Baroque Stools
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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Style: Baroque
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 ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Baroque Stools
Materials
Lambskin, Oak
Danish Modern, A Hexagon Stool, Reupholstered Seat in Lambswool, 1950s
Located in Odense, DK
A beautiful Danish modern stool in beech with curly legs, the hexagon seat reupholstered in a great quality shearling lambswool. Made by a Danish Cabinetmaker in the 1950s. A rare st...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Baroque Stools
Materials
Lambskin, Beech
Pair of Las Palmas Plymouth Bar Stools
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Las Palmas "Plymouth" barstools.
Leather seats held by brass nailheads.
Category
20th Century Baroque Stools
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
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...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Walnut
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 rare stoo...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Baroque Stools
Materials
Lambskin, Oak
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....
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1680s Italian Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Walnut
Neoclassical Carved Walnut Grotto Shell Stool Swivels
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Highly carved walnut swiveling stool with a shell motif and a tripod base. Cabriolet legs with paw feet.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Baroque Stools
Materials
Walnut
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...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Tapestry, Oak
Italian Baroque Stool with Velvet Upholstery
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Italian Baroque Stool with Velvet Upholstery and Gilded Scrolled Legs and Paw Feet
18 1/2″H x 19″W x 18″D
19th Century, sturdy antique condition
Category
19th Century Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet
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...
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1890s Spanish Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Oak
Late 17th Century Spanish Walnut Stool, Circa 1680
Located in Brugge, BE
A decorative late 17th century Spanish walnut stool, circa 1680. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this stool showcases the rich beauty of walnut, gracefully shaped into a...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Walnut
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...
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Early 20th Century French Baroque Stools
Materials
Leather, Wood, Pine
Scandinavian Tripod Stool in Pine & Cowhide, Wabi Sabi, 1950s
Located in Odense, DK
Decorative octagon shaped tripod stool in solid pine and cowhide. Hand carved by a Scandinavian cabinetmaker in 1950s.
A pair is available.
This wabi sabi stool will fit in man...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Baroque Stools
Materials
Cowhide, Pine
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Stools
Materials
Wood, Pine
Pair of 19th Century Giltwood Stools
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Highly decorative pair of 19th century carved giltwood stools with upholstered seats covered in antique water-patterned pale green silk.
The ornately carved aprons with trailing fol...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Giltwood
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...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Velvet, Wood
1920s Ebonised Baroque Style Swedish Stool or Bench with Ball & Claw Feet
Located in London, GB
Wonderful and stylish 1920s ebonised stool/bench in the Baroque style.
With a drop in seat which requires upholstering if you wish. This piece has an i...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Baroque Stools
Materials
Wood, Fabric
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...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Wood, Walnut
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.
Category
1650s Italian Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Fir
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 ...
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19th Century English Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Brass
Pair of Oval Walnut Stools
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Pair of hand carved walnut oval stools with X stretchers. New Fortuny upholstery.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
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...
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1690s British Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Oak
1980 Vintage Italian Baroque Benches: Gilt Accents & Off-White Bouclé Upholstery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of vintage elegance with our Italian Baroque benches from the 1980s. These wooden masterpieces, meticulously restored by our seasoned craftsmen, gleam with a pain...
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1980s Italian Vintage Baroque Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Fabric, Foam, Polyester, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint
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...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
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 ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Flemish Baroque Walnut Footstool
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular seat in need of reupholstery with barley twist legs and stretcher. Bun feet.
Category
1690s European Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Walnut
Red Baroque Bar Stool by Modenese Gastone Luxury Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Luxury baroque-style bar stool in natural bright walnut finish and black touches with gold leaf applications. This seating element, which completes the Modenese Home Bar set...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Stools
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 ...
Category
1730s European Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Wood
Bright Footstool with Red Flowers by Modenese Gastone Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Garnish your interior villa project with the soft upholstery featured in this classy footstool from Modenese Interiors, high-end furniture producer from Padova, Italy. This precise i...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Stools
Materials
Gold Leaf
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...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Wood
Red Satin and Dark Walnut Finish Footstool by Modenese Gastone Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Use your freetime wisely and confortably: rest your feet on the soft, delicate upholstery featured in this elegant footstool from Modenese Interiors,...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Stools
Materials
Gold Leaf
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...
Category
1680s English Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Ebony
Pair of Long French Early 18th Century Upholstered Walnut Benches
Located in Troy, NY
Rare pair of elegant long and narrow upholstered benches, early 18th century of French origin, each having six turned legs joined by conformin...
Category
18th Century French Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Italian Baroque Style Gold Giltwood Bench Stool New Oxblood Leather, circa 1800
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning Italian giltwood Baroque style bench stool with newly upholstered heritage oxblood leather top
This stool is sublime… T...
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Early 1800s Italian Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Leather, Giltwood
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.
Category
Early 1900s Maghreb Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Beech
Pair of 17th century Rustic Walnut Stools
Located in Troy, NY
Charming pair of small stools, bobbin turned legs, joined by box stretchers, octagonal tops, beautiful worn and dried out look.
Category
17th Century French Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Walnut Stool with Fortuny Upholstery
Located in Stamford, CT
A fine 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...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Walnut
George II Walnut Stool
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good 18th century George II walnut stool, with upholstered slip seat, the apron with slightly molded top edge, standing on cabriole legs with sh...
Category
1730s Irish Antique Baroque Stools
Materials
Walnut
Baroque stools for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque stools 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 stools created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque stools 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 stools, popular names associated with this style include Modenese Gastone, and Henning Kjærnulf. 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 stools differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $440 and tops out at $69,950 while the average work can sell for $3,185.
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