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.
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Style: Baroque
1920's Caldwell Silver Plated Sconces with Lions
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1920's Caldwell doble light sconces with rampant lions on backplate
Category
1910s American Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
1930’s Spanish Gilt Sunburst Flush Mount Ceiling Light
Located in Hastings, GB
An early 20th century large Spanish iron sunburst, incredibly detailed with outstretched leaf décor to the centre, to the rear are 2 e14 (small screw in) bulb holders.
62cm Width,...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
Original Lobmeyr, Maria-Theresia Parlor Chandelier, circa 1920
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
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
Italian Baroque Style 19th Century Tole Hanging Lantern
Located in Sheffield, MA
Newly restored large and impressive size antique Italian baroque style gold gilded tole single light hanging lantern. The majestic Italian styling and proportions, makes this a perfect and striking accent in any room, a living room, dining room, conservatory, to a grand foyer. The metal lantern has been newly rewired for the US.
Search terms: antique French hanging lantern...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
A 24 Light 48 Inch Diameter Dutch Baroque Style 3 Tier Brass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A Dutch Baroque brass chandelier that features twenty four lights arranged across three graduated tiers. The scrolling arms and turned components are finely cast. The warm patina of ...
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1850s Danish Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
1920 Caldwell Silver Plated Sconces Waves Design
Located in New York, NY
pair of circa 1920's Caldwell silver plated bronze sconces with waves design, two lights
Category
1910s American Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Baroque Carved Giltwood Candlesticks Torchères Ivory Table Lamps
Located in Coimbra, PT
Pair of elegant Italian baroque carved giltwood candlesticks torchères turned into table lamps with ivory silk lampshades
Measures:
Height 24 in /60 cm
Diameter 14 in /36 cm
Weig...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Silk
Flush Mount Glass Light Fixture with Bronze Trim, Vintage
Located in Bastogne, BE
Beautiful Vintage Ceiling Wall Lamp.
Bronze And Glass Flush Mount Fixture
, Lighting Lamp.
A lamp is a light source that should be in every home.
This item of lighting is used in ...
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20th Century European Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Large Gold Water Gilded Wooden Chapel Sunburst Flush Light
Located in Hastings, GB
A very large and fabulous 1930s water gilded sunburst flush mount. Hand crafted wooden rays surround the single lamp holder to the centre, originally from a church in Germany this pi...
Category
1930s German Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
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
Classic Cherubin Lamp A. Santini Table Lamp Italy Fifties 57cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Vintage lamp, table lamp with lampshade, depicting an angel, putti or cherub, on a square black resin base, signed A. Santini (1910-1975), Italy 1950s.
Made from cast resin, or resi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Alabaster
Fifties Vintage Table Lamp Onyx Marble Brass Acanthus
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful vintage table lamp with matching vintage lampshade with special shape, the lamp base is made of onyx marble from Pakistan, decorated with brass intermediate pieces and very...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Baroque Lighting
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Brass
Monumental Banci Firenze Gold Murano Crystal Wall Light
Located in Hastings, GB
A truly astounding wall light of enormous proportions by the leading Italian Design House Banci Firenze, dating to the late 1970’s, this incredibly beautiful light is crafted in gilt...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
Austro-Hungarian Baroque Bronze Chandelier Original of the time
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Late 18th -early 19th century, wired for 18 lights, 3 rows, baluster-form patinated shaft with, end with double-headed eagle, Measures: height c. 98cm, diameter c. 70cm
Suitable for US.
Category
Early 1800s Austrian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
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 ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver
A Striking Brass Baroque Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
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
Category
Early 20th Century European Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Italian Baroque Candelabra Style Wall Sconce, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Discover opulence with this exquisite Antique Italian Baroque-style bronze candelabra wall sconce, now available for sale. This ornate p...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Set of 3 Gold Repousse Baroque Wall Sconces
Located in Hastings, GB
A rare set of 3 Brass Baroque repousse wall sconces
Original late 17th/ early 18th century large detailed Repoussé back plates designed with hi...
Category
Early 18th Century European Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
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.
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Venetian Floor Lamps Polychromed Wood
Located in Buxton, GB
Enhance your home's ambiance with these stunning Male and Female floor lamps! Beautifully crafted in Italy, these antique lamps are made of polychromed wood and feature a timeless d...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Wonderful French Vaseline Swirl Glass Polished Brass Pendant Lantern Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French Vaseline swirl glass & polished brass pendant lantern 3 candelabras light fixture
We are able to modify the height.
Category
20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Vintage Gilt Bronze Wall Sconce In Candelabra Design, France, 1960s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage Twin-Arm bronze wall lamp from France imitate classic candelabra, circa 1960s.
There is a mark on the sconce.
The design of the lighting fixture contains elements of the ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Baroque Style Giltwood Lantern with Carved Volutes and Textured Glass
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Baroque style giltwood lantern from the early 20th century, with volutes and textured glass. Created in France at the Turn of the Century, this lantern captures our attention with its golden tones and scrolling lines. Delicate volutes connect the upper section to the tapering body, while textured glass panel secure the socket. Adorned with carved rosettes and acanthus leaves, this Baroque style French giltwood lantern...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
Vintage Baroque Style Quilted Cristallo Murano Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
This handcrafted Cristallo Murano chandelier has five undulating scroll arms and features a bulbous center column with sprouting natural details, stylized here with daffodils and lea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
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
Pair of 19th Century Italian Gilt Tôle Rock Crystal Sconces
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of regal 19th century piedmont, Italy gilt Tôle rock crystal sconces. Each sconces has an iron frame wrapped in Tôle gilt Foliages with gilt floral bobeches that were originally...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Tôle
Silvered Solid Bronze Dutch Baroque Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Dutch, Baroque style, 6-arm chandelier created circa 1900, a beautifully crafted, solid bronze piece with an antique silver finish. Newly wired. Measures: 24.5” height x 25.5" diam...
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Lengthy Dutch Baroque 2-Tier Brass Scroll Candlestick Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A spacious, Dutch Baroque style, 10-arm, brass chandelier with lovely decorative scroll work and acanthus leaf accents under the bobeches, and a well proportioned, large bottom ball....
Category
1920s Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate, Metal
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
Venetian Baroque Gilt, Tole, and Glass Lantern Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
This Baroque lantern was made in Venice, Italy, during the 18th century, circa 1760, and features a gilded tole body covered in scrolls and floral design. The frosted glass center co...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron, Tin
18th Century Italian 6 Arm Silverleaf Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
This magnificent chandelier features six gracefully curved arms, each adorned with delicate details and a luxurious silver leaf finish. The silver leaf application, meticulously done...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver Leaf
IMPOSING CANDELABRO With Arms Whytt Family of Bennochy-Whyte-Melville 1860 19thC
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPOSING TABLE CENTER CANDELABRO With Arms of the Whytt family of Bennochy-Whyte-Melville 19th Century
Victorian with three lights, in silver English shell, with marks by Thomas Bra...
Category
19th Century English Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver
19th Century Italian Gilt Handwrought Iron Large Scale One Light Table Lamps
Located in Firenze, IT
This wonderful 19th Century Italian Renaissance style pair of large scale table lamps express the mastery of Florentine craftsmanship in the ancient art of working handwrought iron. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Renaissance 3 Lights Wall Lamp with Gold Finishing Brass and Fine Shade
Located in PADOVA, Italy
This classic wall lamp model is distinguished by a combination of sophisticated restraint, unique charm, chic beauty and luxury, combining french gol...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate, Gold, Bronze, Gold Leaf
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...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Italian Baroque Style Wall Lamp with Five Arms, Original Red Lampshades, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Baroque style wall lamp with five arms, original red lampshades, 1950s
Baroque style wall lamp composed of five arms with Baroque floral decorati...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Metal
Candlesticks English Spiral Oak Brass Brown 19th Century England
Located in New York, NY
Ljusstakar spiral English early 19th century oak. Brass candleholder.
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Oak
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
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
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
Category
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
Three 20th Century Moroccan Lanterns
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A set of three large Moroccan lanterns dating from the 1960's.
The lanterns have been rewired to current UK standards.
Category
1960s Moroccan Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
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
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
French Baroque Brass Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Louis XVI French brass chandelier crowned by a robust cherub figure at the top. Ornately chased two-tier figural chandelier with detailed center column and eighteen 'S' scrolled acanthus arms. Baroque base...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
19th C Italian Pair of Baroque Style Silver 2-Light Wall Sconces, Wired for US
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian pair of Baroque style silver plated, two-light wall sconces from the 19th century. These antique wall lights from Italy each feature sha...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate
Italian Gilt Iron Three-Arm Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century Italian chandelier made of gilded wrought iron having three wired arms with twisted and scrolling candelabras holding waxed candle sleeves enclosed by glass chimney hurr...
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Italian 18th century Baroque Period Mecca and Iron chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most unique Italian 18th century Baroque Period Mecca and Iron chandelier. This wonderfully decorative chandelier is centered by an inverted hand carved Mecca ball fin...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
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 ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Edward F Caldwell Gilt and Patinated Bronze Lamps with Putti and Green Marble
Located in New York, NY
Large pair of Edward F Caldwell & co patinated and gilt bronze table lamps with fluted green marble bases. The bodies of the lamps are in the shape of two beautifully round Putti hoi...
Category
19th Century Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Wonderful Pair of Two-Light Silvered Bronze Figural Trumpets Caldwell Sconces
Located in Roslyn, NY
These two-arm sconces have soft scrolls accenting the pair of softly aged silvered bronze lady figures playing their trumpets.
Attributed to Caldwell
Me...
Category
1930s French Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Brass Wall Lights with Opaline Glass Globes, National Gallery Praque
Located in Almelo, NL
Monumental brass wall lights with opaline glass globes from the National Gallery Praque.
Monumental and chic design set of 16 chandeliers with high quality brass fixture and luxur...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Mid-19th Century Italian Carved Polychrome and Gilt Candle Holder Floor Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Standing at 6 feet tall, this antique torchere was crafted in Italy, circa 1860. The elegant candle holder stands on a wide triangular base ending with bun feet over a tripod bottom ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
Florentine Carved Giltwood Hanging Lantern
Located in London, GB
A Florentine carved giltwood tapering hanging lantern in the Baroque manner, each corner supported by figures, with an acorn finial and cupula domed canopy. The interior painted blue.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Palatial Light Fixture in Copper, Brass and Iron with Silk Dome Shade
Located in Manhasset, NY
7 Foot High Hollywood Regency Light Fixture in Copper, Brass and Iron with Silk Dome Shade. This fine designer large and impressive cha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Baroque Lighting
Materials
Copper
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.