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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Style: Neoclassical
1900 Caldwell Leaded Glass Light Fixture
Located in New York, NY
1900 Caldwell leaded glass hanging light fixture with interior lights. great condition.
Category
1910s American Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Brass and Grilling Fireplace Screen
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This 3 panels fireplace screen is made of brass and grilling. This is a French work. Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel
Thomas Webb & Sons Syrena Cameo Vase by George Woodall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Of all the glassworks created in the second half of the 19th century, the most difficult to perfect were those done in cameo. Very few artisans ever achieved success in hand-crafting...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Glass
19th Century Wedgwood Jasperware Campagne Urn
By Wedgwood
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Wedgwood Jasperware twin handled campagne urn and cover, in the Neoclassical style, decorated with a frieze of Greek figures, with palmette borders in white on a blue ba...
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Fine Neoclassical Style White Lacquered 72" Round Pedestal Dining Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very large and dramatic Neoclassical Style dining table in Snow White color. A professionally finished white lacquered round dining table...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood
Drexel Heritage Italian Neoclassical Demilune Cabinet
By Drexel
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Italian Neoclassical or Louis XVI style demilune console or bar cabinet
By Drexel Heritage, Late 20th Century
Hand painted wood case, with faux marble top, and original ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Classical Bronze Group Signed Pigal "Le Merchand De Plaisir"
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb bronze model of a classical maiden and a putto entitled 'Le Merchand de Plaisir' the winged putto holding a posey vase, the maiden with a rose, on ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Rare and Impressive Carved White Marble Neoclassical Bench
Located in Baambrugge, NL
A rare and impressive carved white marble neoclassical bench. Late 19th century Italian, Florentine.
Backrest with relief carving of Bacchus in triumphal procession, armrests of reclining satyrs with musical pipes, on acanthus leaf carved supports.
h 121 x w 221 x d 65 cm
The bench belongs to a rare set produced in Italy in the late 19th Century. Probably by a florence carving studio. Each seems to combine elements from the past dynamic shape of the “Bacchus Throne” marble chair now displayed in Louvre, Annibale Carracci’s “Triumph of Bacchus” from the ceiling fresco...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Marble
Elegant Wood Vanity and Mirror with Drawer – Early 20th Century, Circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Elegant Wood Vanity and Mirror with Drawer – Early 20th Century, Circa 1940
This charming wood vanity and mirror, crafted in France around 1940, is an elegant and delicate piece tha...
Category
1940s French Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vitorio Splendore Pair of Vintage Palm Tree Paintings
By Vitorio Splendore
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming pair of Italian oil paintings on canvas of two palm trees on an aged cream colored background with the artist monkey logo and pa...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Paint
Pair of Abstract Obelisk Bookcase Cabinets by Baker Furniture
Located in North York, ON
Pair of abstract Obelisk bookshelves by Baker Furniture. Solid mahogany construction, featuring custom two-tone finish. Bookcases contain 6 shelves on both the front and rear of the ...
Category
2010s American Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large 19th Century Green Paint Garden Urn
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine and large Painted Iron Garden Urn with classic form, fluted sides, footed base and detachable top ring. The Urn presents with enhancing signs of age including rusting and pain...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Large Scale Neo-Classical Style Italian Iron and Leather Bench
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a mid-century large scale neo-classical style Italian iron and leather bench. It has a distressed saddle colored leather, and the iron frame is in very good condition. It is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair 19th Century Italian Miniature Carved Corinthian Capitals
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 19th c Italian Neoclassical Corinthian capitals. This handsome pair of small scale capitals are carved beautifully on all four sides with very fine detail. They are wonderful...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood
Custom Walnut Side Table or Nightstand with Drawer by Dos Gallos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom table with drawer. Can be made in any size and finish. Shown here in walnut with a walnut #1 finish and heavy distress. Made in Los Angeles by Dos Gallos Studio.
CUSTOM PRICES...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Bridgewater Style Club Chair with Linen Button Closure Slipcover with Drop Skirt
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Coteau club chair is a comfortable and relaxed look - the slipcover has special button closure which also gives a distinct view from back of club chair - hair filled scroll back and saddle arms with a feather and down loose seat cushion. Shown with tan linen slipcover...
Category
2010s American Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Linen
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
Rustic French Neoclassical Fireplace Tools, 18th-19th Century
Located in Soest, NL
Rustic 18th-19th century French fireplace tool set. The tool set consists of fireplace tongs, shovel and a fire poker. The tools are made of wrought iron. The set is in a good condit...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Clay Female Portrait Bust Sculpture
Located in Clermont, FL
Emotive FRENCH Neoclassical Bust. Intentional unfinished appearance; unglazed rough texture, emphasizes the beauty and imperfection of natural forms.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Swedish Gustavian Period Chair Pair
Located in Savannah, GA
Set of two Swedish chairs with classical lotus pattern back splats, a design often attributed to the chair makers of the Stockholm Guild. The chair splats have the carved crest also ...
Category
1790s Swedish Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Silk, Walnut
Antique Italian Doccia Topographical Porcelain Neoclassical Cup and Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine antique Italian Doccia Topographical porcelain neoclassical cup & saucer.
By Doccia Porcelain Manufactory circa 1820.
With pa...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Vintage Painted and Parcel Silvergilt Columnar Lamps by Stiffel
By Stiffel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of neoclassical style table lamps, by Stiffel; in column form, painted and accented with silvergilt, each ionic capital over tapering column, raised on square plinth.
Stock I...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood
American Pressed Glass Peacock Pattern Punchbowl on Stand
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century American pressed glass punchbowl on stand. Peacock feather design pressed clear glass. No makers mark or signature.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Glass
Bronze Crystal Chandelier Antique Crystal Rarity Neoclassical
Located in Berlin, DE
old chandelier with love and professionally restored in Berlin. electrical wiring works in the US. Re-wired and ready to hang. not one missing. Cabling completely renewed. Crystal, h...
Category
Late 17th Century European Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Wire, Iron
French Neoclassical Style Hand Painted Commode
Located in Montreal, QC
Neoclassical style painted chest of drawers.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood
French Wrought Iron Center Table with Travertine Top
Located in Houston, TX
French Wrought Iron Center Table With Travertine Top.
Our French Neoclassical style hand forged wrought iron center table, dining table or garden table has a Greek key design and a b...
Category
1930s French Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Travertine, Wrought Iron
Neoclassical Painted Italian Marble Top Console, 18th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Elegant neoclassical Italian marble top console has a double marble above an Adam Style painted frieze with hidden drawers. The legs are decorated with craved gilt acanthus capitals ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Marble
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Glazed Terracotta and Plaster Bird Bath
Located in Richmond, VA
Early 20th century neoclassical glazed terracotta and plaster bird bath with all-over faux marble cream toned glaze, with cast terracotta round shallow well surmounting a plaster fluted column...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Terracotta, Plaster
Exceptional Painted Display Cabinet By Van Thiel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large, very well made and highly decorative Display Cabinet from the iconic antique recreation firm Van Thiel. The Cabinet with eight-pane glass doors and fine contrasting Gold, B...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Large Four Panel Neoclassical Mirrored Lattice Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage four panel lattice and mirrored Neoclassical screen. Each panel is 32" wide & 94" high.
They can be used flat against a wall or are hinged to be free standing as four panels ...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Taupe Painted Maple Elegant Spool Turned Bed with Spool Turned Blanket Rail
Located in Tiverton, RI
The Lacey Spool celebrates symmetry and repetition combined with a dramatic scale and verticality making for a truly unique piece. Also available with a canopy as the Gazebo spool bed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of English Cast Iron Neoclassical Demilune Jardiniere Planters
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Patinated pair of English cast iron jardinaire garden planters featuring a rare demi-lune form. The planters are decorated with floral motif swag on each side centered by a Greco-Rom...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Iron
Vintage Persian Mahal Area Rug with English Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
75838 Vintage Persian Mahal Area Rug with English Traditional Style 09'09 x 13'00. With classic architectural details adding timeless elegance and a sense of history, this hand knott...
Category
Late 20th Century Persian Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wool
Set of Six Fendi Casa Blue Leather Tunica Lounge Chairs
By Fendi Casa
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime set of six rare Italian Fendi Casa Tunica lounge chairs or slipper chairs circa 2015. The bespoke chairs feature a soft and supple chic arctic blue leather...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Brass
DOS GALLOS Custom Pedestal Table with Extension Leaves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bench made custom beehive base pedestal table with extension leaves. As shown in walnut wood. Measure: 72 inches diameter with two 12 inch leaves, extending to 96 inches long.
Can be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Console Table with Special Patina in Gold, Cognac and Petrol Tones
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Antique console table with special patina in gold / cognac tones mixed with petrol colors. Neo-classic style, late 19th century.
Measures: height 90 cm x width 121 cm x depth 53 cm.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage 1983 Bronze American Bald Eagle Soaring Wings of Glory Sculpture 15"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage bronze sculpture depicting a realistically detailed American Bald Eagle / hawk / bird swooping over abstract waves, mounted on a round wood base. Signed on base C. Ra. Van 19...
Category
1980s American Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Brass and Glass Magazine Rack. French work by Maison Jansen
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and elegant neoclassical style magazine rack is made of brass with a glass top. This is a French work by famous designer Maison Jansen. Circa 1940
Category
1940s French Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Brass
Floral Still Life Oil Painting with Beautiful Original Frame, 1940s
Located in Fulton, CA
Artist signed still life oil painting of flowers and tablecloth, circa. 1940s. Appears to be signed J. W. Arthur? Retains original period frame. Partial exhibit label on verso. Measu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint, Masonite
Six Bronzed Wood Decorative Columns
Located in Hanover, MA
Set of six decorative Ionic and Corinthian columns made of carved wood that has been accentuated with bronze colored leaf.
These were used as merchandising display props at Boston’s ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood
Extraordinary Pair Of Ram’s Head Club Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An exceptional pair of club chairs with intricately carved frames with bold Rams Head arms. The generous seats and backs are custom upholstered in a fine and deep Celadon hue faux su...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
New York Neoclassic Drop Leaf Breakfast Table, c. 1825
Located in Kenilworth, IL
American neoclassic drop leaf breakfast table with an acanthus carved pedestal base. This magnificent solid single board table top is mounted...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Marble Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative pair of Italian 19th century neo-classical st. Brèche de Médicis marble lidded urns. Each urn displays lovely proport...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Marble
Sketches of North Carolina by Rev WH Foote
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a rare book, namely, Sketches of North Carolina by Rev WH Foote.
Titled: “Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the principles of a p...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Paper
Rare Collection of Four Pompeiian Erotic Etchings by Auguste Delvaux, 1836
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare set of four framed hand-colored engravings by Auguste Delvaux comes from César Famin’s remarkable 1836 publication, Musée royal de Naples: peintures, bronzes et statues érotiques du cabinet secret. Each engraving reproduces a fresco unearthed in Pompeii in the 18th and 19th centuries, preserved in the Secret Cabinet of the Naples Archaeological Museum—a collection of ancient Roman erotic art long hidden from public view.
In this set: Bacchus wrestles playfully with a satyr in a moment of drunken abandon; a nude woman straddles a man in bed...
Category
1830s French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of Brass Magazine Racks Attributed to Maison Jansen
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare pair of neoclassical style magazine racks is made of brass. This is a work attributed to famous French designer Maison Jansen. circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Brass
Hilding Ekelund, Finnish 1920's candelabra for Taidetakomo Hakkarainen
Located in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi
Illuminate your home with the Hilding Ekelund candelabra, a masterpiece from the Finnish 1920s, designed for Taidetakomo Hakkarainen. As a renowned arc...
Category
Early 20th Century Finnish Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Leather Wrapped Trunk Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
In a tobacco finish with brass nailhead details, leather belt clasps raised on a wooden base.
Dimensions: 43" W x 26" D x 20" H
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th C. Neoclassical French Commode w/Marble Top & Brass Lion Head Drawer Pulls
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Neoclassical commode with four drawers and marble top from the 19th century. This antique chest from France features a rectangular-shaped marble top, over case which houses four drawers (upper drawer is disguised within the top frieze), designed in clean and linear lines with straight skirt, and presented upon four block style feet. Each of the lower three dove-tailed drawers is adorn with their original hardware; a pair of brass lion...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Marble
18th Century Italian Florentine Giltwood Engraved Box
Located in Milano, MI
Italian antique gilded Florentine box, octagonal shape realized in white walnut, engraved on each side and the top and with bulin scrolling decor...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Neoclassical Style, Trumeau Mirror, Black Painted Wood, Giltwood, Italy, 20th C.
Located in Manhasset, NY
Neoclassical Style, Trumeau Mirror, Black Painted Wood, Giltwood, Italy, 20th C.
An Italian Neoclassical-style trumeau wall mirror with original black paint and giltwood swag and ur...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
French Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze and Glass Four-Light Chandelier
Located in Barntrup, DE
French neoclassical style gilt bronze and glass four-light chandelier. This beautiful chandelier features three arms each terminating in a flower-shaped clear glass lampshade and a b...
Category
1930s French Vintage Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Russian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Imperial Porphyry Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality pair of Russian 19th century neo-classical st. Imperial Porphyry lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a fine circular base with an elegant mott...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Porphyry
Paul Storr English Georgian Neoclassical Punchbowl & Ladle
By Paul Storr
Located in New York, NY
George III sterling silver punchbowl. Made by Paul Storr in London in 1806. Round and curved on raised foot. Egg-and-dart rim and gadrooned borders. Cast lion-head side mounts with l...
Category
Early 1800s British Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bronze Planter of Boy Holding Urn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bronze life sized statue of boy holding urn.
There is a hole at the bottom that may be used as a water drain when being used as a garden planter. There i...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Venetian Roll Top Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Venetian, hand carved roll top desk in burled walnut veneer. Fitted interior with pull out, sliding writing area with inset red leather. A carved woode...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French 19th century Bronze and Ormolu statue of Aeneas and Anchises
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and richly detailed French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu statue of Aeneas and Anchises. This wonderful statue after a model by Pierre Lepautre...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Early American Refinished Pine and Metal Blanket Chest Storage Trunk
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century American Rolling pine Blanket Trunk. Measures 30" in width, 16" in depth and stands 17.5" tall.
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Furniture
Materials
Metal
Neoclassical furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical 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 lighting, decorative objects, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Edward F. Caldwell & Co., Wedgwood, Carpanese Home Italia, and Workstead. 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 $20 and tops out at $4,125,484 while the average work can sell for $3,450.
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