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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Item Ships From: New York
Style: Renaissance
1920s Black Cast Iron Andirons with Figures of a Hybrid Atlas over a Caduceus
Located in New York, NY
AFP0674
A pair of unusual large antique andirons each having a figure of a hybrid atlas over a caduceus in the main rectangular column, as well as masks, dolphin fish and crosses on...
Category
1920s Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Steel, Iron
Pair of Italian Renaissance Bronze Altar Candlesticks
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) bronze altar sticks with swirl top and fluted bottom with round center and scroll filigree base (PRICED A...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
English Renaissance Wainscot Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance (17th Cent) Wainscot style oak arm chair with diamond designed carved back. (rePairs to back)
Category
17th Century British Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
18th Century Italian Carved Walnut Armchair
Located in Hudson, NY
This lovely large single chair made in Italy perhaps the Tuscan region in the late 18th cnetury is crafted from fine walnut with a deep rich color and patina. The large deeply carved and decorated arms join uprights that are also carved and decorated the whole is set up and joined to a large center carved front and side stretchers . The construction is peg supported throughout & newly upholstered in a Quadrille fine linen. The upholstery is also enhanced by large cast bronze decorative tacks in several sizes and trimmed out in old bullion trim...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Veronese Mirrored Murano Glass Table Lamps
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
First depicted by 16th century Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese in his Annunciation of the Virgin and later realized by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini in 1921, the quintessential glas...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (17th Century and Later) walnut cabinet on stand with 2 grill doors above a frieze drawer & trestle supports.
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Renaissance Wall Plaque With a Two White Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Century) wall plaque with two white Pariun like rectanglar engraved plaques of Grecian men with horses and carriages in a gilt and black mablized frame
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Blade
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style spear with wooden shaft and simple 15-inch leaf-shaped iron blade.
Category
20th Century English Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Halberd
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with eight-sided wooden shaft with nail heads and an iron ax-shaped blade.
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Attrib. Eduard Baldus copper print plate titled, "The Peace"
By Edouard Baldus
Located in Kingston, NY
The copper engraving plate is titled "The Peace, " which is attributed to Edouard Baldus, who signed the work. This plate was used to create eng...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pair of English Renaissance Style Gilt Metal and Fruitwood Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Renaissance-style (19/20th Century) gilt metal and carved fruitwood wall sconces with 2 arms and helmet design. (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
English Renaissance Walnut Hutch Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style (18/19th Century) walnut hutch cabinet with 2 shelves under a carved pediment top with 2 drawers over 2 diamond carved doors on ...
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
English Renaissance Style Steel and Leather Spear
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style spear with crossed leather covered shaft and polished steel blade.
Category
20th Century English Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Italian 19th century Renaissance Style walnut Refectory Table
Located in Troy, NY
Italian trestle table with a two inches thick, two plank top and boldly carved base.
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 20th c. Italian Renaissance Style Wrought Iron Torchieres
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of twentieth century Italian Renaissance style wrought iron floor torchieres resting upon tripod bases with five scroll design arms s...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Wonderful Signed Bronze Sculpture Juan Clara Ayats Onyx Girls Playing with Chair
By Juan Clara
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful signed patina bronze sculpture by Juan Clara Ayats on an onyx base of two girls playing with a chair, Spanish artist (1875-1958).
Category
Early 1900s Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
17th Century Antique German Tapestry. 1 ft 8 in x 1 ft 8 in
Located in New York, NY
Small 17th Century Antique German Biblical Tapestry Depicting David And Abigail, Country Of Origin: Germany, Circa Date: 17th Century. Size: 1 ft 8 in x 1 ft 8 in (0.51 m x 0.51 m)
Category
17th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wool, Silk
English Renaissance Red Velvet Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 4 English Renaissance (17th-18th century) walnut joint leg side chairs with double front spool stretcher and red velvet upholstered seat and back.
Category
18th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
$9,500 / set
Cast Bronze Copper Flashed Patinated Renaissance Style Charger
Located in Hudson, NY
This charger made as an intentional remake of a famous object is fully embossed on the back as such and contains the maker's name. The charger contains many different scenes from ant...
Category
Early 20th Century European Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Ten Copperplate Engravings in Gilt Frames by Benjamin Maund, Judy Cormier Framed
By Benjamin Maund
Located in Manhasset, NY
One of several spectacular groupings of engravings fresh from a Bronxville Mansion. Ten Copperplate engravings by Benjamin Maund (British) in the finest...
Category
1820s British Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper, Wood
$4,475 Sale Price / set
50% Off
French late 16th Century Henry II Walnut Extending Table
Located in Troy, NY
Henry II period draw-leaf table of simple linear design. and with centuries of care and use to give it warmth and personality. The top with extending leaves on both ends supported by...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
English Renaissance Style Tapestry with Noblemen
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style horizontal tapestry of seated English Lord with standing noblemen and other figures.
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Italian Renaissance Style Smoking Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style metal smoking stand on 3 cross legs and armor helmet top (19th/20th Century).
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
English Renaissance Walnut Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style (19th Century) walnut carved console table with drawer and stretcher on turned legs.
Category
19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Renaissance Walnut Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance Savanarola style walnut arm chair with gold velvet back and red and gold cut velvet seat (19th cent).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold
Vintage Savonnerie Style Rug. 14 ft 4 in x 17 ft 8 in
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Elegant Large Vintage Classic Renaissance Savonnerie Style Rug, Country of Origin: India, Circa date: Vintage . Size: 14 ft 4 in x 17 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wool
Italian Renaissance Walnut Sgabelli
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 4 Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) walnut sgabelli with 4 turned legs and double-eagle back.
There are scratches on the seat.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$6,000 / set
Italian Renaissance Carved Wooden Turn-Legged Side Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style carved wooden chair with spiral turned front legs and stretcher, rear saber legs, and a back featuring a painted white crest with a central black lion.
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Majolica Water Sinai
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance (Late 19/20th Century) Majolica Sinai.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$12,500
Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Metal Filigree Pentagonal Umbrella Stands
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) floral metal filigree containers / umbrella stands with 5 sides, spherical feet, and mulberry-shaped fi...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
Italian Renaissance Style Wrought Iron Torch Sconce
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th/20th Century) wrought iron torch design sconce with a bracket support and flame form top.
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Flemish Wool Tapestry, Circa 1890s
Located in New York, NY
This traditional style Verdure hanging shows a closeup leafy plant still life, with two oak trees in full leaf behind, and a placid pond with low hills along the horizon. Shades of g...
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair of English Renaissance Oak and Red Velvet Armchairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Renaissance-style oak Armchairs with square backs and seats seat with red velvet upholstery and oak legs joined by box stretchers. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Oak
Spanish Renaissance Walnut End Table
Located in Queens, NY
Spanish Renaissance-style (17th Century) walnut octagonal top end table with wrought iron pedestal base.
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Ten Hand-Colored Color Stipple Engravings from Traite Des Arbres Fruitiers
Located in Manhasset, NY
Ten hand-colored color stipple engravings from Traite des Arbres Fruitiers, with margins, each in a fine silver gilt custom frame. After Poiteau and Turpin Studies of Fruit. If your ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Christopher Draghi "Almatea 2" C-Print
Located in Hudson, NY
The Christopher Draghi limited edition C-Print, shown here, was taken in 2006. Titled, "Almatea 2," the photograph is available framed and unframed. Each print is signed and dated ...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
$1,440 Sale Price
28% Off
Very Finely Carved Florentine Renaissance Revival Mirror
Located in Bronx, NY
A Florentine Renaissance revival gilded mirror, finely carved, illustrating a variety of botanical subjects.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Parmigianino Figural Ink Study
By Parmigianino
Located in New York, NY
Lombard School ink figural study of the Three Graces inscribed "Le Parmesan," and "Ecole Lombard." Pen and brown ink. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Il Parmigianino (1503-1540.) P...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
French 16th Century early Baroque Oak Barrel-Back Seat
Located in Troy, NY
Tall, unusual and conceptual chair of half-round paneled form, The seat can be lifted on hinges forming a misericord supported by a fluted console. A a...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
18th Century Venetian Bronze Figural Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Patinated bronze urn-shaped inkwell rests on three winged-horses evoking movement and action. The body of the inkwell is decorated with faces among garlands and the lid is topped by a seated putti holding fruitVenetian patinated bronze figural inkwell...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Christopher Draghi, "Armor 13" C-Print
Located in Hudson, NY
The Christopher Draghi limited edition C-Print, shown here, was taken in 2011. Titled, "Armor 13," . Each print come with a 1.5cm white border and is signed and dated by the photog...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
$1,440 Sale Price
28% Off
Christopher Draghi, "Corine" C-Print
Located in Hudson, NY
The Christopher Draghi limited edition C-Print, shown here, was taken in 2009. Titled, "Corine," Each print is signed and dated by the photographer.
Artist Bio:
Christopher D...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
$1,440 Sale Price
28% Off
Antique 16th Century Pergola Tapestry with Vase of Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Antique pergola tapestry handwoven in wool and silk in Bruges, Belgium in the mid-16th Century.
Pergola tapestries are typified by a harmony between ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wool, Tapestry
An Italian Brass Hanukkah Lamp, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Brass cast bench Hanukkah lamp made in the Renaissance era of the 18th century.
A pair of rampant lions leaning on a goblet-shaped burning incense alter is reminiscent of...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
$3,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Renaissance Style '19th-20th Century' Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th-20th century) wrought iron chandelier with six scroll arm emanating from a filigree oval centre.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Iron and Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style (19/20th Century) alabaster vase form lamps within a wrought iron 3 section frame with mythological finial heads and scroll feet (PRICED AS Pair).
...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
Set of 4 Italian Renaissance Black Leather Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 4 Italian Renaissance style oak high backed side chairs with black tufted leather backs & seats on porcelain casters (casters sgnd: R.Comb/Goodyear/1851)
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak, Leather
Set of Four French early 17th century Henry II Chairs
Located in Troy, NY
Rare set of four Henry II side chairs, beautiful simple lines, upholstered in black leather.
Category
Early 1600s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Pair of American Parcel-Gilt and Bronze Candelabra/Lamps E.F.Caldwell Attributed
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of American parcel-gilt and patinated bronze, twin light candelabras/ table lamps
attributed to Edward F. Caldwell & Co, New York, first quarter of the 20th century.
Ea...
Category
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Italian Still Life "Citrus" Oil on Wooden Panel
Located in palm beach, FL
Still life painted on wooden panel. On a table in the center a wicker basket with oranges and orange blossoms, to the left of the composition a silver dish with four large lemons on ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Christopher Draghi "Mercury 2 " C-Print
Located in Hudson, NY
This Christopher Draghi "Mercury 2" photograph was taken in 2008. The limited edition C-print is available framed or unframed. Each print comes with a 1.5cm white border and is sig...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
$1,440 Sale Price
28% Off
Christopher Draghi, "Armor 29" C-Print
Located in Hudson, NY
The Christopher Draghi limited edition C-Print, shown here, was taken in 2011. Titled, "Armor 29," Each print comes with a 1.5cm white border and is signed and dated by the photogr...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
$1,440 Sale Price
28% Off
Enamel Gold and Rock Crystal Figure of Emperor Maximilian I by Reinhold Vasters
Located in Queens, NY
A rare enamel, gold and rock crystal figure of Emperor Maximilian I by Reinhold Vasters, Aachen,
In the Renaissance style, circa 1870.
The g...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold, Enamel
Italian 16th century Renaissance Walnut Trestle Table
Located in Troy, NY
Attractive, rare Renaissance trestle table of typical, bold design and beautiful rich color.
Provenance: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Price Upon Request
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 case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut 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 Europa Antiques, Sinke & Van Tongeren, Albrecht Dürer, and Castelli. 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 $35 and tops out at $3,217,683 while the average work can sell for $6,828.
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