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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Polychrome Terracotta Angel
Located in Baltimore, MD
A polychrome terracotta angel built in fifteen pieces, in the Luca Della Robbia tradition, salvaged from the Southern Hotel in downtown Baltimore, wh...
Terracotta
Ceramic Wall Panel by Pierre Digan, to La Borne, circa 1970-1975
By Pierre Digan
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic wall panel by Pierre Digan, to La Borne, circa 1970-1975. The base is in wood. Very good original conditions.
Ceramic
19th Century French Cast Iron Garden Grilles, Beaux Arts, Circa 1860
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of 19th century French cast iron architectural grilles or decorative panels. Black painted patina with some rust and minor paint loss. Good quality iron work. Please refer to ...
Wrought Iron
$3,360Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set Architectural Giltwood Trophies mounted as Overdoor
Located in Nashville, TN
Set of giltwood architectural trophies ,early 1900's, now attached to larger and later architectural fragments to make substantial overdoor panels. The large trophy fragments , appr...
Giltwood
French Beaux Arts Decor Ormolu Wreath and Floral Escutcheon Keyhole Cover
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Add an elegant Parisian touch to your decor with this beautiful antique French ormolu, Beaux Arts escutcheon, circa 1900-1910. Designed to cover a keyhole on either a salon door, arm...
Ormolu
1910 Forged Iron Clock Frame, Beaux Arts, 6 Ft, Salvaged NYC Building
By Stanford White
Located in Madison, WI
Clock frame from demolished NYC building, circa 1910. Its 6-foot frame, forged in iron, roman numerals hammered out on an anvil, is more than a century old, many of those years spent...
Iron
Antique Bronze Architectural Letters From England
Located in Stamford, CT
4 antique bronze letters from a sign or building in England dating to the late 19th century. Raised relief with gold accents that have muted over time. All in very fine shape with no...
Bronze
Large Pair Verdigris Bronze Lion Mask Door Knockers or Ring Handles
Located in Litchfield, CT
Large pair antique early 20th century bronze lion mask door knockers with ring handles. Wonderful verdigris patina. Heavy weight. Measure 10 1/2" long x 7 1/2" wide x 4" deep. Good c...
Bronze
2 Pairs of Cast Plaster Elf's in a Corner Architectural Brackets & Corbels
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Two pairs of fabulous figural brackets created from cast plaster. Elf or Merlin like figures scrunched up under the bracket. Highly detailed castings w...
Plaster, Paint
Maison Jansen Beaux Arts Painted Boiserie Panel, France, 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
Large painted curved boisere panel. Consisting of rectilinear mouldings and a circular medallion.
Plaster, Wood
Maison Jansen Boiserie Panel, Plaster and Wood, Beaux Arts, 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
Signed Maison Jansen boiserie panel with oval medallion decoration.
Plaster, Wood
19th Century French Architectural Element, Hand-carved Marble, Sculpted Birds
Located in Madrid, ES
A beautiful hand-carved white marble architectural element, likely a window or door lintel, salvaged from a building renovation project in France. Some motifs hint at the Beaux Arts ...
Marble
$375
H 11.25 in W 9.5 in D 1 in
Adolf Loos Works and Projects by Ralf Bock, and Philippe Ruault 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Adolf Loos: Works and Projects by Ralf Bock (Author), and Philippe Ruault (Photographer). Published by Milano Skira, 2007. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Adolf Loos (1870-1933) w...
Paper
$1,100
H 39.38 in W 27.76 in D 0.6 in
Antique French Fireback, Cast Iron, Louis XV Style, Early 19th Century
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A large French fireback or backsplash, man and women around a well. This fireback has been used and this shows, parts of the base are gone. H...
Iron
$1,160
H 27.96 in W 27.96 in D 0.6 in
19th Century French Antique Cast Iron Fireback with Man and Scythe
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Man with scythe and corn in his hand. A great square cast iron antique fireback displaying a man his scythe and some corn. Good condition, can be used in a real gas or log fire....
Iron
$125
H 8.25 in W 30.75 in D 0.5 in
Antique Iron Wall Decoration with Grape Motif, France, 19th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
Decorative metal railing piece with grape motif makes a wonderful wall decoration piece. Can be hung vertical or horizontal.
Iron
Raul Coronel Ceramic Door Plate Escutcheon
By Raul Coronel
Located in Southampton, NJ
Unique & seldom seen ceramic door plate escutcheon by Raul Coronel. This piece was never used/installed. Center opening diameter measures 2-5/8” to fit around your existing door knob...
Ceramic
$4,250 / set
H 68 in W 8 in D 4 in
Italian Neoclassical Style Painted and Giltwood Architectural Pilaster Columns
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Neoclassical style painted and giltwood architectural pilaster columns. Lovely pair of 19th century Italian Louis XVI style hand carved, paint...
Giltwood
18th Century Spanish Giltwood Molding
Located in Round Top, TX
A very beautiful 18th century giltwood molding fragment from Barcelona. A beautiful floral motif with very high gold content.
Giltwood
$3,450
H 15.5 in W 61 in D 1.25 in
Late 18th-Early 19th Century Italian Painted and Parcel-Gilt Architectural
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning late 18th-early 19th century Italian painted and parcel carved giltwood architectural over door, architectural element or fragment. A ...
Wood
$549
H 18.9 in W 12.6 in D 0.4 in
Sink Plaquette with Relief of a Roman Adonis in Loincloth Posing as Le Penseur
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This plain and austere plaquette shows us a muscular Roman young man wearing just a loincloth. Squatting on the ground he sits, in the typical position of the Le Penseur artwork by R...
Zinc
$4,950 / set
H 37 in W 4.5 in D 3 in
Pair of 1880s Italian Carved Wooden Wall Carvings Depicting Pomegranates
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian carved wooden wall carvings from the late 19th century, depicting pomegranates. Created in Italy during the last quarter of the 1...
Wood
Italian Rococo Terracotta Frieze
Located in Chireno, TX
Italian Rococo terracotta frieze in superb condition from the mid-18th century.
Terracotta
$400 / set
H 0.36 in W 5.95 in D 5.95 in
Set of 6 of Total 120 Dutch Blue Glazed Ceramic Tiles by Le Glaive, 1930
Reclaimed Beaux Arts Iron Panel Grill Flower Motif 62 x 40.5
Located in New York, NY
Beaux Arts grill made of solid steel with tiny floral motifs on each panel. Please note, this item is located in our Scranton, PA location.
Steel
Beaux Arts Terra Cotta Architectural Facade Block Tile
By Stanford White, Louis Sullivan
Located in New Windsor, NY
American terra-cotta Beaux Arts architectural block tile. The academic architectural style taught at the Ecole des Beaux Arts incorporates French Neo-classicism with Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque elements. This architectural piece is made of cast white glazed terra-cotta. Exquisitely detailed scroll and leaf pattern that can function incorporated into a building facade or a garden element. Good overall condition with some visible chips, glaze losses and overall crazing to the glaze, but structurally sound and sturdy. No structural cracks to compromise the integrity of the block tile. One of two architectural tiles offered here. This piece was found in the garden of a mansion in Poughkeepsie, NY. The tile came off of a building in downtown NYC...
Terracotta
Pair of Early 20th C Leaded Beveled Glass Sidelight Windows
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of Early 20thc antique beveled Glass Sidelight Windows. In excellent antique condition with no damage at all. Glass is perfect. Wood frames are mortise and tenon constr...
Lead
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H 33.25 in W 149.5 in D 8 in
French Beaux-Arts 19th c Heavily Carved Mahogany Panel for Possible Headboard
Located in Highwood, IL
Beaux-Arts architecture was taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, starting in the 1830s and ran into the late 1800’s. Beaux-Arts design leaned towards a sculptural decoration ...
Mahogany
19th Century French Terracotta Architectural Relief
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French terracotta architectural relief. In two parts, a rectangular plaque and scroll form capital, each with fruits and foliage...
Terracotta
Atlanta Terracotta Company Cast Putti Bas Relief Rondel
Located in New Windsor, NY
A wonderful cast concrete relief of a putti by Atlanta Terra Cotta Company to adorn the exterior walls of the home or garden. The winged angel has a ch...
Concrete
Bank of America Italia Cast Iron Architectural Panel by Henry Minton
Located in Surrey, BC
Classical style gilt and paint decorated architectural Cast iron panel from the Bank of Italy, 485 California Street, San Francisco, circa 1927, designed by Henry A. Minton for Amadeo Peter Giannini, who founded the Bank of Italy (later Bank of America...
Iron
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H 16.875 in W 20 in D 0.25 in
1904 Original Decorative Bronze Panel from the Beaux-Arts St. Regis Hotel, NYC
Located in New York, NY
This wonderfully decorative Beaux-Arts bronze panel has a very rich patina and feature dolphins, flowers, foliage, birds and a large urn overflowing with fruit. From the original design of the St. Regis...
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Limestone Lion’s Head Architectural Salvage
Located in Surrey, BC
Beautiful weathered patina on a circa 1880 French limestone decorative lion’s head. Currently mounted on a steel stand for ease of display. Architectural salvage found in France. Di...
Limestone
Ceramic Wall Panel by Pierre Digan, to La Borne, circa 1970-1975
By Pierre Digan
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic wall panel by Pierre Digan, to La Borne, circa 1970-1975. The base is in wood. Very good original conditions. A set of 9 similar panels is available.
Ceramic
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H 96 in W 49 in D 2 in
Beveled Leaded Glass Windows, in painted iron frames, circa 1910, San Francisco
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a series of beveled and lead trimmed windows, with wonderful bevels, partially "cracked ice" frosted glass, each small panel encased in lead, all clear panels finely beveled....
Glass
French Beaux Arts Ormolu Sun King Head Medallion Ornaments, Set of Four
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Add an elegant Parisian touch to your decor with this fabulous set of antique French ormolu, Beaux Arts Sun King medallions, circa 1890-1910. Molded in high relief with the head o...
Ormolu