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.
Original baroque parlor chandelier 1910
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Glazed metal frame adorned with glass elements in the form of prisms, obelisks, and stars, and a matching spherical finial at the bottom. Fitted for eight electric lights with E12/E1...
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Fortuny Textile Pillows in Teal with Custom Velvet Backs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vibrant pair of custom pillows created by Melissa Levinson, featuring Fortuny style hand-printed textile fronts in a striking teal colorway. The bold damask-inspired pattern, with ...
Cotton, Velvet
18th Century Neapolitan Crèche Figure, Terracotta & Wood Elderly Man
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Neapolitan Crèche Figure of an Elderly Man carrying a basket, dressed in traditional Italian garments. Creche figures were dresse...
Terracotta, Textile, Wood
Danish Rococo Oak Serpentine Chest of Drawers, 1940s
Located in Rødding, DK
A solid quarter-sawn oak serpentine chest of drawers in the Danish Rococo tradition — the work of an unknown Danish cabinetmaker, 1940s — with six graduated drawers displaying except...
Brass
Hand Painted Baroque Cherub or Angel Portuguese Ceramic Tile
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous blue hand painted Baroque cherub or angel 18th century style Portuguese ceramic tile/azulejo The tile painted in cobalt blue over white in typ...
Delft, Faience, Terracotta
$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Baroque Spanish Side Table with Marquetry & Painted Top
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Baroque Spanish side table with marquetry & painted top 19th century Spanish trestle table in walnut. This piec...
Wood
$4,172Sale Price / item|20% Off
Prince Charming Teapot, Handmade in Italy, Luxury Handcrafted Design 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Disney's Alice in Wonderland. Ceramic tea service are completely hand-crafted and painted with love and care. Sometimes we all just need to have a little stress relief. We want to escape the ordinary days, made of work and pain. Give yourself a little gift with those fabolous creations full of poetry and fairytales. Our artist models every single detail with patience and love, to bring us back in a world made of dreams and feelings. The collection recalls Alice in wonderland and Cinderella, taking us to a trip in our childhood, a world that lives silently inside, giving us the strength to always believe...
Ceramic
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 Style Wrought Iron Brazier Fire Pit or Chimnea
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic custom made wrought iron brazier fire pit or chimnea. The round pit features a decorative border on top of scrolled acanthus appearing l...
Iron
19th Century French Carved Oak Statue of the Holy Virgin
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 19th century / Statue of the Holy Mary / oak / Religious A deeply expressive devotional sculpture, this 19th-century French statue of the Holy Virgin is carved from solid o...
Wood
$2,240Sale Price / set|20% Off
French Baroque Crystal Table Lamps with Bronze Mounts, 20th Century
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of crystal table lamps, giltwood element wired for electricity, and fitted with two new sockets each. Rope-twist motif complete with cut crystal reservoir mounted in finely c...
Crystal, Bronze
17th-Century Alpine Wooden Christ Torso with Polychrome Traces
Located in Hamburg, DE
17th-Century Alpine Wooden Christ Torso with Polychrome Traces This finely carved wooden Christ torso, likely from the Alpine region and dating to the 17th century, is a remarkable p...
Wood
19th Century Study of a Self Portrait by Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Chicago, IL
In this compelling 19th-century art student study, we encounter a mesmerizing self-portrait by the eminent Baroque master, Peter Paul Rubens. The painting captures Rubens adorned in ...
Linen, Paint
Meissen Mid-18th Century Cup White Porcelain with Golden Drawings Japonese Style
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed in gold with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail. A piece for refined collectors or useful to star...
Porcelain
Three 19th Century Continental Naturalist Fruit, Insect, Vegetable Plates
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of Three 19th-Century Continental Hand-Painted Porcelain Plates with Naturalist Fruit & Insect Decoration A captivating set of three finely hand-painted porcelain plates, dating...
Porcelain
Italian Baroque Religious Madonna and Child Statue, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An 18th-century Italian sculpture of a draped Madonna, masterfully carved in polychrome and gilded wood. The Virgin, gracefully veiled, holding the infant Jesus on her lap with a st...
Gold Leaf
19th Century Continental Naïve Giltwood Pricket Candlestick, Baroque
Located in Lincoln, GB
A Continental Naïve Giltwood Pricket Candlestick, 19th Century A tall and atmospheric giltwood pricket candlestick of ecclesiastical origin. This piece is a fascinating example of pr...
Giltwood
Spectacular Painted Six-Panel Armorial Baroque Screen from Italy, Circa 1700
Located in Dallas, TX
This six panel Italian screen is from the Baroque period, circa 1700. The four central panels have been affixed to a foldable frame, while the two outer panels are detached. When all...
Wood, Canvas
Barley Twist Octagonal Side Table, Early 20th Century
Located in BÉTERA, ES
Elegant octagonal side table crafted in solid wood, featuring five richly carved barley twist legs united by a cross-shaped stretcher base. The faceted tabletop displays a warm, natu...
Hardwood, Oak
Antique Baroque Style Highback Throne Chair with Carved Wood
Located in Freehold, NJ
This rare 17th century Charles II high back carved oak armchair features solid wood construction, beautifully carved arms, highly detailed turned frame, and further carved back panel...
Upholstery, Wood
Charles d'Agar (1669-1723) Pair of Oil on Canvas Portraits of the Wyche Children
Located in CA, CA
Charles d'Agar (Paris 1669-1723 London) A very important pair of oil on canvas portraits from the early 18th Century. Portrait of Cyrill Wyche, half-length, in a red coat and blue ...
Canvas
Monumental Life-Size Baroque Sculpture of Saint Martin of Tours
Located in ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE, Malaga
Germany, circa 1750 A monumental and exceptionally rare life-size Baroque sculpture depicting Saint Martin of Tours, masterfully hand-carved in wood and retaining its original polyc...
Wood
$1,272Sale Price|20% Off
Baroque Gilded Wood Altarpiece Fragment, Spain, 62cm
By Soft Baroque
Located in Valladolid, ES
Exceptional fragment of a baroque altarpiece in carved and gilded wood. The technique used in the conception of this piece is exceptional, the different elements have been devastated...
Gold Leaf
$2,235 / item
Sterling Silver Baroque style biscuit box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Baroque-style round box. The body and lid of the box are engraved with scrolls, typical of the Baroque style. To highlight this workmanship, a knurling, that is, a dense hammering, w...
Sterling Silver
A large 19th-century Orthodox icon of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Located in Belgrade, RS
An imposing religious-themed painting depicts the scene of the "Assumption of the Virgin". The iconography in this 19th-century painting follows the tendencies of Baroqueization and ...
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Italian Giltwood Baldacchino Bed Crown
Located in Essex, MA
Magnificent Italian 19th Century Giltwood Baldacchino Bed Canopy. Carved Baroque winged putti with reverse C-scrolls, laurel and foliate carving. Ove...
Giltwood
Large Water Gilded Wooden Chapel Sunburst Flush Or Wall Light
Located in Hastings, GB
A very large and beautiful 1930's water gilded sunburst flush mount. Hand crafted wooden rays surround the single lamp holder to the centre, originally from a church in Germany this ...
Gesso, Wood
$2,100Sale Price / set|30% Off
2 Vintage French Baroque Ornamental Concrete Stone Garden Flower Planters
Located in Dayton, OH
A very large and impressive pair of two French Baroque style garden planters. Made of stone concrete featuring rectangular form with ornate high relief scrolled design of shells and ...
Concrete
17th Century Spanish (Castilla) Walnut Side Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming all original Spanish provincial low side table or console. The table shows centuries of use with its heavily patinated top surface with, as shown in photos, an age...
Wrought Iron
Spanish Baroque Console Table, Distressed Wood, Mid-20th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An 18th century style Spanish Baroque console table with a demi-lune top and bold carved base. The top is crafted in a thick, hand-planed wood plank, retaining a deep, aged surface w...
Wood, Paint
Mercury and Fame on Pegasus Bronze Sculptures After Coysevox by Cornu Circa 1880
By Eugène Cornu
Located in London, GB
Mercury and Fame Seated on Pegasus After Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720) Cast by Eugène Cornu (1827-1899) Mounted on Rouge de Languedoc marble bases, the patinated bronze sculptures r...
Marble, Bronze
Late 17th Century Baroque Style Large Leaf Design Giltwood Monstrance Reliquary
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 17th Century, Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Style Giltwood Monstrance Reliquary in Original Antique condition, features foliate carving, intricate c. scroll and Stylized in...
Gold, Gold Leaf
Baroque Louis XV Wall Mirror with Putt Sculptures, France
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Baroque Louis XV Wall Mirror, France. elaborate plaster decoration.
Plaster
$1,470Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Diminutive Baroque Carved Oak Gilt Wall Hanging Mirror Birds & Flowers
Located in Dayton, OH
18th Century Baroque Carved Mirror. Features a scalloped oak frame with an intricate 'c' scrolling crown centered by basket with a daisy, hibiscus and rose. The frame is topped by...
Mirror, Oak
Set Old Leaded Windows with Colored Panes in Frame of Dark Wood, Denmark 1940s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Set of old leadlights made of small sections of colorful glass in cyclamen, orange, powder blue and light smoke-colored colors. In the middle of each of the two panes is a lion motif...
Lead
Early 20th Century Spanish Console Table with 2 Drawers and Turned Legs
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Design This characterful table is of rare narrow depth of 11in. It is characteristic of Spanish Baroque furniture with a thick single piece top, simple bold chip carved ornam...
Walnut
Spanish Chestnut Dining Table in Baroque Style with Wrought-Iron Supports, 1900s
Located in Casteren, NL
This characterful Spanish dining table was crafted around 1900 from solid chestnut. It is a reproduction of a considerably earlier Spanish table design originating in the late Renais...
Steel
Antique Print After Rembrandt, the Adoration of the Shepherds, C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Rembrandt Fine Steel engraving. Published by Jones & Co., London. C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
Continental 19th Century French Walnut Armoire Outfitted to Function as a Bar
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
This beautiful and massive armoire in French walnut, has been outfitted as a bar cabinet. The interior features a wine rack that will hold 47 bottles, ...
Marble
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
$5,158 / set
Pair of Angels on Carved Base from the 1700s
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of Carved Wood Putti on Carved Base from the 1700s are two naked cherubs covered only by their golden loincloths; apparently two heralding angels without wings, they stand on ti...
Pine
$2,518Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 19th Century Austrian Bankers or Merchants Table in Warm Honey Color
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful bankers table or merchants table originates in Austria and dates circa 1780. The table was completely made of fruitwood. It has slightly tapered legs that are joined b...
Fruitwood
17th C Style FIRENZE Rustic Italian Credenza Size & Finish Options to order
Located in Encinitas, CA
“FIRENZE” Credenza - The Italian Art & Handcraft of Fine Antique Reproduction This Mediterranean Style hand-crafted credenza features rustic aged Italian poplar hardwoods with C...
Poplar, Hardwood
Bench Swedish Baroque 18th Century Original Paint Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Bench Swedish Baroque 18th century original paint Sweden. A bench made during the Baroque period in Sweden 18th century. Left overs of or...
Wood
Pair of Antique Italian Wrought Iron Andirons Fireplace Log Holder
Located in Carimate, Como
Antique wrought iron Italian andirons log holder, having two beautiful classic shapes with the great handmade craftmanship of the turned shapes and burin incision decors typical for ...
Brass, Wrought Iron
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Baroque Figural Bench/ Settee
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Baroque Figural Bench/ Settee 18th century or older, some later support added A quietly stunning figural Italian Baroque Bench/ Sett...
Upholstery, Walnut
$1,494Sale Price|31% Off
Vintage Italian Ceramic Animal Figurine Turkey Porcelain Bird Figure Tureen
By Guido Cacciapuoti, Capodimonte
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Mid century tall Italian animal figurine Ceramic decorative Turkey Tureen with ladle Vitrine object Material: porcelain, ceramic, tin glazed earthenware...
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
$200Sale Price / set|42% Off
Pair of Custom Green Silk Velvet Pillows by MLA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom petite pillows made by MLA. The pillows are made of green silk velvet with an antique gold/red metallic tape across the center. The backs are a coordinating green. D...
Metallic Thread
Antique Spanish Oak Work Table, 1800s
Located in Miami, FL
Walnut dining table with carved legs and level top. Spanish, the legs are joined by an original wood frame, from the 19th century. It is perfect to use as a work table.
Walnut
17th C Style Italian LIRA Solid Walnut Refectory Table Framed Edge with options
Located in Encinitas, CA
The LIRA refectory table style is adapted from Italian Renaissance designs of the 15th to 19th Centuries. Handcrafted with aged Italian solid hardwoods & hand-forged iron elements an...
Iron
1600s Guercino Follower Italian Religious Painting
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in Roma, IT
1600s Guercino Follower Italian Religious Painting Beautiful oil painting on canvas depicting the Penitent Magdalene. This important painting is unique in that it shows Magdalene wit...
Canvas
Monumental 19th Century French Bronze Chandelier
Located in London, GB
19th French bronze chandelier of palatial proportions and exquisite quality. This magnificent 30-light chandelier has a pierced domed corona supported by five beautifully cast solid bronze male caryatid supports, above scrolled acanthus tiers each with two branches with dished foliate drip pans and baluster nozzles, a spreading body joined at the base by a pierced guilloche ring...
Bronze
Blue Hand Painted Baroque Cherub or Angel Portuguese Ceramic Tile or Azulejo
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous blue hand painted Baroque cherub or angel 18th century style Portuguese ceramic tile/azulejo The tile painted in cobalt blue over white in typ...
Delft, Faience, Terracotta
Antique Danish "Næstved" Brass Candlesticks Circa 1780. Set of 3.
Located in Asaa, DK
Antique Danish "Næstved" Brass Candlesticks. Set of 3. Set of three baroque candle holders in solid brass from Næstved in Denmark late 18th century. These candlesticks are handmade ...
Brass
$9,560Sale Price|20% Off
Swedish 1770s Baroque Period Light Gray Painted Secretary with Slant Front Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Baroque tall secretary from circa 1770, with slant front desk, light Gustavian gray painted finish, two doors and four drawers. Experience the timeless elegance of this Swedish tall secretary from circa 1770, a piece that seamlessly marries the grandeur of Baroque design with the serene simplicity of the Gustavian painted finish. Indeed, this secretary, with its light gray painted finish, two doors, and four drawers, is a testament to the refined craftsmanship and understated beauty of Nordic furniture. The secretary's tall, imposing structure is softened by the light Gustavian gray finish, creating a sense of calm sophistication. The two doors, featuring simply carved panels, open to reveal an interior bathed in antique powder...
Glass, Wood
Italian Baroque Silvered Wall Mirror, 19th Century, Hand-Carved Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This striking mirror is a bespoke creation crafted using 19th-century elements, showcasing exceptional European craftsmanship and decorative opulence. The top features an elaborate h...
Silver
Italian Baroque Cassone Marriage Chest, Solid Walnut, Circa 1700-1730
Located in Winter Park, FL
A suberb 18th century Italian Rennaissance style Baroque cassone, or marriage chest, made of solid walnut. Rich, intricate hand-carved architectural details with repeating arched mot...
Iron, Brass
19th Spanish Side Table with Cared Turned Legs and Wood Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish Side Table with cared turned legs and wood stretcher and also an iron stretcher The top has a carved edges and a beautiful grai...
Walnut
Beautiful vintage brass key rack, Italy, 1960s
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
A stunning wall-mounted key rack made of gold-plated brass, richly decorated with floral motifs and Art Nouveau scrollwork. The detailed workmanship recalls the elegance of the early...
Brass
Pair of ceramic perulas from Triana , glazed green terracotta and wrought iron
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding pair of ceramic perulas from Triana or Lucena, made of glazed terracotta with a bright green finish. They are presented on a highly ornamented wrought iron base, primari...
Wrought Iron