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
20th Century French Baroque Style D'appliques Wall Lights, Maison Bagues, c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th century French Baroque style ormolu bronze & rock crystal d'appliques wall lights. Attributed to Maison Baguès, France.
CONDITION
In Great Condition, wear cons...
Category
20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze
South Netherlandish Baroque Style Angel Brass Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
This South Netherlandish Baroque Style Brass Angel Chandelier was made in at the turn of the twentieth century. This Flemish Baroque Chandelier is made of brass with the finest casting and chasing in the Old World Tradition. This South Netherlandish Chandelier is topped by an angel figure holding a Heraldry Crest, with central stem and main body divided with an upper and lower branch console...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Vintage Traditional Floral Three-Arm 24k Gold Infused Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its small size, this classic floral Murano three-arm chandelier creates quite a statement. Stylized with sprouting daffodils and leaves, the undulating arms hold bobeches with petal-shaped rims. The hints of gold dust dispersed throughout and concentrated on the flowers mimic the golden look...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Gold, Brass
Italian Beaded and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Beaded And Crystal Chandelier
Stunning antique Italian beaded and crystal 12 light chandelier.
This lovely Italian Maison Bagues style crystal chandelier has been newly wir...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Baluster Lamps Napoleon 3
Located in PÉZENAS, FR
Pretty pair of Napoleon 3 style baluster lamps decorated with acanthus leaves.
They are in old plaster and the electric socket is swivel.
They will suffice to add a nice lampshade ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Maria Theresa Crystal Chandelier Antique Classic Clear Glass
Located in Berlin, DE
Introducing our cherished old chandelier, lovingly and professionally restored in Berlin! Its electrical wiring is compatible with the US, as it has been meticulously re-wired and is...
Category
Mid-18th Century European Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Wire
Scandinavian Brass Chandelier By Carl Fagerlund For Orrefor
Located in Saint Leonards-on-sea, England
A mid-century ceiling light with 5 brass arms and crystal glass leaf light diffusers. Designed by Carl Fagerlund and manufactured by Orrefors of Sweden in the 1960s. Hollywood Regenc...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Urn Lamps with Half Shield Shades 'Italian'
Located in Vista, CA
A darling pair of painted wood scrolled urn base lamps with shield shade trimmed in gold border. Italian
With shade 21' x 16, without shade. 16" X 9".
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair of Mid-century Baroque Style Silvered Bronze Rock Crystal Wall Sconce
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning pair of European Baroque style silvered bronze one-light wall sconces, possibly attributed to Maison Bagues (French, 1860-), featuring sculptural figural scroll motif with...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Baroque Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
20th Century French Giltwood Hand Carved Table Lamp with White Shade
Located in Sofia, BG
French table lamp standing on gilt wood hand carved base with wooden red marble imitation at the bottom. Lovely floral carved decoration and very elegant shape especially of the shad...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Giltwood and Polychrome Birdcage Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and very unique Italian late 18th century Baroque st. giltwood and polychrome birdcage chandelier. The chandelier displays a most decorative birdcage design with wonde...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Italian Early 19th Century Baroque St. Giltwood and Gilt Metal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality Italian early 19th century Baroque st. giltwood and gilt metal chandelier. The impressive eight arm chandelier is centered by a finely detailed and richl...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vintage Single Wall Mount Sconce in Bronze Fitting and Glass Shade
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage gilt bronze and glass wall lighting fixture.
This is a highly decorative piece with beautiful glass shade. Individually handcrafted into beautiful lighting fixture. Gracefully ornamented with foliate designs all over.
A stylish wall sconce will easily add a touch of elegance to your home, transform the home space and create comfortable lighting in your room.
Decorative glass shade...
Category
1970s Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Painted Urn Form Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Italian painted urn form lamps.
Stunning pair of Italian painted or polychrome urn form lamps on faux marble bases that date to the 1920s.
This lovely pair of Italian Baroque style lamps...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
20th Century Italian Baroque Giltwood Two-Tier 12-Arm Florentine Chandelier
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful elegant chandelier was made in Florence Italy in the early 20th century circa 1910. It features a central turned wooden column decorated with cast acanthus leaves. The...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver, Steel
Gilt Metal Sunburst Ceiling Fixture by MLA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian style gilt metal ceiling fixture that depicts a gold sunburst. We can make this in both silver & gold and we can make as many as you need.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Gold Leaf, Metal
French Blue Prisms Loaded Macaroni Beads Chandelier, 1920s
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing 6 lights, sitting in bobeches dripping with vintage blue crystals. Will be rewired with certified UL US sockets for the United States and ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Spanish Candlesticks from the 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Spanish candlesticks from the 18th century
Measure: height 132cm
Good conditions.
Category
Early 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
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.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Baroque Solid Brass 5 Light Chandelier Florals Swirls Design
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century solid brass chandelier with five lights done in a Baroque style. Takes five standard household medium base ligh...
Category
Early 20th Century Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Elegant Vintage Gilt Brass Wall Sconce Two Arm Single Wall Lamp
Located in Bastogne, BE
Elegant vintage wall sconce. Made of gilt brass, artistic casting.
Floral motif with classic swirl.
The wall sconce consists of a base and two curved arms emanating from it, skillfully finished with chasing by hand...
Category
1960s Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
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
French Amethyst Murano Drops Crystal Bobeches Chandelier, c 1920
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing 5 lights, sitting in crystal bobeches. Will be newly rewired using certified UL US sockets for the USA and appropriate sockets for other countr...
Category
1920s French Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Carved and Polychromed Antique Table Lamp from Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
This highly carved polychrome urn from the 1700s has been repurposed into a unique table lamp with a cream shade adorned along the rim with banded S-scrolls in black. Three scalloped...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Textile, Wood
1940's Large Clear Art Glass Murano Barrochi Chandelier by Barovier & Toso Italy
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Beautiful and large ( ø 75 cm ) clear art glass "Barrochi" chandelier designed by Barovier and Toso for Compagnia Di Venezia E Murano "CVM" In Italy. This chandelier is handmade in t...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Vintage Gilt Bronze Wall Lamp Double Armed Wall Light
Located in Bastogne, BE
Magnificent twin-arm bronze wall lamp imitates classic candelabra. Vintage.
The design of the lighting fixture contains elements of the Baroque s...
Category
1970s Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Pair of Hand Carved Giltwood Baroque Style Sconces
Located in Sofia, BG
This antique French Louis XVI style hand carved and giltwood sconces is adjusted and wired for two bulbs each one. Authentic condition with no restorations ever made.
France, circa ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
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...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Baroque Pricket Stick Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Carved with a distressed surface with paint losses in original condition. From the estate of Martin Trust, Boston and Palm Beach.
Category
Early 1700s Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Pine
18th Century Spanish Glazed Ceramic Jar Mounted as a Table Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Very interesting 18th century Spanish ceramic wine or oil storage jar with wonderful olive green glaze with raised leaf and floral design ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Italian Venetian Murano Gold Dusted 6 Arm Chandelier
Located in Miami, FL
Large antique Italian Venetian Murano glass 6 scroll & swirl design arm chandelier with applied trim. Separate flower motifs and leaves. Gold dust inclusions. Similar to chandeliers designed by Fabiano Zanchi...
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Small-Scale Italian Crystal Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful, small scale Italian gilt-iron and crystal beaded chandelier.
The chandelier features a scrolled iron frame in a dark bronze paint finish and crystal decorations.
The chandelier is wired and in working condition, it requires 3 Edison bulbs. New faux wax candle sleeves. 36” inch chain...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
Sculptural Pair Large Baroque Style Antique Gilt Carved Wood Leaf Sconces, 1900
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Sculptural large pair of antique Baroque Style Acanthus leaf sconces, Germany or Italy around 1900 to 1920. The expressive and vividly hand-carved...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian Baroque Style Walnut & Gilt Wall Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful pair of Italian baroque style walnut and parcel-gilt sconces. (Life size)
Measures: 21" x 13.5" x 8.5".
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Walnut, Giltwood
Silvered Tole Chandelier
Located in Newport Beach, 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
19th Century Genovese Giltwood and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Genovese giltwood and crystal chandelier.
This outstanding antique Italian Genovese gilt wood and crystal six light chand...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Gold Dore Bronze Octagon Shaped Lantern
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Elegant octagon shaped gold dore bronze gas lantern, later electrified with original beveled glass. Elaborate crown features fleur de lis and foliate designs...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair Baroque Girandoles
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very unusual pair of late 17th or early 18th century Italian Baroque Girandoles. The girandoles feature a finely executed carved gilt wood frame that is surmounted by a fin...
Category
1690s Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Gold Leaf
Petite Beaded Chandelier
Located in Newport Beach, 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
Maria Theresa Crystal Chandelier Antique Classic Clear Glass
Located in Berlin, DE
Presenting our beloved old chandelier, lovingly and professionally restored in Berlin. Its electrical wiring is suitable for use in the US, as it has been re-wired and is ready to be...
Category
Mid-18th Century European Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Wire
1950's Gold Spanish Sunburst Ceiling Light
Located in Hastings, GB
1950s’ Spanish gilt iron sunburst ceiling light
An incredible gilt over iron Spanish sunburst, featuring two lampholders sitting behind the opaque glass
This is a truly wonder...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Metal, Iron
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...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Original Lobmeyr, Maria-Theresia Parlor Chandelier, circa 1920
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A classical form of the so called "Maria-Theresia-Chandelier," which were made in Austria since 1730 in a great variety. Very elegant with rich hanging in the best quality! The forge...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
Crystal Chandelier with 12 Lights
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Elegant gilded metal and crystal chandelier with 12 lights. 2 Designs of scrolled placards and dramatic bobeches with hanging pendants. Wire...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Sconce Wall Iron Hood Vernacular Folk Baroque 17 Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Extremely rare survival of a 17th century vernacular iron wall sconce
Unusually incorporating a hood to protect against fire and reflect the heat back into the room so it does not r...
Category
17th Century English Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Florentine Baroque Style Polychrome Wood 2 Light Sconces by Eglo Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful pair of sconces with 2 lights that was made in Austria, by Eglo Leuchten, circa 1980s.
Each sconce is made in polychrome hand carved wood and metal, with glass shades. T...
Category
1980s German Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
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 ...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Table Lamp Candlestick Gilded 18th Century Baroque Italian 81cm 32" high
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Fine, 18th Century, Italian, Carved & Gilded Pricket Candlestick Upcycled Into A Table Lamp, 31½” High
Finely carved with classical turnings and ornamentation, the gilding burnished...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Sconce Wall Brass Repousse Dutch Fruit Grapes Cresting
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Exceptionally rare museum piece retaining the upper cresting
Lovely repousse in deep relief with fruit, grapes and berries suggesting this was made for a dining room
The hand holdi...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Murano Lamps w/ Parchment Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of authentic vintage Pink Murano Glass lamps with silver specs throughout. The shades are crowned with hand painted parchment shades...
Category
Early 20th Century Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Lamp Table Candlestick Gilded Italian Triform Height to Top of Fitting
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Top with original fluted metal drip pan. Border of carved lappets below the wooden top. The base with baluster, mushroom and fluting turnings ornamented w...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Elegant Antique Table Lamp in Bronze, 1900
Located in Tilburg, NL
Elegant antique table lamp, late 19th century / early 20th century.
Very decorative and elegant antique table lamp. Rich and classic in desig...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
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
Set of Four Baroque Style Gilt-Bronze Wall Lights by Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
Set of four Baroque style gilt-bronze wall lights by Picard
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 64cm, width 53cm, depth 27cm
By Picard, Henri (French, fl. 1831-1864), and each...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Original Maria Theresien Style Crystal Glass and Brass Chandelier, 1920s
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant glass-chandelier with rich hanging.
Material used is forged iron gilded, crystal-glass.
All components according to the UL regulations.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
Pair of Italian Lanterns in Tuscan Copper with Ring Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Italian lanterns in tuscan copper with ring early 20th century.
Early 20th century.
These are handcrafted lanterns, hand made, absolutely not comparable with the classic im...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Copper
Wall Lamp with Antique Frieze in Gilded Wood
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/6993 - Wall lamp with antique frieze in gilded wood. Fan with dried flowers on papier-maché and on parchment - 3 bulbs.
On the wall it is a re...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
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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