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.
Impressive Ebonized Flemish Ripple Moulded Baroque Mirror
Located in Jesteburg, DE
Impressive ebonized Flemish Baroque period mirror with old glass in a ripple or flame moulded frame. Good quality piece that has a great visual impact. Perfect in a modern or tradit...
Softwood
Simple but elegant 18th century Italian molded mirror with mercury glass
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A very charming 18th century Italian molded mirror with old, possibly original, spotty mercury glass. Beautiful patina and character. Due to their timeless appeal, these mirrors wo...
Nutwood
$2,553Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Gold Leaf Gilt Rectangular Mirror
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful rectangular golden mirror is made in France, circa 1870. The frame is decorated with highly detailed baroque ornaments such ...
Gold Leaf
Carved and gilded wooden mantelpiece – Northern Italy, late 17th / early 18th century
Located in Vicenza, IT
An important wooden mantelpiece, finely carved and gilded with gold leaf, made in northern Italy between the late 17th and early 18th centuries.The piece, with its striking decorativ...
Gold Leaf
Large Classic Wooden Mirror, Rococo Style Chinoiserie, 124 cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
An impressive, large, classic mirror in Rococo or Baroque style, featuring Chinoiserie influences along the sides in the form of temple lions or mythical figures; the frame is crafte...
Wood
$4,409Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Baroque Giltwood Mirror with Putti or Cherubs in Crest
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful Baroque golden mirror is made in France, circa 1850. The frame has an arched top and is enriched with intricate decorations. The mirror has an ornate crest with a ce...
Gold Leaf
Baroque black large oak mantel or fireplace mirror, France ca. 1850
Located in Meulebeke, BE
An extra large baroque or rococo fireplace mirror crafted in france around 1850. This stunning mirror has a sleek black frame with embossed floral motifs and nice thick layers of lac...
Mirror, Oak
Large Italian Baroque Overmantel Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine early 18th century Italian gessoed and painted baroque overmantel mirror, possibly Florentine, the foliate and fruit carved frame with central cartouche depicting a rampant...
Wood
$980Sale Price|30% Off
Maitland Smith Victorian Revival Baroque Rococo Style Over Mantel Wall Mirror
Located in Dayton, OH
A stately Baroque Rococo style wall hanging mirror by Maitland Smith, circa last quarter 20th century. Made from walnut with a rattan backing and ornate low relief painted embellish...
Rattan, Mirror, Walnut
Early Antique French Carved Oval Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
Unusual early French carved wood mirror.
Wood
Fine and Important Pair of Polychrome Decorated Giltwood Mirrors
Located in London, GB
Each with a rectangular plate within a stiff leaf, entwined vine and fleur de lis carved surround, the cresting centred by an armorial shield for the Thorold baronets surmounted by a plummed helmet, flanked by trellis with flower-filled vase finials above scrolling vines and floral garlands, labelled to the reverse 'Proveniente della famiglia Dona dalle Rose,' with traces of original blue and white decoration; the mirrors originally conceived as picture frames. Provenance: The Thorold baronets, probably Sir Nathaniel Thorold, 1st Baronet (d.1764) The Dona dalle Rose family...
Mirror, Giltwood
French Baroque Giltwood Wall Mirror Gilded Mirror c1870s H35.5"
Located in High Peak, GB
K0516 Superb Baroque revival 19th century giltwood wall mirror, having beautifully aged glass ( with some silvering graduation and other imperfections) in finely carved gilded frame ...
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century French Baroque Giltwood Mirror with Floral Carvings
Located in Savannah, GA
French Baroque style giltwood mirror with elaborately carved floral decoration crowned with a basket of flowers on a pedestal boasting fanciful scroll-work. Original distressed glass...
Mirror, Giltwood
Italian Baroque Style Giltwood Blue and Engraved Glass Mirror
Located in Berlin, DE
An Italian Baroque style mirror, the rectangular mirror plate set within a giltwood and facetted glass border and a further blue-glass and mirror glass border displaying arabesque ornaments painted in polychrome oil paint. The whole flanked by a scrolling foliate border and surmounted by a shaped giltwood, blue-glass and engraved panel cresting. The engraving depicts a Doge's coat of arms with the 'Corno Ducale', the ducal hat which symbolised the Doge's office. This mirror has been designed by incorporating not only Murano stained glass...
Murano Glass, Giltwood, Mirror
19th Century Gilt Carved Wood Mirror
Located in London, GB
19th Century Gilt Carved Wood Mirror A rare and striking 19th-century English gilt-wood over-mantel mirror, hand-carved with exquisite shell and foliage detailing. This large stateme...
Wood
Continental Baroque Gilt Mirror w/Beautiful Pierce-Carved Crest, Late 18th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Continental Baroque style wood carved and gilt mirror from the turn of the 18th and 19th century. This antique wall mirror from Europe has a rectangular-shaped mirror, with beautif...
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Ebonized Flemish and Cut-Glass Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
A Flemish ebonized and carved Baroque style mirror. Mirror having cut-glass and gilt star mounts.
Wood
19th C. Renaissance Style Overmantle Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
Impressive monumental scale antique Italian rectangular mantel or fireplace mirror. The piece has two bold pillars with highly detailed carved molding all the way around. The Italian...
Wood
gold baroque framed distressed mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
The baroque style mirror will make a wonderful wall decoration in the most modern or period style decor. Wonderful as a mantle mirror, hallway or dresser mirror. If the size is righ...
Gold
Hand Carved, Baroque Style Mirror, Gilt in 23.75-Karat Gold by La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Hand carved Baroque style mirror with exceptional detailing, finished in hand applied 23.75-karat gold leaf. We have 2 available.
Gold Leaf
$4,500
French Giltwood Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
19th Century rectangular French mirror with gesso gilt wood and undulating rope design. Original mirror. Use the mirror vertically or horizo...
Gold
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Venetian Cobalt Framed Mirror
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very desirable large Venetian Baroque style mirror that is framed in a deep cobalt blue glass and detailed with floral etched panels. The mirror is in very good original co...
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Baroque Mirror, France, 18th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique Baroque mirror, France, 1700-1720. Rectangular mirror with beautifully wood carved frame decorated with acanthus leave decor, crowned by a cherub head. In good, vintage condit...
Giltwood
Italy Mid-18th Century Baroque Mirror with Carved Giltwood Frame
Located in Brescia, IT
This a gorgeous mirrors in a golden wood frame with engraved fruits and flowers, full of details. It is visible a red color, where the gold is fading, that is the basis color used in...
Mirror, Wood
Large 17th Venetian Mirror
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This exceptional mirror presents an undulating openworked frame showing a flower, waterleaf and scroll decor. The frame is topped by a large pediment...
Wood
Italy Early 18th Century Barocco Giltwood and Carved Fireplace Mirror
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a magnificent gilded, sculpted and carved wall mirrors. This elegant wall mirrors hails from the Early 18th Century, from Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. The mirror showcases exquisit...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Italian Baroque Ebonized Walnut Frame with Mercury Glass, Circa 1680
Located in New York, NY
Northern Italian Baroque ebonized walnut guilloché frame, inset with old mercury glass. A bold and dramatic sculptural statement piece for any interior...
Walnut
An Ornate Florentine 19th Century Baroque Style Giltwood Carved Mirror Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine ornate Italian 19th century Baroque style Florentine giltwood carved figural mirror frame, with carvings of allegorical masks on each corner, Florence, circa 1880. (Note: Th...
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 18th Century Spanish Baroque Gilt Wood and Polychrome Mirror
Located in Troy, NY
A very decorative gilt wood mirror frame, adorned with painted putti to the left and right, a putti head to the center top and monogram initials "AM" at the bottom center. Vigorously...
Giltwood, Glass
$3,400Sale Price|38% Off
Early 19th Century Antique Italian Baroque Style Gold Gilt Oval Vertical Mirror
Located in Encinitas, CA
Early 19th Century Antique Italian Baroque Style Gold Gilt Oval Vertical Mirror. Lovely oval niche shape gold mirror with hand carved detail. "Bolo" gold leaf process. Original mer...
Giltwood
$7,425
French Gilt Oval Mirror
Located in GB
Decorative French giltwood mirror with floral carvings and elaborate cresting with three plumes at the top formed from scrolls and foliage. The oval glass is bevelled with gilt beadi...
Giltwood
A Large and Boldly Carved Spanish Parcel Gilt and Ebonised Over Mantel Mirror
Located in London, GB
A fine and boldly carved Spanish parcel gilt and ebonised over mantle Baroque style mirror. The tall carver and pierced crest is profusely carved with acanthus and floral decoration ...
Giltwood