French Provincial Decorative Objects
FRENCH PROVINCIAL STYLE
Removed from the fashions of the court, French Provincial style developed in the provinces of the country, such as Provence, Normandy, the Loire Valley and Bordeaux. Dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, French Provincial furniture was not as ostentatious as the designs being produced for the royal palaces, but elegant S-shape cabriole legs and ornate carvings elevated the sturdy chairs, sofas, tables and bedroom furniture intended for everyday use.
Although it varies by region, antique French Provincial furniture is unified by solid construction and an artisanal attention to design. While this furniture often followed the metropolitan trends — including the Rococo or neoclassical aesthetics of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI — since it was produced in the French countryside it was more subdued with nods to its rustic settings.
Local materials like fruitwoods, oak, beech and walnut were used to construct large French Provincial armoires for storage and comfortable armchairs with rush-woven seats. Wrought-iron elements and carvings like floral details and scallop patterns were common as ornamentation. Furniture was frequently painted white or other muted colors that coordinated with gilt and would acquire a patina of age over time. Other wood was just stained with vibrant fabric such as toile de Jouy, which sometimes depicted pastoral scenes, adding color as upholstery.
The style arrived in the United States after World War I, with soldiers returning home wanting furniture like what they had seen in the rural homes and castles of France. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, designer John Widdicomb split from his family business, the Widdicomb Furniture Company, and had been focusing on Louis XV– and French Provincial–style furnishings since the early 1900s. Other American manufacturers such as Baker, Drexel, Henredon and Thomasville also responded to demand. Today antique French Provincial pieces and reproductions continue to be popular.
Find a collection of antique French Provincial dining tables, seating, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: French Provincial
French, 17/ 18th Century Hand Forged Iron Candleholder
Located in Buisson, FR
Very old and beautiful hand forged iron candleholder.
France, circa 1650-1750. Weathered.
Category
17th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
$469 Sale Price
54% Off
1970s French Ceramic Cauliflower Soup Tureen with Lid and Matching Base
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1970s French Ceramic Cauliflower Soup Tureen with Lid and Matching Base – Realistic & Decorative
Description:
This charming and original French ceramic soup tureen, crafted in the 1...
Category
1970s French Vintage French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Louis XVI Hand Painted Wedding Box
Located in Essex, MA
Likely made in the Normandy area of France. Domed hinged top with wrought iron hasp and lock. Conforming case. With original painted surface.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
French 18th-19th Century Black Marble Mortar
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and rare black marble (Belgium blue stone) mortar, France, circa 1750-1850. Great eyecatcher.
Weathered but good condition.
Category
18th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
$447 Sale Price
58% Off
Vintage Big Glass Bottle Demijohns Lady Jeanne or Carboy
Located in Labrit, Landes
Dame Jeanne or carboy vintage glass bottle demijohn
Irregularities in the glass and marks of use that give it all its charm.
13.21 US gallon or 50L
Very good condition.
Shipping:
46...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Antique Wicker Grape Harvest Log Basket
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique Grape Harvest Log Basket – A
A beautiful hand-made wicker basket from Turkey used to harvest grapes. The basket is constructed from a thick weave designed to withstand the h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Limoges Paris Round Rose & Gold Vintage Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A hand painted Limoges porcelain trinket box, France, circa 1970-1980.
The round box is braced with a metal frame featuring a floral clasp.
Decorated with a pink rose and gilded scr...
Category
1970s French Vintage French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Large MacCoy Ceramic Pot with Lid Brown Color 1960 United States
By Guy Maccoy
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Beautiful hand painted Pot with lid by Mccoy from United States, 1960's. Brown glaze with brown painted zig-zag motif.
Beautiful shelf accessory. Signed.
Category
1960s American Vintage French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$618 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French White Marble Mortar
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful large white marble mortar, France, 19th century.
Weathered.
H:15cm W:27cm D:27cm
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
$471 Sale Price
55% Off
French Provence Rustic Wicker Tray Basket or Centerpiece, France, 20th-C
Located in Valencia, VC
French Provence Rustic Handwoven Rectangular Tray
A charming and practical handwoven tray from Provence in the South of France. Rectangular in shape and made with care, it’s perfect...
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wicker
$248 Sale Price
38% Off
Large Antique French Green Glass Demijohn
Located in Rochester, NY
Large antique blown green glass demijohn w/ a raised letter W at top of neck. Likely French in origin dating from around the late 19th century. Measures 26" h x 17" across most bulbo...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Antique French Majolica Barbotine Wall Pocket Floral Flower Vase c1890
Located in Shreveport, LA
19th century Antique French Majolica Barbotine ceramic wall pocket flower vase "Confetti" .
Direct from FRANCE, gorgeous hand painted design on ...
Category
1890s French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
French Antique Terracotta Confit Tian or Bowl Glazed
Located in Labrit, Landes
French terracotta tian or bowl traditionally used to prepare confit before to conserve it in confit pots in South West France.
This vessel was also used to prepare any type of food f...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
French 19th Century Tall Case Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This French 19th century banjo shaped case clock is an eye catching piece in any space. Topped by an ornately carved cornice above the dial faced door. Supported by an intricate bras...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Iron
Small 19th Century French Yellow Glazed Terracotta Dairy Bowl or Tian
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered piece of pottery from the Provence. Great color and rare small size.
France, circa 1850
Good but weathered condition.
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
$292 Sale Price
50% Off
Vintage Bronze Boy Fishing After Friedrich Goldscheider Sculpture Figurine 13"
Located in Dayton, OH
The Boy Fishing Bronze Statue is designed after a figure by by Austrian sculptor and potter Friedrich Goldscheider. It depicts a young boy fishing ...
Category
1980s Vintage French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$262 Sale Price
25% Off
French 19th Century Hand carved White Alabaster Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful alabaster head fragment. Beautiful weathered expression due to erosion because it always stood outside. France circa 1850-1900 Weathered.
Measurement includes the wooden ba...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
$886 Sale Price
44% Off
French Country Yellow Ceramic Woven Rope Cachepot Basket
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous trompe l'oeil yellow French Country style reticulated porcelain woven rope basket cachepot
Spain, Circa 1980s
Measures: 6.25"W x 6.25"D x 5"H
Good vintage condition. Mi...
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Terracotta Majolica Bulldog Bavent Normandy
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
Terracotta bulldog from Bavent (Normandy), circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Peugeot Freres Cast Iron Coffee Grinder , 1880's
Located in Ross, CA
Cast iron coffee grinder made by Peugeot Freres in France in the latter part of the 19th century. The grinder is Modele A No 1 and is in good working order.
The cast iron base inclu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Iron
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
French Copper Pot
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A sizable antique copper pot, equipped with a forged iron handle that can be used to suspend the vessel over a fire. The pot has a hammered exterior that g...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Iron
French Terracotta Vase or Pot à Confit 13.25"High
Located in Winter Park, FL
An earthenware confit pot from the Southwest of France with traditional yellow glaze. Minor chips and losses to glaze. These ordinary earthenware vessels were once used daily in the ...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
French Majolica Cat with Mandolin Pitcher with Blue Ribbon, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica cat with mandolin pitcher with blue ribbon, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Fleurs Des Siècles Enamel Flower Bouquet by Jane Hutcheson for Gorham
By Jane Hutcheson, Gorham
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial style arrangement of enamel flowers, "Fleurs Des Siecles"
By Jane Hutcheson for Gotham
Portugal, Circa 1970s
Enamel flowers, in a porcelain container ...
Category
1970s Portuguese Vintage French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
$876 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Comtoise Grandfather Clock
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Country French comtoise, or grandfather clock, with polychrome painted pine case and embossed brass pendulum. Seven day Morbier movement, professionally cleaned and in...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique French Dough Bowl, early 20th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Antique French Dough Bowl, early 20th Century. Beautifully hand-carved and weathered with age. Traditionally used for mixing dough. A strikin...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
French Green Glazed Terracotta Pottery Vase or Cache Pot
Located in Winter Park, FL
A terracotta earthenware pot from the Southwest of France with mottled green glaze. Minor chips and some rough unglazed patches. These ordinary earthenware vessels were once used dai...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Small Vintage French Kitchen Stoneware Crock, Ceramic Pot
Located in Rümmingen, BW
Available are 3 same-sized french stoneware crocks. Individually sourced in the south of France, this set of glazed stoneware crocks is a staple of any...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
$71 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Copper Pot with Lid
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French copper pot with lid.
Beautiful 19th century French Provincial copper cooking pot with original lid. This French piece has not b...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
French Hand Painted Floral Porcelain Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming Porcelain Trinket Box painted in purples, gold, green and royal blue. Upon opening the box there is a cute flower design inside the lid. This piece would certainly be a fant...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Brass
Large Vintage Teal Aqua Green French Demijohn / Carboy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
French Demijohn / Carboy originally used for transporting wine (early 20th Century, France).
Composed of 'blown-to-mold' glass (a method accepted as 'hand-blowing') aqua/teal glass e...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Early 19th Century French Rectangular Gold Gilt Wood Art Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in the Provence region this wooden rectangular frame has fantastic gilt and patina. Add some vintage charm to your favorite water color, print or oil painting with this attr...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
Royal Limoges Castel France 22-Karat Gold Trinket Round Box in Cobalt Blue
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Royal Limoges France 22-Karat Gold Trinket Round Box in Cobalt Blue.
Elegant large French vintage round Limoges trinket jewelry porcelain box i...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Saint Clément Vintage French Barbotine Majolica Gallic Rooster Absinthe Pitcher
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage French Majolica glazed Absinthe water pitcher formed as a rooster, St. Clément, circa 1940-1950. The Gallic rooster, in French: le coq gaulois, i...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
French Limoges Rectangular Hand Painted Porcelain Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Found in Paris, a charming Limoges porcelain rectangular trinket box painted in blue with a fantastic cross hatch design on the lid. This piece would certainly be a fantastic additio...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Brass
Vintage French Wicker Basket
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Antique French Woven Harvest Basket – Early 20th Century
A beautifully aged hand-woven French harvest basket, crafted from natural wicker with a wide, tapering form and sturdy twiste...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Cane
French Provincial Three Tier Standing Basket, C. 1920
Located in Ross, CA
Triple tier standing basket made in France around 1920. Hand made by twisting wires, originally used in Provence for holding fresh eggs, vegetables and fruit.
Category
1920s French Vintage French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wire
$256 Sale Price
28% Off
Antique Auguste Moreau French Bronze Seated Young Woman Sculpture Paris
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique bronze sculpture with beautiful patina, mounted on a black marble base, portraying the seated figure of a young woman in pastoral garb with flowers in her lap, designed by A....
Category
Early 20th Century French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage French Blown Glass Wide Neck Demijohn Carboy in Teal Green
Located in Brooklyn, NY
French Demijohn / Carboy originally used for transporting wine (early 20th Century, France).
Composed of attractive teal green (more green than blue) free-blown glass exhibiting trap...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of French Gilt Wrought Iron Carved Wood Two-Arm Electrified Wall Sconces
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A pair of gilt wrought iron two-arm wall sconces, beautifully decorated with leaf on hand-carved and hand-painted giltwood in French Provincial Style, France, 1880-1890. The wall sco...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
$2,264 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large Mid-Century Carved Painted Wood Picture Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Carved Painted Wood Frame, 1950's
Fantastic carved wood frame with liner, in a distressed finish and incredible patina. Great piece for your favorite oil painting as well as could a...
Category
Mid-20th Century European French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint, Giltwood
Tabacco Pot With a Lid in Brown Color French 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Tabacco box with a Lid in wood. With brass. Brown color.
It has been made in France Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$428 Sale Price
20% Off
French Gilded Gold Fleur-de-Lis Sculpture Object
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Classic gold Fleur-de-Lis sculpture that has been gilded. The fleur-de-lis is based on the shape of a lily. Traditionally, it has been used to represent French royalty, and in that s...
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Vintage French Grape Hod Harvesting Bucket With Tole Paint Decoration
Located in Centennial, CO
A charming, one of a kind, vintage metal French grape hod (harvesting bucket) with hand painted floral tole paint decoration in gorgeous shades of blue, green, ochre and red. Buckles...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Large Dark Brown Mediteranian Ceramic Floor Vase in an Antique Style
Located in Rümmingen, BW
"shipping note: If your region or country is not listed under the shipping options please contact us directly"
On offer is this Large Mediteranian Ceramic Floor Vase. Sourced in the...
Category
Late 20th Century European French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Terracotta
$955 Sale Price
33% Off
Vintage Wicker Rattan and Wood Lidded Basket, Rustic French Country Style
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Charming rustic, French Country style lidded basket features an unusual chest shape with cross weave pattern with star-shaped accents and wooden base, back of the storage compartmen...
Category
20th Century French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wicker, Rattan, Wood
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 18th C Comtoise French Provincial Fruitwood Grandfather Long Case Clock
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Comtoise French Provincial Fruitwood Grandfather Long Case Clock
Additional information:
Materials: Fruitwood
Please note that this item contains materials that are legally...
Category
18th Century Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Set of 6 Cast Stone Seagulls.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 6 Cast Cement Painted Seagulls – Alsace, France A charming flock of six painted cement seagulls, each uniquely hand-detailed with white bodies, black wing accents, and vivid r...
Category
1960s French Vintage French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Cement, Steel
$1,600 / item
Vintage Wicker Basket
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Antique French Woven Harvest Basket – Early 20th Century
A beautifully aged hand-woven French harvest basket, crafted from natural wicker with a wide, tapering form and sturdy twiste...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Cane
French Pair World War i Brass Thistle & Cross of Lorraine Shells Casing
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique French pair of shell casings from the World War I
Very typical of this war because the freedom of Alsace and Lorraine was one of the many issues at stake in this confrontati...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Antique German Inlaid French Style Box Wall Clock 8 Day with Westminster Chime
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique German Inlaid French Style Box Wall Clock 8 Day with Westminster Chime. Item features Bronze ormolu, beveled glass door, includes keys as pictur...
Category
Early 1900s Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Wood
Genuine Faience Vase Green Red and Yellow Color Lille 1757 Decor signed Tesniers
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vase in Faience, in a Green red and yellow color. With a beautiful Glaze. It has been made in France in 1757 in Lille.
It is signed Lille 1757.
The decor is painted in the style of T...
Category
18th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Sandstone
$621 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Copper Watering Can
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning copper watering can with great green patina, France, circa 1850-1900. Weathered and small losses.
Great to use as a decorative object in or outside. Might have leaks.
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
$435 Sale Price
47% Off
French Yellow Glaze Confit Pot
Located in Rümmingen, BW
"shipping note: If your region or country is not listed under the shipping options please contact us directly"
The Confit Pot is a charming piece of traditional pottery with roots i...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
19th Century French Comtoise Grandfather Clock
By Alexandre Fournier
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Country French comtoise, or grandfather clock, with polychrome painted pine case and embossed brass pendulum. Original seven day Morbier...
Category
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Louis Lourioux Porcelain Shell Bird Motif Le Faune Trinket Dish, France
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A petite porcelain trinket dish or catchall by Louis Lourioux. Crafted from fine porcelain, this small dish is created in the shape of a clamshe...
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Bulbous-Form Light Green Demijohn with Cork Stopper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pale green demijohn/carboy originally used for transporting wine (ca. Early 20th Century, France).
Composed of 'blown-to-mold' glass (a method accepted ...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Cork
Antique French Handmade Petal Top Wire Kitchen Basket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From France, circa 1890-1910, a petal top, twisted black metal wire standing basket, over 16 inches tall.
Amazing as a table-center, shop display, or on a kitchen countertop used as...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique French Provincial Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
French Provincial decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique French Provincial decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used French Provincial decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Limoges, Bavent, Fives-Lille, and Alfred Corneau. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $51 and tops out at $125,000 while the average work can sell for $778.
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