Beaux Arts Urns
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.
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Early 20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Urns
Blown Glass
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Faience
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Faience
20th Century French Beaux Arts Urns
Stoneware
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Marble, Ormolu
Early 1900s French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Marble, Bronze
1880s Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Marble
Early 1900s French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Ceramic, Faience
Late 20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Urns
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Metal
Early 1900s French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Faience
1860s French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Metal
20th Century Mexican Beaux Arts Urns
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Ceramic
1990s Italian Beaux Arts Urns
Ceramic, Pottery
1850s French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Bronze
1860s French Antique Beaux Arts Urns
Bronze