Baroque Jewelry Boxes
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.
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Style: Baroque
Vintage Jewelry Music Box Hand-Made in Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Italian large footed music box in light gold color with top finely hand painted and wood inlaid with foliages floral decor, brass hardware.
Small Vintage Italian handcrafted ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Pill Box pocket engraved and enamel Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large square pocket pill box with rounded corners and sides, in 925/1000 sterling silver with very fine hand engraving in baroque style, fire enamell...
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1970s Italian Vintage Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
French 19th Century Hand Carved Walnut Wood Four Doors Miniature Chest
Located in Firenze, IT
This lovely French late 19th century walnut miniature chest is ornately hand carved with the typical Coastal France, probably Breton, geometrical patterns inlays and charming hand-tu...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Nutwood, Walnut
European Miniature Jewelry Multi-Drawer Cabinet Chest of Drawer
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A European late 19th Century 11-drawer chest or cabinet with a series of small drawers inside. Original antique bronze handles. This piece would be perfect as a jewelry case. This m...
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1880s European Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Heavy Bronze Repousse Rectangular Jewelry/Decorative Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a gilt bronze repousse rectangular jewelry/decorative box. It features in the top of the lid a scene of Don Quixote riding his horse at the sam...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$525 Sale Price
24% Off
Italian Mid-Century Jewelry Collectable Box With Cherubs
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming Italian box with Cherubs and Rococo decorations perfect for jewelry or other collectables. This box features intricate baroque and Rococo detailing including cherubs on the ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Bronze Box with Semi Precious Stones
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French bronze box with semi precious stones.
Lovely 19th century French Baroque style bronze box or jewel casket with semi...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Bronze
Dutch Colonial Indonesian Tortoiseshell Box with Gilded Brass mounts
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Of superb quality, this red tortoise shell box with beautifully executed gilded brass mounts was most likely originally made to hold Tea of Sirih. It is in very fine antique conditio...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Baroque Style Italian Sterling Silver Jewelry Box
By Pampaloni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver box completely handmade with brown velvet interior.
The structure is rectangular and shaped. On the body, slight elevations have been made that make the box typical o...
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2010s Italian Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pill Box very fine hand-engraving in baroque style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square pill box with rounded corners and curved sides in 925/1000 sterling silver with very fine hand-engraving in baroque style, fire-enamelled with black enamel also on the sides. ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th Century Mosaic Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Box Sorrento Napoli, C1880
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Amazing Marquetry and inlay on this Sorrento Napoli Box C1880. There is craftsmanship of the highest caliber all over this box. Box front drops down to reveal inside completely cover...
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1880s Italian Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pill Box Baroque shaped with pastoral miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Baroque shaped with pastoral miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni .Baroque shaped pill-box with hand engravings and green fire enamel, with hand painted enameled miniature of...
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1990s Italian Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Jewelery Box Baroque Style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Jewelery box in solid 800 silver in Baroque style.
This box was made by faithfully and perfectly copying the fashion jewelry boxes in the noble houses and villas in Italy in the 18t...
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Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Agate, Silver
$6,265 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Italian 800 Solid Silver Jewel Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid silver jewelry box.
This box was made completely by hand, rectangular parallelepiped.
To detach it and elevate it from the support surface, 4 small feet made with the casting t...
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Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
$2,152 Sale Price
20% Off
Early European Faux Bois Jewelry Box With Mirror and Brass Hardware
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
European 19h Century jewelry box with a green patterned fabric insert. This wood box is handcrafted in a faux bois style with brass hardware and etched mirror glass inside. The cond...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Baroque Casket, around 1760, birch burl and walnut
Located in Münster, DE
Casket
Baroque, around 1760, birch burl and walnut, round lid with folding star inlay and pewter thread inlays, original lock and fittings, shellac hand polish
Dimensions:
Height: 14 cm
Width: 26 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Most pieces of furniture from the Baroque era date from the period between 1670 and around 1750. Starting with strict but pompous forms, Baroque furniture developed into playful pieces of furniture with numerous curves and magnificent fittings by the middle of the 18th century. Baroque chests of drawers mostly date from the period between 1720 and 1750 and feature multiple curved fronts and veneer marquetry. Baroque tables and chairs feature lavishly curved legs, the lower ends of which end in volutes or animal hooves. Towards the end of the Baroque period and the Rococo period, the curved legs of tables and chairs merge into the frames in a single sweep. Baroque cabinets are usually disproportionately large by today's living standards, as they originally stood in castles. Heights of 2.40 to 2.60 meters are not uncommon for baroque cabinets.
In early Baroque furniture...
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1760s German Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Nutwood, Birch
Bronze and glass jewelry box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bronze and glass jewelry box
The box has cut crystals and the patina is gold and silver
It is made with bronze and acid-cut glass.
Origin France ci...
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1920s French Vintage Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
18th Century Swedish Miniature Baroque Chest of Drawers
Located in Bozeman, MT
Good 18th century Swedish miniature Baroque jewellery box / commode in it's original finish with good patination. ca 1750 Sweden.
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18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Restored Baroque Chest, Walnut, Brass, Revived Polish, Czech, 1830s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
It has been re-polished with polyutherane piano lacquer by our professional refurbishing team in Czechia according to the original process.
This elegant Baroque chest - treasury c...
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1750s Czech Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
17th Century Franco Flemish Kingwood Marquetry Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 17th century domed box with highly figured kingwood marquetry veneer laid in a geometric pattern, the front having elaborate pierced and embossed brass escutcheon, the whole wit...
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1690s European Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Kingwood, Pine
19th Century Italian Walnut Miniature Chest Of Drawers
Located in Viterbo, VT
Miniature chest of drawers handcrafted in Italy in the early 1800s using walnut. Despite being small, the chest shows all the elements of a large commode, and it may have been crafte...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Italian jewelry box in solid 800 silver with hard stone
Located in VALENZA, IT
Italian jewelry box in solid 800 silver with hard stone made entirely by hand.
The body of the jewelry box is round and flower-shaped.
The hinged lid has been subjected to different ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Agate
18th Century Italian Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning 18th-century Italian box is a fine example of Baroque artistry, embodying the period's characteristic grandeur and attention to detail. Crafted from rich walnut, the bo...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Inlaid Ebony Table Cabinet
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 18th century ebony and bone inlaid table cabinet with geometric and line inlay on eight drawers with turned bone knobs and standing on turned e...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony
Vintage Dutch Country French Baroque Style Silver Plated Figural Jewelry Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Dutch Country French Baroque Style Silver Plated Figural Jewelry Box. Circa Early 1900s. Measurements: 1.5" H x 8" W x 6" D.
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Early 1900s Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Italy Late 19th Century Sterling Silver Box Baroque Little Love Cart
Located in Brescia, IT
Antique baroque sterling silver little love cart late 19th Century, Italy.
This a very nice and lovable piece of art fine art jewellery. Totally han...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
$774 Sale Price
35% Off
Portuguese silver jewerly box with semi-precious stones on the lid circa 1850.
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible portuguese silver jewerly box with semi-precious stones on the lid circa 1850.
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1850s Portuguese Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
Pair of Vintage Gold Lacquered Wood Jewel Boxes
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid pair of antique 18th century wooden jewelry boxes of fine French manufacture.
The jewelry boxes have baroque shapes and are very curvy yet edgy, creating a perfect mix.
The jewelry boxes are made of green and gold lacquered wood, which creates a very elegant effect.
The central body contains two small storage drawers...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
$4,304 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Walnut and Metal Small Chest, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Small rectangular ark with a flat lid, with a lock of golden metal worked (crown on two facing lions, located on a garland of great size, and all around a symmetrical composition wit...
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17th Century European Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal
Rare 16th Century Nuremberg Box
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare 16th century Nuremberg box
In iron, measurements: 13 x 18 x 12 cm
Good condition.
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16th Century German Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Iron
$4,304 Sale Price
20% Off
IMPORTANT CUT-OUT BOX, SÈVRES 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT CUT-OUT BOX, SÈVRES 18th Century
Sèvres. Polychrome and gold decoration with reserves with landscape and figures.
Rims and clasp in relief bronz...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$2,678 Sale Price
20% Off
Baroque jewelry boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque jewelry boxes for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage jewelry boxes created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, silver and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque jewelry boxes 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 jewelry boxes, popular names associated with this style include Arval Argenti Valenza, Florentine, Franco Salimbeni, and Giorgio Salimbeni. 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 jewelry boxes 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 $7,676 while the average work can sell for $1,314.
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