Baroque Furniture
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.
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Item Ships From: Massachusetts
Style: Baroque
Louis XIII Oak Bench
Located in Essex, MA
Square with Fortuny upholstered seat. Turned legs with box stretcher.
Category
1690s European Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Three Baroque Style Inlaid Side Chair, Sold Singly
Located in Sheffield, MA
Three Baroque style inlaid Mahogany Veneered beechwood side chairs, Dutch, 19th century.
Sold singly @ $1500 each.
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,200 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Regence Beechwood Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely carved frame and very sturdy with caning in excellent condition. Includes a loose cushion.
From a Fifth Ave New York estate.
Category
1730s French Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Cane, Beech
Spanish Baroque Walnut Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over a drawer with wrought iron handle, raised on turned legs with box stretchers.
Category
Early 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Venetian Style Carved, Gilt and Paint Decorated Dining Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
Very special set of 6 Italian Baroque or Swedish Rococo style dining side chairs featuring tall shapely backs, stretcher base, Queen Anne style legs, solid wood construction. Hand pa...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Italian Baroque Giltwood Arm-Form Wall Lights
Located in Essex, MA
With shield form backs and arm and hand candleholder. Currently not electrified. Featured in an upcoming Stephen King movie.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Unknown Flemish Artist, 18th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Unknown Flemish Artist, Belgium 18th century, in the right part of the painting the artist represented a man sitting in front of a tavern. He is surrounded by Delft baroque earthenware pitchers and plates. The right side of the painting shows different types of birds, among them chicken, a swan, ducks and a peacock. The painter was here definitely inspired by the 17th century painter Melchior de...
Category
1770s Belgian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Italian Baroque Walnut Dining Table
Located in Essex, MA
With three board rectangular top raised on scroll cut legs joined by wrought iron stretchers.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Walnut and Bone Inlaid Writing Bureau / Chest
Located in Essex, MA
An impressive piece recently purchased from a local family that had it for many years and had inherited it from their grandparents. With rectangular top decorated with trailing flowe...
Category
1740s Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Bone, Walnut
18th Century Italian Baroque Giltwood Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
Period Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Mirror. Florentine. Original Gilding. Carved and Gilded Hardwood in Sunflower and Foliate Motif
Provenance: Private Beacon Hill Collection
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of 17th Century Italian Carved and Polychrome Angel Figures
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Late 17th/Early 18th Century carved and polychrome Italian angel figures. Now mounted in modern stands. Wonderful baroque carving and retain original paint
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Wood
Massive Pair of French Carved Stone Columns
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of impressive carved rose stone columns from a cloister in Southern France. The columns are each in two pieces with a separate capital. The capitals are Romanesque in form with ...
Category
17th Century French Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Stone
$8,900 / set
Baroque Armchair, Germany 1750
Located in Belmont, MA
Discover a remarkable piece of history with this 18th-century Baroque armchair, meticulously preserved and dating back to 1750.
Originating from Germany, this exquisite piece embodi...
Category
1750s German Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Baroque Walnut Credenza
Located in Essex, MA
A more unusual model with a rectangular top with chamfered corners over a drawer and pair of doors. The interior with hidden compartments. Wood knobs and bracket feet. A very good ex...
Category
1680s Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Impressive Italian Baroque Walnut and Burl Walnut Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over four graduated panelled drawers with original carved feet and applied carving to side of case. Original bronze handles.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Italian Arched Table Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique Italian baroque arched giltwood standing mirror with heavily carved gilt frame. Hang on a wall or sit on a table, a perfect mirror to add interest to any room. Great for a va...
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
$1,440 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique Cast Iron Pedestal Base/Base ONLY
Located in Sheffield, MA
This listing is for the base only. The contemporary indoor or outdoor pedestal can be used in combination with a stone, glass or wood top for dining or conference table. The 19th century cast iron...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Iron
Baroque Chest of Drawers, Switzerland, 18th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique Baroque chest of drawers was made in the 18th century in Switzerland. The three drawer commode has a pretty kingwood and maple root veneer with rosewood details on a pine wood frame. The Baroque chest comes with original bronze fittings. Additionally it has a brown-reddish marble top. This is an exquisite piece with a beautiful veneer pattern...
Category
1760s Swiss Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Kingwood, Maple
$10,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Late 17th/Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Credenza
Located in Westfield, MA
This Antique Italian Baroque Walnut Credenza captures the elegance and craftsmanship of the late 17th to early 18th century. The beautifully aged walnut showcases a rich patina, high...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Early 18th Century Engraving of the Northern Whale Fishery, circa 1720
Located in Nantucket, MA
Very early 18th century Dutch woodblock engraving of the Northern Whale Fishery, circa 1720, a hand colored engraving illustrating the Dutch whaling flee...
Category
1720s Dutch Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Paper
Baroque Cabinet with Secretaire, Germany 1750
Located in Belmont, MA
Add timeless elegance to your home or office with this original Baroque cabinet featuring a built-in secretary desk, crafted in Germany circa 1750. This exquisite piece originates fr...
Category
1750s German Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Spanish Baroque Embossed Leather Side Chairs
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular leather back and seat with brass studs, square legs with carved stretcher. Brass finials. Provenance William Hodgins.
Category
Early 1700s Spanish Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Baroque Commode, Germany, 1750-1760
Located in Belmont, MA
18th century Baroque commode, probably Mainz (Germany), 1750. Body on flattened ball feet, serpentine front with three drawers, each of th...
Category
1750s German Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Baroque Console Table, Germany 1750, Oak with Marble Top
Located in Belmont, MA
Baroque console table, Germany 1750.
The console table stands out for its finely carved oak wood floral decoration. The marble top is original.
The console table is in very good c...
Category
1750s German Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Marble
$3,440 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Baroque Table
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique baroque table made around 1750 in South Germany.
Exquisite marquetry in cherrywood, kingwood, walnut and elm. The marquetry depicts presentations of roman weapons and armor...
Category
1730s German Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Baroque Cabinet with Vitrine, Holland, 1770-1780
Located in Belmont, MA
Beautiful 18th century baroque cabinet with vitrine, Holland 1770-1780, mahogany veneer with exquisite flower and bird marquetry made of y...
Category
1770s Dutch Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Swiss “Windellade” Cabinet, 1770-1780
Located in Belmont, MA
Windellade cabinet, Zurich region 1770-1780 walnut veneer. In very good condition. The cabinet will be shipped from Europe. Shipping costs to Bosto...
Category
1770s Swiss Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Set of 18th Century Delft Plates
Located in Essex, MA
Set of 18th century Delft plate. Six from a series. One bowl of different form.
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Delft
$4,200 / set
18th Century Carved Giltwood Mirror with Eagle, Roses and Leaves
Located in Pembroke, MA
18th century Italian giltwood mirror with hand carved eagle, roses, leaves and other details. The carving around outer perimeter of the mirror to really highlight the details. Appear...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Baroque Commode, Switzerland 18th Century, Walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
Baroque commode, Switzerland 18th century. This unique Baroque commode dates back to circa 1750-1760 and comes from Switzerland. The three-drawer co...
Category
1750s Swiss Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Spanish Baroque Walnut Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a thick single board top over two carved panelled drawers flanking a geometric form panel, the drawers with nicely wrought iron handles and escutcheons, panelled sides, raised o...
Category
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Italian Carved Wood and Gilt Angel Reliquary Pricket Candelabra as Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of early 17th century Italian carved wood and gilt angel Pricket stick candelabra.
Jubilant Angels Holding Cornucopia which holds single pricket fo...
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Pine
Swiss Baroque Walnut Draw Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with pull out extensions over a frieze containing drawers at each end with heart cut out decoration , raised on turned legs and joined by shaped upper stretchers and ...
Category
1690s Swiss Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Baroque Chest of Drawers, South German 1740-50
Located in Belmont, MA
Embrace the opulence of the mid-18th century with this stunning Baroque chest of drawers from southern Germany. This exceptional piece showcases the grandeur and intricate craftsmans...
Category
1740s German Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Spanish Chestnut Centre Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over inverted legs joining a box stretcher with serrated edge, scroll feet.
Category
Early 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Wood
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 Furniture
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Baroque Card Table, Germany, 1760
Located in Belmont, MA
Stunning 18th century card table, South Germany, 1760. Cherry, elm and walnut veneer and marquetry. The outside of the top decorated with a chessboard. The opened table top is covere...
Category
1760s German Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Cherry, Elm, Walnut
$4,000 Sale Price
28% Off
18th Century Baroque Secretaire, Lake Constance Region
Located in Belmont, MA
18th century baroque secretaire, Lake Constance region. Two-drawer body on curved square feet, foldable desk, inside six drawers, a wide shelf and a sec...
Category
1750s German Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Baroque Chest of Drawers, Switzerland 1750-60
Located in Belmont, MA
Discover a Remarkable Baroque Chest of Drawers from 1750-60, Originating in Switzerland
This exceptional Baroque chest of drawers hails from the years 1750-60 and boasts a rich hist...
Category
1750s Swiss Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Louis XIV Marquetry and Ebonized Writing / Center Table
Located in Essex, MA
A very fine table with exquisite floral marquetry top with central urn of flowers surrounded by flowers and birds all within scrolling arabesques. Carved giltwood edge.Containing a f...
Category
1690s French Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Boxwood
18th Century Baroque Secretaire, South German, 1750-1760
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique 18th century Baroque secretaire, South German, probably Lake of Constance region, circa 1750-1760.
Elaborate bombe shaped Baroque secretaire with beautiful walnut, elmwood an...
Category
1750s German Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Baroque Table, Southern Germany, Augsburg Region 1750, Walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
Baroque table, Southern Germany, 1750. This original 18th century table comes probably from the city of Augsburg region in Bavaria.
The beautiful rectangular top is raised on its or...
Category
1750s German Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Baroque Cabinet Credenza
Located in Essex, MA
Period late 17th / early 18th century French oak credenza cabinet. Paneled cupboard doors with drawers above. Original hinges and hardware. Origina...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Oak
Original Baroque Table, Flanders 1750, Oak
Located in Belmont, MA
This stunning 18th-century Baroque table, crafted in Flanders around 1750, is a true masterpiece of antique furniture. Made from solid oak, it features exceptional hand-carved detail...
Category
1750s Belgian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Oak
German Baroque Dresser, Dresden, 18th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
This beautiful German Baroque dresser dates back to circa 1750. It was probably made in the region of the city of Dresden.
Different walnut veneer grains embellish this original com...
Category
1750s German Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Baroque Table, Switzerland, 1770
Located in Belmont, MA
Baroque table, Switzerland, 1770.
This pretty Baroque table dates back to the Rococo period and comes from Berne in Switzerland. The base with the curved legs is made of cherry wood....
Category
1770s Swiss Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Cherry, Kingwood
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
17th-18th Century Venetian Painting
Located in Pembroke, MA
Venetian School painting of four angels, allegorically depicting the variable winds of change and time. Unsigned, believed to be by a follower of Pietro Li...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
$9,500 Sale Price
39% Off
A Walnut & Inlaid Comodino Ferrarese Late 17th Century, Italy
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Walnut & Inlaid Comodino Ferrarese
Late 17th Century
Italy
A tasty piece of furniture with an accentuated movement of the front.
At the end of the seventeenth century craftsman E...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Italian Tole Hanging Lanterns
Located in Essex, MA
Brought back from Italy by a local woman that had a home there. Electrified. Leaf decoration and iron loop handle with applied leaves.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Tin
$2,950 / set
Fine Italian Baroque Walnut Commode, 17th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine Italian Baroque.
Walnut commode.
17th century.
Measures: Height 37 ½ in. Width 52 ½ in. Depth 27 in.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Boston, MA.
Le Trianon...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
18th Century French Grisaille Painting of Putti in Hunting Scene
Located in Essex, MA
Early 18th Century French Oil on Canvas Grisaille of Putti in a Hunting Scene. Gray-green tones, sculptural looking putti in a landscape with auct...
Category
18th Century French Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Paint
Baroque Style Dresser, France 19th century, Antique
Located in Belmont, MA
Baroque Style dresser, France 19th century
This small antique Baroque Style Dresser comes from France and dates back to the second half of the 19th century. The dresser stands out fo...
Category
1860s French Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
French Wrought Iron Wall Mount Console Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Rococo style console table made with wrought iron, gilt metal leaf decoration and green serpentine marble top on ornate metal base. Entry hallway table.
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
18th Century Dutch Card Table
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique card table dates back to the second half of the 18th century and comes from the Netherlands. The card table has a gorgeous marquetry on the top. Flowers and birds decorat...
Category
1760s Dutch Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Pearwood, Walnut, Yew
Pair of French Baroque Style French Dragon Andirons
Located in Pembroke, MA
A pair of highly decorative French gilt-bronze andirons or chenets, with attached iron bars (circa 1870), in the form of fanciful dragons, with foliate berry, acanthus leaves and oth...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Iron, Brass, Bronze
Italian Bronze Door Knocker
Located in Essex, MA
With arabesques and satyr mask.
Category
1750s Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
A Fine German Baroque Walnut & Parquetry Commode
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine German Baroque Walnut & Parquetry Commode
Circa 1680-1720
The serpentine top with various wood parquetry designs throughout over a sh...
Category
18th Century and Earlier German Antique Baroque Furniture
Flemish Baroque Walnut Bench
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top upholstered in old needlepoint that needs replacement. Turned legs and stretchers.
Category
Early 1700s French Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Walnut
A Portuguese Polychrome & Giltwood Presentoir, 18th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Portuguese Baroque Polychrome & Giltwood Presentoir
18th Century
With elaborate scroll and flower carved canopy and framework
Height 30 in. Width 18 in. Depth 10 in.
...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Antique Baroque Furniture
An Unusual “Specimen Petra Dura” Marble Top Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
An unusual “Specimen Petra Dura” marble top table
Resting on very rare shell form support bases
Possibly Florence, Italy
19th century
Measures: Height...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture
Materials
Marble
$17,500 Sale Price
20% Off
Baroque furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, case pieces and storage cabinets, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Modenese Gastone, Delft, and Meissen Porcelain. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $18 and tops out at $737,181 while the average work can sell for $4,396.