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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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Other, Iron
1740s French Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
Early 1700s English Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
1720s German Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century French Antique Baroque Side Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Late 17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
18th Century Danish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
Mid-18th Century French Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
18th Century French Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-17th Century European Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Siena Marble, Bronze
Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Chestnut
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood
Mid-18th Century Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Early 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
1750s Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood, Giltwood
18th Century European Antique Baroque Side Tables
Iron
1690s French Antique Baroque Side Tables
Boxwood
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Bone, Fruitwood, Walnut, Giltwood
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Side Tables
Rosewood
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Limestone
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Pine
1750s Belgian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
1750s German Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
1710s Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
1750s Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Pine
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
1670s English Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Brass
Mid-17th Century French Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
Early 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Side Tables
1750s Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Late 17th Century English Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Late 17th Century English Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
18th Century and Earlier Welsh Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Marble
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Side Tables
Oak, Ebony
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Side Tables
Wood
Early 17th Century French Antique Baroque Side Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Side Tables
Pine