The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Round 800 silver vegetable dish with handles, torchon lid and "artichoke" knob
Located in VALENZA, IT
The lower part of the vegetable bowl is smooth and round, with a 24K gold-plated interior. Two cast handles, depicting scrolls and flowers, are welded to the sides. The lid is emboss...
Silver
Large Antique 18th Century Moustiers Style French Faience Soup Tureen
By Moustier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful antique Soupière et son Couvercle en Faience (French faience Tureen and Cover). Dating to the early 18th century, this very rare form is decorated in the Moustiers sty...
Faience
Italian solid silver 800's tureen in baroque style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Baroque style oval tureen, made entirely by hand. The baroque style of this tureen is very light with grooves typical of the style but not evident to allow the object to be easily pl...
Silver
$1,585Sale Price|31% Off
Vintage Italian Ceramic Animal Figurine Turkey Porcelain Bird Figure Tureen
By Capodimonte, Guido Cacciapuoti
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Mid century tall Italian animal figurine Ceramic decorative Turkey Tureen with ladle Vitrine object Material: porcelain, ceramic, tin glazed earthenware...
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
XXI Century Italian Solid 800 Silver Soup Tureen Baroque style with Dish
Located in VALENZA, IT
Baroque-style round silver tureen with dish. The dish is round with embossed grooves that continue geometrically across the body and lid of the tureen. A fluted, stepped round base i...
Silver
$6,704Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Vegetable Dish, Tureen
Located in VALENZA, IT
Tureen in sterling silver in Baroque style. The dish measures 31cm in diameter and was left smooth with the brim raised. On the plate, scrolls and shells typical of the Italian Bar...
Sterling Silver
Pair of Limited Edition Porcelain Swan Tureens in Meissen Style
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Limited Edition porcelain swan form tureens. Two of 500 edition made by Chelsea House to Commemorate the 18th century Meissen swan tureen at Winter...
Porcelain
Antique French Regency Baroque Floral Repousse Silver Plated Soup Tureen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Regency Baroque Floral Repousse Silver Plated Soup Tureen with Monogram believed to read "HCK from MSR". Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 9.5" H x 11.5" W x 9" ...
Silver Plate
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Italia Soup Tureen on Stand
Located in VALENZA, IT
Baroque style solid silver tureen. The body of the tureen is round where embossments have been made with volute designs and acanthus leaves. Hand knurling was carried out between the...
Malachite, Silver
XXI° century Italian Solid Silver Vegetable dish in Baroque Style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Vegetable dish in solid silver in baroque style. The bottom of the vegetable bowl is solid and smooth. Two handles made with the casting technique and subsequently chiselled, with a...
Silver
XXI Century Italia Solid Oval Silver Tureen with dish in Baroque style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large oval tureen with Torchon Baroque style plate. The plate, suitable and balanced in proportions to perfectly contain the tureen, is also oval with a smooth central part and a lar...
Silver
Antique Reed & Barton Figural Baroque Silver Plated Lion Head Large Soup Tureen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Reed & Barton Figural Baroque Silver Plated Lion Head Large Soup Tureen. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 10" H x 16" W x 9.5" D.
Silver Plate
18th Century Late Baroque Faience Tureen
By Rörstrand
Located in Ljungby, SE
A large faience tureen in vibrant cobalt blue, late Baroque style, made by Rörstrand in 1747. It has minor repairs and touch-ups. The lid is topped with a dolphin finial. The decorat...
Faience
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted, round lidded tureen in porcelain.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted, a round, lidded tureen in porcelain. Approximately from 1820. Marked. First factory quality. In good condition with older restoration on the bottom edge...
Porcelain
Italian Oggetti Porcelain Pheasant Soup Tureen with Ladle
By Oggetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian hand painted Porcelain pheasant soup gravy tureen with ladle by Oggetti. A cleaver soup or gravy tureen covered by a hand painted bird like form. A wonderful piece for sharin...
Ceramic, Porcelain
French Country Majolica Pheasant Tureen, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica pheasant tureen from Caugant, circa 1950.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Vintage Coastal Glazed Ceramic Crab Tureen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a touch of coastal elegance to your dining experience with this vintage glazed ceramic tureen. Its beautifully crafted ocean-inspired design and vibrant glaze make it a standout ...
Ceramic
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 12 in W 14 in D 8 in
Meissen Lidded Tureen, Hand Painted with Birds, Hard Paste Porcelain, circa 1934
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful and in pristine condition. Very fine quality with a figure of a putto On the crest holding a cornucopia filled with raised flowers and fruits spilling Forward on the top ...
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Soup Tureen
Located in Essex, MA
With domed cover with gilt lemon finial on a conforming base with two handles.
Porcelain
18th Century French Faience Nevers Dog Plate
By Nevers
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique 18th-Century French provincial faience Nevers plate. This lovely plate has scalloped edges and is decorated with a hand painted charming dog holding a basket in a ga...
Faience
$39,000
H 12 in W 18 in D 11.13 in
Rare Tiffany Sterling Silver Soup Tureen in Historic Chrysanthemum Pattern
Located in New York, NY
Rare Chrysanthemum sterling silver soup tureen. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Lobed and oval bowl with scalloped and turned down scalloped rim. Bracket end handles and four spla...
Sterling Silver
Antique French White Ironstone Lidded Soup Tureen
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique French white ironstone lidded soup tureen, circa 1900. No maker's mark. This fine soup tureen has a decorative finial and lovely ornate handles. It displays beauti...
Ironstone
1960s Stoneware Soup Tureen
Located in Denton, TX
Stoneware soup tureen with lid and ladle. The ladle is a combination of stoneware with a wood stem.
Stoneware, Wood
Majolica Cabbage Leaf Soup Tureen With Lid and Underplate
Located in Bradenton, FL
20th Century Faiancas Belo Portuguese Majolica Cabbage Leaf Soup Tureen with Lid and Underplate. Features a charming and sculptural cabbage-form ceramic soup tureen with matching lid...
Majolica
Antique French White Ironstone Lidded Soup Tureen
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique French white ironstone lidded soup tureen, circa 1900. No maker's mark. This fine soup tureen has a decorative finial and lovel...
Ironstone
Italian oval tureen with tray in solid 800 silver baroque style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Gorgeous oval tureen with tray in solid 800 silver produced in Italy in the late 1960s. The body of the tureen is oval, shaped and embossed. An oval base has been soldered under the ...
Silver
Sold
H 11.82 in W 17.72 in D 10.63 in
19th Century Soup Porcelain Tureen, Paris Lidded Grapes , France
Located in Sofia, BG
Beautiful 19th century soup set of two, Paris Lidded Porcelain tureen grape details, France.
Sold
H 11.03 in W 14.57 in D 9.85 in
20th Century Italian Baroque Style 800 Silver Soup Tureen or Centrepiece
By Cattaneo Fernando
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Magnificent tureen or centrepiece in 800 silver marked under the base circa 1970s. Trademark of the Italian manufacturer 862 MI Cattaneo Fernando Milan. Spectacular processing of sil...
Silver
20th Century Italian Silver Tureen
By Gianni Pietrasanta
Located in VALENZA, IT
Italian "Neptune" Zuppiera un foot in solid 800 silver. Italian Baroque style. The body is finely embossed and chiselled completely by hand with shell motifs, typical of Baroque, an...
Silver
20th Century Sterling Silver Soup Tureen
Located in VALENZA, IT
The tureen body is made from embossed, chiseled and engraved sliver sheet. The outer surface is further, artfully, embellished with lapislazuli. A great round lapislazuli encased in ...
Sterling Silver
Venetian Murano Glass Compote with Scene of Neptune and Venice
Located in Astoria, NY
A cobalt Venetian Murano glass footed bowl or compote with hand-painted baroque style scene of Nettuno (Neptune) offering gifts to Venezia (Ve...
Glass
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H 16.15 in W 14.57 in D 11.03 in
19th Century Italian Baroque Style Silver Centerpiece Bowl or Soup Tureen
Located in Firenze, IT
An exceedingly rare Roman silver bowl centrepiece richly chiseled and finely high relief embossed in the round. This silver tureen is a rich and one-of-a-kind work of art that displa...
Gold Plate, Silver