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.
Pair of Limited Edition Porcelain Swan Tureens in Meissen Style
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Limited Edition porcelain swan form tureens. Two of 500 edition made by Chelsea House to Commemorate the 18th century Meissen swan tureen at Winter...
Porcelain
$10,530Sale Price|20% Off
17th Century, Italian Baroque Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in IT
17th Century, Italian Baroque Walnut Chest of Drawers This chest of drawers was made in Lombardy in the Baroque period at the end of...
Wood
Pair Tall Antique Italian Bronze 17th Century Candlesticks
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a good example of early 18th century Italian solid bronze pricket candlesticks. The tripartite base is supported by ball feet and i...
Bronze
Casket, Box, Cabinet, Architectural, Ebonized, Alabaster, Secretdrawers, Malines
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
An early 17th century, Flemish, Malines, ebonized and alabaster cabinet with removable sliding sides revealing secret drawers 12” long. The ebonized top with two carved alabaster ...
Alabaster
Italian royal throne made of wood carved in gold leaf 20th century
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Italian royal throne made of wood carved in gold leaf 20th century
Gold Leaf
19th Century Gilt Carved Wood Mirror
Located in London, GB
19th Century Gilt Carved Wood Mirror A rare and striking 19th-century English gilt-wood over-mantel mirror, hand-carved with exquisite shell and foliage detailing. This large stateme...
Wood
Vintage Regency Hand Carved Putti Bracket
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This charming vintage wall bracket exemplifies the exuberant ornamentation of Baroque design, often seen in grand European homes. Expertly hand-carved from wood, the corbel structure...
Wood
Pair of Continental Three Light Wooden Painted Chandeliers or Hall Lanterns
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of round tapered three light wooden painted hall lanterns / fixtures with globe finials, scrolled crowns, acanthus apliques, gilt spiral half columns, glass panels, proba...
Glass, Wood
17th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel " Vase "
Located in Madrid, ES
Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 17th century Portuguese " Vase " Measures: 160cm x 146cm 110 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 17th c...
Ceramic
Set of Two Grilles Wrought Iron Baroque, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of two grilles made of wrought iron, located between two flat rectangular pieces and composed of six bars each. These show discs along their length and balustraded shapes, flanki...
Wrought Iron
$19,601Sale Price / set|25% Off
20th Century Pair of Italian Silver embossed with figures Lamps
By Liciano Sacco
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of "Cariatidi" lamps in 800 silver. Completely hand-carved and embossed with scrolls motifs. Each part of the lamp has been finely embossed and chiseled by hand. The central pa...
Silver
Set 5 French Chairs Louis XV Style 19th Century Never Restored
Located in Madrid, ES
Set 5 French Chairs Louis XV Style 19th Century In painted and gilded carved wood. Upholstered seats and back. Faults and defects. Never restored Dimensions: (larger) 96 x 52 x 42 cm.
Wood
18th Century, Venetian Baroque Carved Giltwood Mirror
Located in IT
18th Century, Venetian Baroque Carved Giltwood mirror This mirror was made in Venice, Italy, in the second half of the 18th century. The frame, in carved and gilded wood, has the characteristics of the Venetian baroque. The internal wooden band, with 90-degree angles in the lower portion and with a cambered and curvilinear profile in the upper part, is carved in vegetable-shaped bas-reliefs. At the top a rich cymatium encloses another mirror. Rich perforated volutes, rocaille and phytomorphic elements, create movement to the whole and streamline the mirror making it graceful. To crown, there is a floral element. Also, below the frame includes a small mirror, while on the sides continue the friezes carved with flowers, leaves and scrolls rocaille. This small mirror, very refined and of great decorative effect, can be easily placed in different environments, placed over consoles or antique drawers...
Mirror, Giltwood
Baroque-Style Wall Mirror, Probably Netherlands, 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Baroque-style wall mirror with projecting corners and a central mascaron crest in a pyramidal composition. The frame is richly decorated with embossed and gilded metal mounts featuri...
Metal
$20,289 / set
Early 17th Century Stone Flower Vases
Located in Vosselaar, BE
These so called 'Boucquets' were hand-carved in the early 17th century by French craftsmen. As the Baroque style found its French translation with Louis XIV architects and designers ...
Sandstone
Italian Baroque Oval Fruitwood Veneered and Inlaid Desk, Late 17th/18th Century
Located in Troy, NY
Very unusual and rare Italian Baroque Desk, late 17th/18th century The oval, dark veneered top within an intricate border made of various woods, c...
Fruitwood, Walnut
18th Century French Pair of Oils on Gold Leaf Panels
Located in North Miami, FL
18th century French pair of oils on gold leaf panels. One is depicting an angel playing the violin, and the other one is holding the music book.
Gold Leaf
Italian 19th Century Baroque St. Giltwood, Faux Painted Marble Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very unique Italian 19th century Baroque st. giltwood, faux painted marble, and glass coffee table. The table is raised by an exceptional and most decorative scalloped...
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Pair Of French Baroque Oil Painting, After Jean Antoine Watteau
Located in Lisbon, PT
A pair of two very large antiqued reproduction oil painting after Antoine Watteau: - A very large antiqued reproduction oil painting after Antoine Watteau. Features an antiqued canvas. Frame: 75.5 cm (29.72 inches) x 66.5 cm (26.18 inches) Canvas: 55.5 cm (21.85 inches) x 46.5 cm (18.31 inches) - A very large antiqued reproduction oil painting after Jean Antoine Watteau...
Canvas
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque Period Giltwood Mirrors
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of Italian 18th century Baroque period giltwood mirrors. Each mirror retains its original mirror plate with an exceptional and most decorative bevel following the cha...
Mirror, Giltwood
Attribution to Francesco Solimena "Resurrection of Christ" 18th Century
By Francesco Solimena
Located in Madrid, ES
Attribution to Francesco Solimena "Resurrection of Christ" 18th Century oil on canvas (129x77 cm.) framed good condition for the period Francesco Solimena, also called l'Abate C...
Paint
Pair of 18th Century Italian Baroque Style Pressed Metal Candlesticks
Located in Milford, NH
A nice pair of 18th century Italian Baroque style pressed metal candlesticks with metal over wood tripod bases, converted to lamps at some point, but now with wiring and lamp fitting...
Metal
A Genovese early 18th century Baroque Period Giltwood and Iron chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and large scale Genovese early 18th century Baroque Period Giltwood and Iron chandelier. This palatially scaled eighteen arm and eighteen light chandelier displays an e...
Iron
18th Century Baroque Walnut Three Drawer Commode
Located in Montreal, QC
A 18th century Baroque three drawer commode. Beautiful walnut veneer and boxwood inlays embellish this exquisite German baroque chest of drawers. The three drawer body with a rectang...
Walnut
Italian Baroque Madonna And Child Oil On Board Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very early Italian School Madonna and Child, Italian Baroque oil on board painting. Professionally restored. The careful removal of accumulated dirt and age-related damage, followed ...
Wood
$1,834 / set
Baroque Chest, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Baroque chest from the early 18th century, crafted from oak. The front is richly carved with decorative motifs and structured with architectural niche elements. The handles and the l...
Iron
Enormous Ornate Silverplate Serving Bar Tray dated 1955
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Extremely large serving tray with ornate edge and handles. Exceptional detail. Measures 30-1/2" wide X 21" deep X 2-1/2". Silver plated over brass I believe. Most likely from England...
Silver Plate, Brass
$3,484Sale Price|20% Off
Dutch Bleached Oak Carved Bombay Chest Of Drawers, 1700s
Located in Viterbo, VT
Chest of drawers hand-crafted in the Netherlands in the late 1700s using oak. The chest has a bombay shape with a curved bottom drawer and features four drawers total. The sides are ...
Oak
Meissen Grouping of Apollo's Sun Chariot with Sun Putti for Catherine the Great
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and quite large, Baroque style, Museum quality, antique Meissen Porcelain grouping of Apollo, the Sun God's, Sun Chariot with his Putti Servant, originally designed by Johann Joachim Kändler in 1772-1773 for Czarina Katharina, Better known as Catherine the great...
Porcelain
Danish Langeland Late 19th Century Oak Table with Carved Apron and Turned Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Southern Danish Baroque style oak center table from the 19th century, with single drawer, carved apron and turned legs. Created on the Danish island of Langeland during the later y...
Oak
$3,920Sale Price|20% Off
Beautiful Swedish alder root Wall Cabinet from Mid-18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful Swedish alder root Wall Cabinet from Mid-18th Century. Made in alder root and elm around Lake Mälaren west of Stockhom, Sweden. Perfect as a small wall cabinet in the kitch...
Wood
17th Century Framed Map of Ancient France Titled "Typus Galliae Veteris"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office or a library with this elegant historic map. Crafted in the Netherlands circa 1630, this beautifully framed antique map with pr...
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Pair of Large Bronze 19th Century Italian Andirons After Niccolò Roccatagliata
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Pair of Large Bronze 19th Century Italian Andirons After Niccolò Roccatagliata Dimensions : 41" Tall X 21" Wide X 16" Deep This stunning pair of bronze andirons were made in Italy ...
Bronze, Iron
17th Century Italian Parcel-Gilt and Painted Bench
Located in San Francisco, CA
17th century Italian parcel-gilt and green painted bench. Retains the original surface with wear and subtle craclure. Covered in a simple cream muslin with an old green fringe. Scrol...
Gesso, Giltwood, Muslin, Paint, Walnut
$2,900Sale Price|50% Off
18th Century Baroque Polychrome and Giltwood Altar Tabernacle with Carved Angels
Located in Porto, PT
An exceptional 18th century Iberian Baroque tabernacle, finely carved in wood with polychrome and gilt decoration. The piece features a richly sculptural oval body surrounded by scrolling Baroque ornamentation and numerous carved cherub and angel heads, each retaining traces of original painted detail in red, blue, cream and gilt tones. The front door is decorated with the sacred IHS Christogram, a cross and raised architectural elements, emphasizing its original ecclesiastical function as a Eucharistic tabernacle or sacrarium. The reverse opens to reveal an oval interior, later lined in deep blue fabric, making the piece suitable today as a highly decorative religious object, display cabinet or collector’s ecclesiastical artwork. The surface shows beautiful age-related patina, with losses to gilding and polychromy, old wear, cracks, small chips, oxidized metal hinge elements and evidence of historical use. These signs of age contribute greatly to the authenticity and visual character of the piece. A rare and impressive example of 18th century religious Baroque wood carving...
Wood
A bronze apothecary mortar with pestle and crowned crest, Italy 18th century.
Located in Milan, IT
A fine and elegant 18th-century Italian cast bronze pharmaceutical (apothecary) mortar, complete with its original matching bronze pestle. The vessel features a classic flared profil...
Bronze
Frame. Ebonized wood, metal. Dutch School, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Frame. Ebonized wood, metal. Dutch School, 17th century. It has faults. Slightly rectangular frame made of ebonized wood and decorated with a series of smooth moldings of varying w...
Other
Mid-18th Century Baroque Guild Chest, Walnut and Brass, Italy
Located in Greding, DE
Baroque guild drawer with side brass handles and domed lid. The body stands on pressed ball feet, has rounded corners and is veneered on all sides in walnut with strapwork marquetry.
Brass
Armchair, chair, 17th Century, Italian, Walnut, Scroll, Baroque, Tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This elegant armchair exudes classic gravitas, with scroll arms, fall turnings and triple toe feet The tapestry back depicting Flora underneath a bower is a distinctive feature. It...
Walnut
Italian 18th century Baroque period Giltwood mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A monumental and most impressive Italian 18th century Baroque period Giltwood mirror. This stately large scaled mirror with all original gilding and mirror plate is made with elabora...
Giltwood
18th Century Portuguese "Azulejos" Panel "Countryside Scene"
Located in Madrid, ES
Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world 18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 187cm x 84cm 84 tiles Important note: This panel is with the ...
Ceramic
Bleached Dutch Oak Bombay Chest Of Drawers With Walnut Burl Veneer, 1820s
Located in Viterbo, VT
Small chest of drawers hand-crafted in the Netherlands in the early 1800s using oak and decorated with walnut burl veneer. The chest features three inset drawers with drawer fronts t...
Oak, Walnut
Pair of French 19th Century Oval Oil on Canvas "Allegory of Fortune and Virtue"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of French 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Allegory of Fortune and Virtue". The old-master style oval canvas' depicting Fortune as a classical seated elegantly dressed maiden tossi...
Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood
Italian Console Table with Silver Leaf, Arabescato Marble Top, 1750
Located in Wichita, KS
An Italian console in original parcel silver leaf beautifully carved with an Arabescato marble top from Tuscany, 18th century, circa 1750. Shaped marble top. Exceptional pierced, arb...
Marble, Silver Leaf
$6,400 / set
Pair of Tufted Cerused Lounge Slipper Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Tufted Cerused Lounge Slipper Chairs upholstered in a velvet fabric. The chairs have cerused oak legs with the front legs having casters.
Velvet, Oak
18th Century Italian Bleached Walnut Chest Of Drawers With Inlay
Located in Carmine, TX
Chest of drawers hand-made in central Italy in the late 1700s using walnut and decorated with satinwood inlaid veneer. The chest of drawers features three overlay drawers with ogee e...
Fruitwood, Walnut
Charming and Large French Cut Glass and Brass Five Branch Chandelier
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A charming and large French cut glass and brass five branch chandelier. This is an excellent quality piece, the decorated brass centre column supports the scrolling branches, the ...
Crystal
Large Carved Wood Silvered Mirror, circa 1980
Located in Paris, FR
Large original silver wood mirror, circa 1980. Carved exotic wood decor with stylized foliages, flowers and shells. Re-gilding to the patinated silvered leaf. Modern glass mirror. (A...
Silver Leaf
$19,850Sale Price|48% Off
In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Settee
By Andrea Brustolon, Valentino Panciera Besarel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and rare Italian 19th century Baroque style carved walnut figural settee (Sofa-Loveseat), attributed to Valentino Panciera Besarel (Venice, 1829-1902) in the manner of Andrea Brustolon...
Fabric, Walnut
Magnificent 17th-Century French Aubusson Tapestry – Alexander the Great
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Magnificent 17th-Century French Aubusson Tapestry – Alexander the Great and Bucephalus An exceptional and rare Aubusson tapestry from the 17th century, masterfully handwoven in wool ...
Wool
Antique Ebonized Carved Wood Center Table with Brass Stretchers and Paw Feet
Located in Miami, FL
An elegant antique ebonized wood table distinguished by its dramatic sculptural form and richly carved decoration. The rectangular top features an elaborate carved border with orname...
Metal
18th Century Italian Tuscan Painted Armoire
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Charming 18th Century Tuscan armoire from Florence, Italy. With its original paint, painted in subtle brown mottled shades. With central panels centered by the original brass door pu...
Wood, Paint
Early 1900s Hand Carved Walnut Tray Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare antique intricately hand carved solid walnut tray table. Glass tray comes loose. Brass tray handles.
Brass
Antique Baroque Marble Top Dining Table - 17th Century Style Solid Wood Base
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Stunning Antique Baroque Style Marble Top Dining Table. This elegant piece features a thin marble slab over a hand turned wood base. There is a yellow discoloration on the marble (as...
Marble
Italian / Tuscan Baroque 17th Century Walnut Credenza
Located in Troy, NY
Excellent Italian credenza with an understated linear design, wonderful light honey colored patina, three drawers over two doors, one continuous shelf inside.
Walnut
19th Century Italian Rococo Sedan Chair with Green & Gold Upholstery
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century Italian Sedan Chair This is a mid 19th Century piece, it is the Rococo style, in Green and Gold and upholstered inside in a heavy gold brocade, complete with cushion ...
Pine
German Baroque Secretary Desk, 1750
Located in Leimen, DE
German Baroque Secretary Desk, Circa 1750 A rare mid-18th century German Baroque secretary desk of straight architectural form, crafted circa 1750. The façade is distinguished by an ...
Walnut
Pair of Fortuny Fabric Lumbar Cushions in the Lucrezia Pattern
Located in New York, NY
A pair of mitered Fortuny fabric lumbar cushions in the Lucrezia pattern, green and beige color way with silk bias edging, the border in the Jupon pattern. 50 down/50 feather insert....
Cotton, Silk
Rare Palatial Pair French 19th Century Baroque Wrought Iron Wall Console Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Palatial Pair of French 19th Century Baroque Style Free-Standing Serpentine Wrought Iron Wall Console Tables with marble top. The slender bowed wrought iron bodies surmounted with ...
Wrought Iron
Important French Set Sofa, (2) Armchairs and a Table end 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Two Magnificent French Armchairs with respective Stools early 19th Century armchair measurements: H: 96cm x 76cm c 75cm stool measures: 45cm x 45cm x 50cm Hight wood and italian silk...
Silk, Wood