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.
Antique Venetian Etched Glass Octagonal Cushion Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
octagonal beveled central plate within a clear glass cushion frame featuring reverse-etched floral and foliate sprays all held in place by applied rosettes and shaped elements
Mirror
Monumental Dauphine Harrison & Gil Carved Baroque Overmantel Mirror 64"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage ornate Dauphine Harrison & Gil mantel / vanity mirror featuring ornate high relief carvings of foliate and fruit. Dimensions: 44" x 64" x 5"
Glass, Mirror, Hardwood
Dennis & Leen Baroque Carved New York Spanish Mirror
Located in Rio Vista, CA
An opulent and rare hand-carved wall mirror designed by Dennis and Leen Hollywood, CA. Known as the "New York Spanish Mirror", the mirror has been brilliantly carved in the baroque t...
Mirror, Wood
$3,462Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Giltwood Starburst Sunburst Mirrors, Small Scale, Spanish Baroque
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of Spanish Baroque Style Giltwood Starburst / Sunburst Mirrors , 1940s-1950s Eye-catching Baroque style small sized giltwood sunburst mirrors with gold leaf finish. These gorge...
Gold Leaf
Gilt Plaster Wall Mirror in Baroque Style, Mid-20th Century
Located in BÉTERA, ES
This decorative wall mirror is crafted in molded plaster and finished with a gilt surface, designed in the Baroque style. The frame features richly sculpted scrolls, foliage, and she...
Gold Leaf
Sunburst Starburst Mirror in Giltwood, Small Scale, Spanish Baroque
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Baroque Style Giltwood Sunburst Mirror , 1940s-1950s Lovely Baroque style small sized giltwood sunburst mirror with gold leaf finish. This gorgeous mini size sunburst mirror...
Gold Leaf
Spanish Baroque Carved Mini Sized Sunburst Mirror, Gold Leaf, Giltwood
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Spanish Baroque carved giltwood sunburst miniature mirror with crest. Spain, 19th century- Early 20th century. This lovely collection mirror has a carved frame covered with g...
Gold Leaf
Vintage Italian Baroque Rococo Style Acanthus Foliate Over Mantel Wall Mirror
Located in Dayton, OH
A large and impressive Italian Baroque Mirror. Features beautiful flowing acanthus leaf foliate detail. Features a two tone gold finish. Marked made in Italy along the backside. ...
Mirror, Hardwood
Italian Florentine Baroque Gold Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in Elkhart, IN
An Italian Rococo–style giltwood wall mirror, richly carved with scrolling acanthus and shell motifs that give the piece its fluid, sculptural form. The warm gilt finish catches the ...
Mirror, Giltwood
Etched And Beveled Venetian Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
Etched And Beveled Venetian Mirror. Offered is a lovely vintage beveled Venetian mirror with an interesting scalloped etched design of applied sections of mirror. Our Venetian mirror...
Mirror
Small patinated mirror, gilded metal and wood, France, 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Small decorative mirror in gilt metal and wood, made in France in the 1970s. Its frame, richly decorated with raised floral and plant motifs, evokes a classic aesthetic reinterpreted...
Metal
$351Sale Price|20% Off
French Gold Leaf Gilded Crested Mirror Baroque Style Facet 84cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
French classic mirror, a gold-leaf, crested mirror in a Baroque style. This mirror features a beautiful faceted mirror plate and dates from around the mid-20th century. This high-qu...
Gold Leaf
19th Century English Baroque Gilt Floral Wall Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A LOVELY 19 century English Baroque Gilt Floral Wall Mirror. English, circa 1840. In classic ‘Baroque’ style with scrolling acanthu...
Gesso, Giltwood
Italian Hollywood Regency Rococo Gilt Ceramic Wall Mirror Frame
By Capodimonte
Located in Paris, FR
Italian wall mirror frame in molded ceramic with brilliant gilt-lustre overglaze, attributed to a Capodimonte workshop. A Rococo Revival cartouche : C-scrolls, acanthus and shell flo...
Earthenware
A 19th Century French Tall Gold Gilt Antique Mirror
Located in London, GB
A tall and slim gold gilt mirror with delicately decorated frame and ribbon tied crest. Can be either wall mounted or floor standing. The foliate and laurel leaf carving is fine and ...
Mirror, Giltwood
$1,394Sale Price|20% Off
Specchio da parete in legno dorato in stile Barocco inizio xx secolo
Located in None, IT
Wall mirror with double frame, gilt and carved wood, Baroque style, early 20th century. CONDITION: In good condition, with signs of wear due to time. SIZING: Altezza 158 cm; Larghe...
Glass, Wood
17th Century Italian Ebonised Ripple Framed Mirror
Located in London, GB
Wonderful 17th Century Italian ebonised Guilloché mirror with carved ripple moulding. Luigi XIV, Piedmont. The rectangular plate within a cushion frame of convex and carved ripple m...
Walnut
Early 20th Spanish Black Forest Carved Mirror with Floral Motif
Located in Miami, FL
This 20th century French mirror is set within a rectangular carved Black Forest style crested wooden frame. The intricate decor is composed of beautifully detailed openwork intertwin...
Walnut
Large and Fine Italian Carved Gilt Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Elaborately carved and gilt wood and gesso framed mirror. With good size and having an airy pierced technique. Dimensions: 44" H x 37 5/8" W Condition: Please see detail photos. S...
Mirror, Giltwood
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
Miroir à parcloses de forme octogonale en laiton repoussé.
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Miroir à parcloses de forme octogonale en laiton repoussé. De style baroque et d'époque Napoléon III, le fronton ajouré est orné de deux angelots dans un décors floral.
Brass, Martelé
Baroque solid oak carved Wall Mirror, Belgium ca 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1900 / Mirror / oak / Baroque This imposing wall mirror, crafted in Belgium around 1900, is a masterful homage to the Baroque tradition, its deeply carved oak frame radiat...
Mirror, Oak
Large Antique Carved, Gessoed And Heavily Gilt Baroque Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The large mirror with a wide openwork leafy scrolled surround. The pediment shaped crest with a leaf with scrolled top and bell flower applique over an open palmette. Matching palmet...
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Italian Baroque Putti Gold Gilded Wall Mirror
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque-Style Gilded Wall Mirror. Elegant carved wall mirror characterized by elaborate decorations including Italian putti's. This mirror is a very versati...
Wood, Paint, Mirror
Baroque Style, Eglomise Glass, Arched Gold Wall Mirror, Stained Wood
Located in Stamford, CT
Baroque Style, Eglomise Glass, Arched Gold Wall Mirror, Stained Wood, 21st c. A large baroque style arched wall mirror. This example features a solid wood frame clad with approximat...
Glass, Mirror
19th century ebonized Italian mirror
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Classic Italian bollection mirror in the baroque style. Dating from the 19th century and finely crafted from ebonized softwood. The mirrorglass with nice patina and the mouldings in ...
Softwood
19th Century Italian Baroque Giltwood Mirror
Located in Norwood, NJ
A striking and opulent Italian Baroque-style wall mirror, dating to the mid to late 19th century, featuring a richly carved giltwood frame with bold scrollwork, acanthus flourishes, ...
Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Small Wall Mirror
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A little antique bronze wall mirror, with a beveled mirror glass. The bronze frame has a cold-gilt patina. Made ink France, circa 1890-1900 ...
Bronze
Spectacular Palatial 19th Century Italian Carved Gilt Wood Mirror.
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular Palatial 19th Century Italian carved gilt leafed mirror. The scale of the mirror with the Exquisitely carved Floral swags and birds in Florentine gold with the red bleed...
Gold Leaf
Etched And Beveled Venetian Mirror
By Venini, Archimede Seguso, Barovier, Barovier&Toso, Salviati
Located in Houston, TX
Etched And Beveled Venetian Mirror. Offered is a glamorous etched and beveled Venetian mirror form the 1940's. This unusual rectangular Venetian mirror has a central beveled oval mir...
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
I8th C Style Paul Ferrante Italian Baroque Giltwood Mirror
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
I8th C Style Paul Ferrante Italian Baroque Giltwood Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Italian Baroque Oval Mirror with Ornate Wood Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C. Italian Baroque style mirror with an oval shape. The mirrors features an ornate frame made of wood with intricate carvings of scrollwork and floral motifs. The design inclu...
Wood, Paint
Hand Carved Ebanista White Gold & Dark Green Octagonal Mirror
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Hand carved Ebanista white gold & dark green octagonal mirror. Additional information: Materials: Gold, Mirror Color: Dark Green Period: 1990s Styles: Italian, Spanish Item Type: ...
Mirror
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
Vintage Gilt Baroque Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite wall mirror features a classic Louis XV silhouette, defined by an opulent Rococo influence. The frame is crowned with a magnificent hand-carved shell crest and flanked...
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Italian Sorrento Triptych Folding Inlaid Travel Mirror Easel Stand
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Offered is an absolutely stunning, antique 19th century Italian Sorrento Triptych folding inlaid travel mirror Easel stand. Item beautiful olive wood and walnut inlay, remarkable car...
Wood
$1,893Sale Price|51% Off
Italian 17th/ 18th Century Baroque Carved Wooden Silverleaf Mirror With Angels
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing 17th/ 18th century hand carved silverleaf mirror. On the sides of the mirror you can see two angel heads on baroque curls and claw feet. Italy, circa 1650-1750, weathered, s...
Wood
1940s Spanish Baroque Giltwood Sunburst Mirror with Convex Glass
Located in Barcelona, ES
Convex Sunburst Mirror, Giltwood, Gold Leaf ___________________________________________________________ Mini sized carved giltwood convex sunburst mirror, Spain, 1940s This lovely p...
Gold Leaf
Sainte Martin Mirror - Noir
By Century Furniture, Tara Shaw
Located in New Orleans, LA
The 19th-century inspired ebonized Dutch Baroque-style mirror frame, featuring multiple paneled mirrors, reflects the elaborate and ornate characteristics of the Baroque period, whic...
Mirror, Wood, Beech
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
Spanish Sunburst Giltwood Mirror in Baroque Style, Small Size
Located in Barcelona, ES
Small sized carved giltwood convex sunburst mirror, Spain, 1950s This carved giltwood sunburst mirror has a frame has a terrific patina showing it original gold leaf gilding in dark...
Gold Leaf
Italian Baroque Carved Ebonized Frame/Mirror
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Northern Italian Baroque intricately carved ebonized frame, inset with antiqued mirror glass. The frame with cove carved 'ripple' molding and its original forged iron hook...
Glass, Walnut
$14,800Sale Price|20% Off
18th c. Italian Venetian Baroque Mirror, Original Giltwood and Mirror Plates
Located in Wichita, KS
An exquisite 18th century Venetian mirror from the Baroque period with beautifully aged, original giltwood and mercury plates, circa 1740. Standing on two scrolled feet with finely c...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
$2,548Sale Price|20% Off
Spanish Baroque Sunburst Mirror in Silver and Gold Leaf Giltwood
Located in Barcelona, ES
Outstanding Baroque style silver and gold leaf giltwood carved sunburst mirror, Spain, 1930s-1940s. The carved wood frame is finished with gesso and gold leaf gilding in bronze tone....
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Ornate Baroque Style Giltwood Carved Mirror, Sweden Late 19th C.
Located in South Salem, NY
With its ornate crest of scrolls, rosettes, and birds, this intricately carved mirror exudes the elegance of 18th-century Swedish Baroque design. The giltwood frame, hand-carved and ...
Mirror, Giltwood
$5,520Sale Price|20% Off
Baroque Golden wood Mirror made with fragments of an altarpiece, Baroque
By Spainhour Furniture Company
Located in Valladolid, ES
Mirror made from fragments of a Baroque altarpiece, 18th century – Spain One of a kind and a Exceptional mirror made from fragments of a Baroque altarpiece. It is a quadrangular mir...
Gold Leaf
19th Century Russian Brass Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Russian Brass Mirror. This unusual antique octagonal Russian Repoussé (hand hammered) brass beveled mirror with colored inset pieces would work perfectly in a powder roo...
Brass
Italian Convex Gilt Wood Sunburst Mirror
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Italian sunburst mirror. The scale is spectacular. The mirror itself is convex and measures 9'' diameter.
Mirror, Wood
$4,809Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Pair of Dutch Architectural Oeil de Boeuf Mirrors in Painted Zinc
Located in Casteren, NL
Available for purchase is a rare pair of antique architectural zinc windows, known as "oeil de boeuf" or "bull's eye." Derived from historical architectural terminology, this French ...
Zinc
Antique Ornate Mirror Cast Bronze Picture Frame, France 1900
Located in Bastogne, BE
Very rare luxurious table mirror, France, 1900. Produced using traditional bronze casting technology. Fits perfectly into any classic or vintage interior. It will be a good gift for all bronze lovers. The magnificent design of the table mirror will be a delightful decoration for a cosmetic table...
Bronze
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Mirror
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Italian hand carved giltwood mirror in Baroque style richly ornate with foliage and flowers. Measures: Height: 29 ½ in / 75 cm Width 19 ½ in / 50 cm Depth 2 ¾ in / 7 cm Weight 11...
Wood
An Italian Pair of Ornate Gold Wall Mirrors w/Baroque Influenced Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian pair of gold mirrors, with Baroque influences, from the mid 20th century. This pair of vintage mirrors from Italy, circa 1960's, have been designed with Baroque style feat...
Mirror, Wood
Baroque Carved Giltwood Mirror with Original Plate, Denmark, circa 1700
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Exquisite Danish Baroque, circa 1700, mirror or looking glass having carved giltwood frame with dramatic foliate cresting and rectangular cushion-frame with foliate and seashell moti...
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Olivier De Schrijver Limited Edition Wall Mirror, 60 cm
Located in London, England
Schrijver's Olivier mirror, model "Colors of the world: Tribute to Line", is a unique piece that celebrates the illustrious Line Renaud, singer and French magazine leader. This mirro...
Glass, Art Glass
$365Sale Price|20% Off
Italian mirror in 60’s brass
Located in Catania, IT
Bring the opulence and refinement of the 17th century directly to your living room. The baroque style, synonymous with luxury and grandeur, is ideal for those who want a decor that c...
Brass
A Large White Shell Pier Mirror
Located in London, GB
+VAT. England, modern. Made to order. A very fine white shell mirror of large scale with cresting and scrolled sides and apron. The mirror plate b...
Shell
Baroque Palace Mirror, 1750-1770
Located in Greding, DE
Large palace mirror, 1750 - 1770. The gilding was restored in the 19th century.
Mirror, Giltwood
$4,800
Ebonized Flemish Mirror
Located in Chireno, TX
Ebonized Flemish mirror dated to early-to-mid-18th century. Hand-carved ebonized frame surrounding old mirror glass (not original glass).
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Italian Baroque Trumeau Mirror, Hand-Carved Green Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grand Italian Baroque style trumeau mirror with a painted frame in a gentle shade of green, suggesting an air of tranquility and refinement that beautifully complements the Baroque f...
Wood, Paint
Gilt Wood Mirror, Germany 19th century
Located in Belmont, MA
Discover the Beauty of a Hand-Carved Gilt Wood Wall Mirror with Acanthus Leaf Decor which dates back to the mid 19th century and comes from Germany. Experience the allure of this e...
Giltwood