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Baroque Bookcases

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
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Sideboard Cabinet Religious Gilt
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Spruce

Elegant Minimalistic 17th Century Ebonized Cabinet on a Contemporary Steel Stand
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A statement piece that will make an impact in most settings. The antique cabinet itself is 36 cm high. It is mounted on a modern hand-forged frame. Which shows a perfect symbiosis of antique and...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Wood

Gold Twisted Metal Two Tier Glass Hanging Wall Shelf
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small hanging wall shelf created from gold twisted metal. This shelf will be great in a bathroom for holding beauty products, or small decorative ite...
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20th Century American Baroque Bookcases

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Metal

Italian Inlaid Venetian Burlwood Baroque Cabinet, Bookcase, Vitrine or Cupboard
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Inlaid Venetian Burlwood Baroque Cabinet, Bookcase, Vitrine or Cupboard A fine cabinet of burl wood with a lower commode having three drawers ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases

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Glass, Wood

Bookcase Bureau Walnut Burr Original Mirror Plate Bevelled Double Dome Finials
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
AN EXCEPTIONAL, GEORGE I, BURR WALNUT & FEATHER BANDED, DOUBLE-DOMED BUREAU BOOKCASE WITH ORIGINAL BEVELLED MIRROR PLATES, GILDED FINIALS, FROM THE COLL...
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1720s English Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Mirror, Walnut, Giltwood

19th Century Light-Grey Italian Antique Pair of Painted Walnut Library Steps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique pair of 19th century library stairs with wide steps in the Baroque style and patinated in a warm natural colored light-grey, in good condition. These large and very sturdy...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Walnut

18th-19th Century Swedish Baroque Pinewood, Glass Bookcase, Antique Showcase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, antique large Swedish Baroque two-part bookcase made of hand crafted Pinewood, in good condition. The upper part of the detailed Scandinavian library, showcase is composed with two doors featuring its original glass and two long arched shelves...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Metal, Chrome

18th Century Italian Painted and Parcel Gilt Bookcase
Located in Houston, TX
18th century Italian painted and parcel gilt bookcase. This stunning 18th century Baroque painted and parcel gilt bookcase has 3 glass cabinet doors above for display, 3 drawers below and 3 wood cabinet doors at the bottom for storage. The paint decoration on this outstanding Tuscan bookcase...
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18th Century Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Wood

Late 19th Century Spanish Walnut Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
A late 19th century Spanish Walnut Bureau bookcase ‘secretaire’ with fretwork open swan neck pediment, centred by a shaped finial, above a pair of doors, slant front enclosed writing...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Walnut

17th C Style Tuscan Italian Fir Library Credenza In-Stock or custom quote
Located in Encinitas, CA
In Stock Our CORTINA 17th century style Tuscan Library features aged, rustic Italian Old Fir (Abete) with a unique beige patinated finish. Forged iron hardware and joinery. The Italian art & fine handcraft of Bellini's antique reproduction. Floor model as photographed is Sale priced and available for immediate delivery from California. Save this listing to receive our Private Offer on this In-Stock 2-piece library as shown. CORTINA 2-pc Tuscan library measures: Total 86.5” L x 19.5” D x 90” H * 4-Door + 2-Large Drawer Credenza base unit: 86.5” L x 19.5” D x 35.5” H with 2 adjustable interior shelves * Open Bookcase upper unit: 82” L x 15” D x 54.5” H with 6 adjustable shelves Our CORTINA Tuscan style cabinetry line is available in custom size, configuration, interiors & hardware options by quote - in all of our solid aged wood finish & color options. Please inquire. Bellini’s Old World Collection of Mediterranean, Tuscan, Rustic, Farmhouse & Classic Credenza styles adapted from Italian Renaissance designs of the 15th to 19th Centuries. Handcrafted with aged Italian solid hardwoods & fine-tooled hardware and artfully finished in the classic Italian shellac manner by our Master Craftsmen in Italy - this Tuscan style cabinetry may be Custom built by quote to your preference in size, configuration, color & patina. Imagine a media cabinet, library bookcase, or vanity credenza...
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2010s Italian Baroque Bookcases

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Iron

Bureau Bookcase C 1720 Flemish Bookcase 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Bureau, bookcase c 1720. Flemish bookcase with hunting scene made in mahogany and oak. Overall. Size: 231x122x60 cm very good condition.
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18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Wood

Late 19th Century Spanish Walnut Bureau Bookcase ‘Secretaire’
Located in Miami, FL
A late 19th century Spanish Walnut Bureau bookcase ‘secretaire’ with fretwork open swan neck pediment, centred by a shaped finial, above a pair of doors, slant front enclosed writing...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Walnut

Four Door Bookcase with Four Drawers, Baroque Inspiration by Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Give a new fresh look to your house with this four-door bookcase featuring four drawers with Blumotion soft-closing system and three crystal shelves for each door. The baroque insp...
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2010s Italian Baroque Bookcases

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Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Antique French Carved Oak Vitrine Cabinet Bookcase Barley Twist Renaissance
Located in Miami, FL
Antique French carved oak vitrine cabinet bookcase barley twist renaissance from France. A gorgeous antique French bookcase cabinet, unusually...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Bronze

Italian Baroque Style Pinewood Bookcase Cabinet, Early 18th Century and Later
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a stepped cornice and accompanying lower molding on the upper (later) bookcase section which houses 4 levels of shelves, the lower section is a credenza with four doors openin...
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1720s Italian Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Pine

Four Door Bookcase with Gold Leaf, Baroque in Solid Wood, Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Modenese Gastone Interiors can be the perfect partner for your presidential project interior design. This high-end four door vitrine bookcase in solid wood, with natural finish and g...
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2010s Italian Baroque Bookcases

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Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf

Domed Four Door Bookcase, Baroque and Silver Leaf by Modenese Gastone Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Modenese Gastone Interiors can be the perfect partner for your exclusive presidential office interior design project. This high-end four door vitrine bookcase in solid wood, with nat...
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2010s Italian Baroque Bookcases

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Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Baroque Library by Modenese Gastone Producer, in Radica and Silver Leaf
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Use this delicate piece of furniture from Modenese Luxury Interiors to decorate your lavish living room in a classical way. This bookcase features premium radica surfaces and hand de...
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2010s Italian Baroque Bookcases

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Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

19th Century Spanish Walnut Cabinet or Bookcase with Stained Glass Doors
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Spanish walnut cabinet or bookcase can store books, heirlooms, a special collection, or any objets d'art! Glazing colored stained o...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Stained Glass, Walnut

20th Century Oakwood French in Baroque Style Bookcase, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French baroque style bookcase from the 20th century. Furniture built in a single block in dark patinated oak of great size and impact. Open bookcase covered in fabric in good conditi...
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1960s French Vintage Baroque Bookcases

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Wood

18th Century Cupboard or Bookcase with Glass Vitrine, Walnut, Spain Restored
Located in Miami, FL
Exquisite 18th century Spanish cupboard or bookcase with glass vitrine, constructed from walnut and original glasses of this period. Features a coffered case fronted by four large do...
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Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Glass, Walnut

Large Early 18th Century Buffet Library Louis XIV
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A monumental French early 18th century oak buffet cupboard. Cupboards/Buffets like this were used in castles and large mansions to either store...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Oak

Early 20th Century Trumeau Bureau in Ferrara Walnut Briar , from Bovolone Italy
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian Early 20th Century small baroque Trumeau Bureau desk cabinet in Ferrara walnut burl , manufactured in Bovolone - Verona ; polished to wax in exc...
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Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases

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Walnut, Burl

Early 18th Century Burl Walnut Veneered Bureau Cabinet
Located in Nordhavn, DK
Early 18th century burl walnut veneered bureau cabinet. The upper section with swan neck top over double doors, the lower section with a sloping-...
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Early 18th Century European Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Walnut, Oak

Italian early 18th century Baroque Walnut Secretary-Bookcase
Located in Troy, NY
Italian secretary with beautiful, thick walnut radica veneer, wonderful color, ebonized moldings, most likely retaining the original mirror plates. The two upper doors open to reveal a fitted interior, the lower part has a fitted desk compartment...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Walnut

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Located in Perth, GB
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17th Spanish Walnut Cabinet on Stand, Desk, Original ‘Bargueño’
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Restored Tiger Bamboo Five-Tier Book Shelf Etagere
Located in Van Nuys, CA
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Early 1900s American Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Bamboo, Organic Material

19th Century George III Mahogany Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George III mahogany bureau bookcase. Having two glazed doors in the top, both opening to reveal adjustable shelves. Below this is the bureau section, with ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Mahogany

Fuax Bamboo Tortoise Finish 6 Tier Occasional Decorative Shelf Etagere Modernist
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Fuax Bamboo Tortoise Finish 6 Tier Occasional Decorative Shelf Etagere Modernist
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20th Century American Baroque Bookcases

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Walnut

17th Century Italian Walnut Cabinet
Located in Bradenton, FL
Beautiful rare large 17th century Italian Baroque Cabinet. In two parts with cabinet doors above and below and drawers in the middle. Carved with leaf design and cherubs or angels ar...
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Vintage Oak 4 Tier Industrial x Frame Freestanding Bookcase Etagere Shelf
Located in Dayton, OH
An open frame industrial style x frame bookcase or room divider from the last quarter of the 20th century. Made from oak with four long shelves. The unit can be broken down folding u...
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Late 20th Century Baroque Bookcases

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Oak

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Pine Three Drawer Console Bookcase
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a handsome and sturdy bookcase of considerable presence and character. The top is made of two planks over 1.5” thick above a frieze that houses three lap-jointed drawers. T...
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Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Pine

  • Pine Three Drawer Console Bookcase
  • Pine Three Drawer Console Bookcase
  • Pine Three Drawer Console Bookcase
  • Pine Three Drawer Console Bookcase
H 40 in W 56.5 in D 14 in
Spanish Baroque Vargueno Style Burl Walnut Cabinet Chest
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Petite Spanish cabinet or chest on stand made in the baroque taste in the manner of a vargueno cabinet. The cabinet features a burl walnut veneer case with decorative etched brass ha...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Brass, Iron

18th Century Norwegian Carved Oak Bureau Bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Stunning and rare Norwegian Baroque oak bureau bookcase, circa 1760. Comprising of 3 sections due to the monumental proportions. Top section ...
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Mid-18th Century Norwegian Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Oak

Lacquered Bureau Bookcase Piedmont, Italy, Mid-18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Bureau bookcase composed of a cupboard with two doors and drop-leaf door with inner compartments as a base and upper case with shelves and two doors. Poplar interiors. The piece is m...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Walnut

Late 18th century Swedish oak painted bureau bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Stunning baroque swedish painted bureau bookcase circa 1780. Comprising of 2 parts. Top section with a beautiful deep scrolling cornice, belo...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Oak

Early 19th Century Apprentice Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A charming early 19th century inlaid walnut apprentice bookcase, the scrolling swan pediment with turned finials set over two glazed doors, above two long drawers above a shaped apro...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Burl, Mahogany

  • Early 19th Century Apprentice Bookcase
  • Early 19th Century Apprentice Bookcase
  • Early 19th Century Apprentice Bookcase
  • Early 19th Century Apprentice Bookcase
H 51 in W 19.25 in D 8.25 in
18th Century Tuscan Walnut Bookcase
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century Tuscan walnut bookcase. Two parts- top is has adjustable shelves and the base has three doors revealing more shelves. Hand carved thr...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Walnut

  • 18th Century Tuscan Walnut Bookcase
  • 18th Century Tuscan Walnut Bookcase
  • 18th Century Tuscan Walnut Bookcase
  • 18th Century Tuscan Walnut Bookcase
H 89 in W 98.5 in D 18 in
18th Century Scandinavian Baroque Period Secretaire
Located in Charleston, SC
Very fine example of 18th century Scandinavian Baroque period secretaire with richly carved balcony pediment cornice and serpentine fronted drawer...
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18th Century Scandinavian Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Wood, Paint

18th Century Swedish Baroque Bureau
Located in Nordhavn, DK
Danish Baroque bureau, 1750-1780. Lower part with fluted front. Top part with a pair of curving doors and swan neck top. Exterior granite gray ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Pine

  • 18th Century Swedish Baroque Bureau
  • 18th Century Swedish Baroque Bureau
  • 18th Century Swedish Baroque Bureau
  • 18th Century Swedish Baroque Bureau
H 94.49 in W 45.28 in L 94.49 in
18th Century Swedish Baroque Period Secretary with Library in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A Swedish Baroque period slant-front secretary from the 18th century in two parts with arched cornice and shaped apron. Brass hardware and original locks, circa 1770. The paint has b...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Brass

Antique Italian Baroque Cupboard
Located in Antwerp, BE
Decorative antique Baroque ornamented piece. Italy, circa 1800. Original paint and gilt. Measures: W 240 cm, H 220° cm, D 45 cm.
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Bookcases

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Wood

  • Antique Italian Baroque Cupboard
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  • Antique Italian Baroque Cupboard
  • Antique Italian Baroque Cupboard
H 86.62 in W 94.49 in D 17.72 in
18th Century Norwegian Carved Oak Bureau Bookcase
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Stunning and rare Norwegian baroque oak bureau bookcase, circa 1760. Comprising of three sections due to the monumental proportions. Top sect...
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Mid-18th Century Norwegian Antique Baroque Bookcases

Baroque bookcases for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Baroque bookcases 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 bookcases created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque bookcases made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Spain pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original bookcases, popular names associated with this style include Modenese Gastone, and Europa Antiques. 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 bookcases differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $350 and tops out at $757,388 while the average work can sell for $9,796.

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