Beaux Arts Textiles
Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.
Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.
Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.
Find a collection of Beaux Arts decorative objects, lighting, wall decorations and other furniture on 1stDibs.
2010s American Beaux Arts Textiles
Wool
2010s American Beaux Arts Textiles
Wool
Mid-20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Textiles
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Textiles
Linen
2010s American Beaux Arts Textiles
Wool
2010s American Beaux Arts Textiles
Wool
2010s American Beaux Arts Textiles
Wool
2010s American Beaux Arts Textiles
Wool
2010s American Beaux Arts Textiles
Silk
Early 19th Century American Antique Beaux Arts Textiles
Wool
Mid-19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Textiles
Brass
Early 19th Century American Antique Beaux Arts Textiles
Wool
2010s American Beaux Arts Textiles
Wool
2010s American Beaux Arts Textiles
Silk
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Beaux Arts Textiles
Yarn
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Beaux Arts Textiles
Yarn
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Beaux Arts Textiles
Yarn
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Beaux Arts Textiles
Yarn
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Beaux Arts Textiles
Yarn
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Beaux Arts Textiles
Yarn
2010s Dutch Beaux Arts Textiles
Fabric, Bouclé
2010s Australian Beaux Arts Textiles
Fur
1940s Swedish Vintage Beaux Arts Textiles
Cotton
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Beaux Arts Textiles
Other
2010s Spanish Beaux Arts Textiles
Fur, Wool
Mid-19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Textiles
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts Textiles
Cotton, Foam, Wool
20th Century Beaux Arts Textiles
Wool, Cotton, Foam
20th Century Beaux Arts Textiles
Cotton, Foam, Wool
20th Century Beaux Arts Textiles
Wool, Cotton, Foam
2010s French Beaux Arts Textiles
Silk
20th Century Beaux Arts Textiles
Cotton, Foam, Wool