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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.

Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Baroque
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Couple of 18th Century Italian Baroque Carved Wooden And Silvered Candlesticks
Located in Buisson, FR
Great pair of carved wooden candleholders with their beautiful silver leaf gilding. Italy, circa 1750-1800. Weathered and small losses and old repairs. More photo's available on requ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Large 17th century Flemish ebonized reverse ripple molded mirror
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A large and impressive Flemish 17th century richly carved reverse molded mirror with old, possibly original, spotty mercury glass. Beautiful patina and character. Due to their timel...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Fruitwood

Antique Mirror Baroque Rokoko Style, Hand Carved Natural Wood, Italy
Located in Andernach, DE
Wonderful rarity: mirror in a unique shape, handmade most likely in Italy. Baroque or Rococo style, magnificent carving with slightly chivalrous symbolism at the top. Roughly notche...
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1770s German Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Pair of 17th/ 18th Century Italian White Marble Baroque Ornaments
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and very beautiful pair weathered white marble baroque ornaments. They most likely once adorned a church altar. Original period pieces, Italy, ci...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Marble

Rare and Important Portuguese Church Cabinet 18th Century Published
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare Church cabinet Portuguese 18th century in painted, carved and gilded wood. Wardrobe with two doors. Interior with three drawers. Elevation with frame in carved and gilded wood. ...
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18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Antique 18th Century Solid Oak Spanish Kitchen Display Cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful hand carved solid oak kitchen cabinet It has a recessed upper part for the display of plates and cups. The lower cabinet features a fixed shelf and the doors are decorated with geometric chip carving and rosettes. The cabinet has a rural appearance typical for this type of Spanish furniture. The cabinet has the original hand forged hinges...
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Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Furniture

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Iron

18th Century Maria Theresia Baroque Cabinet
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A so-called Maria Theresa cabinet (furniture type named after the Austrian empress) or Baroque hall cabinet from the 18th century. On ball feet standing two-door coniferous corpus...
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18th Century German Antique Baroque Furniture

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Walnut, Pine

Pair of Italian Baroque Columns, 18th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Outstanding pair of 18th century Italian Baroque carved and paint decorated columns. finely carved and hand poly-chromed spiral motif. Measures: H.85" x D.12".   
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

18th Century Italian Walnut Octogonal Mirror
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A late 18th century Italian walnut octagonal mirror. Apart from minor restorations this mirror is in pristine condition and can be hanged in two directions.
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1780s Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Walnut

Embroidered Textile Chasuble Religious Vestment
Located in New York, NY
Antique embroidered textile chasuble with floral decorative patterns in blue, yellow and pink, likely made in the 17th-18th century in Europe. The piece is framed and has marking on the back paper indicating it to be a gift from William Randolph Hearst...
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17th Century European Antique Baroque Furniture

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Textile

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...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Baroque Furniture

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Mirror, Giltwood

Wrought Iron Fittings Set '18 Units', 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Collection of eighteen shooters. Wrought iron XVII century. Set of 18 wrought iron handles of different sizes, measurements and decoration, some preserving the piece that is ancho...
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17th Century European Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wrought Iron

Baroque Carved Giltwood Mirror with Original Plate, Denmark, circa 1700
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Exquisite Danish Baroque, circa 1700, mirror or looking glass having carved giltwood frame with dramatic foliate cresting and rectangular cushion-frame with foliate and seashell moti...
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Early 18th Century Danish Antique Baroque Furniture

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Giltwood, Mercury Glass

18th Century Dutch Baroque Cabinet or Linen Press
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Dutch Baroque cabinet or linen press from the 2nd half of the 18th century. Solidly crafted in oak and accentuated with ebonised carved decoratio...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Furniture

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Oak

Louis XIV Parisian Wardrobe in Walnut - end of the 17th early 18th - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very nice Parisian wardrobe called "lingère". Beautiful Louis XIV style walnut cabinet of the late 17th or early 18th century. This very beautiful wa...
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Early 1700s French Antique Baroque Furniture

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Iron

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...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Columns in Carved Wood, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Each one shows a lower part decorated in relief with vases joined by ribbons and a grooved shaft divided into two areas and has a composite capital. Although the motifs are of classi...
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17th Century European Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Large Danish 18th Century Mahogany Dresser Or Chest of Drawers
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautiful Baroque mahogany chest of drawers with four large drawers and bronze hardware, circa 1740-1750, Copenhagen Denmark.
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Mid-18th Century Danish Antique Baroque Furniture

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Mahogany

Pair of Solomonic Columns, Pinewood, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of columns of carved pine wood that present the twisted shaft in a helical way (Solomonic) and decorated with interlocks of birds, scrolls, leaves, fruits and birds intermingled and are topped by two Corinthian capitals (with the two levels of leaves under the scrolls more similar to those of oak than to acanthus). Although it was an element used in architecture before, the Solomon column is a more known and habitual piece in the Baroque, especially since its use by Bernini in the canopy of St. Peter's Vatican (completed in 1633). He soon arrived in Spain, being used in Andalusia for the first time circa 1639 and in Madrid in 1636, spreading throughout the peninsula and colonial territories since then. Normally, they were decorated with branches and grape clusters in slight relief. Although the presence of birds in this type of elements is not the most common, they can be seen in pieces such as the Solomonic column...
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17th Century European Antique Baroque Furniture

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Pine

18th Century Meissen Set 12 Baroque Porcelain Dining Dishes with Floral Decor
Located in Brescia, IT
This baroque dining colorfully dishes set is eclectical and drawn with vibrant colors. The board is in a contemporary fuchsia color. Precious, fine, elegant and timeless dining set dishes. The Meissen manufacturer is an antique brand...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Baroque Furniture

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Meissen

18th Century Italian Walnut Parquetry Important Bureau Cabinet Trumeaux
Located in Rome, IT
An Italian walnut, parquetry bureau cabinet fruitwood inlaid with scrolling foliage, The upper section with a shaped carved cresting, a shaped doors opening to reveal three shelves, ...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

Italian 17th Century Walnut Rustic Trestle Refectory Dining or Library Table
Located in Firenze, IT
This charming 17th Century massive scale rectangular refectory table, dating back to Baroque period, is a magnificent example of Tuscan rustic craftsmanship. The top consists of four large solid warm brow walnut planks capped on either end with matching pieces of walnut wood slabs. The 3 meters long and 1 meter wide tabletop rests on a trestle base composed of six massive turned baluster legs joined by a simple molded stretcher running the distance on either side making the seat even more comfortable. The simple and clean line of the top is wonderfully harmonized by the roundness of the legs, all with exceptional wood grain and texture and rich, warm great original patina throughout. In typical Tuscan fashion, this farm table is long and narrow, featuring a very rustic but clever construction: two wooden pegs and thick joints on each side allow the top to easily separate from the base for easy transportation. This is "The Table" solid and sturdy a wonderful and warm piece, rich in history and rare. The four plank cleated detachable top is of superb color and figuring. This versatile antique refectory table can be used as a hall, dining or serving table. It has character and is simply stunning from every angle making a fabulous statement in any room both in your countryside home or in the most elegant setting. A number of early solid walnut pieces which we have sold have harmonized very well with modern interiors. Any kind of dinner service will be enhanced by the sobriety of this table that will stand up to no end of use. This rustic and lasting table can be free-standing or would be perfect also leaned on the wall as a huge console...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood, Walnut

Italian Carved Walnut 18th Century Torchere
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a wonderful Continental 18th century pricket stick. The pricket is composed of turned walnut and is sculptural in its turnings. This candle stand is in overall good condition...
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Mid-18th Century European Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wrought Iron

Spanish school Painting “Calvario”Baroque - Vallisoletana School
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind oil on canvas made at the end of the 17th century. The work deals with the scene of Calvary, present, therefore, Christ crucified, his mother the Virgin Mary to her ri...
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Late 17th Century European Antique Baroque Furniture

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

18th Century Black and Gilt Italian Mirror
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th Century Baroque Mirror with black frame. The elegant frame is embellished inside with gilded acanthus leaf carving and outside with gilded egg and dart pattern carving. It is ad...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Mirror, Wood

18th Century Spanish Guard Room Dining Table w/ Trestle & Forged Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful 18th century Spanish baroque guard room /dining table in walnut with plank-top resting on carved H-form trestle legs and hand-forged iron stretchers forged in Toledo. Spa...
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Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Furniture

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Walnut

17th Century Baroque Figure Of «Madonna and Jesus», Portugal
Located in Lisbon, PT
A late 17th-century figure in polychromed chestnut wood with excellent carving and gilding, dressed in a flowing veil and cashew hair down the shoulders. The cheekbones and nose are ...
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Late 17th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Furniture

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Gold Leaf

Portuguese Baroque Canopy Bed, 17th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A 17th Century Baroque four-poster bed (ceiling), with headboard The headboard, decorated with boned shaped, shakes and strings, are turned into bobbin-shaped discs and balls in the ...
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17th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Furniture

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Brass

17th C. Italian Ebonized Mirror
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful 17th C. Medium Sized Mirror, Vintage glass
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Walnut

Italy Venezia Mid-18th Century Baroque Wooden Sofa
Located in Brescia, IT
Mid-18th Century hand-carved 1750 Venetian Baroque walnut sofa, three-seat with armrests. Remarkable work by Venetian cabinetmakers. The 18th C...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Walnut, Silk

18th C. Continental Baroque Carved Oak Table with Storage and Iron Hardware
Located in Morristown, NJ
18th c., possibly Spanish, solid oak table, wrought iron hardware, the rectangular three board plank top over two hinged panel doors opening to storage, raised on octagonal legs join...
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Early 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wrought Iron

Ancient Boxwood Micro Carving Deposition, First Half of the 18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood micro carving Deposition Central Europe, first half of the 18th century It measures: the sculpture 7.40 x 5.31 x 0.6 in (18.8 x 13.5 x 1.6 cm); w...
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1740s European Antique Baroque Furniture

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Boxwood

17th/ 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 1650-1750. Weathered condition. Measures: H:10,5cm W:21,5cm D:19-26cm.
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Marble

Provincial 18th century Swedish Baroque Armchair
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Good provincial 18th century Swedish Baroque armchair in it's original finish with great patination. ca 1750 Sweden.
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Unusually Large 17th Century Marble Mortar
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Unusually large 17th century beautifully veined Italian marble mortar in great proportions with a complementing carved base. Dated 1690 in the rim.
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Marble

Jesus Christ Crucified Portuguese Sculpture 18th Century H: 98cm
Located in Madrid, ES
Jesus Christ Crucified Portuguese Sculpture 18th Century Crucified figure with the head turned to the right side sculture in polychrome wood. Cross in rosewood wood carved with gol...
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18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Scarce Antique Russian Palekh icon Life of Saint Nicholas of Myra mid 18 century
Located in Sweden, SE
This Icon is real gem for museum and private collection. Such an icon could be seen in very few museums and perhaps in one or two very important private collection! Here is truly uni...
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Mid-18th Century Russian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Late 17th Century Painting Follower of Johann Hulsman "Gallant Scene"
Located in Montreal, QC
oil on canvas German 17th school follower of Johann Hulsman "Gallant Scene" written "Bonhams" in chalk on the stretcher Condition: Presents well, vibrant colours relined probably in...
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1680s German Antique Baroque Furniture

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Canvas

18th Century Italian Painted Chest Or Commode
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century Italian Painted Chest Or Commode. Stunning 18th century Italian painted commode or chest with gilt accents from the Tuscany region of Italy. This lovely 2 drawer chest i...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Italian Flat Back Candelabra - Circa 1700
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved with a central baluster issuing stylized leaf scrolls terminating in a candlecup , whole terminating in an urn flanked by two scroll handles on square plinth base
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Walnut, Giltwood

18th Spanish Console Table with Carved Drawers and Original Hardware
Located in Miami, FL
This Spanish 19th century features a beautiful one plank rectangular top over a carved drawer featuring slightly different hardware, is adorned with geometrical motifs and their ori...
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Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Furniture

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Iron

Italian Late Baroque Stained Fir-wood 1-Drawer, 2-Door Credenza, early 18th cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Likely Tuscan this larger scale credenza has a rectangular top above a conforming case housing one large drawer over a pair of paneled doors between recessed paneled pilasters, the i...
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Early 1700s Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Fir

18th Century Italian Baroque Style Walnut Side Table
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century Italian Tuscan Baroque side table with single stretcher. In the Tuscan style with panel sides, ogee brackets and guilloche molding below the top. With old minor marks, ...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Walnut

Pair Of 18th Century Italian Giltwood Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of XVIII Century Italian carved and gilded candlestick lamps, with brown silk cord and switches.
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1790s Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Giltwood

Still life with musical instruments 17th century
Located in Badia Polesine, RO
Still Life with Musical Instruments Epoch: late 1600s Origin: Milan Size: 138x100 cm with frame, 130x90 cm canvas only. Description: Magnificent still life with musical instruments d...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Canvas

Roman Baroque Metal Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Roman Baroque metal mirror. Patinated brass baroque cartouche form mirror. Mirror replaced. Italy, c. 1700 Approximate dimensions: 19.25" H x 17" W x 2" D
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Metal

French 18th Century Hand Carved Baroque Winged Angel Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful Hand carved winged angelhead with its original gilding. France, circa 1750 Weathered small losses. Treated against wood worm Measurement here below inclusive the wooden bas...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Small 18th Century Italian Carved Wooden Baroque Mirror
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning small hand carved wooden Baroque mirror with beautiful foxed mirror glass and traces of its original paint and gilding. Italy circa 1750. Weathered, small losses and old r...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Spanish Bargueño Cabinet 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spanish Bargueño Cabinet 17th Century Walnut wood, solid and veneered, as well as partially ebonized and with rich engraved ivory inlays. Inclined and multi-jointed balusters as su...
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Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Late 18th century Italian mirrors
Located in Brussel, BE
Pair of hand-carved Italian wooden mirrors from the late 18th century with each a single candle holder
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood

Baroque Flap Baroque Emilia Early 18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Flap supported by corbelled feet, the broken and leaf spring-moved front has three drawers plus one from the smaller size placed in the undercounter band, in the upper part a shaped ...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Nutwood

18th Century Venetian Gilded Wood Candle Stand or Spike
Located in Miami, FL
Fine 18th Century Venetian candle stand or spike, hand-carved and gilded wood. Beautiful columnar shape on a square platform base on bun feet. This gorgeous item is very decorative ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood, Giltwood

Late 17th C tapestry fragment now as a pillow with silk metal thread border
Located in Oakville, ON
Beautiful Flemish 17th C reclaimed tapestry pillow
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Late 17th Century European Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wool

Jean Baptiste Greuze Blue Vincennes Porcelain Platter, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A large round platter platter of Limoges porcelain with gold decoration, delicate arabesques and flowers and a woman in the center painted after the artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze (Tour...
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18th Century French Antique Baroque Furniture

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Porcelain

17th century Italian School "Crucifix"
Located in Madrid, ES
17th century Italian School "Crucifix" Oil on canvas Sell ​​the wax in the reverse to decipher 52.5 x 30.5 cm Good conditions
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Paint

pair of Italian 17th century Baroque period Giltwood mirrored wall brackets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and finely detailed pair of Italian 17th century Baroque period Giltwood mirrored wall brackets. Each wall bracket is centered by an impressive richly carved bottom foliat...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Mirror, Giltwood

FRENCH AUBUSSON TAPESTRY 17th/began 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
FRENCH AUBUSSON TAPESTRY 17th/began 18th Century polychrome decoration representing "Gallant Scene with Landscape". Small defects. Dim.: 204 x 198 cm. good conditions
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Late 17th Century French Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wool

Early 18th Century Baroque Italian Sculpture of an Angel
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This Wood Sculpture of an Angel would likely is a masterpiece of religious art, reflecting the exuberance and drama characteristic of the Baroque period. Baroque art often sought to ...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Furniture

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Wood, Lacquer

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.

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