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Baroque Side Tables

BAROQUE STYLE

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.

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Style: Baroque
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Pair of Italian 18th Century Console Tables, Walnut Veneer
Located in Belmont, MA
Pair of Italian console tables, Northern Italy 18th century, walnut veneer. Exquisite and rare pair of console tables which were probably made in the Veneto region. The curved tops,...
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1750s Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Walnut

Swedish Baroque Table Red painted Oak with Öland Limestone Top
Located in Kastrup, DK
Swedish Baroque table. Original red painted pine with age-related patina. Öland fossil limestone top resting on a drawer and typical Baluster-shaped Baroque legs. Sweden circa 1750...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Limestone

19th Century Baroque Spanish Side Table with Marquetry Top & Turned Legs
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Baroque Spanish side table with marquetry top 19th century Spanish trestle table in walnut. This piece has a gr...
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Wood

Original Baroque Table, Flanders 1750, Oak
Located in Belmont, MA
Baroque table, Flanders, 1750. Exquisitely hand carved oak with rocaille, flower and leave decorations. This original 18th century baroque table...
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1750s Belgian Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Oak

Rustic 18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Side Table
Located in Birmingham, AL
Rustic 18th century Spanish Baroque period side table handcrafted in the early 1700s of solid walnut in the Catalan region having a rectangular top decorated with fruitwood inlay for...
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1710s Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Fruitwood, Walnut

Baroque Table, Southern Germany, Augsburg Region 1750, Walnut
Located in Belmont, MA
Baroque table, Southern Germany, 1750. This original 18th century table comes probably from the city of Augsburg region in Bavaria. The beautiful rectangular top is raised on its or...
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1750s German Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Walnut

18th Century Very Unusual Baroque Kistbord
Located in Kramfors, SE
Very unusual baroque kistbord. A kistbord is a chest (kista) that has been made in such a way so that it can be used as a table (bord). These are very unusual objects and not many we...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Pine

19th Century Spanish Baroque Style Walnut Side Table with Iron Stretchers
Located in Stamford, CT
A lovely Spanish walnut side table with exceptional carving to the legs, joined by wrought iron stretchers typical of the Baroque style. A side or end table with real presence.
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19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Walnut

Late 18th Century Swedish Baroque and Folk Art Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Late 18th century Swedish baroque and Folk Art table. The table is in untouched original condition with original paint. Natural wear after 250 years of use and a good rustic patina. ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Pine

Early 19th Century Regency Games Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency games table, the moulded specimen top of square form with gadrooned and crossbanded rim. Inlaid ebonized line inl...
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Early 19th Century Irish Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Giltwood

Spanish Baroque Side Table with Wood Stretcher and Carved Top in Walnut
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Spanish Baroque ebonized side table with wood stretcher and top in walnut.
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Walnut

Grotto, Table, Oak, 19 Century, Serpent, Carved, Scroll, Medullary Ray
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Lovely, carved detailing the the edge of the top and rococo scrollwork stem and feet which incorporate shell detailing inside the scrolls This table is crisply carved with characteristic grotto ornamentation creating the form with the scrollwork stem and legs carved with shell and other motifs. The top has an unusual 4cm carved acanthus leaf edge. The use of oak shows that, unlike much grotto furniture...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Oak

Italian Baroque Walnut and Chestnut Side Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A handsome single drawer side table with beautifully carved and turned walnut base and a chestnut top. Late 17th or early 18th century Italian with a rich and deep honey patina.
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Walnut

Table, Side Table, Console, 17th Century, Spanish, Baroque, Walnut, Chip Carving
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This characterful table is of rare narrow depth of 39cm. It is characteristic of Spanish Baroque furniture with a thick single piece top, simple bold chip carved ornament and bold turnings. It has a rich lustrous patina. The thick single plank walnut top with fine figuring. The front fitted with two short drawers decorated with chip carving...
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Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Walnut

Italian Marble Table
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A very stylish antique Italian marble console or side table, in the Baroque taste. The C-scrolled supports carved from single blocks of Rosa Verona marble, the Breccia Viola marble...
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Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Side Tables

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Marble

Italian Walnut Three-Drawer Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Walnut Renaissance three-drawer chest with raised panels on the drawer fronts and 17th century brass drawer pulls and escutheons. We believe this piece to be a modified prie dieu as ...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Brass

Italian Baroque Style Walnut Single Drawer Side Table
Located in Stamford, CT
Handsome Italian Baroque style walnut side table. The sides carved with decorative shields surrounded by scroll-work volutes, connected by a single stretcher, supported by paw feet. ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Walnut

Mid 18th Century Baroque Table , Carvet Walnut by Cucchi & Sola finished to wax
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Important 18th century Baroque table in hand carved walnut by Cucchi & Sola Ammobigliamenti Restored and finished to wax . Excellent c...
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1750s Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Walnut

Roman Gilt Wood & Sienna Marble Topped Console Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This Roman table made in the Baroque taste is a fine example of the type of furniture made for stylish and demanding customers in the eternal city. Made in the late 17th century to e...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Marble

18th Century Italian Walnut Trestle Side Table / End Table
Located in Carmine, TX
Small side trestle table hand-made in Italy using walnut in the early 1700s. This table is a sturdy piece softened by beautiful carvings and packs a lot of character is a small package. The top features an inset board framed on four sides, and is decorated by a rectangular carved motif, which is repeated on the apron. The two legs are connected by an h-stretcher and all of these elements are decorated by carving. As a nice juxtaposition to the rather simple and straight-lined top, the legs of the table have rounded sides and end in large scalloped feet. Additionally, depth is provided to the legs by the fluting on the top, the acanthus leaves on the edges, a cartouche on the center, and beading on bottom. The beading motif is repeated on the top and bottom edges of the stretcher, where the year 1462 is also carved in roman number. We do not think this carving is original to the time the piece was built, but may have been done to mark an important date for the family represented in the coat of arms...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Walnut

Grand Ducal Pietre Dure Console Tables
By Andrea Brustolon
Located in New Orleans, LA
Among the most beautiful examples of hardstone artistry that have ever entered our collection, these important Grand Ducal pietre dure console tables are in a class all their own. Their powerful architectural elegance, impressive size and rarity make them two of the finest hardstone masterpieces ever created and quite possibly the greatest pair of pietre dure tables in existence. With their naturalistically rendered flowers and birds, these tabletop panels showcase the particularly fine quality craftsmanship of the Grand Ducal workshops in Florence during the first quarter of the 17th century. Grand Duke Ferdinando I de Medici, one of the most important personages in the annals of art history, established the Grand Ducal Workshop in 1588. The workshop specialized in the art of pietre dure developed from the ancient art of opus sectile, giving rise to the most luxurious and detailed examples of hardstone artistry ever produced. Its patrons were the Popes and Royals of Europe, and the quality of the objects produced in the workshop is without equal. Typically, because of the high level of workmanship the art form requires, pietre dure plaques were crafted in small sizes. The great majority of known examples of pietre dure are a fraction of the size of our grand tables. The combination of pietre dure and extensive use of other rare decorative hardstones such as lapis lazuli and pietra paesina or “ruin marble” meant that these tabletops were surely produced for a wealthy collector. The tables are further distinguished by their superbly carved bases by Andrea Brustolon, known as the “Michelangelo of wood.” Brustolon was a Venetian wood sculptor known for his exuberant and intricate Baroque furniture. His high Baroque style was influenced by his years studying in Rome, where he was exposed to the sculpture of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Crafted in the early 18th century, these bases display Brusolon’s unmatched talent for both figural and foliate work, combining cupids, masks and oversized scrolling vines for a grand, ornate effect. Similar furnishings by Brustolon are held in museums worldwide, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Museum of Scotland and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the Ca' Rezzonico Museum in Venice features an entire room dedicated to the sculptor. For approximately 150 years, these tables were part of the famed Stoneleigh Abbey collection owned by the Lord Leigh family. This renowned English country estate inspired Jane Austen to write Mansfield Park. Lord Leigh eventually sold the tables at Christie’s London in 1962, and the pair have stayed in the collection of the same Florentine family who purchased them from Christie's until we recently acquired them. Our tables are prominently pictured in the important Saul Levy book Il Mobile Veneziano del Settencento. The pietre dure plaques date circa 1625-1650. The decorative tops likely would have originally been sold with a pair of plain stone columns to display them, and Lord Leigh would have commissioned the custom bases from Brustolon circa 1714 when he added the impressive four-story fifteen-bay Baroque West Wing to Stoneleigh Abbey. A similar single Grand Ducal tabletop is in the United Kingdom’s National Trust Collection, and a smaller tabletop resides in Buckingham Palace. The flower and bird panels in our examples relate to the famous Badminton Cabinet...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Wood

Baroque Style Walnut Drop-Leaf Occasional Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Baroque style walnut drop-leaf occasional table, made from 18th century and later elements, assembled, circa 1930s. Dimensions as photographed, height 20" width 13" width of top 11.2...
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1930s Italian Vintage Baroque Side Tables

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Walnut

17th Century French Table
Located in New York, NY
This 17th century French table includes a drawer that is lined in original fabric. Since Schumacher was founded in 1889, our family-owned ...
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Early 17th Century French Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Walnut

18th Century Swedish Baroque Table in Original Condition
Located in Kramfors, SE
Baroque table from Hälsingland in northern Sweden. Manufactured during the latter part of the 18th century. Original condition with all original paint. The tabletop is faux painted a...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Side Tables

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Pine

Baroque side tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Baroque side tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage side tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque side tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, Spain, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original side tables, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Modenese Gastone, Cucchi & Sola Ammobiliamenti Torino, and NK (Nordiska Kompaniet). It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for side tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $385 and tops out at $35,000 while the average work can sell for $3,005.

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