Perséphone » by Clémentine Dupré, 2019.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed stoneware sculpture entitled « Perséphone » by Clémentine Dupré. Artist signature on the base. 2019. H : 35.8 x 21.2 x 27.5 inches. - After majoring in Anthropology and purs...
Ceramic
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 12.9 × 12.9 x 2.2 inches. - Born in 1975 i...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Glazed earthenware medaillon, with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed earthenware ovoid medaillon, decorated with fantastical animals by Jérôme Galvin. Artist’s signature at the base. 2025. Unique piece. H: 11.4 × 7.9 x 2.7 inches. - Born in 1...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Exceptional Wall Ceramic Installation by Cathy Coëz, circa 2009
By Cathy Coëz
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An exceptional wall ceramic installation by Cathy Coëz. This installation is composed of 217 pieces. This piece was exhibited at the Art Decorat...
Ceramic
$1,142
Seaside 2, Oil Painting
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Portugal seaside 2, oil painting (120 x 80 cm, not framed), by Patrice Guiraud Patrice is a painter and sculptor who explores many supports (stone, earth, wood, paint) and masters mu...
Paint
La Ciotat, Oil Painting
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
La Ciotat, oil painting (50 x 70 cm, not framed), by Patrice Guiraud Patrice is a painter and sculptor who explores many supports (stone, earth, wood, paint) and masters multiple tec...
Paint
Canvas Cotton thread on paper Tatiana Wolska 2011
Located in NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FR
Tatiana Wolska (born 1977, Zawiercie, Poland) Title Untitled Medium Cotton thread on paper Dimensions 29.5 × 42 cm Date of Creation 2011 Authentication Accompanied by the or...
Cotton, Paper
Floral Burst N°2, Oil Painting
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Floral burst n°2, oil painting (50 x 40 cm, not framed), by Patrice Guiraud Patrice is a painter and sculptor who explores many supports (stone, earth, wood, paint) and masters mult...
Paint
Oil painting on Canvas Iris Garden Signed E. Ballestra Contemporary Artist
By Evelyne Ballestra
Located in Miami, FL
The subject of the painting are Iris in the soft breeze of the garden, very refined vibrations of the colors for Nature's Lovers . dance of the light on the fragil petals. Tranpare...
Canvas
The Dance of the Photons vibrant energy by Evelyne Ballestra
Located in Miami, FL
One of a kind unic piece oil on Canvas by the French artist Evelyne Ballestra ( mentioned and referenced on ART PRICE.) Pat of the suite on the "dance of the Photons" Which is the in...
Canvas
$1,142
Seaside 1, Oil Painting
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Portugal seaside 1, oil painting (100 x 70 cm, not framed), by Patrice Guiraud Patrice is a painter and sculptor who explores many supports (stone, earth, wood, paint) and masters mu...
Paint
$18,653
Mastaba serigraphy & barrel
Located in PAU, FR
CHRISTO Mastaba Project for the Kunstverein in Koln 1986 Screenprint Signed and numbered 164/200 With a red and yellow metal barrel from the installati...
Paper
Oil On Wood Diptych By Jorge Duque
By Jorge Duque
Located in Miami, FL
Offered is a large-scale diptych oil painting on wood by the renowned Colombian artist Jorge Duque Lara (b. 1962 - d. 2005), acquired in the 1980s. Consisting of two wood panels ea...
Wood, Paint