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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Tiffany Punchbowl & Ladle in Historic Beaux-Arts Olympian Pattern
By F. Antoine Heller, Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Showstopping sterling silver punchbowl in historic Olympian pattern. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Round and curved. Exterior encircled with chased frieze of love-making and har...
Sterling Silver
Centerpiece Champagne Cooler in Silver, Original Masterpiece Fabergé Style Italy
Located in Firenze, IT
This champagne bottle cover is a true masterpiece, designed to adorn your table with unparalleled elegance. Crafted from pure 999/°° silver, our K-OVER transforms into a precious tr...
Silver
Champagne Cooler in Pure Silver Hand Made, Unique Masterpiece Handcrafted, Italy
Located in Firenze, IT
The artist has transformed our pure silver 999/° K-OVER into a precious treasure chest, designed to keep your champagne perfectly chilled. Inspired by the autumn landscape, with it...
Silver
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
Centerpiece in Pure Silver, Cooler Champagne Bottle Handcrafted, Luxury, Italy
Located in Firenze, IT
This Champagne K-OVER is part of our prestigious Work of Art Collection. Crafted entirely from pure Silver 999/°°, it is meticulously chiseled and painted by hand by our esteemed art...
Silver
XXI Century Italian Sterling Silver Centerpiece
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round pierced centerpiece on feet made entirely by hand. The outline of the centerpiece was hand-pierced with a scroll pattern and finished with a border made with the casting techni...
Sterling Silver
$1,437 / item
H 10.63 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
21st Century, Hand Carved amethyst Crystal and Golden Bronze bottle
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century Hand carved amethyst crystal and golden bronze whisky bottle. This bottle is finely chiseled lost wax castings . On request to custom...
Crystal, Bronze
English Sheffield Plated Wine Cooler / Table Centerpiece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 20th century English Sheffield silver plated barware wine cooler / tableware centerpiece. Great vintage condition, minor wear consistent with age / use. Maker's mark undersigne...
Silver Plate, Copper
Cristal Benito, "Silver, " Cylindrical Hand Cut Crystal Vase, France, 2018
Located in New York, NY
Silver is a banded cylindrical vase of faceted, frosted crystal, the many cuts of which make evident the generations of expertise accumulated by the illustrious French firm crystal Benito.
Crystal, Bronze
Elkington & Co Victorian Silver Plated Mirror Plateau, Made in 1845
Located in London, London
Carrying old silver plate marks Elkington & Co. in 1845, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Silver Plated Mirror Plateau, features an orna...
Silver Plate
Tiffany & Co. Silver / Gilt Pair Continental Candlesticks
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Tiffany & Co. silver gilt pair of decorative continental style tableware candlesticks with exterior floral design details. Each candlestick is in great condition. Lacking nozzles. Mi...
Gold, Silver
Modern Hand-Carved Rock Crystal Vase
Located in Cypress, CA
Unique modern hand-carved and hand polished rock crystal vase.
Rock Crystal
Tiffany & Co. Gilded Sterling Bamboo Pattern Centerpiece
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1960s, Sterling, by Tiffany & Co., American. This Tiffany & Co. gilded sterling centerpiece will perfectly complement contemporary or traditional interiors. Its bamboo motif offers elegant visuals, and the generous size and useful form allows duality of function. It can join your silver service at the table or decorate a fashionable moment in your living space. Finely made in sterling silver, larger hollowware in Bamboo pattern...
Sterling Silver
$1,175 / item
H 8.67 in Dm 5.12 in
Vase Vessel Decorative Sculpture White Onyx Marble Hand-carved Italy
By Pieruga Marble, Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Ancona, Marche
Luxurious small vase sculpted by hand from a solid block of white onyx. Vase dimensions: D 13, H 22 cm. The polished finishing underlines the transparency of the onyx making this a...
Onyx
$2,080Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.25 in W 14.5 in
DOULTON BURSLEM 19th CENTURY Cobalt Blue-Gold Leaf Large Punchbowl-Centerpiece
Located in Glenford, NY
Very Fine Rare 19th Century DOULTON Cobalt Blue with Gold Leaf overlay large floral Centerpiece - Footed Punchbowl in excellent condition. Manufactured when Doulton was in Burslem, E...
Porcelain
$976,800
H 15 in W 39 in D 34 in
Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Paulding Farnham., Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900. Museum quality. In the George III style, designed by Paulding Farnham for Tiffany and Co, New York. Of palatial and monumental size. Centerpiece: 15" high x 30" wide x 27" deep Plateau: 3" high x 39" wide x 34" deep In excellent condition, ready to place. Of oval form, the everted rims formed of openwork scrolling classical foliage and bellflower swags, the tops applied with standing scrolling foliage with four silver caryatid female figures, the bases overlaid with acanthus and palmettes. The original, silver mirrored plateau...
Sterling Silver
$156Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 0.79 in Dm 10.63 in
Ceramic Dinner Plate, Handmade in Italy 2021, Choose Your Pattern
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
For more than 30 years this artist has revolutionized the way of thinking about stone. Their artisan techniques are the result of careful research and deep knowledge of the subject: ...
Lava
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H 8 in W 3 in D 3 in
19th Century Surtout De Table Blanc De Chine Table Set by Georges Omerth C.1890
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Surtout De table blanc de chine table set by Georges Omerth C.1890 Gorgeous antique table set with garden gates and various figurines ...
Porcelain
19th Century French Bronze Centerpiece by A Carrier
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a STUNNING 19C French Bronze Centerpiece by A Carrier. Made in France circa 1860, this is an ORIGINAL bronze by Albert-Ernest C...
Bronze
Bronze and Crystal Centerpiece, Flower Pot or Compote
Located in Stamford, CT
Bronze and crystal centerpiece, flower pot or compote. The bronze gilt metal frame holding a lavender cut to clear crystal pot. Greg EXAX/22XA.
Crystal, Metal
Large Vintage Italian Majolica Pottery Fruit Bowl Table Centerpiece
Located in Wilton, CT
Extra-large vintage Italian majolica fruit centerpiece loaded with handmade fruits in great detail, circa mid-20th century. Big oblong, flut...
Pottery