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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
Period: 19th Century
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
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1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Walnut

Italian 19th Century Renaissance White Glazed Porcelain Figural Group Sculpture
By Capodimonte, Carlo Ginori, Giambologna
Located in Firenze, IT
This compelling Italian 19th century white glazed porcelain sculpture depicts ‘The Rape of the Sabines’, after a monumental work by the Renaissance artist, Giambologna (1529-1608) th...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Porcelain

Italian Renaissance Style Brass Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style brass urn with center scroll & medallion and flair top (19/20th Cent.) (similar to #008526)
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Brass

Very Fine Gilt Bronze, Cloisonné Enamel and Porcelain Holy Water Stoup
Located in London, GB
A very fine gilt bronze, cloisonné enamel and porcelain holy water stoup French, late 19th century Measures: Height 54cm, width 34cm, depth 9cm This b...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Enamel, Ormolu

Italian Renaissance Style Lacquered Box
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) large black lacquered box with semi precious stones and bronze floral trim Antique condition.
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of Antique French Renaissance Style Bronze Candlesticks, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of small 19th century bronze candlesticks (“bougeoirs” in French) was crafted in the Renaissance style. The circular molded base...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Bronze

Italian Renaissance Walnut Armchair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance Savanarola style walnut armchair with gold velvet back and red and gold cut velvet seat, (19th century).
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

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...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Walnut

Framed Etching of Ornamental Candelabrum Base by Giovanni Piranesi
Located in Bradenton, FL
Framed etching of ornamental candelabrum base found in the courtyard of a church in Italy (Sant' Eustachio). Engraving by Italian artist Giovanni Piranesi (1720-1778). Black and whi...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Paper

Important Portuguese Table 19th Century in Rosewood
Located in Madrid, ES
PORTUGUESE BUFFET TABLE 19th Century of twisted and trembling in rosewood wood. Rectangular shaped top, framed by a shaky frieze, waist with two simulating drawers, 6 turned legs an...
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19th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Rosewood

Antique sideboard - chest of drawers, France, around 1820.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A centuries-old sideboard - chest of drawers with a Renaissance-style extension. Made at the beginning of the 19th century. Furniture - UNIQUE, richly decorated with carvings and rel...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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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...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Walnut

A Pair of Antique French Patinated Bronze Ewers with Bacchanalian Scenes
Located in Dallas, TX
These Renaissance style antique French patinated bronze ewers depict very busy and mischievous Bacchanalian putti at play. A cherub sits atop the handle holding an item in his hands....
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Bronze

Italian Designer, Renaissance, Large Wall Mirror, Oil Gilded, Carved Wood, 1890s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Over the Mantle or Wall Mirror, Oil Gilded, Italian Renaissance Style, Heavily Carved A once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire a monumental wall, console or over the mantle mirro...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Mirror, Wood

Antique Italian Serpentine Marble Pedestal
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Antique Italian Marble Pedestal A serpentine marble pedestal stand produced around 1880 with carved fish and foliate, age related wear with a few chips and losses as to be expected ...
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1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Marble

French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu centerpiece/urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu centerpiece/urn. This beautifully detailed urn is raised by a circular mottled and stepped...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Set of Six French Renaissance Dining Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful set of Six French Renaissance Dining Chairs chairs in oak wood from the end of the 19th century. These chairs rest on four fluted legs c...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Oak

Spanish Renaissance Style Dark Walnut Carved Buffet /Credenza
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional carving and quality make this piece a real prize. The wood and Construction are super. The finish is original in a rich dark walnut with a Medium luster. It has two doors that open to storage with one shelf. Two Drawers for flatware are under the buffet top...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Walnut

English Renaissance Style Oak 3-Fold Screen with Inlaid Design
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style (19th Century) oak 3 fold screen with diamond inlaid design.  
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Oak

Dutch Brass and Ebonized Wood Mirror
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Dutch Brass and Ebonized Wood Mirror. Mirror features an ebonized wood frame adorned with intricate gilt-brass appliques. The mirror showcases an elaborate crest of scro...
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19th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Brass

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.
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Antique Hand-Painted Porcelain Framed Plaque or Panel of Napoleon Bonaparte
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed hand painted porcelain panel is unsigned, but presumed to have been done in France in approximately 1850 in a Renaissance style. The panel is an iconic depiction o...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Framed Antique Chromolithograph - Uffizi Gallery Ceiling, Florence, Italy
Located in Morristown, NJ
Antique German architecture print on heavy paper showing an illustration of a portion of a ceiling painting in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, 16th centur...
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1890s German Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Set of 3 English Renaissance Leaded Glass Windows
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 3 English Renaissance style (19th Century) leaded glass window panels with diamond design and figure in center (PRICED AS SET).
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19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Wood, Glass

Italian Renaissance Walnut Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance Savonarola style walnut arm chair with gold velvet back and red and gold cut velvet seat. (19th cent).      
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Gold

French 19th Century Renaissance St. Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large scaled French 19th century Renaissance st. Wrought Iron chandelier. The eleven light chandelier has a bottom half round foliate decorated dome with a central bottom finial an...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Italian Renaissance Style 19th Century Stone Well Head
Located in Troy, NY
Italian Istrian stone well head from the Veneto area, elaborately carved and beautifully weathered. Renaissance style, late 19th century. The two featu...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Limestone

Wooden & Enameled Display Sideboard Attributed to H.A Fourdinois, France, c1867
Located in PARIS, FR
Important two-tiered sideboard attributed to H.A. Fourdinois made in natural and carved wood : the lower part made up of four panels, two concave ones and two doors, richly ornated with a polychrome enameled floral decoration and gilt bronze plaques. A large dual drawer is surmounted by the upper part of the sideboard, opening with two glazed doors, framed by detached columns. The entire unit is topped with a pediment onto which a female bust is carved in relief within a medallion on a gilt background. With a matching set of twelve chairs. The Forney library in Paris preserves order registers of the Fourdinois as well as sketches books and pictures representing pieces of furniture made by the Fourdinois workshops. In this documentation, some elements enable us to link this sideboard with Henri-Auguste Fourdinois’ productions, such as the large scrolls linking the upper part to the lower part of the sideboard, as well as the detached columns carved at their lower third. (picture n°1 attached) Notebook containing ink-sketches coming from the Fourdinois workshop shows a project for a pelmet, beautified with a centering trophy composed of a torch and a quiver within in a foliage wreath, this motif obviously reused by the Fourdinois on the central decoration of the panels of our sideboard. (picture n°2 attached) The firm of Fourdinois, considered during the Second Empire as the greatest furniture manufacturer in Paris, was founded in 1835 by Alexandre-Georges Fourdinois (1799-1871). It was developped in the context of the Expositions Universelles. At the time, the firm already produces furniture of the Neo-Renaissance style, such as a dresser that won the Great Medal at the London Universal Exhibition of 1851. The son, Henri-Auguste Fourdinois (1830-1907), joined the firm in 1860 and will become head of the firm in 1867. The high quality of his designs was remarked at the Universal Exhibition in 1862, when the jury awarded him two medals « for Excellence of Composition and Execution ». Henri-Auguste, now sole in charge, brought the firm to the summit of its achievements at the 1867 Universal Exhibition in Paris by winning the Grand Prize for his stand. Apart from the commissions he executed for the « Mobilier de la Couronne », he also produced high quality furniture for the Parisian bourgeoisie. The firm is at its zenith during the years 1862-1880. At this time, it is considered as an example to follow for other cabinet-makers, whether they are French, British or American. Through the quality of execution and the extreme care taken in the decoration of furniture, H.-A. Fourdinois was particularly appreciated by Napoleon III and Eugenie...
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1860s French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Enamel, Bronze

Italian 19th Century Renaissance St. Giltwood And Silver Leaf Console And Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and most impressive Italian 19th century Renaissance st. Giltwood, Silver leaf and patinated wood console and mirror. The console is raised on a scalloped shaped base with a foliate gilt band below two open winged dragon like figures wearing silver and gilt armor. The dragons are standing above dolphins which have their tails wrapped around the stretcher, which is decorated at the center by a richly carved floral bouquet. The dolphins are laying on a gilt scrolled platform with a patinated brown and mirrored background, and are flanked by two square back supports with gilt foliate designs. The apron above displays a central gilt crest with a whimsical mask...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Marble

Pair of French Mid-19th Century Renaissance Style Bronze and Marble Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative and highly detailed pair of French mid 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and Rouge Griotte marble ewers. The pair are raised by octagon shaped Rouge Gri...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair Of Twisted Columns In Large Antique Marble, 19th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Pair of twisted columns in Grand Antique marble, capitals and bases in gilded plaster
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19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Marble

19th Century English Renaissance Style Pewter Chalice
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style (19th Century) pewter chalice with hunter and gun relief and finial on lid.  
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Pewter

Renaissance Style Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Renaissance style vitrine cabinet is a stunningly beautiful masterpiece in white oak with superb carvings and detail. Note the fourteen carved figures, lion's heads and other su...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Oak

Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Wood Gothic Cupboard Hutch Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance 109" tall carved wood gothic cupboard hutch cabinet. Item features tall stately form, 2 upper doors with individual panes of...
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Glass, Pine

Antique, richly carved sideboard, late 19th century.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique sideboard from around 1880, France. Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation. Dimensions: height 224 cm / width 95 cm / depth 53 cm
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1880s French Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Oak

Late 19th Century Wall Hanging Depicting Don Quixote
By Adolf Schrödter Schwedt
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Magnificent wall hanging made in the late 1800s. It has been embroidered according to the image of a painting made by Adolf Schrodter Schwedt (1805-1875) which was called "Don Qui...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Fabric, Wood

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

Italian Table in Ebonized Wood and Engraved Inlays 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian Table in Ebonized Wood and Engraved Inlays 19th Century Milan-Italy rectangular in shape, opening to a drawer, with arabesque decoration of stylized foliage, chimera and vase...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Wood

Italian Renaissance Style 19th Century Walnut Tapestry Throne Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) walnut high back column sided throne chair with carved floral design and tapestry upholstery.  
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Walnut

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).
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

2 Italian Renaissance Style iron and Glass Hanging Lanterns
Located in Queens, NY
2 Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) wrought iron 6 sided hanging lanterns with silhouette arch design with scenes on glass panels. Signed (PRICED EACH).
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of English Gilt Bronze and Ebonised Wood Mirrors
Located in London, GB
Pair of English gilt bronze and ebonised wood mirrors English, c. 1860 Height 74cm, width 59cm, depth 7cm Magnificently crafted in around 1860 by English craftsmen, this pair of m...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Renaissance Marble Relief
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century Renaissance marble relief. The relief is carved to the Renaissance taste and is in very good condition. It is framed in a later frame ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Marble

Antique Italian Renaissance Turn Carved Walnut Tapestry Small Childs Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance Turn Carved Walnut Tapestry Small Childs Side Chair. Item featured is a nice small size, solid carved walnut frame, figural ...
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Tapestry, Walnut

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...
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19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Silver

Tall Painted Italian Majolica Vase, circa 1860
Located in Dallas, TX
From Italy, this imposing antique hand-painted Majolica vase with handles is nearly 39 inches high. It is mainly a figural vase in style, ha...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Majolica

Pair of Carved Walnut Figural Italian Renaissance Pedestal Stand Side Tables
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fine 1870s Italian carved pair of pedestals, circa 1870. This is a perfect accessory for a room that needs some warmth and antique charm. Measures: 36" H x 11 1/2" W x 12 1...
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1870s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Walnut

Continental Mythological Antique Oil on Canvas of Venus and Adonis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 19th century continental mythological oil painting on canvas of Aphrodite and Adonis, after the 16th century painting by Titian (now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) ...
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1850s British Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Canvas

19th Century Pair of English Renaissance Walnut Rectangular Benches
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Renaissance style (19th Century) walnut rectangular bench with stretcher and double pedestal side with shaped corners (PRICED AS P...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Walnut

Gilt-Bronze Mounted Credence by Edouard Lievre, and Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Credence, Designed By Edouard Lievre, Attributed To Paul Sormani, In the neo-Renaissance style, the spreading pediment with Vitruvian scroll-fitted frieze, c...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Ormolu

Antique table from around 1860.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An oval table from the mid-19th century in the Renaissance style. An antique piece of furniture with a top decorated with carvings rests on a massive one a heavily carved pedestal....
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Oak

Pair of Bronze Patinated French Renaissance Style Ewers
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of bronze patinated French Renaissance style Ewers decorated with putti and grapes wines.
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1860s French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Bronze

Italian Renaissance-Style Oil Painting of a White Peacock & Other Birds in Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th century) oil painting on canvas depicting a white peacock in a garden surrounded by other birds in an ornately carved giltwood frame.
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Canvas, Wood

Pair of Spanish Renaissance Style Mahogany Cabinets
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Spanish Renaissance style (19/20th Century) mahogany narrow cabinets with grill doors and red damask panel (PRICED AS Pair).
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Late 19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Upholstery, Mahogany

19th Century Oval Porcelain Plaque by Royal Vienna
Located in London, GB
19th Century oval porcelain plaque by Royal Vienna Austrian, 19th Century Frame: Height 43cm, width 52cm, depth 2cm Plaque: Height 24cm, width 34cm, depth 0.5cm This beautiful porce...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Porcelain, Velvet, Giltwood

Colossal 19th-Century Classical Plaster Foot Sculpture 28"
Located in New York, NY
This 19th-century plaster foot sculpture is an imposing and impressive work of art. With dimensions of 28 inches in width, 15 inches in depth, and 22 inches in height, its colossal s...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Plaster

19th Century Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque, "Flora" after Titian Signed by Rau
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Antique hand-painted porcelain plaque, "Flora" after Titian signed by Rau. This beautifully executed 19th century porcelain plaque has been hand-painted with a luminous version of Renaissance painter Tiziano Vecellio's famous oil painting...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Porcelain, Wood

19th Century German Porcelain Painted Plaque Of Madonna Della Seggiola
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine German 19th century circular porcelain plaque painting of La Madonna della Seggiola or La Madonna della Sedia after Raphael Sanz...
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19th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture

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Porcelain

Lot of 23 Antique Virtue & Co Shakespeare Play Scene Engraving Prints 14"
Located in Dayton, OH
Lot of 23 late 19th - early 20th century black and white engravings depicting scenes from the plays of William Shakespeare, plates taken from The Works of Shakespeare Imperial Editio...
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Late 19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Paper

Antique Italian circa 1880 Hardwood, Boxwood Inlay Mirrored Back Corner Cabinet
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Italian inlaid Rosewood with Boxwood accents Victorian circa 1880 small corner cupboard with origi...
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1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture

Materials

Mirror

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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