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 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 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: 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
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
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
$1,170
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
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
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
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
$1,170
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
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
$19,104
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
$10Sale Price / item|33% Off
H 3.94 in W 3.94 in D 1.19 in
Talavera Mural Azulejo Tile Folk Contemporary Mexican Ceramic Blue White Mosaic
By Cesar
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This contemporary azulejo tile forms a mosaic perfect for kitchen decorations or any exterior space. Made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico, but this time with a contemporary touch. This wall decoration can be arranged to fit specific spaces or simply hanged as a painting on the wall. The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques. One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar learned his art in the workshop of the Uriarte family, an excellent workshop where his grandfather worked. In his creations he uses the black and white mud that is obtained from the nearby hills of Loreto and Guadalupe, and colors of mineral origin that he creates in his workshop with recipes from his grandfather. All the pieces are modeled in a traditional way and go through a production process that usually takes from one to two months, between drying, burning, and painting. Being surrounded by a living tradition, Cesar Torres Jr., learned from his father since childhood. Architect by profession, Cesar Jr. has come to revolutionize and modernize with new designs and ideas of the current world, nevertheless always respecting the tradition of the processes and materials that make Talavera a Creole art...
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
$250
H 10 in W 10 in D 1 in
Tonala Folk Art Pottery Plate Hand Painted with Birds, Mexico, circa 1960's
By Ken Edwards
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted Ken Edwards ceramic plate Tonala Mexico Folk Art Pottery. Vintage Ken Edwards Mexican ceramic birds and flowers from Tonala Pottery. ...
Ceramic
$835Sale Price|30% Off
H 1.58 in W 10.44 in D 5.71 in
Glazed ceramic ashtray series "Onda" by Ettore Sottsass, Italy, 1969
Located in Milano, IT
Ashtray series "Wave" Ettore Sottsass, 1969 u2028Glazed ceramic ashtray, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1969 for the Onda series. The work is made of ceramic with cinnabar red glaze,...
Ceramic
$1,850 / item
H 26.5 in Dm 14 in
Large Moorish Glazed Ceramic Vase with Arabic Calligraphy Black Writing Fez
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic vase from Fez. Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy writing. This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic is called...
Ceramic
Italian Glazed Vase with Equine Design
By Bitossi
Located in Denton, TX
Avocado and spruce colored glaze surround this vase with horse and tree design. Made in Italy.
Clay
Otto and Gertrud Natzler Signed Yellow Green Glazed Bowl with Original Label
Located in Studio City, CA
Another wonderfully glazed and delicately designed work by famed pottery masters Otto and Gertrud Natzler. This round-shaped, eggshell thin-wa...
Earthenware
$477Sale Price|42% Off
H 8.35 in W 5.91 in D 1.66 in
1950s Floral Ceramic Wall Plaque by Swedish Tilgmans
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade Mid-Century Modern ceramic wall platter by Margit Lagerqvist for Swedish Tilgmans in 1957. Hand painted floral decor in white, yellow, orange, rose, light blue and green col...
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Low Temperature Glaze, Valentin Nector Saladrigas "Vanessa"
Located in Miami, FL
Low temperature glaze, Valentin Nector Saladrigas "Vanessa". Professor: Mister Robert MacMillan.
Antique Branch Green Attributed Salt Glaze Stoneware Jug with Coggled Birds
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique American stoneware jug. Attributed to the Branch Green Pottery in Philadelphia, PA. Of ovoid form with an applied handle an...
Stoneware
$1,850 / item
H 23.5 in Dm 15 in
Moroccan Ceramic Vase with Arabic Black Calligraphy Writing Moorish Glazed Fez
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic vase from Fez. Moorish Granada style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy writing. This kind of art writing looks calligraphic i...
Ceramic
$12Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 3.94 in W 3.94 in D 1.19 in
Talavera Mural Azulejo Tile Folk Mexican Ceramic Burnt Orange Ivory Mosaic
By Cesar
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This contemporary Talavera azulejo tile creates a striking geometric mosaic that can be used as a kitchen backsplash, architectural wall surface, or decorative wall installation. Whe...
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
Large American Studio Pottery Bowl with Turquoise Glaze, Signed
Located in San Diego, CA
A striking large American studio pottery bowl featuring an elegant low, wide form and richly layered glazing. The interior is finished in luminous turquoise and sea-green tones with ...
Pottery, Stoneware
Sold
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 3.55 in
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
Sold
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 3.55 in
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
City of Porto, Oil Painting
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
City of Porto, oil painting (50 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...
Paint
Nuage, Cloud, Charcoal on Paper, Contemporary Drawing, Clio Szeto
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Nuage// cloud // Clio Szeto Cloud, charcoal on paper. Contemporary drawing Measures: 29.5 x 41.3 inches Clio Szeto’s formidable charcoal technique re...
Paper
Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Painting by Joël Fautous
By Joël Fautous
Located in Paris, FR
Abstract acrylic painting by the French artist Joël Fautous (b. 1978 in Saint-Jean de Luz). Signed below on the right: J. Fautous, circa 2006 Dimensions: W 27.6 in, D 8 in, H 35....
Acrylic
Contemporary Abstract Acrylic Painting by Joël Fautous
By Joël Fautous
Located in Paris, FR
Abstract acrylic painting by the French artist Joël Fautous (b. 1978 in Saint-Jean de Luz). Signed below on the right: J. Fautous, circa 2006 Dimensions: W 27.6 in, D .8 in, H 35...
Acrylic
Oil painting by E . Ballestra
Located in Miami, FL
The title of this painting is " the colors of the archaic writings " Researches around the design of the archaic writing . The emergence of the symbols in the field of the archaic ...
Canvas