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
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
19th Century Pair of Neo Gothic Vases, Bronze and Gilt Bronze, England 1830
Located in Epfach, DE
Pair of Neo Gothic Vases, Bronze and Gilt Bronze, England 1830, Ram Heads
These Neo Gothic vases, crafted in England in 1830, exemplify the intricate artistry and opulence character...
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1830s English Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Garniture of Three Spill Vases, Painted by Lark Pratt, Minton, circa 1860
By Minton
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Set of three spill vases, or Match Pots, decorated in the Gothic Revival manner, with reserves showing finely detailed landscapes. The painting by Lark Pratt, who was working for Min...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French White Marble Statue Of Saint John
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered white marble statue representing Saint John the Evangelist.
Christian tradition says that John the Evangelist was John t...
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19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
$1,530 Sale Price
48% Off
French Late 19th Century Neo Gothic Gilded Metal Saint Statue
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful gilded metal saint statue with beautiful expression,
France, circa 1880-1900.
Weathered. Measurements include the wooden base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$294 Sale Price
50% Off
Pair of Original Historistic Candlesticks Candle Holder Louis Seize Style
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Historistic candlesticks rich engraved and decorated two pieces in the Louis Seize style.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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
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
Antique Bronze Religious Art Sculpture / Statue Depicting Christ with Children
Located in Lisse, NL
19th century finest bronze group statue.
This excellent quality and very refined sculpture of Christ with children is another one of our recent great finds. Anyone who knows what it takes to create a bronze sculpture from start to finish realizes how special these works of art really are. For us to have found this rare, antique specimen more than made our day. Firstly, because we love the subject matter and secondly, because antique bronzes always are the best when it comes to the details and the patina. Both the serenity in Jesus' face and the way His cloth is perfectly draped around His sitting body are details that never fail to impress. The angelic faces of the two children who are clearly enjoying to be in His presence, make this meaningful and striking sculpture even more pleasant to look at. This handcrafted and antique work of beauty simply warms your heart and it will look marvelous, no matter where you decide to have it on display.
Our price for this work of religious art...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
English Gothic Fusee Clock
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English early to mid-19th century Gothic clock of important scale having carved and gilt pediment and polychrome decorated case with trefoil tr...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Gilt Bronze Gothic Revival Table Clock w. Earth Angel Sculpture by Devaulx Paris
By devaulx
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and wonderful antique clock from the early 1800s. Marked: S. Devaulx, Paris.
Having an impressive, stylish and sizable antique clock like this gracing your mantel piece or sid...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pair of finely engraved gilt brass European Gothic Revival pricket candlesticks
Located in Leesburg, VA
Pair of finely engraved gilt brass European Gothic Revival pricket candlesticks
Anonymous
Europe; 19th century
Gilt Brass
Approximate size: 17 (h) x 5 (w) x 4.5 (d) in.
This pai...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Stunning Pair of 7-candle Gothic Revival Brass Candelabra
Located in Leesburg, VA
Stunning Pair of 7-candle Gothic Revival Brass Candelabra
Anonymous
Europe; 19th century
Brass or bronze
Approximate size: 13 (h) x 21 (w) x 4 (d) in.
This pair of European bras...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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
$2,304 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
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
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
$1,941 Sale Price
30% Off
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
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...
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1880s British 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
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
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
$533 Sale Price
61% Off
Jones and Willis. A pair of Gothic Revival heavy brass castellated candlesticks
Located in London, GB
Jones and Willis. A pair of Gothic Revival heavy brass castellated candlesticks with tiny pierced decorations.
Category
1870s English Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Charles X Gothic Revival Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Siena Marble Inkwell
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Of rectangular shape, decorated with gothic cathedral arcades, with two wells and two pen holders, raised on a Siena marble base raised on scrolled feet.
Between the twelfth and six...
Category
1820s French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
Holder Candle Petite Fours Sweets Mahogany Gothic Revival
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Re-purposed as a holder for large candle or delicacies.
Conceived as a Gothic Revival architectural ornament probably a finial. Shaped t...
Category
19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
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
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
“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...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
French Porcelain Mantel Clock by Dagoty and Honore
By Edouard Honoré 1, Dagoty
Located in London, GB
This beautiful Gothic Revival style porcelain clock was made by the prestigious French firm Dagoty and Honore, founded by the esteemed porcelain makers Pierre-Louis Dagoty and Edouard Honore...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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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