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.
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
18th Century Silver Gilt Baroque Cherub Center Table
Located in Houston, TX
A beautiful 18th Century Italian Baroque giltwood and polychrome cherub center table with starfire glass tabletop.
Iron
Portuguese Baroque Style Rosewood Library Table or Center Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Extraordinary Portuguese library writing table, center table, or escritorio crafted from radiant rosewood in the baroque taste. The table has a rectangular top with a decorative gadr...
Brass
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
Antique Swedish Baroque Pine Centre Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish baroque centre table in pine. The table is originally from northern Sweden and has wonderful proportions with the four turned legs...
Pine
$1,520Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Johnson Handley Johnson European Carved Walnut & Satinwood Octagon Table
Located in Dayton, OH
An impressive Octagonal center or side table by Johnson Hadley Johnson, circa 1930s. Made from walnut with a matchbook veneered satinwood top. Drawing insipration from French and I...
Satinwood, 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
18th Century Baroque Silver Gilt Putti Center Table
Located in Houston, TX
A beautiful 18th Century Italian Baroque silver giltwood and polychrome putti center table with Starphire glass tabletop. Condition: Giltwood table...
Glass, Giltwood
$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
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
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
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
Large Italian-Venice Table of the 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
LARGE ITALIAN-VENICE TABLE OF THE XIX CENTURY ELEGANT ITALIAN-VENICE TABLE MADE OF CARVED WOOD AND WITH THE LEGS REPRESENTING 4 DOLPHINS. VERY GOOD CONDI...
Wood
17th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Oval Dining / Center Drop-Leaf Table
Located in Troy, NY
17th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Oval Dining / Center Drop-Leaf Table. Well developed, decorative Italian Baroque 17th Century Drop-Leaf Table of Beautiful quality with a rich pa...
Walnut
17th Century 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
$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
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
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
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
Unique Antique Swedish Rare Baroque Table
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
19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Table
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian carved walnut table. Stunning 19th century Italian carved walnut table or center table. This versatile rustic hand car...
Walnut
$129,490Sale 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
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
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
Portuguese Buffet Table 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
18th century Portuguese, in Brazilian rosewood, turned legs and beams. gilt copper hardware and applications. With one drawer simulating two. Small defects. Dimension: 47 x 68 x 43...
Wood
17th Century Dutch inlaid Draw-Leaf Table
Located in Troy, NY
Dutch extension table of typical form. The top and each of the extension leaves feature an inlaid star in the center and linear inlay around the edge, conf...
Oak
Mid Century French Bronzed Iron & Pink Rose Marble-Top Center Console Table
By André Arbus
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous textured iron table in a oval form created by French artisans. Sculptured, tapered legs and stretchers were constructed from heavy iron s...
Marble, Iron
$2,658Sale Price|50% Off
Antique Baroque Table, Sweden, Late 18th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
Grey marbled Baroque table. Base with 2 drawers, pine tabletop, natural finish, Sweden, end of the 18th century. Perfect as a console table or "behind the sofa" table.
Pine
Antique table, Western Europe, early 20th century.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique table from around 1920. Oak wood. Very good condition. After renovation. Dimensions: height 81 cm / dia. 100 cm
Oak
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
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
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
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
Portuguese Buffet Table 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Portuguese buffet table 17th century Shivered friezes, in rosewood wood with two drawers. Sits on toned legs. Dimension: 82 x 130 x 84 cm. good condition.
Wood
Baroque Carved & Painted Table With Pietra Dura Marble Top
Located in Kent, Dover
An Italian Baroque heavily carved and distressed painted walnut centre table. With shell and acanthus detailing throughout, supporting a fine pietra dura marble top. The top in vario...
Marble
Antique table carved and gilded with gold leaf in Baroque Style
Located in Cesena, FC
Antique carved and gilded table in Baroque Style. Second half of the 1700s Beautiful and important living room, center table. Lacquered white with gold leaf trim, the top is shaped ...
Marble, Gold Leaf
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
$2,599Sale 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
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
Vintage Italian Marble Table Pietra Dura with Floral Inlays
Located in Buxton, GB
This Vintage Italian Pietra Dura Marble Table with a Floral Inlays is a stunning piece of antique furniture from early to mid 1900s. The table can be fully dissembled and features i...
Marble
Table Gateleg Oval Oak Flemish Split Leg 5ft Original Ironwork Architetural
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
AN UNUSUAL, FLEMISH, BAROQUE, OAK, SPLIT, GATELEG, OVAL TABLE WITH ORIGINAL IRONWORK & SINGLE DRAWER, 5ft - The turnings are architecturally inspired and the split leg creates a par...
Oak
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
Italian Baroque Oval Fruitwood Veneered and Inlaid Desk, Late 17th Century
Located in Troy, NY
Very unusual and rare Italian Baroque Desk, late 17th century The oval, dark veneered top within an intricate border made of various woods, contra...
Fruitwood, Walnut
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
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
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque Painted Demilune Console Tables
Located in Troy, NY
Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque Painted Demilune Console Tables. Decorative and charming pair of large Baroque demi-lune console tables. Joined together they can also function a...
Wood
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
A Rare 19th Century Inlaid Table by Ferdinando Pogliani
By Ferdinando Pogliani
Located in Southall, GB
A truly stunning Italian inlaid table with intricately drawn pen work to the sides and top by renown Cabinetmaker Ferdinando Pogliani. It has a st...
Ivory, Tortoise Shell, Ebony
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
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
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
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
Spanish Chestnut Centre Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top over inverted legs joining a box stretcher with serrated edge, scroll feet.
Wood
17th Century Spanish Baroque Inlaid Walnut Desk or Center Table
Located in Troy, NY
17th Century Spanish Baroque Inlaid Walnut Desk or Center Table. Superb model the two-plank top above a deeply paneled frieze with geometric fruitwood inlay, containing three drawers...
Wrought Iron
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
Spanish Baroque Walnut Table, circa 1710
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular single plank top over three incised carved drawers raised on baluster legs joined by stretchers. similar carved on the opposite side.
Walnut
Swedish Baroque Style Oval Table from the Mid-20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Baroque style mid-20th century oval table. This painted wood table features barley twist legs and a nicely shaped cross stretcher. The table is raised on ball feet. The sim...
Wood
Italian 19th c. Baroque St. Ebonized Fruitwood And Portoro Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and uniquely detailed Italian 19th century Baroque st. ebonized Fruitwood, Giltwood, Portoro marble, faux Porphyr, and Semi Precious Stone center table. This exquisite rec...
Marble
Italian Pietra Dura Table, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian pietra dura table 19th century rectangular shape, with wooden caved based, four fluted and turned legs, classical frieze and stepped borde...
Marble