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
Rare 17th Century Silver Reliquary Arm Monstrance
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare silver reliquary arm with relic bone, with the coat-of-arms of Cosme Roger (1671-1710), bishop of Lombez, France, with original bone relic
Poss...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of decorative Renaissance oak wooden reliefs, Europe, late 16th century
Located in Gorssel, GE
Pair of decorative Renaissance oak wooden reliefs depicting two man with curly hair and a moustache.
The reliefs were probably part of a piece of furniture or architectural element.
...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
A 16th century carved marble sculpture of poseidon
Located in London, GB
This fine and imposing sculpture is an excellent example of 16th century Italian craftsmanship. The figure is stood on a raised, shaped rectangular base with a carved "dolphin" at th...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Italian Renaissance Walnut Armchair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance Savonarola style walnut armchair with gold velvet back and red and gold cut velvet seat. (19th century).
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Important Italian Renaissance Polychrome Chest with Coat-of-Arms
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important Italian Renaissance Polychrome chest with coat-of-arms
Origin: Italy
Period: early 16th century
Height: 71cm
Length: 190cm
Depth: ...
Category
16th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Renaissance Style Vermeil Perfume Bottles
Located in London, GB
Pair of Renaissance style vermeil perfume bottles
Continental, 19th century
Measures: Height 20cm, diameter 6.5cm
This beautiful pair of perfume bottles...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silver
French 17th Century and Later Cabinet on Stand
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An ornately-carved walnut 17th century and later French cabinet on stand, the top with a pair of carved doors and paneled carved sides with co...
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Saint Ambrose Archbishop of Milan and Saint Augustine Bishop of Hippo, 16th Cent
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of 16th Century Italian wood carved figures of Saint Ambrose Archbishop of Milan and Saint Augustine Bishop of Hippo, two of the four original Doc...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
17th Century French Torchère, or Pedestal
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A fine quality 17th century torchère, or pedestal, with an elegantly turned column and deeply tiered circular base. The top surface is a flat polished disc with a finely carved and g...
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
19th Century Flemish Renaissance Confiturier ~ Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Flemish Renaissance Confiturier ~ Cabinet in stripped oak is an excellent choice for a cozy niche, narrow wall space, or corner of the room that needs a little surface, ...
Category
1870s Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Hand Painted Blue Majolica Handles Bowl Centerpiece Ornament Renaissance Deruta
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
This fine majolica centerpiece is made and hand-painted in Deruta, Italy. The Bowl recalls the ancient structure of the Greek cups that were used to mix wate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
English Renaissance Oak and Leaded Glass Door
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style (19th Century) oak framed door with arch top and leaded-glass panel with round medallion
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
English Renaissance Oak Bible Box
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance (Dated 1652) oak slant front bible box
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
18th Century Rustic Renaissance Two-Tiered Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Rustic Renaissance Two-Tiered Cabinet is the perfect solution for more storage in style! Hand-crafted from solid oak, it features a subtly recessed upper tier flanked b...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Vintage French Renaissance Silver Plated Figural Italian Inkstand Desk Inkwell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Renaissance Silver Plated Figural Italian Inkstand Desk Double Inkwell. Item features double inkwell with inserts, central can...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Rare Spanish Console
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
RARE SPANISH CONSOLE
ORIGIN : SPAIN
PERIODE : 16TH CENTURY
Height: 83,5 cm
Width : 118 cm
Depth : 49,5 cm
Original handles and locks.
Walnut
This rare Spanish console rests o...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Life-Size Marble Sculpture of Spring by Antonio Frilli
Located in London, GB
Life-size marble sculpture of Spring by Antonio Frilli
Italian, late 19th century
Height 159cm, width 47cm, depth 40cm
This superb sculpture is the work of Antonio Frilli, a renowned Italian artist active in the late 19th century, who founded the Frilli gallery...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Large Mahogany Valet
Located in Annville, PA
A most useful and decorative item, the Large Mahogany Valet as produced by Niagara Furniture. Using select solid mahogany and mahogany veneers our artisans produce this item using gr...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Ball and Claw Blockfront Chest of Drawers
Located in Annville, PA
A vintage Mahogany Ball and Claw Blockfront Chest of Drawers brought to you by Niagara Furniture. A classic furniture style this blockfront shap...
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
1597 German Map of Alexandria by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1597 Map of Alexandria by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, Germany. From "Civitas Orbis Terrarum", part 2, published in Cologne by Bertram Buchholz. Printed in 2 parts. Title: "Alexa...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Italian 18th C. Majolica Wet Drug or Syrup Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
A beautifully decorated 18th century Italian Majolica faience ‘wet’ or syrup albarello/drug jar. Blue and white having a front reserve, blue and white scrolls to body. Beautifully de...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Carved Oak Cabinet with Lion Mask Carvings, circa 1850
Located in Evergreen, CO
Elegant but not too heavily carved, this oak cabinet showcases a dentil cornice, two top drawers flanked by lion mask carvings at the sides and between the doors, double doors flanke...
Category
Mid-19th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
19th C. French Renaissance Carved Walnut Marble Top Bookcase Buffet Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th Century French Renaissance Walnut Bookcase Sideboard Buffet Hutch Cabinet. Item features an ornately carved upper gallery, two upper glass front cabinet doors, twisted columns,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Italian Renaissance Walnut Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
19th century Italian Renaissance style walnut cardinal's throne chair with shell design canopy and column supports.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Collection of 4 Vintage Pharmacy Mortars, Bronze and Marble, 17th-20th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Charming collection of 4 vintage European bronze, brass and marble pharmacy and herbalist mortars ranging in age from the 17th-20th century. Each shows evidence of working use. Rangi...
Category
17th Century British Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Rare 19th Century Italian Renaissance Murillo Design Collectors Writing Cabinet
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning and Rare 19th Century Handcrafted Tooled Brown Leather Italian Renaissance Design Fitted Writing Cabinet On Original Plinth
Featuring fourteen hand-painted portraits (aft...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather
Jam Cupboard / Small Renaissance Sideboard With Green Patina
Located in BARSAC, FR
Small sideboard called jam cabinet opening a door on the front in natural wood with green patina.
Beautiful oak door carved with Renaissance motifs.
Renaissance period work
Very go...
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Italian Renaissance Walnut Credenza
Located in Essex, MA
With old finish. Rectangular top with molded edge over a frieze with mounted corbels and a false drawer over a pair of cabinet doors with original handles all flanked by mask and flo...
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Other
Fireplace carved on travertine -renaissance style -made in Italy
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Travertine fireplace, travertine carved fireplace, renaissance fireplace.
Fireplace carved on Roman travertine in Renaissance style with floral racemes.
Made n Italy
italian manufact...
Category
1990s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Travertine
Antique French Renaissance Octagonal Carved End Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Renaissance Octagonal Carved End Table is an amazing example of the woodcarver's art! Eight equal sides are supported by four turned and carved legs, fitted with doub...
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
19th Century Round Extendable Table, Baroque , all solid Walnut, Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian circa 1880s round extendable table, Baroque Renaissance style, in very solid walnut, wax polished. Bassano handicraft production. Thickness of the top 6 cm. All connections with grafts and wood nails. Solid massive table weighing over 90 kg
Measures cm: Height 80, diameter 130 add 42
About Bassano del Grappa:
Bassano del Grappa is known for the three great traditions that have made it famous: ceramics, whose productions, linked to the prestigious Antonibon family, are admirable in the Museum of ceramics at Palazzo Sturm; the typography developed between 1600 and 1800 by the Remondini family, an illustrious family of publishers and engravers of the most important Italian printing industry and the cabinet makers who produced furniture for the nearby Venice from the 16th century.
The architectural context of Bassano del Grappa is a dive into art: the streets of the center are adorned by the works of authors such as Palladio, Canova, Jacopo Da Ponte...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Monstrance (temple type). Silver. Spain, 16th century with restorations.
Located in Madrid, ES
Portable temple custody. Gilded silver, glass. 16th century, possible restorations.
Custody made of gilded silver (the finish has been lost in some points) composed of a base, an ax...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silver, Other
Early 1900’s Renaissance Style Refectory Dining Table, Oak, 5-8FT
Located in Oakwood, GA
Early 1900's Renaissance Style Refectory Dining Table, Oak, 5-8FT
Beautiful table
Early 20th Century
Solid Oak
Draw leaf
Table top has straight line groove detail
Leaf extensions o...
Category
20th Century European Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
18th Century Renaissance Console Shelf, Hand Carved Walnut, Gilt Edging
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Amazing 18th Century Baroque Renaissance Console shelf, in Hand Carved Walnut, with Gilt Edging.
Wax polished.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
French Renaissance Carved Walnut Armchair
Located in Woodbury, CT
This regal seat dates to the 16th century. The square seat and back contrasted by the blocked barley twist turnings that comprise the arms legs and stretcher. Well-carved recumbent l...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silk, Walnut
Antique Carved Walnut Renaissance Style Cabinet Sideboard, Circa 1870-1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Carved Walnut Renaissance Style Cabinet Sideboard, Circa 1870-1880.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century French Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century French table made from walnut. The top is beautifully detailed with cross banding around the edges in a lovely pattern surrounding a central pattern with burl in a match...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Leather Fireside Chair
Located in Annville, PA
The Niagara Furniture Leather Fireside Chair is designed after an American original antique chair and ships out covered in full grained tufted genuine l...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
1800s Tuscan Fratino Table in Walnut
By A. Manzoni
Located in Villa Verucchio, Emilia-Romagna
An icon of craftsmanship: nineteenth-century Tuscan-Fratish table
This large fratino table, made of solid walnut, represents excellence in the Tuscan tradition of the 1800s. Characte...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
17th Century Walnut Wardrobe, Italy
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb cabinet in solid walnut from the 17th century from Italy
Very beautiful and rare Italian workmanship with a superb carved top as well as base. Typical of Italian wardrobes ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Saint Paul, Carved and Polychromed Wood. Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spanish school of the sixteenth century. "Saint Paul". Carved and polychrome wood.
Devotional image of a round piece carved in wood, polychrome and gilded, representing the Apostle ...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Other
Rare Renaissance Dresser with Marquetry and Pastiglia, from Alsace 'France'
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This sideboard, with rich marquetry decoration, consists of two parts. The decorated upper body allows for the display of fine silverware. Superb carve...
Category
Early 17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
French Buffet / Cabinet / Credenza / Dresser - Gothic Renaissance - France 19th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Credenza, Drinks cabinet, Cabinet, Sideboard in beech carved on its 3 facades.
The splashback is decorated with fine sculpted figures of fruit, fruit baskets, plants and birds, proba...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
French Renaissance Louis XV Style Figural Carved Walnut Curio Display Buffet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance Louis XV Style Figural Carved Walnut Curio Display Buffet. Item features stunning carvings throughout with maidens and armed so...
Category
1920s Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Walnut
18th Century Renaissance Hand-Carved Throne, Walnut Armchair with Two Crowns
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Antique Renaissance carved throne with decorative wood panels in solid hand-carved walnut, as well as the two crowns panels. The Throne with the two crowns have been restored and pol...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Renaissance Bronze Chandelier With 8 Light Arms Decorated With Birds
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb Dutch bronze chandelier in the Renaissance style with 8 light arms and 8 rosettes (bronze flowers)
Very beautiful chandelier that stands out by the bronze birds on each arm, ...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Renaissance Style Center Table by Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Label mentioning “I.R. Scuola, Sezione Intarsio e Intaglio, Cortina d’Ampezzo, n°146”
Exceptional Venetian Renaissance style center table. The top and the frieze opening with four...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
A late 16th century French Renaissance richly carved walnut center table
Located in PARIS, FR
A late 16th century Renaissance richly carved walnut center table
France, The Loire Valley area
Dimensions: h. 33.46 in., w. 59.45 in., d. 36.22 in.
Our remarquable table is a fabu...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Micromosaic Circular Table, Attributed to the Vatican Mosaic Workshop
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in London, GB
This table is a truly exceptional piece of antique Italian furniture. The item has been attributed to the Vatican Mosaic Workshop (opened 1727). This studio was made up of a collecti...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Marble
Early 1900s Italian Majolica Orciuolo Apothecary Pitcher
By Castelli
Located in Dallas, TX
From Italy, this majolica apothecary pitcher (orciuolo) is in the manner of the pitcher done by Castelli, circa 1520, housed in the MET Museum NYC,...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Italian Renaissance Walnut Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with molded edge over a frieze with two drawers flanked by three acanthus carved corbel shaped drawers, pair cabinet doors below wi...
Category
1650s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Regal 19th century Venetian Rocking Chair in Walnut with Decorations and Putti - Very Rare
By A. Manzoni
Located in Villa Verucchio, Emilia-Romagna
Regal 19th century Venetian Rocking Chair in Walnut with Decorations and Putti - Very Rare!
If you are a lover of antiques and want a unique piece for your home, this 19th-century V...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Nutwood
Antique Italian Tuscan Renaissance Refectory Style Hand Crafted Oak Farm Table
Located in Encinitas, CA
Antique Italian Tuscan Renaissance refectory style handcrafted oak farm table.
Nice small functional table for kitchen or home office handcrafted i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Rare Italian Renaissance Walnut Study and Desk – 1900
Located in HÉRIC, FR
A beautiful set consisting of a Mazarin-style desk and a study. These walnut pieces are richly carved, gilded, and painted in the Italian Renaissance style.
The desk features a fram...
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Drexel Chest on Chest
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a Vintage Drexel Chest on Chest, a high quality piece of furniture from top to bottom. This tall chest was designed for use in a bedroom but would also look gr...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Italian Cantagalli Majolica Polychrome Plaque Plate
By Cantagalli
Located in Bradenton, FL
This is a very rare Cantagalli Italian tin glazed earthenware plate/plaque in beautiful hand painted polychrome colors. It is a scene of a little boy or cherub playing on a drum. It ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Reproduction of 17th Century Italian Chestnut Fratino Style Table
Located in Encinitas, CA
Made in Italy Antique Reproduction of a Late 17th Century Italian chestnut Fratino style table features solid top planks with end frames and a base with crosspieces and wood joinery pins.
Showed in the size 96” Width 36” Depth 30” Height
With is superior details including dovetail joinery, present a fine rustic antique look for use as a primitive table for display, or communal style dining or even in a contrasting modern setting.
We can reproduce this antique style in any size you require.
We offer finish options on aged hardwoods which may be very distressed like this antique Italian chestnut table, or formal & smooth on premium Italian walnut.
Available to order either in Walnut or Chestnut with shellac color stain finishes options.
79”L x 39”W
84”L x 40-42”W
96”L x 40-42”W
108”L x 40-42”W
120”L x 40-42”W
Larger table sizes, narrow widths, and single slab tops available by quote.
Bellini’s Old World Collection...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Chestnut, Poplar, Walnut, Fir
1700's, 18th C. Antique Large, Italian Renaissance Style, Carved, Walnut Cassone
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning 1700's, 18th C.Antique Large, Italian Renaissance Style, Carved, Walnut Cassone, Chest!
Antique Cassone, Marriage Chest, Coffer, Large, Italian Renaissance Style, Carved, W...
Category
18th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
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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