Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
BEAUX ARTS STYLE
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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Style: Beaux Arts
French 19th Century Patinated Iron Bistro Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French turn of the century (circa 1900) cast iron round bistro table with weathered patina matching what remains of the original terracotta-orange paint. The tabletop’s circular me...
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
A late 19th C, Aviary / Bird House in a Magnificent Chateaux Style
Located in Nashua, NH
A spectacular 19th C Aviary in the form of a grand Chateau, 57" high x 54" x 40". It is very unique in that it consists of four separate cages within one large Aviary...
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1890s French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Tin, Wire
19th Century French Cast Iron Garden Urns, Set of 4
Located in Winter Park, FL
A set of four 19th century French cast iron garden urn planters. Original white painted patina with small spots of rust. One urn has a chip in the base. Circa 1870-1880.
Dimensions: ...
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Terracotta Beaux Arts Architectural Facade Block Tile
By Stanford White, Louis Sullivan
Located in Garnerville, 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 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 chips 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...
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Late 19th Century Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century French Cast Iron Marble-Top Bistro Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French cast iron bistro table with white painted finish and original white veined marble top. Nice casting with orange painted rosette medallion detail. Minor paint lo...
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Iron
French Terracotta Green Glazed Water Jug
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century green glazed terracotta water jug from the Southwest of France with spout in one of the handles. Beautiful green color. Chips and losses to glaze. Circa 1900s
D...
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Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Cast Aluminum Lions Head Wall Fountain Planter Patterson London 1893
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous wall fountain or planter in aluminum. Cast lions Head and Patterson London 1893. Lots of patina on this one, peeling white paint. In excellent vinta...
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1950s English Vintage Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of 19th Century French Cast Iron Garden Urns
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of 19th century French black painted cast iron garden urn planters. Beautiful weathered rusty patina with some paint loss. Circa 1850-1870.
Weight: 59 lbs. each
14"H x 21" Di...
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Cast Iron Urns, a Pair
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of 19th century French cast iron white painted garden urn planters. Weathered rusty patina with remnants of blue and green paint layers. Circa 1860-1880.
Weight: 34 Lbs each
D...
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
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.
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century French Cast Iron Urns
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of 19th century French cast iron garden urn planters with pedestal base and scrolled handles. Weathered white painted patina with some rust. Circa 1870-1890.
Dimension: 26"W x...
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
French Iron Demilune Grille
Located in Winter Park, FL
A salvaged French architectural demilune iron grille with rusty patina. Good quality iron work with fleur de lis. Perfect for use as decorative wall hanging or garden ornament. Circa...
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Early 20th Century European Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Large Old Weathered Statue of a Cherub or Putti Set on a Plinth
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Old Weathered Statue of a Cherub or Putti Set on a Plinth
This is a beautifully weathered piece in good detail to be viewed from all sides
The Statue is 50” high on her plint...
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1920s Vintage Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Cast Stone
Wells Fargo Building Painted Cast Iron Winged Mountain Lion Grotesque, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
A striking and uncommon circa 1900 painted cast iron winged California mountain lion and bighorn sheep motif grotesque (aka gargoyle) believed to be from a Wells Fargo bank building ...
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Early 1900s American Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
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.
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Four Bronze Classical Style Musical Putti or Cherub Garden Statuary
Located in Westport, CT
Bronze musical Putti or Cherub garden statues set of four, with original patina, whimsical classical 1930s. Measurement of 13 equals the base, the...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Original French Bronze Sculpture of a Striding Wolf, by Antoine- Louis Barye
Located in New York City, NY
A fine original, French, early 20th century bronze statue of a walking wolf "Loup qui Marche" signed by Antoine-Louis Barye, Henry Bonnard foundry Co NY ...
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Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Weathered Large Haddonstone Garden Planters An excellent pair of larg
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Weathered Large Haddonstone Garden Planters
An excellent pair of large square planters, this superb pair is decorated with trailing flowers.
They are in good condition an...
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1960s Vintage Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Cast Stone
Very Large Original French 19th Century spelter Statue Signed Hippolyte Moreau
Located in New York City, NY
French late 19th century spelter sculpture by Hippolyte Moreau fitted with original 1 7/8" thick rouge griotte marble base. Hippolyte was one of the famous Moreau brothers, all of whom were sculptors. He was born in Dijon France in 1832 and died in 1927.
This statue, in a warm chocolate brown patina depicts a diaphanously dressed woman with flowing scarf overhead and winged cherob at her side resting on the crest of a wave and shell. Hippolyte Moreau exhibited in the Salon des Artistes Français at the turn of the century and won a medal at the Universal Exposition in 1878 and another at the 1900 World Expo. Most of his works are preserved in the Museum of Fine Arts in Dijon.
The light beige pedestal...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Griotte Marble, Spelter
French Terracotta Glazed Vinegar or Water Jug
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century green glazed terracotta vinegar or water jug from the Southwest of France with spout in the handle. Beautiful green color. Chips and losses to glaze. Circa 1900...
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Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Lifesize Pair of Original French Bronze Sculptures of Herons- Moigniez
Located in New York City, NY
This important and unusual pair of life size French 19th century Blue Herons are realistically depicted with the two birds foraging in their natural environment. One large Heron is h...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Beaux Arts Cast Iron Medallion Flagpole Mount Qty Available
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century original antique NYC cast iron flagpole mount medallion. Each comes with the original patina of years worth paint and coatings. Typicall...
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Early 20th Century American Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
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...
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Early 1900s French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century French Cast Iron Garden Urns
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of 19th century French cast iron garden urn planters, with double handles. Weathered rusted patina has been wired brushed. One handle ha...
Category
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Gilt Bronze Bronze Beaux Arts Architectural Panels
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of three gilt bronze acretectual balcony panels from the Beaux Arts period. The cast bronze with gilt surface with intricatel open design.
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1880s European Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
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.
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Late 19thC Cast Iron Lawn Jockey in Old Paint
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular and most likely a 19th century representation of a lawn jockey in cast iron. In excellent antique condition with minimal wear, some separation at the seams where they joi...
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1890s American Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
French Beaux-Arts 19th c Heavily Carved Mahogany Panel for Possible Headboard
Located in Chicago, 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 ...
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1860s French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
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Mahogany
19th Century Cast Iron Beaux-Arts Style Hooded Fire Grate
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A late 19th century cast Iron hooded fire grate, possibly Paktong in the Beaux-Arts style. A shaped hood sits above a pair of sweeping gables, at the base of each gable are a pair of...
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1890s English Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Cut Steel
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...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 19th Century French Cast Iron Garden Urns
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of 19th century French green painted cast iron garden urn planters. Beautiful weathered rusty patina with some paint loss. Circa 1880-1900.
Weight: 21 Lbs each
10"H x 13" Dia...
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Bronze Fireplace Fender or Faceplate Front Panel with Putti
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Beautiful bronze fire fender or fireplace with putti, enriched with golden bronze: really rare.
nr. O/3592.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Cast Iron Urns, Set of 4
Located in Winter Park, FL
A set of four 19th century French cast iron white painted garden urn planters. Original weathered rusty patina. Circa 1860-1880.
Dimensions: 14.5"H x 16" Diameter
11" Diameter openi...
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
French Cast Iron Garden Grille Pair
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 ...
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Late 19th C. Antique Pair of Solid Bronze Punch & Judy Andirons England
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and Rare set of Punch & Judy figural Andirons from England. Amazing detail in the castings, crisp and sharp figures in all their glory. Solid bronze and in amazing shape.
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1890s English Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Pair of French Cast Iron Garden Urns
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of small French cast iron garden urn planters with pedestal base and scrolled handles. Green and red painted patina with minor rust...
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Mid-20th Century French Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Terracotta Garden Tiles, Set of 12
Located in Winter Park, FL
A set of twelve 19th century French terracotta garden tiles. Very large detailed casting of cupid with foliate details and lion heads. Rare fo...
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Napoleon III Mahogany Marquetry Style Decorated and Copper Liner Jardiniere
Located in Germantown, MD
Napoleon III Mahogany Marquetry Style Decorated and Copper Liner Jardiniere planter. Very good antique condition. Measures 16" in width, 10" in depth and stands 7.25" tall. Opening i...
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Ormolu, Copper
Signed Maison Jansen Painted Boiserie
Located in Stamford, CT
Large painted curved boisere panel. Consisting of rectilinear mouldings and a circular medallion.
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1940s French Vintage Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Plaster, Wood
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...
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Early 1900s American Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Paint, Plaster
Signed Maison Jansen Boiserie, France
Located in Stamford, CT
Signed Maison Jansen boiserie panel with oval medallion decoration.
Category
1940s French Vintage Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Iron Knight and Horse Armoured Companion Set, Fire Tools
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Iron Knight and Horse Armoured Companion Set, Fire Tools
The Stand of the Companion set is a shield mounted with armour for both the knight and his horse, the set is made in Cast iron which has registration marks on the back
On the back hangs the tongs and hearth brush, the poker which doubles up as the knight’s sword...
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19th Century Antique Beaux Arts Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Beaux Arts building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Beaux Arts building and garden 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 building and garden elements created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, wall decorations, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, iron and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Beaux Arts building and garden elements made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America 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 Pierre Digan, Maison Jansen, A. Durenne, and Antoine-Louis Barye. 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 $185 and tops out at $29,500 while the average work can sell for $2,530.