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Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

NEOCLASSICAL STYLE

Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.

Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.

The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.

Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.

Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.

As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.

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Style: Neoclassical
Boston Classical Coin Silver Basket by Haddock, Lincoln & Foss
Located in New York, NY
Classical coin silver basket. Made by Haddock, Lincoln & Foss in Boston, ca 1860. Round and curved with four cast leaf-mounted leaf supports. Beaded...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Silver

19th Century Russian Silver & Cut Glass Swing-Handled Basket
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th-century Russian silver and cut glass swing-handled basket Russia, circa 1880 Stamped in a rectangular cartouche. 875 grade  Immerse yourself in the opulence of 19th-century Rus...
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19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Sterling Silver

Longaberger 2000 Red Tree Trimming Let it Snow Basket with Protector Lid & Card
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Longaberger 2000 Red Tree Trimming Let it Snow Basket with Protector Lid & Card. Circa 2000. Measurements: 4" H x 5" W x 5" D
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Early 2000s Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Wood

Large Napoleon III Bronze Wire Woven Basket or Trash Can
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, C. 1900. An antique hand woven with bronze & brass wire basket or trash can. Flexible surface, very heavy and high quality.
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20th Century French Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Brass, Bronze

Brown Leather Tray
Located in Westwood, NJ
With Tobacco brown leather, this leather tray is fraught with detail: the topstitching of each leather panel, the narrow leather straps that hold the stainless steel handles in place...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Metal

Longaberger 2000 Holiday Hostess 12 Days of Christmas Basket 17833 Lid & Liners
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Longaberger 2000 Holiday Hostess 12 Days of Christmas Basket 17833 with Lid & Liners. Item featured Includes 3 plastic liners. Circa 2000. Measurements: 10" H x 14" W x 14" D.
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Early 2000s Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Wood

Longaberger 1994 Jingle Bell Basket 1995 Dresden Basket 1988 Basket - 3 Pcs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Longaberger 1994 Jingle Bell Basket, 1995 Dresden Basket, 1988 Long Basket - 3 Pcs. Circa 1988-1995. Measurements: Largest basket: 4" H x 18" W x 12" D.
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1990s Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Wood

Vintage Longaberger 2001 Edition Christmas Collection Red Shining Star Basket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Longaberger 2001 Christmas Collection Red Shining Star Basket. Circa 2001. Measurements: 5" H x 11" W x 11" D.
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Early 2000s Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Wood

Large Gustavian Style Gilt Metal Accent Waste Basket
Located in Sheffield, MA
Large 10" D rustic and elegant at the same time, add a neoclassical country touch to your bedroom, bathroom or office. The gold gilt edging gives it a Classic vintage/antique feel. S...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Metal

Austrian Bronze & Iron Neoclassical Trash Can / Wastepaper Basket
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Austrian bronze & iron neoclassical trash can / wastepaper basket Austria, circa early 20th century Of oval form with a continuous trellis, garland and flowerhead motif. Beautiful...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Bronze, Iron

American 1920 Vintage Navette Sweetmeat Basket with Handle .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Sterling silver navette basket with handle. Elegant sweetmeat basket tray with a fixed handle, crafted with an oval navette shape in solid .925/.999 sterling silver, back in the 1920's. This tray is decorated with fluted scalloped patterns and mounted in four stylized legs. The side panels are decorated with pierced perforations to recreate organic patterns. Weight: 369.5 Grams, (236.85 Dwt). Measurements: 292 mm by 178 mm by 205 mm (11.5 x 7.0 x 8.1 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark of an armor with a 6, the model numbers, the silver assay mark and signed, "STERLING C 3705". History: When silver baskets first appeared around the 17th century they resembled the original, practical and rudimental woven straw or wooden baskets used...
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1920s North American Vintage Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Sterling Silver, Silver

Rare Neoclassical Meissen Porcelain Reticulated Centerpiece with Rams Heads
Located in New York, NY
A large, beautiful, and rare 19th century neoclassical reticulated Meissen centerpiece with open filigree, rams heads, flaming finial, and love bir...
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1870s German Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Porcelain

Wicker Basket
Located in New York, NY
A vintage wicker basket, circa mid-20th century, USA. A great decorative basket for fruit, vegetables, bread, etc. Piece is oblong. Dimensions: 3" height x 5" D x 20.5" width. For ...
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Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Wicker

Classical Style Painted Wastebasket or Planter, Sold Singly
Located in Sheffield, MA
Rustic and classical at the same time, painted iron waste basket or trash can or planter with wonderful patina, X-design. Waste basket, planter.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Metal

Rosso Antico Tazza, Italy 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large Italian tazza in rosso antico with swan decorations on the corners and square bowl, godron wall and fluted shaft on a square base. Based on the 1787...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Marble

Wicker Splint Gathering Basket
Located in New York, NY
A vintage wicker splint gathering basket with tacked rim, circa late-20th century, USA. A rectangular wicker splint gathering basket for fruits, vege...
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Wood, Wicker

Genuine Redmon Woven Wicker Picnic Basket with Tabletop in Red and Brown
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A red woven wicker picnic basket with metal handles, wood lid, and short tabletop for serving drinks or sandwiches. Created from woven red and br...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Metal

Bronze Bowl by Antonio Pandiani from the 1800s
Located in Milano, MI
Bronze cup made by Antonio Pandiani in 1800. Measures: Ø 12 cm Ø 10 cm h 10 cm Antonio Pandiani was born in Milan in 1838 and died there in 1928. He was a great neoclassical sculptor belonging to the well-known artistic and industrial dynasty of the Pandians of Milan. Antonio studied at the Brera Academy learning the academic style and was immediately appreciated for his portraits. Very often the style of his works reproduces in miniature historical monuments...
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1880s Italian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Bronze

Glossy Red Wicker Bread Basket
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A woven wicker basket painted in glossy red paint. This piece would be fabulous to serve bread or fruits, or as a decorative dish on a night table or dresse...
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Late 20th Century North American Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Wicker, Paint

Meissen Marcolini Period Porcelain Twin Handled Painted Fruit Basket
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique German porcelain twin handled fruit basket by prolific makers Meissen and dating from the Marcolini period 1774 to 1814. The fruit basket stands raised on four Greek k...
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Late 18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Porcelain

George III Period Neoclassical Design Sterling Silver Sugar Basket, London, 1795
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1795 by Solomon Hougham, this attractive, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Sugar Basket, is in t...
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1790s English Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Sterling Silver

Pair of Antique French Gilt Tôle & Iron Tole Metal Filigree Oval Planters
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of antique French gilt tôle & iron tole metal filigree oval planters France, circa 1900s Each one of oval basket form, the flaring woven filigree gilt tôle metal frames, reta...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Metal, Iron

Antique Wrought Iron Two Tier Standing Basket
Located in Germantown, MD
Antique two tier wrought iron 2 tier standing basket in excellent condition. Solid Iron with great stability. For Indoor and outdoor use. Measures 16.5" in width x 10.5" in depth...
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Iron, Wrought Iron

Neoclassical Round Box in the Style of the Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and rare early to mid-20th century matte white and light periwinkle blue round metal box in the Neoclassical style. The Neoclassical raised relief design around box's ext...
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Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Metal

Pair of Large 19th Century Russian Neoclassic Brass Decorated Mahogany Baskets
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine pair of large late 19th century Russian baskets or hampers made in mahogany, brass inlaid panels with fabric and embroidered taping trim come from the estate of Mrs. John Gutfreund. Made in an open work manner with solid mahogany ribs that have then been inset with brass trim panels that are interspersed with flat roundels. The open work ribs are then filled from the back with a fine broad cloth creating a closed container...
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1880s Baltic Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Brass

Silver Plated French Bacchanalian Jardiniere, Circa 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
Produced in France, circa 1880, this impressive silver plated jardiniere has elements of Greek mythology, making it Neoclassical style. On each side of the jardiniere is a mascaron o...
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1880s French Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Metal, Silver Plate

Bright Blue Circular Wicker Basket with Woven Floral Knot Pattern
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A bright blue circular wicker basket. A great great basket for use as a planter, or as a waste bin. This piece features a woven wicker body and a woven floral knot pattern top. Di...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Wicker, Paint

Two Pairs of Italian Maiolica Baskets, circa 1780
Located in Milano, IT
Two pairs of maiolica baskets Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, circa 1770-1790 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). Measures: A) Height 3.54 x 6.69 x 9.84 in (9 x 17 x 25 cm); B) Height 3.93 x 7.48 x 11.02 in (10 x 19 x 28 cm). Total weight 4.85 lb (2.200 kg) State of conservation: A) One of the smaller baskets has some areas of restoration, the other slight chipping from use; B) One of the larger baskets is intact and the other shows a clearly glued break. The mold with which the baskets were forged simulates a wicker weave. The two larger works have high, vertical walls, with branch-shaped handles penetrating the weave. The painted decorations, small polychrome flowers applied only externally, highlight the points where the weaves intersect. The decision to leave the center of the basket devoid of decoration is highly unusual, but given the size and complexity of the shape, as well as the quality of the enamel, it is possible to hypothesize that it represents a precise choice in manufacturing or for a particular client. The two smaller baskets have small, twisted handles and, on the outside, reproduce more decisively the characteristic wicker weave, obtained through thin molded lines. The interior exhibits a rich, typical decoration of naturalistic flowers: a bunch centered around a main flower and secondary stems accompanied by small “semis”. The exterior of these works is also adorned with small little flowers where the weaves intersect. The size and morphological characteristics of the baskets confirm their attribution to the Lodi factory of Antonio Ferretti between 1770 and 1790, during its most successful period; by this point his original reworking of the "Strasbourg" decoration, known as "old Lodi", had achieved great fame even outside Italy. This decorative choice represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and which Antonio Ferretti introduced in Italy. This production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple. The Ferretti family had started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725. The forefather Simpliciano had started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano had started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59). In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory. In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, could commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables...
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1770s Italian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Maiolica

Antique English Georgian Neoclassical Sterling Silver Basket
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian neoclassical sterling silver basket, ca 1790. Ovoid body on same foot with reeded c-scroll swing handle. Engraved wavy-s...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Sterling Silver

Stunning Neoclassical Antique Sterling Silver Centrepiece Basket, London, 1778
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1778 by William Plummer, this delightful, George III, Antique sterling silver basket, features engraved and pierced decoration, and bead borders. The basket m...
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1770s English Antique Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Sterling Silver

Wooden Waste Paper Basket Navel scenes 1950s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Wooden Paper Waste Basket .Stone Red color .with Gold details Comes with naval battles Lithographs . Beautiful Sea Foam Green inside .19...
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1950s Dutch Vintage Neoclassical Decorative Baskets

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Wood

Neoclassical decorative baskets for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical decorative baskets 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 decorative baskets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical decorative baskets made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative baskets, popular names associated with this style include Longaberger, Meissen Porcelain, Antonio Ferretti, and Antonio Pandiani. 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 decorative baskets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $15,800 while the average work can sell for $866.

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