Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
RENAISSANCE STYLE
Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.
Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.
Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.
Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.
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Style: Renaissance
Antique Italian 16th Century Mantel 'anno 1596'
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Beautiful Italian Fireplace dating from the 16th Century with engraved date (1596) in basaltic grey stone.
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
"medici" Marble Vase, Late 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large "Medici" shaped marble vase with flowers carved on the body and leaves between the body and the pedestal.
Some chips and cracks.
Late 19th century.
Height 82cm.
D...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Neo-Renaissance Italian Terracotta Fountain. Tuscany, early 19th century
Located in Puglia, Puglia
A fanciful early 19th century Italian terracotta fountain from Tuscany. In neo-Renaissance style, as shown in the photo, the artist's initials I B are engraved. The fountain rests on...
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1820s Italian Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Spanish Renaissance Period Fireplace Grate or Fire Basket, 16th Century
Located in Soest, NL
16th century Spanish Renaissance period fire grate. Made of beautifully forged wrought iron and bronze. The condition is good.
Mea...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze, Wrought Iron
16th-17th Century French 'Arms of Lorraine' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
16th-17th century fireback with the coat of arms of Lorraine. On both sides there are the sticks of a marshal. This indicates that this fireback was made for a high military official...
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Early 17th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
16th Century French 'Lorraine Coat of Arms' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
16th century French Fireback with two Lorraine Coat of Arms as well as the Gothic cross of Lorraine (in cords).
All our products that weigh 66 kg / 146 lbs or more are shipped as st...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
Tuscan Terra Cotta Planter: Fioraia Tondo
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Tuscan round terra cotta planter is full of extremely intricate details and mounted onto a hand-carved limestone base. This typical Renaissance-style urn includes shields, masks, and stags. This terra cotta garden planter...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Monumental Antique Stone Renaissance Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A very rare and exotic large carved stone 19th century French chimneypiece in the Renaissance manner. The Jambs of male and female beasts in armour, supporting recumbent dragons. The corner blocks having carved Roman masks...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
16th Century Italian Tuscan Old Chestnut 2 Door Stipo with Losanghe
Located in Encinitas, CA
16th Century Italian Tuscan Old Chestnut 2 Door Stipo with Losanghe.
Interesting architectural element composed of 2 framed and trimmed doors of single slabs of very old chestnut. ...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Chestnut
French Renaissance Style 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
20th century French Renaissance style fireback with the Arms of France. A Coat of Arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that ...
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20th Century French Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
17th-18th Century 'Arms of Loraine' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
17th-18th century French Renaissance fireback with the arms of Leopold I, Duke of Lorraine. The arms are surrounded by a chain of the Golden Fleece. The symbol of this order is a sma...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Pair Of Large Bronze Venetian Torchere Pedestals
Located in London, GB
A rare and beautifully cast pair of large Venetian solid bronze torchere pedestals, in the Classical manner, with acanthus, anthemion and masks, with good patina.
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1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Cast Brass English Chester Imp Door Knocker
Located in Elkhart, IN
A wonderful solid cast brass door-knocker fashioned as a horned imp or devil. The design is based on one found at the 1000 year old Chester Cathedral in England where the imp in question was said to wrought his havoc.
Restoration teams discovered a mysterious demonic carving, bound in chains, close to a window in the Cathedral nave. Historians are now labelling the mystery carving as “The Chester Imp...
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Mid-20th Century English Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Door
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Century) carved walnut door panel with oval glass inset and carved figures & scroll design (MATCHING DOORS IN THE NYC LIBRARY...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Glass
Hand Carved Stone Capital Base Side Coffee Table Garden Pedestal Antique element
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Stone Capital Base Side Coffee Table Garden Pedestal Antique element . LARGE and Very rare Renaissance hand carved capital of the 16th century corner carved limestone Cha...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Monumental Italian Wall Fountain in Carved Verona Rossa Marble, Early 1900s
Located in Dallas, TX
This monumental Italian wall fountain was hand-carved in verona rossa marble in the early 1900’s. Truly the work of a master mason, the fountain is comprised of four thick pieces of richly carved marble, with each piece weighing several hundred pounds. The marble has lovely salmon color with cream inclusions that has developed a soft patina.
The 3 ¼” deep back wall is adorned with a repetitive C-scroll border. A winged lion mascaron hovers above a geometric panel filled with nondescript interlaced carvings. Below the panel is a scalloped shell with sprawling barbed rinceaux that flows between a pair of volute scrolls on the edge of the wall. The shell has a small, incised circle where a spout or tap can be placed, depending on the desired use.
Beneath the vertical wall is an 8 ½” thick sinuous bowl embellished with thick quarter round molding. The front façade has a stylized coat of arms consisting of a shaped shield emblazoned with a fleur de lys. Inside the basin, the back wall has been carved with a pair of volute C-scrolls surrounding bundled leaves. At the base of the leaves is a small drainage hole.
Three volutes highlight the luxurious column that sits on a rectangular plinth with two canted corners. All three volutes are in the traditional S-shape, with two of them flanking the larger channeled scroll. A small fleur de lys graces the front of the plinth, which has gently sloped top edges. There is a thin grooved molding near the base.
A natural conversation piece for any courtyard or garden setting, the Renaissance style Italian wall fountain can be used indoors or outside. It could also be used as a large sink...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Antique Italian Marble Fountain Fill
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Hand carved Italian marble fountain fill in the form of a Putto head. A wonderful architectural treasure. Can be used as originally intended or...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Antique English Renaissance Unicorn, Lion Shield Figural Brass Coal Bucket Bin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Renaissance Unicorn, lion shield figural brass coal bucket bin. Item features ornate debossed brass form with lions, unicorn, shield, winge...
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19th Century English Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Important Bronze Fireplace Adornment Made of a Pair of Andirons and a Bronze Bar
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare and important bronze fireplace set is composed of a pair of richly decorated bronze andirons and of a central bar connecting the 2 andirons. This is a French Renaissance st...
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Early 1900s French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Small Dutch Brass Andirons, 17th Century
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Busts of a queens on spreading mermaid legs, with turned vases on top.
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18th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron
Rare 17th Century French Country Style Limestone Fireplace Mantle with Trumeau
Located in Beervelde, BE
This antique fireplace surround is very unique. The condition and the patina are so important for this piece from the French Renaissance period.
This real museum piece is an enhance...
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Early 17th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Renaissance Carved French Oak Panel
Located in Denton, TX
Weathered Renaissance carved oak panel, originally from a piece of furniture.
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17th Century European Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Large Patinated Bacchus Garden Bronze Tazza Urn
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a patinated bronze large round Tazza urn with pedestal. There is a mask of Bacchus with hair made of grapes leaves and ram horns over his head adorni...
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Early 20th Century Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Renaissance Revival Large Figural Man and Woman Andirons - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance Revival Large Figural Man and Woman Andirons - a Pair. Item featured is a larger impressive size, stunning patina and casting, very rare antique andirons, ...
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Renaissance Revival Bronze Black Painted Vases
Located in Rome, IT
Impressive pair of black patinated bronze vases in the style of Renaissance. Finely decorated handles with a satyr figure, over with a and body surrounded by bacchanal scenes.
Exquis...
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1930s Italian Vintage Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Italian Renaissance Wing Griffin Fiberglass Garden Pedestal Stands Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Renaissance Style Winged Griffin Cast Fiberglass Garden Pedestal Stands Made to Look like Weathered Terracotta - a Pair. Circa Mid 20th Century.
Measurements:
19" Hi...
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Mid-20th Century Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Fiberglass
Italian Majolica Water Sinai
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance (Late 19/20th Century) Majolica Sinai.
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
1920s Black Cast Iron Andirons with Figures of a Hybrid Atlas over a Caduceus
Located in New York, NY
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A pair of unusual large antique andirons each having a figure of a hybrid atlas over a caduceus in the main rectangular column, as well as masks, dolphin fish and crosses on...
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1920s Vintage Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel, Iron
Samuel Yellin Style, Italian Renaissance, Andirons, Black Wrought Iron, 1920s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair Monumental Samuel Yellin Style Wrought Iron Andirons, Italian Renaissance, Late 19th early 20th century
Palatial in Size are these finely cast pair of Arts and Crafts Gothic an...
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1910s Vintage Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of English Renaissance Revival Leaded Glass Windows
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Renaissance style (19th Century) large leaded glass window panels with center medallion.
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19th Century English Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Glass
Antique carved walnut fireplace with painting from the 17th century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Important antique Renaissance style fireplace made ouf ot carved walnut. The hood is adorned with a large oil on canvas depicting a Renaissance ball scene after the Italian-Swiss painter Giovanni Andrea Casella (see inscriptions found on the back).
Casella was born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1619. He is active in the Italian Piedmont where he is a student of Pietro Da Cortona. He is famous from 1642 and realizes masterpieces for the Castello di Rivoli, the Royal Palace of Turin and the Duomo of Turin (Cathedral of the city). For the Duomo, he performed the painting of Saint-Côme and Saint-Damien on the sixth altar. He is also very active in Switzerland, his native country, where he works with his nephew Giacomo. Both painted in 1662 the two lateral frescoes of the choir of the Church of St. Roch in Lugano.
This chimney is composed of old carved walnut elements dating from the 17th century, which were reassembled during the 19th century.
The jambs are decorated with carved terms...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Side Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Italian Renaissance style wrought iron end table with lyre style metal base and marble top.
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Metal
Rare Pair of Heavy French Antique Iron Chenets, The Tree of Life, Circa 1520
Located in Dallas, TX
These fireplace chenets are a wonderful example of French “haute epoque” iron work. They are estimated to have been created in the early 16th century. The artistic nature and high qu...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Patinated Bronze Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality true pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze andirons. Each andiron is raised by three handsome paw feet and stunning richly chase...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Renaissance Polychromed Kneeling Figures
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) polychromed life size kneeling figures.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Lion Stone Sculpture Architectural Garden Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This sculpture has taken on a different character over time as it has weathered and the detailing has softened.
Time has given it a pared down, minimalist quality juxtaposing the R...
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16th Century English Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Vtg Cast Brass Figural Renaissance Soldier Warrior Fireplace Andirons - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Cast Brass Figural Renaissance Soldier Warrior Fireplace Andirons - a Pair. Item features cast brass figural forms of warriors, cast iron supports, very nice vintage pair, gr...
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Mid-20th Century Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron
Massive Pair of Italian Columns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive pair of Italian columns completely restored in faux paint and gold leaf. The base is 18" x 18" all in one piece.
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Andirons with Brass Melon Tops
Located in Charleston, SC
These 19th century Italian andirons have hand wrought engraved centre pedestals ending in scroll stylized legs. The melon tops are cast brass.
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron
French 17th Century Renaissance Period Pierre De Bourgogne Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional French 17th century Renaissance period solid Pierre de Bourgogne fireplace mantel, circa 1650. The mantel is raised by two elegant j...
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17th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze, Marble, And Ormolu Planter/Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Rouge Griotte marble planter/stand. The planter is raise...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Early 20th Century Decorative Cast Iron Urns
Located in Southall, GB
Pair of early 20th century cast iron urns with decorative foliate work and scroll handles. Beautiful shape and detail with a good patina for the age. Perfect for statement for your g...
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20th Century French Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Magnificent Polished Belgium Black Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A magnificent polished Belgium Black and Rosso Levanto marble chimneypiece in the Renaissance manner. The moulded shelf set over a panelled frieze, supported...
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1870s English Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Other
Italian Pair of Tall Serpentine Marble and Honey Onyx Pedestals
Located in Marbella, ES
Pair of Italian hand carved pedestals, made in green serpentine marble and lightly translucent honey onyx.
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1990s Italian Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Italian Vintage Putto Statue of Hand Carved Wood, Stands
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian hand carved wooden putto figure. This vintage figure from Italy has been hand carved of wood and depicts a nude male child, standing in a twist...
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20th Century Italian Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Magnificent Polished Belgium Black Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A magnificent polished Belgium Black and Rosso Levanto marble chimneypiece in the Renaissance manner. The moulded shelf set over a panelled frieze, supported...
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1870s English Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Other
Fireback from 1561 with the Alliance Arms of Jacques De Tige and Blanche De Vill
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Fireback from 1561 with the coat of arms of Jacques de Tige, son of Gobert de Tige and Catherine de Serainchamps, and Blanche de Villelongue, daughter of Jean de Villelongue and Clau...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Pair of Renaissance Period French 17th Century Cast Iron Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and large-scale pair of French 17th century Renaissance period cast iron andirons. Each beautiful andiron is raised by thick U-shaped support at the front and an el...
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17th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
19th Century Bronze Sculptural Fireplace Andirons in the Renaissance Manner
Located in London, GB
A beautiful large pair of nineteenth century bronze sculptural andirons of Giambologna’s masterpiece ‘Rape of the Sabine Women' (or 'Abduction of the Sabine Women'). The base is form...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Carved Blaken Oak Firescreen, Breton Style, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Carved blaken oak firescreen, Breton style, circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century French Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Large Stone Italian Fireplace Mantel in the 18th Century Style
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 18th century style Italian fireplace carved in Portland stone. The frieze of isometric design with diamond panelled paterae interspersed with panelled husks, carved wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
French mid 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and black marble urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative pair of French mid 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and black Belgian marble lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a square black Belgian mar...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Renaissance St. Breccia Nuvolata Rosa Marble Planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and high quality French 19th century Renaissance st. Ormolu and Breccia Nuvolata Rosa marble centerpiece planter. This stunning centerpiece is supported on four cabriol...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Antique Marble Statue of a Leaning Youth
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This early 19th century French antique marble statue of a leaning youth has stood the test of time for over 220 years. This has given the marble ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Renaissance St. Rouge Griotte Marble and Ormolu Planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Renaissance St. Rouge Griotte marble and ormolu planter. The planter is raised by handsome ormolu paw feet below a scrolled design and palmettes with a...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Columns, Signed Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and extremely decorative true pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu columns signed Barbedienne. Each column is raised by superb lion legs with handsome paw feet and exceptional ormolu palmette leaves. At the base is an elegant urn shaped support with fine foliate and reeded designs with impressive richly chased open winged maidens at each side. The circular lightly tapered central supports display exceptional and finely detailed wrap around ormolu plaques with superb bison skulls...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Renaissance Style French 19th Century Cast Iron Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. cast iron andirons. Each andiron is raised by a thick U shaped support at the front and an elongated single back leg ext...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
French 19th Century Renaissance St. Ormolu And Alabastro Fiorito Marble Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and Alabastro Fiorito marble urn. The urn is raised by a remarkable square orm...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Renaissance building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Renaissance 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, decorative objects, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance building and garden 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 building and garden elements, popular names associated with this style include Angelo Minghetti, Ferdinand Barbedienne, Edward F. Caldwell & Co., and Minton. 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 $295 and tops out at $3,217,683 while the average work can sell for $6,875.