Baroque Architectural Elements
BAROQUE STYLE
The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Baroque
Impressive Carved Stone Italian Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An Italian antique stone fireplace. The jambs with heavily carved sea-scrolls throughout, the frieze with matching carving and, finished with c...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Limestone
18th Century Baroque Ornamental Elements Gilded Wood
Located in Berlin, DE
Baroque ornamental elements gilded wood, 18th century
Solid wood hand-carved and gilded. Very old and rare.
(V-134).
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Italian Fireplace in White Travertine
Located in London, GB
A good quality Italian fireplace in the Baroque manner in white travertine stone. The shaped frieze with heavy moulding and breakfront shelf above. A ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Travertine
Italian Statuary Marble Fireplace Mantel in the Baroque Manner
Located in London, GB
An impressive late 19th century Italian Baroque style fireplace in statuary marble. Deeply carved floral swags to frieze and bracketed jambs, scrolled foliage to frieze and outside o...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
Ancient Temple in Lacquered Wood from the End of the 1800s
Located in Cesena, FC
Beautiful rare temple dating back to around the second half of the 1800th century in the middle of the Baroque style made of finely carved and gilded wood.
Rich sculpted decoration, carving with volute curls. The perforated and gilded dome is of great value. Beautiful old patina.
The structure has 8 columns...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Wrought Iron Grille, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Wrought iron grating with ten vertical double-pearl bars decorated with small discs and other simpler verticals (up and down planes, the central tubular and inserted through the vert...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th C. Giltwood Cherub Fragment
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully detailed 19th century Italian giltwood architectural fragment featuring a seated cherub atop an ornate classical base. The finely carved putto is depicted with one arm ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
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Giltwood
Walnut Portal with Bee Emblem
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Walnut portal of the first half of the Roman 700. At the center of the cusp the symbolism of the bee, the insect architect. The bee is the symbol of the Barberini Princes of Rome, id...
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1890s Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Walnut
English Bolection Fireplace in Travertine Stone
Located in London, GB
A large and imposing English moulded bolection fireplace in white Travertine stone. Modelled on a chimneypiece originally housed in the Officer's Mess at Chelsea Barracks, London. Ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Travertine
Antique Venetian Solid Bronze Servant Bell with Red Velvet and Bronze Bell Pull
Located in Doha, QA
'"QUI ME TANGIT VOCEM MEAM AUDI"- He who touches me hears my voice. (In tranlsation from Latin). So it says on the Bell.
An absolutely unique Venetian Servant Bell with a Velvet go...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Carved Italian Fireplace in Portland Stone
Located in London, GB
An Italian Baroque style fireplace richly carved from Portland stone. The ogee shaped frieze with carved acanthus leaves, shells and flowers. Similar carving to moulded shelf, and Cl...
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Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Stone
Unusual English Baroque Style Fireplace in Italian Carrara Marble
Located in London, GB
An unusual English Baroque style fireplace in Italian Carrara marble. The substantial frieze with a coat of arms featuring griffins and shield, with swirling floral paterae to end bl...
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19th Century English Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Marble
18th Century Italian Baroque Marble Holy Water Font or Stoup
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Baroque marble holy water font or stoup,
Unique and original period piece. Italy, circa 1750. Weathered condition.
H:11,5cm W:24,5cm D:18-33cm
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Marble
An Imposing English Bolection Fireplace in Heavily Antiqued Bath Stone & Hearth
Located in London, GB
A large and imposing English moulded bolection fireplace in heavily antiqued Bath stone. Modelled on a chimneypiece originally housed in the Officer's Mes...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Limestone
Baroque Antique Architectural Beveled White Marble Tabletop, 1800s, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Antique Italian beveled marble serpentine tabletop. Salvaged from a giltwood swan motif console table with matching mirror. Created in the 19th century, this marble top is in a serpe...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Marble
17th Century Spanish Upper Niche Altarpiece Carved Wood
Located in Madrid, ES
Upper part of an altar niche, from the Spanish Baroque period, in the shape of a shell, which in turn would have been part of a Baroque altarpiece, characterized by profuse and exube...
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Mid-17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Giltwood
Columns. Wrought iron. 17th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Four columns. Iron. 17th century
Four iron supports with a polygonal shaft, balustrade shape and upper part with two sections on the sides of the central one ending in volutes and a...
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17th Century European Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Antique Hand-Carved & Painted Wooden Mounted Architectural or Nautical Fragment
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-carved and polychrome painted architectural or nautical fragment shows no sign of where is may have originated from, but is quite early dating between approximately...
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Early 17th Century Unknown Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Oak
Italian 18th century Baroque Period Wood and Giltwood architectural element
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most attractive Italian early 18th century Baroque Period patinated Wood and Giltwood Conch Shell architectural element. This most decorative carved Giltwood Conch ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Eighteenth Century Baroque Style Architectural Element from a Portuguese Church
Located in Winnetka, IL
An Eighteenth Century Baroque Architectural Wood Element from a Portuguese Church. Two parts.
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1790s Portuguese Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
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Hardwood
18th Century Italian Painted and Parcel Gilt Corbel or Architectural Element
Located in Houston, TX
18th century Italian painted and parcel gilt corbel or architectural element.
Stunning 18th century corbel or architectural element with original gilding a...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Pair of 17th Century Spanish Hand Carved Stone Carvings
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of 17th Century Spanish hand carved stone griffins.
Originally forming part of a carved door surround from Gerona, displayed here on bespoke iron ba...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Stone, Iron
Striking 18th Century Italian Baroque Fireplace Mantel in Statuary Marble
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A monumental, 18th century, Italian Baroque fireplace mantel in statuary marble. The frieze, with a beautifully decorated central cartouche, is supported by solid panelled demilune j...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
Wrought Iron Grille, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Wrought iron window grille that has two horizontal bars in the middle, inserted between the vertical bars. These present a decoration of small discs...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Large Baroque Supraporte / Ornamental Element, Mid-18th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Richly carved solid wood supraporte. Gold set with red accents. Decorated plasticwood flowers and leaves. Extremely decorative and monumental. Historical condition.
(V-138)
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Antique Hand-Carved & Painted Wooden Mounted Architectural or Nautical Fragment
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-carved and polychrome painted architectural or nautical fragment shows no sign of where is may have originated from, but is quite early dating between approximately...
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Early 17th Century Unknown Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Oak
18th Century French Mantelpiece
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This Régence mantelpiece in grey sandstone tics all the boxes of the age of the Baroque. The Régence used the same strong classically inspired lines from the early Baroque but brough...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Sandstone
Baroque-style Carved Wooden Niche
Located in Lisboa, PT
A Spanish Baroque-style carved wooden niche with velvet is a splendid example of the opulence and detailed craftsmanship characteristic of Baroque art.
The carvings include detailed...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Pair of Pilasters, Polychromed Wood, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of paired pilasters. Carved, polychrome andgilded mother. XVII century.
Pair of moldings made of carved, polychrome andgilded wood, composed of p...
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17th Century European Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Italian Chimneypiece in Portland Stone
Located in London, GB
A good quality Italian fireplace in the Baroque manner in Portland stone. The shaped frieze with heavy moulding and breakfront shelf above. A substantia...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Limestone
Shaped Oak Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An unusual, shaped oak fireplace. The frieze with carved shell to centre and floral embellishments to ends. Moulded jambs. Photo taken prior to restoration.
Measures:
Shelf Width: 1...
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19th Century English Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Oak
Italian Fireplace in Veined Brown Marble
Located in London, GB
A good quality Italian fireplace in the Baroque manner in striking brown marble with white veining. The shaped frieze with heavy moulding and breakfront shelf above. A substantial pi...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Architectural Elements
Materials
Marble
Baroque architectural elements for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque architectural elements for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage architectural elements created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque architectural elements made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original architectural elements, popular names associated with this style include and Europa Antiques. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for architectural elements differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $438 and tops out at $85,000 while the average work can sell for $4,850.