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 Italian Carved & Gilt Wood Candle Wall Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Great looking pair of Italian Guild Wood hand carved two candlelight wall sconces.
The candles holders are gilt metal, some loss to the building.
Please see large photos for details....
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
$680 Sale Price / set
28% Off
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
$650 Sale Price
31% Off
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
$3,400 / set
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
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
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Duo de lampes Nubiens en céramique polychrome JP créations Francais Vintage
Located in London, England
Lampe de table Nubiens portant une torche .
En bonne état à signaler des éclats sur un des deux et un fêle, les défaut sont tous sur les photos .
Category
Mid-20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
$304 Sale Price
37% Off
French Baroque Style Wrought Iron 3-Light Chandelier, 1st half 20th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
With three strands of original chain hanging from a large wring, the circular frame of twisted iron issuing three serpentine form arms
Category
1940s French Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Spectacular Murano "Stalactite" Chandelier Attributed to Barovier - Italy 1940.
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare and spectacular Murano " Stalactite" six light chandelier.
Attributed to Barovier- Murano.
Circa 1940.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Harp Shaped Iron Sconces in Blackened Rust
Located in Doylestown, PA
Pair of gorgeous Italian hand wrought iron sconces with a blackened rust finish.
Crafted in early 2000s but have never been used as they were floor samples in an upscale lighting bo...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
Monumental 19th Century Italian Giltwood Chandelier (64 Inches H, 46 Inches D)
Located in Houston, TX
Monumental 19th century Italian giltwood chandelier. This stunning magnificent large scale Italian gilt wood six light Baroque style chandelier from Tuscany has fabulous patina and has been newly wired with new sockets for the U.S. market including extra lead wire. Measures: 64" H, 46" D.
A statement...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
$12,450 Sale Price
26% Off
Spun Brass Eight Arm Two-Tone Reflector Chandelier
Located in Greenwich, CT
A brass chandelier having a boldly turned spun brass body with eight scrolled brass spurred arms featuring attractive two-tone coloring to the arms and punched decoration to the spurs and wide diameter spun brass bobeches, below a layer of eight dramatic rose-head candle reflectors...
Category
1880s Dutch Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Antique Gilded Wall Sconces
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Wall sconces featuring an ornate gilded finish with beautifully detailed female or male figurines at the center. Each sconce holds two candlestick lights with petal-shaped ho...
Category
20th Century European Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
$3,000 / item
Venetian Baroque Gilt, Tole, and Glass Lantern Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
This Baroque lantern was made in Venice, Italy, and features a gilded tole body covered in scrolls and floral design. The frosted glass center contains Venetian blown glass rods and...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron, Tin
Dutch Baroque Colonial Style Brass & Opaline Glass Two-Tier 12-Light Chandelier
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous vintage French Art Deco and Deutsch style chandelier white opal glass, 12-light/ brass gold and bronze color with age patina
12-li...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
20th Century Pair of Two Lights Baroque Bronze Sconces with Bronze Lampshades
Located in Miami, FL
20th century pair of two lights baroque bronze sconces with bronze lampshades.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,500 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Gilded Electrified Candlestick Lamps Signed by Sterling Bronze Co. Circa 1910s
Located in New York, NY
ATL1836
A pair of single light gilt bronze electrified candlesticks having crystal bobeches dressed with spear and rosette prisms. Signed by t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze
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
Early 20th Century Baroque Silver Plate Table Lamp by E. F. Caldwell, Circa 1910
Located in New York, NY
ATL1928
A foliate detailed table lamp in its original age-worn silver plate over copper and brass finish. Attributed to the New York maker E. F. Caldwell, circa 1910s.
Dimensions:
O...
Category
Early 20th Century American Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass, Copper
Pair of Early 20th Century French Rock Crystal Wall Sconces
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Early 20th Century Rock Crystal Wall Sconces. Each with five candle arms in gilded iron. All elements are the original Rock Crystal including the central carved Fleur de Li...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Wrought Iron
Pair Of Brown Wrought Iron Table Lamps With Shades
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of brown patinated wrought iron table lamp with acanthus leaf decorated scrolls, covered in linen hard back shades. The lamps have go...
Category
20th Century Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
Maria Theresa Crystal Chandelier, Austria, 1900s, Restored
Located in Praha, CZ
Early 20th Century Maria Theresa style chandelier in perfect condition.
Made in Austria, circa 1900
Carefully restored, disassembled, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
$2,630 Sale Price
20% Off
1960’s Baroque Italian pair of Sconces
Located in Miami, FL
1960’s Baroque Italian pair of Sconces.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
$2,680 / set
Large Italian Baroque Style 3-Arm Giltwood and Iron Wall Sconce-Now Electrified
Located in San Francisco, CA
with ribbon crest above a circular backplate emanating 3 scrolled iron candlearms; all over a knotted ribbon ending in tassels.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
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 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
Silk, Wood, Giltwood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Baroque Style Finials
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of 18th Century Italian decorative wooden finials. Baroque style with original paint.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood, Paint
Elegant 1940s Pair of Italian Mirrored Girandoles oil gilded hand carved wood
Located in London, GB
We are presenting for sales a stunning pair of Italian 1940s hand carved, oil gilded mirror Girandole wall sconces in the Baroque style.
These beautiful deep carved sconces have a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
$1,074 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Vintage Traditional Baroque Style Floral Gold Infused Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
This handcrafted gold-infused cristallo Murano floral chandelier has six scroll arms with tri-lobed cups, with fin-like spines on the curve of...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Set Of 3 Gilded Wood Candlesticks, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Set of 3 gilded wooden candlesticks: these candelabras are gilded only on the front, because they were presented from the front and the back was not supposed to be seen.
With iron ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
$3,586 / set
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
Antique 18th Century Wall Candle Sconces Appliques Brass Moulded Hammered Cast
Located in Munich, DE
These fine wall candle sconces have been handcrafted in the first half of the 18th century out of brass. The appliques have been hammered and chased o...
Category
1730s French Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
Ferdinand Gervais Pair Of Dore` Bronze Candle Sticks Mounted As Lamps
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An impressive and rare pair of antique dore bronze candlesticks mounted as lamps. The candlesticks with beautifully cast scrolls, florals, shells and foliate motifs in the rococo sty...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Wonderful Pair Caldwell Silvered Bronze Nickel Tassel Regency Baroque Sconces
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of E.F Caldwell Style Silvered Bronze / Nickel With Tassel Bottom Regency / Baroque Design Two Rewired Candelabra Sconces
Category
20th Century Baroque Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
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 chande...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Pair Of 18th Century Italian Silver Giltwood Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
Pair Of 18th Century Italian Silver Giltwood Lamps.
Stunning pair of 18th century Italian Neoclassical style silver gilt wood urns with handles converted into table lamps. These chic...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Italian Giltwood Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian giltwood lamp.
Stunning tall 19th century Italian gilt wood candlestick or pricket that was converted into a table lamp. Thi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Lantern Holders Lombardy early 18th century
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of lantern holders with iron frame and carved and gilded wooden body. An expression of the fully Baroque taste, the arms are moved in an "S" shape, while the wooden essence is c...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Iron
2 Italian Rococo Style Carved Oak Chandeliers
Located in Queens, NY
2 Italian Rococo style (19th Century) large carved oak chandeliers with 10 scroll arms emanating from a carved center post with carved tassel trim. (PRICED EACH)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Oak
$55,000 / item
Custom Hand Carved Giltwood Eight-Arm Chandelier in the Baroque Manner
Located in New York, NY
An exquisitely hand carved giltwood eight-arm chandelier in the baroque manner. Please note that this piece is customizable. Lead time is 8-10 weeks.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Antique Italian 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
Maria Thereza Style Six Arms Glass Chandelier, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
Beautiful and stately chandelier with glass frame, molded glass structure, six arms, crystal and glass pendant, gilded metal armature and six light points in the style of Maria There...
Category
20th Century French Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
$4,100 Sale Price
37% Off
18th Century Italian Giltwood & Iron Single Arm Wall Sconce
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian, 18th century.
A good quality antique carved and water gilded single arm sconce. Featuring a Rococo and Renaissance Revival style - the sconce has a single hand forged wroug...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Sicilian polychrome earthenware chandelier or pendant bowl, early 20th century
Located in Lyon, FR
Beautiful and rare pendant bowl from the early 20th century, made in Sicily, usually set in the entrance of a house, it used to be installed with sconces that would reveal the beauty...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Metal
Monumental Crystal Starburst Sconce
Located in New York, NY
Custom monumental crystal starburst sconce in nickel finish. Customization is available in different sizes and finishes.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Baroque Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Nickel, Metal
$7,800 / item
Large Modern Baroque Style Cristallino Bullicante and Blue Trim Murano
Located in Chicago, IL
Experience the historical grandeur of this Baroque-inspired modern interpretation Murano chandelier, featuring six gracefully scrolling arms, each adorned with generously sized cups ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass
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
Early 20th C Italian Wood Sconces
Located in Charleston, SC
This pair of wooden sconces were made in Italy in the early-20th century, circa 1910. These sconces feature two arms displaying intricate carvin...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Wood
$1,850 / set
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
$5,280 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Antique Darkened Cast Brass Sconces with Urn Form Backplates, Circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
AIS2796
A pair of darkened brass double light sconces with urn form backplates and slender S-curving arms.
Dimensions:
Overall: 11" h. x 9-1/2" w. x 5-1/2" d.
Backplate: 7-3/4" h. x...
Category
Early 20th Century American Baroque Lighting
Materials
Brass
A pair of Vintage Italian White Raised Grapes and Vines Signed Lamps
Located in Charleston, SC
These lamps are just gorgeous! With an urn shape and a grape leaves relief. The body is highly textured and the base and neck are very smooth. They are signed “Greenspan” on the bott...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Lighting
Materials
Metal
$824 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
Spanish Gold Iron Baroque Wall Light, 1950's
Located in Hastings, GB
Spanish Baroque wall light, in forged gilt Iron, with applied leaf detailing, dating from the 1950's.
Measures: Height 54cm x width 28cm x depth 14cm (rose 7cm).
Category
1950s Spanish 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
Silk, Wood, Giltwood
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
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
$3,280 Sale Price / set
28% Off
Pair Of 18th Century Italian Giltwood Lamps
Located in Kent, Dover
A pair of XVIII Century Italian carved and gilded candlestick lamps, with brown silk cord and switches.
Category
1790s Italian Antique Baroque Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
$2,471 / set
Florentine Carved Giltwood Hanging Lantern
Located in Kent, Dover
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
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
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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