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.
Beautiful Louis XIV pair of carved and gilded wooden candlesticks
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful pair of carved and gilded wooden candlesticks with wrought iron tip. Tuscan manufacture, Italian Baroque period, Louis XIV, ca. 1680-1720.
Gold Leaf
Italian Sterling Silver 2 lights Candelabra in the shape of a Cornucopia
By PRIA & SARI
Located in VALENZA, IT
A charming candelabra shaped like two intertwined cornucopias. The base is made of cathedral-style sheet metal, to which a leafy border has been soldered. The base is raised from the...
Sterling Silver
Italian Carved Walnut 18th Century Torchere
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a wonderful Continental 18th century pricket stick. The pricket is composed of turned walnut and is sculptural in its turnings. This candle stand is in overall good condition...
Wrought Iron
Unique 18th Century Carved Altar Candlestick Holder from Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
hand carved from pine in the 1700s, this unique Italian altar candlestick holder features a lovely foliate rinceaux dotted with volute scrolls. The intricate weaving of curled leaves...
Wood
Pair Large Baroque Painted & Parcel Gilt Applique Sconces, Italy, 17th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Impressive pair of Italian Baroque Painted and Parcel Gilt Applique Candle Sconces. Each sconce of rectangular cartouche shape, enriched with carved foliate scrolling volutes centeri...
Wood
Antique Baroque Candelabra, Silver-Plated, Four-Armed, 20th Century
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Large four-armed candelabra and five flames Antique - Decoration - Table Measures : Ø 33/36cm H:73cm Silver-plated metal - round hourglass column base - four scrolled arms - vase-sha...
Metal
Coppia di Candelieri Barocchi a Rocchetto in Bronzo Firenze XVII
Located in Pistoia, IT
Coppia di pique-cierges barocchi in bronzo fuso e tornito, Firenze, XVII secolo. Typical Florentine pique-cierges model known by the name "rocchetto" from the particular shape remini...
Bronze
Candlestick Pair Brass Flemish Pricket Heart Initialled Love Token
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
FINE PAIR OF LATE 17TH CENTURY, PERSONALISED, FLEMISH, BRASS CANDLESTICKS WITH PRICKETS, POSSIBLY A LOVE TOKEN AS INSCRIBED WITH A HEART MOTIF AND INITIALS - Personalised : The bot...
Brass
17th Century Brass Candlestick, France, circa 1690
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
17th century candlestick from France made of brass. The candlestick has traces of use as you can expect after more than 300 years of use.
Brass
$2,000Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Gilt Candlestick Prickets, 18th Century
Located in Wichita, KS
Beautiful 18th century gilded Italian candlestick prickets. Used in a church during a time when candlelight was the only form of illumination, the backs are still modified to push a...
Wood
19th Century Italian Baroque Carved Giltwood Altar Candlestick
Located in Dallas, TX
Dress a console, mantel, or vignette with this tall and sculptural Italian giltwood candlestick crafted around 1860. Executed in the Baroque style, the piece features an elegant, elo...
Giltwood
Candlestick with Triangular Base, Bronze, Spain, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Candlestick with triangular base. Bronze. Spain, 18th century. Bronze candlestick with a triangular base raised on three legs and enhanced with moldi...
Bronze
Candlesticks Pair 20th century Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A pair of candlesticks made from tin. Made in Sweden, Stockholm early 20th century. J.L. Hultman 1923-1957. Made in Baroque style with flattened ball feet and decorated with c-format...
Pewter
Pair of 18th Century Baroque Style Patinated Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Milford, NH
An impressive pair of Baroque style patinated bronze candlesticks with baluster form stem and tripod feet, Continental in origin (possibly Italian) dating to the 18th century, conver...
Bronze
A Brass Hanukkah Lamp, Prague late 18th century
Located in New York, NY
This spectacular Hanukkah lamp is ornately fashioned with a cast backplate featuring a heart shape at center flanked by two rampant Lions of Judah fiercely facing away from one anoth...
Brass
$8,640Sale Price|20% Off
Pair 17th Century Candlesticks Candle Holder Light in Brass Antique Gift Object
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair 17th Century Candlesticks Candle Holder Light in Brass Antique Gift Object . A Very beautiful Simple lines Baroque continental Candle ho...
Brass
Candlestick Pair Pewter Early 20th century Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A pair of candlesticks made from tin. Made in Sweden, Stockholm early 20th century. J.L. Hultman 1923-1957. Made in Baroque style with flattened ball feet and decorated with c-format...
Pewter
$4,414 / set
18th Century Italian Altar Sticks
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Set of wonderful four 18th Century individually hand carved Italian Silver Gilt Alar sticks. The Altar sticks were traditional gilded more heavily to the side facing the front of the...
Silver Leaf
$4,250 / set
Italian Baroque Figural Pricket Candlesticks
Located in Hudson, NY
This impressive pair of carved and gilt wood figural candlesticks makes a dramatic statement in a room . The fully carved figures in a left and right pose are well shaped and present well detailed faces and hands with wind swept clothes. Raised up on architectural plinths...
Wood
Antique Tall Ornate Cherub Bronze Church Candle Holder
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Tall Ornate Cherub Bronze Church Candle Holder Gorgeous, tall finely detailed figural winged cherub, brass antique church salvage candl...
Bronze
19th Century Baroque Giltwood Candelabra Sconces with Floral Carvings
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Baroque Style Giltwood Candelabra Sconces, 19th century, each with two fluted arms and lights, rose and foliate carvings. 29.5" H x 18" W x 12" D. Provenance: From a 20 East ...
Giltwood
Italian 17th Century Baroque Painted and Silver Gilt Tall Torchère
Located in Troy, NY
Italian 17th Century Baroque Painted and Silver Gilt Tall Torchère. The massive, sculpted wood and silver gilt tripod base holding up a turned wood stem fitted to hold a candle. The ...
Wood
Lamps Table Pair Candlesticks Silver Gilt 17th Century Baroque Italian 29" high
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Fine pair of late 17th century, Italian, carved & gilded pricket candlesticks upcycled into table lamps, 29” high Finely carved with classical turnings and ornamentation of the Baro...
Beech
Hand Carved 18th Century Venetian Gilded Wood Candle Stand or Spike
Located in Miami, FL
Fine 18th Century Venetian candle stand or spike, hand-carved and gilded wood. Beautiful columnar shape on a square platform base on bun feet. This go...
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of Italian Baroque Bronze Pricket Candlesticks
Located in Essex, MA
Typical form with candle pricket over a baluster form support and ending on a triangular base with paw feet.
Bronze
$10,396 / set
Pair of Enamel and Gilt Bronze Altar Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
Finely worked in gilt bronze, and delicately enameled, this impressive pair of altar candlesticks is the work of an exceptionally skilled craftsman. Built in the Baroque style, each ...
Ormolu
18th C Italian Pricket Candle Holders, a Pair
Located in Sarasota, FL
A pair of 18th Century Italian pricket candlestick holders. Ornately carved throughout with remnants of a silver leaf finish. Sculptural knopped columns each support a broad, flower-...
Wood
Pair of Spanish 17th Century Carved Wood Winged Angel Candleholders
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
A captivating pair of Spanish Baroque carved-wood angel candleholders, late 17th century (circa 1690). Each winged angel stands as a sculptural bearer of light, holding a candle sock...
Wood
Pair of Large Carved and Gilded Wood Baroque Putti and Gilded Iron Candelabra
Located in Hudson, NY
This large pair of carved wood putti on gilded rockwork bases are from the 19th century. The candelabra tops in gilded iron and carved wood most likely are from the early 20th centur...
Wrought Iron
$2,772 / set
Candlesticks Pair Brass
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
FINE, PAIR OF LATE 17TH CENTURY, FLEMISH, BRASS CANDLESTICKS WITH PRICKETS - Cast with a variety of turnings and shapes to create a striking aesthetic and enhance the reflection of...
Brass
18th Century French Baroque Brass Candlestick
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a great example of a French period Baroque brass candlestick. The candlestick is in very good original condition. There is a slight dent to the round base of the stick and th...
Brass
XXL Antique Baroque Wrought Iron 3-Arm Candelabra with Fresco of Saint Joseph
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a unique Baroque 3-arm candelabra done in wrought iron. It features a small fresco of Saint Joseph holding a white lily. The candelabra is rich in flora...
Wrought Iron
19th C. Italian Neoclassical Polychrome and Giltwood Carved Torchere Floor Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Standing at six feet tall, this elegant antique torchère was crafted in Italy circa 1860. The carved candleholder stands on a wide triangular plinth resting on bun feet, over a shape...
Wood
Pair of brazilian baroque candlesticks in wood polychrome circa 1800
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible and original pair of brazilian candlesticks in wood polychomed circa 1800.
Wood
Torchère 15 Candleholder Iron Spanish Fleur-de-Lys Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Striking Spanish wrought iron standing torchère in the Renaissance style With fifteen rolled candle-sockets, and two decorative fleur-de-lys finials, on a knopped...
Wrought Iron
Baroque Dutch Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
Baroque Dutch style in gilt bronze by Gherardo Degli Albizzi. As a faithful replica, it features different ball-shaped elements. The sconce ends with a...
Bronze
Pair of Italian Giltwood and Polychrome Torchères, circa 1750
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved figures holding aloft a cornucopia form torchere. Dressed in flowing tunics slashed at the knees, shod in sandals strapped about the calves standing contra posto on square pli...
Walnut
$2,997 / set
PAIR OF ITALIAN TWO-LUME APPLIQUES 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF ITALIAN TWO-LUME APPLIQUES 18th Century Italians, gilt carving with metal applications. Small defects. Dim.: 53 x 32 cm good conditions
Wood
Pair of Elegant Silver 925 Candle Holders, London, England, 20th Century
By Roberts & Dore Ltd. 1, D J Silver Repairs
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of silver candle holders on a sweeping, oval-cloud-shaped base, framed and profiled segments pulled up in the middle and converging to form a grooved ring...
Silver
An Eastern Galician or Ukrainian Brass Candle Lamp , 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
An Eastern Galician or Ukraine dually made for use as a Hanukkah Lamp or on Shabbat as two candlestick holders with a special sand casting method. Beautifully cast back plate featur...
Brass
A Brass Hanukkah Lamp , Morocco 19th century
Located in New York, NY
Hannukah lamp from Morocco made out of brass cast in the late 19th century. The backplate for this menorah is built like the front of a structure with three doorways under three clo...
Brass
Fine Pair of 19th Century Cherub Candelabra on Porphyry Bases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century bronze and gilded ormolu three branch candelabra, one modeled as a bacchanalian satyr, the other a putto, out stretched arms holding three br...
Porphyry, Bronze, Ormolu
$2,638 / set
PAIR OF ITALIAN TWO-LUME APPLIQUES 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF ITALIAN TWO-LUME APPLIQUES 18th Century Italians, gilt carving with metal applications. Small defects. Dim.: 35 x 32 cm good conditions
Wood
$2,638 / set
PAIR OF ITALIAN TWO-LUME APPLIQUES 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF ITALIAN TWO-LUME APPLIQUES 18th Century Italians, gilt carving with metal applications. Small defects. Dim.: 34 x 18 cm good conditions
Wood
$5,500 / set
Italian Carved Gilt Candelabra
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of 18th century Italian carved figural, silver-gilt candelabra each with a four-candle arm.
Giltwood
Pair of Italian 18th Century Giltwood and Faux Painted Baroque Torchières
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and large scale true pair of Italian 18th century giltwood and faux painted Baroque Torchières. Each Torchière is raised by a striking pedestal with fine scrolled foliate ...
Giltwood
$3,357 / set
Large 19th Century Pic-Cierges, French
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Tall and elegant pair of repoussé copper baroque, Louis XV style pricket sticks.
Copper
Pair Of Italian Late 17th Century Baroque Period Giltwood Mirrored Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely unique pair of Italian late 17th century Baroque period polychrome and giltwood mirrored candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by a rectangular base with fi...
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
MID 18th CENTURY PAIR OF GOLDEN WOOD CANDLESTICKS
Located in Firenze, FI
This pair of table candlesticks is a fine example of Tuscan manufacturing from the mid-18th century. Made of carved wood and finely gilded in pure gold, these candlesticks exhibit hi...
Wood
Pair of Baroque Giltwood Flat Back Candelabra - Circa 1700
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Each carved with a central baluster issuing stylized leaf scrolls terminating in a candlecup
Giltwood
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque Period Mecca Torchières
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of Italian 18th century Baroque period Mecca Torchières. Each Torchière is raised by three elegant scrolled feet below the triangular shaped lightly curved base with ...
Wood
$1,250 / set
Pair of French Forged Iron Candelabra
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of French forged iron two-arm candelabra with a painted and parcel gilded finish.
Pair of 18th Century Italian Wood and Brass Pricket Candleholders
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of outstanding 18th century brass over wood (repousse) pricket candleholders. Wood is hand-carved and painted, with the fronts covered (repoussed) in brass. Candles are placed o...
Brass, Iron
Spectacular Pair of 18th Century Italian Prickets, Great Old Worn Finish/Patina
Located in Buchanan, MI
Spectacular pair of 18th century Italian prickets, great old worn finish/patina. Great scale and proportions.
Wood
Bronze Candle Holders Pair, 20th Century, after Antique Models
Located in Madrid, ES
Two bronze candlesticks. Twentieth century. Two practically equal bronze candlesticks with a triangular base on legs (these with vegetal elements finished in claws holding balls) ...
Bronze
Pair of South European Faux Marble Painted and Parcel-Gilt Wooden Torchères
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A pair of South European carved parcel-giltwood and faux-marble painted torchères from the late 18th or early 19th century. Carved all-over with gilt acanthus foliage, each piece fea...
Wood
19th Century Italian Carved Wood Candelabra
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming 19th century carved wood four arm candleabra in the form of a putti with silver leaf finish.
Metal