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
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
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
Exceptionally large oval 17th- 18th century French dining table
Located in Jesteburg, DE
An exceptional and large 18th century French wine tasting table, perfect as a dining, breakfast or centre table of good proportions. A beautifully patinated table with great visual ...
Walnut
$131,791Sale 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
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
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
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
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
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
$1,330Sale Price|30% 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Early 1900s Hand Carved Walnut Tray Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare antique intricately hand carved solid walnut tray table. Glass tray comes loose. Brass tray handles.
Brass
$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 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
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
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
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
Spanish Baroque Style Center Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Spanish Baroque style center table made of solid walnut with lyre shaped legs joined by forged iron stretchers. The top is made has a beau...
Iron
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
$2,705Sale 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
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
$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
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
Early 18th c. Italian Baroque Walnut Octagonal Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unusual early 18th century Italian walnut octagonal table, having leather lined top with walnut gallery edge, over single drawer and standing on turned and octagonally chamfered carv...
Walnut
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
19th White Painted White Country Lyre Legs Large Console or Center Table
Located in Miami, FL
A very charming later 19th century console, center or dining table from the Catalan region of Spain. Handsomely constructed from painted wood with classical three lyre shaped legs an...
Walnut
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
Pair Of Italian Baroque Period Patinated Wood Consoles/Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and elaborately decorated pair of Italian early 18th century Baroque Period patinated wood consoles/center table. The freestanding consoles/center table are raised by f...
Wood
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
$17,500Sale Price|20% Off
An Unusual “Specimen Petra Dura” Marble Top Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
An unusual “Specimen Petra Dura” marble top table Resting on very rare shell form support bases Possibly Florence, Italy 19th century Measures: Height...
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 mid 18th century Roman Baroque st. Walnut center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most unique Italian mid 18th century Roman Baroque st. Walnut center table. This wonderful table is raised by four barley twist legs joined by a turned Walnut stretche...
Walnut
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
Italian Table Signed 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian table signed 19th century.Very nice Italian table in gilt wood and hand-painted and signed top.It has a rear upper glass to protect the painting.With vintage gilt bronze orna...
Wood
Italian 19th Century Baroque St. Giltwood and Faux Painted Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking Italian 19th century Baroque st. giltwood and faux painted marble center table. The circular table is raised by three impressive scrolled legs with stunning foliate and richly carved acanthus leaf designs centering the baluster shaped pedestal support...
Giltwood
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 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
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
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
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
$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
$19,950Sale Price|30% Off
Spanish baroque 17th Century carved Walnut trestle table
Located in Troy, NY
Very unusual and rare 17th Century Spanish Walnut Table, (likely Aragonese), with a one-plank top, supported by two interestingly ca...
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
18th Century Swedish Baroque Occasional Table with New Honed Granite Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Baroque table from the 18th century with newer honed granite top. This Baroque occasional table from Sweden features a honed marble top which rests upon a robust wood frame...
Granite
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