Baroque Side 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 Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-18th Century French Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-17th Century European Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood, Giltwood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Pine
Early 20th Century Czech Baroque Side Tables
Oak, Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Side Tables
Softwood
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Side Tables
Ebony, Oak
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Marble
1930s European Vintage Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood
20th Century French Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Siena Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Side Tables
Glass, Giltwood
1920s Italian Vintage Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
20th Century American Baroque Side Tables
Oak
17th Century English Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Iron
Early 20th Century Indian Baroque Side Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood
1960s Spanish Vintage Baroque Side Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
20th Century Baroque Side Tables
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century French Antique Baroque Side Tables
Marble, Iron
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Iron
1940s Vintage Baroque Side Tables
Bronze
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Iron
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-18th Century Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century European Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood, Walnut
Early 1900s Syrian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood
18th Century Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut, Pine
18th Century Antique Baroque Side Tables
Other
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Iron
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Other, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Baroque Side Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Rosewood, Walnut
1940s Belgian Vintage Baroque Side Tables
Brass
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
1750s Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood, Giltwood
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
Late 19th Century Hungarian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood, Pine
1880s Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century North American Baroque Side Tables
Brass