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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Item Ships From: New York
Style: Renaissance
17th C. Painted Cabinet with Chalk, Graphite Panel Drawings, Turin, Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An incredibly unique find on a hill top Villa in Turin, this cabinet has resided in the same home since its creation and hence is in remarkably good condition. The drawings and pain...
Category
17th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
English Renaissance Oak Bible Box
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance (Dated 1652) oak slant front bible box
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
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 Renaissance Bronze Crucifix
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance Gothic style (19th Cent) bronze religious crucifix with filigree cross on 4 legged base with silver plate Christ figure (19th Cent.)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Renaissance Classical Urn Print
Located in Queens, NY
19th Cent print of a monumental Italian Renaissance classical urn in an ebonized and gilt frame
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ebony
Rare and Important Renaissance "Judaica" Carved Oak Wood Cabinet
Located in Queens, 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
$75,000 Sale Price
52% Off
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).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
$12,000 / set
17th C. Italian Tuscan Walnut Cabinet, original lock & key, original back
Located in Brooklyn, NY
17th C. Italian Tuscan Walnut Cabinet, original lock & key, original back (very good antique condition, never touched)
H: 73.5 D: 22.5 W: 80.75 ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Renaissance Walnut Savonarola Loveseat
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style carved walnut Savonarola style loveseat with carved heads, 19th-20th century.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
German White Porcelain Male Nude Putti Sculptures, Set of 6
Located in New York, NY
A set of six (6) German white porcelain male nude putti sculptures in the Renaissance or Neoclassical styles, circa 20th century, Germany. A fun set of six male nude tumbling putti s...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique High Renaissance Style Emerald Natural Pearl Garnet Silver Cross
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite museum quality large antique High Renaissance style emerald, natural pearl, garnet silver pectoral cross
19th century
Makers Mark: K.T. for Tauböck, Karl
Austro-Hungarian E...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silver
Mona Lisa Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting titled "Mona Lisa"
Category
Late 20th Century American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
$8,050
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 11 ft 4 inx12 ft 10in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish King Solomon Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 11 ft 4 in x 12 ft 10 in (3.45 m x 3.91 m)
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wool, Silk
Racinet, Auguste, L'Ornement Polychrome, Renaissance Set of 4 Firmin-Didot Paris
Located in New York, NY
Fine, scarce set of four original chromolithographs of Renaissance designs from Racinet's seminal L'Ornement Polychrome published by Firmin-Didot 1869-1873 and 1885-1887. Architectur...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Late 19th c. Roman Specimen Marble Topped Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine table made in Rome in the very late 19th or early 20th century is of dramatic design and using costly material. The base carved from solid travertine is in a Renaissan...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble
Antique Square 16th Century Gold Brown Flemish Renaissance Tapestry Nobleman
Located in New York, NY
Tapestries were ubiquitous in the castles and churches of the late medieval and Renaissance eras. At a practical level, they provided a form of insulation and decoration that could be easily transported. In addition, the process of tapestry weaving, where every stitch is placed by hand, enabled the creation of complex figurative images on an enormous scale.
This is an excellent example of 16th century Flemish Renaissance Tapestry...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Tapestry, Silk, Wool
Set of Four Chinese Paintings in Rosewood Frames, Signed, 19th Century
Located in Manhasset, NY
Set of Four Chinese Paintings in Rosewood Frames, Signed, 19th Century, Oil Canvas
Stunning example of Oriental works on canvas on wood. Each in a fine custom rosewood frame, matted. The set depicting a story of a band leader...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th C. Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Refectory Table
Located in Rochester, NY
Italian Renaissance style carved walnut refectory table / library table w/ thick wide two board top in beautifully aged original rich color patina. Measures 78" w x 29" d x 34" h. Ci...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
English Renaissance Curved Brass Sword and Leather Scabbard
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance (19th Century) curved sword with brass fluted handle and black leather scabbard.
Condition: Good; Minor losses
Category
19th Century British Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
A Bronze Cherub Holding a Fish
Located in Katonah, NY
A bronze fountain figure of a winged cherub holding a fish, the figure standing with proper right foot aloft, the right foot standing atop rock-work base with seashells, the fish of the koi variety, the whole in the spirit of Andrea del Verrocchio’s ca. 1470 “Putto with Dolphin”, and after a similar figure by Leonardo Rossi...
Category
1990s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
English Renaissance Style Iron Longsword
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style large iron longsword with cross design and woven handle
Category
20th Century English Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Italian Renaissance Madonna & Child Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (modern) oil painting of Madonna & Child in antique gold carved frame
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
18th Century French Renaissance Carved Oak Cupboard Buffet
Located in Astoria, NY
An exceptional 18th-century French Renaissance cabinet, sourced from the French Alps. Masterfully hand-crafted from solid oak, this two-piece ensemble showcases exquisite and elabora...
Category
18th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Italian Renaissance Style Triptych
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style Set of three gilt icon wall plaque with swirl columns and religious figures.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$18,000 / set
18th Century Italian Silk & Silver Metallic Thread Lampas Brocade Panel
Located in Rochester, NY
An exceptional and fine hand woven 18th century Italian silk and silver metallic thread lampas brocade panel with beautiful aged original color. Red silk backing w/ attached strip of...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
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
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Early 20th Century Italian Night Tables Commodes with Marble Tops
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of marble top night tables in a french / Italian Renaissance style c1935 with Marquetry and inlay, bronze mounts and (porcelain i...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Beech, Birch, Birdseye Maple, Walnut, Lacquer
Antique Mercury and Fortuna Bronze Sculptures After Giambologna
By Giambologna
Located in New York, NY
Antique late 19th century patinated bronze sculptures of Mercury and Fortuna after the original models by Giambologna (1529-1608), aka Giovanni da Bologna (Italian) and Jean de Bolo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
Rare and Important Italian White Marble Bust Sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850
Located in Queens, 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
Antique 17th Century Flemish Mythological Tapestry Mercury Janus Sabine Women
Located in New York, NY
A museum quality piece, this is an exquisite example of a 17th century antique Flemish mythological tapestry depicting Mercury, Janus, and the Sabine Women...
Category
17th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Italian Renaissance Carved Wood Crucifix
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) carved wood crucifix on square base with figure
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
English Renaissance Style Wood Dining / Conference Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style (20th century) oak refectory dining/conference table with a rectangular top featuring an inlaid border around the table top edge, resting on 6 turned legs c...
Category
20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Oak
Italian Renaissance Style Oak Refectory Table
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19/20th Century) large oak refectory table with carved apron and legs with trestle base.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
English Renaissance Pewter Tankard
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style pewter tankard (measure).
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pewter
Italian Renaissance Polychromed Trunk
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style carved cassone floor trunk with polychromed and gold trim (17th Cent.)
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Renaissance Walnut Queen Headboard
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (18th Century) walnut headboard with an open design top under a panel door design (originally a confessional having a Jesuit logo)
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italianate Capriccio Oil of Figures in Classical Ruins
Located in Queens, NY
Italianate style (19th Century) capriccio on an architectural oil on canvas painting with figures among classical ruins in an ebonized frame.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
Italian Renaissance Oak Refectory Table with Late 19th Century Top
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (17th Century elements) oak refectory table with carved apron an bulbous shaped legs with a stretcher at base (plank top 19/20th Century).
Condition: Good;...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
F. William Fosdick American Victorian Incised Wood and Oil Paint Portrait of Que
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style (dated 1903) framed incised wood and oil paint portrait of Queen Elizabeth against a black background in a rectangular w...
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
Antique 16th Century Navy Blue and Gold Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry
16th century
In an open architectural setting, the central crowned and enthroned female figure flanked by three handmaidens, a fourth to the left urging a boy towards a kneeling woman on the right with an apple in her right hand, on the left a wooded landscape with a man walking in the distance, a man striking another over the head in the mid-ground, and a man, a woman, and a handmaiden approaching the scene in the foreground, on the right a man gesturing while others flee up a staircase and out of the scene, within a flower and fruit cluster surround punctuated along the top and bottom edges by balustrades and sphinxes, and along the sides by a figure, a mask, and a beaded and crowned man...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Tapestry, Silk, Wool
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
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of English Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Panels
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Renaissance style (19th Century) walnut carved wall panels (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Monumental Italian Renaissance Globe
Located in Queens, NY
Monumental Italian Renaissance-style (19/20th century) globe of world on 6 spool leg base.
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
French late 16th century Renaissance Walnut Deux-Corps cabinet
Located in Troy, NY
Beautiful French Renaissance cabinet in two parts. The top part with two carved doors featuring classical figures opening to an interior fit...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair Renaissance Style Gilt Silvered Bronze Surtout de Table Wine Coasters
Located in New York, NY
Very fine pair of antique Renaissance Style surtout de table Magnum sized wine coasters in gilt and silvered bronze with mirrored plateaus. Each with a finely wrought filigree border...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Samuel Yellin Italian Renaissance Wrought Iron Hanging Lantern
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19/20th Century) wrought iron 6 sided hanging lantern with military motifs and glass panels (attributed to: SAMUEL YELLIN)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Oval Tin Metal-Clad Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Oval metal-clad mirror.
Measures: H 26" x (66cm) x W 19" (48cm).
Oval bevelled mirror in centre.
Clear mirror.
Aged looking metal-clad.
Slightly aged look to tin metal-clad.
Ba...
Category
Mid-18th Century North American Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal, Tin
$125 / item
20th Italian Renaissance Religious Crucifix
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style religious carved crucifix (19th century).
Category
20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Bronze Large Ewer and Basin by Robert Gugny and Leopold Oudry & Cie. Signed
Located in Kingston, NY
Ewer and its frame in bronze and metal with copper, silver and gold patinas. It is decorated with divinities and mascarons among the foliage in the style of the Renaissance. End of t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
English Renaissance Style Halberd Spear
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style Halbert spear with wood shaft and small 29" iron ax
blade.
Category
20th Century English Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
English Renaissance Style Halberd Spear
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style Halbert spear with a crossed leather-covered shaft
and polished steel blade.
Category
20th Century English Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Steel
Pair of Italian Renaissance Wrought Iron Exterior Wall Lanterns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19/20th Century) wrought iron exterior wall lanterns with 4 filigree panels supported by a scroll design wall ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Spanish Renaissance Style Walnut & Wrought Iron Vargueno
Located in Queens, NY
Spanish Renaissance style (17th Century and Later) wrought iron mounted walnut vargueno on later stand with a fall front enclosing 3 long drawers.
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Italian Renaissance Style Figural Tapestry
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19/20th Century) vertical tapestry with a red background and a center crest with the initials "AS" having figures and floral background design.
Condition:...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 10 ft 8 inx 11 ft 3in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish Silk And Wool Biblical Scene Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 10 ft 8 in x 11 ft 3 in (3.25 m x 3.43 m)
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wool, Silk
Rare Italian White Marble Relief of "Young Saint John the Baptist" circa 1860
By Desiderio da Settignano
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Rare Italian White Marble Relief of "Young Saint John the Baptist" circa 1860 after Desiderio Da Settignano.
The original pietra serena relief by Desiderio Da Settignano, is in ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
French Provincial 17th Century Renaissance Style Leather Panel Screen
Located in Queens, NY
French Provincial Renaissance style (possibly 17th Century) leather mounted 6 panel screen with a gold background and decorated with painted parrots and foliage.
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather
English Renaissance Style Painted Tapestry of Queen Figure
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style (20th Century) painted tapestry of queen figure with attendant and unicorn & lion.
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
Jousting Knights on Checkered Ground Painting on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (20th Century) painting of two knights on horseback engaged in jousting against a black and beige chequered ground, on unframed canvas with scalloped edges ...
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Canvas
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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