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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1940s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
1940s Swedish Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Paint
1940s Danish Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Mohair, Oak
1940s Spanish Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
1940s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Plaster, Wood
1940s Persian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Silk
1940s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Plaster, Wood
1940s Turkish Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Silk
1940s Turkish Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Silk
1940s Turkish Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
19th Century Persian Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
19th Century Persian Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
20th Century Spanish Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Oak
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
18th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Wood, Paint
1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
20th Century Spanish Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Giltwood
17th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Softwood
19th Century English Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Brass
18th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Upholstery, Walnut
1940s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Carrara Marble, Iron
1940s Italian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1940s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
1940s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Metal, Iron
1940s Turkish Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
1940s Italian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Crystal, Bronze
1940s East Turkestani Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
1940s Turkish Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Cotton
1940s European Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Gold
1940s German Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Metal
1940s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
1940s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Metal