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.
Pair Early 19th Century Swedish Baroque Stone Top Demilune Console Tables
Located in Round Top, TX
Pair of early 19th century Swedish Baroque demilune console tables. Each table features a Baroque-style base with a three-leg configuration and a curved skirt decorated with simple c...
Stone
18th Century Swedish Baroque Drop Leaf Table
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century Swedish Baroque drop leaf table with leg support on each side- extending table to 55" wide when fully open with both leaves. One leaf dropped to 38.50" wide and both le...
Iron
17th Century Danish Baroque Gateleg Table
Located in Chicago, IL
An exceptional 17th century Danish Baroque oak oval gateleg table with four skilfully turned legs, two of them being cut in half vertically allow th...
Oak
17th Century Italian Baroque Period Walnut Demilune Table with Carved Lyre Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Baroque period walnut console table from the 17th century with carved lyre-shaped base. This Italian Baroque period walnut console table, dating back to the 17th century, ...
Walnut
18th late Italian half Round console
Located in Ballard, CA
Italian Baroque style walnut demi lune console table from the 18th century, with semi-circular top, carved legs and cross stretcher. this Baroque table or console is in excellent...
Walnut
Pair of 18th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Demilune Consoles
Located in Charleston, SC
An exceptional pair of 18th century Italian Baroque grand scale consoles in waxed walnut wood with elaborated design and the scroll elements. The half-moon rounded tops have molded e...
Walnut
Italian Baroque Walnut Console Tables, Demi-Lune Design, Circa 1740
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of 18th century Tuscan Baroque tables or wall consoles in warm colored waxed finished Walnut wood with a wonderful grain, in good condition. These freestanding Italian demi-lu...
Walnut
Pair of Italian Period Baroque Walnut Demi-Lune Console Tables, circa 1680
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Period Baroque Walnut Demi-Lune Console Tables, circa 1680 With a sobriety and a serenity of line, these tables are perhaps the most authentic form of Italian Baroq...
Walnut
Pair of Italian Baroque Style Walnut Demi-Lune Console Tables, circa 1800
Located in Atlanta, GA
This expressive pair of Italian demi-lune console tables, crafted circa 1800, reflects the ornamental verve of the Baroque style with its bold silhouette and sculptural base. Fashion...
Walnut
Large Italian Baroque Style 18th Century Walnut Demilune Table with Carved Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Italian Baroque style dark walnut demi lune console table from the 18th century, with semi-circular top, carved legs and cross stretcher. Created in Italy during the 18th cen...
Walnut
Venice Italy Mid-18th Century Pair of Corner Console Lacquered Wood Red Marble
Located in Brescia, IT
This wonderful pair of corner console was made in Venice, Italy, in the Mid-18th Century, by expert craftsmen: the feet are hand carved to obta...
Marble
Dutch 18th century round Drop-Leaf Table or Demilune Console
Located in Troy, NY
Multi-functional occasional Drop-Leaf Table with a bold, strong look, can be used as a round table or as a Demi-lune console. The split back leg swings out to support the top. Beauti...
Oak
Spanish Baroque Style Console Table with Mirror, Early 20th Century
Located in BÉTERA, ES
Striking Spanish Baroque style console table with matching mirror, dating to the early 20th century. The console features a demi-lune shape supported by elegant Solomonic twisted le...
Leather, Glass, Mirror, Hardwood
Pair of Late 17th C. Italian Tuscan Walnut Demi Lunes, Carved Decoration, Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Late 17th C. Italian Tuscan Walnut Demi Lunes with Carved Decoration, Italy H: 29.25 D; 18.75-19 W: 43 in. (Table, Cabinet, and the Demi lunes are from the same house and h...
Walnut
19th Century English Demilune Table with Solomonic Legs and Fringes
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Spanish demilune table made from walnut. The top has a beleveled merge The table is supported on hand-turned Solomonic shaped legs ...
Bronze
Pair of Italian 1800s Baroque Style Walnut Demilunes with Carved Stretchers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian Baroque style walnut demi-lune console tables from the early 19th century, with semi-circular tops, turned legs and carved stretchers...
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
$3,495 / set
H 31 in W 46.75 in D 23 in
Late 19th Century Painted Swedish Demilune Console Tables - Pair
Located in Troy, MI
Found in Sweden, this pair of painted demilune console tables dates from the 1880s. The softly worn, creamy white bases are adorned with faux-painted dentil molding along the aprons....
Pine, Paint
19th Century English Demilune Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English demilune table made from oak. The top is made from two boards, and follows down to a simple apron. The table is supported o...
Oak
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
Pair of Vineyard Demilune Console Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
The Vineyard demilune console table is a stunning piece that brings a touch of nature into your home. Made from pine, it has a natural and rustic look that will instantly warm up any space. The flaky pine finish gives it a one-of-a-kind texture and depth, while the half-round demilune top...
Wood
$6,450 / set
H 34.25 in W 24.5 in D 12.25 in
Pair of 19th Century Painted Demilune Consoles with Mirrored Tops
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Louis XVI style, painted and parcel silvergilt demilune wall-mounting consoles, each top of mirrorplate on antique table base with fielded a...
Mirror, Wood
$6,900
H 35.5 in W 34.25 in D 15.5 in
Beautiful pair of 19th century Italian Walnut Demilune Tables with Inset Marble
Located in Richmond, VA
Beautiful pair of 19th century Italian walnut demilune tables with inset marble tops and partial ebonzied borders on the frieze and legs. These tables are fantastic. Great color and ...
Marble
$16,000 / set
H 31.25 in W 49.38 in D 24.25 in
Outstanding 17th Century Italian Pair Of Demi Lunes - Center Table
Located in Round Top, TX
An outstanding 17th century oval shaped Center Table from the Piedmont region of Italy. Wonderfully constructed from beautiful walnut consisting of a pair of Demi Lunes and an extens...
Walnut
Pair Of 19th Century Swedish Demi Lune Console Tables
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century Swedish Demi lune tables with deeply angled straight apron and turned, tapered legs scraped back to traces of it's original color. Demi lunes can be joined to form a pe...
Wood, Pine, Paint
$7,059
H 29.73 in W 63.39 in D 42.92 in
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
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Demilunes or Center Table
Located in San Angelo, TX
Here is a beautiful pair of 19th century Swedish Gustavian demilune tables with carved detail above each leg. These are perfect to flank a f...
Wood, Pine, Paint
$1,719Sale Price|55% Off
H 29.34 in Dm 44.89 in
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Demilune Tables Rococo style
Located in Kvidinge, SE
A pair of Swedish Rococo style painted wood demi lune console tables with cabriole legs Made of solid pine in sweden in the 19th century Painted in a beautiful shade of grey/white w...
Pine
$8,950
H 35 in W 52 in D 21 in
18th Century Italian Demilune Console with Marbleize Top in Robin's Egg Blue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Demilune console, having a molded top, faux painted in robin's egg blue, its pierced, guilloche apron framed by rosette-blocks, raised on four, foliate-headed, round, tapering, and f...
Wood, Giltwood
Italian Tuscan Baroque Demilune Pair, Center Table, wabi sabi
Located in San Angelo, TX
Beautiful pair of Italian Tuscan Demilune consoles talentedly hand crafted out of 18th century wood by European master artisans in the 21st Century. These stunning tables are constru...
Wood, Paint
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H 32 in W 48 in D 24 in
18th Century Italian Pair of Antique Walnut Baroque Console - Black End Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb pair of 18th century Tuscan Baroque tables made of handcrafted dark waxed finish Walnut wood, in good condition. These Italian freestanding demilune consoles have an elabora...
Walnut
Pair of Italian Demilune Walnut Consoles, circa 1740
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Demilune walnut tops with molded edge above a shallow chip carved frieze raised on shaped trestle supports with under scrolled feet joined by a conforming stretcher.
Walnut
Pair of Tuscan Walnut Consoles, circa 1740
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular top with canted angles raised on shaped trestle supports with under scrolled feet joined by inswept stretchers.
Walnut
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H 31.75 in W 48 in D 17 in
Pair of Italian Baroque Early 18th Century Demilune Walnut Console Tables
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Pair of supremely elegant Italian Baroque early 18th Century demilune console tables, with unusual, elaborate design, the D shaped ...
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Late Baroque Demi-Lune Console Table
Located in Allerum, SE
18th Century Swedish late Baroque demi-lune console table in its original finish with good proportions. Ca 1750 Sweden.
Pine
Italian Baroque Style Demilune Ebonized Console Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Imposing Italian baroque style demilune console table or sofa table featuring a dramatic ebonized lacquer finish. The large table is beautifully crafted with an intentionally aged pa...
Wood
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H 30.71 in W 40.95 in D 16.15 in
19th Century Grey French Console Table, Wrought Iron, White and Black Marble
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind large French console made of an extraordinary wrought iron work , with a white and black beautiful marble top . The console is polychrome in green/dove grey. Trimmed sk...
Marble, Wrought Iron
19th Century Italian or Portuguese Painted Console
Located in Bradenton, FL
A rare and wonderful carved, gilt and painted console table. Wonderful old chippy peeling painted patina with good color. The frieze has a carved gilt wood cartouche, swags and is ra...
Wood
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H 35 in W 30.75 in D 17.5 in
Venetian Style Carved and Paint Decorated Marble Top Wall Mounted Console
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A classic shaped Venetian baroque form wall console carved and painted an antique type pale green with gilt details. Broad foliate scrolled frame with ope...
Marble
Italian Baroque Early 18th Century Demilune Walnut Console Table
Located in Troy, NY
Charming Italian Baroque early 18th Century Demilune console table, of petit size and unusual, elaborate design, the half round top...
Walnut
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H 23 in W 24 in D 13.5 in
Antique French Baroque Rococo Carved Demilune Walnut Burl Console Hall Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Baroque or Rococo side console table. Made of burled Walnut featuring triangular form with a pierced apron centered by baroque shields and foliate carvings. The table ...
Walnut