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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A Hexagon Stool in Oak, Reupholstered Seat in Lambswool, Danish Modern, 1950s
Located in Odense, DK
A beautiful Danish modern stool in oak with curly legs, the hexagon seat reupholstered in a great quality shearling lambswool. Made by a Danish Cabinetmaker in the 1950s. A fine stoo...
Lambskin, Oak
Vintage Danish Hexagonal Oak Stool with Lambswool, 1930s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish Hexagonal Oak Stool with Lambswool, 1930s. Adorably small footstool with turned legs i stained solid oak. New white lambs wool upholstery on the hexagonal seat. Made ...
Lambskin, Oak
Danish Modern, A Pair of Tripod Stools, Reupholstered Seats in Lambswool, 1950s
Located in Odense, DK
A pair of charming Danish modern stools in solid oak with curly legs, the round seats are reupholstered in a great quality shearling lambswool. Made by a Danish Cabinetmaker in the ...
Lambskin, Oak
Flemish Baroque Walnut Footstool
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular seat in need of reupholstery with barley twist legs and stretcher. Bun feet.
Walnut
Antique Late 18th Century Pair of Italian Tabouret/ Stools
Located in Doha, QA
This beautiful elegant Antique Stools (Tabouret) are hand crafted and made out of walnut wood ca in 1790-1810. They have an extremely exquisite elegant curved legs and very comfortab...
Velvet, Wood
Danish Modern, A Hexagon Stool in Oak, Reupholstered Seat in Lambswool, 1950s
Located in Odense, DK
A beautiful Danish modern stool in oak with curly legs, the hexagon seat reupholstered in a great quality shearling lambswool. Made by a Danish Cabinetmaker in the 1950s. A fine stoo...
Lambskin, Oak
$5,900Sale Price / set|32% Off
Set of Six Baroque Style Oak Barley Twist Dining Stools
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late 19th century set of six English oak dining chairs repurposed and designed by Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The chairs were crafted in ...
Brass
Wooden Carved Tripod Chair with Leather Seat, Wabi Sabi, Early 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
Sculptural wooden tripod chair, made in the early 20th century in France. A beautiful brutalist object with a fine patina, well suited for the modern interior...
Leather, Wood, Pine
18th Century Swedish Baroque Stool with Traces of Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th century Swedish Baroque stool from Skelleftea Vasterbotten, Northern Sweden. A rustic & genuine old Baroque stool with fantastic patina & t...
Pine
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 ...
Bronze, Wrought Iron
19th Century English Oak Joint Stool / Bench
Located in Miami, FL
19th century English oak joint stool / bench Jacobean style stool / bench Hand crafted English oak The oak shows some distress from the past 300+ years The images here show...
Oak
Wabi Sabi French Wooden Carved Tripod Chair, Early 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
Sculptural wooden tripod chair, made in the early 20th century in France. A beautiful brutalist object with a fine patina, well suited for the modern interior...
Wood, Pine
$3,275 / set
Pair Of Antique Italian Carved Sgabello Chairs
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique pair of figural heavily carved walnut sgabello chairs. Winged figures and baroque designs. The sgabello is a type of chair or stool with carved...
Wood, Walnut
Italian hand-carved dorado wood stool in French 20th century style
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Italian hand-carved dorado wood stool in French style 20th century - Private Collection Domenico Rugiano
Fabric, Wood
$4,500 / set
Pair of French 17th Century Rustic Walnut Stools
Located in Troy, NY
Pair of French 17th Century Rustic Walnut Stools. Charming pair of small stools, splayed bobbin turned legs, joined by box stretchers, octagonal tops, beautiful worn and dried out lo...
Walnut
19th Century antique Oriental Chair with Inlaid Marakesh, 1900 beech carved
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood with various inlays. Beautifully turned. This type of furniture was very popular in Europe in the 19th century.
Beech
Italian 20th century silver-plated carved wood luxury pouf
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Italian 20th century silver-plated carved wood luxury pouf
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Baroque Walnut Ottoman/Stools
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of 19th century Italian carved Baroque walnut ottoman/stools. These are done in the manner of Andrea Brustolon (1662 –1732), who was a Venetian carver best known for incorpora...
Leather, Wood, Walnut
$11,800
Pair of Oval Walnut Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of hand carved walnut oval stools with X stretchers. New Fortuny upholstery.
Fabric, Walnut
Danish Baroque Oak Barley Twist Stool with Red Leather Seat, Early 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
An exquisite early 20th‑century Danish oak stool, beautifully crafted with barley twist turnings and a richly upholstered leather seat. This stool’s distinctive barley twist legs, a...
Metal
Antique Spanish Baroque Carved Walnut End Table or Stool
Located in Forney, TX
A charming rustic antique Spanish Baroque low table with beautifully aged dark rich patina. circa 1880 Versatile, today it would make for a great end table, chair side table, bedsid...
Walnut
18th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Stool with Fortuny Upholstery
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century Italian Baroque walnut stool with cabriole legs joined by an X-form stretcher ending in hoof feet. With blue and green Fortuny upholstery...
Walnut, Textile
Classic Italian carved and gilded wooden stool, 20th century
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Classic Italian carved and gilded wooden stool, 20th century
Wood
Stool, Baroque, Upholstered, Oak, Ebonised, X Stretcher, Tapestry, Verdure Bird
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, late 17th century. ‘X’ stretchered, ebonised, oak stool upholstered in 17th century verdure tapestry Unusual simulating ebony which was phenomenally expensive and only found in Royal and aristocratic collections at this time This stool is sophisticated, elegant and refined and the flying bird on the tapestry is a charming and unusual feature. The fine turnings, and x-stretcher evolved into the design of late-17th century English furniture in response to Continental fashions. At the same time, cabinet makers responded to the fashion for expensive Oriental laquered furniture by ebonising or black-japanning...
Oak
Luxury Italian 20th century silvered carved wood pouf purple color
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Luxury Italian 20th century silvered carved wood pouf purple color
Silver Leaf
Northern Italian Baroque Painted Fir Wood 1-Drawer Confessional Bench, 17th Cen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a demilune shaped top covered in antique leather (with defects) above a conforming case housing a bible drawer and raised on splayed shaped legs.
Fir
Italian Baroque Walnut Stool
Located in Essex, MA
In original well used condition being a piece steadily in use for hundreds of years.Cut out on top for lifting with a shaped apron and four shaped and reeded legs with box stretcher....
Walnut
Set, Pair, Armchairs, Armchair, Stool, Ebonised, Baroque, Baroque-Revival
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, matched pair of ebonised armchairs from The Baroque & Baroque-Revival Periods & An Antiquarian, Baroque stool - From a private, furniture collection, acquired to represent three different periods of European manufacture & collecting of ebonised furniture...
Ebony
Pair of Spanish square upholstered Baroque oak stools
Located in Troy, NY
Pair of Spanish square upholstered Baroque oak stools of unique design and proportion. The upholstered seat above a wave-shaped apron, joining the four-way splayed column-legs, endin...
Oak
Cantor’s stool in oak wood, from the beginning of the 18th century, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
Cantor’s stool in oak wood, from the beginning of the 18th century, sourced in France. This piece features a colorful tapestry upholstery and a series of twisted legs on an oak woode...
Tapestry, Oak
Bench Swedish Baroque 18th Century Original Paint Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Bench Swedish Baroque 18th century original paint Sweden. A bench made during the Baroque period in Sweden 18th century. Left overs of or...
Wood
Stool, Walnut, Venetian, Putti, Cherub, Amorini, Grotto, Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This unusual stool has a fine sculptural quality, combining functionality with artistic merit. The kneeling cherub is in service, holding the elaborate ...
Walnut