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
17th Century Bronze Candelabra or Candlestick, Heavy Baroque Table Lamp
Located in Vigonza, Padua
17th century heavy bronze candelabra or candlestick, baroque table lamp, signed with date.
From the Della Torre family residence in Rezzonico-Lake Como- Italy
Measures cm: H 60, Diam...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Marble, Metal
Majolica Glazed Porcelain Winged Lion Candelabra/Sconce
Located in Toledo, OH
Oversize Majolica glazed porcelain winged lion wall sconce candelabra with four sockets.
Category
20th Century European Baroque Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Large Brass Sixteen-Arms Chandelier
Located in Vienna, AT
Chandelier in the style of a Flemish shank chandelier, made in the middle of the 20th century in Sweden, brass, sixteen arms, S-shaped curved arms fitted with E14 sockets.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Rock Crystal Table Lamps with Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
A pair of rock crystal table lamps, giltwood elements, wired for electricity, and fitted with two Edison sockets each, maximum wattage per socket: 100W.
Category
2010s North American Baroque Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
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
Stunning Gilt Italian Chandelier of Metal and Wood with playful design.
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning giltwood Italian chandelier in an unconventional, highly decorative style. Made completely from robustly turned giltwood elements. Six candelabra-sized lights newly wired fo...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
Pair of Early 20th C Italian Carved Wood Sconces
Located in Charleston, SC
This pair of carved wood with gilt sconces were made in Italy in the early-20th century, circa 1910, and feature two candles with ribbon, flowers, and acanthus motifs. The pair has b...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Baroque Carved Wood Floor Torchieres
Located in New York, 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)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Beech, Poplar, Pine
Large Dutch Baroque Style 18-Light Brass Chandelier
Located in Troy, NY
An impressive, very large (43" tall) and well proportioned four-tier brass chandelier with 18 candle-arms. In original condition, not drilled for electricity, but can be electrified....
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
19th Century Spanish Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Spanish wrought iron circular chandelier. Six lights in three pairs of two with drip wax candle covers held by scroll shaped arms...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Large & Stunning Sixteen Light, Eight Arm Baroque Style Theatre Chandelier Lamp
Located in Lisse, NL
This impressive hand carved wooden chandelier, from circa 1920 has a rare theme.
This wonderfully carved and very ornamental chandelier is a true work of art. It displays the finest quality carving and the skills of it's maker. It is obvious to us that this chandelier was made for a theatre or it may have been commissioned by a theatre owner or a stage actor. The carved ornaments, such as the draped curtains...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Italian Hand-Carved Wood and Iron Sconce
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique Baroque style hand-carved and painted wood sconce has three wrought iron armatures wired electrically for US flame bulbs. The design is a layering of fruit and the wood i...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
20th Century Pair of Italian Silver embossed with figures Lamps
By Liciano Sacco
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of "Cariatidi" lamps in 800 silver. Completely hand-carved and embossed with scrolls motifs.
Each part of the lamp has been finely embossed and chiseled by hand.
The central pa...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver
18th Century Six Candle Candlestick Candelabrum in gilt Bronze & gilt walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Precious 1700s Baroque French candelabrum, in golden bronze and gilt wood of walnut.
Wonderful as a table centerpiece or to embellish a corner of the dining room
Measures cm: Heigh...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Eight-Arm Marie Thérèse Style Crystal Chandelier, Austria, circa 1910
Located in Berlin, DE
An eight-arm Marie The´re'se style crystal chandelier, Austria, circa 1910. The pear-shaped frame supports four arms that folk into two, holding altogether eight lights. The frame is...
Category
1910s Austrian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Large French Giltwood Lantern
Located in Houston, TX
Large French giltwood lantern. Great original patina with some gilt. Lantern can be wired for electricity at an additional cost.
Note: Original/early finish on antique and vintage metal will include some, or all, of the following: patina, scaling, light rust, discoloration, and corrosion. Regional differences in humidity and climate during shipping may cause antique and vintage wood...
Category
2010s French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Tôle
Large Pair of 18th Century Venetian Silver Gilt Sconces
Located in Houston, TX
Large pair of 18th century Venetian silver gilt sconces.
Monumental pair of Italian or Venetian silver Baroque gilt or silver leaf candle sconces from the 18th century. This outstanding pair of Venetian carved...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
1900 French Baroque Gold Gilt Three-Light Crystal Sconces
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing three-lights each, sitting in crystal bobeches on top of giltwood posts. Rewired and ready to hang. Adorning crystal prisms with macaroni bead swags and florets throughout. G...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal
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
Large Antique Santos of St. Roche, Patron Saint of Dogs, Now Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Antique Santos of St Roche (Roch), patron saint of Dogs, now custom mounted as a lamp with custom Lucite base and custom natural colored linen shad...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Linen
Italian 19th Century Gold Carved Wood Chandelier
Located in London, GB
Constructed in carved gold leaf giltwood; from the central dished acanthus leaf dressed boss issue the twelve arms, each with winged amorini, and decorated with scrolled ironwork scr...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Dark Bronze Tripod Base Table Lamp with Paw Feet by E. F. Caldwell, Circa 1920s
Located in New York, NY
ATL1935
An antique tripod base lamp with paw feet and a baluster form stem in its original age-darkened bronze finish. Attributed to the New York maker E. F. Caldwell. Circa 1920s.
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Bronze and Crystal Three-Light Lamp Attributed to Caldwell
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Most likely by E.F. Caldwell, this fine quality gilt bronze and crystal three light lamp has a triangular base with paw feet.
Category
Early 20th Century American Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Gadrooned and Reeded Silverplated Bronze Sconces by Bradley & Hubbard, c. 1910s
Located in New York, NY
AIS1684
A pair of two arm sconces in their original worn silverplate over bronze finish. The backplates and cups are detailed with gadrooning, swags and beading. The reeded arms term...
Category
Early 20th Century American Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass, Bronze
Pair of Dutch Baroque Style Brass Sconces
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This pair of brass Dutch Baroque style sconces are oval in shape with heavy elegant repousse on the front under a forward projecting stylized crown and terminating in a pair of exten...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Hand-Carved Wood and Iron Sconce
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique Baroque style hand-carved and painted wood sconce has three wrought iron armatures wired electrically for US flame bulbs. The design is a layering of fruit and the wood i...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Italian Baroque Hand-Carved Giltwood Sconces with Gilt Bronze Arm
Located in Firenze, IT
A very beautiful pair of antique 17th century baroque period hand-carved giltwood Italian sconces made with gold leaves technique. The corner base is finely carved as acanthus leaves with a pine as final up and down. In the middle of each sconce there is a plain gilt wood band that covers a metal band with holes in which one can put the sconce’s arm. We have just one antique and original arm per sconce but on request we can realize more arms to put on. Each ormolu socket has a very sinuous and curvy shape emphasized by a curl on both sides and embellished by a richly stylized gilt wood leaf pattern. A fully decorative scrolled floral work gilt wood bobeches. Newly wired.
The gold is in perfect condition with a beautiful original patina, the brightly gold of gilt bronze arm will made a scintillating sparkle atmosphere.
These corner wall lights...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Lamp with Baluster Form Body by E. F. Caldwell, Circa 1920s
Located in New York, NY
ATL1938
An antique bronze table lamp with a baluster-form standard above a baroque tripod base, in its original, wonderful, age-darkened, var...
Category
1920s American Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Italian Early 18th Century Giltwood Torchiere or Floor Lamp 1720
Located in Rome, IT
A fine Italian early 18th century giltwood torchiere on triform base carved on the front side, with seven scrolled gilt-metal candle arms.
Measure...
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
French 19th Century Gilded Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Miami, FL
A large French pair of gilded bronze quintuple arm antique wall sconces, the ornate leaf scrolling arms with leaf bobeches drip pans, issuing from a decoratively cast elongated taper...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
E. F. Caldwell Brass Chandelier with Frosted Hurricane Glass Shades, Circa 1940s
Located in New York, NY
AHL3551
A vintage eight arm aged brass chandelier with frosted glass hurricane shades. The column and the arms are detailed with delicate scrolls. Signed by the New York maker E. F....
Category
1940s American Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century Italian Giltwood Lantern
Located in New York, NY
Genovese giltwood carved lantern. Currently wired for three lights.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Sterling Silver Pr. of Italian Barocco revival Candelabras
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pr. of Italian Barocco revival five light candelabras.
These Candlesticks are the result of the excellence of Italian craftsmanship
that cures to perfection details and design balan...
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Sterling Silver
Four 19th C American Baroque-Style Silver Plate Repousse Sconces
Located in Charleston, SC
A 19th century American set of four bronze and silver gas sconces, circa 1890, with putti, garland, and fruit motifs and two candle arms. The sconces have been rewired with new porc...
Category
19th Century American Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver, Brass
French Baroque Style 1870s Carved, Painted and Parcel-Gilt Candlestick Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Baroque style carved, painted and parcel-gilt wooden pricket candlestick from the third quarter of the 19th century, made into a table lamp, shade included. Born in the late...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Early 20th C Italian Gilt and Iron Sconces
Located in Charleston, SC
This pair of sconces were created in the early 20th century and are made of gilt and iron. The pieces have two candle arms hung with crystal prisms and rosettes.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
Early 19th C Italian Brass and Silver Plate with Crystal Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
This chandelier was made in Italy in the early-19th century, circa 1820. This chandelier has a crown with crystal beads and rosettes suspended by three brass chains and six arms with...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Silver Plate
Large Beautiful Murano Chandelier
Located in Paris, FR
Large beautiful Murano chandelier in clear and gilt glass. Eight arms.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
Rare Pair of Late 17th-Early 18th Century Ship Sconces
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very rare pair of late 17th century bronze swivel arm sconces with parapet finials over balustrade bodies, the two pairs of arms of differing heights and lengths, the backplates with...
Category
18th Century and Earlier European Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Gilt Venetian Wall Sconces
Located in Pasadena, CA
A pair of Venetian gilt wall sconces, with 5 lights for candles, grapes and acanthus leaves, with mythological sea creatures.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Hand Carved Wooden Tuscan Lamp with Fruits for a Country Home
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Tuscan raw wooden lamp, entirely hand-carved, with fruits - It's perfect for a country house -
It is not necessary to change the power supply, but also use Your lamps with 110 W -
12...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Faux Marble Baluster Mounted as Lamp
Located in Nashville, TN
An imitation marble pattern applied to baluster (probably altar support) with red and gilt highlights. Possibly painted or transfer design.
Minor chips to the marble pattern. Chips ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Pair of 18th Century, Louis XV Brass Candlesticks
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a wonderful pair of mid-18th century, Louis XV brass candlesticks. At one point the candlesticks were silvered; only the undersides ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver, Brass
Italian Venetian Ca'rezzonico Chandelier in Blown Murano Glass 1950s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Italian Venetian Ca'rezzonico chandelier in blown Murano glass 1950s.
Fantastic Italian Murano Ca'rezzonico chandelier, attributed to Seguso, in transparent color and multicolored f...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Silver Table Child Lamp. Embossed and ceased by hand
Located in VALENZA, IT
The triangular base is embossed and chiseled with a pattern that appears on its three facets.
The central stem is composed of a child upholding the shade structure...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver
Carved 18th-19th Century Italian Polychrome Candelabra Table Lamps
Located in Camden, ME
Unusual poly-chromed wooden figurative candleholders carved in Mexico in the late 18th to mid-19th century converted into table lamps, circa 1940.
The figures have had minor restorat...
Category
Mid-19th Century Mexican Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Metal
Mid 19th C Italian Brass and Iron Gasoliers
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian chandeliers featuring curling foliage and three arms holding the lights; all made from brass and iron.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass, Iron
Silverplate Wheel-Cut Mirrorback Sconces with Crystal Spear Prisms, Circa 1930s
Located in New York, NY
AIS2929
A pair of two arm sconces with wheel-cut mirrored backplates, dressed with crystal bobeches and spear prisms. In their original aged silverplate f...
Category
1930s Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Pair of Venetian Solomonic Giltwood Fragments Now Lamps
Located in Nashville, TN
Pair of Venetian (Italian) Solomonic form columnar fragments (probably stair spindles ) now mounted as lamps on later marble bases . Typical grape & vin...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Marble
Large Pair of Swedish Hammered Brass Wall Sconces with Single Socket
Located in New York, NY
Large pair of Swedish early 20th century hammered brass wall sconces. Inspired by the Swedish Baroque the sconces have stylized shell shaped...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Large Cut Crystal Eighteen-Branch Early 20th Century Spanish Chandelier
Located in London, GB
An impressive large eighteen branch two-tier bronze and cut crystal chandelier, beautifully hung with large pendant and bead drops. Converted to electricity.
Spanish, early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Timeless Suspension Fixture with Blown Murano Glass in Clear Hue 1940s Italy
Located in Villaverla, IT
A Timeless Italian Venetian Flush Mount Fixture in Clear Hue, Exquisitely Handcrafted with Murano Glass, 1940s.
This exceptional flush mount fixture, meticulously handcrafted in clea...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
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
1850s Cast Brass Foliate Chandelier with Original Gilding & Hand Painted Flowers
Located in New York, NY
AHL3841
A vintage twelve light chandelier which retains its original gilded finish, enlivened by arabesques in bright and matte patterns native to the gilding, as well as polychrome ...
Category
19th Century Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
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
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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