Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.
Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.
Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.
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John Widdicomb Bonnet Top Cabinet
Located in North Canton, OH
Very Rare John Widdicomb Bonnet top cabinet with glass shelving. Beautiful hand painted details, intricate brass grating and hand carvings. Original...
Paint
Mid Century Cabinet in the Form of Bass Cello Great Storage
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous bass Cello storage cabinet. Has 4 shelves that are 5 x 5 x 10.5. Door opens and closes with ease. Well made, high quality. In excellent vintage con...
Iron
19th Century Hand Painted Cupboard with 4 Oil Seascape Panels
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Hand Painted Cupboard, 4 Oil Seascape Paintings This cupboard has been made using 4 wooden panels these were painted in the 19th century and are all based on views over the sea Each ...
Paint
Oak Storage Cabinet with Doors Swedish Mid-Century Modern 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This versatile storage cabinet combines crisp geometric detailing with warm Scandinavian craftsmanship. Built in Sweden, it features an upper drawer above a dual-door cabinet with ad...
Oak
The Folk Painter’s Hand: 19th Century Painted Armoire
Located in New York, NY
This painted armoire, dated 1819, is a vivid example of early 19th-century European folk art furniture. Set against a deep blue ground, it is richly decorated with hand-painted flora...
Wood, Pine
$4,780
H 79.53 in W 59.26 in D 23.63 in L 79.53 in
19th Century French Provincial Painted Pine Kitchen Cabinet or Cupboard
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A French provincial cabinet or kitchen cupboard from the 19th century. Solidly crafted from pine with beautiful slightly distressed painted finish. Ready for everyday use. A delight...
Pine
$3,895
H 44 in W 38.25 in D 9.75 in
Pair of 19th Century Portuguese Painted Panels Made into a Cabinet
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Painted wood panels from 19th-century Portugal are given new life as the doors to this hanging wall cabinet. The panels have a pattern of red flowers and blue leaves against a robin...
Other
$5,604
H 72.84 in W 58.67 in D 20.48 in
Early 19th Century Blue Floral Painted Cupboard - European Alps
Located in Vo', Veneto
Blue Painted Wardrobe Technical information: Period: about 1805 Origin: Tyrol Wood type: Fir Height: 185 cm 72.83 in Width: 149 cm (166 cm with frame) 58.66 in (65.35 in with fra...
Fir
Pair of Sheraton Revival Small Locking Cabinets
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of interesting and lovely single door walnut cabinets with satinwood decorative inlay, probably Edwardian made in the Sheraton taste. Each has a single pull-out open drawer shelf. Possibly bedside lockers...
Satinwood, Walnut
19th Century French Scrubbed Pine Cupboard
Located in London, GB
A beautifully patinated 19th century scrubbed pine cupboard from the alpine Haute-Savoie region. Pegged and nailed in construction, with decorative forged iron hinges and original lo...
Iron
Cupboard Blue Floral Painted - Europe Early 19th Century
Located in Vo', Veneto
Painted Cabinet in Ottanium Blue Period: Early 1800s Origin: Bavarian Alps Wood type: Fir Dimensions: H. 157 cm 61.8 in W. 107 cm 42.1 in D. 42 cm 16.5 in Description: "Töl...
Fir
$14,000
H 70 in W 54 in D 20.25 in
Original T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings Rectilinear Cabinet Credenza for Widdicomb
By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Miami, FL
Rare cabinet by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb. Signed with label on drawer. The doors have a rectilineal design achieved by the use of thin triangular molding. Classic propor...
Brass
Finnish 19th century painted pine wall cupboard
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Finnish 19th century painted pine wall cupboard circa 1860. We are pleased to offer this delightful and rare wall cabinet from Finland. Large decorative cornice and presented in a ...
Pine, Paint
$7,250
H 70.5 in W 45.5 in D 23 in
Qing Dynasty 19th Century Hand-Painted Cabinet with Original Red Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period cabinet from the 19th century, with original red lacquer and hand-painted gilt décor. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period in the 19th centur...
Brass
Mid Century John Widdicomb Chinoiserie Cabinet in Honey Wood
Located in Bridgeport, CT
John Widdicomb Chinoiserie Cabinet with a fine deep Honey tone wood, great size and fine Mid Century style. cabinet in four sections. The cabi...
Glass, Wood
A 19th Century Swedish Painted Armoire - Cupboard
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
An extraordinary early 19th century Swedish cupboard. Demonstrating a particularly striking and unusually exaggerated arched pediment sha...
Pine
$8,760Sale Price|20% Off
H 80.5 in W 43.7 in D 18.9 in
Swedish Rococo Style 1850s Bonnet Top Cabinet with Glass Doors and Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Rococo style tall cabinet from circa 1850 with bonnet top, light gray painted finish, glass doors, four drawers, carved skirt and curving legs. Immerse your home in the ele...
Glass, Wood
Vintage Two-Door Mahogany Storage Cabinet, Mid-Century Design
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A vintage two-door storage cabinet with dramatic, mirror-matched flame-pattern mahogany veneers. Framed door panels, a molded top and shaped feet give this compact cabinet a warm tra...
Wood
Custom Cabinet For Lisa
By Brett Paulin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Custom made cabinet to customer's specifications. Hand painted and hand crafted cabinet Price includes shipping
Oak
Sold
H 31.75 in W 16.75 in D 16.5 in
French Beaux Arts Inlaid Marquetry Burl Walnut Side Cabinet With Marble Tops
Located in New Orleans, LA
A handsome antique French Beaux Arts burl wood and exotic inlaid woods cabinet with a bowed, fixed marble top, a single bowed drawer and a single b...
Marble, Bronze
1900s Belgian Bleached Oak and Black Marble Buffets, a Pair
Located in High Point, NC
This pair of bleached oak buffets was made in Belgium, circa 1900. The bun front feet and the upright profile are contrasted with a heavily ornamented front case and a lustrous marble top, lending these fin de siècle pieces a baroque inflection. The engraved vine leaves and grapes meandering around the doors, the stylized floral escutcheons and the detailed casted fruit basket...
Belgian Black Marble
Late 19th Century French Wooden Vitrine
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden vitrine produced in France circa 1880. A stately wooden vitrine with its original patina, featuring a locking double door glass upper cabinet...
Hardwood