Baroque Center Tables
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.
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Oak, Pine
17th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Iron
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Walnut
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Center Tables
Ormolu, Brass, Bronze
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood
18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Center Tables
Walnut
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Marble
1690s Swiss Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wrought Iron
Mid-17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Center Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Center Tables
Oak, Ebony
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Fruitwood, Mahogany, Giltwood
1650s Spanish Antique Baroque Center Tables
Chestnut
17th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood
Early 18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Center Tables
Rosewood
18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Center Tables
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood, Walnut
1680s Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Walnut
Mid-17th Century French Antique Baroque Center Tables
Slate
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood
19th Century German Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood
1930s Vintage Baroque Center Tables
Satinwood, Walnut
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wrought Iron
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Marble
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Center Tables
Iron
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Leather, Fruitwood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Walnut
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Marble
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Giltwood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
1650s English Antique Baroque Center Tables
Oak
1880s Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Marble
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Scagliola, Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Center Tables
Giltwood, Glass
1860s Belgian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Ebony
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Center Tables
Iron
Early 1700s Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Walnut
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Ivory, Tortoise Shell, Ebony
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Wood
19th Century Danish Antique Baroque Center Tables
Oak
1750s Italian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Baroque Center Tables
Mahogany
20th Century French Baroque Center Tables
Beech
Late 17th Century Maltese Antique Baroque Center Tables
Walnut, Olive
Early 20th Century North American Baroque Center Tables
Brass
1680s Belgian Antique Baroque Center Tables
Iron
17th Century German Antique Baroque Center Tables
Fruitwood, Oak
Mid-17th Century French Antique Baroque Center Tables
Oak
Early 18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Center Tables
Brass
1690s French Antique Baroque Center Tables
Boxwood
1960s French Vintage Baroque Center Tables
Wood, Paint