Who invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century?

Sir Isaac Newton invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century. He created it as a replacement for the refracting telescope, which tended to have poor optics. Find a collection of antique and vintage telescopes on 1stDibs from some of the world’s top sellers.

What are the major features of Dutch 17th century portraiture?

17th-century Dutch portraiture has many similarities to other Baroque paintings, including rich colors, dark shadows and intense lighting. Many famous Dutch Baroque works lean toward realism. In Dutch portraiture, props and detailed backgrounds are uncommon. You'll find a collection of Dutch Baroque paintings from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.

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Iron

Small Baroque Carved Chest on Stand Side Table, Dated 1688

$2,350

Italian Cabinet with Table, 17th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Cabinets

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Bronze

Italian Cabinet with Table, 17th Century

$15,664

Beautiful medium size Artempo Coffee Table Made from 17th Century Oak

Located in Jesteburg, DE

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Oak

Beautiful medium size Artempo Coffee Table Made from 17th Century Oak

$5,162

Beautiful medium size Artempo Coffee Table Made from 17th Century Oak

Located in Jesteburg, DE

Beautiful Artempo coffee table made from 18th century oak. The top one solid heavy board of 17th

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2010s German Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Oak

Beautiful medium size Artempo Coffee Table Made from 17th Century Oak

$5,162

Period 17th Century Dutch Oak Drop-leaf Table in Original Surface

Located in Essex, MA

Period flemish drop-leaf triangular table. Baluster legs and stretchers open to support an round

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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Baroque Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

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Oak

Period 17th Century Dutch Oak Drop-leaf Table in Original Surface

$6,800

Italian Baroque Period Walnut and Ash 1690s Refectory Table with Turned Legs

Located in Atlanta, GA

An Italian Baroque period walnut and ash refectory table from circa 1690 with two drawers, turned

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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Iron

Italian Baroque Period Walnut and Ash 1690s Refectory Table with Turned Legs

$8,950

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Located in Miami, FL

Unique piece 18th century Spanish refectory table. Beautiful console. Impressive farm table with

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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Farm Tables

Materials

Walnut

18th Century Spanish Refectory Table or Farm Table with Drawers

$8,900

Cabinet with Table, Tortoiseshell, Bronze, Etc, Italy, 17th Century and Later

Located in Madrid, ES

Bargueño. Tortoise, bronze, wood, iron. Italy, 17th century; rear table. Uncovered sample desk

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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Cabinets

Materials

Bronze, Other

Cabinet with Table, Tortoiseshell, Bronze, Etc, Italy, 17th Century and Later

$17,207

Walnut “Lyre Legs” Table with Wrought Iron Fasteners, Spain, Castille

Located in Madrid, ES

that, by their movement, place the work inside the Baroque. These sinuous shapes are also seen in the

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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Center Tables

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Wrought Iron

Walnut “Lyre Legs” Table with Wrought Iron Fasteners, Spain, Castille

$7,832

Hand Carved Spanish Walnut Table

Located in Dallas, TX

A fine example of a 17th century Spanish hand carved walnut table. A large single board top above

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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Tables

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Wood

Hand Carved Spanish Walnut Table

$16,500

Beautiful 18th Century Minimalistic Table in Solid Walnut

Located in Jesteburg, DE

An exceptional 18th century Italian dining table of good proportions. Tabletop a single piece of

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Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Dining Room Tables

Materials

Walnut

Beautiful 18th Century Minimalistic Table in Solid Walnut

$4,628

Portugese Brazilian Rosewood and Padouk Center Table or Desk

Located in Essex, MA

Rectangular top with carved edge over three long drawers with fish scale and ripple carving, sides and back with false drawers raised on boldly turned barley twist legs joined by a c...

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Antique Late 17th Century Portuguese Baroque Center Tables

Portugese Brazilian Rosewood and Padouk Center Table or Desk

$12,500

Diminutive James II Bobbin Oak Table

Located in Greenwich, CT

Fine James II period oak child's table, the single plank thumb molded top over channel molded

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Antique 17th Century English Baroque Side Tables

Materials

Oak

Diminutive James II Bobbin Oak Table

$3,950

Scarce 17th Century Indo-Portuguese Caixa Contador - Antique Table Box

Located in Forney, TX

of the 17th century, probably made in Gujarat or Sindh, India, and finished in royal Mughal court

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Antique 17th Century Indian Baroque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Iron

Scarce 17th Century Indo-Portuguese Caixa Contador - Antique Table Box

$7,500

Adoration Paint Oil on table 16th century Art Baroque Manierism

By Frans Francken II

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

second half of the sixteenth century oil on panel, parquet floor Dimensions (cm): 48 x 63, with frame

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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Frans Francken II
Adoration Paint Oil on table 16th century Art Baroque Manierism

$11,629

Brazilian Portuguese Colonial Carved Wood Chest

Located in Essex, MA

With rectangular hinged top over a case with two panels with diamond carved centers, elaborate wrought iron hinged latch and lock plate, side handles with carved diamond shape panels...

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Antique Late 17th Century Brazilian Baroque Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Brazilian Portuguese Colonial Carved Wood Chest

$3,850

Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Walnut Trestle Side Table

Located in Larkspur, CA

Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Walnut Trestle Side Table, the Hand Hewn Plank Top Above Splayed

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Tables

Materials

Iron

Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Walnut Trestle Side Table

$13,400

late 17th century Italian Baroque walnut library table

Located in Larkspur, CA

late 17th century Italian Baroque walnut library table with a rectangular top above a ogee carved

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Console Tables

Materials

Walnut

late 17th century Italian Baroque walnut library table

$12,800

Spanish 17th Century Baroque table

Located in Bantam, CT

A good Spanish 17th Century walnut table retaining a wonderful colour, with two drawers to the

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Center Tables

Materials

Walnut

Spanish 17th Century Baroque table

$22,500

17th century Italian Baroque Style Table

Located in New York, NY

17th century walnut baroque style table

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Tables

17th century Italian Baroque Style Table

$12,500

17th century Italian Baroque Style Table

Located in New York, NY

17th century walnut baroque style table

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Tables

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Walnut

17th century Italian Baroque Style Table

$12,500

Fine 17th Century Spanish Baroque Period Walnut Library Table

Located in San Francisco, CA

A fine 17th century Spanish baroque period walnut library table with a single plank top over two

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Baroque Tables

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Walnut

Fine 17th Century Spanish Baroque Period Walnut Library Table

$22,500

Late 17th Century Baroque Marble Pedestal Table

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A massive French Baroque carved rouge royal marble twin pedestal table, circa late 17th century

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Antique Late 17th Century French Baroque Center Tables

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Marble, Stone

Late 17th Century Baroque Marble Pedestal Table

$50,000

A Superb 17th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Center Table

Located in San Francisco, CA

A fine 17th century Italian baroque period walnut library table with a single plank top over two

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Center Tables

Materials

Walnut

A Superb 17th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Center Table

$16,800

Exceptional, 17th Century Spanish Baroque Walnut Table Console

Located in Montecito, CA

Veyr fine and early Spanish 17th century walnut table. It's rare to find an early table like this

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Antique 17th Century Console Tables

Materials

Walnut

Exceptional, 17th Century Spanish Baroque Walnut Table Console

$19,500

17th Century Spanish Baroque Walnut Refectory Table

Located in San Francisco, CA

A superb 17th century Spanish baroque walnut refectory table with deeply carved drawers and turned

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Console Tables

17th Century Spanish Baroque Walnut Refectory Table

$36,000

17th C. Swedish Baroque Table

Located in New Orleans, LA

17TH CENTURY NORTHERN SWEDISH BAROQUE TABLE WITH MUSTARD PAINTED BOTTOM. CIRCA 1690. H 31

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Dining Room Tables

Materials

Wood, Paint

17th C. Swedish Baroque Table

$8,950

17th Century Spanish Table

Located in Stamford, CT

Circa 1690s three drawer table in the Baroque style from the late 17th century with metal hardware

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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Tables

Materials

Wood

17th Century Spanish Table

$7,900

Baroque Entry Table, Sweden 17th Century

Located in Los Angeles, CA

one of the earliest scandinavian pieces we've had at galerie. original quality, patina and finish.

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Farm Tables

Materials

Wood

Baroque Entry Table, Sweden 17th Century

17th Century Spanish Table

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

17th Century Spanish Table In Chestnut. With Carved Paneled Sides, Back And Drawer Fronts With Iron

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Wood

17th Century Spanish Table

$5,600

17th c. Spanish baroque Gateleg Table

Located in Summerland, CA

Elegant one-drawer baroque table with chip-carving motif

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Tables

Materials

Walnut

17th c. Spanish baroque Gateleg Table

$6,500

Spanish Baroque Style Table

Located in Essex, MA

A character filled Spanish Baroque style table, with period 17th century walnut base, the baluster

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Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Tables

Materials

Iron

Spanish Baroque Style Table

$3,600

17th Century Spanish Baroque Table Cabinet

Located in Salt Lake City, UT

A Spanish baroque table cabinet with inlaid bone and gilt from the 17th century. Dimensions: 50" H

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Antique 17th Century Cabinets

Materials

Walnut, Giltwood

17th Century Spanish Baroque Table Cabinet

$12,500

Italian 17th Century Carved Walnut Center Table Figural and Rams Head Carving

Located in Wells, ME

Italian 17th century carved walnut center table with scrolled carved pedestal ends, central carved

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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Center Tables

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Walnut

Italian 17th Century Carved Walnut Center Table Figural and Rams Head Carving

$6,985

17th Century Italian Walnut Joint Stool Side Table

Located in Essex, MA

A 17th century Italian joint stool in walnut, the rectangular top with canted corners and molded

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Side Tables

17th Century Italian Walnut Joint Stool Side Table

$1,100

Walnut Small Table, Spain 17th Century

Located in London, GB

Walnut small table, the single plank top raised on four turned legs united by stretchers, the front

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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Side Tables

Materials

Walnut

Walnut Small Table, Spain 17th Century

$3,423

17th Century Spanish Walnut Center Table

Located in Harbor Springs, MI

17th century Spanish Baroque walnut center table with geometric drawers and apron on stop fluted

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Center Tables

Materials

Walnut

17th Century Spanish Walnut Center Table

$18,000

Baroque Table

Located in San Francisco, CA

A 17th Century Italian Baroque Walnut Table

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Console Tables

Materials

Walnut

Baroque Table

$9,850

Baroque Table

Located in San Francisco, CA

A 17th Century Italian Baroque table with original marble top, circa 1680

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Console Tables

Materials

Marble

Baroque Table

$5,950

Early 17th Century Spanish Table Chest, "Arquimesa", Chestnut

Located in Santa Fe, NM

A beautifully preserved early 17th Century table chest ("arquimesa") in chestnut from the north of

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Antique Early 17th Century Spanish Baroque Tables

Materials

Chestnut

Early 17th Century Spanish Table Chest, "Arquimesa", Chestnut

$9,715

17th Century, Danish Stone Top Table

Located in London, GB

radial stretchers and raised on bun feet. While this style is associated with 17th century, Europe, it

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Antique 17th Century Scandinavian Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Stone

17th Century, Danish Stone Top Table

$38,339

17th Century Trestle Form Table

Located in Salt Lake City, UT

A Italian walnut table with vasiform legs and mortice-and-tenon stretcher bar.

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Walnut

17th Century Trestle Form Table

$6,900

Late 17th. Century Spanish Table

Located in Houston, TX

Handsome Spanish two drawer table with inlaid drawers and sides. Single board walnut top above the

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Walnut, Oak

Late 17th. Century Spanish Table

$14,750

A Late 17th Century Anglo-Flemish Oak Trestle Table

Located in Long Island City, NY

The table is from the late 17th century with possible later additions.

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Baroque Dining Room Tables

A Late 17th Century Anglo-Flemish Oak Trestle Table

$18,000

Mid-Late 17th Century Spanish Mast Leg Table with Drawer, Walnut

Located in Santa Fe, NM

With gorgeous “prima patina”, this small mid-late 17th century single-board top table features

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Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Tables

Materials

Walnut

Mid-Late 17th Century Spanish Mast Leg Table with Drawer, Walnut

$5,950

17th Century Italian Walnut Drop Leaf Table

Located in San Francisco, CA

A rare 17th century Italian ovoid shaped walnut drop leaf table with a central pedestal containing

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Drop-leaf and Pembroke ...

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Walnut

17th Century Italian Walnut Drop Leaf Table

$24,000

17th Century Single Board Spanish Walnut Accent Table

Located in Santa Fe, NM

This small early to mid-17th century single board walnut table was found in the province of

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Antique Early 17th Century Spanish Baroque End Tables

Materials

Walnut

17th Century Single Board Spanish Walnut Accent Table

$5,825

17th Century Veneered Walnut Side Table

Located in Salisbury Wiltshire, GB

A Charles II veneered walnut one drawer side table, the top inset with an oval and with wide

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Baroque Side Tables

Materials

Beech, Oak, Pine, Walnut

17th Century Veneered Walnut Side Table

$15,250

Spanish Baroque Walnut Table

Located in San Francisco, CA

A fine late 17th / early 18th century Spanish baroque walnut table with molded edge, baluster

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Tables

Materials

Walnut

Spanish Baroque Walnut Table

$8,800

Baroque French Walnut Center Table, circa 1680

Located in Salt Lake City, UT

A period 17th century table.

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Antique 17th Century French Baroque Center Tables

Materials

Walnut

Baroque French Walnut Center Table, circa 1680

$9,250

17th Century Drop Leaf Table

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

17th Century Italian Walnut Drop Leaf Table With Drawer,

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Drop-leaf and Pembroke ...

Materials

Walnut

17th Century Drop Leaf Table

$3,600

Carved 17th Century Two-Drawer Spanish Library Table

Located in Santa Fe, NM

of drawers, this mid to late 17th century table has a 66 1/4" L x 27 1/4" W x 1 1/2" thick single

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Antique Mid-17th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak, Walnut

Carved 17th Century Two-Drawer Spanish Library Table

$12,950

Impressive Continental 17th Century Gilt wood Console Table

Located in London, GB

A finely carved gilt wood and gesso console table dating from the last quarter of the seventeenth

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Gold

Impressive Continental 17th Century Gilt wood Console Table

$5,750

17th Century Spanish Trestle Leg Table, Walnut and Oak

Located in Santa Fe, NM

With superb "prima patina", this beautiful trestle leg table is from the province of Burgos in Old

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Antique Mid-17th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

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Wrought Iron

17th Century Spanish Trestle Leg Table, Walnut and Oak

$6,715

Early to Mid-17th Century Carved Two-Drawer Library Table, Walnut

Located in Santa Fe, NM

This large two-drawer walnut library table, found in the medieval town of Viana in the province of

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Antique Early 17th Century Spanish Baroque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Early to Mid-17th Century Carved Two-Drawer Library Table, Walnut

$23,500

Late 17th-Early 18th Century Walnut Lyre Leg Table with Iron Stretchers

Located in Santa Fe, NM

This delicately proportioned walnut console table features a single board top, beautifully

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Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Console Tables

Materials

Wrought Iron

Late 17th-Early 18th Century Walnut Lyre Leg Table with Iron Stretchers

$8,500

17th c. French Baroque Table Chest

Located in Summerland, CA

Walnut with gold gilt.

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17th c. French Baroque Table Chest

$9,000

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17th Century Baroque Table For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic 17th century baroque table available at 1stDibs. A 17th century baroque table — often made from wood, walnut and metal — can elevate any home. There are 332 variations of the antique or vintage 17th century baroque table you’re looking for, while we also have 18 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect 17th century baroque table — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A 17th century baroque table, designed in the Baroque style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made 17th century baroque table has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Europa Antiques and Spanish School are consistently popular.

How Much is a 17th Century Baroque Table?

Prices for a 17th century baroque table start at $591 and top out at $165,000 with the average selling for $7,763.

A Close Look at Baroque Furniture

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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Finding the Right Tables for You

The right vintage, new or antique tables can help make any space in your home stand out.

Over the years, the variety of tables available to us, as well as our specific needs for said tables, has broadened. Today, with all manner of these must-have furnishings differing in shape, material and style, any dining room table can shine just as brightly as the guests who gather around it.

Remember, when shopping for a dining table, it must fit your dining area, and you need to account for space around the table too — think outside the box, as an oval dining table may work for tighter spaces. Alternatively, if you’ve got the room, a Regency-style dining table can elevate any formal occasion at mealtime.

Innovative furniture makers and designers have also redefined what a table can be. Whether it’s an unconventional Ping-Pong table, a brass side table to display your treasured collectibles or a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk to add an air of nostalgia to your loft, your table can say a lot about you.

The visionary work of French designer Xavier Lavergne, for example, includes tables that draw on the forms of celestial bodies as often as they do aquatic creatures or fossils. Elsewhere, Italian architect Gae Aulenti, who looked to Roman architecture in crafting her stately Jumbo coffee table, created clever glass-topped mobile coffee tables that move on bicycle tires or sculpted wood wheels for Fontana Arte.

Coffee and cocktail tables can serve as a room’s centerpiece with attention-grabbing details and colors. Glass varieties will keep your hardwood flooring and dazzling area rugs on display, while a marble or stone coffee table in a modern interior can showcase your prized art books and decorative objects. A unique vintage desk or writing table can bring sophistication and even a bit of spice to your work life.

No matter your desired form or function, a quality table for your living space is a sound investment. On 1stDibs, browse a collection of vintage, new and antique bedside tables, mid-century end tables and more .

Questions About 17th Century Baroque Table

What is 17th-century furniture called?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024
What 17th-century furniture is called varies. The general term for all furniture produced 100 years ago, including 17th-century pieces, is antique furniture. You may also choose to be more specific and describe a piece by its style. Theatrical and lavish, the Baroque style was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to the mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from shape to materials. 17th-century pieces from England often feature characteristics of the William and Mary style, such as crisp lines, maple and walnut veneers, inlaid bands and C-scroll ornaments. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of antique furniture.
Who invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
Sir Isaac Newton invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century. He created it as a replacement for the refracting telescope, which tended to have poor optics. Find a collection of antique and vintage telescopes on 1stDibs from some of the world’s top sellers.
What are the major features of Dutch 17th century portraiture?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
17th-century Dutch portraiture has many similarities to other Baroque paintings, including rich colors, dark shadows and intense lighting. Many famous Dutch Baroque works lean toward realism. In Dutch portraiture, props and detailed backgrounds are uncommon. You'll find a collection of Dutch Baroque paintings from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.