Baroque 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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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Marble
1710s French Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Unknown Baroque Tables
Oak
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Marble, Metal, Wrought Iron
Mid-17th Century French Antique Baroque Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century Danish Antique Baroque Tables
Pine
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Wood, Giltwood
1740s Swiss Antique Baroque Tables
Iron
1730s Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
1730s Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Olive, Walnut
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Carrara Marble, Metal
2010s Italian Baroque Tables
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
19th Century French Antique Baroque Tables
Marble
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Wrought Iron
2010s Italian Baroque Tables
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Tables
Limestone
17th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century Unknown Antique Baroque Tables
Iron
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Wood, Giltwood
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Bronze
18th Century Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Iron
19th Century English Antique Baroque Tables
Pine
Early 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Tables
Stone
Mid-20th Century Baroque Tables
Metal
20th Century Italian Baroque Tables
Bronze
20th Century Italian Baroque Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Baroque Tables
Porcelain, Wood
Late 18th Century French Antique Baroque Tables
Oak
17th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Tables
Wood
1690s Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Scagliola
18th Century and Earlier German Antique Baroque Tables
Marble
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Philippine Antique Baroque Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Tables
Ormolu, Brass, Bronze
1730s German Antique Baroque Tables
Wood
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Wood, Giltwood
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Philippine Baroque Tables
Hardwood
Early 2000s American Baroque Tables
Metal
Late 19th Century Danish Antique Baroque Tables
Pine, Paint
Mid-20th Century Unknown Baroque Tables
Porphyry
2010s Italian Baroque Tables
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Tables
Iron
2010s Italian Baroque Tables
Walnut
1890s Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Baroque Tables
Marble, Metal
Late 17th Century English Antique Baroque Tables
Oak
20th Century Unknown Baroque Tables
Silver, Silver Leaf
Early 19th Century European Antique Baroque Tables
Iron
1690s Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Baroque Tables
Marble, Gold Leaf
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Tables
Giltwood
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Gold Leaf
Mid-18th Century Danish Antique Baroque Tables
Oak
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Tables
Oak