Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Gothic Revival Style
The Gothic Revival movement (also called Victorian Gothic or Neo-Gothic) emerged in Britain in the 1740s, and reached its height in the late-19th century. Gothic Revival furniture's characteristics include such decorative flourishes as pointed arches, floral details, finials, heraldic motifs and linenfold carving.
The movement was rooted in religious and social conservatism. Gothic Revival's proponents, who included Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin, the architects of London’s Houses of Parliament (designed in 1840), believed that the art and architecture of the Middle Ages were authentically spiritual and inherently moral.
In the United States, the Gothic Revival movement shaped both public buildings and private houses. Numerous American schools were built in the early-19th century in a style now called Collegiate Gothic. Many builders and craftsmen were inspired by Andrew Jackson Downing’s widely read 1850 book Architecture for Country Houses, which posited that a family’s home should exemplify their values — and that the Gothic Revival style was particularly well-suited to scholars and clergymen. Furniture with detailing that mirrored that of Gothic Revival buildings appeared in the same period. Such pieces typically feature dark, intricately carved wood, and upholstery in velvet or leather.
Much like the castles or cathedrals that inspired them, Gothic Revival chairs, bookcases and beds make a bold design statement. And while you probably don’t have to cross a moat or raise a portcullis to get through your front door, a Gothic Revival piece will declare that your home is indeed your castle.
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Period: 19th Century
Style: Gothic Revival
Gothic Twisted Column Candlesticks in Bronze, 19th Century, Set of 2
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A pair of Barley twisted candlesticks in patinated bronze. Made in Scandinavia or England circa 1850-1880. Great authentic Gothic/Got...
Category
19th Century European Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$519 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Antique Gothic Revival Gilt Bronze Dragon Andirons or Firedogs / Fireplace Tools
Located in Lisse, NL
Imagine these in your fireplace with the flames burning on all sides.
These beautifully and all handcrafted, large and fire-gilt bronze andirons are made to stand in your fireplace ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron, Iron
English Turned Pair of Lignum Vitae Urn Wood Spill Stem Vases
Located in Cheltenham, GB
English Turned Pair of Lignum Vitae Urn Wood Spill Stem Vases
Pair of lignum vitae spill stem vases from England, circa 1840 of rolled top slightly waisted cup forms on slender knop...
Category
19th Century British Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Italian Patinated Brass and Marble Architectural Model Inkwell, circa 1875
Located in Atlanta, GA
Cast in great detail in bronze in the neo-Gothic style, the top lifting to reveal three round openings, lacking glass inkwells, resting on a marble plinth base, raised on cast bronze...
Category
1870s French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Walnut Armchair with Hand Carved Lion Head and Swan Sculptures as Armrests
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind and highly decorative Gothic chair from the late 1800s.
If you are looking for unique and meaningful antiques to decorate your home then this sculptural and amazing workmanship chair could be perfect for you. All handcrafted in Europe in the late 1800s this striking chair is another perfect example of the highest level of workmanship that furniture makers and sculptors were combining in those days. This marvelous chair has everything that you want to see in antique and decorative art. The overall design is perfectly balanced and the frame of this chair is solely made out of a beautifully warm colored, solid walnut. Besides that this unique chair is as strong and stable as the day it was handcrafted and very comfortable to sit in. Both the beautiful walnut and the stunning antique fabric are in very good to excellent condition. However, what makes this antique chair a real masterpiece are the glorious animal carvings. Firstly, the good size lion head on the front rule comes with majestic manes and his eyes have a human-like quality to them. Secondly and most importantly are the amazing swan head and tail sculptures. Swan head sculptures in wood are extremely rare and to have found a chair with a pair of perfectly hand carved and mint condition swan heads (and necks) as armrests and with tails on either side of the backrest more than made our day. If you have a good eye for rare details then, we think, you will especially love the perfect nose holes, but also the hand carved wooden swan tail-ends. With swans symbolizing a number of great qualities and combined with the elements of water and air also being a symbol for eternal life and the circle of life, they embody a deeper meaning that makes this antique simply exquisite. Finally, the seat and back are upholstered with a finest quality and classical European antique fabric...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
A Large Gothic Revival Carved Oak Barometer with a Rare Snail Tail Thermometer
Located in London, GB
A large Gothic Revival oak barometer with blind trefoil carved pediment, a rare snail tail mercury thermometer flanked by turned and incised uprights with sunflower carvings. A small...
Category
1880s British Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Royal Doulton Lambeth Gothic Revival a Comical Jug with Scenes of a Drunk Monk
Located in London, GB
A Royal Doulton Lambeth. Gothic Revival. A comical Jug depicting a monk in three scenes eating his dinner and getting rather drunk
The first sce...
Category
1880s British Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Rare Antique French 19th Century Gothic Revival Neo-Gothic Jewelry Box Church
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exquisite & rare ! This French 19th century Gothic Revival Jewelry box in carved walnut.
Amazing craftsmanship and richly decorated with Gothic style carvings on all sides.
Each ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Antique Bronze Neo-Gothic candlestick
Located in Chonburi, TH
This exquisite bronze gilt Neo-Gothic candlestick is a true masterpiece of craftsmanship, embodying the intricate elegance of 19th-century ecclesiastical and decorative art. Standing...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$915 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Gothic Revival 19th Century Mahogany Despatch Box Pugin
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Gothic revival 19th Century mahogany despatch box. Possibly built to the Pugin design and one of those issued to an MP at the Houses of parliament...
Category
19th Century Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of Neo-Gothic Iron Altar Candlesticks, Italy, 19th century
Located in Naples, IT
Pair of iron candlesticks in Italian neo-Gothic style with four-foot metal bases. Good overall condition, with excellent patina, wear commensurate with age and use.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
WRIGHT & DAVIES 1900 Guilloche Enameled Carriage Clock In .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A travel-desk clock designed by Wright & Davies.
This is a gorgeous travel-desk clock created in London England at the workshops of Wright & Davies, back in 1899. The fabulous clock...
Category
1890s English Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
A pair of Large French Wrought Iron Fire Dogs with large fire baskets
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
A pair of Large French Wrought Iron Fire Dogs with large fire baskets. Impressive looking with a gothic style from mid to late 1800's give an inposing look to any room or garden. The...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
$529 Sale Price
61% Off
Antique Two Tiered Jewelry Casket or Box with Inaid Stones & Porcelain Panels
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique and elaborate wooden jewelry casket or box is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Austria in approximately 1880 in a Gothic Revival style. The box has two tiers ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
French Gothic Revival Wrought Iron Calendar
Located in Queens, NY
French Gothic Revival-style (19th Century) wrought iron calendar (Related items: 035057A, 035057B, 048571D)
Category
19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Gothic English Ink Stand, circa 1880
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 brass & wood ink stand, English. Gothic Revival brass strapwork. Ebonized trim accents. Burl walnut. 10 1/2" W., 7 7/16" D., 3 5/16" H.
Whitehall Antiques is a family bus...
Category
1880s English Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$300 Sale Price / set
33% Off
Gothic Style Oak Box, XIXth century
Located in Beaune, FR
Gothic style carved oak box. 19th century French work of fine quality. This box is entirely original and in good condition.
Dimensions
Height 25cm
Width 43.5cm
Depth 27.5cm...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Gothic Style Altar Candlestick
Located in Queens, NY
Monumental Gothic-style (possible English Aesthetic Movement) (19th Century) painted and decorated carved altar style candlestick.
Category
19th Century British Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pr. French 19th Century Gothic-Neoclassical Style 5-Light Gilt-Bronze Candelabra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Gothic-Revival neoclassical style five-light gilt-bronze candelabra. The finely chased gilt-bronze tripod-leaf base, surmounted with floral rosette...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$4,850 Sale Price / set
42% Off
19th Century Austrian Steel and Granite Table Clock
Located in Stockholm, SE
An unusual Austrian polished steel and cut Schardinger Granite table clock, neo Gothic. Made around. 1840. The case and base in very good condition and with the original pendulum. Fi...
Category
1840s Austrian Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Granite, Steel
“Skull” Frame, Carved Wood 19th 1860-1880 Specially Created for Dürer Engraving
Located in PARIS, FR
German frame, carved wood, 19th century, 1860-1880, specially made for Dürer engraving « Coat of arms with skull » realized by Dürer in 1503
Nice shiny patina.
Sight size: 32 x 21...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
19th Century pair of Neo-Gothic candlesticks
Located in Diest, BE
A finely crafted pair of 19th-century neo-Gothic altar candlesticks, cast with a rich dark patina. Each candlestick stands on a square base with pointed arch decoration, raised on th...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Pair of Gilt Bronze Gothic Revival Altar Pricket Candlesticks w. Lion Sculptures
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare and stunning pair of Flemish, Medieval Style candlesticks with crouching lions.
If you are looking for the best quality and best condition antiques only then this rare pair c...
Category
19th Century Belgian Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Rare Antique English Hand Carved Burr Walnut Monogrammed Box, Satin-Lined
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
A very Fine Antique English Hand Carved solid highly figured walnut hinged box with unusual "one-off" carved in relief monogram. This box is satin-lined and tufted likely to be used...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Satin, Walnut
Charles X Gothic Revival Gilt and Patinated Bronze Inkwell
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Of rectangular shape, cast with gothic style arcading, the removable top depicting a fallen knight adjacent to a broken column and opening to two wells.
In the early 19th century, ...
Category
1810s French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Torchere Italian Iron 5 Candle or Torches High Monumental
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Stunning, monumental, Italian, wrought iron torchere with 5 torch or candle holders and decorative scrollwork.
Measures: length 56cm., 22" height 162cm. 64" 5ft 4" depth 15cm., 6"...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Cloisonné Enamel and Gilt Bronze Frames, Napoleon III Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of neo-Gothic gilt bronze frames. Decorated with {cloisonné} enamel in blue, red and green; trilobed diamond shape ornaments on the frame and flowery Maltese crosses in the angl...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Gothic Revival Gilt and Patinated Bronze Inkwell with Porcelain Plaque
Located in London, GB
A Louis-Philippe Gothic Revival gilt and patinated bronze inkwell
Rising from two-tone gilt bronze bracket feet, the patinated bronze rectangular inkwell having a band of circular...
Category
19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Gothic Revival decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Gothic Revival decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, 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, more furniture and collectibles, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Gothic Revival decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Dagoty, Elkington & Co., Woka Lamps, and Edouard Honoré. 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 $272 and tops out at $24,463 while the average work can sell for $2,668.
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