Baroque Chairs
BAROQUE STYLE
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.
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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Baroque
Antique Venetian Baroque Style Hand-Carved Walnut Armchair w/ Leather Upholstery
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Venetian 18th Century Baroque Style Hand-Carved Walnut Armchair with Brown Leather Upholstery
This stunning armchair showcases intricate hand-carved details in the Baroque s...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Metal
Pair Italian Grotto Silver Parcel Gilt Wood Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
An iconic pair of 20th Century silver gold Italian giltwood grotto chairs with clamshell seat and back supported by beautifully carved conch legs.
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Italian Carved Hall Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique pair of carved oak Baroque Italian hall chairs.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of Italian Giltwood High Back Chiavari Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mid-century modern matching pair of Italian regency chiavari chairs featuring high backs. Crafted from giltwood with a lovely aged patina. The seats have been upholstered with opulen...
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Giltwood
Mid-Century Spanish Carved Walnut Folding Chair with Original Embossed Leather
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant vintage fruitwood side chair was crafted in Spain, circa 1960. The versatile, folding walnut chair has a simple shape and features its original tooled brown leather seat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Chairs Italian 19th Baroque Style Black Leather Century Italy
Located in New York, NY
Chairs Italian 19th Black Leather Century Italy. A pair of side chairs made during the 19th century in Italy. Upholstered in a thick black leather with brass needle...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Large Pair of Exuberantly Carved Italian Baroque Armchairs
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 19th century large pair of Italian Armchairs. Each exuberantly carved example with a padded back surmounted by a pierced foliate and floral crest, joined by scrolling arms to t...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Textile, Fruitwood
Six French Country Ladderback Painted Dining Chairs Early 19th Century
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Six French country ladderback painted dining chairs early 19th century.
Superb quality set of 6 antique French Louis XV Baroque style carv...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
French 19th Century Chairs with Original Black Patina - Set of 2
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of 2 French Chairs with Casters
Category
1880s French Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Spanish Leather and Wood Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Classic antique Baroque style dining chairs, in weathered wood, and leather. Both are structurally sound and sturdy, both show some cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age. We ...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Carved Gilt Wood Knotted Rope and Tassel Motif Chair, Dorothy Draper
Located in Riverdale, NY
Amazing Carved Wood Gilt Tassel Rope Motif Chair from a Dorothy Draper designed estate from Westchester County, NY. Antique gilt accent chair reimagi...
Category
1960s American Vintage Baroque Chairs
Materials
Wood
"Her" Venetian Walnut Arm Chair
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A richly carved walnut, Venetian arm chair. Covered in later velvet with antique fringe. This is the "hers" of "his and her" chairs (sold separate...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Pair of Italian Baroque Style Giltwood Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Italian Baroque style giltwood chairs.
Stunning pair of Roman Baroque style gilt wood chairs, circa 1920. These unusual chairs or side chairs ha...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Baroque Chairs
Materials
Mohair, Giltwood
"His" Venetian Walnut Arm Chair
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A richly carved walnut Venetian arm chair. This is the "His" version of a "His and Her" chairs. Sold separately. This is a slightly bigger versio...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Set of Ten French Baroque Style Walnut Masked Dining Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating set of ten 19th century hand-carved walnut dining chairs made in the French baroque or renaissance revival style. The chairs feature tall backs with intricately carved grotesque...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 18th Century Venetian Carved Eagle Chairs or Benches
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 18th century Venetian carved eagle Grotto chairs or benches.
These rare and stunning carved eagle chairs, also known as fantasy furniture ha...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Pair William & Mary Carved Walnut Side Chairs
Located in Pasadena, CA
These beautifully carved high back William & Mary side chairs were created at the end of the sixteenth century c. 1690. The intricate carving of the legs, stretchers snd backs are in...
Category
Late 17th Century English Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Linen, Walnut
Italian Baroque Style Schmieg-Hungate & Kotzian LLC., Dining Chairs, Set of 8
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 20th c., a set of 8 one of a kind dining chairs by expert NYC cabinet makers Schmieg, Hungate and Kotzian in the Italian Baroque style...
Category
1920s American Vintage Baroque Chairs
Materials
Brass
Set of Four Baroque Style Chairs, Germany 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
This set of four Baroque style chairs have a beautifully hand-carved flower and rocaille decor. The chairs date back to the 19th century and were m...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Style Italian BELLA Carved Solid Walnut Side Chair Leather to order
Located in Encinitas, CA
BELLA side chair - our exclusive 18th Century style antique reproduction side chair - handcrafted of solid Italian walnut with beautifully carved front legs and premium antique style...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Pair of Late Baroque Swedish Chairs, Origin, Sweden, Circa 1750-1760
Located in New York, NY
A pair of late Baroque Swedish chairs, origin: Sweden, circa 1750 -1760, reupholstered in linen sateen fabric from Rogers & Goffigon, the wood stained to resemble walnut.
The for...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Spanish Baroque Embossed Leather Side Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular leather back and seat with brass studs, square legs with carved stretcher. Brass finials. Provenance William Hodgins.
Category
Early 1700s Spanish Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of Four 19th-Century Baroque Oakwood Side Chairs - Refined Craftsmanship
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into a world of historical elegance with our set of four Late 19th-century Baroque Side Chairs, showcasing the perfect fusion of artistic craftsmanship and practicality. These c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Iron
Antique Italian Besarel Walnut Arm Chair Baroque Upholstered Mid-19th C Rare
By Andrea Brustolon, Valentino Panciera Besarel
Located in Tyler, TX
Stunning & rare Italian venetian highly carved walnut Baroque upholstered arm chair~~ Besarel~~mid-19th century
We recently had the good fortune to obtain this rare work of art~~an antique carved walnut arm chair...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Italian Baroque Iron and Brass Faldistorio
Located in Greenwich, CT
Italian Baroque period folding bench (faldistorio), the "X" frame with scroll etched iron supports with notched corners, joined by rosettes, topped by superstructure with suppressed ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Set of Two Baroque Chairs, South German, 18th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
A set of two original Baroque chairs, South German, 18th century.
This unique set of Baroque chairs is made of walnut. The chairs have beautiful...
Category
1750s German Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of Six Baroque Chairs, France 1760
Located in Belmont, MA
This original set of 6 Baroque chairs comes from France and dates back to around 1760. These pretty 18th century chairs are made of hand carved oak. They are decorated with fine roca...
Category
1750s European Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Oak
Handsome 18th C Italian Baroque Arm Chair with Intricately Carved Details
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian carved-wood Baroque armchair from the 18th century, possibly older. This antique chair from Italy has meticulous hand-carvings throughout, with particular emphasis along i...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Wood
8 Antique Swedish 18th Century Baroque French Louis XV Rococo Gilt Dining Chairs
Located in Dayton, OH
Suite of 8 Swedish gilt and gesso Louis XV/Rococo side chairs, Circa mid 18th century. Features an ornately scalloped frame with shell carvings on the apron and crest. Upholstered in...
Category
18th Century Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
Dos Gallos Custom Walnut and Leather Spiral Twist Armchair with Scrolled Arms
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Our Custom Occasional chair in walnut with barley twist legs and stretchers. Beautifully carved scrolled arms. As shown in COL and nail heads. Can be made in any finish, in solid Wal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Baroque Chairs
Materials
Oak, Walnut
18th Century Italian Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Stockbridge, GA
18th century Italian giltwood armchairs.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
Chairs Pair of Swedish Baroque Brown Black Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Chairs pair of Swedish Baroque brown black Sweden. A pair of side chairs made during the Baroque period in Sweden. A dark brown frame with discrete carvings. Seat upholstered in soft...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Wood
Chair Swedish Baroque Oak Gilt Leather Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Chair Swedish Baroque oak gilt leather Sweden. An exquisite side chair made during the Baroque period in Sweden 1650-1750. Frame made from dark oak. Uph...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Oak
Italian Baroque Style Carved Walnut Armchair, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Attractive 19th century Italian Baroque style carved walnut armchair with beautifully scrolled arms and legs. Upholstered with white and gold fabric.
Measures: Arm height is 28 i...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
Armchair Swedish Baroque Oak Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Armchair Swedish Baroque oak, Sweden. A single armchair made in Sweden during the early part of the Baroque period. Frame made of oak with an upholstered b...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Oak
Chairs Swedish Baroque Oak Brown Gilt Leather Light Blue Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Chairs Swedish Baroque oak brown gilt leather light blue Sweden. Pair of side chairs Baroque Sweden. A pair of side chairs made during the Baroque period in Sweden. Frame in stained ...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Oak
Baroque 18th Century Armchair with Original Brass Stamp, Sweden, circa 1740
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Swedish Baroque 18th century armchair, circa 1740, origin: Sweden, with beautifully carved details such as shells, scrolls on...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Leather
19th Century Portuguesh Chairs
Located in Stockbridge, GA
19th Century Portuguesh Pair of Side Chairs.
Category
Mid-19th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
Important 18th Century Portuguese Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bold 18th century Portuguese period side chair with scroll and stylized lion tail carving, the upholstered balloon seat over scrolled and outward rolled apron, standing on boldly car...
Category
1740s South American Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Antique Italian Carved Walnut Bench by Valentino Besarel Ca 1870
Located in Encinitas, CA
Magnificent walnut hand-carved bench attributed to master artist Valentino Besarel (b. July 29 1829, d. Dec 11 1902) of Venice, Italy.
Renaissance Revival.
High quality; soft, fi...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Neo-Baroque Hand-Carved Louis XIII Style Armchair
Located in New York, NY
Hand-carved walnut Louis XVIII style armchair with curved wood and tapered legs and brass nailhead trim.
Seat depth - 20".
Arm height - 28".
Category
Mid-20th Century French Baroque Chairs
Materials
Wood
Armchair Baroque 18th Century Oak Southern Europe
Located in New York, NY
An armchair in made during the late Baroque period 18th century in southern Europe most likely Spain. Frame from oak in original finish.
Category
Early 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Oak
17th Century English Child's Chair in Leather with Brass Studwork
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare low 17th century leather upholstered oak child's chair with brass studwork on turned legs joined by stretcher base, excellent color.
Category
Late 17th Century English Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Brass
Swedish Baroque Captain's Arm Chair, Hand-Carved with Gold Trim c. 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hand-carved Swedish Baroque Captain's chair in black with gold trim and Swedish flag. Arms are covered in distressed leather with nail head trim. The chair is covered in gold design with motifs including leaves and shells. Exact provenance and meaning of symbols and letters is unknown. It is believed that this chair was created for the captain of a ship, making it a unique conversation piece for your space. Could be recovered or reupholstered with new leather or left distressed to highlight the age, patina, and history of the chair. This captain's chair would work well as an accent chair, side chair, or a statement dining room head chair...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint
Venetian Baroque Style Hand Painted Armchair w/Cabriole Legs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Venetian baroque style hand painted open armchair w/cabriole legs
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Paint, Wood
Set of Four 19th Century Iberian Baroque Wood Chairs with Cane Seats
Located in Middleburg, VA
Set of four 19th century Iberian baroque wood chairs
Iberia, 1801-1900
Measure: 41" H, 19.5" W, 20" D.
Category
19th Century European Antique Baroque Chairs
Materials
Wood
Baroque chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque chairs 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 chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Scandinavia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chairs, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Modenese Gastone, Europa, and Franz Hohn. 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 chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $740 and tops out at $44,528 while the average work can sell for $3,852.
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