Beaux Arts Boxes
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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20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Fruitwood, Kingwood, Burl
1970s American Vintage Beaux Arts Boxes
Iron
20th Century Beaux Arts Boxes
Wood
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain
20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ormolu
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Silver, Enamel
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain
20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Silver
1830s French Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Wood
1870s French Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain, Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain
1910s French Vintage Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Beaux Arts Boxes
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century British Beaux Arts Boxes
Teak
Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Canvas
19th Century English Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Tortoise Shell
1880s French Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Bronze
1960s French Vintage Beaux Arts Boxes
Earthenware, Wood
19th Century English Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
1790s French Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain
1880s French Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Beaux Arts Boxes
Malachite
20th Century Czech Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain
19th Century European Antique Beaux Arts Boxes
Enamel, Ormolu
20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Beaux Arts Boxes
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain
20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Pewter
20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Boxes
Porcelain