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.
French Baroque 17th Century Iron Bound Leather Chest or Coffer
Located in Troy, NY
French Baroque 17th Century Iron Bound Leather Chest or Coffer. Decorative rare Coffer / Blanket Chest. Covered with the Original Leather and beautiful, Decorative Wrought Iron Work....
Wrought Iron
A Spanish Baroque Style Walnut Side Table, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Spanish Baroque Style Walnut Side Table, 18th Century Description: A substantial single plank top over a moulded frieze comprising two panelled drawers, each with a pair of carved...
Walnut
19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Carved and Gilt Lectern or Book Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Place your Bible on this elegant antique book stand. Crafted in Italy in the late 19th century circa 1880, the sculptural lectern rests on bold scrolled back legs over a shaped and s...
Paint, Wood
1980s Vintage Italian Style Tole Black and Gold Wastebasket
Located in Charleston, SC
Wonderful Vintage wastebasket with reticulated sides and Black and Gold Decoration. From the 80s. Would also work great to hold magazines. Or as a large cachepot.
Metal
Antique Viking Longboat Ship Cast Iron Chandelier with Horse Head and Shields
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome and unusual cast iron eight light chandelier in the shape of a Viking longboat or ship with a horse head, horse tail, warrior shields, chain and anchor details. It is in wonderful antique condition. The cast iron has a natural patina that is simply splendid. The gilded shields too have their own great age patina consisting of missing gilding and dings. The candles are original but in great condition and can be replace if you wish. The fixture has been rewired and is ready to hang. Please see photos, circa 1930s-1950s. We have gone berserk over this Viking chandelier...
Brass, Iron
French Antique Giltwood Mirror, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Rare French antique giltwood mirror, wedding mirror late 19th century. Carved wood, composition garlands of flowers, gilded in fine gold (Original gildi...
Giltwood
Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile: Stil life with vase and fruit, 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Circa 1700 A fine blue and white Dutch tile with a still life painting of a vase with leaves and grapes and an apple on the sides. The scene is painted without corn...
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Baroque-style three-seater Sofa, 2nd Half 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
A Baroque-style three-seater sofa crafted from walnut in the 2nd half 19th century. The curved backrest and apron are richly adorned with intricately carved decorations featuring she...
Fabric, Walnut
$18,000 / set
Gilded Florentine Mirrors with Candle Holders
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of carved, gessoed and gilded framed mirrors. Original mirror with age appropriate spotting and loss of silvering to plates. Gilded tole and wood candleholders. From the area of...
Wool, Mirror
$1,365Sale Price|30% Off
19h Century Picher "Cantaro" from Calanda, Spain, Terracotta Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Pitcher ‘cantaros’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain. A rare piece from a Private collection, circa 1890. Other examples can be seen in the Museo de Zaragoza. With gorgeou...
Terracotta
Casket, German, Baroque, painted, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Notley Priory
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This charming and unusual casket injects a romantic atmosphere into any interior. It has survived in impeccable condition with acceptable wear to the painted surface which signifies its age and use. It is a conversation piece, a piece of acting history, bought by Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier...
Oak
$12,950Sale Price|29% Off
In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Throne
By Valentino Besarel, Andrea Brustolon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Italian 19th century Baroque style carved walnut figural throne armchair, attributed to Valentino Panciera Besarel (Venice, 1829-1902) in the manner of Andrea Brustolon...
Fabric, Walnut
German or Swiss Late Renaissance / Baroque 17th Century Inlaid Buffet Cabinet
Located in Troy, NY
Late Renaissance / Early Baroque Buffet or Dressoir, of Swiss or German origin and dating from the early 17th century. Made of walnut with richly inlaid decorations of fruit wood and...
Fruitwood, Walnut
Early 17th Century Tuscan School Oil Painting on Canvas 'Virgin and Child'
Located in NICE, FR
We present you this magnificent oil painting on canvas endearingly the Virgin Mary gently caressing the head of Christ Child asleep on his Mother's lap. This artwork has been expertly fit with new canvas and encased in an exquisite gilded wooden frame. It is representative of the Tuscan School...
Canvas
Baroque Wax Figure of the Madonna, Germany, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Baroque wax figure of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, framed by a radiant halo. Mounted on a carved wooden base. Made in Germany in the 18th century.
Fabric, Giltwood
$3,160Sale Price|20% Off
LIRA Old Chestnut Coffee Table - 17th Century Italian Refectory Style in stock
Located in Encinitas, CA
Our “LIRA” coffee table - The Italian Art & Fine Antique Reproduction - available in custom size. This LIRA table style is made to order & custom built by quote - to your preference ...
Wrought Iron
Italian solid silver 800's tureen in baroque style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Baroque style oval tureen, made entirely by hand. The baroque style of this tureen is very light with grooves typical of the style but not evident to allow the object to be easily pl...
Silver
$2,048Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Venetian Murano Bronzed Tinted Glass Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and unique small venetian wall mirror. Great for entryway, small powder room, etc. Diamond shape with bronzed tinted mirror with gold gilt veining. The back of the mirro...
Mirror
Baroque Hall Cupboard 1770/80 Walnut and Walnut Burl
Located in Münster, DE
Important hall cabinet from around 1770/1780 Walnut, walnut burl and other precious woods veneered on softwood, two-door body divided by three pilasters, doors with octagonal carto...
Oak, Walnut, Burl
$2,570
Altar Palms
Located in Camarate, PT
A pair of exhuberant altar flower decorations, palms,in gilt coper with branches and stylized flowers rendered in relief. Mounted on modern metal stands Venice, Italy, 18th century
Copper
Circle of Carlo Maratta (active in the 17th century) "Mary Immaculate in Prayer"
Located in Madrid, ES
Circle of Carlo Maratta (active in the 17th century) "Mary Immaculate in Prayer" Bust portrait of Mary with her body slightly turned in profile, her gaze lowered, and her hands rais...
Paint
Oil On Canvas. Old Master, South-german Master App. 1780s.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Oil on canvas. OLD MASTER, South-german master app. 1780s. Biblical scene titled "Die dienenden Engel", the servant angel. A museum´s quality work with fine details. Condition repor...
Antique Swedish Baroque Table With Black Jämtland Limestone Top
Located in Kastrup, DK
Swedish Baroque Table with Black Jämtland limestone Stone Top, c. 1750 This charming Baroque table originates from Sweden around the mid-18th century and is a fine example of rustic ...
Stone
$747Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Print on Paper Antique Greek Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
Antique Greek vase print on paper 19th Century France This is a beautiful baroque print of an antique Greek vase. Contemporary wooden black ...
Paper
Italian Olive Burl Wood Bombe Secretary Vanity with Display Top & Matching Chair
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Italian bombe drop front secretary cabinet in olive wood with the matching chair. Bookcase top with Two drawers with brass hardware and exquisite cabriole legs. Expert craft...
Brass
$18,500 / set
Pair of Continental Baroque Pine Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Continental Baroque style stained pine side chairs with Hapsburg double eagle carved back & armorial embossed leather upholstery (late 19th/20th Cent) Leather is cracke...
Leather, Pine
Fine and Important Pair of Polychrome Decorated Giltwood Mirrors
Located in London, GB
Each with a rectangular plate within a stiff leaf, entwined vine and fleur de lis carved surround, the cresting centred by an armorial shield for the Thorold baronets surmounted by a plummed helmet, flanked by trellis with flower-filled vase finials above scrolling vines and floral garlands, labelled to the reverse 'Proveniente della famiglia Dona dalle Rose,' with traces of original blue and white decoration; the mirrors originally conceived as picture frames. Provenance: The Thorold baronets, probably Sir Nathaniel Thorold, 1st Baronet (d.1764) The Dona dalle Rose family...
Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Baroque Winged Putti Sculptures in Carved Wood
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Pair of carved and gilt Italian Baroque Carved Putti. The Putti, or winged child figures, are finished in a softly time-worn silvered and gilt surface. Each features a l...
Wood
Important 19th Century Italian Parade Plate
Located in Madrid, ES
Important 19th Century Italian Parade Plate Polychrome ceramic, with a wide brim, short frill, and a wide base. Reverse with ring support. Decoration on the rim with harpies and fan...
Maiolica, Porcelain
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Handmade Table Mirror Baroque revival
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver rectangular table mirror. The mirror is embossed with leaves and scrolls with gilded and burnished finishing Measure: 2,500 grams.
Sterling Silver
18th Century, Italian painting with Saint Nicholas and the miracle of the brick
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian painting with Saint Nicholas and the miracle of the brick Oil on canvas; Frame cm H 136 x W 109 x D 10. Canvas cm H 100 x W 74 The oil on canvas painting, with...
Canvas
Baroque Period, Italian, Marble Tabernacle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous, hand-carved and veneered, 1700's, solid marble tabernacle from an Italian church altar. The scrolling, side pillars are surmounted by a ...
Marble
Wall Mirror Swedish Walnut Baroque Brown Frame, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Wall mirror Swedish walnut Baroque brown frame, Sweden. A wall mirror made during the Baroque mirror in Sweden. Frame made from walnut. Later but ol...
17th Century French Carved Bleached Ebony Plaque "The Conversion of Saint Paul"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this intricately antique panel. Crafted of ebony wood in France circa 1680, the plaque depicts the dramatic biblical scene of "The Conversion of Saint Paul on th...
Ebony
Antique French Baroque Rococo Carved Walnut Marble Top Sideboard Buffet w Drawer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Baroque Rococo Style Ornately Carved Walnut Marble Top Long Sideboard Buffet with 3 Drawers. Item features a large s...
Marble
$975Sale Price / set|35% Off
Pair of Dutch Baroque Style, Marquetry Side Chairs, 19th century
Located in Belmont, MA
Pair of Dutch Baroque style marquetry side chairs featuring drop-in seats and inlaid marquetry details. Each chair displays a shaped crest rail above a back splat richly decorated w...
Fruitwood, Oak
Danish Brass Table Lamp with Faceted Baluster Stem
Located in Kastrup, DK
Table lamp made of brass, featuring an elegant baluster-shaped stem with pronounced facets and a combination of five- and six-sided forms, creating a classical and architectural expr...
Brass
$8,000Sale Price / set|33% Off
Pair of 19 Century Paintings Depicting Pilgrims of Compostela After A. Grimou
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of 19th century Italian portraits in the "chiaro scuro" style depicting pilgrims of Compostela after the originals painted by Alexos Grimou execute...
Canvas
18th century, Pair of Baroque Tuscany Lacquered Wooden Benches
Located in IT
18th century, Pair of Baroque Tuscany Lacquered Wooden Benches cm W 247 x D 38 x H 120. seat H 56 cm x D 32 This pair of important baroque benches was made in Tuscany, Italy, at the ...
Wood
Italian Marble Bust of a Goddess, late 17th/early 18th century
Located in London, GB
North Italian, Veneto, circa 1700 Bust of a classical woman, possibly Diana Marble, on a variegated grey marble socle 41.5 cm. high / 16 ¼ ins (the bust), 56 cm. / 22 ins high, overa...
Carrara Marble
$11,685Sale Price|50% Off
17th Century French Oak Long Trestle / Refectory Dining Table
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Beautiful and rare 17th century French oak trestle / refectory dining table with 19th century restorations. A refectory table is a very elongated table originally for dinner in mona...
Oak
Vintage Italian Venetian Figural Cherub Putti Gold Gilt Resin Bookstand Lectern
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage Ornate Italian Venetian Style Figural Cherub Putti Gold Gilt Cast Resin Books...
Resin
“Venice, Piazza San Marco” circle of Gaspare Vanvitelli Oil on Canvas ca 1730
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely stunning 18th century topographical painting, genre of which known as “veduta”. The crucial role in the development of that genre played Caspar van Wittel or Gaspar van Wittel -known in Italian as Gaspare Vanvitelli...
Canvas
Handcrafted Solid Wood Pedestal Accent Table with Barley Twist Legs and Ebonized
Located in Miami, FL
Solid wood accent table with an elegant handcrafted design and traditional styling. It features four barley-twist turned legs, a sturdy frame, and a rich dark ebonized finish that co...
Oak
Striped Punk by Kalou Dubus, Raw White Stoneware, Black Volcanic Glaze, Piercing
By Kalou Dubus
Located in PANTIN, -
A cylindrical vase hand-built in raw white chamotte stoneware, its grainy, porous surface left exposed beneath a black volcanic glaze applied in precise vertical stripes. The cratere...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Antique 18th century baroque Dressing Table with Mirror
Located in Doha, QA
“MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, WHO’S THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL”? This ladies’ antique dressing table is elegant and playful. It decorated ...
Fruitwood, Walnut, Pine
Large Frankfurt Wave Cabinet, Pine Wood, 18th Century
Located in Munich, DE
Manufactured in Germany in the 18th Century this pine wood cabinet is sturdy as well as spacious. It still has the original key lock with key as well as the inside partitions. Strong...
Wood
Pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. Giltwood sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderfully decorative pair of Italian 18th century Baroque st. Giltwood sconces. This charming pair of five arm unelectrified sconces display oval off-white and Giltwood backplate...
Giltwood
$1,710 / set
19th Century Portuguesh Chairs
Located in Stockbridge, GA
19th Century Portuguesh Pair of Side Chairs.
Giltwood
Pair of 19th Century Ornate Brass Fireplace Andirons
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of 19th century ornate brass fireplace andirons in the Baroque manner. The two openwork spheres set over plinthed scrolled supports with central cartouche. Flame finials ...
Brass, 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...
Kingwood, Maple
Round 800 silver vegetable dish with handles, torchon lid and "artichoke" knob
Located in VALENZA, IT
The lower part of the vegetable bowl is smooth and round, with a 24K gold-plated interior. Two cast handles, depicting scrolls and flowers, are welded to the sides. The lid is emboss...
Silver
Fine Baroque Portuguese Rosewood Centre Table, Library Desk, 17th Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The design and ornamentation of this centre table is characteristic of Portuguese Baroque furniture dating from the second half of the 17t...
Rosewood
Original Barock Sekretär Kommode 1700 Antik Nussbaum
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten einen wunderschönen Barock Sekretär aus Nussholz zum Verkauf an. Der Sekretär verfügt über drei große Schubladen im unteren Bereich und verschiedene kleine Verstaumöglichk...
Other
$1,170Sale Price|77% Off
18th Italian Painted Wardrobe in Solid Alder with Two Doors
Located in Buggiano, IT
18th Italian wardrobe in solid alder with two doors, internal color in original patina. The exterior is hand painted with period decorations. This is...
Walnut
Marine Surgeon's Box" Louis MATHIEU 1816-1879
Located in Madrid, ES
Marine Surgeon's Box" Louis MATHIEU 1816-1879 Navy Surgeon's Box with two superimposed trays presenting the different instruments (including saw, scalpels, trepanning tools, box...
Metal
Vintage English Baroque Style Large Footed Silver Plated Fruit Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage English Baroque Style Large Footed Silver Plated Chased Fruit Bowl. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 6" H x 22" W x 15" D.
Silver Plate
LOUIS XV STYLE CHEST OF DRAWERS Portuguese, 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
LOUIS XV STYLE CHEST OF DRAWERS Portuguese, 19th century Made of various types of wood, with three large drawers. Box domed at the front and sides. Hardware and applications in gold...
Wood
Pair of Italian Giltwood High Back Chiavari Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mid-century modern matching pair of Italian regency chiavari chairs featuring high backs. Crafted from giltwood with a lovely aged patina. The seats have been upholstered with opulen...
Velvet, Giltwood
Victorian Marble Pietra Dura Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A superb Victorian mahogany centre table, possible Italian, with a wonderful pietra dura marble top depicting roses, excellent original condition.
Belgian Black Marble