Baroque Seating
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
Pair of Italian Baroque Style Upholstered Benches with Cabriole Legs C. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian baroque style upholstered benches with flanking carved serpentine skirts, and resting on the original cabriole legs with pad feet. Late 19th century.
Category
1880s Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Pine
Antique French Baroque Carved Walnut Upholstered Throne Arm Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French throne armchair. Made of walnut featuring carved serpentine design with reticulated floral and acanthus crown.
Dimensions:
29" x 28" x 54"h, 21" seat height
Category
Early 20th Century Baroque Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Fine Nord Italian 18th Century Walnut Settee
Located in Rome, IT
A fine Nord Italian 18'century walnut Settee with scrolled arm-support on 8 cabriole legs , covered with silk fabric of Rubelli.
cm 220x115x70
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Wood
High Back Italian Baroque or Swedish Rococo Style Dining Side Chairs Set of Four
By Dods Murdick
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of four vintage high back Italian Baroque / Swedish Rococo style dining side chairs by Dods Murdick. Item features tall shapely backs, stretcher base, Queen Anne style legs, soli...
Category
1950s American Vintage Baroque Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair, 17th Century Spanish Armchairs, Hardwood, Velvet, Gilding
Located in Southbury, CT
A pair of hardwood -probably walnut- and velvet armchairs dating from the 17th century -prior to 1658, because this chair can be seen in Vermeer's painting from that year, "The Glass...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
Late 18th c Baroque Italian Armchair
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
18th C. Tall Italian Armchair with white, pale blue-grey paint , and with gilt detailing. Original Finish.
Extremely charming and highly decorative as well as comfortable. recent...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Linen, Hardwood, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century Louis XV Style Baroque Chairs in Velvet Upholstery, France 1900's
Located in New York, NY
A pair of late 19th century Louis XV style French fauteuils, each with padded back surmounted by carved cresting rail out swept arms with velvet upholstery and gilt details. Pair ava...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Giltwood
Pair of French Carved Walnut Wood Baroque Style Armchairs
By Custom Furniture Builders
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom made hand carved walnut armchairs. Ivory and Light Blue patterned upholstery.
Baroque architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries was known for its highly decorat...
Category
Late 20th Century French Baroque Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Armchair Walnut Embossed Leather Dutch Colonial
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
just purchased more information to follow
Category
1690s Dutch Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Knole Settee, 19 Century, English Baroque, Upholstered, White, Linen
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The straight, padded back re-upholstered in a modern linen to give a contemporary aesthetic.
Originally with red velvet and embellished with 18th century, braid, fringe and tasse...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Linen
Pair of 18th and 19th C Italian Curved Walnut Velvet Benches
Located in Charleston, SC
This pair of curved walnut benches was made in Italy. One is the original dating back to the end of the 18th century. The other is a exact copy that was made in Italy in the mid-19th...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Walnut
Baroque Golden Leather Swivel Chair with Walnut Finishes by Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Bespoke Italian office swivel chair for presidential offices. Modenese Gastone Interiors designed and produced this item for a VIP client office in Mont...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Set of 6 Swedish Gustavian White Painted Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 6 Baroque, Gustavian Swedish dining chairs. Upholstered with brown leather and painted in a light creamish white finish.
Prope...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Baroque Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Italian Giltwood Palazzo Chair Suite
Located in London, GB
Consisting of three armchairs and seven side chairs, this superb giltwood suite was made in Italy in the nineteenth century. With slight variations in t...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
Baroque Style Carved Solid Beech Bench, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s.
This bench is made in carved and polished with shellac beech.
It is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as i...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Baroque Seating
Materials
Beech
A Swedish Baroque -Style Hand Carved Bench
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish Baroque-style hand carved walnut bench. With mouton legs and arched stretcher having leaf motif ornaments on cabriole legs. The seat upholstered in hand embroidered crewel ...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Baroque Seating
Materials
Textile, 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 Seating
Materials
Wood
21st Century Deluxe Baroque Green Bed Bench by Modenese Interiors, Silver Leaf
Located in PADOVA, Italy
This white baroque bed bench from Modenese Gastone Luxury Interiors, Italian furniture producer, is a superbly elegant yet confortable piece for a classic decor, best showcased in li...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Set of Four 19th Century Large, Hand-Carved Wood High Back Armchairs
Located in Long Island City, NY
A set of four 19th century large hand-carved wood high back armchairs.
Wonderful quality carvings, standing on curved legs which are attached by a stretcher.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Venetian Armchairs in Yellow Lacquer
Located in Vo', Veneto
Pair of Venetian Armchairs in Yellow Lacquer
Wood Type: Lacquered walnut
Period: Mid-1800s
Origin: Venice
Dimensions:
Height - 88 cm
Seat height - 42 cm
Width - 60 cm (measured at ...
Category
1850s Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Fir
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 Seating
Materials
Wood
19th Century White Lions Paw Arras Orangery Chair
Located in Hastings, GB
An absolutely stunning Arras Orangery chair, the highly decorative and detailed piece is in exceptional antique condition. This is the early original Arras model, bearing the Lions P...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Metal
Pair of Italian 19th century Baroque st. Giltwood armchairs.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An statement making and most decorative pair of Italian 19th century Baroque st. Giltwood armchairs. Each wonderful chair is raised by four legs, with the back legs being square and ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Chairs Dining Room Chairs Swedish Baroque Black Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Chairs dining room chairs Swedish Baroque black Sweden. An assembled set of six chairs made during the Baroque period in Sweden. Refinished in our Laserow Black and upholstered in a ...
Category
Early 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Wood
Frailero Armchair, Walnut Wood, Textile, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Armchair with arms and high backrest of the type known as "frailero" upholstered in red and yellow textile, with fringes on the seat and the lower part of the backrest. The carved de...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Other
Armchairs, Pair, Flemish, 17th Century, Walnut, Upholstered, Bargello, Scrollarm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This pair of open armchairs are characteristic of the Haute Époque employing elegant barley-twist turnings and sweeping, curved, scroll arms. The bargello is a re-creation of a fashi...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Style Three-Piece Upholstery and Giltwood Seating Suite
Located in London, GB
Italian Baroque style three-piece upholstery and giltwood seating suite
Italian, 20th century
Measures: Settee: Height 164cm, width 261cm, depth 84cm
Armchairs: Height 151cm, widt...
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Seating
Materials
Velvet, Giltwood, Upholstery
Baroque-style Armchair with modern Upholstery, Italy, mid 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large baroque-style nutwood armchair with high curved backrest and carved wooden frame with volute decoration from Italy. The armchair has a modern Japanese-style cover in blue, whit...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Grand Baroque Four-Seater Sofa in Massive Wood and Patinated Gold Leaf
Located in PADOVA, Italy
This alluring sofa is welcoming guests with its broad size and the flamboyance design. This four seater with armrest in classic baroque style. The body of the sofa with exclusive uph...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Seating
Materials
Wood
French Baroque 17th Century Louis XIV Walnut Armchair
Located in Troy, NY
Of comfortable size, the four beautifully turned legs joined by conforming stretchers, scrolling, carved arms.
Clean up and polish included. The chair needs to be re-upholstered and...
Category
Late 17th Century French Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Walnut
Chair Side Baroque Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A chair made during the Karolin Baroque period. Made from oak wood with quilted leather.
Category
Late 17th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Set of Five Italian Baroque Chairs, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Set of five Baroque chairs on curved S-legs with upholstered seat and backrest. The chairs were expertly finished and covered with a white base fabric.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Walnut
Museum of Fine Arts Provenance: 18th Century Dutch Carved Side Chair
Located in Atlanta, GA
Dutch School, 18th century.
A deacquisition from the Museum of Fine Arts. With label affixed to underside of the chair.
A very unique chair in the Baroque taste - featuring carve...
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Armchair Early 19th Century England
Located in New York, NY
Armchair Early 19th Century England. An armchair made during the early part of the 19th century in Enland. Frame made from walnut. Seat upholster...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Salon Suite, 18th century
Located in Leimen, DE
Unique and very unusual Italian Baroque salon suite composed of two armchairs and one sofa. Exquisitely carved poplar wood with typical Baroque motifs including scrolls, flowers and ...
Category
1760s Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Poplar
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 Seating
Materials
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 Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Two Seater Blue Damask Sofa in Gold Leaf Carving by Modenese Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
True essence of the artisanal work is shown through this luxurious classic two seater sofa. A highest quality blend of fabric choice and texture, the recreation of luxe indigo - gold tone of the velvet stripes and frill over the beautiful damask upholstered back seat. The solid wood hand carving...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Seating
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
1900s Rare Antique Curved Armchair
Located in Praha, CZ
- Newly upholstered in velvet fabric
- Wooden legs have been refurbished
- Height of seat 43 cm.
Category
Early 1900s Czech Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Large Late 19th Early / 20th Century Italian Ottoman
Located in Hudson, NY
This tall substantial ottoman was made in Italy in the late 19th to early 20th century. Carved from walnut entirely and showing design elements of the late baroque the stool is painted and the finish is distressed consistent with age and use but is strong and sturdy with a new simple decorative upholstery completed with decorative tape to the top and brass tacks to round out the architectural styling. The carved fruit basket...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Seating
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Italian Gold and Silver Leaf Armchairs from Naples, Italy
Located in Houston, TX
Wood carved armchairs from Napes, Italy, circa 1680. Very rare and has the antique fabric in good condition. Some parts appear gold leaf and other...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Rococo Style Gold Velvet Bench
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Rococo style (19th Century) walnut square bench with scroll form legs connected with a replaced stretcher and a gold velvet upholstered seat.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
20th Century, Venetian Baroque Stile Carved and Laquered Giltwood Bench
Located in IT
20th Century, Venetian Baroque style carved and laquered giltwood bench.
This small center bench was made in the Venetian baroque style around the early twentieth century. The struc...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Seating
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Black and Gold Damask Armchair by Modenese Gastone Luxury Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Specially designed armchair take on a neo-baroque style. This accent furniture is a great head turner piece in any living space. An eye catching black-gold upholstered fabric part of...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Seating
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
21st Century Baroque-Inspired Bright Pouf with Gold Leaf by Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
This white baroque pouf from Modenese Gastone Luxury Interiors is a superbly elegant yet confortable piece for a classic decor, best showcased in a living room, bedroom, lounge, or c...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Cognac Faux Leather And Walnut Armchair, Czechoslovakia 1950s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful armchair with stunning details. The chair was produced in 1950s in Czechoslovakia. The chair is made of walnut wooden structure and faux leather sear and backrest. The wood...
Category
1950s Slovak Vintage Baroque Seating
Materials
Faux Leather, Walnut
Italian 19th century Baroque st. Giltwood bench/stool
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative Italian 19th century Baroque st. Giltwood bench/stool. This stunning bench is raised by elegant and most decorative 'X' shaped support with fine scroll...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of 19th C. Spanish Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These armchairs are classic examples of Baroque-style seating, most likely French or Spanish in origin, dating from the 19th Century. The rich red velvet upholstery is typical of Ba...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
18th century North Italian Baroque Style Green-Painted and Parcel-Gilt Settee
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A North Italian green-painted and parcel-gilt settee from the mid-18th century. The serpentine padded backrest displays foliate scrolls on the top rail flanked by two scrolls above a...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Period Italian Baroque Ebonized Bench
Located in Essex, MA
Period Italian Baroque carved panel incorporated into a bench or settee.
Carving used as back is 17th century/seat and legs early 19th...
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Seating
19th Century French Baroque Style Upholstered Armchair
Located in Marbella, ES
French baroque style hand carved fruitwood armchair with typical neoclassical rock and plant decorations, gold leaf gilded and painted over in additio...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
Set of Two Portuguese Chairs 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of Two Portuguese Chairs
19th century ,
in black painted wood, gilded decoration.
Straw seats.
Small flaws.
Dim.: 85 x 41 x 38 cm.
good condition.
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19th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Wood
Armchair Upholstered Kelim Knole Vintage Country House Massive
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A large, vintage, country house, knole armchair upholstered in a kelim textile
A Classic country house piece with the high back and wings creating a ...
Category
1980s English Vintage Baroque Seating
Materials
Fabric
Armchair Swedish Early Baroque Period Gilt Leather Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Armchair Swedish Early Baroque period gilt leather Sweden. An armchair in a generous size made during the Carolean Baroque Era 1650-1720 period in Swede...
Category
Late 17th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Wood
Vintage Swedish Rococo Style Cream Distress Painted Side Chairs - Set of 4
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Great set of 4 vintage distress painted dining chairs in the Swedish Rococo / French Louis XV Style. Chairs feature shapely cabriole legs, carvings throughout including the crest, lo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Baroque Seating
Materials
Wood
Neo-Baroque Sofa with Massive Wood, Ivory Craquelè Lacquered and Gold Leaf Art
Located in PADOVA, Italy
The exciting bold prints over the plush inner cushion, a unique accent piece that brings immediate attention to your living space. The hard wooden frames are as exciting as the soft seating part, an ivory...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Seating
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sofa Bench Baroque Period 1650-1750 Black Europe
Located in New York, NY
Sofa Bench Baroque Period 1650-1750 Black Europe. A sofa bench made during the Baroque period in south of Europe. Frame made from oak and repainted in our Laserow Black. Beautiful ca...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Baroque Seating
Materials
Oak
Baroque seating for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque seating 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 seating created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, tables, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque seating 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 seating, popular names associated with this style include Modenese Gastone, Europa Antiques, Henning Kjærnulf, and Europa. 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 seating differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $378 and tops out at $76,500 while the average work can sell for $4,480.
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