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Renaissance Furniture

RENAISSANCE STYLE

Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.

Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.

Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.

Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.

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Style: Renaissance
Original Antique Print of a Portrait of a Lady After Paulo Uccello. C.1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a portrait of a lady After Paulo Uccello Chromo-lithograph Published by The Connoisseur, C.1900 Unframed.
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Early 1900s English Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Paper

Original Antique Print After Rubens. The Massacre of The Innocents. C.1840
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image of The Massacre of The Innocents Fine steel engraving Published by Fisher. C.1840 Unframed.
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1840s English Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Paper

19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Commode - Antique Tuscan Credenza
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Renaissance style Italian commode made of hand crafted solid Walnut, in good condition. The credenza is composed with two upper drawers and two doors in cassette design, p...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Metal, Brass

Vintage Mid 20h Century Solid Weathered Oak rustic Coffee Table with Drawer
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is a beautiful vintage coffee table, meticulously crafted from reclaimed oak wood dating back to the 1960s. This rustic piece was built by the esteemed Piet Rombouts & ...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Renaissance Furniture

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Oak

Antique 17th Century Oak Dutch Renaissance Cabinet with Ebony and Mahogany
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is an antique four-door cupboard, in Dutch, named “Kussenkast”, that was made in the Northern Netherlands in the late 17th century. This cupboard takes its name from th...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Brass, Steel

Antique 17th century Dutch Renaissance two-door warm brown and black cupboard
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful and friendly-sized cupboard is made of the finest watered oak in the tradition of the Dutch Renaissance during the “Dutch golden age” It is a two-door cabinet over ebo...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Ebony, Oak, Rosewood

Italian centerpiece with solid silver plate in Renaissance style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Centerpiece with plate made of 800 solid silver in Renaissance style. The centerpiece was made love with different processing methods. The predominant method is handcrafting, which...
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1990s Italian Renaissance Furniture

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Silver

Antique original Camillo Procaccini Image Drawing of Jesus Christ 16th Century
Located in Doha, QA
This is an exceptional original drawing by world famous Camillo Procaccini (born in the Renaissance era in 1561 in Parma and died in Milan in 1629,...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Paper

Original Antique Print After Daniele Crespi, Entombment of Christ, circa 1840
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Daniele Crespi Fine Steel engraving. Published by Fisher, London, circa 1840 Unframed.
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1840s English Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Paper

Vintage Hickory Lingerie Chest
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a Vintage Hickory Lingerie Chest, a high quality piece of furniture from top to bottom. This tall chest was designed to store lingerie but it can hold any vari...
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Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture

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Wood

Important Renaissance Cabinet with Mother-of-pearl Inlays
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important Renaissance cabinet with mother-of-pearl and ivory inlays Origin: Loire Valley, France period: 16th century Height: 180cm Length: 140cm Depth: 53cm Walnut wood, ivory, mother-of-pearl Good condition This two-bodied cabinet shows harmonious proportions and opens with four door-leaves and two drawers in the belt. Mother-of-pearl and ivory inlays draw an elegant network of lines and scrolls inhabited by birds, figures, fantastical creatures, masks, and medallions displaying the profiles of kings and helmeted soldiers. The lower body stands on a low moulded base. A frieze presents delicate scrolls springing out of the mouth of a mask with ram horns. They are accompanied by flowers and putti. On the lateral and the central jambs ivory lines structure the composition as frames and cartouches. Stems spread around three superimposed mother-of-pearl medallions engraved with the profiles of men and wincing masks. The decor of both door-leaves on the lower body are centred by a mask around which symmetrical scrolls spread in foliated stems with flowers and animals. The presence of those creatures animates the composition. The panels comprise a moulded frame enriched with a flowery frieze. The belt’s three drawers are divided by three consoles showing a heeled profile. They are adorned with vegetal motifs surrounding a mask while the drawers present the same decor as on the rest of the cabinet. Each door-leaf of the upper-body is centred with a mother-of-pearl medallion meticulously carved with the profile of a helmeted soldier. A lush decor of supple foliated stems fills the panels. Ivory lines trace loops and scrolls. On the elongated surface of the entablature the frieze runs symmetrically on both sides of the central mother-of-pearl medallion showing a crowned king. The decor is more complex than on the rest of the cabinet. Amongst the foliated and flowered stems are playing fantastical creatures and birds. Two reclining female figures frame the central medallion. Mother-of-pearl scrolls also adorn the sides of the cabinet. They spread in concentric circles around an oval ivory medallion. In the lower part appears a naked winged young man, perhaps Cupid, a divinity associated with love, while on the upper part, the man wearing an armour and leaning on his spear could be Mars, the Roman god of war. Those compositions are more airy and rigorous in their geometrical aspect. The top is inlaid with masks in its angles. With its exceptional quality of mother-of-pearl and ivory inlays this cabinet is an excellent example of the virtuosity of this craftsmanship characteristic of the Loire valley. Indeed, the structure displaying a rigorous architecture as well as the quality of the blond walnut wood locate the conception of this cabinet in the Loire region around 1570-1580. The preciosity and elegance of its compositions pay tribute to highly skilled ornamentalist, especially in the refinement and finesse of the mother-of-pearl and ivory inlays. It is through the intervention of Italian artists, welcomed at the court of Fontainebleau by King François I...
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16th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Walnut

Renaissance Style French Medici Vase in Cast Iron
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Iconi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Iron

16th Century Majolica Tile, Italian Relief of San Francesco Da Paola
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This relief majolica tile in monochromatic colors was not known to exist. It comes from the DOLE collection with the inventory number 943/B on the back. In the course of about 400 years of handling the top has broken off. San Francesco...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Majolica

Antique Hand Carved Gilt Wooden Church Statue of Saint Francis & Clare of Assisi
Located in Lisse, NL
For the collectors of unique and remarkable works of religious art. About ten years ago I was fortunate enough to have been invited to Italy for a week. In that week we visited the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, the place where the world famous Saint Francis was born and where he is buried. For these unique sculptures to have found their way to us, again felt like a blessing. These amazing workmanship and aesthetically pleasing saint statues, we feel, were not created for one person alone, they were made to be seen and appreciated by a larger community. Those who know about Saint Francis will probably know about Saint Clare...
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19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Wood

Antique Reproduction Burgundy Renaissance Helmet, circa 1900
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Antique Reproduction Burgundy Renaissance Helmet, circa 1900 Helmets, typical of the Renaissance era, come in various styles such as the "chapel," the Morion, and the Burgundy. The ...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Metal

Antique Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Cabinet
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Renaissance style carved walnut cabinet or server with lower compartment and 1 drawer. Fluted columns on both sides, thumb molded top edge and apron, giving this piece a...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Walnut

Pill box big size Florentine Renaissance Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large round pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled engraving in two colours, in Florentine Renaissance style. Diameter cm. 5 cm high. 2. Weight gr. ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Late 19th/Early 20th Century Renaissance Style Savonarola Arm Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A particularly noteworthy Savonarola chair with deft carving and vibrant and colorful custom seat and back fabric. Late 19th century/early 20th century Renaissance style Savonarola ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Fabric, Walnut

Beautiful 17th Century Italian ' Tuscany ' Window
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful 17th century Italian ( Tuscany ) window Measures : Height 60cm Width 78cm Thickness 8 / 10 cm Weight 80 kg Material white limestone Good condition for the time.
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Stone

Side table, Northern Europe, turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Historic side table imported from Scandinavia. Year of creation around 1900. Dimensions: height 79 cm / width 84 cm / depth 52 cm
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20th Century Swedish Renaissance Furniture

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Walnut

Hidden Drawer Desk
Located in Annville, PA
The Niagara Furniture Hidden Drawer Desk, a luxury piece of fine furniture with a hidden surprise inside. This tall chest was originally designed for lingerie but we have redesigned ...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

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Mahogany

Marble High Relief Plaque "SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON" 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Marble High Relief Plaque "SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON" 18th Century 40x27 cm Italy Marble good condition for the time
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18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Marble

Country Estate Four Drawer File Tall
Located in Annville, PA
A superb piece of craftsmanship this high quality Country Estate Four Drawer File from Niagara Furniture is made with figured burled wood. The edge of the top is a lovely shaped soli...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

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Leather, Wood

Country Estate Cupboard
Located in Annville, PA
Our Country Estate Cupboard is manufactured in two sections, the upper section consisting of a deep, molded cornice with burled veneer following the shape of reeded corners rising fr...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

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Wood

Spectacular Patinated Bronze SCULPTURE "The Child and the Crab" 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spectacular Patinated Bronze SCULPTURE depicting "The Child and the Crab"19th century Italy late 19th century 100 x 70cm good conditions
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Bronze

RENAISSANCE COAT OF ARMS in White Carrara Marble Italy 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
RENAISSANCE COAT OF ARMS in White Carrara Marble Italy 17th Century finely carved with roccaille inside reserve crowned heraldic coat of arms Italy 17th century h 80 x 55 x 20 cm so...
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Carrara Marble

Country Estate Two Drawer File
Located in Annville, PA
A high quality piece of office furniture from Niagara Furniture our Country Estate Two Drawer File is made from the finest burls available. The top of the cabinet is covered in a ful...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

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Leather, Wood

Country Estate Four Drawer File
Located in Annville, PA
A highly functional and decorative piece this Country Estate Four Drawer File cabinet from Niagara Furniture is made with fine quality burled wood. The top of the cabinet is covered ...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

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Leather, Wood

Vintage French Renaissance Style Walnut Baroque Figural Tapestry Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Renaissance Style Walnut Baroque Figural Tapestry Side Chair. Item features a solid wood frame, distressed finish, unique tapestry upholstery, nicely carved details. C...
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Mid-20th Century Renaissance Furniture

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Tapestry, Walnut

Armchair, "frailero" or friar. Wood, leather. Spain, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Friar armchair. Walnut wood, leather. Spain, 16th century. Armchair with arms and high back of the type known as “frailero”, which has leather with studs on the seat and upper part ...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Other

Armchair, "frailero" or friar. Wood, leather. Spain, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Friar armchair. Leather, walnut wood. Spain, 16th century. Armchair with arms and high back of the type known as “frailero”, which has studded leather on the seat and upper part of ...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Other

Country Estate Large Cupboard
Located in Annville, PA
Our Country Estate Large Cupboard is manufactured in two sections, the upper section consisting of a deep, molded cornice with burled veneer following the shape of reeded corners ris...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

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Wood

Pair of Large Historiated Plates Italian Majolica Molaroni Pesaro circa 1910
Located in Milan, IT
From Italy, a beautiful couple of Molaroni Furnace Early 1900s Majolica Dishes richly decorated with Renaissance-style battles. The brim of these large historiated wall plates is r...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture

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Ceramic

Postmodern Renaissance style Murano Glass Cake Stand by La Murrina, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s - 1980s. This cake stand / pedestal bowl is made in Murano glass and features a fish-shaped stem. It is signed by La Murrina. This is a vintage piece, therefo...
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1980s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture

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Murano Glass

Small Italian Walnut Chest Of Drawers-17th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely little chest of drawers in walnut from the Italian Renaissance - 17th century Very beautiful chest of drawers made up of 4 drawers. They each have their original locks which ...
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Walnut

Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Needlepoint Fauteuil Armchair 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Italian Renaissance fauteuil armchair offers carved walnut frame with foliate, scroll and gadroon elements and having floral needlepoint upholstered seat and back; raised ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Upholstery, Walnut

Penhurst Mahogany Desk
Located in Annville, PA
The Penhurst Mahogany Desk in the Niagara Furniture collection. This desk matches a number of other pieces which we produce, please see the links below for related products. The fant...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

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Leather, Mahogany

Burled Oval Partners Desk
Located in Annville, PA
One of the most complicated items that we produce at Niagara furniture our Burled Oval Partners Desk is also one of the most popular. The top section of the desk consists of a three-...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

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Wood

French Desk
Located in Annville, PA
This Chippendale style Mahogany and Leather French Desk is produced by Niagara Furniture. A high quality writing desk that sets the standard for beauty and function among antique rep...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

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Leather, Mahogany

Carved wall column, France, around 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Carved wall column, France, circa 1880. Very good condition. Wood: oak dimensions: height 74 cm width 26 cm depth 23 cm
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1880s French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Oak

Male Profile Relief in Marble Italian Renaissance of the 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Male profile relief in Marble Italian Renaissance of the 17th century Measures: 18cm - Height 27 Cm Good condition for the time.
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Marble

Antique 18th C Italian Renaissance Heavily Carved & Figural Walnut Dining Chairs
Located in Big Flats, NY
A set of four early antique Italian dining chairs offers heavily carved figural walnut frames with foliate backs, upholstered seats and raised on cabriole legs with figural ,mask kne...
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18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Upholstery, Walnut

Oak Column - pedestal, France, around 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Column - pedestal, France, around 1880. Very good condition. Wood: oak dimensions: height 110 cm x width 45 cm x depth 45 cm
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1880s French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Oak

Pair of Antique Sevres Styled Covered Urns with Ornate Hand-Painted Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique covered urns are signed by and unknown maker, and presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1880 and done in the Sevres style. The covere...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Porcelain

Antique French Set of Five 17th-19th Century Red Velvet and 4 Aubusson Pillows
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely unique set of five incredible antique french pillows. The red velvet pillow with Fleur de Lis and French Coat of Arms in the Center is from late 17th century. ...
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17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Gold, Silver

Important Self Portrait Artist Tiziano Vecellio 17th Century Renaissance
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Self Portrait Artist Tiziano Vecellio 17th Century Italy Renaissance art style Work Self Portrait oil on canvas 59 x 36cm. good conservative status.
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17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Paint

19th Century Wood and Fugural and Floral Etched Brass Umbrella and Cane Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century renaissance style Wood and Fugural and Floral Etched Brass Umbrella and Cane Stand. Measures 12.5" in width, 7" in depth and 23" in height.
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Late 19th Century American Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Brass

16th Century Rare Antique Brazer in Copper with Wrought Iron Pedestal
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This brazier from the 16th century Renaissance era is truly rare. The fire pit features a copper vessel and a beautifully crafted hand-forged iron pedestal. The pedestal has three fe...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Copper, Wrought Iron

Mahogany Library Chair
Located in Annville, PA
The Mahogany Library Chair, also known as a metamorphic chair as created by Niagara Furniture. This Mahogany Library Chair is produced with a very desirable harp back, also referred ...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

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Fabric, Mahogany

K-OVER Champagne, Hawk, silver 999/°°, Italy
Located in Firenze, IT
Falcon Our K-OVERs, are alternatives to the champagne bucket and the" glacettes" . The precious metal that holds the bottle is coated internally with a thermal fabric that keeps the...
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2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture

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Silver

Antique Judaical Historical Collection 16th Century to Early 20th Century
Located in Doha, QA
This extremely rare unique ancient Wooden Box with Judaical Religious Items inside was found behind a stone wall in Vienna (Austria), most likely hidden before the World War II. The ...
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16th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Bronze, Metal, Silver

20th century Italian sterling silver miniature rom the "History of Fashion"
Located in VALENZA, IT
20th-century Sterling Silver miniature belonging to the collection "The History of Fashion" of a 16th-century women's costume that belonged to Eleonora Gonzaga. Eleonora Gonzaga (Ma...
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1990s Italian Renaissance Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Italian Renaissance Style Carved Marble Lion
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An Italian renaissance style carved marble lion, possibly from as early as the late 17th / early 18th century. This antique lion sculpture has a distinctive look, carved in a lying p...
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Early 18th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Marble

Antique Tapestry in the Style of van Orley Depicting Hercules
By Bernard Van Orley
Located in London, GB
Antique tapestry in the style of van Orley depicting Hercules Continental, 19th century Height 234cm, width 200cm Inspired by a series of tapestries titled ‘The Spheres’ created by...
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19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Wool

Original Antique Print of Sir George Somerset. Circa 1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print Chromolithograph Published by Connoisseur circa 1900 Unframed.
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Early 1900s English Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Paper

Large Renaissance Style Figural Lion Carved Wood Paw Feet Throne Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Renaissance Style Figural Lion Carved Wood Paw Feet Throne Chair. Item features a large impressive size, ornate lion heads and paw feet, nicely carved details, very nice item, ...
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Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture

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Wood

Large antique Flemish wooden sculpture of Saint Catherine with a book, ca. 1600
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Large handcarved oak wooden sculpture depicting St. Catherine holding a book. Originally the sculpture was painted, but as with most such sculptures, the polychromy has been removed ...
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16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Wood

Antique Italian Renaissance Ornate Scrolled Iron Vanity Bench Newly Upholstered
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Italian Renaissance Ornate Gild Scrolled Iron Vanity Bench Newly Upholstered in Deep-Maroon Tufted Velvet Super heavy and unique piece to add to your bathroom, closet or mak...
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1870s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Iron

Renaissance furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Renaissance 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 decorative objects, case pieces and storage cabinets, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Cugini Lanzani , Europa Antiques, Specchi Veneziani, and Arte Veneziana. 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 $1 and tops out at $3,262,546 while the average work can sell for $4,830.

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