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 Style Hand-Carved Walnut Bracket with Putti and Foliage, 1800s
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Baroque style French walnut bracket with hand-carved putti, circa 1800. Born during the tumultuous years of the early 19th century, this French bracket features a semi-circular sha...
Walnut
Set of 16 Blue and White Delft Tiles with Animals and Figures, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Germany Ansbach 18th century A set of 16 blue and white, with manganese tint, tiles with decorations of animals and figures. Very fine painting and much detail in the animals and fi...
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$922Sale Price|55% Off
18th Century Italian Baroque Marble Holy Water Font or Stoup
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Baroque marble holy water font or stoup, Unique and original period piece. Italy, circa 1750 H:12cm W:24,5cm D:18-33cm
Marble
$22,629Sale Price|50% Off
Orologio a Pendolo in Legno Laccato Style barocco veneziano 700
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Meraviglioso Orologio a Pendolo in Legno Laccato Style barocco veneziano 700 provenienza villa reale lago maggiore produzione mice versailles anni 6...
Wood
Antique Austrian Baroque Inlaid Walnut Burl Chest Drawers Dresser Commode 1760
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique 18th century marquetry inlaid walnut baroque commode, chest of drawers, Austria or Germany, circa 1760. This fine 18th century commode is of serpentine shape and has a...
Ash, Fruitwood, Walnut, Burl
Baroque Slant-Front Secretary in Walnut, Mid-18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Baroque secretary with three drawers and a serpentine front, featuring a fall-front writing surface and an upper tabernacle with a tall door and ten small drawers. The piece is crow...
Brass
$6,383Sale Price / item|19% Off
Baroque Brass Empire Chandelier Crystal Lustre Lamp Antique Gold
Located in Berlin, DE
Introducing a stunning Brass Baroque Empire Chandelier, an exquisite piece adorned with captivating, reminiscent of the classical style of the Empire era. This is a new reproduction...
Crystal, Brass, Wire
19th Century Spanish Walnut Desk with Two Drawers & Strong Legs, 1890s
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish walnut desk or console table with two drawers and strong turning legs and stretcher.
Walnut
Fortuny Floral Pillows by Mariano Fortuny, Saffron Velvet, New Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of exquisite Fortuny floral pillows, where each is a testament to the luxurious interplay of color and pattern, set against a mesmerizing silver background. These pillows shi...
Cotton, Velvet
Stunning Large Woman in Tyrollean traditional Costume Vintage Anri Carving
By ANRI
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This vintage wood carving by Anri is a beautiful work of art depicting a woman in traditional Groedner or Tyrolean costume. This wooden figure was made in the 1980s or older and is a...
Wood
Danish 18th Ctr. Baroque Manor House Kast or Armoire in Walnut & Oak
Located in Kastrup, DK
Impressive two-door baroque cabinet or armoire in oak and walnut. From a Danish manor house, c. 1730-1750. This large-sized cabinet features an architecturally architecture includi...
Oak, Walnut
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 typical 18th century Portugal set ...
Delft, Faience, Terracotta
Antique Italian Double Bed in Walnut and Walnut Burl, from Bassano del Grappa
Located in Vigonza, Padua
This magnificent antique Italian double bed is an exceptional example of refined cabinetmaking, crafted from solid walnut and richly figured walnut burl. The bed comes from an antiqu...
Nutwood
Stunning Highback King Chair of Solid Oak with Greenish Wool Denmark 1930-40
By Henning Kjærnulf, Axel Einar Hjorth
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Stunning Danish baroque style high-backed ear-flap chair hand made in the 1930s The frame and armrests are made beautifully of turned and carved solid oak....
Wool, Oak
Antique Swedish Genuine Handmade Baroque Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish baroque cabinet. The cabinet is a genuine Swedish country house furniture from the late 1700s. It is a proper statement piece made by hand in solid pine. The cabinet ...
Pine
Antique Late 17th Century Antique Franco-Flemish Verdure Landscape Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
This late 17th century Franco-Flemish verdure tapestry, signed RAET, worked in fresh colors, depicting animals in a wooded river landscape with a bird of prey attacking a rabbit in t...
Tapestry, Wool
$2,959Sale Price|40% Off
Large 18th Century Italian / Neapolitan Hand Carved Wooden Head of Christ
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique handcarved wooden head of Christ with beautiful expression and glass eyes, once used at processions. Napels/ Italy, circa 1750-1800. Beautiful example of 18th century craftsma...
Gesso, Glass, Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Blue Painted 18 Drawer Cabinet
Located in Round Top, TX
Beautifully crafted Swedish pine cabinet from the early 1800's with unique upper enclosed section holding 18 drawers and 1 small interior cabinet. The newer professionally applied bl...
Wrought Iron
Mary Magdalene Penitent Italian painting from the 17th century of the Lombard School
Located in Milano, MI
Mary Magdalene the Penitent oil painting on canvas, of Italian, Lombard origin, dates from the 17th century and is unframed, has been lined and restored to a new frame; this ancient...
Canvas, Wood
18th Century Swedish Late Baroque Cabinet with Original Paint Northern Sweden
Located in Boden, SE
18th century Swedish late Baroque cabinet with original paint from Gumbodahed Skelleftea, Northern Sweden. A magnificent late Baroque cabinet that is divisible into 2 parts. Scrape...
Pine
Midcentury Maison Bagues Style Cristal and Bronze Chandelier
Located in Miami, FL
very unic and elegant French Maison Bagues style bronze and glass Chandelier. Glass Fruits, flowers and geometric cristal on a gilded bronze frame. Six lights which give a sumptuous ...
Glass, Cut Glass
$636Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Italian Baroque Santos Figure
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Italian Baroque Santos Figure Italy, 18th century or older An exquisite 18th-century Italian Baroque Santos figure is a fine example of religious artistry, dating back...
Wood
18th Century Sicilian Transitional Baroque–Neoclassical Center-Dining Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exceptional late eighteenth-century Sicilian center table that beautifully captures the transition from the exuberance of the Baroque to the refined symmetry of the Neoclassical p...
Wood
Oak Buffet with Carved Raised Panels and Iron Latches, Spain, 1930s
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
J.A.D.A Galerie presents: A Spanish buffet made in the 1930s, built in the Castilian cabinetmaking tradition that survived in provincial workshops long after it had left the cities....
Iron
19th-Century Italian School "Bust of a Woman" in Carrara Marble, Signed
Located in Madrid, ES
19th-Century Italian School "Bust of a Woman" in Carrara Marble, Signed This polychrome marble bust depicts a high-society woman with puffed sleeves and a collar, her hair styled in...
Marble
Spanish Baroque Sunburst Mirror in Giltwood with Carved Foliage Frame, 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gold Leaf Giltwood Sunburst Convex Mirror with Mirror Inlays, Spain, 1930s-1940s. ___________________________________________________________ One of a Kind Hand Carved Giltwood Sunbu...
Gold Leaf
$922Sale Price|37% Off
Baroque Style Giltwood Sunburst with Angelheads, Italy, Circa 1880-1900
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered one of a kind piece. Baroque sunburst with angelheads, Italy, circa 1880-1900. Weathered, small losses and old repairs Measurement includes the wooden base. H:54c...
Wood
Vintage Lunt Baroque Style Silver Plated Ornate Twin Handle Serving Platter Tray
By Lunt Silver
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Lunt Baroque Style Silver Plated Ornate Twin Handle Serving Platter Tray. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 1.5" H x 27.5" W x 18.5" D.
Silver Plate
18th Century Swedish Period Baroque Cabinet
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Mid-18th Century Swedish Period Baroque cabinet. With decorative carved pediment with two large doors below. Super crisp carved decorative detailing, opening to shelved storage and ...
Wood
18th Century Swedish Baroque Slant Front Secretaire
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century Swedish secretaire, from Baroque period, circa 1750 in original gorgeous blue/green patinated color with slant front desk with interior features numerous small drawers ...
Bronze
Meissen Mid-18th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White Blue and Gold
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: The fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail. A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
Porcelain
$2,850Sale Price|25% Off
18th 1st Edition of "New Art of Cooking" in Spanish by Juan Altamiras
Located in Miami, FL
18th First Edition of "New Art of Cooking" in Spanish with skin flap. Traditional recipes of Spanish gastronomy
Animal Skin, Paper
Antique 17th Century Dutch Carved Ebonized Oak Credence Cabinet on Stand 1680
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique late 17th Century carved ebonized oak cabinet on stand, circa 1680. Such cabinets are commonly referred to as credence or chalice ...
Oak
18th Century Bohemian Corpus of Christ
Located in Wien, AT
An expressive hand-carved wooden corpus of Christ from 18th century Bohemia, originally mounted on a wooden cross for devotional use. Executed in the late Baroque style, the figure s...
Wood
Beautiful Buffet Table Portuguese, 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Buffet Table Portuguese, 19th century, made of twisted and trembling mahogany wood. Rectangular top, framed by a trembling frieze, waist with two drawers, simulating four legs and t...
Wood
Golden Crown E & R Schumann Arzberg Germany Empress Dresden Flowers Candelabra
Located in Tustin, CA
Exquisite, very hard to find, Golden Crown E & R Schumann Arzberg Bavaria "Empress Dresden Flowers" baroque two arm porcelain candelabra. This...
Porcelain
Set de Luxury bronze mechanical baroque table clock 1970s new
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Set de Luxury baroque bronze table clock 1970s new
Bronze
$1,855Sale Price|30% Off
18th 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 1750. Other examples can be seen in the Museo de Zaragoza. With gorgeou...
Terracotta
Mid-Century Baroque Style Floral Opaline Three Arm Murano Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
This Baroque-style floral opaline with gold-infused Murano glass has three lovely scroll arms holding tulip-shaded bobeches having red rigaree trim. Rigaree trim is made by crimping...
Glass
Italian Baroque Carved Walnut Revolving Hall Bench, Late 17th–Early 18th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An Italian Baroque carved walnut revolving settle bench, likely Central Italian, dating to the late 17th or early 18th century, circa 1680–1720. Architecturally conceived and unusual...
Walnut
Baroque-Style 22K Gold Leaf Carved Coffee Table with Black Stone Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An opulent hand-carved coffee table finished in luminous 22-karat gold leaf, showcasing richly sculpted Baroque-style detailing and a dramatic black stone top. The base features exub...
Stone
Italian Baroque Style Marble Top Console Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic 20th century Italian carved pine console table decorated in the baroque taste. The table features a 1 inch thick rouge/rosso marble top with white veining in a Terra Cotta ...
Marble
Weathered Oak Dining Table in French Baroque Style, 20th Century
Located in High Point, NC
A table whose natural weathered oak gives it real character at first glance. The piece dates to 20th Century, sourced from France, and carries the hallmarks of period craftsmanship. ...
Metal
$2,632Sale Price|20% Off
Spanish Bench or Low Console Table with Drawers, Lyre Legs and Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Spanish bench or low console table with carved lye legs in two side of both legs. Original iron pull hardware and heavy and rare iron stretcher That back has the same ...
Iron
17th Century Antique Italian Florentine Tapestry with Geometric Floral Design
Located in Los Angeles, US
A rare and visually striking 17th-century Florentine tapestry from Italy, distinguished by its unusual marriage of geometric pattern and botanical decoration. The field consists of r...
Wool, Cotton, Silk
$261Sale Price|43% Off
Italian, 18th Century, Baroque Painted Metal Procession Cross
Located in Buisson, FR
Lovely baroque painted metal procession cross with a great patina. Italy circa 1750. weathered and small losses. Measurements include the wooden base. H:42cm W:28,5cm D:9cm
Metal
17th Century Dutch Delft Tiles Figures in Landscape shephard
By AK Dutch Delftware, Royal Delft, Delft
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
2 Dutch Delft blue and White tiles Depicting figures in a landscape Origin Netherland second half 17th century Condition: Good not glued Delftware or Delft pottery is also known as ...
Delft, Pottery
8 Baroque Style Erotic Prints of Compromised Aristocrats & Soldiers, I
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
8 Baroque Style Erotic Prints of Compromised Aristocrats & Soldiers, I (I is our inventory tag) Italy, 20th Century Prints, This suite of eight Italian Baroque-style erotic prints ...
Glass, Paper, Wood
$45,491Sale Price|20% Off
Baroque Wellenschrank Wardrobe, German, Walnut, Early 18th Century
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This exceptional German Baroque “Wellenschrank” wardrobe was crafted around 1720 and represents one of the most iconic furniture forms of the period. Developed in Frankfurt during th...
Pine, Walnut
18th Century Northern Italy Polychrome Lacca Povera Wood Antique Table Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique Italian hand painted lacca povera tabletop cabinet. circa 1775 Northern Italy, 18th century, likely used in a wealthy merchant or noble's country villa as a vargueñ...
Gesso, Wood, Pine, Paint
Large Italian Neoclassical Carved and Pierced Giltwood Frame, circa 1800
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an exceptional Italian carved and pierced giltwood frame dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, circa 1800. The frame is distinguished by its...
Giltwood
$4,320Sale Price|20% Off
19th Spanish Walnut Desk with Two Drawers and Solomonic Turning Legs
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish walnut desk with two drawers and solomonic turning legs and solomonic stretcher it is carved in four sides It has a central lock for...
Iron
17th Century Italian Ebonised Ripple Framed Mirror
Located in London, GB
Wonderful 17th Century Italian ebonised Guilloché mirror with carved ripple moulding. Luigi XIV, Piedmont. The rectangular plate within a cushion frame of convex and carved ripple m...
Walnut
Museum Quality 17th Century Brussels Woven Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
Crafted from a genuine 17th Century Brussels tapestry, this antique pillow showcases an exquisite all-over botanical pattern with flowing stylized leaves woven in sophisticated shade...
Wool, Cotton
Elegant Porcelain Coffee Cup by Hutschenreuther Selb Bavaria Gold Plated
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
elegant porcelain coffee cup by Hutschenreuther Selb Bavaria gold plated.
Porcelain
17th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry Pillow Botanical Motif
Located in Los Angeles, US
This elegant 17th century Flemish tapestry pillow is crafted from an antique verdure fragment, featuring a beautifully layered botanical composition that has aged into a soft, painte...
Wool, Cotton, Feathers
Antique 18th Century Italian Ceramic Apothecary Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
Tall antique 18th century Italian ceramic apothecary jar. Colors of blue, yellow and green on off white background.
Ceramic, Pottery
"Meissen" Bowls in Blue Onion pattern with Gold Edge
Located in Denton, TX
"Meissen" Blue Onion pattern with Gold Edge on the lace style bowl very rare.
Porcelain
French Baroque Style Brass 8-Light Chandelier in the Dutch Style, ca. 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
Of Dutch Baroque style, the standard with graduated balls, the bottom tier issuing curved arms
Brass
Baroque Wardrobe in Walnut, Switzerland, circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Large two-door wardrobe in walnut veneer on spruce, featuring beveled corners and sturdy square legs. The flat, multi-profiled cornice highlights the architectural simplicity charact...
Brass