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
Spanish Azulejo Tile Arista y Cuenca - Toledo 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Early Arista y cuenca tile made in Toledo. Tile decorated in renaissance with stylized flowers was probably made between 1550 and 1575.
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Antique French Hall Bench Settle Renaissance Carved Oak Cherub Black Forest 1880
Located in Shreveport, LA
19th century French Hall Bench Settle Renaissance Carved Oak Cherub Black Forest.
Direct from France, a beautiful antique French hall bench, large enoug...
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Renaissance Style Carved and Gilded Walnut Pier Mirror and Console Table
Located in Miami, FL
20th century fine Renaissance carved and gilded walnut pier mirror frame and console table with beautiful original patina
Mirror measurements:
Width 45.66in
Height 57.87in
Dept...
Category
Early 20th Century European Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Antique Print of St John The Evangelist After Domenichino. Circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Domenichino
Fine Steel engraving.
Published by Tallis, London, circa 1850
Unframed.
Category
1850s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Late 18th-Early 19th C. Venetian Tapestry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 18th- early 19th century framed silk embroidered tapestry in a stunning blend of intricate design and rich colors that will enhance any de...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silk
Pair of Authentic Mariano Fortuny Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of pillows featuring a Fortuny fabric, known for their luxurious, hand-printed designs with a distinctive Venetian style. It is one of Fortuny's classic styles that often showc...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Cotton
19th Century Barely Twist Butternut Arm Chair with Carved Lions Heads
Located in Louisville, KY
A chair like this doesn't come along everyday. With its unique white walnut barley twist frame and arms that terminate at the hand rest with hand-carved resting lions, this piece is ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Savonarola Folding Chair circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Renaissance style walnut Savonarola folding chair from circa 1900 with lion paw feet. This Italian Renaissance style Savonarola chair, dating back to circa 1900, is a sple...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Late 17th C. Tuscan Walnut Console Table, Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Late 17th C. Tuscan Walnut 5 - Drawer Console Table, Italy
H: 32.25 D: 28.75 L: 105.5 in.
(This table, the cabinet, and the Demi lunes are from the same house and have always been...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Large 18th Century, Italian or French White Marble Mortar Phenomenal Patina
Located in Atlanta, GA
Likely Italian or French, 18th century.
An impressive and large mortar carved from a single block of white marble. Showing phenomenal antique patina - this piece was heavily used du...
Category
18th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Mona Lisa Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting titled "Mona Lisa"
Category
Late 20th Century American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
Wood Low-Relief Depicting a Werewolf and Saint George
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Exceptional polychrome wood low-relief depicting a werewolf and saint george after a woodcut by lucas cranach (“DER WERWOLF” 1512)
Provenance :
collection Brimo de Laroussihle
colle...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Rare and Important Renaissance "Judaica" Carved Oak Wood Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Important Renaissance "Judaica" Carved Oak Wood Cabinet, circa 1680
We are pleased to present a rare and important Renaissance Judaica c...
Category
17th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Renaissance Revival Oak Carved Hunt Bookcase Display Cabinet 97"
Located in Dayton, OH
Exceptional Antique 19th Century Renaissance Revival Hunt Cabinet. Hand carved from oak with a large upper display portion that opens to three adjustable shelves. Door frames are neatly carved and flanked by meticulously carved outer stiles with figural ringed lion spandrels over a fruit and foliate motif. Crown is centered by a shell and scrolled foliate cartouche set between acanthus motif and French medallions.
The base of the cabinet has two hand dovetailed drawers with figural carved gargoyle...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
Renaissance style chest, France, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Renaissance style chest, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
dimensions height 190 cm width 145 cm depth 55 cm
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 19th Century Antique Italian Savonarola Campaign Armchairs in Mahogany
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An incredible pair of Savonarola chairs from Italy circa 1890's. They feature heavy solid wood construction with great hand painted detailing. Upholstery was redone some years back, ...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Italian Renaissance Fruit Still Life
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style still life of fruit with gold serving pieces displayed in front of a green drape in a gilt carved frame
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
Italian School, Madonna Of Divine Love, On Panel, 17th/18th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Italian school 17th / 18th century: oil on framed panel, representing The Virgin and Child Jesus, accompanied by Saint Elizabeth and John the Baptist as a child, in the foreground
A...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
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 Faience Wine Cooler or Jardiniere. French 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful pottery wine cooler
Hand painted decoration
Factory mark on the underside ( not identified )
Condition commensurate with the age of the piece. A few minor chips seen in ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Italian Renaissance Style Art Deco MidCentury Carved Walnut Burl Dry Bar Cabinet
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant Italian Renaissance style drinks dry bar cabinet with beautiful carved walnut wood, slant central door and nicely shaped bottom pedestal stand. The piece has all around ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Monumental 'Excalibur Sword' Garden Statue, England, 1900s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental 'Excalibur Sword' Garden Statue
England, Circa 1900s
This monumental “Excalibur Sword” garden statue, imported from the UK in the 1970s, is a truly extraordinary Renai...
Category
Early 20th Century English Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone, Bronze, Steel
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 ...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Gothic Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Dragon Griffin Sideboard Buffet Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gothic Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Dragon Griffin Sideboard Buffet Cabinet. Item features two-part construction with ornate carvings throughout including dragons/griffins and f...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
16th Century Oil Painting of Emperor Frederic III by School of Hans Burgkmair
Located in London, GB
16th Century Oil Painting of Holy Roman Emperor Frederic III, Antique Religious Oil Painting, Antique Royal King Oil Painting, Hans Burgkmair the older.
16th Century Oil Painting on board of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederic III by circle or school of Hans Burgkmair the older (1473 - 1531).
Portrait of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederic III. (1415 – 1493).
Oil on wooden panel. Described top right.
In later attractive European gilt frame with black & gilt inner decoration, circa 18th Century.
Hans Burgkmair was a German woodcut...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Italian Renaissance Library Table in Carved Walnut, 17th C. and Later
Located in Dallas, TX
Measuring over 7.5 feet long, this handsome Italian library table could function as a console or large desk. Originally hand-carved from walnut, the table has some elements that are ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
Alabaster and Marble Bust of Saint Clare of Assisi
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an alabaster and marble bust of Saint Clare of Assisi. It depicts a young lady head/face covered with a cloak. She is looking down, very peacefully...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Hickory Chair Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a vintage Hickory Chair Sideboard in excellent condition with the topd having been recently French Polished to give it ...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
16th Century Italian Pair of Antique Corinthian Capitals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Italian pair of Corinthian Capitals from the Renaissance period, hand carved in limestone. Minor fading, scratches due to age. Wear consistent with age and use. Circa 1500...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Limestone
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...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Mahogany Writing Table Green Leather
Located in Annville, PA
An elegant Mahogany Writing Table Green Leather by Niagara Furniture which is a perfect fit for use either at home or in the offic...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Large Drum Table
Located in Annville, PA
This Large Drum Table from Niagara Furniture was inspired by large rent tables used in England in the 18th Century to help organize large estates. This for...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Devotional plaque with Saint Jerome. Bronze. Spanish school, 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque with Saint Jerome. Bronze. Spanish school, 16th century.
Rectangular devotional plaque made of bronze, with a frame and a ring at the top and a figurative decorati...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Round Mahogany Table with Reeded Edge
Located in Annville, PA
A high quality, Round Mahogany Table with Reeded Edge produced by Niagara Furniture. Beautifully shaped and banded top surrounded by sapele veneers, the entire table supported by thr...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
15th Century Ferronerie Silk Velvet
Located in Canterbury, GB
The Olive green silk velvet of Ferronerie design
Dating from 15th century.
With stylised pomegranate motifs.
Renaissance possibly Florence
Consisting of two joined panels.
The ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Small Mahogany Banded Console
Located in Annville, PA
A high quality Small Mahogany Banded Console table from Niagara Furniture which makes elaborate use of hand cut inlays. The mahogany top is banded with satinwood, the four legs at th...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
16th Century Italian Renaissance Cabinet in walnut with rich carvings
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Italy / 16th Century / Cabinet / walnut / Renaissance / Antique
Rare 16th Century Italian Renaissance cabinet in walnut with hand carved decorations of 3 heads and floral patterns f...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Mahogany Secretary Desk
Located in Annville, PA
This Mahogany Secretary Desk from Niagara Furniture has all the outstanding qualities of an antique original. Made of select mahogany solids and maho...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Renaissance Deeply Carved Walnut Hunt Cupboard, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Renaissance deeply carved walnut court cupboard with gallery, scroll, gadroon, pyramidal, foliate and nut decoration, 19th century
Measures: 87" H x 56.25" W x 22" D....
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Limestone Italian Garden Planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An Italian Renaissance-style garden planter or basin in hand-carved limestone with a centered shell and scrolls on either side. It has a heavy top rim and bevels on the bottom. Minor...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Antique Continental Renaissance Church Lavabo
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent medieval Renaissance period architectural holy water font lavabo. Born in a Christian church in Continental Europe during the middle ages, likely Italian 16th or 17th century, exquisitely hand-crafted by a highly skilled artisan, with exceptional craftsmanship, ornate and finely detailed, the rare and one of a kind forged bronze and brass upper presenting with gothic shaped palm frond back, domed lid with tall finial decorated in relief, the fountain reservoir is decorated with central mounted Star of Bethlehem four pointed pentagram star embellishment as well as other applied ormolu adornments, a narrow elongated spigot with valve dispenses the holy water below.
A later gilt brass stoop catches the water, the nicely styled, demilune shaped wall mounted antique...
Category
17th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Long Mahogany Console
Located in Annville, PA
An outstanding, high quality Long Mahogany Console by Niagara Furniture. The Long Mahogany Console with Brass Gallery also makes elaborate use of inlays, carvings and trim. The mahog...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Spanish Moorish Mudejar Tile, Arista y Cuenca - Sevilla 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Rare late 15th or early 16th century Mudejar tile of the so-called ‘Arista’ technique with intricate geometric decoration.
Good condition; some chipping to the edges, some wear to ...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Clay, Maiolica
Spanish Azulejo Tile Arista y Cuenca - Toledo 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Early Arista y cuenca tile fragment made in Toledo. Tile decorated in renaissance with stylized flowers was probably made between 1550 and 1575.
Losses and wear.
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Leather Swan Arm Chair
Located in Annville, PA
This high end Leather Swan Arm Chair from Niagara Furniture is impressive with solid mahogany hand carved details as well as the full grain genuine leather upholstery. A great designer look with a solid and comfortable frame. Inspired by an antique chair...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Chess Board, Chess Game Red Jasper, Marble
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver bi-color chessboard and chess game in "Florence" style.
The chessboard is in molten silver with red jasper and white color marble
The work was engraved with the anc...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Sterling Silver
Italian Renaissance Star of David Book Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style rass filigree religious book stand with Star of David and 7 candleholders (19th Cent.)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique 16th Century Florentine carved Jesus Christ with Shroud in Glas Display
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely outstanding and extremely expressive sculpture of Crucified Jesus Christ in carved polychrome wood, on the background of a 16th century Silk Florentine fine fab...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold
Theodore Alexander 16th Century Style German Hammered Bronze Suit Armour Knight
Located in Dayton, OH
Theodore Alexander Medieval Suit of Armour. Styled after an original 16th Century German suit that sold at auction for well over $50,000. Retai...
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Cabinet Confiturier
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This buffet confiturier is in the style of Henri II, rich in carvings. Buffet confiturier means a cabinet with 1 door that was in the 19th century generally used in the kitchen.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Allegory of Africa - 16th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Flemish school of the 16th century
Allegory of Africa
After The Allegories of the Continents by Maerten de Vos (engraving by Adriaen Collaert)
Oil on copper
Inscription: "Giulio Ro...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Copper
16th Century Stone Classical Roman Style Torso
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A wonderful 16th century draped female torso in classical style. Made in France under Italian Renaissance influence this female torso is finely sculpted with great detail to the stol...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Sandstone
Mahogany Executive Desk
Located in Annville, PA
Ideal for use either at work or in a home office the Niagara Furniture Mahogany Executive Desk with a tooled leather top is both beautiful and functional. Built in three sections for...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 16th Century Silk Tapestry Borders from Brussels, H-98.75 Inches
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful pair of tapestry fragments, hand-woven in Brussels during the 1500s. At roughly 99 inches (over 8 feet) long, the fragments were, originally, vertical borders to a large ...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silk
French Point de Loiselles Tapestry Le Jardin De Bagatelle
Located in Winter Park, FL
A large French Point de Loiselle Renaissance style tapestry, or wall hanging, entitled "Le Jardin de Bagatelle" after a fresco over a fireplace at the Château de Fontainebleau near P...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Antique Wrought Iron Signage Bracket
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique wrought iron bracket is decorated with curls and a spear-like tip. Holes on the side bar can be used to secure to the side of...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought 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 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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