Beaux Arts Furniture
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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1960s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Other
Mid-19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Metal
2010s Italian Beaux Arts Furniture
Silver
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Iron
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Iron
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
1850s French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Cast Stone
1910s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze, Brass
1890s French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Metal, Tin, Wire
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Iron
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble, Brass, Iron
2010s Italian Beaux Arts Furniture
Silver
2010s Italian Beaux Arts Furniture
Silver
1970s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Terracotta
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Porcelain
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
1910s German Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
2010s French Beaux Arts Furniture
Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Beaux Arts Furniture
Gold, Bronze
1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1970s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Iron
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble, Spelter
Late 19th Century Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Terracotta
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Cast Stone
2010s American Beaux Arts Furniture
Plaster
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble, Iron
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
2010s American Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1910s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Paint
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble, Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble, Brass, Wrought Iron, Iron
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
1860s Italian Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Cast Stone
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze, Wrought Iron
1950s English Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1890s English Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Silver
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Terracotta
Early 1900s Italian Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Iron
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble, Brass, Iron
2010s French Beaux Arts Furniture
Lacquer, Paint, Wood, Walnut