Skip to main content

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.

2
317
16
to
75
187
141
333
326
329
2,918
2,019
1,377
1,136
857
793
775
771
453
440
419
333
281
276
151
136
135
87
151
97
69
16
30
17
10
1
2
2
2
4
1
2
Height
to
Width
to
127
108
95
68
57
304
115
65
33
31
15
4
2
1
1
Style: Baroque
Carved Wood Bases
Located in New York, NY
Substantial pair of 18th century Italian gilded bases with ornate carved detailing.
Category

18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Wood

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...
Category

Early 18th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Sandstone

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. ...
Category

Early 19th Century European Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Siena Marble

Large 19th Century Victorian Architectural Marble Fireplace Complete with Grate
Located in Manchester, GB
An unusual, large and very imposing architectural antique black marble chimneypiece in the Baroque manner, with baluster pillars in front of rosso verona marble panels supporting a f...
Category

19th Century English Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Iron

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 b...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Stone

Set of Lintel and Two Jambs, Polychromed Wood, Baroque, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Lot formed by strips and frame (lintel and two jambs) in carved wood and polychrome. Decoration of vegetable motifs with golden scrolls on green background. Size: 175x160 cms. Dept...
Category

17th Century European Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Wood

Italian Carved or Cast Stone Fruits: Final Price
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique Italian carved stone fruits triumph for Garden or for the top of the staircase, ref. M/108.
Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Stone

17th Century Monumental Chimneypiece Royal Red and Carera Marble
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Monumental chimneypieces as these are quite rare to find. The house owners which could afford a mantel like this often preserved it through many generations. This Baroque inspired pi...
Category

17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Carrara Marble, Marble

George II Irish Baroque Marble Chimneypiece
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Carved from three pieces of Dove grey marble. The jambs and frieze having raised and fielded panels. The keystone carved with an oyster shell and the corners with stylized rosettes. This fireplace reflects the work of Irish stone...
Category

Early 18th Century Irish Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Marble

19th Century Baroque Belgian Black Marble and Onyx Chimneypiece
Located in Manchester, GB
An unusual and imposing restored and polished Victorian Belgian black marble chimneypiece with carved corbels and fluted legs, the flutes decorated with onyx reeds. Onyx mounts and i...
Category

19th Century English Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Onyx

Very Fine Late 17th Century Allegorical Flemish Renaissance Baroque Tapestry
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine late 17th century allegorical Flemish Renaissance Baroque tapestry. Cavaliers Frame measurements: 1.5in.
Category

Late 17th Century European Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Fabric

An 18th C. Italian Scrolling Cartouche Decorative Wall Plaque, 5+ FT Long
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite 18th century Italian gilded and painted wooden wall plaque. This Italian large size wall decoration features a central cartouche, surrounded by a variety of motifs: remi...
Category

18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Wood

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...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Stone

Massive Pair of French Carved Stone Columns
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of impressive carved rose stone columns from a cloister in Southern France. The columns are each in two pieces with a separate capital. The capitals are Romanesque in form with ...
Category

17th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Stone

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...
Category

19th Century English Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Oak

Terracotta Sculpture Of Young Male Nymph 19th Century French
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Terracotta finished stone composite sculpture of a young male nymph resting on a rock. Mounted on a round step molded base, French, mid-19th century.
Category

19th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Stone

Antique Italian Giltwood Baroque Pedestal
Located in Dallas, TX
This stunning antique Italian giltwood Baroque pedestal remains in exceptional condition, and was hand-sculpted from solid wood to depict a cherub amongst fully laden grapevines befo...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Giltwood

Late 19th century carved wooden bust-holder column, hand-carved walnut, ebonized
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 19th century wood sculpted column in walnut hand-carved and ebonized. Measure in cm: Height 63 diameter 40.
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Italian Baroque Gilt-wood Carved Columns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Baroque (late 17th/18th Century ) polychromed & gilt-wood Solomonic columns with swirl design and heavily carved with putti & grape vines (PRICED AS Pair).
Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Gold Leaf

A Portuguese Polychrome & Giltwood Presentoir, 18th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Portuguese Baroque Polychrome & Giltwood Presentoir 18th Century With elaborate scroll and flower carved canopy and framework Height 30 in. Width 18 in. Depth 10 in. ...
Category

18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Pair of Antique Louis XIV Style Copper and Brass Andirons
Located in London, GB
A pair of tall Louis XIV Baroque style copper and brass firedogs, with a pair of urn finials and bulbous wrythen stems above mythical lion masks flanked by sturdy curled feet, Frenc...
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Brass, Copper

17th Century Stone Flower Vases
Located in Vosselaar, BE
These so called 'Boucquets' were hand-carved in the late 17th century by French craftsmen. As the Baroque style found its French translation with Louis XIV architects and designers d...
Category

Late 17th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Sandstone

Large and Stately Antique Cast Iron Baroque Style Fireplace Grate, circa 1840
Located in London, GB
A very large and rare heavy cast iron Baroque style fire basket with Greek influences, the square backplate topped with scrolled anthemion motifs, acanthus decoration on the shoulder...
Category

Mid-19th Century English Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Iron

Continental Baroque Stone Carving
Located in London, GB
A fragmentary architectural element depicting a seraph and draperies, 17th-18th century.
Category

17th Century European Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Stone

Large and Rare 18th Century French Baroque Limestone Fireplace or Mantelpiece
Located in Baambrugge, NL
A rare 18th century French Baroque polished limestone (Pierre de Bourgogne) fireplace or mantelpiece of monumental size with early "coquilles" on the corners and various heraldic att...
Category

18th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Limestone

Monumental Pair of Patinated Bronze Andirons in the Baronial Baroque Manner
Located in London, GB
A pair of enormous and rather eccentric patinated bronze andirons in the Baronial Baroque manner. Each is surmounted by majestic spread winged eagles holding scrolled cartouche shiel...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Bronze

A Rare French Marble Relief of Putti Fragment, Late 17th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Rare French Marble Relief of PuttiFragment Late 17th Century Century Height 14 in. Width 33 in. Carved throughtout with three putti figures Provenance: Private Collector, Bor...
Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Stone, Marble

Pair of Early 18th Century Carved Oak Newel Post Figures
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare pair of carved oak newel post figures probably depicting Sir Robert and Lady Brown, circa 1735, removed from the ballroom staircase of Wiggenha...
Category

18th Century and Earlier English Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Oak

Unique 17th Century Baroque Dutch Fireplace
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Large and amazing Baroque Dutch mantelpiece from the 17th century. Very well decorated limewood frieze displays an array of beautiful water plants, su...
Category

17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Marble, Iron

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...
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Statuary Marble

Polished Cast Iron Fire Basket in the Baroque Style
Located in London, GB
A very large English firegrate in the Jacobean Baroque style. The protruding cast iron firedogs with horseshoe bases surmounted by gargoyle mask, gadrooned motif and globe finials in...
Category

19th Century British Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

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...
Category

18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Statuary Marble

Pair of Italian Baroque Painted Carved Columns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Baroque style (19th Century) painted black swirl columns with gilt trim and floral and scroll design (PRICED AS Pair).
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Gold Leaf

Pair of 18th Century Basket Top Andirons
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine pair of 18th century blacksmith made basket top andirons, the square shaft with center collar and two spit supports, standing on scrolled legs...
Category

1720s French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of 19th Century Brass Louis XIV Style Andirons
Located in Troy, NY
Pair of decorative brass andirons of Baroque style, the pierced scrolled base, centering a female mask, surmounted by a conforming pierced bowl, topped by a turned finial. Missing th...
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Brass

Large Antique Baroque Style Fire Grate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large antique Baroque style antique cast iron fire grate dating to circa 1850. The high arched back-plate decorated with a fleur de lys ...
Category

Mid-19th Century English Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Metal, Iron

Italian Quadrilobe Fountain Basin with Lion Mascarons in Carved Limestone
Located in Dallas, TX
This versatile quadrilobed fountain basin is adorned with several styles of molding and lion mascarons. Hand-carved by an Italian stone mason, the basin ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Limestone

Large Talavera Hand Painted Majolica Amphora/Urn Vase
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Talavera Majolica large amphora/ urn vase. It is hand painted in the belly with a scene of a country background with a musketeer riding a horse in one side and a country ch...
Category

Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Earthenware

Pair of 17th Century Italian Baroque Hand Carved Columns
Located in Houston, TX
Outstanding pair of 17th century Italian Baroque hand carved columns. These stunning Italian columns are carved out of one piece of wood and have vine and flower relief decoration. T...
Category

17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

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...
Category

19th Century French Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Terracotta

Elegant Carved Bolection Fireplace in Portland Stone
Located in London, GB
An elegant and understated Portland stone bolection molded fireplace with carved oak leaf decoration and cross banded centre ribbon. A copy of a period original. Could be made to any...
Category

19th Century English Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Stone

19th Century Italian Gold and Silver Gilt Panel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Italian carved wood 22-karat gold leaf and silver gilt panel. The panel is heavily carved with intricate details throughout.
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Silver Leaf

19th Century Large Circular Garden Fountain Neptune, Italian Limestone Fountain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental antique Italian three-tiered garden fountain. Four Cariatidi surround the center base raising the water which spells from the waved shells. The second tier is supported by...
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Limestone

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.

Recently Viewed

View All