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.
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...
Silver Plate, Metal
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...
Brass
$1,950Sale Price|44% Off
Unique Light Sphere with Hand Molded Brass / Crystal glass Sertissage
Located in Bronx, NY
Large faceted crystal glass and ruby glass globe with sertissage in brass with a tooled detailed brass finial and mounting plate. Eastern European design.
Crystal, Brass
19th Century Set of Four Wall Sconces Bronze Electrified France
Located in Epfach, DE
You can see an bautifully crafted set of four identical bronze sconces in an heavy quality. The candlesticks were electrified and were originally intended for candles, The glass cy...
Bronze
Vintage Hand Painted Ceramic and Bordeaux Velvet Table Lamp
Located in Manzano, IT
Imposing table lamp, an authentic piece of vintage 1960s craftsmanship, characterized by timeless elegance. Ideal for those who love Shabby Chic, Classic or the eclecticism of retro...
Bronze
Bronze Lantern, French, XX th
Located in Nice, FR
Bronze lantern, 4 lights, period curved glass, French work dated 1920. It can be put in an entrance of a house or elsewhere. It is in working order, it works at the electricity level...
Bronze
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...
Bronze, Gold Leaf
$2,260Sale Price|20% Off
Gilded Wood Wall Lamp, Antique Frieze, Baroque Style, Italy, 1990
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...
Wood
$2,240Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of 19th Century Baroque Style Pricket Table Lamps, Italian Circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly decorative & robust pair of 19th century hand-carved & painted Italian Baroque style pricket / torchère table lamps, previously as candles...
Wood, Paint
Early 20th c. Iron and Rock Crystal Six Light Chandelier
Located in Hudson, NY
This interesting and decorative light fixture made in the great decades of silent films and the first motor cars shows many fine features. The iron is forged and worked in the fashio...
Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal, Iron
$1,500Sale Price / set|20% Off
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.
Bronze
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...
Giltwood, Paint
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...
Brass
Palatial Light Fixture in Copper, Brass and Iron with Silk Dome Shade
Located in Stamford, CT
7 Foot High Hollywood Regency Light Fixture in Copper, Brass and Iron with Silk Dome Shade. This fine designer large and impressive cha...
Copper
Baroque Floor Lamps, Italian Wooden Floor Lamps, White Lacquer, 1750
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of carved white lacquered and partially gilded cirmol wood lamp stands, supported by a cylindrical rod. Composed of large opposing "C"-shaped volutes, they are carved with curls...
Wood
Italian 19th century Baroque st. Faux marble, Giltwood, and Iron chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large scale and elegantly detailed Italian 19th century Baroque st. Faux Painted marble, Giltwood, and Wrought Iron chandelier. This stately sixteen arm sixteen light chandelier is...
Wrought Iron
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...
Brass
A Pair of Very Large Rococo Heavy Brass Twin Wall Lights
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Very Large Rococo Heavy Brass Twin Wall Lights This is a very attractive pair of lights they are very heavy and decorative each of the light fittings has2 sconces The li...
Brass
$1,500Sale Price / set|46% Off
Antique Italian Maria Theresa Baroque Style Cut Glass 3 Candle Sconce Pair, 1910
Located in Encinitas, CA
Antique Italian Maria Theresa Baroque style pair of delicate Venetian sconces with 3 candles on glass cups, burnished gold metal fixture, and cut glass pendants and beaded swags, cir...
Iron
Cast iron table lamp with decorative shade in Baroque style, 20th century
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Cast iron table lamp with decorative shade in Baroque style, 20th century
Bronze
Large Torch Holder Portuguese, 19th Century H. 141cm
Located in Madrid, ES
Large Torch Holder Portuguese, 19th century, carved, painted and gilded wood. Electrified. Dimensions: (Height) 141 cm Good original period condition
Wood
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...
Wood
Italian 19th Century Baroque Giltwood Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and extremely decorative early 19th century Italian Baroque giltwood chandelier. The chandelier with three different levels ...
Giltwood
Bronze Candle Holders Pair, 20th Century, after Antique Models
Located in Madrid, ES
Two bronze candlesticks. Twentieth century. Two practically equal bronze candlesticks with a triangular base on legs (these with vegetal elements finished in claws holding balls) ...
Bronze
Very Fine and Elegant Baroque Style Iron Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine and elegant Baroque style iron chandelier, France, circa 1900. Dimensions: Height 32" x Diameter 25" NI950.
Iron
IMPOSING CANDELABRO With Arms Whytt Family of Bennochy-Whyte-Melville 1860 19thC
By Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd.
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...
Silver
Lamps Table Pair Candlesticks Silver Gilt 17th Century Baroque Italian 29" high
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Fine pair of late 17th century, Italian, carved & gilded pricket candlesticks upcycled into table lamps, 29” high Finely carved with classical turnings and ornamentation of the Baro...
Beech
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.
Silver Leaf
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.
Crystal, Bronze
Large Italian Patinated Bronze Chandeliers late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Large Italian Patinated Bronze candelabra late 19th Century Stem with child Bacchus in the round surrounded by gilded bronze vine leaves Some lacks, sma...
Bronze
$13,500
Silvered Tole Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand pounded and cut silvered tole, 12 light chandelier from the area of Florence. Floral and foliate decoration with wax candle sleeves. Wired for US.
Tin
$23,547 / set
Rare Portuguese Pair of Bag Chandelier 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and rare pair of bag chandelier. Lighting Category. Portuguese from the end of the 18th century. in crystal with pendants. Structure in metal and glass painted in sha...
Crystal
Antique Baroque Style Glass and Gilt Bronze Lantern
Located in London, GB
Antique Baroque style glass and gilt bronze lantern French, 19th century Dimensions: Height 82cm, diameter 44cm ...
Ormolu
$12,500 / set
19th Century Patinated Bronze Figural Lamps, a Pair
Located in Sarasota, FL
An impressive pair of 19th Century patinated bronze figural lamps originally from a jewelry store in New York city. One sculpture is from the workshops of Saint Petersburg after the ...
Bronze
Lamp, Table, Sculpture, Oak, Mother & Child, Naïve, Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A Mother & Child, Naïve, Baroque, oak, sculpture, upcycled into a 25” high, table lamp - Unusual statement & conversation piece; introducing an enduring classic theme into the int...
Oak
$4,968 / set
PAIR OF IMPORTANT 17th Century VENETIAN TORCHERS
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF IMPORTANT 17th Century VENETIAN TORCHERS in painted iron, enriched with polychrome iron leaves and flowers by 17th century Venetian craftsme...
Iron
An Italian late 18th century Baroque st. patinated and Giltwood lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most elegant Italian late 18th century Baroque st. patinated and Giltwood lamp. This impressive floor lamp is raised on a triangular base atop paw feet and decorate...
Giltwood
Monumental 19th Century French Bronze Chandelier
Located in London, GB
19th French bronze chandelier of palatial proportions and exquisite quality. This magnificent 30-light chandelier has a pierced domed corona supported by five beautifully cast solid bronze male caryatid supports, above scrolled acanthus tiers each with two branches with dished foliate drip pans and baluster nozzles, a spreading body joined at the base by a pierced guilloche ring...
Bronze
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 ...
Brass
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Bras De Lumière Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and finely carved pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. Bras de Lumières. The pierced back plate is decorated with scrolled acanthus l...
Giltwood
pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. patinated Wood and Giltwood sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and large scale pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. patinated Wood and Giltwood sconces. Each intricately detailed Bras de Lumière sconce is supported on a wonderfull...
Wood, Giltwood
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...
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.
Iron
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...
Wrought Iron
Hand-Carved Tuscan Table Lamp, Wood with Fruit Motif, 1986, 59 cm Tall
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...
Wood
Large French Chandelier in antique Barock Style for a Castle or Villa
Located in Berlin, DE
High pear-shaped body. Multi-curved Korbgestänge. In the center ascending, multiple articulated baluster-shaped glass shaft with multiple crowning. Brass, chased. Twelve outboard fla...
Brass
Victorian Gilt Five Branch Chandelier
Located in London, GB
A Victorian gilt bronze five branch chandelier, the scrolling swan neck arms surround a fluted baluster stem. Its compact size makes it really diver...
Brass
Baroque Dutch Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
Baroque Dutch style in gilt bronze by Gherardo Degli Albizzi. As a faithful replica, it features different ball-shaped elements. The sconce ends with a...
Bronze
20th Century French Baroque Style D'appliques Wall Lights, 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 ...
Rock Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Fine Pair of 19th Century Cherub Candelabra on Porphyry Bases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century bronze and gilded ormolu three branch candelabra, one modeled as a bacchanalian satyr, the other a putto, out stretched arms holding three br...
Porphyry, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Giltwood Lanterns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most decorative pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. giltwood lanterns. Each octagonal lantern is centered by a beautiful bottom foliate finial with a fine ball. A...
Glass, Giltwood
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque St. Giltwood Bras De Lumière Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scale pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. giltwood bras de lumière sconces. Each sconce is centered by an elegant oblong b...
Giltwood
Pair of Early 19th Italian Carved Polychrome and Gilt Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and monumentally scaled pair of Italian early 19th century Baroque st. polychrome and giltwood sconces. Each impressive sconce is centered by a richly carved pierced botto...
Giltwood
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque Period Patinated and Giltwood Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive true pair of Italian 18th century Baroque period patinated and giltwood sconces. Each sconce is centered by a beautiful and most decorative backplate w...
Wood, Giltwood
Stand Lamp from the Castle Hotel in Berlin, by the Designer Karl Lagerfeld
Located in Berlin, DE
This lamp stand from the castle hotel in Berlin. The entire facility was designed by designer Karl Lagerfeld. The hotel has now been bought by the fashion designer Patrick Hellmann.
Wood
Original Old Barock Style Chandelier, circa 1890
Located in Berlin, DE
Finely chiselled gilded bronze. Multi-sectioned, ornamental relief ball bearing stem. Outgoing nine curved luminaries, ending in vase-shaped spouts over s...
Brass
"Mild Steel Leaf Floor Lamp with Antique Gold Finish and Beige Linen Shade"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mild Steel Leaf Floor Lamp with Antique Gold Finish, Pull Chain Double Sockets, Recommend 60 Watts Light Bulb Each Socket, Beige Linen Shade Included
Brass, Steel, Wire
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...
Wrought Iron
Handwrought Iron Pricket Stick Now as Lamp with Crenulated Bobeche
Located in Stamford, CT
A crenalated pricket stick now updated as a floor lamp.
Iron
early 18th century Louis Baroque Period Giltwood, Iron and Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A decorative and most elegant Italian early 18th century Louis Baroque Period Giltwood, Iron and Crystal chandelier. This impressive eight arm chandelier is centered at the bottom by...
Crystal, Iron