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.
Find a collection of antique Renaissance case pieces, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Grand Antique French Renaissance Walnut Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand Antique French Renaissance Walnut Bookcase will make a stunning statement in your favorite room! Hand-carved from fine walnut, it features a bold neoclassical architecture tha...
Walnut
18th Century Antique Dutch Renaissance Rustic Natural Oak 'Bolpoot Tafel' Table
Located in Casteren, NL
Beautiful and authentic Dutch Renaissance table made in solid European Summer oak. The top was made in three wide boards of oak and has a fantastic grain pattern and a weathered surf...
Oak
GIEN French Baluster Vase with Renaissance Majolica Decor
By Gien
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Tall Baluster Ceramic Vase by Faïencerie de Gien, France, 1970s – Hand-Painted Majolica A tall and impressive baluster-form ceramic vase by the celebrated Faïencerie de Gien, France...
Ceramic
Spanish Azulejo Arabe / Mudejar Tile - Arista y Cuenca - 15th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Early Arabe / Mudejar style tile with geometric decoration, made late 15th century.
Earthenware
Original Antique Print of Tobit And The Angel After Domenichino. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image after Domenichino Fine steel engraving Published by Jones circa 1850 Unframed. Minor tear top edge ( 0.5 inches ) Free shipping
Paper
Antique Italian Walnut King Bed Frame Carved Antique Bedroom Set
Located in Buxton, GB
This Absolutely Magnificent Rare 5-piece bedroom set is a fantastic piece of Museum Quality Artwork. The Bedroom features a Fabulous Heavily Carved Bed with Wow Factor Female statues...
Walnut
17th Century Icon on Board of Saint Matrona
Located in Hastings, GB
Incredibly rare Icon on Oak board dating to the 17th century and depicting Saint Matrona (Agia Matrona), this Icon was originally from Chios in Greece and was discovered in Vatopedi...
Wood
$3,905 / item
Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Annville, PA
The Mahogany Secretary Desk from Niagara Furniture. This reproduction slant front writing desk has all the outstanding qualities of an antique origina...
Glass, Mahogany
Renaissance Style Ormolu- Mounted Specimen Marble Cabinet on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Ornate Renaissance style ormolu-mounted cabinet-on-stand, having galleried crest with eagle finials, over cabinet fitted with drawers mounted with specimen marble plaques, conforming...
Marble
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
Gorgeous Italian Florentine Hand Enameled Cast Table Lamp! Medici Decorator 1960
By Florentine
Located in Peoria, AZ
MAGNIFICENT ! ITALIAN CAST METAL FLORENTINE TABLE LAMP CUSTOM MANUFACTURED BY MEDICI LTD. DIMENSIONS: 33: TALL This glorious Italian Florentine lamp...
Enamel
Antique 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Solid Oak with Ebony Veneer 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-story four-door cabin...
Ebony, Oak
Antique 16th Century Flemish Verdure Feuilles de Choux Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A rare 16th Century Flemish Verdure Feuilles de Choux Tapestry Panel (Oudenaarde or Enghien) Feuilles de Choux (cabbage leaves in French) t...
Tapestry, Wool, Silk
Pair of 18th Century Wood and Leather Italian Antique Renaissance Chairs, 1770s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
A pair of late 18th-century Italian chairs. Carved walnut furniture in Renaissance style with a seat and backrest in high-quality chiseled leather. The chairs are adorned with origin...
Leather, Wood
$2,940 / item
Macia Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Precious rectangular Venetian mirror, made in the most rigorous Murano tradition. Finely hand-engraved on all elements, it is antiqued by skilled craftsmen. The mirror is assembled w...
Glass
Antique Italian Oak Corner Chair Renaissance Style
Located in Poperinge, BE
Antique carved oak corner chair, Italian-made, entirely in Renaissance style, second half of the 19th century, circa 1880. This is an antique replica of an older model. The seat is ...
Velvet, Oak
$8,868Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 16th Century German Dark Brown oak carved Stollentruhe Trunk or Chest
Located in Casteren, NL
Rare and early German Stollentruhe, dating from around 1620. This compact 17th-century oak chest combines historical significance with visual prese...
Steel
$1,160 / item
Two Drawer Console Table
Located in Annville, PA
We designed and produced this Sheraton style Two Drawer Console Table as a matching item to sell along with our ever popular NSI087 Sheraton style stand and NSI118 Four Drawer Console Table...
Mahogany
18th C. Italian Renaissance Walnut "Studiolo" Cabinet with 38 Drawers & Secrets
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Italy circa 1760, this rare walnut “studiolo” cabinet — also known as a Cabinet of Curiosities — represents the height of 18th century craftsmanship, inspired by the Renai...
Walnut
Pair of Renaissance Walnut Devil Figures
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Renaissance style (late19th Century) walnut life-size carved figures of the Devil and his wife standing on pedestal bases. (attributed to Francesco Toso) (PRICED AS P...
$15,196Sale Price|20% Off
Nude Male Bronze Sculpture Fountain
Located in Malibu, CA
Bronze male sculpture signed. Fonderia Giorgio Sommer Calabritto Napoli Thomas, sculptor, lived and worked in the Naples area, and especially on Capri, from 1889 to 1906. Given this ...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Oscar Bach Attributed Figural Bronze Marble Top Telephone Hall Stand with Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Oscar Bach Attributed Figural Bronze Marble Top Telephone Hall Stand with Chair. Item features an ornate figural bronze telephone cabinet stand, marble top, small chair with needlepoint seat...
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Carved Miniature Blanket Chest or Coffer
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare and fine quality 19th century Italian Renaissance walnut carved miniature blanket chest or coffer. Fine carving in walnut wood on the fron...
Wood
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...
Silk, Walnut
$11,070 / item
French Metal Canopy Bed, King
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Metal Canopy Bed, King Size, with a bronze finish metal canopy frame with a padded upholstered headboard in a neutral linen fabric. The frame with ...
Metal
Genoese Cabinet Called Stipo From The Renaissance Period In Walnut - 16th Centur
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Exceptional Genoese cabinet called stipo "a bambocci" from the Italian Renaissance in walnut from the end of the 16th century with its original base Museum quality piece Provenance:...
Walnut
$11,025Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 18th century Dutch Renaissancewarm brown oak two door cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This antique Dutch Renaissance cabinet was crafted in the southern Netherlands at the end of the 18th century, around 1780. It serves as a quintessential example of the furniture cra...
Oak
Pair of Authentic Fortuny Mezzaro / Mezziano Textile Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking pair of authentic Fortuny textile pillows featuring vintage Fortuny cotton fronts in the celebrated Mezzaro / Mezziano pattern, one of Mariano Fortuny’s most iconic and th...
Cotton, Linen
17th Century Oak Carved Socle Pedestal from Northern Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
The product of an immensely talented northern Italian woodworker, this beautiful oak socle pedestal dates to the 1600s. Intricate carvings in the style of the Renaissance embellish t...
Wood, Oak
Pair of 19th Century Italian Hand Carved Angel Cherub Sconces
Located in Chicago, IL
These excellently hand-carved wooden 19th Century Italian angel cherub sconces were done in the traditional Renaissance style. During the Renaissance period, cherub and angel figural...
Gold Leaf
Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis II, 1724
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724 Text on verso The measurement given is the paper size.
Paper
English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Halberd
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with simple wooden shaft and 34-inch iron ax top blade with tassels.
Iron
Italian Terracotta Classical Male Figure, circa 1900
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An elegant Italian terracotta sculpture of a classical youth, circa 1900. Finely modeled and beautifully proportioned, the figure stands in a graceful contrapposto pose, his gaze low...
Terracotta
European Renaissance Style Jewelry Box Steel and Golden Steel Key Blue Velvet
Located in Miami, FL
Middle age Gothic European Renaissance style for the jewelry box in steel with golden parts. We recognize middle age figures all around and on the top of the box and the renaissance architectural...
Steel
$1,240 / item
Sheraton Hall Table
Located in Annville, PA
We designed and produced this Sheraton Hall Table as a matching item to sell along with our ever popular NSI087 Sheraton style stand. Equally well loved in...
Mahogany
$8,316Sale Price|20% Off
Carved Oak Renaissance Trestle Dining Table
Located in Evergreen, CO
Created with excellent craftsmanship and solid construction in Europe during the late-19th century, this oak dining table is adorned with an array of extraordinary carvings. Four fie...
Oak
Antique Italian Renaissance Figural Bird & Lion Carved Walnut Throne Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance Figural Bird & Lion Carved Walnut Throne Arm Chair. Item features a high back, solid carved walnut frame with bird crest, pierce carved acanthus leaves th...
Walnut
Display cabinet, France, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Display cabinet, France, circa 1870. Very good condition, after professional renovation. Wood: walnut dimensions: height 175 cm width 125 cm depth 48 cm
Walnut
Original Antique Print After Juriaen Jacobsz " Wild Boar Hunt ". C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Jacobsz Fine steel engraving. Published by A.H. Payne C.1850 Unframed.
Paper
Italian Renaissance Madonna & Child Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (modern) oil painting of Madonna & Child in antique gold carved frame
Paint
$18,000 / set
Italian Renaissance Style Triptych
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style Set of three gilt icon wall plaque with swirl columns and religious figures.
Wood
Antique Gothic Renaissance Wrought Iron Stretcher Base Potting Side Table (A)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique Italian Gothic Renaissance Wrought Iron Stretcher Base Potting Side Table (A)...
Wrought Iron
Madonna Della Sedia Antique Framed Hand-Painted Portrait on Porcelain
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This finely executed portrait is unsigned and presumed to have originated from Italy and date to approximately 1900 and done in a Renaissance style. The portrait is hand-painted on a...
Metal
Circa 1880 Italian Walnut and Maple Renaissance Style Center Table, Todi, Umbria
Located in Dallas, TX
An amazing piece of Italian furniture dating to circa 1880, this Renaissance-style center table has been hand-carved in walnut and maple woods in Todi (a town within the region of Um...
Wood, Maple, Walnut
Decorative Side Table with Dragon Base and Engraved Top
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
A charming oriental-style side table featuring a carved base with details of dragons and mythological figures. The round top is finished with a decorative frame and features a glass ...
Glass, Resin
Impressive large medallion plate enamel bronze mythology Renaissance style Spain
Located in Wien, AT
A true masterpiece, by Bronzes Artisticos Espana, a wall plate, richly decorated over and over with mythological szenes and glass stones and procelain cartridges. This large medalli...
Metal, Copper, Enamel
19th Century Spanish Baroque Style Oak Library Table or Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome oak library piece that can be used as a desk or Work table. Made of oak having carved gadrooned edges. A stretcher made of iron. Carved on all sides and five drawers ox bow ...
Oak
Antique French Neoclassical Gold Figural Gesso Large 76x54 Trumeau Floor Mirror
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Neoclassical Gold Figural Gesso Large 76x54 Trumeau Floor Mirror. Item features a large impressive size, gold gilt gesso figural details, maiden faces, urns and wreath...
Gesso, Glass
Antique French Octagon Sofa Table Carved Oak Barley Twist Louis XIII Renaissance
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Octagon sofa table carved oak Barley Twist Louis XIII Renaissance. Direct from France, a fabulous antique French octagon table, with im...
Oak
$8,760 / item
Tramonto Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Precious octagonal Venetian mirror, made in the strictest Murano tradition. Finely hand-engraved on antiqued elements, the Tramonto wall mirror is assembled with numerous floral elem...
Glass
19th Century Renaissance Style Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Renaissance style chair. Handsome antique Continental Renaissance style or Gothic style walnut Savonarola chair, throne chair, si...
Suede, Fabric, Walnut
Antique-patinated Wall fountain, 21st Century
Located in Greding, DE
Wall fountain made of hand-chiseled, antique-patinated natural stone with a large rectangular basin. The simple back panel with subtly profiled side elements and a central spout comb...
Stone
15th Century Italian Renaissance Bronze Medallion
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Renaissance bronze medallion made by Master IOFF in the mid 15th century, showing the mythological scene of Ariadne on Naxos. Made in the mid-15th ...
Bronze
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.
Walnut
Antique Marquetry Inlaid Scenic Tarsia Panel of Raffigurante "Il Carro Dell'Auro
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Marquetry Inlaid Scenic Tarsia Panel of Raffigurante "Il Carro Dell'Aurora"
Wood
Antique French Renaissance Ornate Carved Walnut Bookcase Cabinet, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional monumental antique French Renaissance bookcase cabinet In the manner of R.J. Horner & Co. France, Circa 1900 Ornate carved walnut with female busts, faces, and foli...
Glass, Walnut
Antique French Carved Oak Corner Arm Chair Renaissance Louis XIV style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak corner arm chair Renaissance Louis XIV style ~Direct from France~ ~Beautiful carving throughout this versatile antique Fren...
Oak
Medieval Iron Pauldron (shoulder Armor) C. 1480–1520
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Medieval Iron Pauldron (shoulder Armor) C. 1480–1520" Late Medieval Iron Spaulder (Shoulder Defence) with Brass Edge & Rotating Button, c. 1480–1520 Authentic-looking late medieval...
Brass, Iron
Antique French Carved Oak Sofa Side Table Petite Desk Renaissance Gothic
Located in Shreveport, LA
19th century French Carved Oak Dolphin Library Table Petite Desk Renaissance. Direct from France, an elegant, and petite, antique French carved sofa...
Oak
Tuscan Terra Cotta Planter on Hand-Carved Limestone Base, Italy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Tuscan round terra cotta planter is full of extremely intricate details and mounted onto a hand-carved limestone base. This typical Renaissance-style urn includes shields, masks, and stags. This terra cotta garden planter...
Terracotta
Pair Renaissance Style Plaster Figural Wall Mounts Sculptures
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair Renaissance Style Plaster Figural Wall Mounts Sculptures, manufactured from plaster with a faux bronze patina finish. Measure 5.5" in width, 3.5" in depth and and stand 22" tal...
Plaster