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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1750s Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Tables
Wood, Paint
1750s German Antique Baroque Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Tables
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Bone, Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century Baroque Tables
Metal
1860s Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
19th Century French Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Marble
19th Century Antique Baroque Tables
Brass
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Wood, Giltwood
1690s French Antique Baroque Tables
Boxwood
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Ivory, Tortoise Shell, Ebony
1750s Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Marble
1930s British Vintage Baroque Tables
Marble
Mid-17th Century French Antique Baroque Tables
Oak
18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Tables
Giltwood, Glass
Early 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Tables
Stone
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Tables
Giltwood
Mid-17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
19th Century English Antique Baroque Tables
Bronze
18th Century European Antique Baroque Tables
Wood
Late 17th Century French Antique Baroque Tables
Wrought Iron
18th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut, Pine
17th Century European Antique Baroque Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Marble
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Wrought Iron
1690s Swiss Antique Baroque Tables
Wrought Iron
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Gold
17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Tables
Oak, Ebony
2010s Dutch Baroque Tables
Oak
2010s Dutch Baroque Tables
Oak
18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Baroque Tables
Chestnut
1730s Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Iron
1750s Belgian Antique Baroque Tables
Oak
Mid-17th Century French Antique Baroque Tables
Slate
1770s Swiss Antique Baroque Tables
Cherry, Kingwood
19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Iron
Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Iron
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Wood
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Scagliola, Giltwood
1680s Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Marble
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Marble
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Wood
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Wrought Iron
1750s German Antique Baroque Tables
Cherry, Walnut
1710s Spanish Antique Baroque Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Belgian Baroque Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Tables
Oak
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Wood, Walnut
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
Early 1900s Italian Antique Baroque Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Tables
Iron