Baroque Religious Items
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.
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Early 1800s German Antique Baroque Religious Items
Mirror
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Gesso, Glass, Wood
18th Century French Antique Baroque Religious Items
Oak
19th Century Mexican Antique Baroque Religious Items
Tin
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Blown Glass, Wood
18th Century French Antique Baroque Religious Items
Iron
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
18th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items
Gesso, Wood, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Bone, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
Late 18th Century German Antique Baroque Religious Items
Gesso, Wood, Giltwood
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Baroque Religious Items
Stained Glass
18th Century French Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
18th Century French Antique Baroque Religious Items
Oak
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Glass, Wood
1780s Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
1780s German Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
Early 18th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items
Gesso, Wood, Paint
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
Early 19th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood, Paint
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Crystal, Silver Leaf
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Giltwood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Marble
18th Century French Antique Baroque Religious Items
Oak
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
Early 1900s Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wrought Iron
1890s German Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items
Silver
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Brass
18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items
Iron
17th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wrought Iron
1760s German Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
18th Century Central American Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood, Pine, Paint
1760s German Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items
Silver
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items
Other, Pewter
Early 18th Century Russian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Oak
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Bronze
Mid-18th Century Philippine Antique Baroque Religious Items
Wood
Early 19th Century French Antique Baroque Religious Items
Nutwood
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Giltwood
Early 18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Religious Items
Giltwood
17th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items
Hardwood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Glass, Lacquer, Giltwood, Wood
Early 19th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items
Oak
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Religious Items
Chestnut
Early 17th Century French Antique Baroque Religious Items
Oak
Early 19th Century European Antique Baroque Religious Items
Iron
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Religious Items
Silver, Bronze