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.
Find a collection of Beaux Arts decorative objects, lighting, wall decorations and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Ceramic Vase by Guieba, circa 1980-1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic vase by Charles-Henri Guieba. Wood firing. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base, circa 1980-1990. Unique piece.
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase by Guieba, Signed, 1980-1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic vase by CH- Guieba. Wood firing. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base, circa 1980-1990. Unique piece.
Ceramic
Ceramic Vase-Sculpture by Michel Lanos, circa 1990-2000.
By Michel Lanos
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic vase-sculpture by Michel Lanos (1926-2005). Perfect original decorations. Artist monogram under the base. Circa 1990-2000. Unique piece. H : 15.3 x 8.7 x 7.9 inches. - Bo...
Ceramic
Porcelain Vase with Green Glaze Decoration by Tim Orr, circa 1970
By Tim Orr
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain vase with green glaze decoration by Tim Orr. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base, circa 1970.
Ceramic
$849Sale Price|20% Off
Beaux Arts Horses Statue, Bronze and Antimony, French Sculpture, 1910
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/2677 - This horses statue is a league of bronze and perhaps antimony. May be it's more antique: end '800. For those who love horses these have a moving...
Metal
Antique Crystal Vase, Hand-Carved, Beaux Arts Style, Netherlands, 1860
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Wonderful old crystal vase, finely engraved. Very precious and beautiful also without flowers, Measures: Diameter lower cm.17, Diameter upper 23 cm O/311.
Crystal
1950s Italian Hand-Painted Ceramic Vase or Lamp Base by Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Italian Tuscan vintage clay hand-painted vase, signed by the famous artist Zaccagnini. Perfect as a lamp base also. O/5873.
Ceramic
$453Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Hand-Carved Fruitwood Pipe Holder, Beaux Arts Style, c. 1880
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique elegant pipe-holder: an unique piece for an unique gift! It is made entirely- carved wood.
Fruitwood
Antique Rare French Tea Caddy, Hand-Painted Briar Wood, Beaux Arts, 1830
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Exceptional casket with beautiful landscape miniature, briar-tuia wood - miniature fixe on silk, A very rare objet : for collectors. I keep it leaning on a chest of drrawers and ...
Wood
French Brass Duck’s Head Letter Opener, Paper Knife
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French brass duck’s head letter ppener, paper knife A great desk piece, the knife sits neatly on your desk ready for use, all in solid brass and go...
Brass
Price Upon Request
Louise Bourgeois, « Fallen woman »
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Sculpture in Sèvres porcelain, titled « Fallen woman », by Louise Bourgeois for the manufacture nationale de Sèvres, France circa 1996. Edition numbered 21/25. Stamped « Manufacture ...
Porcelain