Medieval Furniture
MEDIEVAL STYLE
The Middle Ages in Europe followed the end of the Roman Empire, and in this time of change, which preceded the Renaissance, furniture was simple and utilitarian, with most homes having only the necessities like chests and benches. Much of medieval furniture, which was often made in oak or walnut, was built for the elite, particularly the emerging merchant class who owned multiple homes.
Life for many in the medieval era was unstable, and furniture was designed to be functional and portable. Peasants worked the fields for affluent landowners and didn’t have access to literature in the way that nobles and people of the church did (women less so than men). The furniture in their modest dwellings was typically limited to cookware and a handful of stools. Foldable chairs, while uncommon in homes of the early Middle Ages and emblematic of wealth, like all other furnishings of the time, allowed for easy transportation of a household. Trestle tables with detachable legs and collapsible beds were designed to be simply moved from place to place.
Medieval blanket chests were among the most important furniture objects and could further serve as tables or even beds. Some ancient traditions were carried forward to build this sturdy furniture, such as turnery. Although the furniture was minimally designed, embellishments like carvings added elegance to the heavy wood pieces. These details sometimes reflected trends in religious art like rose windows.
By the later Middle Ages, storage pieces like chests of drawers were often adorned with high relief carvings, such as geometric and floral motifs. By the 14th and 15th centuries, design had developed to include more involved pieces like cupboards and desks, while benches frequently doubled as chests with hinged seats. Beds also changed in this era from basic boards to four-post designs with large drapes to keep the sleeper warm. These beds and other medieval bedroom furniture were significant status symbols, passed down through families and used as places to conduct business and receive visitors.
Surviving examples of medieval furniture are very rare, yet its distinctive aesthetics influenced later styles like William and Mary and Arts and Crafts.
Find a collection of medieval seating, garden elements, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Style: Medieval
Color: Gold
Cross of Caravaca 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Cross of caravaca XVII century.
Very beautiful cross of caravaca made in bronze. 17th Century. Measurements: 14X6 cm.
Good condition.
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Gothic Wrought Iron Fireplace Tool Set with Bronze Handles
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this unique antique fireplace tool set next to your mantel. Hand forged in southwest France circa 1870 in Gothic style, the "Serviteur" sits on three curved legs the end with a decorative twist, with one straight leg that makes it easy to push up against a firelplace. The set includes four tools with heavy bronze handles including a shovel, tongs and broom in excellent condition. The free standing pedestal is dressed at the top with a round bronze pediment...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Bronze
A Pair of Antique Bronze Gothic Style Candlesticks
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A great pair of bronze gothic style candles.
The set dates from circa 1890.
Origin: France
The candlesticks are in good condition with minor signs of use.
One of the candles has ...
Category
1880s French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Gothic Cast Bronze Sargent Push Plate Natural Patina Arched Top
Located in New York, NY
Antique heavy cast bronze door plate signed by Sargent. This decorative Gothic push plate has a cathedral design with an arched top and natural patin...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Custom Bronze Exterior Sconces, a Pair
Located in Canton, MA
Custom bronze large exterior sconces. New, Solid bronze, recast from a cast iron piece c. 1910. Excellent durability, bronze can hold up to year...
Category
2010s American Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Cross
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century cross
Nice xix century cross in olive wood. Measures: 23 x 12 cm. In good condition.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Gothic Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pair of large candelabras in the Gothic style, in painted bronze ("tree" part) and iron (base)
The upper part is decorated with flowers and foliage, 7 lights with painted sheaths, a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Beautiful French Late 19th Century Gothic/Church Bronze / Brass Light
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful late 19th century church light, the patina is so much nicer in person, originally it was for candle, but was converted to electricity, can be ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Restored Antique Ornate Bronze Gothic 3 Arm Chandelier Qty Available
Located in New York, NY
20th Century cleaned and restored three arm cast bronze chandelier. Done in a Gothic styling. Cleaned and restored. Brass finial details. Chain and canopy are brass also. Small quant...
Category
20th Century American Medieval Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Brass Sconces with Cast Leaf Patterned Arms
Located in Canton, MA
Heavy square foliate backplate. Upwardly curved square arm, decorated with grape leaves and tendrils. Beautiful Casting, early electric sconces, possibly made by EF Caldwell, from a building with marked EF Caldwell Lighting...
Category
Early 20th Century American Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Cross of Caravaca 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Cross of caravaca xvii century.
Very beautiful cross of caravaca made in bronze. 17th Century. Measurements: 14x6 cm.
Good condition.
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Brooch in the Shape of a Cross 19th Century 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Brooch in the shape of a cross xix century
It is made of wood and golden metal. Measures: 8 x 5 cm
Good condition.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Revival Magazine Rack in Gilt Wrought Iron, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Revival magazine rack, wrought iron, gold leaf, Spain, 1940s-1950s.
Wrought iron magazine rack with gold leaf finish and Gothic accents.
This hand-hammered magazine or news...
Category
20th Century Spanish Medieval Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Ancient Jain Altarpiece with Three Standing Jina's, Gujarat, India 16th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
An authentic, ancient and exceptional Three Jina Shrine. For it’s age the altarpiece is in a very good condition and rather large. The image of three standing, nude Jinas flanked by the other 21 seated Jinas is rare. The lintel of the shrine is showing the nine comets and three seated figures...
Category
16th Century Indian Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Gothic Hand Carved Side Chairs - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic pair of vintage Boho side chairs. Hand carved cherubs with beautiful gold leaf detail. Frosted blue velvet seats with a contrasting metallic back. Acquired from a Palm Be...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Medieval Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Large Size Gothic Bronze Calvary Baptist Church Directory West 57th St NYC
Located in New York, NY
Original bronze Calvary Baptist Church directory retrieved from a Gothic style church At 123 West 57th St in NYC. Needs restoration. Please note, thi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Spanish Eight Arm Iron Chandelier
Located in Buchanan, NY
This exceptional gothic style Spanish eight-arm wrought iron chandelier boasts a distinctive hammered finish, a sturdy heavy linked chain, and an exquisite brass finial detail adorni...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Medieval Furniture
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Antique Gothic Style French Gilt Bronze Arch Form Vanity Table Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Elegant and stylish, Gothic style gilt bronze vanity mirror.
France, 19th century
Beautiful antique gold patina, fine details, unusual trefoil foliate and berry design. Well propo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Gothic 12 Arm Bronze Chandelier Union Theological Seminary NYC
Located in New York, NY
This 12-light cast bronze gothic chandelier was reclaimed from the Union Theological Seminary in NYC. The Seminary was established in 1836 with an English Gothic Revival style. This ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Interesting Gilt Bronze and Crystal "Grotesque" Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An interesting early 20th century gilt bronze and crystal twenty-six-light "Grotesque" chandelier.
A unique Gothic style, drop crystal, basket chandelier with different "Grotesque" faces and designs. Twenty-four-tiered perimeter lights (including six lanterns) and two-tiered interior lights.
Artists began to give the tiny faces of the figures in grotesque decorations strange caricatured expressions, in a direct continuation of the medieval traditions of the drolleries in the border decorations or initials in illuminated manuscripts. From this the term began to be applied to larger caricatures, such as those of Leonardo da Vinci, and the modern sense began to develop. It is first recorded in English in 1646 from Sir Thomas Browne: "In nature there are no grotesques". By extension backwards in time, the term became also used for the medieval originals, and in modern terminology medieval drolleries, half-human thumbnail vignettes drawn in the margins, and carved figures on buildings (that are not also waterspouts, and so gargoyles) are also called "grotesques".
A Boom in the production of works of art in the grotesque genre, characterized the period 1920–1933 of German art. In contemporary illustration art, the "grotesque" figures, in the ordinary conversational sense, commonly appear in the genre grotesque art...
Category
Early 20th Century French Medieval Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Neo Gothic Bronze Lamp
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Neo Gothic bronze architectural fragment mounted as lamp.
Category
Early 20th Century Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Medieval Dragon Chandelier w/ Quezal Gold Iridescent Shades
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A custom chandelier with lost wax bronze cast dragons and Spanish alabaster shades, this chandelier also consists of a solid bronze ball with hook style canopy and solid bronze chain.
The lantern-style dragon shades are American quezal gold iridescent blow glass. The bronze parts of the chandelier are finished with a Tiffany green...
Category
1920s American Vintage Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
English Gothic Revival Bronze Dore Altar Candlestick
Located in New York, NY
English Gothic Revival-style (19th Century) bronze dore altar stick.
Category
19th Century Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Medieval Style Wall Sconces in Gilt Hand Forged Iron
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Medieval style hand forged uplighter torch wall sconces, 1930s.
Rare hand forged iron gothic inspired cylinder wall lights with terrific aged patina showing the original gold leaf gilding.
This pair of medieval iron...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Medieval Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
American Bronze and Enameled Box/Humidor by E.F. Caldwell, New York, 1900s
Located in New York, NY
An American Gothic Revival bronze and enamelled box/humidor.
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co. Inc., New York, first quarter of 1900s.
The rectangul...
Category
1910s American Vintage Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Bronze Sculpture of Lur Playing Viking by Edward Aagaard, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Masculine and fierce looking viking warrior calling for battle via the large Scandinavian Lur. The base reads:" Resounding lures for battle rallied each hero-son. Strong as bears - b...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Wall Coat Rack with Key Shape, Wrought Gilt Iron
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching gold gilt hand-forged iron coat / hat rack in the form of a giant key. Spain, 1940s
This large key shaped hat and coat rack has 3 large coat ha...
Category
20th Century Spanish Medieval Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Antique Gothic Gilt Bronze Hall Lantern
Located in Lymington, GB
An English 19th-century Gothic gilt-bronze hall lantern.
George IV period, circa 1820-1830.
In superb condition. Later adapted with a 3-way center and wiring.
A very smart Georgian addition to a hallway, entry or foyer.
Measures:
H 2’3” (69 cm)
W 12 ½” (31 cm)
D 12 ½” (31 cm).
Nb:
A very similar antique Gothic lantern...
Category
19th Century English Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Curious Pair of Andirons in Patinated Bronze and Iron, in the Gothic Style, with
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Curious pair of andirons in patinated bronze and iron, in the Gothic style, with spooky animal heads and dragons
Period 19th century
Measures: Height 73 cm
62 x 35cm.
Category
19th Century French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Bronze Candlestick or Candle Holder, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze candlestick. Century XVI.
Polished bronze candlestick with a wide circular base from which arises a truncated cone axis opening into a smooth plat...
Category
16th Century European Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
21th Century Italian Table, Chess Board with Chess Game
Located in VALENZA, IT
Chess table and chess game in bronze and brass made with the ancient casting technique.
After the casting, the finishing was chiseled and subsequently silvered and finished with 24-k...
Category
2010s Italian Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Austrian Gilt Bronze Crystal Centerpiece Oval Footed Bowl
Located in Toledo, OH
Crystal centerpiece bowl with gilt bronze edge and footed paw base, featuring figural goat and man fauns, cut crystal Dore, Austrian. Very good to excellent condition. Dimensions: 9"...
Category
20th Century Austrian Medieval Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Victorian English Medieval Styled Solid Bronze Architectural Sundial
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Presumably having English origins, this antique solid bronze sundial is ornately cast with a series of Medieval figures across the top portion and standing in the facade of an arched...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Tall Twist Column Bronze Gothic Candle Sticks
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large scale gothic bronze candle sticks. Twist column on triangle base holds large sconce dish top. 30.75" tall , top sconce dish has 7" diameter.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Antique Pair Gothic Revival of Handcrafted Gilt Bronze Candlesticks Holders
Located in Lisse, NL
Great pair of 19th century candleholders.
If you are looking for a stylish and small pair of church candle holders to create a special atmospher...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pair of English Gothic Revival Gilt Bronze Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Gothic Revival-style (19th Century) gilt bronze 9 arm candelabras (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
19th Century Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Patinated Bronze Mortar with Original Pestle
Located in Dallas, TX
Grind spices in your kitchen with this beautifully carved, antique mortar; crafted in France, circa 1850, and made of bronze, the bowl is round in shape with a wide mouth at the top, and decorated with engraved floral motifs. The decorative kitchen essential is in excellent condition with rich patinated gilt finish and has the original 8 " bronze pestle...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Small Antique Bronze Cauldron, Pot or Incense Burner, Unknown
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A small sized bronze cauldron, water pot or incense burner. Chinese in style. Presumably continental. Age and precise origin unknown. Would make a grea...
Category
19th Century European Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare Antique Gothic Revival Bronze 12 Candle Chandelier with Gargoyle Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and stunning 19th century copy of a 16th century Gothic art chandelier.
With another year of selling rare and beautiful antiques almost over, we are proud to offer you one of...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Decorative Cast Bronze Mission Bell Sculpture, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
A decorative set of two antique cast bronze Mission bells sculptures. Each bell features fine details and engraving.
Perfect to decorate your desk, st...
Category
1880s Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Box from Belgium Gothic Style
Located in Miami, FL
Gothic Style, very detailed crafted antique bronze box.
Marked underneath, made in Belgium.
In original good condition.
Category
20th Century Belgian Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Hand Forged Iron Candle Holder in Medieval Style
Located in Barcelona, ES
Terrific hand forged iron primitive three-light candelabras in Medieval style with parcel-gilt accents. Spain, 18th-19th century
It is supported by four legs with claw ending feet. I...
Category
19th Century European Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf, Iron
Oscar Bach Attributed Figural Bronze Marble-Top Telephone Hall Stand with Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Oscar Bach attributed figural bronze marble-top telephone hall stand with chair. Item features an ornate figural bronze telephone cabinet stand, m...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Bronze Candelabra Style Buffet Lamps by Oscar Bach
Located in Toledo, OH
A fantastic pair of buffet lamps by Oscar Bach. Candelabra with two electrified candle sockets on each with mica shades that are included. They ha...
Category
20th Century American Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Spanish 19th Century Wrought Gilt Iron Gothic Style Floor Candlestick
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand-hammered Gothic style floor candle stand with gold leaf accents, Spain, circa 1890.
This elegant floor standing candleholder has a tr...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf, Iron
Pair of 19th Century French Bronze Candelabras
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th Century French Bronze Candelabras with claw feet on black marble base.
Category
19th Century French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Late Regency Pair Gothic Openwork Bronze Spill Vases, circa 1820
By Pugin
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual pair quality late Regency period open work spill vases of Gothic style cast in bronze dating from circa 1820. The spill vases are supported on a weighted quatrefoil base with open trellis work spill holders...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
American Gothic-Revival Gilt-Bronze "Dragon" Chandelier in the Manner of Tiffany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare American Gothic-Revival gilt bronze "Dragon" six-light figural chandelier. The elongated body in the form of a winged dragon biting on a perch with his tail wrap...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Woman Sculpture Bookend
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful sculptural figure of a lady, intricate in detail and wearing women's medieval attire and hat.
A good weight at 18 lbs - use as a heavy duty bookend, decor or door sto...
Category
Early 20th Century French Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Pair of Bronze Medieval Revival, Former Church Candlestick Table Lamps
Located in Lisse, NL
Good size, great quality, antique bronze table lamps with an amazing patina.
We are always on the lookout for antiques that have something ...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Impressive and Large Bronze Wall Plaque of a Suffering Christ by Sylvain Norga
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and sizeable Art Deco religious plaque.
Stunning sculpture / plaque by one of the greats when it comes to religious art. This sizeable, heavy and detailed plaque depicts Jesus...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Baroque Style Mantel Clock, Bronze and Black Slate, Bordeaux Maker, 19th Century
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A French early 19th century Gothic style black slate and bronze mantel or library clock of outstanding quality with gilt highlights, the case profusely decorated with swirling leaf and berry patterns, the body highlighted with male and female busts in medieval attire, the top decorated with two gilt finials and surmounted by a gilt highlighted two handled tazza, decorative bronze frieze to the base with swept feet.
The black painted dial with gilt Gothic numerals and a highly decorative gilt bezel and surround, inscribed 'A. Pasques A Bordeaux'.
The two train French...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Slate, Bronze
Wrought Iron and Gold Votive Candelabra Electrified or Table Lamp
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Large size 57x28x22 cm
This very beautiful wrought iron and gold candelabra with two side candles and another electrified central candle
This is an ...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Medieval Furniture
Materials
Iron
Early 1900s Marked Art Deco Period Bronze Relief Wall Plaque Depicting the Pieta
Located in Lisse, NL
Heavy and finest quality, religious bronze wall plaque.
This intense, bronze wall plaque depicts the Virgin Mary grieving over the body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion. The h...
Category
Early 20th Century European Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock with Chivalric Scenes
Located in London, GB
This beautiful porcelain mantel clock is designed in the shape of a shield which is propped up on a gilt bronze (ormolu) easel support, composed of two shields and a staff topped by ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Neo-Gothic Bronze Candlesticks, Done in the Manner of A. W. N. Pugin
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A pair of neo-gothic bronze candlesticks in the manner of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, finely cast in form of a gothic cluster column on ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Neo Gothic Style Bronze Box, circa 1900
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Neo gothic style bronze box circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Cast Bronze Corbin Large Door Pull Gothic Style
Located in New York, NY
20th century 18 in. long Gothic style door pull cast in bronze with a lock insert. Manufactured by P.&F. Corbin Company. One available. This can be s...
Category
Early 20th Century American Medieval Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Medieval furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Medieval 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 rugs and carpets, building and garden elements, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Medieval furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Asia, and West Asia 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, Arval Argenti Valenza, Edward F. Caldwell & Co., and Aeterna Furniture. 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 $30 and tops out at $275,000 while the average work can sell for $1,886.
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