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.
$875Sale Price|30% Off
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
Flemish Baroque Ebonized and Faux Tortoiseshell Painted Mirror, circa 1650
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exquisite mid-17th-century Dutch or Flemish baroque mirror or looking glass, the original ebonized and faux tortoiseshell painted frame having geometric design with beveled reentr...
Mirror, Fruitwood, Paint
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
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
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
Etched And Beveled Venetian Mirror
By Archimede Seguso, Venini, 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
Louis-Seize Palace Size 19th Century Italian Mirror Stucco / Facet Cut Baroque
Located in Landshut, BY
English description: Aristocratic Palace Size Italian Louis-Seize Wall Mirror around the turn of the century An amazing artwork made of individual facet cut mirrors which have...
Cut Glass, Stucco, Wood, 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
Italian Hand Carved and Gold Leaf Gilded Baroque Style Mirror, 1890-1900
By VeniceM
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A late 19th century baroque revival wooden mirror from Italy. Refined hand carved from poplar wood. The frame is completely gold leaf gilt. The frame is deeply carved with scrolls and acanthus fronds...
Poplar
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
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
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
19th Century Italian Baroque Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Italian Baroque mirror dating to the early 19th century, featuring a richly carved wooden frame with deep scrolling acanthus and foliate motifs. The bold, sculptural carving gives...
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Italian Baroque Rococo Gilt Wood Wall Mirror
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful large wood-framed mirror with elegant scrollwork and finely carved details. The design prominently features acanthus leaf motifs and scrolled patterns, characteristic of 19...
Wood, Mirror
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
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
French Baroque style oval mirror in gilded wood with floral decorations
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1950 / Mirror / wood / Baroque / Mid-Century / Vintage Beautiful French vintage mirror in a richly gilded ornate frame with decorative floral patterns. This wall mounted o...
Mirror, Wood
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
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
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
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
Vintage Venetian Italian Etched Wall Mirror
Located in Oakwood, GA
Vintage Venetian Italian Wall Mirror, Etched, 48.5"H Stunning vintage mirror, a statement piece! Octaganol design Ornamental mirrored pieces at top and bottom Oval center Etching all...
Glass, Mirror
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
Spanish Baroque Sunburst Mirror in Carved Giltwood, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Triple Layered carved wood sunburst mirror, Spain, 1930s. The three layers of rays surounding the central round glass highlight its beauty. This wall mirror has a terrific aged pa...
Gold Leaf
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
Antique Italian Renaissance Sculptural Carved Giltwood Mirror with Putti Figure
Located in Forney, TX
Add whimsical elegance, sophistication, and romantic warmth with this one-of-a-kind antique Italian Renaissance sculptural floating putti wall mirror enhanced by beautifully aged war...
Brass
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
French Colonial Leather and Wood Mirror, early 20th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
patterned in the Baroque style this very unique mirror is completely covered in two different tones of leather with shaped decorative elements at the corners and sides, the top with ...
Leather
Pair French 19th Century Carved Baroque Gilt Mirrors
Located in New York, NY
Matched pair of French Antique Baroque Carved Gilt Mirrors. Wonderful pair of French Baroque style carved gilded mirrors. Fruitwood with Gesso and gilding, in very good condition. ...
Gesso, Fruitwood
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
18th Century Italian Baroque Mirror
Located in Nijlen, BE
An early Italian 18th century polychromed and part gilt mirror frame. Carved with Cherubs and florals, and set with a rectangular mirror. Beautiful weathering in the mirror glass. ...
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
Classic Gold Leaf Mirror Crested Mirror Baroque Deknudt
By Deknudt
Located in Poperinge, BE
Mid-century Deknudt mirror in a classic wooden frame gilded with gold leaf, entirely in Baroque style. The design is attributed to Deknudt, Belgium, 1950s. The Belgian house Deknudt...
Gold Leaf
Italian Florentine Baroque Gold Giltwood Wall Mirrors, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning pair of Italian Florentine baroque rococo style wall mirrors Italy, Circa 1960s Gold gilt wood, with mirror. Measures: 7.25"W x 1.25"D x 12"H. Very good original vinta...
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
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
Spanish Baroque Sunburst Giltwood Mirror in Small Scale, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Sunburst Mirror, Giltwood, Gold Leaf ___________________________________________________________ Mini sized carved giltwood sunburst mirror, Spain, 1940s This lovely petite g...
Gold Leaf
Baroque Style Venetian Mirror
By Archimede Seguso, Seguso, Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso, Salviati
Located in Houston, TX
Baroque Style Venetian Mirror. Offered is an outstanding rectangular Venetian mirror in the Baroque style comprised of a double perimeter of dark mirror surrounding a central mirrore...
Murano Glass, Mirror
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
Pair of Important Italian 17th Century Giltwood Baroque Mirrors, 1680
Located in Rome, IT
Exceptional pair of carved giltwood mirrors refined with precious tortoiseshell rectangular plate scrolled acanthus leaf cresting, architectural elements, winged putti and scrolled f...
Giltwood
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Neo Roccoco Wall Mirror from the 18th Century
Located in Søborg, DK
A large Neo Roccoco antique wall mirror from the 18th Century. In original solid condition with signs of age related wear and patina that just add to the look of this wonderful piec...
Mirror, Wood
$2,541Sale Price|20% Off
Spanish Baroque Carved 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
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
$1,822Sale Price|20% Off
Large Octogonal Venetian Mirror, Murano - Italy 1940.
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautiful octogonal Venetian mirror in the baroque style. On a wood base. No piece missing. Venetia-Italy. Circa 1940.
Mirror, Bog 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
$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
French Classical Gold Mirror Baroque Style Acanthus 76cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Classic gold mirror made of gold-colored resin, a very lightweight material, entirely in Baroque style, France, second half of the 20th century. This mirror has a beautiful weathere...
Mirror, Resin
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
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
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
19th Century Italian Baroque Painted Mirror with Distressed Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C. Italian Baroque style painted arched shaped mirror. The mirror has a heavily distressed reflective surface, possibly due to oxidation and silvering loss over time. The mirr...
Mirror, Wood, Paint
Sunburst Mirror in Giltwood, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Baroque Style Giltwood Sunburst Mirror, France, 1940s Eye-catching sunburst / starburst wall mirror handcrafted in giltwood. This sunburst mirror was made in carved wood, covered wit...
Gold Leaf
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
Large Swedish Mirror Gold Leaf Gilded Classic Rococo Style 119cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Large Swedish mirror made of gold-leaf gilded wood, a classic crest mirror entirely in rococo style, elegantly decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers, and patterns. Marked on the ba...
Gold Leaf
Baroque style. Pair of gilded cornucopia mirrors, France, 1920s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Pair of old French mirrors in Baroque style, 1920s. Made of hand-carved wood with plaster and gold leaf finish. This type of cornucopia became very popular at that time, and evoked t...
Gold Leaf
$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
John Richard Gilt Plume Mirror
By John Richard
Located in New York, NY
John Richard Limited Edition Giltwood Plume Mirror. Signed. Dimensions: 36 inches tall x 20 inches wide
Giltwood
An 18th Century Tuscan Giltwood and Ebonised Mirror
Located in London, GB
Italy, circa 1780 A fine late 18th century Tuscan giltwood and ebonised rectangular mirror, the frame carved with baroque foliate designs and inner rope beading, with old inventory ...
Giltwood
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
$134,268Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Rare Italian 17th Century Giltwood Baroque Mirrors, 1680
Located in Rome, IT
Exceptional pair of carved giltwood mirrors refined with precious tortoiseshell rectangular plate scrolled acanthus leaf cresting, architectural elements, winged putti and scrolled f...
Giltwood