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
Louis XIV Fruitwood Casket, Attributed to César Bagard
By Cesar Bagard
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Carved overall with arabesques and scrolls, the lid centering a crowned armorial.
César Bagard was born in Nancy in 1620. Most of the work known to have been carved by him was comp...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
17th Century Architectural Monumental Italian Corinthian Columns on Pedestals
Located in Dallas, TX
Over three centuries in age and hailing from Italy, this exquisite pair of Corinthian columns has been handcrafted and conscientiously rendered as pure representations the original a...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Italian Renaissance Wrought Iron Arm Wall Brackets
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style (19th Century) wrought iron arm, hand, and shoulder wall brackets (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Northern Italian Walnut Table
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Northern Italian walnut table.
Handsome 19th century Italian walnut table with beautiful carving. This versatile Italian table is from th...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Renaissance Style Halbert Spear and Mirror Hatrack
Located in New York, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19/20th Century) hatrack with halbert spear design sides and large centered mirror over a shelf covered with a red damask.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of French Renaissance style enamelled porcelain plaques
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Renaissance style enamelled porcelain plaques
French, c. 1880
Frame: Height 32cm, width 22.5cm, depth 1.5cm
Plaque: Height 30cm, width 20.5cm, depth 0.5cm
These elega...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
An Italian Walnut & Veneer Credenza
Located in Sheffield, MA
An Italian Walnut & Veneer Credenza
18thcentury & later
The rectangular moulded top above two short panelled drawers with knob handles, and a pair of doors with rosette-car...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Italian Renaissance Style Mahogany Drop Leaf Dining Table
Located in New York, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) mahogany drop leaf dining table with spool legs and stretcher and inlaid geometric top
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th c., Renaissance Style, Northern Italian Chairs
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Pair of richly hand-carved armchairs with faces and foliate details. Covered in apple-green, Coraggio fabric.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Silk
Pair of Small Dutch Brass Andirons, 17th Century
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Busts of a queens on spreading mermaid legs, with turned vases on top.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of English Renaissance Style Brass Column Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Renaissance style (19/20th Century) brass column altar stick form table lamp with 3 rings and resting on triangular filigree base with claw feet (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Red Antique Turkish Ghiordes Rose Flower Rug
Located in New York, NY
An elegant floral Turkish Ghiordes rug with flower bouquets running through a strawberry red ground and tan border.
Measures: 3'10" x 5'4".
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wool
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
18th Century Spanish Walnut Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Spanish library or dining table with Circassian walnut top and turned legs, a original iron stretchers. Spain, 18th century.
Category
Early 18th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
17th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Trestle Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Stunning 17th century Italian Renaissance walnut center table. Table features a rectangular top above intricately cared frieze on wide carved end pieces, culminating in large paw fee...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Vintage English Renaissance Style Medici Urns
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Pair of vintage Renaissance style Medici composite stone campana urns with relief decoration and figural scene, with ram's head handles on a spiral pedestal base.
The history of the...
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone
Vintage Henredon Secretary Desk
Located in Annville, PA
A Vintage Henredon Secretary Desk brought to you by Niagara Furniture. This desk is impressive in both it’s design and scale. Made of beautiful...
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Small Mahogany Table
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a Vintage Small Mahogany Table. While petite and elegant this faithful antique reproduction produced by the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan is also stur...
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Theodore Alexander Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a massive Vintage Theodore Alexander Sideboard in excellent original, as found, condition.
Simple yet sophisticate...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Renaissance Style Giltwood Open Bookcase
Located in Bradenton, FL
Italian Renaissance giltwood open bookcase, 19th century with antique elements, the gilt and polychrome top with carved acanthus reserves above the three fixed shelves, conjoined by ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique 18th C Flemish Renaissance Scenic Tapestry
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique 18th C Flemish Renaissance Scenic Tapestry
Category
18th Century Scottish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Giltwood
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, probably made between 1550 and 1575.
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Italian Rare Antique Miniature Blanket Chest in Poplar
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare late 17th century Italian rustic miniature blanket chest in solid poplar wood. This miniature blanket chest is ideal for decorating your home and can be used to store your preci...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Poplar
Pair of Green Orsini Patterned Fortuny Pillows w/ Velvet Backs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning soft green Orsini Patterned Fortuny pillows, embodying the perfect marriage of luxury and comfort. These pillows feature the enchanting Orsini pattern, a design that draws ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Velvet, Down
Huge Antique Carved Oak Chest or Trunk from Spain, Late 1500s to Early 1600s
Located in Dallas, TX
A very unique find because of its great size and age, this huge oak chest or trunk was hand-carved in Spain in the late 1500s or early 1600s, making it a period High (or Late) Renais...
Category
Early 17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Oak
Antique Bronze Renaissance Style Desk Letter Rack
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Early 20th century French bronze letter rack, richly decorated with ornaments, scrolls and heads, in Renaissance style. Heavy quality bronze as well as very refined. Made in France, ...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Spanish Renaissance Style Hand Hewn Oak Table, Forged Iron Stretcher circa 1900
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This large Spanish Renaissance style oak dining table from the turn of the twentieth century features a hand forged iron trestle and a hand-hewn 1.75 inch thick top constructed of fo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Sofa in Green fabric with Wood Carvings from 1920s.
Located in Lejre, DK
Transport Yourself to Renaissance Opulence: 1920s Sofa in Luxurious Green Upholstery
Indulge in the grandeur of the Renaissance era with this exquisite so...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
RARE and AMAZING CHAISE VOYEUSE England Circa 1860 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
RARE and AMAZING CHAISE VOYEUSE England Circa 1860
in stained and carved oak decorated with two lions framing a phylactery, cambered legs with acanthus leaves and claw. Tapestry up...
Category
19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Contemporary French Tapestry La Foret De Clarmarais
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Flemish style tapestry, made in France, depicting a rustic creekside scene with foot bridge the background. The tapestry is in entitled La Foret De Clairmarias ( The ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Cotton
19thc Italian Renisance Wooden Desk/ Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
19thc Italian Renaissance Wooden Desk/Table measures. Wonderful carved legs with an extension in the middle connecting both legs together. Beautiful design trim all around. Single dr...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Spanish Leather Screen, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A Spanish leather screen from the 19th century.
Tooled leather panels with polychrome flowers and grapes in a diamond stamped gilt field; moun...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Rare 18th Century Italian Walnut Hall Console Cabinet or Sideboard
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Dimensions: H 41,3" / W 57,4" / D 19,7"
Full of character 18c Antique Italian Walnut Hall Console Cabinet feauturing massive top with a bold moul...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Coating
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 ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
19th Century Italian Antique Pair of Terracotta Glazed Garden Urns with Cherubs
Located in Encinitas, CA
This pair of antique Italian terracotta urns adorned with the timeless charm of cherub faces and grape vines. These unique pieces showcase the creativity and craftsmanship of Ancient...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
French Renaissance Carved Gilded Griffen Armchair & Ottoman Newly Upholstered
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Renaissance Carved & Gilded Figural Winged Griffen Arm Chair and Ottoman Newly Upholstered In Plush "Emerald" - Set of 2
Exquisite late 1800s French Renaissance Style...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Wood
French Painted & Upholstered Stool with X Base
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This fantastic stool is the perfect antique to dress up any space. Hand-crafted in France in the 19th century this stool has been recently upholstered in a soft black and white herri...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wool, Wood, Paint
Historic Sideboard, France, circa 1880
Located in Chorzów, PL
An antique sideboard from the late 19th century. Furniture preserved in very good condition.
Dimensions: height 236 cm / width 150 cm / depth 58 cm.
Category
1880s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Renaissance-Style Hall Bench with Marquetry Hunting Scenes
Located in Dallas, TX
an Italian Renaissance-style hall bench, highly carved frame of blackened / dark wood with inlaid satinwood and bone marquetry panels, various hunt scenes with hounds / dogs and nobl...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Satinwood
Antique Italian Walnut Burl Inlay Chess Games Side Table with Cabriole Legs
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful antique Italian solid walnut games side table with inlay chess game, central drawers and beveled edges over four beautiful walnut cabriole legs with inlay decorated wood an...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian, Valle d’ Aosta, Carved Oak Cassone with Iron Hardware, 16th/17th cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Of rectangular form with a hinged top with molded edges and decorated with iron straps and exterior lock, the case raised on large rectangular legs, the front legs carved with large ...
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Pair of 17th Century Renaissance Style Carved Panels from France
Located in Dallas, TX
These phenomenal hand-carved architectural panels date to the 1600s. They are completely carved in relief, and they are in the Renaissance style with motifs of scrolling rinceaux at ...
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Florentine Leather Casket, 16th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Florentine leather casket
Italy, Tuscany
16th century
leather, iron and wood.
Very rare boiled leather box incised on a wooden core; iron lock.
The central shield is divide...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of Two-Tone Brass Andirons in the Renaisance Style
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of two-tone brass andirons in the Renaisance style.
Category
Mid-20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Grand Wabi Sabi Perfect Imperfect 17th Century Chest
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Wonderful oak chest from the 17th century.
Superb patina, created over the centuries.
The box on the right of the interior has a double bottom what were they hiding here?
The box ...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Rare and Important Italian White Marble Bust Sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850
Located in New York, NY
Rare and important Italian white marble bust sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850.
A truly exceptionally carved marble relief of Holy Jesus Christ. ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Vintage Savonarola Style Folding Oak Bench With Arms
Located in Esperance, NY
Vintage Savonarola style folding oak bench with arms. The bench was custom made in the 1970s-1980s in farmingdale NY.
Category
1970s North American Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Exposition Monumental Masterpiece Breakfront Signed Besarel
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This monumental wonder is by far one of the finest pieces of exposition furniture on the market in our 50 years of collecting monumental museum furniture this is the best example of ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
17th Century, Charles i, Joined Oak Six-Leg Refectory Table, circa 1640
Located in Leominster, GB
With an impressive two-plank and end-cleated top, the front frieze rail carved with strapwork and with oak leaf and scroll-carved spandrels, the rear frieze rail with simple run-moul...
Category
17th Century British Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
French, Bronze Lamp by Achille Collas after Jean Goulon's Caryatids
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this French bronze réduction mécanique of Jean Goulon's caryatids at the Louvre. The bronze rests upon a black marble base and is topped by a candelabra wit...
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Late Renaissance Bronze Perseus, First Third of the 17th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Perseus (or Mars?)
Padua, first half of the 17th century
follower of Tiziano Aspetti (Padua, 1559 - Pisa, 1607)
bronze with dark patina
State of conservation: the dark patina cov...
Category
1620s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
1914 Lockwood Renaissance Iron Passage Orleans Door Set Done in Cast Iron
Located in New York, NY
Manufactured by Lockwood and featured in their 1914 catalog. It is part of the E-12200 Orleans style group. Each of the four main pieces in each set is made of lacquered cast iron. T...
Category
1910s American Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Sønderjysk Coffin Made In Oak With Carvings From 1760s
Located in Lejre, DK
The Sønderjysk oak coffin with carvings from around the 1760s is a rare and extraordinary artifact that offers a glimpse into the funerary customs of the past. Crafted from solid oak...
Category
1760s Danish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
19th century French Carved Oak Bookcase Hunt Cabinet Barley Twist Black Forest
Located in Shreveport, LA
19th century French Carved Oak Bookcase Hunt Cabinet Barley Twist Black Forest Hound.
Direct from France, an exceptional 19th century, hand carved ...
Category
1880s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
Important Set of 15 Dutch Delft Tiles with Fleur De Lis Design, 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
A set of 15 Dutch Delft tiles with Fleur de Lis or French Lily decoration.
The Netherlands.
Made circa 1600 - 1620.
An important en rare set of 15 tiles with on each the decorat...
Category
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Large Hand-Woven Renaissance-Style Wall Hanging Tapestry
Located in Germantown, MD
Tapestries LTD. Large hand woven Renaissance style wall hanging 55" x 78". Excellent condition. Tapestries LTD is one of the world top tapestries manufacturing companies and famous a...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Linen
19th Century Convertible Pair of Monk's Chair or End Table, Foldable Armchair
Located in Miami, FL
19th century convertible monk's chair is cleverly engineered to provide two uses. Seat back down, it's a table, seatback up it's an armchair. Sculpted from solid oak, it features carving on both sides of the tabletop or seatback so it's attractive no matter what mode it's in. An ingenious space-saver,
circa 1870s, in the manner of Stephen Hedges...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Oak
20th Spanish Chest of Drawers with Original Hardware and carved drawers
Located in Miami, FL
A museum quality, Spanish, Late-Renaissance, cedar enclosed chest of drawers with exceptional walnut and fruitwood with an architectural or façade front
This is the most sophisticat...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
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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