Baroque Lighting
BAROQUE STYLE
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.
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Style: Baroque
Pair of Parcel-Gilt Molded Plaster Table Lamps
Located in Vista, CA
In the Italian Baroque style, molded with standing putti alternating with putti masques and swags of fruit and scroll work, on Lucite bases.
Category
Early 20th Century European Baroque Lighting
Materials
Plaster
$3,660 / set
Silvered Tole Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand pounded and cut silvered tole, 12 light chandelier from the area of Florence. Floral and foliate decoration with wax candle sleeves. Wired for US.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Tin
$13,500
Sconce Double-Candle Brass Pierced Baroque Wings Hanging Freestanding
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An exceptionally rare, late 17th century, pierced, brass, double candle sconce with wings
Pierced and incised decoration
Rare pair of hinged bras...
Category
1680s Dutch Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Bras De Lumière Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and finely carved pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. Bras de Lumières. The pierced back plate is decorated with scrolled acanthus l...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Antique French Gilt Bronze Sconces in the Baroque Style
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique French gilt bronze sconces in the Baroque style
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 61cm, width 39cm, depth...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Cello-Shaped Candelabra, in Wrought Iron, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cello-shaped candelabra, in wrought iron, circa 1960.
Category
1960s European Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Petite Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming, beaded glass chandelier with amethyst and clear crystal tear drops and spheres. 6 lights. Wired for U.S.
Measures: 46.5”H with adjustable chain and canopy. Chandelier only...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
$7,700
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque Electrified Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and large scale pair of Italian 18th century Baroque period electrified candelabra lamps. Each most impressive ten light candelabra is raised by a mottled rectangular base from where the opulent pierced foliate giltwood designs seemingly grow out. The luxuriant designs display stunning scrolled reeded movements adorned with charming finely detailed flowers and branches with leaves all in a superb satin and burnished finish. The gilt metal foliate arms above are decorated with large leaves and end in gilt metal bobeches. All original gilt throughout.
Shown with our tailored Cedric DuPont...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Portuguese Appliques with Two Lights 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Portuguese appliques with two lights 18th century
remade from painted and gilded carving
decorated with plant motifs.
Metal applica...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Baroque Dutch Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
Baroque Dutch style in gilt bronze by Gherardo Degli Albizzi. As a faithful replica, it features different ball-shaped elements. The sconce ends with a...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Chandelier Maison Baguès Foliage and Flowers 12 Lights, 1950-1970
Located in Paris, FR
Chandelier with 8 + 4 arms of light on 2 rows. The frames are in gilded metal and the molded glass leaves on a silver tan background, the molded glass bobèche...
Category
1950s French Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
Pair of French 19th Century Baroque Style Ormolu Mirrored Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Baroque st. ormolu mirrored sconces. Each sconce is centered by a single finely scrolled arm adorned with a large acanthus leaf leading to the ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Italian Carved Wood Sconces, 19th Century
Located in palm beach, FL
Wood wall lamp has decorated with carved acanthus leaves with two arms of lights. The patina of time is superb, indeed the colors white, natural wood, golden and cracked gives a romantic and timeless tone to these Italian baroque lamps.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Large Iron Chandelier, France, circa 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Large iron eight-light chandelier, with a burnished gold finish. Elaborately scrolled arms and detail; ending in a finial.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
Italian 18th Century Baroque Period Giltwood and Glass Lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most unique Italian 18th century Baroque period giltwood and glass lantern. The lantern is centered by a bottom foliate finial with a wrap around twisted design. Above...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
Italian 19th Century Baroque Giltwood Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and extremely decorative early 19th century Italian Baroque giltwood chandelier. The chandelier with three different levels ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Gilt Bronze Baroque Style Wall Appliques
Located in London, GB
Pair of gilt bronze Baroque style wall appliques
French, late 19th Century
Height 68cm, width 39cm, depth 17cm
The appliques in this superb pair of works are wrought from gilt bronze in the Baroque style and feature mirrors and lights. Each piece features a cartouche shaped frame, richly moulded with a host of Baroque style detailing, including putti, acanthus leaves, and scrolling forms. Each applique is centred with a similarly shaped mirror, and each is adorned below with twin gilt bronze light branches, with each branch modelled in an ornately scrolling and foliate manner.
The gilding, in exceptional unblemished condition, have a magnificent radiance, and when lit by candles or otherwise in the two mounts below the glass frame glow with a beautiful flickering light...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
$11,711 / set
Pair of Italian 17th Century Baroque Period Giltwood Roman Mirrored Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and rare pair of Italian 17th century Baroque period giltwood Roman mirrored sconces. Each two arm sconce retains its original mirror backplate...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Giltwood Lanterns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most decorative pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. giltwood lanterns. Each octagonal lantern is centered by a beautiful bottom foliate finial with a fine ball. A...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Giltwood Bras De Lumière Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scale pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. giltwood bras de lumière sconces. Each sconce is centered by an elegant oblong b...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Wrought Iron Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. wrought iron, giltwood and pressed gilt metal candelabra lamps. Each seventeen arm lamp is raised by an elegant circular giltwood...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
Fine Pair of 19th Century Cherub Candelabra on Porphyry Bases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century bronze and gilded ormolu three branch candelabra, one modeled as a bacchanalian satyr, the other a putto, out stretched arms holding three br...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze, Ormolu
Large French Chandelier in antique Barock Style for a Castle or Villa
Located in Berlin, DE
High pear-shaped body. Multi-curved Korbgestänge. In the center ascending, multiple articulated baluster-shaped glass shaft with multiple crowning. Brass, chased. Twelve outboard fla...
Category
20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Giltwood Lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely Italian 18th century Baroque st. giltwood lantern. The lantern is centered by a charming bottom foliate finial below an elegantly curved support and wrap around reeded band....
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Carved Wood Italian Urn Mounted as Lamp, Charming small scale.
Located in Buchanan, MI
19th century carved wood Italian urn mounted as lamp, silver leaf finish with nice old patina. Charming smaller scale.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver Leaf
Pair of Early 19th Italian Carved Polychrome and Gilt Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and monumentally scaled pair of Italian early 19th century Baroque st. polychrome and giltwood sconces. Each impressive sconce is centered by a richly carved pierced botto...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Italian Baroque Parcel-Gilt Ochre Painted One-Light Wall Sconce
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An Italian Baroque wooden carved parcel-gilt and ochre painted one-light wall sconce from the first half of the 18th century. The beautifully shaped and pierced backplate presents a ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
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.
Category
20th Century German Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Dore' Bronze and Crystal Chandelier with Amethyst Accents
Located in Buchanan, MI
19th century Italian doré bronze and crystal chandelier with amethyst accents.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$9,750 Sale Price / set
48% Off
Early 19th Century Pair of French Brass Twin Wall Sconces
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
An early 19th century pair of french brass twin wall sconces
A pair of large French gilded twin arm antique wall candle sconces, the ornate lea...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Lamp, Table, Sculpture, Oak, Mother & Child, Naïve, Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A Mother & Child, Naïve, Baroque, oak, sculpture, upcycled into a 25” high, table lamp
- Unusual statement & conversation piece; introducing an enduring classic theme into the int...
Category
1680s English Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Oak
French Twelve Light Candelabrum 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Twelve light candelabrum
19th century French,
Bronze structure with glass pendants and cut crystal.
Dimensions: Height: 80 cm
Very good condition.
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Baroque lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque lighting for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage lighting created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque lighting made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original lighting, popular names associated with this style include Modenese Gastone, Edward F. Caldwell & Co., Woka Lamps, and Europa Antiques. 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 lighting differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $150 and tops out at $433,581 while the average work can sell for $3,500.
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