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.
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
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
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
$1,504Sale Price|40% Off
Baroque Carved Gilt Wood Standing Mirror, Italy, Circa 1750
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful and unique carved gilt wood baroque standing mirror with a beautiful crumbly patina, Italy, circa 1750. Beautiful weathered, small losses and old repairs. Despite of its hi...
Wood
18th C French Louis XV Baroque Style Green Distress Painted Trumeau Wall Mirror
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique 18th C. French Louis XV Baroque Style Green Distress Painted Trumeau Wall Mir...
Gesso, Glass, Wood
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
18th Century Italian Baroque Period Giltwood Mirror
Located in Forney, TX
This exceptionally carved Baroque period Italian mirrored mercury glass giltwood wall hanging / mantel mirror captures the reason why we love Eur...
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
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
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...
Oak, Mirror
Baroque, Flemish Ripple Mirror, Carved Walnut, Mirror, Belgium, 18th c.
Located in Stamford, CT
Baroque Style, Flemish Ripple Wall Mirror, Carved Walnut, Mirror, Belgium, 18th c. A good example of an 18th century Dutch carved walnut wall mirror. This example presents with flam...
Walnut
Oversized Gilt Sunburst Mirror in Carved Wood, 52 inches
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of a kind large scale carved giltwood Spanish sunburst mirror, 1940s-1950s Unique large scale (52 in diameter / 132cm diameter) Baroque style carved wood gold leaf gilt double la...
Gold Leaf
$4,734Sale 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
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
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
Pair of Important Italian 17th Century Giltwood Baroque Mirrors, 1680
Located in Rome, IT
Exceptional pair of carved giltwood mirrors refined with rectangular plate scrolled acanthus leaf cresting, architectural elements, winged putti and scrolled flower heads centered by...
Giltwood
Dutch Baroque Tortoiseshell Veneered & Ripple-Molded Ebonized Mirror, 17/18thc.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Of rectangular form with varying moldings of ripple and cushion forms, the frame overall with ebonized ground and applied tortoiseshell veneers
Tortoise Shell
$16,000 / set
Pair of 19th Century Dutch Frames with Mirrors
Located in Chicago, IL
Not decoration—declaration. This rare pair of 19th-century Dutch frames arrives with a sense of purpose that modern mirrors can only imitate. Carved in the classic Dutch manner, conf...
Wood
Spanish Baroque Style Sunburst Mirror in Giltwood, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Baroque Style Giltwood Sunburst Mirror , 1940s Stunning Baroque style carved giltwood sunburst mirror with gold leaf finish. This gorgeous starburst /sunburst mirror has a f...
Gold Leaf
Etched And Beveled Venetian Mirror
By Venini, Barovier, Archimede Seguso, 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
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
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
Pair Italian Baroque Girandoles or Mirrors
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very unusual pair of late 17th or early 18th century Italian Baroque Girandoles. The girandoles feature a finely executed carved gilt wood frame that is surmounted by a fin...
Gold Leaf
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
Double Layered Giltwood Sunburst Mirror, Spanish Baroque, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Baroque Style Double Layered Carved Giltwood Sunburst Mirror , 1940s Outstanding Baroque style carved giltwood sunburst mirror with gold leaf finish. This gorgeous starburst...
Gold Leaf
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
Antique Italian Baroque Giltwood Wall Mirror, Carved Frame, 1750
Located in Lincoln, GB
Exquisite Antique Italian Baroque Carved Giltwood Wall Mirror is a stunning representation of the opulence and artistry characteristic of the Baroque period. Dating back to 1750, thi...
Giltwood
$1,680Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Diminutive Baroque Carved Oak Gilt Wall Hanging Mirror Birds & Flowers
Located in Dayton, OH
18th Century Baroque Carved Mirror. Features a scalloped oak frame with an intricate 'c' scrolling crown centered by basket with a daisy, hibiscus and rose. The frame is topped by...
Mirror, Oak
Venetian Sir & Lady Pair of engraved Murano Glass Mirrors Gold Finishes 1900s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Venetian Sir & Lady Pair of engraved Murano Glass Mirrors Gold Finishes 1900s This pair of Murano glass mirrors, entirely handcrafted by Venetian master glassmakers in the 1900s, is...
Gold
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
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
$1,268Sale Price|35% Off
Gilded and decorated wooden wall mirror early xx century Baroque style
Located in None, IT
Specchio da parete con cornice in legno intagliato e dorato, decorato nella parte superiore, stile barocco, inizi del XX secolo. CONDITION: In good condition, with signs of wear due...
Glass, Wood
Pair of oval Giltwood Wall Mirrors, Italy Mid-20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of gilt wood and stucco mirrors featuring oval frames and elaborate crestings. The crest elements are richly decorated with garlands, floral motifs, and rocaille ornamentation. ...
Glass, Wood
Beautiful baroque gilted wooden mirror, France 1950s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1950 / mirror / gilted wood / mid-century / vintage / baroque Beautiful fifties mirror in baroque style, made in France around 1950. With wooden gilted and decorated frame ...
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Venetian Octagonal Beveled Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Venetian Octagonal Beveled Mirror. Stunning large antique octagon shaped beveled mirror. This cushion shaped Venetian mirror is in good antique condition with naturally...
Mirror
Vintage Baroque or Rococo Style Wall Mirror with Carved Gilded Ornate Details
Located in Topeka, KS
Magnificent vintage Baroque or Rococo style rectangular wall mirror composed of a gilded wood frame with hand carved and draped ornate details. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind t...
Mirror, Giltwood
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
$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
$1,864Sale 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
Italian Baroque Style Carved and Scrolled Wood Wall Mirror
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Italian Baroque Hollywood Regency Style Carved Wood Mirror. Mirror frame features an ornate three-dimensional scroll design that exudes opulence, while the deep relief c...
Mirror, Wood
Large Giltwood Tray Mirror with Engraved and Eglomisé Decoration, Italy, 1890s
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A highly decorative and atmospheric large tray mirror dating to the late 19th century, crafted in Italy and conceived as a true statement piece. The mirror is set within an architect...
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Baroque Style Deknudt Gold Leaf Mirror Classic Design 108cm
By Deknudt
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful large classic mirror, classic crested mirror, with a gold-leaf gilded frame made of resin, extensively decorated with acanthus leaves and flowers, Baroque style object, mad...
Gold Leaf
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Handmade Triptych Mirror Baroque revival
Located in VALENZA, IT
This Italian Baroque style Sterling Silver mirror is fully hand embossed and chiselled on silver sheet by hand. The two side mirrors are attached by silver hinges. 4.600 grams. Ita...
Sterling Silver
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 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
$3,398Sale 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
Silver Gilt Carved Wood Italian Wall Mirror 18th Century
Located in Hastings, GB
An 18th century Italian Baroque silver gilt wall mirror, the carved wooden frame with floral and foliate decoration, lion paw feet, overlaid in gesso then silver gilded, there is a b...
Gesso, Wood
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
$5,095Sale Price|25% 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
$5,040Sale Price|20% Off
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
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
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
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
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
Antique Mirror with Gilded Frame in Baroque Style - Elegance and Refinement
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Antique mirror in Baroque style is a true masterpiece of elegance and refinement. The gilded frame, decorated with floral details and fine finishes, frames the reflection with a touc...
Glass, Wood
Baroque Palace Mirror, 1750-1770
Located in Greding, DE
Large palace mirror, 1750 - 1770. The gilding was restored in the 19th century.
Mirror, Giltwood
Italian Baroque Carved Ebonized Frame/Mirror
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Northern Italian Baroque intricately carved ebonized frame, inset with old mercury glass. The frame with cove carved 'ripple' molding and its original forged iron hook...
Mercury Glass, Ebony
Mirror Wall European Black Baroque Period 1650-1750 Northern Europe
Located in New York, NY
Mirror wall European black Baroque period 1650-1750 Northern Europe. A mirror made during the Baroque period in Sweden or Northern Europe. Black frame with a beautiful patina.
Wood
17th C. Italian Ebonized Mirror
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful 17th C. Medium Sized Mirror, Vintage glass
Walnut
$22,000Sale Price|21% Off
A Substantial Italian Mirror Frame in The Flemish Baroque Style
Located in Chicago, IL
An exceptional Northern Italian baroque ebonized frame, inset with old, silvered glass. The thick frame features cove-carved 'ripple' molding, which was then ebonized. Frames of this...
Pine
Sculptural Fantasy Gold Gilt Wall Mirror, Angels, Centaur, Finesse Originals
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large sculptural fiberglass and resin fantasy wall mirror made by Finesse Originals featuring angels, centaur and dog motif. Large-scale, minor damage to angel ear.
Fiberglass, Glass, Resin