Baroque Console 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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18th Century French Antique Baroque Console Tables
Walnut
20th Century Italian Baroque Console Tables
Onyx
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Walnut
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Ebony
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Console Tables
Walnut
Early 18th Century French Antique Baroque Console Tables
Walnut, Fruitwood
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Marble
Early 17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Console Tables
Chestnut
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Console Tables
Marble
1710s English Antique Baroque Console Tables
Oak
1940s French Vintage Baroque Console Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Walnut, Burl
18th Century and Earlier German Antique Baroque Console Tables
Marble
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Walnut
1970s French Vintage Baroque Console Tables
Metal
1940s French Vintage Baroque Console Tables
Marble, Iron
20th Century French Baroque Console Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Console Tables
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Paint, Wood
Early 20th Century Unknown Baroque Console Tables
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Console Tables
Wrought Iron
1750s Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Walnut
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Marble
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Gold Leaf
18th Century and Earlier Antique Baroque Console Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Console Tables
Walnut
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century Antique Baroque Console Tables
Siena Marble
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Iron
19th Century European Antique Baroque Console Tables
Marble
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Console Tables
Marble
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Console Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Console Tables
Wood, Paint