The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
$4,942Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Chestnut Desk or Sidetable
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful rustic desk or sidetable was made in Northern Spain around 1760. The top is made from one ! solid plank of chestnut that is 1,18 inch thick. It is joined to the base w...
Chestnut
Antique Baroque Console Table, Solid Walnut, France, Circa 1840
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early 19th Century Baroque style center, console table from Provence, in good condition. This antique Provencal table is hand crafted in so...
Walnut
Antique Swedish Baroque Center Table, Pine Frame with Drawer, Solid Wood, 1700s
Located in Kramfors, SE
Unique Swedish Baroque table made by hand during the mid 1700s. The table is a very rare example of early Swedish furniture and has a frame in pine with heavy, solid lathed legs. The...
Pine
Antique Swedish Baroque Table With Black Jämtland Limestone Top
Located in Kastrup, DK
Swedish Baroque Table with Black Jämtland limestone Stone Top, c. 1750 This charming Baroque table originates from Sweden around the mid-18th century and is a fine example of rustic ...
Stone
A Spanish Baroque Walnut Centre Table, 18th century
Located in London, GB
Boldly scaled 18th Century Spanish walnut centre table. The solid top on a carved scrolling trestle base of typical lyre form. Wonderful overall patina. Structurally sound with sev...
Walnut
Spanish Baroque Table with Dark Walnut Solomonic Legs with Carved Structure and
Located in Miami, FL
Baroque Spanish colonial fratino table dark walnut solomonic legs with iron stretcher, exquisite walnut wood Fratino trestle table with antique 19th cen...
Walnut
Beautiful Buffet Table Portuguese, 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Buffet Table Portuguese, 19th century, made of twisted and trembling mahogany wood. Rectangular top, framed by a trembling frieze, waist with two drawers, simulating four legs and t...
Wood
$4,912Sale Price|25% Off
Late 19th Spanish Walnut Dining Fratino Table with Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
A Spanish Fratino dining table with hand made wrought-iron stretcher from the late 19th century. This Spanish wooden table features a sturdy recta...
Iron
$128,978Sale Price|29% Off
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Table with Silver Vase and Matching Dish
Located in VALENZA, IT
Exceptional table with vase and plate in solid silver composed of: 20th century Italian silver table. Top is in brown Slab Fossil American Sequ...
Silver, Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Spanish Carved Coffee table with Wood Stretchers
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish church table or altar from the 19th century with wooden columns and top with a fine line of hand carved marquetry. An unusual shape with a nice shiny patina. Good size for...
Walnut
$4,936Sale Price|35% Off
French Walnut Oversized Jacobean Dining Table in the works!
Located in Malibu, CA
Stunning oversized handmade Jacobean dining table in darkest brown. The top is removable & sits on a base of walnut & pine. The base has inverted legs joined by a box stretc...
Hardwood, Walnut, Pine
Baroque Spanish Walnut long, narrow Center or Console Table
Located in Troy, NY
Extraordinary long and narrow walnut table, with a massive one-plank top, over a frieze containing four drawers with typical wrought iron pulls, conforming carved decoration on all f...
Wrought Iron
Italian 19th century Baroque st. Mecca and Walnut center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and monumentally scaled Italian 19th century Baroque st. Mecca and Walnut center table. This most impressive table is raised by six robust circular and tapered legs abo...
Walnut, Giltwood
French Baroque Style Carved Mahogany and Green Marble Top Round Center Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Baroque Style Carved Mahogany and Green Marble Top Round Center Table. Item features shapely carved cabriole legs, wonderfully carved X-form center stretcher support, beautifu...
Marble
Antique Unusual Centre or Wall Table with Drawers from the Baroque Period
Located in Kramfors, SE
Unusual antique centre table or wall table from the baroque period. The table is a large oval table top on a frame with baluster legs, a wide footrest and two drawers. For harmony th...
Pine
$3,360Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Venetian Style Silver Giltwood Designer Center or Side Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Louis XV Style Silver Giltwood designer center or side table - Valencia Spain Additional information: Materials: Giltwood, Silver Color: Silver Period: Mid 20th Century Place ...
Giltwood, Glass
Early 18th Century German / Italian Baroque Walnut Extension Dining Table
Located in Troy, NY
A Southern German or North Italian walnut draw-leaf table of elegant, unique design. The draw-leaf mechanism allows flexibility, from seating comfortably six when closed to 10 when e...
Walnut
Fine Large Italian Baroque Revival Giltwood Marble Centre Table
Located in Worcester, GB
Fine Large Italian Baroque Revival Giltwood Marble Centre Table A large and impressive Italian Baroque Revival centre table, dating to the mid-20th century, featuring a circular ho...
Kingwood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Walnut Demi-Lune 'Fratino' Console Tables
Located in London, GB
Pair of 18th Century Italian Walnut Fratino Demi-Lune Tables. Made to a very useful scale, working equally well as as centre table when placed together, or a pair of demi-lune conso...
Walnut
$27,500Sale Price|21% Off
Large 20th Century Pietra Dura Inlaid Marble Table With Lion Bases After Fanzago
Located in Long Island City, NY
Large 20th Century Pietra Dura Inlaid Marble Table With Lion Bases After Fanzago Italian, in the style of Cosimo Fanzago, the fine, colorful, pietra dura top with lapis lazuli, Sien...
Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Siena Marble
Flemish Baroque Marquetry Decorated Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine 19th century Flemish ebony center or writing table having floral marquetry inlay inlaid bone insects on a walnut, ebony and faux tortoise backg...
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Ebony
Late 1700s Swedish Rustic Baroque Centre Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish baroque centre table from the late 1700s. The table is a work table and rustic and primitive in its construction. The detached table top i...
Pine
Walnut Table with Wrought Iron Parts, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Walnut table with wrought iron parts, Spain, 17th century. Walnut table with rectangular top that has two legs in a very particular shape called “Saint Anthony” and two curved faste...
Wrought Iron
Flemish Baroque Tavern Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good 17th century Flemish oak oval hunt or tavern table having unusual hook ends over turned legs joined by shoe feet, the whole possessing mellow silvery brown patina. Width listed...
Iron
Beautiful Buffet Table Portuguese, 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Buffet Table Portuguese, 19th century, made of twisted and trembling mahogany wood. Rectangular top, framed by a trembling frieze, waist with two drawers, simulating four legs and t...
Wood
Set of Italian Nesting Tables 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
DESCRIPTION Title: Set of Italian nesting tables Date/Period: XIX Century Dimension: 54 x 50 x 30 cm Materials: polychrome wood Additional Information: Italian nesting tables ...
Wood
18th Century Italian Baroque Painted Chinoiserie Tilt Top Center Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime 18th century Italian Baroque tilt-top center table featuring a Venetian painted finish decorated with chinoiserie motifs. The table has a scalloped oval top with bold floral ...
Iron
$2,588Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 19th Century Austrian Bankers or Merchants Table in Warm Honey Color
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful bankers table or merchants table originates in Austria and dates circa 1780. The table was completely made of fruitwood. It has slightly tapered legs that are joined b...
Fruitwood
BOOKCASE Portuguese, 19th century, made of Mahogany Wood
Located in Madrid, ES
BOOKCASE Portuguese, 19th century, made of mahogany wood, upper part with three glazed doors and three shelves, resting on a base with three doors and glazed sides, three drawers an...
Wood, Mahogany
Rare Genuine Swedish Pine Baroque Centre Table Dated 1758
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare genuine baroque table from Sweden dated 1758. The table is made by hand from solid pine. There is a very thin layer of the original grey blue paint where the pine underneath shi...
Pine
Late 19th Spanish Walnut Dining or Desk Fratino Table with Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
A Spanish Fratino dining table with hand made wrought-iron stretcher from the late 19th century. This Spanish wooden table features a sturdy recta...
Iron
Antique Italian Baroque Style Carved Mahogany Octagonal Center/Library Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Italian Baroque Style Finely Carved Ornate Mahogany Octagonal Center/Library Table This exquisite antique Italian Baroque style octagonal center/library table showcases fine...
Mahogany
19th Century Boulle Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Centre Table
Located in London, GB
This fine table is crafted in ebonised wood and features gilt bronze mounts and Boulle style marquetry. The table is of curved, oval shape, and is inlaid with marquetry to the top, a...
Ormolu, Brass, Bronze
Vintage Bleached and Washed Baroque Style Console Tables with Quartz Tops, Pair
Located in Wichita, KS
Striking pair of Baroque-style console tables. Each 54-inch piece features a hand-carved frame showcasing classic acanthus leaves and central shell motifs. The traditional aesthetic ...
Carrara Marble
Fine Baroque Portuguese Rosewood Centre Table, Library Desk, 17th Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The design and ornamentation of this centre table is characteristic of Portuguese Baroque furniture dating from the second half of the 17t...
Rosewood
Table Rent Center Desk Tavolino Tuscan Italian Walnut Oval Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Exceptionally rare, large, museum quality, Tuscan, Baroque, walnut, rent or center table or tavolino with detachable top and single drawer - This beautiful, rent table is an unco...
Walnut
Extendable Oak Table with Intarsia, Baroque, Danish Cabinetmaker, 19th Century
Located in Odense, DK
A beautiful extendable oak table in the Baroque style, crafted during the 19th century by a Danish Cabinetmaker. The table stands on bold baluster-turned legs joined by a stretcher b...
Oak
Dutch 17th Century Painted Large Oval Gate-Leg Dining Table
Located in Troy, NY
Dutch 17th Century Painted Large Oval Gate-Leg Dining Table. A charming Dutch painted Gate-Leg Table in original condition. The painted surfaces beautifully worn, the top with typica...
Wood
Italian Baroque Style Solid Bronze Lacquered Center Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent Italian solid bronze gueridon or center table made in the grand Baroque taste. The table features a lacquered parcel gilt finish with a desirable aged patina. Each side is ce...
Bronze
Danish Langeland Late 19th Century Oak Table with Carved Apron and Turned Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Southern Danish Baroque style oak center table from the 19th century, with single drawer, carved apron and turned legs. Created on the Danish island of Langeland during the later y...
Oak
Small Dutch Baroque 17th Century Oak Draw-Leaf Center Table
Located in Troy, NY
The small Dutch Baroque draw-leaf or center table with a two-board framed top having conforming extension leaves on each end, above a plain frieze, supported by massive plaint turned...
Oak
$3,180Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th Spanish Desk with Lyre Legs and Carved Edges on Top
Located in Miami, FL
Early 20th Spanish desk with lyre legs and carved edges on top An 20th century Spanish Baroque style desk, or writing table made of solid walnut with lyre shaped legs joined by wrou...
Wrought Iron
$2,826 / item
Marble Top Dining Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Marble top dining table, a wonderful piece that is sure to elevate any dining room. This table boasts a smooth and gleaming 40-inch round whit...
Marble, Metal
Italian 19th century Baroque st. Giltwood & black Belgian marble center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and uniquely scaled Italian mid 19th century Baroque st. Giltwood and black Belgian marble center table. This impressive table is raised by a crossed and mottled Gi...
Belgian Black Marble
Italian (Bolognese) 17th Century Baroque Walnut Dining Table
Located in Troy, NY
Italian (Bolognese) 17th Century Baroque Walnut Dining Table. Magnificent, large Bolognese Table, having a beautiful thick top, supported by typical bold turned legs, joined by H-str...
Walnut
$34,950Sale Price|53% Off
Fine Italian 19th Century Floral Marquetry Gilt Bronze-Mounted Center Table Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Italian 19th century mahogany, satinwood and tulipwood floral marquetry and gilt-bronze mounted center table or writing desk. The serpentine inlaid shaped top centered with a marquetry floral arrangement medallion, surrounded by sections of diamond-shaped acanthus parquetry designs flanked by further medallions of flower bouquets, all within a gilt-bronze rim, above a similarly decorated frieze fronted by four drawers, on scroll legs raised on lion paw feet on rolling casters, joined by an 'X'-shaped marquetry stretcher...
Bronze
Table Refectory Reversible Top Patinated & Unpatinated Oak 6 Turned Legs
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- In wonderful original condition from a West Country farmhouse where it has reputedly been all its life - The top is rare because it reversible with a patinated surface on one side...
Oak
Spanish Baroque Walnut Desk Table, Late 17th Century
Located in CH
Spanish Baroque Walnut Desk Table Castilla (Madrid), Late 17th Century A Spanish Baroque desk table from Castilla (Madrid), dating to the late 17...
Walnut
18th Century Baroque Venetian Center Table Red Lacquered Painted
Located in Epfach, DE
18th century Venetian center table red lacquered with painted gilt figures with one-drawer a very unusual and rare Venetian table with lovely ...
Wood
$1,500Sale Price|33% Off
Pitch Pine and Oak Baroque Revival Centre Table
Located in Baltimore, MD
A most unusual find, this substantial pitch pine baroque-style centre table has a thick top, serpentine on all four sides with an incised band to the top edge. The top unlocks on its...
Oak, Pine
Italian Late 19th Century Baroque St. Carved Stone, Wood And Mosaic Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A palatial and uniquely scaled Italian late 19th century Baroque st. carved stone, patinated wood and mosaic center table. This spectacular table is raised by three elegant 'C' scrol...
Stone, Marble
Early 18th century German Baroque Walnut Center Table
Located in Troy, NY
Early 18th century German Baroque Walnut Center Table with unusual bold spiral turned legs, connected by flat box stretcher, standing on bun feet. Ou...
Walnut
A Polychrome and Parcel Gilt Baroque Center Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
With a later round decorated top over three carved figures each with a symbol on each side, ending with paw feet on a later triangular plinth, decoration refraiched, The six symbols...
Wood
18th Century Swedish Baroque Center Table
Located in Bozeman, MT
Unusual 18th century Swedish Baroque centre table in it's original colour. Ca 1750 Sweden.
Pine
$2,800Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Swiss Jogl Tavern Center Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fabulous antique Swiss/German wood tavern table circa late 18th century, Known as Jogl table in Swiss Alps and German Bavarian region, the table features a skirt-boarded rectangula...
Hardwood
Spanish 17th Century Baroque Walnut Center or Console Table
Located in Troy, NY
Unique and rare table with unusual figural carved details, from northern Spain, probably Aragon. The single plank top above two lyre-shaped legs connected by shaped stretchers. A won...
Walnut
Important Italian Table 17th Century Marble Marquetry
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Italian Table 17th Century Marble Marquetry Italy Large TABLE with a top with floral scrolls on the spandrels, centered with a stylized floral motif Marble marquetry top...
Marble
Italian 17th Century Baroque Painted Walnut Centre Table
Located in Troy, NY
Strikingly decorative Venetian table of highly unusual and rare form, early 17th century. The oblong molded top enhanced with gilt decoration, above a double frieze with conforming ...
Wood, Walnut
Rare and Important Portuguese Center Table, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare from Museum Portuguese table 18th century in rosewood wood, with two drawers simulating four. A scalloped top and carved skirts, it rests on four claw-shaped feet. Dim.: 93 x 15...
Rosewood
18th Century Baroque Table
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique baroque table made around 1750 in South Germany. Exquisite marquetry in cherrywood, kingwood, walnut and elm. The marquetry depicts presentations of roman weapons and armor...
Wood