Beaux Arts Furniture
Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.
Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.
Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.
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1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Paint
1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1920s Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Brass
1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Enamel
1920s Canadian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze, Iron
1920s Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Cast Stone
1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Blown Glass
1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Crystal, Bronze
1920s Italian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Copper
1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1920s Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wood
1920s Persian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
1920s Persian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
1920s Austrian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Paper
1920s German Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Copper
1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Paint
Early 1900s American Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Plaster
1930s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Brass
19th Century American Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Driftwood
Mid-19th Century American Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Driftwood
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Porcelain
20th Century American Beaux Arts Furniture
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Beaux Arts Furniture
Aluminum
1960s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1980s Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Brass
20th Century American Beaux Arts Furniture
1930s Italian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wood
1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
1920s Italian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Alabaster, Brass, Nickel
1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Plaster
1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble
1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1920s Persian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
1920s German Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1920s Austrian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1920s Austrian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble, Bronze
1920s Austrian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1920s Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Glass
1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wood, Canvas