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Baroque Building and Garden 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
Monumental Italian Stone Sculptural Group of the Rape of Proserpina
Located in Rome, IT
Inspired by the famous Italian Baroque Sculpture of Bernini exhibited in the Villa Borghese Museum. Height of the sculpture cm 250 circa. The base made in stone is new and has been a...
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Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

19th Century Picher "Cantaro" from Calanda, Spain, Terracotta Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Pitcher ‘cantaros’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain. A rare piece from a Private collection, circa 1890. Other examples can be seen in the Museo de Zaragoza. With gorgeou...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Terracotta

Pair of Late 19th Century French Baroque Bronze Chenets / Andirons
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of late 19th century French Baroque bronze chenets / andirons Beautifully decorated with dolphin and putti. A fleur-de-lys sits on top of the obelisks. These are in very g...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of French, 19th Century Baroque Style Wrought Iron Wall Console Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of French, 19th century free-standing wrought iron wall console tables. The slender wrought iron bodies surmounted with leave and flower ornaments on an architectural frame wi...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Wrought Iron

Early Dutch Antique Brass Bird Cage
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early 19th century brass bird cage, circa 1810-1830 The bird cage has two bird seed containers that attaches to the cage.   
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Brass, Iron

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Wrought Iron

Pair of Lovely Italian Putto Stone Garden Statues Representing Musicians
Located in Rome, IT
A pair delicious hand carved limestone Putto figures on shaped pedestals. Typical example of statues that was inserted in the large parks of the Venetian Villas.
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20th Century Italian Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

Italian Baroque Style Carved Capital Frieze Architectural Element, circa 1840
Located in Encinitas, CA
19th century Italian Baroque style ornately solid carved capital frieze element with florals & foliage. Arc-shaped old chestnut with highly developed bronze-like patina from aging. R...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Chestnut

18th Century Baroque Sandstone Sculpture of a Satyr Herm
Located in Essex, MA
A Period German or French large scale Baroque Garden Statue of a Pan Satyr. Well carved with impish gaze and wrapped in sheepskin Ex Prominent New York Co...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Sandstone

Large Italian 18th Century Giltwood Jardinière or Planter
Located in Rome, IT
With rectangular form frame and finely carved acanthus leaf. Original liner is tin. Provenience from Aristocratic family of Tuscany.
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Giltwood

18th Century Bridal Jug Picher "Cantaro" from Calanda, Spain, Terracotta Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Pitcher ‘cantaro’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain. A rare piece from a Private collection, circa 1750. Other examples can be seen in the Museo de Zaragoza. With gorgeous...
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Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Terracotta

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Italian 18th Century Carrara Marble Fireplace Richly Decorated Baroque Style
Located in Baambrugge, NL
18th century Italian Carrara marble fireplace, richly decorated in the Baroque style. On the central cartouche of the mantlepiece a coat of arms. The legs decorated with scrolls, mas...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Pair of French 19th Century Baroque Serpentine Wrought Iron Wall Console Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Large Pair of French 19th Century Baroque Style Free-Standing Serpentine Wrought Iron Wall Console Tables with marble top. The slender bowed wrought iron bodies surmounted with lea...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Wrought Iron

Stylish Italian Fireplace in Arabescato Marble
Located in London, GB
A stylish Italian fireplace in Italian Arabescato marble. Moulded frieze and jambs of architectural form. A copy of an original chimneypiece. N.B. May be subject to an extended lead...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Early 18th Century Large Pair of Wood Carved French Baroque Solomonic Columns
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Early 18th Century Large Pair of Wood Carved French Baroque Solomonic Columns These beautiful and rare carvings are polychrome and gilded. The columns are graduated. Decorative ca...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Venice Late 18th Century Pair of Baroque Lacquered Wooden Door Panels
Located in Brescia, IT
This wonderful pair of door panels are coming from the atelier of Andrea Urbani an Italian painter born in Venice in 1711 and living in the Venetia...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Lacquer, Fir

Continental Baroque Wrought Iron Lion Head Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Continental 18th century pair of wrought iron andirons with finely detailed lion heads. The pair was made in Europe during the 18th century and is in great antique condition with age...
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18th Century European Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Wrought Iron

Set of Two Grilles Wrought Iron Baroque, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of two grilles made of wrought iron, located between two flat rectangular pieces and composed of six bars each. These show discs along their length and balustraded shapes, flanki...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Wrought Iron

Wall Decorative Fountain Dolphin and Shell Sculpture on Carved Oak Panel
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Wall fountain with dolphin and shell bowl sculpture made of cast composition with marble powder, Portugal, early 20th century. Dolphin with a bronze tap in ...
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Early 20th Century Portuguese Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Composition

Venice Late 18th Century Pair of Baroque Lacquered Wooden Door Panels
Located in Brescia, IT
This wonderful pair of door panels are coming from the atelier of Andrea Urbani an Italian painter born in Venice in 1711 and living in the Venetia...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Lacquer

Fine Pair of Italian Carved Stone Garden Vases with Base
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved elegant vases with lion macarons and flower garlands.
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20th Century Italian Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

18th Century Large 41´ Terracotta Ribbed Vessel, Vase, Planter with Low Tap
Located in Miami, FL
Old tinaja of Calanda (Teruel), Spain. Made of clay with handcrafted semi circular handmade ribbed around the vase This "tinaja" it´s very special for its measurements and irregula...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Terracotta

Italian 19th Century Carved Carrara Marble Figural Fountain Jardinière Planter
By Giovanni Battista Lombardi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 19th century carved Carrara marble figural fountain "Jardinière" modelled as a standing Putto and a Satyr supporting a sea-sh...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

President Monroe's Heavy Carved Statuary Marble Mantel
Located in New York, NY
A splendid Victorian arched marble mantel from the early 1800s stands adorned with intricate Baroque center embellishments featuring elegantly carved rosebud florals and leaves. The ...
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Early 19th Century North American Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

Italian Painted & Carved Wood Planter, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Outstanding late 19th century Italian Baroque style painted and parcel gilt carved wood and gesso planter. The elongated planter is beautifully ha...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Wrought Iron

2 Antiques Baroque Doors Lacquered Yellow and Gilded, Mirror Updoor, 1700 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
2 ancient original Baroque doors hand-lacquered yellow and gilded with leaf, an important door with a chopped mirror, built at the beginning of the 18th century by an Italian artist,...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Baroque Sandstone Fragment, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Baroque sandstone fragment with small cupid and a shield on his left side. Very beautiful, naturally aged patina.
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18th Century European Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Sandstone

Antique Brown Wood Thin Door Carved, Italy 1700, Walnut Elegant with Spider Web
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antico carries Italian walnut wood, sculpted in Genoa at the beginning of the 18th century, dark brown color, elegant charm of a beautiful interior door, still to be worked on, the r...
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Early 1700s Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Walnut

Iron Andiron, circa 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Iron andiron or fire dog with wavy bands and two sockets on the left and right. Beautiful age-appropriate patina.  
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19th Century European Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

19th Century Vert d'Estours Marble Fireplace with Complete Cast Iron Hearth
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Late 19th century fireplace of stunning Vert d'Estours marble, in the style of French Baroque. This is a return fireplace and comes with a complete beautifully decorated cast iron fi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Iron

Fireback, Cast Iron, 17th Century, English, Bearing the Initials W S
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Fireback, cast iron, 17th century, English, bearing the initials W S.
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17th Century English Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Large Italian 18th Century Giltwood Jardinière or Planter
Located in Rome, IT
With rectangular form frame and finely carved acanthus leaf. Original liner is tin. Provenience from Aristocratic family of Tuscany.
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Giltwood

Fireback, Cast Iron, Dated 1685, Initialled HVE Twice
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Fireback, cast iron, dated 1685, initialled HVE twice.
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17th Century English Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Limestone Fireplace / Mantel Piece
Located in Baambrugge, NL
An elegant antique limestone fireplace from the early 18th century French Baroque with a beautiful decoration of a French lilly. The measurements of this mantelpiece are H 144 x W 15...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

Bouquet Mousse Stone Fruit and Flower Basket Vases
Located in Sheffield, MA
From a chateau in France, these are known as 'bouquets' fashioned after 17th century Baroque style. These "corbeilles" of potted flowers and fruits remain blooming and ripe through a...
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Early 20th Century French Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Cast Stone

Pair of Windows, 17th Century Flemish Baroque, Original Shutters & Ironwork
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Exceptionally Rare Pair Of 17th Century, Flemish, Windows, 17th Century Flemish Baroque, Original Limewash, Shutters, Glazing & Ironwork These windows have come from the property th...
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Early 17th Century European Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Oak

18th Century Hand Carved Wood Statue of a Little Boy
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved during the latter years of the 18th century, this charming sculpture depicts a young lad just finishing his morning swim. The sculptor exhibits here his mastery of human ...
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1750s French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Walnut

Pair of French Baroque Style French Dragon Andirons
Located in Pembroke, MA
A pair of highly decorative French gilt-bronze andirons or chenets, with attached iron bars (circa 1870), in the form of fanciful dragons, with foliate berry, acanthus leaves and oth...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Ormolu, Iron, Brass, Bronze

16th Century Spanish or Italian Baroque Wrought Iron Nails and Furniture Mounts
Located in Stamford, CT
Group of 16th century (or earlier, possibly Gothic) Spanish or Italian wrought iron furniture mounts. These hand-wrought bosses and nails show incredible workmanship. These would have been used to decorate - and to structurally hold together an early chest or casket. The four geometric bosses beautifully made, eight ounces each without the nail! The nails are works of art in themselves, with their heavy geometric heads. Also two round bosses with the nail integral to the piece, one a mushroom form, the other like a parasol. And a single hand-wrought double sided nail. Great group of early iron. Provenance: Frances Pratt, Writer, Artist, Collector. New York City. Approximate sizes: 4 bosses 4.625 inches square 11.75 cm Round bosses 3 inches diameter the larger 2.5 the smaller 7.6/ 6.35 cm 4.5 in high 11.4 cm 5 nails...
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16th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

18th Century Museum Corinthian Chapter, Wood Gilded
Located in Berlin, DE
Museum Corinthian chapter, wood gilded, 18th century. Chapter solid wood carved and gilded. Very decorative and very old, circa 1740. (V135).
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

19th Century French Signed Terracotta Standard-Bearer Armorial Lions
Located in Charleston, SC
This pair of Regal Armorial Lions have opposing stances and are stamped " GOUTTES A CASTELNAUDARY ". Each of the Terracotta Lions have exceptional detai...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Terracotta

Pair of Solomonic Columns, Polychromed and Gilded Wood, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of decorative carved and gilded wooden columns with a pedestal in green tones, decorated with smooth moldings, Solomonic shaft decorated with roses and polychrome leaves on the ...
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17th Century Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Early 20th Century French Baroque Hand-Carved Oakwood Solomonic Column
Located in Barntrup, DE
Outstanding early 20th Century French Solomonic twisted column, hand carved of oakwood. The column features a thick spiral twisted shaft repeatedly carved in fine detail with meander...
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Early 20th Century French Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Oak

Pair of Baroque Bronze and Iron Andirons
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine pair of 17th century bronze and wrought iron andirons, having ringed suppressed ball finials on square collars above spiral twist shafts with forward facing spit supports with s...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Wrought Iron

European Opulent White Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This extraordinary fireplace mantel in white statuary marble with opulent carved roses is incredible. It is eye catching and one of a kind. It could work very well in a Rococo interi...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

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...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

Pair of French Andirons Arrows and Quiver Gold Dore'
Located in Toledo, OH
Pair of gold doré' French andirons with arrow and quiver details. Very nice condition. Dimensions: 24" depth x 11.5" W x 24.5" H.
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20th Century French Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Metal

18th Century Baroque Column Pedestal , feline legs bronze tripod and three faces
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1700s baroque walnut column, pedestal, statue or vase holder, bronze tripod with feline legs and three faces. Wax polished Measures cm: H119 Diam. 42 \ Diam. 30
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Travertine

Antique Fireplace in Baroque Style of Statuario Marble from the 20th Century
Located in Made, NL
This beautifully crafted antique marble fireplace dates from the Baroque era. Baroque time is characterized by an abundance of form and decorations. Especially decorations such as cu...
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20th Century French Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

19th Century Baroque Hooded Victorian Cast Iron and Brass Fire Grate Basket
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A handsome and substantial, late 19th century antique cast iron Baroque style hooded Victorian fire grate with a brass riveted and repousse hood. A three barred serpentine grate flan...
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1890s English Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Large Pair of Antique Sienna Marble Brackets
Located in Manchester, GB
Handsome pair of monumental Baroque sienna marble wall brackets, late 18th-early 19th century. Probably Italian. Polished to a beautiful patina, with only minor and expected wear. ...
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Early 19th Century European Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Siena Marble

Wrought Iron Kitchen "Llar" Pot Holder, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Kitchen hook with three hooks attached on a horizontal crossbar with engraved decoration and square and rectangular rings and bars, some of which have bee...
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17th Century European Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

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Wrought Iron

Italian Century Giltwood Jardinière or Planter
Located in Rome, IT
With rectangular form frame and finely carved acanthus leaf. Original liner is tin. Provenience from Aristocratic family of Tuscany.
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Baroque building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Baroque building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Early 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage building and garden elements created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque building and garden elements made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Spain pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original building and garden 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 building and garden elements differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $83 and tops out at $31,067 while the average work can sell for $5,344.

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