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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
Green & Gold Stardust Salviati Murano Glass Liqueur Goblet, Vintage Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A single beautiful liqueur glass made in Murano Italy. Very good vintage condition, consistent with age and use. A nice addition to any table, bar or just to display in your collecti...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture

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Blown Glass

Blue Red Gold Stardust Salviati Murano Glass Liqueur Goblet, Vintage Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A single beautiful liqueur glass made in Murano Italy. Very good vintage condition, consistent with age and use. A nice addition to any table, bar or just to display in your collecti...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Blown Glass

Italian Renaissance Walnut Savonarola Loveseat
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style carved walnut Savonarola style loveseat with carved heads, 19th-20th century.
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Walnut

PETITE Antique French Octagon Center Side TABLE Side End Renaissance Carved Oak
Located in Shreveport, LA
PETITE Antique French Octagon Center Side TABLE Side End Renaissance Carved Oak. Direct from France, this SUPER PETITE size octagon table, ornately adorned, just like the full-size ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Oak

Venetian Lantern with Multi Color Murano Glass , Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century Italian wrought iron lantern with its multicolored stained round glass. Each disk is unique, hand blown and hand colored probably originated from the Venetian islan...
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1890s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Italian Renaissance Style Fruit Still Life
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (20th Cent) gilt framed oil still life painting of fruit, jug, and basket
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20th Century Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Brass

16th Century Venetian Silk Velvet Cover
Located in Canterbury, GB
A Very Rare Venetian Velvet Cover Cut and uncut voided silk velvet in green on a light gold ground The pattern is a lattice of Leaf motifs, with the diamond shaped openings contain...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Silk

Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Black Iron Gates
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style (19th Century) black painted iron scroll design gates with serpents (PRICED AS Pair).
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Antique mid 18th century Dutch Renaissance solid oak single door cupboard
Located in Casteren, NL
Introducing an exceptional antique Dutch cabinet that epitomizes 18th-century craftsmanship. Dating back to around 1750, this meticulously crafte...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Steel

Italian Renaissance Style Wrought Iron Wishing Stone Well Head and Base
Located in Rome, IT
A fine Italian carved limestone and wrought iron wishing well head from the Veneto area. Great decoration for your garden. It may also be used as a...
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20th Century European Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Limestone

Set of an Italian Renaissance Walnut Armchair and Pair of Chairs
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This stunning set of an armchair and a pair of chairs is all made in solid walnut. This is an Italian Renaissance work. 17th century.
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Early 1700s French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Exceptionel Bookcase Forming Desk, by G. Grohé, France, Circa 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Exceptional neo Renaissance bookcase forming desk. This monumental piece consists in a lower part forming drop-front desk supported by two pillars with drawers. The lateral parts each open with a moulded door. The bookcase occupies the upper part, opening by four windows...
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1860s French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Wood

Country Estate Four Drawer File
Located in Annville, PA
A highly functional and decorative piece this Country Estate Four Drawer File cabinet from Niagara Furniture is made with fine quality burled wood. The top of the cabinet is covered ...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Leather, Wood

19th Century Italian Frame in Renaissance Style Wood Marquetry.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
19th century Italian frame in Renaissance style wood marquetry. 19th century Italian Renaissance style wood marquetry frame. Frame: H: 25.5cm, W: 20cm, D: 1cm Interior view: H: 14,8...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Wood

16th Century Venetian Renaissance Silk Velvet Valance
Located in Canterbury, GB
A Renaissance Bed Valance Spain or Italy 16th century From a set of bed hangings originally part of the decor from a castle in France A long impressive ...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Metallic Thread

Heavily Carved Renaissance Style Figural Salon Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A heavily carved salon table egg and dart carved edge trim, carved apron with arched frieze with masks. The table supported by four detailed figural supports conjoined with an elabor...
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Wood

Antique Henry II Carved Walnut Leather Nailhead Accent Chair w Heraldic Crest
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Henry II style dining side chair, circa 1880s. Made from walnut with an embossed leather back featuring a heraldic winged griffon / lion crest. The lower back of the chair sh...
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1880s Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Leather, Walnut

19th Century French Renaissance Hunt Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Renaissance Hunt Buffet is a magnificent example of the breed, stretching seven and a half feet wide but with rounded sides...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Oak

16th Century French Renaissance Period 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
16th Century French Renaissance period fireback with the Arms of France. Coat of arms of the house of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe....
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Iron

Ecclesiastic Embroidery St. Peter Circa 1600
Located in Canterbury, GB
A truly exquisite ecclesiastical panel. Spanish or Italian Featuring a late 16th Century central roundel depicting a half length figure of St Peter worked in silk and metallic threa...
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Metallic Thread

Renaissance-Inspired 4-Panel Gilded Screen with Raised Architectural Design
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Renaissance inspired four-panel gilded screen with Roman arches. Transform your living space into a haven of historical artistry with this four-panel folding screen, an exquisite h...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Gesso, Wood

19th Century French Gien Faience Platter
By Gien
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Gien faience decorative charger or shallow bowl, hand-painted in orange, green and light blue on cobalt blue ground with Renaissance style imagery including a c...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Faience

Antique 17th century Dutch Renaissance two-door warm brown and black 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-door cabinet over ebo...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Ebony, Oak, Rosewood

Rare Renaissance Cabinet Richly Carved
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This rare Renaissance cabinet is richly decorated on the doors and drawers with carvings depicting the four seasons, and on the uprights and the entablature, alternating flower bouquets inlaid with mother of pearl. This is a beautifully conceived piece of furniture, representing a crowned portico with its entablature and cornice. The upper body Articulated separately in a ternary rhythm, as with the lower body, the upper part opens with two carved doors. The doors are framed by both the lateral uprights and the casing. There are cartouches carved into the casing in which mythological figures are depicted with flower bouquets. On the doors: On the right: Spring, a female figure crowned with a wreath of leaves, holding a basket full of flowers. She is wearing necklaces and bracelets on each arm, with drapery discretely wrapped around her body and is standing on a winged putti’s head. On each side are depicted a tree and a village with a steepled church. Above her head floats the three signs of the zodiac corresponding to the season: Aries, Taurus and Gemini. On the left: Summer, a bearded man crowned with ears of corn and bearing armfuls of corn. He is standing on a similar winged putti, flanked by a tree and an ear of corn. The following three signs of the zodiac appear: Cancer, Leo and Virgo. On the uprights and the central casing a number of smaller figures seem to represent virtues and vices that newly wedded couples should aspire to and avoid. On each side, at the bottom of the uprights, there is a dog representing fidelity. Above, a lion embodies power, wisdom, and justice. In between, on the left upright, there is a figure of noncombatant Athena wearing a helmet and holding a spear, an arrow pointing down and in her left hand, a shield, symbol of protective power. On the right upright, the goddess Venus controls the arrow of Cupid. The iconography here acts as a clear reminder of the required virtues that both parts of a young couple need to fulfill: fidelity, power, wisdom and justice. For him, the goddess Athena focuses on the power. Whereas for her, it is Venus who shows how to control Cupid’s arrow. On the central casing at the bottom, by way of contrast, there is a peacock, a symbol of pride and at the top, a monkey representing lust and mischief. In between, a woman holding a chain and a cup full of precious stones while on the floor sits a half empty opened casket. This can be interpreted as a symbol of extravagance. Above, the entablature, decorated with male figures resting on leaking urns, may symbolize the passing of time. They are flanked by two consoles decorated with acanthus leaves and separated by flower bouquets (inlaid with mother of pearl). Finally on top, a cornice acts as a crown for the piece of furniture. The lower body The moulded base stands on four round, flattened feet. Represented on the doors: On the left: Autumn, a stocky, naked man crowned with vine leaves, holding fruits in his right hand and with his left, picking a bunch of grapes from a climbing vine. Standing on a mound, he is surrounded by a vine and a hill, at the foot of which a man presses the grapes in a big vat after the harvest. Above the climbing vine appear the signs of Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius. On the right: Winter, an elderly man wearing a fur cloak...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Walnut

17th Century Spanish Baroque Savoy Hand Carved Chest Trunk
Located in Miami, FL
Nice 17th century chest in brown chesnut. Hand carved facade panel with geometrics decorations. Plinth with brace decorations, dovetail assembly with wrought iron wardware. Add a re...
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Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Iron

A 20th Century Architectural Wooden Model of a Renaissance Baptistry / Church
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely rendered octagonal sided wooden model of a Renaissance Baptistry or Church of very good proportions & scale, showing distinctive Islamic influences as observed in the eight ...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Walnut, Plywood

Italian Alabaster Figure of The Medici Lion, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Italian Alabaster Figure of the Medici Lion Late 19th century Italian carved alabaster 'Grand Tour' souvenir sculpture, after the antique, "The Medici Lion". Carved alabaster mode...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Alabaster

Antique Venetian Style Figural Floor Lamp
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Venetian Style Figural Floor Lamp.
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1930s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Giltwood

Monumental Pair Maitland Smith Hand Painted Neoclassical Eglomise Art Panels 80"
Located in Dayton, OH
A very large and impressive vintage pair of Maitland Smith hand painted art panels featuring a French Neoclassical / Renaissance eglomise style mo...
Category

Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

English Renaissance Oak Sideboard
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style (19th Century) oak carved sideboard cabinet with 4 Wainscot paneled doors and fluted top molding.
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19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Oak

Early English Style Round Extension Dining Table 78
Located in Westwood, NJ
An antiqued wood circular extending dining table, the circular top of parquetry panels with six pull-out sections revealing self-storing fold-out leaves, above four baluster turned s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Wood

Antique 17th Century Carved Oak Dutch Renaissance Maids Chest
Located in Casteren, NL
This solid oak carved chest was made in the Netherlands during the Renaissance period. It was made in the finest quality oak and high quality carving. The carvings are deep and met...
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Iron

Vintage Round Italian Colorful Hand Painted Ceramic Majolica Fruit Platter
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A colorful jewel toned polychrome majolica platter decorated with various embossed fruits such as peaches, grapes, tomatoes, pears and various green foliage. It has been hand painted...
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20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Painted Antique Renaissance Style French Bibliotheque Deux Corps
Located in Dallas, TX
This fabulous parcel paint bibliotheque or buffet a deux corps from Southwest France was created in the 19th Century, largely with 17th Century elements. The large variety motifs whi...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Glass, Oak

Antique Venetian Renaissance Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan 1401-1465 Oil on Canvas
Located in Doha, QA
Ludovico Trevisan (November 1401 Venice, Italy - 22nd of March 1465) was an Italian Catholic prelate, who was the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Patriarch of Aquileia and Capta...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Canvas

Gioia Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Classic shaped Venetian mirror, made in the most rigorous Murano tradition. Finely hand-engraved on all elements, it is assembled with numerous floral elements in multicolored crysta...
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2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Glass

Leather Regency Chair
Located in Annville, PA
The Niagara Furniture Leather Regency Chair is upholstered using only genuine full gran leather and accented with brass nail trim. This Regency s...
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2010s Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Important 16th Century Renaissance Florentine Drop Front Desk Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
An Italian Florentine Renaissance Carved Burl Walnut Fall-Front Writing Cabinet, Circa 1560, 16th century From the Davanzatti Palace Museum in Florence Height: 59 inches x 36 inches ...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Iron

Monumental Hunt Cabinet 19th century carved oak Black Forest French Renaissance
By Alexander Roux
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Rare monumental Hunt style Renaissance Revival cabinet by Alexander Roux 1870 museum quality piece. Carved out of solid oak with numerous rich details...
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1860s American Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Glass, Oak

16th Century French Carved Renaissance Cabinet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Rare carved Renaissance cabinet Period : 2nd half 16th century, ca. 1570 Origin : France, Burgundy or Languedoc This cabinet embody the produ...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Prie-Dieu or Oratory in Walnut and Burl Walnut, circa 1600
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant oratory or prieu dieu (prayer Kneeler) in walnut and burr walnut from northern Italy circa 1600 Very beautiful Italian Renaissance furniture...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Rosette Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Precious Venetian mirror made in the strictest Murano tradition. Finely hand-engraved on the corner elements, it is assembled with numerous floral elements in crystal and pink handma...
Category

2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Crystal, Gold

Large Antique Italian Majolica Platter, Bacchus and Ariadne
Located in Dallas, TX
At over two feet in diameter, this stunning majolica platter or charger, is particularly large. The painted scene painted was taken from a ceiling fresco known as the Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne...
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1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Majolica

19th Century Italian Oil Painting on Four Panel Folding Screen
Located in Nashville, TN
Late 19th century Italian screen with a gorgeous oil painting of floral scene. The oil paint colors are vibrant and in good condition. The frame is made of canvas over a wooden frame...
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1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Canvas

Italian Renaissance Madonna and Child Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) gilt framed oil painting of Madonna and child with 3 attendants.
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Paint

18th Century Italian Maiolica Blue and White Alborello Pharmacy Jar #2
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Italian Majolica Albarello Pharmacy Jar. Jar is in a cylindrical shape with flared rim and foot. Jar features blue and white pattern with the word "Charitas" in an oval ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Maiolica

Large Pair of Bronze Lion Sculptures
Located in London, GB
A Magnificent Pair of Bronze Lions Renaissance Manner Lovely Verdis Gris Patina Late C20th
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Late 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Bronze

French Renaissance Style Library Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine French Renaissance walnut carved library table. This elaborately carved table is a wonderful homage to the early European craftsman. The Fine table is decorated with carvi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Tradision Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Venetian mirror made in the strictest Murano tradition with a crest and frame carefully engraved by hand. All assembled with gold crystal elements handmade in the Murano furnaces. Wo...
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2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Glass

17th Century Armchair
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Great 17th century walnut armchair from the Louis XIII period. The proportions and turning quality are exemplary and are complimented with...
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17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Vintage John Stuart Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
A Vintage Vintage John Stuart Sideboard with serpentine front brought to you by Niagara Furniture. This sideboard is in great original condition and the top has recently been restore...
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Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Mahogany

Italian Gilt Grotto Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
An unusual Grotto table, the rounded 'D' shaped flame mahogany and rosewood crossbanded top above a gilt metal cast base of a giant clamshell supported by...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Aluminum

Italian Walnut Renaissance Style Side Table with Carved Griffin Legs, Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An Italian Renaissance style side table, of carved walnut, having a rectangular marble top, in molded frame, raised on legs hand-carved as griffins, joi...
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Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Marble

Strongbox Safe Chest Iron Painted Armada 12 bolt lock Nuremberg Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, small, late-Renaissance, Nuremberg, iron, 'armada box', strongbox or travelling safe with its original, naïve, painted decoration on later sledge feet...
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Early 1600s German Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Iron

French Renaissance Carved Oak Sideboard, 18th Century
Located in Paris, IDF
This piece is a brown oak French Renaissance sideboard that dates from the 1700s. It’s made from solid oak and the ornate designs have bee...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Metal

Antique French Bookcase Cabinet Carved Oak Black Forest Renaissance Glass
Located in Shreveport, LA
Superb 19th century Antique French Dark Oak “Hunt Cabinet”, Bookcase, Vitrine or Display Cabinet! Direct from France, and one of several exquisite glass door bookcase/cabinets from...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Glass, Oak

19th Century French Octagonal Lantern in Black Patinated Hand Carved Iron
Located in Sofia, BG
Octagonal lantern in black hand patinated and hand carved iron, in the style of the Renaissance made in France in late 19th century. The piece is in good authentic condition with on...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Iron

Pair of Italian Renaissance Wrought Iron Benches
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style (1940s) black painted wrought iron benches with cross form "X" legs with a stretcher having a round medallion supporting an open woven saddle seat (...
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Early 20th Century Italian 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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