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.
Rococo Revival Porcelain Picture Frame with Gilt Rocaille on Sèvres Blue enemel
Located in Roma, IT
We are pleased to offer this exquisite mid-20th century European porcelain tabletop picture frame, crafted in the refined Baroque and Rococo Revival style. Made of fine ceramic, mos...
Enamel
18th Century Hand Carved Spanish Polychrome Painted Framed Mirror
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th century hand carved Spanish polychrome painted framed mirror This Baroque wood frame is hand carved and polychrome painted. The contrast...
Wood
Large Gold-Colored Pine Frame Classic Baroque Style 94cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Large gold-colored pine frame, entirely in classic Baroque style, decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers, and a ribbon pattern all around, second half of the 20th century. A lovely...
Gesso, Plaster, Pine
Large Gold Baroque Style Frame Classic Wooden Frame 95x79cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Large gold-colored vintage pine frame with a very beautiful aged patina, entirely in classic Baroque style, decorated with acanthus leaves and a ribbon pattern all around, circa seco...
Gesso, Plaster, Pine
$280Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Gilded Frame Baroque Style Red Velvet Classic 65x55cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Large gilded vintage pine frame with red velvet frame on the inside, completely in classic baroque style, decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers and patterns, first half of the 20th...
Gesso, Velvet, Wood
$213Sale Price|20% Off
Classic Gold-Colored Wooden Baroque Rococo Style Frame 63x53cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Classic gold-colored wooden frame with a beautiful patina, entirely in Baroque or Rococo style, decorated with acanthus leaves and embossed patterns. A beautiful, high-quality object...
Wood
$332Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Gilded Frame Baroque Style Red Velvet Classic 66x56cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Large gilded vintage pine frame with red velvet frame on the inside, completely in classic baroque style, decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers and patterns, first half of the 20th...
Velvet, Wood
Impressive Continental Carved and Painted Eighteenth Century Picture Frame
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exuberant Continental well-executed Baroque carved wood picture frame , probably Italian. The paint appears to cover a formerly gilded frame. The back retains an old label in scri...
Wood
$156Sale Price|20% Off
Sleek Gold Frame Classic Wooden Frame Gilded 53x43cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful pine wood gilded gold frame, high-quality frame in classical style, second half of the 20th century. Nice size frame to be creative with, as a mirror, chalkboard, Christma...
Pine
$232Sale Price|20% Off
Classic Old Wooden Baroque Rococo Style Frame Gold 71x53cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
This old wooden gold-colored frame with a beautiful patina, entirely in classic Baroque or Rococo style, is decorated with acanthus leaves and embossed patterns. It's a beautiful, hi...
Wood
Monumental 18th Century Austrian Carved Frame in Baroque Taste
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A spectacular and monumental early 18th Century Austrian carved frame. Almost certainly originally made as an ecclesiastical or architectural surround for an altarpiece, large painti...
Pine, Paint
Italian Contemporary Hand-Carved Wood Frame with Gold Leaf Cover
Located in Prato, IT
Italian contemporary hand-carved wood frame with gold leaf cover. Available in custom sizes. Measures: cm. 41 x 8 x 42.5 (internal cm.22 x 23).
Giltwood
Large Sculptural Italian Baroque Tabernacle Frame, Late 18th Century
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
An impressive, large Italian Baroque tabernacle hand carved frame from the late 18th century, which reflects the Renaissance influence of Classical Greek and Italian temples with its columns on both sides and the embellishment of the piece through the carved putti on the top, a typical element of the Baroque style. The religious plaster relief has been added at a later moment. Tabernacle frames...
Walnut
21st Century Sterling Silver Baroque "Cartagloria" Picture Frame
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver frame in Baroque style called Cartagloria. The frame is shaped and decorated with scrolls typical of the Baroque period. In the upper part, in the center, there ...
Sterling Silver
Antique French Bronze Baroque Photo Frame, Stamped 1890, Ornate
Located in Lincoln, GB
Exquisite Antique French Bronze Baroque Photo Frame is a stunning example of craftsmanship from a bygone era, designed to elevate any cherished pho...
Bronze
$322Sale Price|20% Off
Godfried Schalcken "the Family Concert" 18th Century Engraving by Georg Wille
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This is an engraving by Johann Georg Wille after the work of Godfried Schalcken. This is a genre scene. Representing a family is sitting around...
Paper
French Early 18th Century Art Frame
Located in Kastrup, DK
A large French baroque art frame. Pine wood carved with foliage decorations and black-painted edges. Original untouched with very fine age-relat...
Pine
Frame. Carved wood. 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Frame. Carved wood. 17th century. It has faults. Rectangular frame made of carved wood that still retains part of its original polychromy. As was usual in various European schools ...
Other
17th Century Carved Oak Frame with Molded Trim
Located in NANTES, FR
**17th Century Carved Oak Frame with Molded Trim This oak frame dates from the 17th century. It was likely cut down at some point and features a beautiful aged patina. The reinforc...
Wood
Italian Contemporary Hand-Carved Wood Frame with Gold Leaf Cover, Custom Sizes
Located in Prato, IT
Italian contemporary hand-carved round wood frame with gold leaf cover. Available in custom sizes. Measures: Diameter cm.66 x 9 (Internal diameter cm.35).
Giltwood
19th Century, Italian Painting with Still Life with Cherubs
Located in IT
19th century Roman painter Still life with cherubs, flower festoons and herma with faun Measures: Oil on canvas, cm H 78 x W 95 without frame Cm H 122.00 x W 106 x D 8 with frame. The work, painted in oil on canvas, octagonal in shape, represents a nature with three putti or cupids playing with flower festoons in a wooded environment in which is placed a herma with faun and, on the left, a large neoclassical marble vase...
Canvas
$170Sale Price|20% Off
B.Esteban Murillo "Les Marchands De Fruits" Engraving by Albert Artigue XIXe
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This etching by Albert Artigue after the oil on canvas by Esteban Murillo. Published in the french art magazine « L' Art » ( 1875-1907) in 1880. Engraved in the 19 century by the Fre...
Paper
18th Century, Venetian School Painting with Architectural Capriccio
Located in IT
Venetian school of the beginning of the 18th century Architectural Capriccio with classic ruins and oriental figures Oil on canvas, cm 115 x 152 with frame; cm 98 x 136 canvas The p...
Canvas, Wood