Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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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Early 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1960s French Vintage Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1970s French Vintage Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
Stoneware
1920s Japanese Vintage Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
Porcelain
20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1970s French Vintage Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
Porcelain
20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
Faience
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1970s French Vintage Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1970s French Vintage Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1960s French Vintage Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1970s Portuguese Vintage Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century Unknown Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
Metal, Iron
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
Terracotta
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1880s French Antique Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1960s French Vintage Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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1880s French Antique Beaux Arts Decorative Objects
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