Neoclassical Furniture
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Item Ships From: Spain
Style: Neoclassical
Regency Rectangular Handcrafted Gold Foil Wood Mirror Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Handcrafted carved Regency style wood mirror covered in gold foil.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Neoclassical Alabaster Urn Lamp with Handles & Amphora Shape
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carved Alabaster Amphora Shaped Tall Table Lamp, Spain, 1930s-1940s
This Art Deco period alabaster lamp has an elegant neoclassical design with Art Deco accents. Twin Handles at both...
Category
20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Polychromed terracotta pair of Angels
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
19th Century polychromed terracotta pair of Angels. The pedestals shown in the photos are not included.
Measurements:
Angels figure: 69 cm (23,6...
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood, Terracotta
$5,220 Sale Price / set
33% Off
Table Lamp Alabaster Italy Mid-20th Century, Italy
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Table lamp alabaster.,It is in very good condition.
It is suitable to put on a side table in the living room or on a bedside table.
If the shipment is to the USA, it is sent with European to American plug adapter.
Beautiful Italian brown alabaster lamp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
$1,409 Sale Price
24% Off
Large Colorful 19th Century Antique European Neoclassical Hallway, Runner Carpet
Located in Madrid, ES
Acquired from an important estate some years ago in Madrid, this grand scale (6.4 x 2 meters / 21 x 6.5 feet) neoclassical runner carpet once furnished the hallway or stairway of a n...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wool
Neoclassical Empire Gold Hand Carved Wooden Square Mirror, Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical Empire rectangular handcrafted mirror. Square hand-carved wooden structure with gold foil finished, Spain, 1970.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Gold
Neoclassical Empire Gold Hand Carved Wooden Rectangular Mirror, Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical Empire rectangular handcrafted mirror. Rectangular hand carved wooden structure with gold foil finished, Spain, 1970.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Gold
Mirror, Carved and Gilded Wood, Glass, circa Early 19th Century, Ferdinand VII
Located in Madrid, ES
Mirror Fernando VII. Carved and gilded wood, glass. Towards the beginning of the 19th century.
Rectangular mirror made of wood carved in its color, combin...
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood
Neoclassical Empire Rectangular Gold Hand Carved Wooden Mirror, Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical Empire rectangular handcrafted mirror. Rectangular hand carved wooden structure with gold foil finished, Spain, 1970.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Gold
French Engraving of Italian Landscape View, Gold Gilt Frame
Located in Barcelona, ES
Engraving printed in black on laid paper framed with a neoclassical style gold leaf frame. The engraving shows a beautiful view from the Aqueduct of Corigliano, Calabria.
Marks with ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
$844 Sale Price
20% Off
Interior Bedroom Scene Original Watercolor, Ink and Gouache Drawing, Spain 1930s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish classical bedroom indoor home scene. Original watercolor, ink and gouache drawing on vellum paper, Project for a home decoration. Cabinet maker archives stamp at the bottom p...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Other
Extensible or Extendable Table, Mahogany, England, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Extendable dining table. Mahogany wood. England, 19th century.
Rectangular dining table made of mahogany wood with metal rollers on the legs and a carving decoration concentrated ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Henry II Style Pendulum Clock, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The style Henry II ("Henri II") was the name given to an artistic style emerged in France in the 19th century and was inspired by the Renaissance of this country making a series of f...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood
Alabaster or Marble Italian Table Lamp Large Early 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Beautiful white alabaster or white statuario marble lamp. It is a solid and heavy lamp,
Nice texture and patina.
Perfect lamp to place on a console or on a sideboard.
Beautiful lamp....
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
$1,664 Sale Price
25% Off
Cupboard Oak, Metal, Glass, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Carved oakwood sideboard composed of two bodies: the upper one has a display case with shelves, and a simple decoration with columns and a powerful molding reminiscent of certain neo...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Metal
Color Lithography of Venice, 18th Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
Color lithography of Venice, 18th century Printed by Jacques Chereu. The frame doesn’t has a glass.
Category
18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Paper
Walnut Sideboard, France, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Walnut wood sideboard with two doors on the top decorated with reliefs (rhombuses, triangles panels, symmetrical vegetal composition, etc.), a space in the central area with two vase...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Metal
Silver "Bernegal" 'Drinking Cup' Portugal, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
With hallmarks.
Bernegal with wavy edge with rockery decoration and vegetal elements on the outside and two handles in the shape of an "S". In the flower that decorates the base on ...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Silver
Walnut Gate Leg Table with "Claw and Ball" Legs, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This rectangular table has four legs ended in eagle talons holding balls, and has a drawer and two folding boards (whose name comes from this typology). The decorative simplicity of the work is due to its creation as a mainly functional furniture, although you can see the characteristic use of decorative elements of different traditions, something common in the art of the 19th century. The legs are very common in English examples of the 18th century ("claw and ball" with paw) and the wood in which it has been constructed is the most common in Spanish antique furniture...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of trays. Silver. GONZÁLEZ DE LA CUEVA, Diego (assayer). Mexico City, secon
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of trays. Silver. GONZÁLEZ DE LA CUEVA, Diego (assayer). Mexico City, second half of the 18th century.
With contrast marks.
Pair of oval silver trays in their own colour, each...
Category
18th Century Mexican Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Silver
Table Lamps Alabaster or Marble White Color, France, 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Table lamp in white alabaster and brass
It is suitable to put on a side table in the living room or on a bedside table
It is in very good condition, like new
* screens are not in...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Marble, Alabaster, Brass
Art Deco Floor Lamp White Opaline Gloves France, 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Spectacular floor lamp in gold metal and white opaline globes
Very beautiful and with a very original and elegant design.
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of 19th Century Decorative Painted Wooden Columns
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of elegant architectural painted wooden columns, classical pedestals and both are in good condition.
Category
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood
Mythological Figure Bronze
Located in Madrid, ES
A circular base slightly elevates the bronze figure. The man, already of a certain age (as can be deduced from his bushy beard), is standing, dressed in a cloth around his waist, wea...
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18t
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18th century.
Oil on canvas showing Saint Anthony of Padua (Lisbon, August 15, 1195 - Padua, June 13, 12...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Other
Bronze Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
12-arm bronze chandelier, 19th century
Adapted for electrical use, the twelve arms are joined above a sphere, which is fixed to the ceiling by means of a turned fixed arm and with a...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Other
Spinning Wheel, Walnut Wood, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spinning wheel. Walnut wood carved and turned. XIX century.
Vertical carved walnut wood spinning wheel, which has been decorated with fine lines in certain areas, and the use of b...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Other
Silver “Tembladera” 'Cup', Juan Montero, Salamanca, Spain, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The hallmarks of this piece are reproduced in "Enciclopedia de plata Española y Virreinal Americana" pag 200 number 1056, serving as a hallmark reference for the publication.
Silver ...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Silver
20th Root Oak Dining Room Table with Carved Edges
Located in Miami, FL
20th root Oak dining room table with carved edges.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Oak
$3,592 Sale Price
20% Off
Frame, Wood, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rectangular frame made of carved and gilded wood that combines a smooth thin band inside, with another carved with fajada band and another, to the outside, which combine smooth areas with delicate plant details (these in the same finish as the rest of the molding, highlighted on a striped background). Currently, the value and appreciation of the frames are on the rise due to the search for them by the museums and important institutions, with the aim of giving the works the frames they would have in origin. Hence, similar examples are found in some Vermeer paintings...
Category
18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Other
Clothing Press in Oak Wood, Holland, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Clothing press in oakwood, Holland, 19th century. On four turned legs (three of them secured with a straight chambrana) the press rises, with a drawer underneath. As it is a purely u...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Oak
Sewing Table with Wings, Palosanto or Rosewood Wood, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rosewood sewing table with wings, 19th century.
Narrow coffee table with two folding wings supported on four cabriolet legs decorated with carved vege...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Other
Water Pitcher Set, Moritz Zdekauer, Altrohlau, Czech Republic, Late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Porcelain. With marks.
Water pitcher set decorated with stripes with floral elements in floral in vivid blue, red and gold tones. The center of the e...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Bandit and soldier, pair. Oils on boards. LUCAS VILLAAMIL, Eugenio.
Located in Madrid, ES
Bandit and soldier, couple. Oils on tables. LUCAS VILLAAMIL, Eugenio (Madrid, 1858-1919).
They present signature and remains of signature. Labels on the back.
This pair of tables shows, on a blue background, two male busts. Despite their detail and naturalism, they are not portraits in themselves, but rather "type paintings", showing the conception that was held at the time of a bandit or a general, in line with certain common postulates in Romanticism. Spanish. Eugenio Lucas Villaamil began his training with his father, Eugenio Lucas Velázquez...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Other
Table with marquetry top. Wood, iron. 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Table with lentil and inlaid legs. Century XVIII.
Table with four turned disc legs (of the type known as lentil leg) joined two by two by chambrana with the same decorative element...
Category
18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Iron
Rare 18th-century marble and gilt bronze clock – signed "Le Chopie à Paris
Located in Madrid, ES
Magnificent 18th-century neoclassical-style clock, finely crafted in white marble and gilt bronze. It features a central putto beneath an elegant canopy supported by four columns. Th...
Category
18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$8,068 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver Tastevin, “Tembladera”. Spain, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Tembladera or catavinos. Silver. Century XVIII.
Container known as catavinos or tembladera (as it does not have a foot) made of silver in its color with two flat “ce” shaped handles...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Silver
Silver Oval Box, 19th Century, with Hallmarks
Located in Madrid, ES
Oval box. Silver, 19th centu.
With contrast marks.
Oval box with flat lid made of silver, partially gilded, decorated on the outside with figurative scenes ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Silver
Kneeled Girl, Bronze, Marble, After Models from Auguste Moreau ‘1834-1917’
Located in Madrid, ES
Lost wax casting. Base in marble.
On a base in bronze to which the earth aspect has been given, the figure of the girl and a plant are placed on her knees. The young woman appears w...
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Charles Anthony of Bourbon. Framed print. Salvador Carmona, Juan Antonio. Spain
Located in Madrid, ES
Charles Anthony of Bourbon. Framed print. Salvador Carmona, Juan Antonio. Spain, 1781.
Engraving showing an equestrian portrait of Charles Anthony of Bourbon, Prince of Asturias, m...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Other
Regency Rectangular Handcrafted Gold Foil Wood Mirror Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Handcrafted carved Regency Style wood mirror covered in gold foil.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Silver Cruet Stand, Córdoba, Spain, Cristóbal Sánchez Soto
Located in Madrid, ES
Convoy of cruets in silver. Córdoba, Cristóbal Sánchez Soto (1755-1802), towards the third quarter of the 18th century.
With contrast and chisel marks.
The present convoy maintains...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cupboard. Walnut, metal. 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Double body cupboard with decorated front made of carved walnut wood. The lower body has a decoration on both doors, enhanced with columns on the sides; Similar composition is found ...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Metal
Silver Tastevin, “Tembladera”. Spain, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Catavinos or scrapie. Silver. Century XVIII.
Container known as catavinos or tembladera (as it does not have a foot) made of silver in its color with two flat curved handles decorat...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Silver
Neoclassical Rectangular Gold Hand Carved Wooden Mirror, Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical rectangular handcrafted mirror. Rectangular hand carved wooden structure with gold foil finished, Spain, 1970.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Silver Cup "Tembladera", 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Without hallmarks.
Silver drinking cup with smooth edges, handles in the shape of a crowned animal (rampant lions with curved tail towards the back) and a decoration at the bottom o...
Category
18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Silver
Devotional Pendant, Gold, Enamel, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist.
Possibly mallorquin. One of the glasses is fractured. Oval pendant ornamented in its outline by turned gold loops and small metallic pearls. On ...
Category
18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Other
Silver Cup with Property Inscription. Possibly Spanish American, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Tembladera or bernegal with property inscription. Possibly Spanish American, 18th century.
Silver trembling dish in its color with a wide and circular base and a mouth of greater diameter than this, body with a fine line engraved towards the edge and an inscription of ownership on the front (Lucas Vilacha) made with small dots. It also has two handles decorated with vegetal and grotesque elements with human heads, with shapes similar to lions or dogs visible at the top.
In Spanish silverware...
Category
18th Century South American Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Silver
Shepherd Box, Carved Horn or Antler, Spain, 1822
Located in Madrid, ES
Shepherd box. Carved horn. Spain, 1822.
Rectangular box made of carved horn that has a date (1822) engraved on the lid and front, a legend (Soi de Manuel Zulueta year 1822) and an...
Category
1820s Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Other
Wood, Mahogany and Metal Tallboy, England, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Tallboy with two bodies of a type very common in England (and English related furniture) that has three drawers in its lower part and four in the upper, all with handle fittings (one...
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Metal
Lamp. Bronze. 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Lamp. Bronze. XIX century. Lamp with circular glass
decorated with a series of classicist decoration moldings
at the bottom and an oval shape from which a
ring hangs, and another mol...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Other
Gas Lamp in Glass, Gilded Bronze and Enameled Porcelain, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Gas lamp in glass, gilded bronze and enameled porcelain, 19th century.
A pedestal with rockery and medallions serves as a base for the porcelain vase decorated with roses that makes...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Other
Cabinet or Cupboard or Two Tiered Buffet, Walnut, Spain, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Two-body wardrobe. Walnut wood, Spain, 18th century.
Two-body wardrobe made of carved walnut wood that has doors (two pairs, top and bottom) and drawers (four, towards the center of...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Other
Neoclassical Rectangular Gold Foil Hand Carved Wooden Mirror, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical rectangular handcrafted mirror. Rectangular hand carved wooden structure with gold foil finished. Spain, 1970.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood
Landscape with Lake, Oil on Canvas, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Landscape with lake. Oil on canvas. Century XVIII.
Landscape with a sunset situated on a lake, with some mountains in the background and some trees and a hut in the foreground. Sli...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Other
Pair of Frames, Wood, Stucco, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Couple of frames. Wood, stucco, 19th century.
Pair of rectangular frames made of carved and overcast wood decorated with a series of moldings of different widths, some smooth and fl...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Other
Solid Silver Lamp, with Hallmarks, Possibly Malaga, Spain, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Both the decoration and the lines and the shape of the lamp show a strong French influence and a very close relationship with Neoclassicism and other styles derived from it. The eagl...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Silver
Psiqué Dressing Mirror, Mahogany, Bronze, Marble, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Note the neoclassical influence of the decorative elements and the composition of the furniture, highlighting the figure inspired by the classical mythology of the upper part (it is ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Other
Clothing Press in Oak Wood, Holland, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Clothing press in oak wood, Holland, 19th century. Garment press with closed cupboard in its lower part made of oak wood in Holland. As is normal in these utilitarian elements, it la...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Metal
Table for Spanish Desk, Rosewood, Wood, Wrought Iron, Spain, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Table for an Spanish writting desk (bargueño) with "Saint Anthony" legs.
Although the curves of the guarantors and the discs may recall examples of the Baroque, the simple geometri...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Neoclassical furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
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