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
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
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
$3,448Sale 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
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
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
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 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 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
$1,600Sale Price|20% 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
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
$1,388Sale 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
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
$2,538Sale 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
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
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
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
$349Sale 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
Etched And Beveled Venetian Mirror
By Archimede Seguso, Barovier, Venini, 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
$1,885Sale 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
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
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
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
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
Classic Facet Cut Gold Leaf Mirror Deknudt 75cm
By Deknudt
Located in Poperinge, BE
Mid-century Deknudt mirror in a classic wooden frame gilded with gold leaf. The mirror glass is facet-cut. The mirror is entirely in Baroque style, Belgium, 1950s. The Belgian house...
Gold Leaf
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
Sainte Martin Mirror - Noir
By Tara Shaw, Century Furniture
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
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
French Baroque Framed Mirror with Carved Foliate Frame (H 35 x W 25 1/2)
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French rectangular mirror featuring a hand-carved wooden frame in the Baroque style surrounding the mirror glass plate. H 35 in x W 25 1/2 in x D 3/4 in
Glass, Mirror, Wood
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
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
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
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
$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
French Dark Framed Carved Wood Wall Mirror, 1920
Located in Miami, FL
Mirror from the 1920s, made up of a large black walnut wood frame that elegantly supports the mirror. Original mirror. Frameless mirror measurements: height: 53.5cm width: 65cm
Walnut
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
Baroque Palace Mirror, 1750-1770
Located in Greding, DE
Large palace mirror, 1750 - 1770. The gilding was restored in the 19th century.
Mirror, Giltwood
$5,498Sale 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
A French Baroque style black silver leaf mirror frame, C. 1890.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This elegant frame with projecting corners surrounding a rectangular mirror will be a perfect accent on your entry wall.
Silver Leaf
Italian Baroque Style Giltwood Mirror with a Carved Grape & Vine Motif
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Carved Giltwood, Original Mirror Style: Italian Baroque
Mirror, Giltwood
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
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
$4,789Sale 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
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
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
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
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
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
$134,099Sale 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
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
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
$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