Beaux Arts Furniture
Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.
Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.
Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze, Copper
1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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Late 19th Century German Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
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19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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1890s English Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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Early 20th Century German Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble, Bronze
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Metal
Late 19th Century American Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Terracotta
1950s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Gesso
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century Danish Beaux Arts Furniture
Wood
1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Crystal
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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1920s Persian Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wool
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Marble, Brass, Iron
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Bronze
19th Century German Antique Beaux Arts Furniture
Paint
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
Ceramic
1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Fabric, Paper
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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1970s American Vintage Beaux Arts Furniture
Wood
20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Furniture
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21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Furniture
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