Baroque Decorative Art
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
Vintage Italian Montelupo Maiolica Pottery Charger
Located in Bradenton, FL
This beautiful 11.5 pottery charger is from Montelupo, Italy and is boldly decorated with a soldier on horseback. Vividly painted in yellow, green, and blue. Condition is very good, ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
An 18th C. Italian Scrolling Cartouche Decorative Wall Plaque, 5+ FT Long
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite 18th century Italian gilded and painted wooden wall plaque. This Italian large size wall decoration features a central cartouche, surrounded by a variety of motifs: remi...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Back of Altar-Italy-19 ° Century-Red Silk Velvet
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful 19th century Italian altar back in red silk velvet, probably Venetian
Very elegant altar back adorned with metal-gold braid and metal...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Velvet
Important 19th Century Italian Parade Plate
By Europa
Located in Madrid, ES
Important 19th Century Italian Parade Plate
Polychrome ceramic, with a wide brim, short frill, and a wide base. Reverse with ring support. Decoration on the rim with harpies and fan...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Maiolica, Porcelain
Large Painted Antique Tuscan Cartouche Panel, 18th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This large cartouche panel was carved from wood and hand-painted with a central coat of arms in Italy during the 1700’s. Inspired by a 16th century Fr...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Pair of Gilt Baroque Fragments - Antique Wall Panels
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique pair of stunning French Baroque painted and partial – gilt carved architectural elements or wall panels, in good condition. These wall décor ornaments are very ornate and ...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Hand-Carved Silver Giltwood Decorative Sculpture
Located in Sheffield, MA
Silver and gold gilt decorative sculpture pediment with scroll work, sunflowers and leaves. Could be used over a mirror, bed as corona or door having the right width or above headboa...
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20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
Cobalt Blue Hand-Painted Baroque Cherub or Angel Portuguese Ceramic Tile Azulejo
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous blue hand painted Baroque cherub or angel 18th century style Portuguese ceramic tile/azulejo
The tile painted in cobalt blue over white in typical 18th century Portugal set ...
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Late 20th Century Portuguese Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Delft, Faience, Terracotta
Very Large Copper Wall Plate Depiction Saint Martin on Horse in Relief
Located in Antwerp, BE
A very large hamered copper wall plate depiction Saint Martin on horse in relief.
Signed A Louis.
Early 20th century.
Measures: Diameter 75 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Italian 18th Century Baroque Period Giltwood Wall Decor Panel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and large scale Italian 18th century Baroque period Giltwood wall decor panel. At the center of this very decorative panel is a protruding central medallion with carved fo...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood
17th Century Italian Flemish Oil on Canvas Painting of Adoration of the Magi
Located in North Miami, FL
17th Century Italian Flemish oil on canvas painting depicting the Adoration of the Magi. Early Flemish painting was contemporary to the development of the early Renaissance in Italy. In the middle of the 15th century Italy...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
18th Century Italian Gaming Board
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare 18th century Italian gaming board "Nobilissimo Giuoco Della Mea" Or "The Nobel Game of Chance" in original paint and decoupage, (lacca povera) depicting a game which appears to be a board version of "Put and Take" with different characters representing either plus or minus points. Four corners with scalloped carved coin wells, the centre slightly dished for either a top or ball to roll within.
Characters include:
Scimmia/Monkey - put 6, Re/King - take 1, Vople/Wolf take 3 , Pascia/Lord - take two and so on. Other characters include, Cinese/Chinese, Colombo/Pidgeon, Crepascolo/Twilight, Armigero/Knight?, Gezelia/Gazelle, Adone/Adonis, Gonhiere/Gondolier, Araba Fenice/Arab Phoenix?, Vecchio/Old Man, Leone/Lion.
A very similar game board is in the collection of the Medici Villa...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Poplar
Beautiful Massimo Popper Plate, 1911/1914, 20th Century
By Europa
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful Massimo Popper Plate, 1911/1914, 20th Century
Pompous polychrome ceramic "Marguerite" with a wide brim, short frill, and wide base. The rim is decorated with metopes and t...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Maiolica, Porcelain
17th Century Portuguese Tile Panel
Located in Madrid, ES
Largest collection of Portuguese tiles in the world
17th Century Portuguese Tile Panel
Restored
56cm x 56cm
14cm x 14cm tiles
With certificate of authenticity and export issued by ...
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17th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Ornately Giltwood Framed Floral Painting by Charles Franzini D’issoncourt
Located in Miami, FL
Original oil on canvas painting by the very talented French artist Charles Henri Franzini d’Issoncourt who won an award in Paris at the Universal Exposition in 1900 for his artwork. ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Giltwood
A Pair of 18th Century Portuguese Baroque Wall Panels
Located in Conwy, GB
A pair of carved and gilded chestnut architectural elements.
Both vigorously carved in high relief from a single section of chestnut with its first gilded finish still in place, the...
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Early 18th Century European Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Chestnut
Balustrade with (decorative) corbels, of an ancient choir lofts 18th 18th Century
Located in Cesena, FC
Large sculptures, 18th century baroque balcony (balustrade)
The Baroque chancel that is the subject of this description represents a fine example of art and craftsmanship, dating ba...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Oil on Canvas Mother & Child Attr Michael Dahl
By Michael Dahl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large 18th century oil on canvas titled "Mother and Child" (Probably members of The Swedish Royal Family). Attributed to Michael Dahl (Swe...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood
Vintage Italian Montelupo Maiolica Pottery Charger
Located in Bradenton, FL
This beautiful pottery charger is from Montelupo, Italy and is hand painted with two soldiers sword fighting. Vividly painted in yellow, green, and blue. C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
Flemish Embossed Wood Plaque of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a heavy large carved wood plaque depicting an embossed scene of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. He is standing victorious and elevated over a U shaped cluster of clouds wit...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
European Baroque Brass Alms Plate
Located in Essex, MA
With a central pomegranate surrounded by a gadrooned border. The border with stamped decoration.
Category
Late 17th Century European Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Tuscan Ceramic Plate 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful Tuscan Ceramic Plate 17th Century
with a deepened centre, painted with a biblical scene, landscape and architecture, glazed on the underside, described and marked.
Diamete...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Italian 18th century Baroque Period Mecca wall decor/mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and most unique Italian 18th century Baroque Period Mecca wall decor/mirror. This most decorative and rare carved Giltwood wall panel is set within an elegant mottled fra...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Original Framed "Cinara Major Boloniensis" Engraving by Basilius Besler
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A hand colored copper engraving from one of the greatest botanical picture books ever created, Hortus Eystettensis. Published in Eichstatt, Germany...
Category
17th Century German Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
Antique Rare Louis XVI Velvet Gold Embroidery Pants Display Paris 18th Century
Located in Doha, QA
Extremely rare and unique beautifully designed artistic display of Louis XVI period velvet gold embroidery pants. This unique item has been framed and displayed on the antique velvet...
Category
18th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Gold
Bronze Bassin for Holy Water, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Holy wall font. Bronze. Spain, 17th Century.
Small font for holy water designed to be placed on a wall, which has a container decorated with moldings and architectural elements and...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze, Other
18th Century Spanish Painting on the Glass, Couple of Painting, Gildwood Frame
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing pair of baroque cornucopias, with painted glass, s. XVIII, Spanish origin, Andalusian school (Córdoba)
Outstanding pair of Cornucopias in carved wood and gilwood decorated w...
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1780s Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paint
Italian late 17th century Baroque Period Wood and Giltwood wall decor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A monumentally scaled and most decorative Italian late 17th century Baroque Period Venetian st. patinated Wood and Giltwood wall decor. This most impressive wall decor/plaque is unde...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Antique Print After Rembrandt, The Presentation In The Temple, C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Rembrandt
Fine Steel engraving.
Published by Blackie & Sons London. C.1850
Unframed.
Category
1850s English Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
J. Kip and L. Knyff 18th Century Hand Colored Engravings, Set of 4
By Johannes Kip
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
Set of four antique hand-colored engravings. "Britannia Illustrata," the publication in which these prints originally appeared, was one of the most important topographical works of t...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Crown. Polychromed and Carved Wood, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Auction. Carved and polychrome wood, 18th century.
Finished in carved, polychrome and gilt wood decorated with a light relief based on "ce" scrolls lying together in pairs by one of ...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Flemish 18th-19th Century Verdure Landscape Tapestry Panel Centered with a Tree
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine flemish 18th-19th century Verdure landscape tapestry, the wool and silk tapestry centered by a scene of a tall tree within a forest background and a foliage border. Circa: 180...
Category
Early 19th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
European Brass Alms Plate
Located in Essex, MA
Alms plates were used to collect donations during church services. This plate depicts Adam And Eve.
Category
Early 18th Century European Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
19th century Dutch Portrait Oil on Canvas
By Ferdinand Bol 1
Located in Savannah, GA
Early copy of Dutch painting. Oil on canvas in antique style wooden frame. “Elisabeth Bas (1571, in Kampen – 2 August 1649 in Amsterdam) was a figure in the Dutch Republic. She was the wife of Jochem Hendrickszoon Swartenhont, an admiral in the navy of the Dutch Republic and military hero.
The portrait is now in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, where it is known as Elisabeth Bas and attributed to Ferdinand Bol...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Pair of Miniatures, Frans van de Casteele 'Kasteels' aka Francesco da Castello
By Francesco da Castello
Located in Madrid, ES
Frans van de Casteele (Kasteels) called Francesco da Castello (Brussels, ca. 1541 - Rome, 1621)
Adoration of the shepherds
Crowning with thorns
First decade of the 17th century.
Tempera and gold on parchment, 290 x 240 mm (with frame).
Original wooden frame with trimmed silver foil applications; in the corners, medallions with the four evangelists.
The two refined miniatures of the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Crowning with Thorns are works of the artist's full maturity, dating from the first decade of the 17th century, characterized by formal simplification and pure colors in the invoice of the garments that stand out from the eburoral incarnations of the characters.
Among the numerous motifs comparable to those of other miniatures by Francesco da Castello, the small medallions with the Evangelists barely outlined on a golden background, closely recall the miniatures, of reduced dimensions, inserted in the compartments of the frame of the altar with the Mysteries del Rosario, as well as those of another box with compartments with the Tree of Jesse...
Category
Early 17th Century European Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Other
19th C Italian Pair of Baroque Style Silver 2-Light Wall Sconces, Wired for US
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian pair of Baroque style silver plated, two-light wall sconces from the 19th century. These antique wall lights from Italy each feature sha...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Silver Plate
Meissen Porcelain Ceramic Small Jardiniere Wall Decoration Green
Located in Valladolid, ES
Very cute small jardiniere to hang in the wall. In Meissen Germany porcelain, circa 1840,
Excellent quality. Model snowball, the little bird and the ...
Category
1840s Austrian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Spanish Gold and Diamonds Lace Pendant from the 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spanish gold and diamonds lace pendant
from the 18th century, in gold with a hollow body with a pendant element, ornamented with ribbons and flowers, with honeycombs studded with dia...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Gold
18th Century Venetian Opal Glass Dish
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Venetian opal glass plate from the early 18th century with stunning luminescent qualities.
An epitome of Renaissance and Baroque Venetian cult...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Glass
Unknown Flemish Artist, 18th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Unknown Flemish Artist, Belgium 18th century, in the right part of the painting the artist represented a man sitting in front of a tavern. He is surrounded by Delft baroque earthenware pitchers and plates. The right side of the painting shows different types of birds, among them chicken, a swan, ducks and a peacock. The painter was here definitely inspired by the 17th century painter Melchior de...
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1770s Belgian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Hardwood
18th Century Italian Architectural Pediment and Barnacled Chesapecten Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian architectural pediment decorated with chesapecten jeffersonius shells with barnacles and crystal quartz points. The 18th century architectural pediment originall...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
The Vision of Saint Hubertus, Late 17th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 17th century oil on joined wood panel interpretation of The Vision of Saint Hubertus by Albrecht Durer. It was painted in 1501 and became a very po...
Category
17th Century German Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Wood, Paint
A Decorative Pair of Baroque Style Marriage Portraits, Continental Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly decorative pair of hand painted marriage portraits depicting a man & woman in 17th century courtly attire.
Both figures shown surrounded by flowering vines - he surrounded b...
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Early 1900s European Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Italian "Our Lady" of the Assumption Triptych 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Our Lady of the Assumption Triptych
Italian,
19th Century
in ebonized wood with brass applications with an enamel plaque in the center representing t...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Very Fine Late 17th Century Allegorical Flemish Brussels Baroque Tapestry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine late 17th century allegorical Flemish Brussels Baroque tapestry
Period: Late 17th century
Country: Brussels, Belgium
Measures: Depth 0.75"
Width 111"
Height 10...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Tapestry
Antique Gothic Giltwood Frieze
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Italian antique frieze in hand-carved wood and gilded gold leaf. Very rare.
(See my published ancient friezes).
You can hang it on the headboard, on a...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Fine 17th Century Italian Etching by Salvator Rosa, 1615-1673
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Salvator Rosa, the Italian Baroque painter was also a significant etcher and printmaker. Rosa’s is series of small prints of soldiers was very popular and influential. This etching i...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Pair of Italian Paintings from the 90's Representing a Vanity - F392 F393
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Pair of very decorative Italian paintings, probably an old theatre set, from the 90s. Structure in old solid wood and linen canvas representing a vanity. S...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Linen, Wood
Pine Wood Niche, Spanish School, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Niche. Gilded and polychrome pine wood. Spain, 17th century.
Niche made of carved and gilded pine wood, decorated with moldings, a venerated shape and plant elements in the upper p...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Other
Nativity of the Mother of God, 17th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 17th Century Russian Orthodox Icon of the Nativity of the Mother of God painted over gold leaf and gesso laid on a wooden board. It has been framed with a gold gilded museum mou...
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17th Century Russian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Wallhanging, 2003 Recreating a 1850s Design by Jacques Dulud, Leather Embossed
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The gilded, stylised scrolling foliage design is embossed into the grey leather enhancing the effect of the relief. The eighteen panels were pressed from moulding blocks which were m...
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Early 2000s English Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Leather
Gilded Carved Wood Angels Sculptures from Venise
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/7283 - Wonderful Venetian antique angels in carved and gilded wood, with particularly expressive faces -
That's a very great quality and an interesting size, rare to find.. Wh...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century French Cherub Wallpaper Panels
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century French cherub wallpaper panels. In this collection, Irish, English and French wallpaper have been applied to a frame decorated with 18th and 19th-century Irish reproduct...
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19th Century Irish Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Framed Baroque Style Fans, Italy 1940s
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Pair of Framed Baroque-Style Fans, Italy 1940s
This pair of framed Baroque-style fans from the 1950s embodies the refined decorative taste that was highly popular in Italy at the tu...
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1940s Italian Vintage Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Bentwood
Gold-foiled Glass Large Wall Dish with Grapes Découpage
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Large wonderful gold-foiled glass dish with découpage technique.
More scenographic than a picture...
O/5446 -
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic, Fiberglass
Small Italian 18th Century Baroque Silvered Wall Mirror
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An 18th century Italian Venetian-style wall mirror with original silvered patina.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Gesso, Giltwood
Wooden Antique Garland Overdoor or Headboard
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare wooden antique garland from the beautiful Val Gardena, authentic '700 period - May be an overdoor , over mirror or over a padded headboard.
M/1523.
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Italian Ebonized Frame, Tortoiseshell and Engraved Bone, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian ebonized frame, tortoiseshell and engraved bone,
19th century.
Measures: 52 x 41cm
39.5 x 29.5cm
Very good conditions.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Art
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Wood
Baroque decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque decorative art 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 decorative art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque decorative art made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative art, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Rembrandt van Rijn, Interi, and Basilius Besler. 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 decorative art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $154,947 while the average work can sell for $2,774.