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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Set of 4 Daum "Bouton Rose" Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 4 - Bouton rose wine glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in f...
Crystal
$1,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 8 Daum "Bouton Rose" Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 8 - Bouton Rose Glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in frost...
Crystal
$632Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 4 Daum "Bouton Rose" Model Wine Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 4 - Bouton rose wine glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in f...
Crystal
Pair of Daum "Bouton Rose" Model Wine Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Pair of Bouton rose wine glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in fro...
Crystal
$904Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 6 Daum "Bouton Rose" Model Wine Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 6 - Bouton rose wine glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in f...
Crystal
$904Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 6 Daum "Bouton Rose" Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 6 - Bouton Rose Glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in frost...
Crystal
$657 / set
H 1.97 in Dm 1.66 in
Set of Six Black Forest Schnapps Glasses Amber German with Hunting Scene Sofina
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Set of six Schnapps glasses handmade in Bavaria. Handblown crystal and hand-edged with a deer and leaves decor in amber in the style of black forest. Co...
Crystal
$663 / set
H 1.97 in Dm 1.66 in
Set of Six German Black Forest Schnapps Glasses Green with Hunting Scene
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Set of six Schnapps glasses. Handblown crystal in green. Hand-edged with a decor of deer and leaves decor in the style of black forest. Handmade by So...
Crystal
$2,666 / set
H 6.5 in Dm 3.35 in
Set of Six Hand Blown Wine Goblets Green Crystal Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Set of six hand blown wine goblets in green crystal with an antique hunting decor all around. The charming hand-engraved decor shows deers and trees in the style of Black Forest. The...
Crystal
$2,666 / set
H 6.5 in Dm 3.35 in
Set of Six Wine Goblets Green Crystal Hunting Decor Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Set of six handblown wine goblets in green crystal with an antique hunting decor all around. The charming hand-engraved decor shows deers and trees in the style of black forest. The ...
Crystal
$2,666 / set
H 6.3 in Dm 3.15 in
Set of Six Wine Goblets Green Crystal Hunting Decor Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Set of six hand blown wine goblets in green crystal with an antique hunting decor all around. The charming hand-engraved decor shows deers and trees in the style of Black Forest. The...
Crystal
$1,973 / set
H 6.7 in Dm 3.55 in
Black Forest Set of Six Wine Glasses Hunting Decor Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Set of six hand blown wine glasses in red crystal with a hand-edged black forest hunting scene all-around. The decor is an antique hunting scene from Bavaria showing deers, trees and...
Crystal
Set of six Baccarat crystal wine glasses - Hyeres model
By Baccarat
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Set of six Baccarat glasses, pink overlay hand-cut crystal, Hyeres model. Antique glasses circa 1920, not signed. Hyeres is a very sophisticated cut pattern listed in 1916 tableware ...
Crystal
Set of 6 Bohemian Handmade Gilt Glass Wine Glasses
Located in Vilnius, LT
The set of 6 pcs. Bohemian wine glasses. Each glass is transparent and decorated with dark amethyst/burgundy color glass, gilt trims and gold pa...
Glass
Set of 6 Fine Art Deco Cut Crystal Water Glasses with Foliate Motifs
Located in New York, NY
This refined set of six Art Deco crystal water glasses were realized in France circa 1925. They offer a subtly conical body sitting on a round ba...
Crystal
$2,643 / set
H 6.3 in Dm 3.15 in
Black Forest Set of Six Wine Glasses Hunting Decor Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Set of six hand blown wine glasses in green crystal with a hand-edged black forest hunting scene all-around. The decor is an antique hunting scene...
Crystal
$663Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 9.45 in W 5.12 in D 2.56 in
Liqueur Set, Art Deco Decanter with 10 Glasses, Czechoslovakia, 1930s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Art Deco crystal decanter complete with 10 octagonal vodka / honey liqueur glasses. Made in the Czech Republic in the 1930s. Very good condition The height of the decanter w...
Glass
Set of 18 Crystal Glasses with Refined Decoration
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful and refined Italian crystal glasses complete for 6 people at the table. The glasses are transparent with refined decoration. The set consists of: 6 wine glasses Height 16 c...
Crystal
Set of 5 Daum "Bouton Rose" Champagne Flutes
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 5 - Bouton Rose Glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in frost...
Crystal
Set of 10 Daum "Bouton Rose" Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 10 - Bouton Rose Glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in fros...
Crystal
Set of 6 Daum "Bouton Rose" Model Red Wine Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 6 - Bouton rose red wine glasses made by world famous Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in frosted crystal, t...
Crystal
Set of 6 Daum "Bouton Rose" Model Red Wine Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 6 - Bouton rose red wine glasses made by world famous Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in frosted crystal, t...
Crystal
Waterford Crystal Starburst Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous Waterford Crystal starburst 12 inch vase. Made in Waterford, Ireland circa 1999/2000. 100% Irish made. In original box and in mint condition. Discon...
Crystal