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.
Ca'Rezzonico Blown Murano Glass 6 Arms Floor Lamp, Italy, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
An elegant six-light floor lamp in Murano glass with transparent colors and sophisticated finishes in pink and ivory. With a centered bulbous column that emits branches and flowers a...
Murano Glass
Italien Baroque Period Torchière Floor Lamp
Located in Kastrup, DK
A decorative Italian 18th century Baroque period floor-standing torchière lamp. Wood carved rich in details and painted in green, giltwood an...
Wood
Spanish Baroque Wrought Iron Torchere Floor Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Spanish Baroque style wrought iron torchère floor lamp with black patina. Beautifully hand wrought and turned shaft supported by a tripod base. This date from the early 20th century, a time when Italian and Spanish Baroque furniture...
Wrought Iron
19th Century Italian Carved and Giltwood Floor Lamp with Tripod Base
Located in Dallas, TX
This tall and elegant antique floor lamp was carved in Italy circa 1890. Standing on a bold tripartite scrolled base with acanthus leaf and volute motifs, the lamp features a turned ...
Wood
Spanish Iron Floor Lamp
Located in Madrid, ES
Iron wrought baroque spanish style torchère mounted like floor lamp, supported on three legs ending.Lampshade is not including
Iron
Pair of Baroque Style Floor Lamps, Venetian Candlestick Figures
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of baroque style floor lamps, Venetian candlestick figures, H 203 cm, 20th century. This stunning pair of 20th century floor standing lamps is a superb example of the ornate cr...
Hardwood
Brass and Bronze Nine-Light Electrified French Candelabra, Floor Lamp
Located in Barntrup, DE
Large and beautiful electrified candelabra to floor lamp, made of bronze and brass, decorated with brass lily flowers and leaves, ears of wheat, vines, and vine leaves. Impressive an...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Italian 17th Century Hand Made and Forged Wrought Iron Floor Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of Italian 17th Century Baroque standing lamps with a detailed symphony of hand-wrought iron work in every part that aims to delight the eye and soul. These are masterw...
Wrought Iron
Italian Baroque Style Iron Torchere Floor Lamp, Large Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian Baroque style iron torchere floor lamp with tripod scrolling base and beautiful turnings. At over 6 feet tall, this lamp has impressive scale. Perfect for a libr...
Iron
18th Century Baroque Standing Lamp, Carved Wood Base, Parchment Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th Century Baroque style standing lamp with a painted parchment shade. The Baroque style was prevalent in Europe during the 17th and early 18th centuries. This style is character...
Wood, Parchment Paper
Pair of Italian Baroque Carved Wood Floor Torchieres
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Baroque-style (19th Century) stripped pine, beech & poplar 24 arm floor torchiere with 3 scrolling legs on horses (in the style of PIRANESI)
Beech, Poplar, Pine
Rare Pair of Palatial Italian Carved Wood Walnut Torchieres
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare pair of 17th-18th palatial Italian highly carved walnut torcheres with traces of gilt paint , Italy circa 1700
Walnut
An Italian 19th Century Patinated Bronze Torchere, After Niccolò Roccatagliata
By Niccolo Roccatagliata
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Large and Impressive Italian 19th Century Patinated Bronze Figural Torchere, after a model by Niccolò Roccatagliata (Genoa 1593 - Venice 1636). The triangular foot base with projecting putti supporting the stem and oval reserves within cartouche motifs, one containing the initials "S.D" with an olive tree in-between and a bull-head below. The stem knot with figures of winged caryatids and festoons and upper part with cherub heads, acanthus leaves and egg and bead patterns and topped with a later white glass globe. The decorative system refers to the documented artistic production of the Venetian workshop of Niccolò Roccatagliata and takes inspirational model from the base of the Renaissance bronze of the Scuola Grande di San Teodoro in Venice, a work signed by Andrea del Bartolomeo di Alessandri known as Brescianino. Electrified. Circa: Venice, 1850-1880. RELATED LITERATURE L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, Vienna, 1921, figs. 661-664; C. Avery, 'Andrea del Bartolomeo di Alessandri detto il Bresciano" lavator di gettar di Bronzo": candelabri, satiri e battenti', M. Ceriana and V. Avery (eds.), L'Industria artistica del Bronzo del Rinascimento a venezia e nell'Italia settentrionale, Venice, 2008, pp. 233-252. Similar models of this torchere were part of the interior decor collection at the Vanderbilt Mansion in New York (see black and white photo). The Cornelius Vanderbilt II House was a large mansion built in 1883 at 1 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It occupied the frontage along the west side of Fifth Avenue from West 57th Street up to West 58th Street at Grand Army...
Bronze
Monumental Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra by Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Monumental gilt and patinated bronze candelabra by Beurdeley French, late 19th century Measures: Height 273cm, width 90cm, depth...
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Baroque Italian Style Converted Altar Candlesticks Floor Lamps C1870s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This pair of Baroque Italian style converted altar candlesticks floor lamps, dating to the 1870s, beautifully merges the grandiosity of Baroque design with modern functionality. Orig...
Metal
An Italian Baroque-Style Silvered Wood Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
An early-19th Century Italian Baroque-style carved and silvered wood candlestick mounted as a floor lamp with a new two-socket adjustable cluster. Contemporary-design black string sh...
Wood
18th Century Italian Floor Standing Pricket Stick Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Italian floor standing lamp - pricket stick, painted, carved, and turned shaft, acanthus leaf decoration, three carved and shaped supports over splayed base, on three fe...
Wood
Sculptural Floor lamp, unique model by Michel Kiriliuk, France, Circa 1990's
Located in LE PRÉ-SAINT-GERVAIS, FR
Sculptural Floor Lamp By Michel Kiriliuk France, Striking sculptural floor lamp by Michel Kiriliuk, conceived as a functional work of art. The composition is built from intersecting...
Brass
Italian Early 18th Century Giltwood Torchère or Floor Lamp, 1720
Located in Rome, IT
A fine Italian early 18th century giltwood torchère on triform base carved on the front side, with seven scrolled gilt-metal candle arms. Measures: 215 x 45 cm.
Giltwood
A Striking Brass Baroque Floor Lamp
Located in London, England
Striking brass floor lamp, smart telescopic adjustment on tapered column with serpent detail above barqoue baluster and tripod feet. Early Twentieth Century H 129 - 174 x W 44 cms
Brass
Pair of Italian 17th Century Baroque Period Giltwood Floor Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and rare pair of Italian 17th-century Baroque period giltwood, gilt metal and Verde Antico marble torchières floor lamps. Each large-scale floor lamp is raised by 19th ...
Marble, Metal
pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. Giltwood Torchière floor lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. Giltwood Torchière floor lamps. Each freestanding fifteen light torchière is raised by a square tapered base w...
Giltwood
17th Century Italian Carved Painted Seven-Arm Forged Floor Lamp Candelabra
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique candleholder was created in Italy, circa 1680. The tall freestanding candelabra has not been wired but features seven wrought iron curved arms with wood bobeches to hold candles for a dramatic effect. The turned base sits on three curved feet for stability. The Baroque candelabra...
Wrought Iron
Cello-Shaped Candelabra, in Wrought Iron, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cello-shaped candelabra, in wrought iron, circa 1960.
Wrought Iron
Pair Antique Baroque Revival Silvered Wood Floor Lamps Late 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Pair Antique Baroque Revival Silvered Wood Floor Lamps Late 18th Century Continental, Late 18th Century Lamps: Height 116cm, width 28cm, depth 25cm Shades: Height 42cm, diameter 50c...
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque Period Patinated and Giltwood Floor Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and very large scale pair of Italian 18th-century Baroque period patinated and giltwood floor lamps. Each statement-making torchière floor lamp is raised by elegant top...
Wood, Giltwood
Tall Giltwood Altar Stick Lamp, 18th C
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Tall turned and giltwood altar stick mounted as a lamp. Measures: 33" high to the brass fitting 51" to the top of the shade 7 1/2" diameter.
Wood
Pair of 18th-Century Continental Silvered Wood Lamps
Located in London, GB
Pair of 18th-century continental silvered wood lamps Continental, 18th Century Lamps: Height 162cm, width 33cm, depth 31cm Shades: Height 44cm, diameter 56cm This pair of Baroque Re...
Fabric, Wood
Torchere or Candlestand, 17th Century, Italian, Baroque, Walnut, Floor-Standing
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The metal pricket and drip-tray surmounding the baluster, ring and barley-twist turned stem which is supported by and elaborate acanthus-leaf and scroll carved base terminating in lion-paw feet. Excellent original color and patina. Provenance: Private Collection, purchased Derek Green...
Walnut
19th Century Processional Lantern
Located in Ballard, CA
19th Century processional Italian Lantern, probably used for wedding and festivities in Venice, it has been wired for the American market and has a beautiful silk covered cord, the p...
Brass, Wrought Iron
A pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st Giltwood & patinated wood floor lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and very handsome pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. Giltwood and patinated wood floor lamps. Each wonderful column that has been turned into a floor lamp is rais...
Wood, Giltwood
An Italian late 18th century Baroque st. patinated and Giltwood lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most elegant Italian late 18th century Baroque st. patinated and Giltwood lamp. This impressive floor lamp is raised on a triangular base atop paw feet and decorate...
Giltwood
Large 18th century Dutch Brass altar candlesticks Floor lamps .
Located in Den Haag, NL
Stunning pair of 18th century Dutch Brass altar candlesticks. converted to beathiful Floor lamps. Hand made Half Round Damask Silk shades , Green with flowers . Take a look at the ...
Brass
19th Century Italian Baroque Floor Lamp with Distressed Wood Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a large floor lamps with a 19th century highly decorative, sculptural base. The base features a twisted spiraling column with a rustic, weathered finish. The column is ador...
Wood, Paint, Parchment Paper
Italian Baroque Style Turned Bronze Floor Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
circa 1920s bronze floor lamp in the Italian Baroque style with elegant turnings and crown top. Quality craftsmanship and golden patina. Measures: 68 inches high 11 inches diameter.
Bronze
Unique Jeff floor lamp by Elizabeth Garouste
Located in PARIS, FR
Elizabeth Garouste Jeff Floor Lamp, 2026 Unique piece Wrought iron, gilded with silver leaf, lampshade hand-painted by the artist H. 184 x W. 65 x D. 63 cm H. 72 1/2 x W. 25 5/8 x D....
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Pair of Italian 17thC Polychrome & Gilt Highlighted Carved Corinthian Columns
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Italian 17thC Polychrome & Gilt Highlighted Carved Corinthian Columns with barley twist centres and Putti decoration standing on later square moulded plinth bases - later fit...
Silk, Giltwood
Pair 18th Century Bronze Floor Lamps
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an iconic near pair of 18th century bronze altar sticks that are either Spanish or Italian in origin. Both altar sticks are in overall very good original condition without an...
Bronze
Fondica Bronze and Ostrich feathers floor lamp
By Fondica
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Spectacular ,funky floor lamp in bronze by Fondica ostrich feather
Bronze
Antique Wrought Iron Ground Lamp, 1890s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Masterfully executed wrought iron floor lamp, forged body with square profile of generous thickness are covered with wrought iron leaves, presence of handmade screws. excellent quali...
Wrought Iron
Art Deco Marble and Lucite Floor Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
A mix of modern, classical and Art Deco, this floor lamp is composed of veined marble at the base and a sectional lucite shaft of rings and twisted tubing. The very bottom is gilt me...
Marble, Metal
Lamp Floor Standing Torchere Gilded Italian Fleur De Lys
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Fine, 19th century, italian, carved & gilded pricket torchere upcycled into a floor standing lamp. Finely carved with classical turnings and ornamen...
Wood
Pair of 18th/19th Century Italian Silvered Metal Altar Sticks
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of Italian silvered metal altar sticks with tripod bases, dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, electrified and modified into floor lamps. Good overall conditio...
Silver Plate, Metal
Spanish Baroque Style Silvered Floor Lamp
Located in Buchanan, NY
Presenting a Spanish 1950s Baroque style floor lamp that evokes the elegance of a bygone era. This remarkable piece exudes sophistication and would effortlessly elevate the ambiance ...
Brass, Bronze
20th Century Italian Silver Floor-Table Lamp. Embossed and ceased by hand
Located in VALENZA, IT
Baroque floor/table lamp in solid 800 silver made in Milan - Italy in the prestigious silversmith's workshop of Virginio Pobbiati in the late 60s. The lamp has a triangular base and ...
Silver
Large 19th Century Repoussé White Metal Altar Candlestick, Converted to a Lamp
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A striking large 19th Century French repoussé white metal candlestick. Originally an altar or ecclesiastical pricket, now converted to a lamp base. The tall baluster stem is richly ...
Metal
Mid-19th Century Italian Carved Polychrome and Painted Floor Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
This tall antique wood floor lamp was carved in Italy, circa 1850. The elegant light stands a wide three-leg pedestal base ending with scrolle...
Wood
19th C. Italian Neoclassical Polychrome and Giltwood Carved Torchere Floor Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Standing at six feet tall, this elegant antique torchère was crafted in Italy circa 1860. The carved candleholder stands on a wide triangular plinth resting on bun feet, over a shape...
Wood
DUCHESSE Baroque Chandelier in Gold and Brown - Shade in Velvet
Located in Lentate sul Seveso, Monza e Brianza
Experience the opulence of Baroque elegance with the Duchesse candleholder, a masterpiece designed by Fratelli Boffi Studio. This exquisite piece exudes timeless charm with its rich ...
Fabric, Wood
"Mild Steel Leaf Floor Lamp with Antique Gold Finish and Beige Linen Shade"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mild Steel Leaf Floor Lamp with Antique Gold Finish, Pull Chain Double Sockets, Recommend 60 Watts Light Bulb Each Socket, Beige Linen Shade Included
Brass, Steel, Wire
Handwrought Iron Pricket Stick Now as Lamp with Crenulated Bobeche
Located in Stamford, CT
A crenalated pricket stick now updated as a floor lamp.
Iron
Pair of Torciere Milan, c. 1750.
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of carved white lacquered and partially gilded cirmol wood lamp stands, supported by a cylindrical rod. Composed of large opposing "C"-shaped volutes, they are carved with curls...
Wood
Antique Bronze, Altar Stick Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of rare, grand scale, hand-cast bronze, altar sticks turned into lamps from Veneto, Italy. The turned-form body atop incised, fish scale bases of the same. Now wired for U.S. cu...
Bronze
Stand Lamp from the Castle Hotel in Berlin, by the Designer Karl Lagerfeld
Located in Berlin, DE
This lamp stand from the castle hotel in Berlin. The entire facility was designed by designer Karl Lagerfeld. The hotel has now been bought by the fashion designer Patrick Hellmann.
Wood