Neoclassical Home Accents
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
Library Stepladder in Wood, Leather and Brass
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice library stepladder is made of wood and brass, the steps are trimmed in leather. This is a French work. Circa 1940
Category
1940s French Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
A pair of Italian Verde Indio green marble obelisks
Located in London, GB
A pair of Italian Verde Indio green marble obelisks. Obelisks are thought to represent Immortality and eternity and were made popular by the Grand Tours of the 17th/ 18th Century whe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Pair of 20th Century Marble Obelisks
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of refined marble obelisks in neoclassical style.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Italian Neoclassical Style Room Divider Screen
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Neoclassical Style Room Divider Screen
This lovely Italian Neoclassical style 4 panel Grasaille screen or room divider has beautiful outdoor scenes with foliage.
This fantast...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Large Four Panel Neoclassical Mirrored Lattice Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage four panel lattice and mirrored Neoclassical screen. Each panel is 32" wide & 94" high.
They can be used flat against a wall or are hinged to be free standing as four panels ...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Vintage Italian Alabaster Obelisk with Bronze Turtles
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Italian alabaster obelisk sitting atop four bronze turtles which sit on a square plinth base.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Dennis and Leen Eight Panel Screen Neoclassical Grisaille Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental eight panel floor screen featuring a serene European landscape in Grisaille. Bespoke screen from Dennis & Leen in Los Angeles, CA measuring over 20 feet wide and nine feet...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Ralph Lauren Style 3 Panel Leather Faux Crocodile Folding Screen W/ Nailheads
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a handsome deep red folding screen with chrome nailheads. It has timeless appeal and would work well from wall to floor. It is unmarked and ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Chrome
A Set of Four Large Porphyry Obelisks With Roundels of the Roman Emperors
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Important Set of Four Large Porphyry Obelisks.
Each obelisk is of square section tapering form with a spiked orb finial and embellished with carved roundels of the twelve Roman...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
Vintage Brass Big Horn Ram Bookends, a Pair
Located in Charleston, SC
A gorgeous set of heavy brass big horn ram bookends. This heavy pair has no maker's mark and some tarnish but otherwise they are in excellent cosmetic condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian Horse Head Resin Bookends from the 1950s
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of bookends in resin, depicting the muzzle of a horse, made in the 1950s
Ø cm 11 Ø cm 8 h cm 18.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Resin
Pair of Screens Depicting the Passage of Telemachus on the Isle of Calypso
By Joseph Dufour Et Cie
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful pair of 4 panel neoclassical screens attributed to Joseph Dufour depicting scenes of the passage of Telemachus on the Island of Calypso.
...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Maitland Smith Tessellated Horn Obelisk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated horn obelisk by Maitland Smith made in Philippines in 1980s.
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Horn
Pair Bronze Ram's Head Bookends
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a sculpted pair of ram's head bronze bookend that are well cast and finely executed. These bookends would make a great accent pieces to any type of bookcase from modern to tr...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
Continental Rock Crystal Obelisks, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Continental Rock Crystal obelisks, from France, late 19th Century.
The obelisks proper are 12 inches high, each mounted on a 4-inch crystal cube of a later date, for a ...
Category
1890s French Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Rock Crystal
Italian Neoclassical Style Painted Four Panel Folding Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic hand painted Italian four-panel folding floor screen made in the neoclassical taste. Each panel has two gracefully arched windows with parcel gilt borders over a black groun...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Vintage Neoclassical Marble Veneer Obelisk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Huge Vintage neoclassical marble veneer Obelisk
Additional information:
Materials: marble, mosaic, veneer
Color: Sienna
Period: 2000 - 2009
Place of Origin: Italy
Styles: Neo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble
English Victorian Adam Style Three Panel Folding Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Classic English victorian style three-panel folding floor screen made in the Adams taste. The screen features neoclassical motifs of swag, flowering vines, wreaths, and bellflowers on canvas. The screen in centered by a round cameo of an idyllic landscape supported by a scrolling vase...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Antique W.V. Egbert Co. Seated Abraham Abe Lincoln Metal Bronze Bookends
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique W.V. Egbert Co. seated Abraham Abe Lincoln metal bronze bookends. Item features a nice small size, metal construction, bronze finish, original stamp,...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Antique Pair Monumental Ormolu Mounted Malachite Obelisks, 1920s
Located in London, GB
A monumental pair of Neoclassical ormolu mounted malachite obelisks, Circa 1920 in date.
The square conforming malachite columns taper to pyramid shapes with applied decorative g...
Category
1920s Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Pair of Decorative Grand Tour Neoclassical-Style Obelisks
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Pair of decorative Grand Tour Neoclassical-style obelisks dating from the late 19th/early 20th century. The tapering bodies are raised on square-stepped black marble bases...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Vintage Ronson Art Deco Greek Athlete Bookends
By Ronson
Located in Seguin, TX
Pair of vintage circa 1920's Ronson Art metal works bookends. Greek athletes on black base with silver patina on figures. Felt bottoms with original sticker, scuffing to bases.
Category
1920s American Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Screen By Jansen ca' 1940's
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Elegant painted screen by Maison Jansen, made in Argentina ca' 1940's in neoclassical style. Each panel is approx. 18.5"wide and 78.75" high. When extended the screen is approx. 5 an...
Category
1940s Argentine Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood
1970s Rattan Wicker Storage Blanket Chest Trunk
By Balboa
Located in Germantown, MD
1970s Rattan Wicker storage blanket chest trunk. Trunk in good condition. Measure 37"W x 21"D x 21"H.
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wicker, Rattan
Vintage Brown Distressed Leather Luggage Suitcase by Golden Leaf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage brown distressed leather 33" luggage suitcase by golden leaf. Item includes Chrome metal hardware, leather buckle straps, great patina, stitched leather handle. Circa mid-20t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Leather
Pair of Two Tone Brass Obelisks
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A pair of decorator steel tone brass two tone obelisks. The top with spear, with panels of textured brass framed with a darker patinated brass in a classic obelisk form. 28 inches tall.
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Pair of Large Carved Wood Faux Malachite Obelisks
By Paul Hansen
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of large carved wood faux Malachite Obelisks.
Offered is a stunning pair of Hollywood Regency style carved wood obelisks. This pair of large scale hand decorated neoclassical f...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Big Library Stairs Mid-20th Century Library Steps Ladder Carved Wood Leather
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Impressive & luxurious 1960s old classic Library steps,
the circular step ladder features four stairs rolled around a central post embellished with a decorative brass finial at the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique English Blue John or Derbyshire Spar Egg Shaped Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique paperweight.
Comprised of Blue John (also known as Derbyshire Spar), a rare form of fluorite from England with distinct purple & yell...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Precious Stone
Italian Neoclassical 3 Panel Hand Painted Room Divider Screen
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Three panel hand painted room dressing screen divider, Italy.
A 1800s Italian Neoclassical 3 panel floor screen, room divider. Hand painted on ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Brown Ceramic Horse Head Bookend in Brown and Black
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large ceramic hand-painted horse head. This piece would be great in a nursery or for equestrians. Created from ceramic, this piece depicts the bust of a horse hand painted in brown...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
19th Century French Folding Screen with Original Hand-Painted Outdoor Scene
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted folding screen room divider from the 19th century. This antique accordion style folding screen from France features four tall rectan...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Pompeian Bronze Lion Bookends by Paul Herzel
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Beautiful pair of bronze clad lion bookends by Pompeian Bronze with excellent patina. Good size and weight bookends. Not a common design by Pompeian Bron...
Category
1920s American Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Faux Malachite and Brass Obelisks
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Faux malachite and brass obelisks.
Fantastic pair of vintage faux malachite and brass obelisks. This beautiful pair of midcentury obelisks are a pair but in the spirit of na...
Category
1980s Unknown Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
English Traditional Cast Iron Dog Door Stops or Bookends - A Pair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pair of cast iron door stops or bookends. Created from heavy cast iron, this set of English Springer Spaniels is hand-painted in black, white, green, and gold. Each piece is identi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Iron
Pair of Early 20th Century Neoclassical Columns
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of early 20th century Italian neoclassical-style alabaster columns, reminiscent of Grand Tour souvenirs, with carved acanthus leaf details, and each resting on square bases with...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of Hollywood Regency Neoclassical Style Brass Obelisks
Located in Houston, TX
Great pair of Hollywood Regency brass obelisks. These beautiful midcentury neoclassical style brass obelisks have a naturally occurring patina that could be polished if desired. Perf...
Category
1970s Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Aged Bronze Bucking Broncos
Located in New York, NY
Pair of mid century Bucking Bronco horse figures with articulating back leg.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Double-Sided Neoclassical Grilles in Wrought Iron - France 1940
Located in Girona, ES
Pair of neoclassical apartment separation grilles in wrought iron with an old patina of gold leaf. Fixing points on the highest upright. Double sided. Very nice quality.
France c. 1...
Category
1940s French Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Iron, Gold Leaf
Zuber Wallpaper Panel Screen the War of American Independence
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing wallpaper four panel screen by Zuber and Cie. Panel numbers 29, 30, 31, 32 from the War of American Independence scenic wallpapers. The iconic pa...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Italian Folding Screen
Located in Houston, TX
This six-panel screen borrows from the Roman practice as an homage to the great designers that came before. Ancient roman courtyard houses typically had architectural elements crown ...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Paper
Column Pillar White Plaster Candlestick Holder Object Neoclassical Style, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
A substantial white plaster Ionic column pillar candlestick holder in the Neoclassical design style, circa 1980s. Candlestick column can also work as a standalone decorative object o...
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Plaster
Monumental Swedish Neoclassical Hand Painted Dowry Chest
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificently decorated mid-19th century Swedish hand crafted and painted pine wedding dowry chest, dated 1855.
This large and impressive che...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Pine, Paint
Antique 19th Century Miniature French Edition Globe by C. Abel-Klinger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French Edition miniature globe.
By C. Abel-Klinger.
On a turned wooden stand with an uncalibrated brass half meridian.
The globe is marked with an integral l...
Category
19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Paper
French Empire Neoclassical Wallpaper Screen Attributed to Zuber
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic French four-panel wallpaper screen attributed to Zuber and cie featuring pair of Empire style neoclassical scenes with grand tour style themes....
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paper
Large Pair of Italian Aptware/Mixed Earth Obelisks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large pair of Italian aptware/mixed earth obelisks, Each one standing 32-inches high with a diameter of 9-inches.
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Pottery
Collection of Five Las Palmas Wood Finials, Priced Individually
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Collection of five wood finials turned and cut with classic form having contrived distressed paint and gold leaf by Las Palmas. Priced individually.
Taller finials...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Grand Tour Style Bronze Mounted Hardstone Obelisks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Neo-classic Grand Tour-style (19/20th Century) bronze mounted hardstone obelisks with porphyry bases (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
Zuber and Cie Wallpaper Panels American Independence Screen
By zuber
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Three wallpaper panels by Zuber and Cie from the American war of independence mounted to a four-panel screen. Three sections from the panoramic scenery d...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Italian Neoclassical Style Bird and Garden Vignette Folding Screen
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neoclassical-style four panel folding screen hand-painted with an array of birds in a garden on the front and brown detailing on the reverse.
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Solid Pair of Polished Patinated Brass Cello Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice and rare pair of solid brass cello bookends, nicely done piece, and rare, circa 1960s.
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
French Neoclassical Revival Giltwood Mirror and Upholstered 3-Panel Screen
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A sublimely elegant versatile antique French neoclassical folding screen having central panel with cresting of a garland with crimped ribbo...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Upholstery, Mirror, Giltwood
Wiener Werkstätte, Neoclassical Half Column, circa 1900, Austria
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Wiener Werkstätte, neoclassical half column,
Natural and rechampi pine,
The barrel decorated with moldings,
circa 1900, Austria.
Measures: Height ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Pair of Maitland Smith Style Obelisks with Travertine and Marble Veneer
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of handsome and high quality stone veneered obelisks. Done in a pale travertine outlined with gray marble borders, the upper part raised on four marble balls above a rectangular...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Travertine
Neoclassical Style Giltwood Firescreen with Embroidery
Located in London, GB
This firescreen features a beautifully embroidered central red-ground fabric panel, the embroidery portraying faintly Chinese-style motifs. The embroidered panel is held within a gil...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood
Metal Folding Suitcase Luggage Rack
Located in Sheffield, MA
Host your house guests in style with this etal folding suitcase luggage rack. Rack is brushed silver in tone with chain straps and translucent blue tone flower finials. Rack measures approx 19 inches in height by 16 inches in width by 12 inches in depth when opened. Folding suitcase luggage rack, folding rack...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Iron
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Oil on Canvas Screen with Trompe L’œil
Located in IT
18th century, large Italian neoclassical oil on canvas four panels screen with Trompe L’œil
These large screen is composed of four panels in oil on canvas painted. Neoclassical, dating to the second half of the 18th century.
Each panel represents a trompe l'oeil, with a classical architecture with square section marble columns and large clogging. Inside the pink space of the first and third panels are painted, as inserted in a niche with bronze frame, ancient busts...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Canvas
19th Century French Scenic Hand Painted Four-Panel Screen
Located in New York, NY
With charming pastoral scene of two figures in a Mediterranean landscape with red clay roof-tiled stucco buildings, set above faux porphyry paneling.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Paper
Neoclassical home accents for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical home accents for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage home accents created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decor, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical home accents made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original home accents, popular names associated with this style include zuber, Barbara Cosgrove, Maison Jansen, and Ronson. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for home accents differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at £154 and tops out at £23,582 while the average work can sell for £2,217.
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