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.
18th Century Baroque Cabinet With Inlay Works, Nutwood/ Plum/ Oak, AT ca. 1780
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Absolute outstanding late 18th century baroque cabinet coming from a private owned castle in Austria. This artfully designed baroque cabinet has been elaborately handcrafted in the p...
Nutwood, Oak
18th Century Wrought Iron Italian Mossone Hobnail Antique Safe Strong Box
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful and rare example of late 18th century Italian master blacksmith craftsmanship, this antique studded safe with typical all-around hobnails and great wrought iron details, wa...
Metal, Wrought Iron
Spanish Carved Oak Sideboard Cabinet with Three Doors and Drawers, 1860s
Located in BÉTERA, ES
Striking Spanish sideboard cabinet crafted in solid oak, featuring rich hand-carved decoration throughout the façade. The design includes three upper drawers above three arched panel...
Wrought Iron
Vintage Danish Baroque Brutalist Style Oak Cabinet 1960s
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
This mid-century cabinet reflects the Baroque Brutalist style that emerged in Denmark in the 1960s. Often attributed to Danish designer Henning Kjærnulf, it blends traditional Europe...
Metal
Vintage Mid-century Baroque Style Danish High Boy Brutalist Dresser 1960s
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
This stunning vintage Danish quarter sawn Oak Highboy brings a refined and sculptural presence to a home or any space which is looking for class and a more romantic design. Crafted m...
Brass
Monumental Minimal 17th century Umbrian Armoire
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A monumental Umbrian or Tuscan Armoire or two part cabinet in beautifully patinated oak. Two separate sections and four paneled doors, old, possibly original forged locks. Very good...
Oak
18th Century Italian Ebonized Inlaid Collectors Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
A glorious and magnificent 18th Century Italian collectors cabinet architecturally styled with pediment, columns and finials. This extremely fine cabinet features Florentine inlay de...
Wood, Ivory
$1,850 / item
Small French 17th Century Baroque Cabinet In Oak
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
European small carved baroque cabinet in oak wood, France circa 1680-1730. This hand carved cabinet has one drawer and a door. This piece features a lion head as a knob on the door, ...
Iron
Antique 17th Century Dutch Carved Ebonized Oak Credence Cabinet on Stand 1680
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique late 17th Century carved ebonized oak cabinet on stand, circa 1680. Such cabinets are commonly referred to as credence or chalice ...
Oak
Hand-painted Baroque Half Cabinet, 1st Half 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
A two-door half cabinet in softwood featuring its original painted finish in pastel green and ochre tones. The front is distinguished by shaped, paneled sections adorned with decorat...
Iron
17th Spanish Walnut Cabinet on Stand, Desk, Original ‘Bargueño’
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish desk (“bargueño”) in walnut. 17th century with “bridge-shapped”. Decorated on the exterior with metal applications (open-work, textile background) and bow handles with centr...
Walnut
Danish 18th Ctr. Baroque Manor House Kast or Armoire in Walnut & Oak
Located in Kastrup, DK
Impressive two-door baroque cabinet or armoire in oak and walnut. From a Danish manor house, c. 1730-1750. This large-sized cabinet features an architecturally architecture includi...
Oak, Walnut
$6,393Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 18th Century German Baroque Oak Cabinet with Black Panels
Located in Casteren, NL
A very handsome Baroque-style cabinet was made in Germany at the end of the 18th century. It has a detachable base with a drawer over bun feet. Above sits a compartment with two paneled doors flanked by barely twisted...
Steel
$3,840Sale Price|20% Off
Spanish Baroque Bargueno Style Gilt Cabinet Chest on Stand
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rustic large Spanish baroque bargueno style cabinet or chest on stand crafted from thick pine. The beautiful case has exposed dove tail joinery and features 6 large storage drawers and is centered by an arched storage door with an ornate carved surround and an old master style religious painting on the door of Christ. The drawers have decorative cartouche designs on the front with an iron pull in the center and finished in gilt. The cantilever style stand has two square leg supports decorated with acanthus vines and gilt finishes flanking four turned supports attached to stretchers. Decorated in the style of a Bargueno or Vargueno desk...
Iron
Early 19th Century Swedish Blue Painted 18 Drawer Cabinet
Located in Round Top, TX
Beautifully crafted Swedish pine cabinet from the early 1800's with unique upper enclosed section holding 18 drawers and 1 small interior cabinet. The newer professionally applied bl...
Wrought Iron
Antique Baroque Cassapanca Benches, Italian, Circa 1760, Piedmont
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique pair of high quality Cassapanca benches with the original finish, decorated with typical Italian Baroque motifs. The Cassapanche were used as storage in a castle in Piedmo...
Pine
Danish Modern Cabinet by Royal Supplier C.B. Hansen´s Etabl, Oak & Velvet, 1930s
By Otto Schulz
Located in Odense, DK
A rare and characterful Danish cabinet produced by C.B. Hansen’s Etablissement in Copenhagen, a renowned workshop founded in 1830 and appointed Danish Royal Court furniture manufactu...
Metal
$20,582Sale Price|20% Off
Baroque Walnut Off White Lacquer Cabinet, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A solid walnut off white lacquer paper cabinet from the Early 20th Century. A box with front and sides featuring cut-out and bulged lines, unusual asymmetrical curves, composed of tw...
Brass
Spanish Baroque Style Walnut Vargueño Cabinet on Stand
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive walnut varqueño cabinet or chest on stand made in the Spanish baroque taste by Flint and Horner Co. New York, New York. When R.J. Horner retired his company merged with G...
Brass
Original 18th Century Monumental Cabinet on Stand / Italian Bargueno / European
Located in Miami, FL
Important monumental cabinet on stand. The case of the cabinet is walnut, veneered with rich rib boned ebony and luxuriously decorated with turtle ...
Walnut, Glass
$6,027Sale Price|20% Off
Antique mid 18th century German warm brown two door demountable cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This stunning antique cabinet was crafted in the mid-18th century, around 1750, in the Westphalia region of Germany. Made entirely from the finest quality European summer oak, carefu...
Steel
18th Century Swedish Late Baroque Cabinet with Original Paint Northern Sweden
Located in Boden, SE
18th century Swedish late Baroque cabinet with original paint from Gumbodahed Skelleftea, Northern Sweden. A magnificent late Baroque cabinet that is divisible into 2 parts. Scrape...
Pine
Baroque Hall Cabinet, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large baroque cabinet featuring two doors, two drawers, and compressed bun feet. The high base and wide cornice are intricately profiled. Chamfered corners and raised panels adorn th...
Walnut
Hand-painted Baroque Cabinet with Blue Pattern, around 1770
Located in Greding, DE
Hand-painted cabinet on four-drawer dresser base with architrave feet. The painting is new and was designed according to antique models.
Wood
$9,700Sale Price / item|51% Off
17th C Style Tuscan Italian Fir Library Credenza In-Stock or custom quote
Located in Encinitas, CA
Our new Cortina Library features rustic Old Fir with a unique patinated antique beige finish. Available to order in a variety of wood species and finish colors, and in custom size an...
Iron
$51,715Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Italian Walnut Parquetry Important Bureau Cabinet Trumeaux
Located in Rome, IT
An Italian walnut, parquetry bureau cabinet fruitwood inlaid with scrolling foliage, The upper section with a shaped carved cresting, a shaped doors opening to reveal three shelves,...
Wood
Otto Schulz, Swedish Modern Cabinet in Leather, Oak & Brass Nails, 1930s
By Boet, Otto Schulz
Located in Odense, DK
An exclusive cabinet attributed to the famous German born furniture designer Otto Schulz for Boet in Göteborg, Sweden. The front is covered in leather with brass nails, drawers and ...
Brass
20th Century Spanish Baroque Style Cabinet on Stand, Bargueno or Varqueno
Located in Miami, FL
This Bargueno is embellished with a carving of Don Quixote de la Mancha bordered with branches of leaves. The desk is supported by a pedestal joined by a bridge of turned columns. Th...
Iron
Antique French Cabinet Bar Sideboard Baroque Carved Oak c1880 Bookcase
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Cabinet Bar Sideboard Baroque Carved Oak c1880 Bookcase. Direct from France, a beautifully hand carved 19th century French “confiturier’ cabinet, an extremely versati...
Oak
Large Baroque Corner Cabinet In Original Blue Paint & Brass Fittings From 1780s
Located in Lejre, DK
Large baroque corner cabinet from the 1780s. Original blue paint, curved doors and brass fittings. Rare and authentic antique furniture. — Period: 1780s — Style: Baroque — Materials...
Brass
Antique 18th Century Baroque German Cleaned Oak Wood Wardrobe Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This solid oakwood cabinet originates in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia and it dates circa 1720. The cabinet is made in the finest quality watered oak...
Oak, Pine
Antique Black Stained Baroque Cabinet in Dark Stained Carved Oak
Located in Odense, DK
Stunning antique cabinet in dark stained oak with carvings. Made in Denmark in the 18th century. The cabinet has 2 shelves and can be locked. Original key in wrought iron included. A...
Oak
18th Century Maria Theresia Baroque Cabinet
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A so-called Maria Theresa cabinet (furniture type named after the Austrian empress) or Baroque hall cabinet from the 18th century. On ball feet standing two-door coniferous corpus...
Walnut, Pine
19th Catalan Spanish Baroque Carved Walnut Tuscan Two Doors Cabinet with Marble
Located in Miami, FL
From Northern Spain, constructed of solid walnut, the rectangular top with molded edge atop a conforming case housing two doors paneled with solid walnut, raised on a plinth base. ...
Marble
Antique 18th Century German Baroque Stripped Oak Two-Door Wardrobe Cupboard
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful 18th-century German baroque armoire or cabinet with two doors. It was made from solid European summer oak to last for generations, i...
Steel
18th Century Swedish Late Baroque Corner Cabinet with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th century Swedish late Baroque Corner cabinet from Lulea Norrbotten, Northern Sweden. A genuine and rustic cabinet with two doors. ...
Pine
Amazing Philippine Cabinet Philippines, 17th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Philippine Cabinet Philippines, 17th century, rosewood with ivory inlays depicting geometric motifs, with nine drawers simulating sixteen. Bronze hardware and handles. Signs of us...
Wood
Antique French Renaissance Green Distress Painted Radio Cabinet Bar Cupboard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance/Baroque Green Distressed Hand Painted Radio/Bar Cabinet Cupboard. Item features a 2 part construction, carved baroque style legs, wonderful hand painted co...
Wood, Paint
Spanish Cabinet "Bargueño" or Vargueno, Painted and Gilt Walnut and Wrought Iron
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish Cabinet "Bargueño" or Vargueno, Painted and Gilt Walnut and Wrought Iron A chest on chest, the decorated cabinet rests atop a four drawer chest decorated with diamonds that ...
Walnut
Fine Late 17th Century Flemish Tortoiseshell Architectural Cabinet On Stand
Located in Kent, Dover
A rare and of fine quality, late XVII Century Flemish European ormolu mounted ebony and red tortoiseshell cabinet on stand, of architectural form, crowned with an architectural, gall...
Bone, Ivory, Tortoise Shell, Ebony, Pine
IMPRESSIVE COUNTER Indo-Portuguese 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
17TH CENTURY INDO-PORTUGUESE COUNTER 17th-century Indo-Portuguese Mughal cabinet, Teak, ebony, and ivo..... Hinged top with 6 drawers and a central interior door. Decoration depic...
Wood
18th Century French Baroque Cabinet Or Deux Corps
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century French Baroque Cabinet Or Deux Corps This handsome antique French Baroque cabinet has plenty of storage. with two door above three...
Walnut
Austrian Baroque Secretary Cabinet in Walnut with Marquetry, ca. 1700–1730
Located in Kastrup, DK
A highly impressive and architecturally refined Austrian Baroque secretary cabinet from the first half of the 18th century. Crafted to an exceptional standard, veneered with thick, h...
Brass, Iron
18th Century Swedish Period Baroque Cabinet
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Mid-18th Century Swedish Period Baroque cabinet. With decorative carved pediment with two large doors below. Super crisp carved decorative detailing, opening to shelved storage and ...
Wood
Display Cabinet, Late 18th / Early 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Solid oak display cabinet with a two-door glazed upper section and a two-door lower cupboard. The shaped crest, molded framing, and subtly contoured panels give the piece a distincti...
Glass, Oak
18th Century Nutwood Baroque Cabinet With Inlay Works , Austria ca. 1770
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable 18th century nutwood baroque cabinet out of Austria around 1770. This absolutely artfully handcrafted baroque cabinet was part of the inventory of a private castle - more ...
Maple, Nutwood, Poplar, Walnut
$9,288Sale Price|20% Off
Baroque Cabinet with Secretary Desk, Germany 1760-70
Located in Leimen, DE
Baroque cabinet with Secretary desk, coming from Southern Germany and dating back to end of the 18th century. In two parts, the top with hinged door opening to adjusting shelves wit...
Walnut
Italian Early 17th Century Baroque Armadio / Cabinet
Located in Troy, NY
Italian Early 17th Century Baroque Walnut Armadio / Cabinet. Tuscan of origin, with canted corners, two larger and two smaller drawers above two doors, on later paw-feet (can be take...
Walnut
17th Century Spanish Vargueno with Decoupage Exterior on Baroque Style Base
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional Spanish vargueno or collector cabinet with a sophisticated assemblage of decorated drawers and cabinets on the interior with columnar accents. The exterior with except...
Wrought Iron
Baroque Armoire in Oak, 18th / 20th century
Located in Greding, DE
Large baroque hall cupboard made of solid oak with imposing carved and fully figured pediment with winged putti. The cabinet was constructed using old parts. The front is adorned wit...
Oak
$13,728Sale Price|20% Off
Monumental baroque cabinet, oak, around 1720, North German
Located in Berlin, DE
Monumental baroque cabinet, oak, around 1720, North German High rectangular body made of solid oak body with multi-profiled cornice. In the middle a richly decorated and ornate rel...
Oak
Cassone, 17th Century, Italian, Baroque, Vernacular, Walnut, Carved, Hearts
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This handsome cassone has ornament with romantic associations and was most likely a marriage chest. It is a good example of the Italian vernacular, simple in a sophisticated manner. ...
Walnut
Large Display Cabinet Portuguese, 19th-Century Baroque Style
Located in Madrid, ES
Large Display Cabinet Portuguese, 19th-century Baroque style, In carved chestnut wood decorated with vegetal elements, birds, and putti. With two glass doors and two drawers. Int...
Wood
20th Century Spanish Baroque Style Cabinet on Stand, Bargueno or Varqueno
Located in Miami, FL
This Bargueno is embellished with a carving of Don Quixote de la Mancha bordered with branches of leaves. The desk is supported by a pedestal joined by a bridge of turned columns. The front legs contain a carving of two wind god...
Iron
$21,156Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Baroque 18th Century German Solid Oak Farmhouse Display Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This German Baroque display or kitchen cabinet has a beautiful warm honey color with soft gloss and rich patina. The cabinet has wide canted corners a...
Glass, Oak
$2,320Sale Price|44% Off
Danish Baroque Writing Cabinet With Nautical Compass Decor, Circa 1740's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Baroque cabinet with pull down writing desk table top and interior drawers. Both the exterior and the interior cabinet panels has the a four-poi...
Iron
17th century ebonized Antwerp cabinet with painted panels, circle 1630
Located in PARIS, FR
Cabinet Antwerp, circa 1630, 17th century Paintings on wood: Circle of Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1573–1632) Dimensions: h. 86 cm, l. 102 cm, p. 47cm This precious cabinet is one ...
Wood
18th Century Swedish Baroque Cupboard Cabinet
Located in San Angelo, TX
Stunning 18th century baroque Swedish cabinet. This amazing piece has been dry scrapped down to showcase traces of the original paint. Lots of neutral tones run through out this uniq...
Pine, Paint
$12,900 / set
Pair of Garouste and Bonetti Style Cabinets
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Miami, FL
From A St Tropez estate totally furnished in Garouste and Bonetti. That fantastic pair of cabinets is in perfect condition Please see video.
Wrought Iron
Mid 19th Century, Rustic French Solid Oak Cabinet with Paneled Door, Baroque
Located in Odense, DK
An elegant French mid 19th century cabinet crafted from solid oak, made by a skilled French cabinetmaker. This refined piece displays a tall, slender silhouette with classic proporti...
Oak