Renaissance Decorative Objects
RENAISSANCE STYLE
Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.
Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.
Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.
Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.
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Style: Renaissance
Italian Renaissance Iron Floor Candlestick
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style wrought iron floor standing candle pricket on 3 legs.
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Italian Renaissance Style Brass urn
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style brass urn with center scroll & medallion (with initials) and flair top (19/20th Cent.) Similar to #008526A
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Italian Renaissance Style Brass Menorah
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) brass 7 arm menorah on round shaped base.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Italian Venetian Style Crystal Paperweight
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian-style (20th Century) multi colored round crystal paperweight with 5 bubbles.
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
2th Century Italian Solidi 800 Silver Pr. of Candlesticks in Venetian Style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of solid silver candlesticks made in Italy in San Marco (Venetian) style completely handmade.
The base is round and hand-hammered with
t...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$2,108 Sale Price
20% Off
French Renaissance "Rebecca at the Wall" Spelter Metal Large Statue Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance "Rebecca at the Wall" Spelter Metal Large Statue Sculpture weighing approx. 110 lbs. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 38.5" H x 25" W x 11.5" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Pair of Bronze Sculptures of Mercury and Fortuna
By Louis-Guillaume Fulconis, Giambologna
Located in London, GB
Pair of bronze sculptures of Mercury and Fortuna
French, late 19th century
Measures: Mercury: Height 64cm, width 11cm, depth 27cm
Fortuna: Heigh...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$8,863 / set
Majolica Vase Snake Two-handled Amphora Orange Blue Hand Painted Italian Ceramic
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Amphora in majolica handmade in Italy and hand-painted in polychrome, decorated with a reinterpretation of the patterns used in Deruta during the Fifteenth Century, following the ori...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Pair of Patinated Bronze Figures After Giambologna
By Giambologna
Located in London, GB
Pair of patinated bronze figures after Giambologna
French, late 19th Century
Mercury: Height 84cm, width 17cm, depth 31cm
Fortuna: Height 84.5cm, width 17cm, depth 29cm
The patinated bronze figures are pictured in the nude, adopting active poses. Both stand on their tiptoes on one foot — Fortuna resting on a scrolling base, and Mercury on a gust of wind, produced by Zephyrus, the god of the western wind — and their other leg is flicked back. In both, one arm is raised, and the other rests at their side.
The figures stand on cylindrical yellow marble bases, which are ringed with continuous relief panels, depicting cherubs at the helm of sailing ships, and navigating using globes...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$10,227 / set
17th Century Stoneware Salt Glazed Jug Free Shipping!
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Wonderful stoneware Jug from the 17th century.
In good condition.
A perfect item for the Wabi Sabi, Natural looking interiors.
Category
17th Century German Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Bronze Statue Hans Peisser and Pankraz Labenwolf, Attributed to, Warrior
Located in Milano, IT
The bronze statue depicts a Turkish warrior with shield and sword. the warrior is shown bare without veils, with a base also made of oval-shaped bronze, acting in a war scene.
Detai...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$6,707 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Renaissance Style Brass Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style brass urn with center scroll & medallion and flair top (19/20th Cent.) (similar to #008526)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Renaissance Style Pewter Chalice
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style (19th Century) pewter chalice with hunter and gun relief and finial on lid.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Pewter
Frame Carved Wood, Polychrome and Gold, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Carved wooden frame, polychromed and gilded made with different elements of marked Renaissance influence, resulting in an architectural composition with staggered base, two ribbed pi...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of Beautiful 19th Century Italian Renaissance Gilt Bronze Lions
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance (19th century) small gilt bronze lions on a pale green rectangular marble plinths.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vase Vessel Majolica Damask Renaissance Black Yellow Hand Painted Italy Deruta
By deBlona
Located in Recanati, IT
Majolica vase with a black background decorated in golden yellow. the vase is formed by a very slender body and a flared neck ending with a rather everted edge: it is handmade and ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
Pair of Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Musician Statues
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style (17/18th Century) walnut and gilt trimmed large crouching figures with musical instruments on pedestal bases (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
18th Century Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Walnut
19th Century Pair of French Patinated Bronze Lidded Cups or Urns
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of patinated bronze cups with covers. A repousse of ivy leaves garland decorates the center of the cups’ body. Above and below it, there are a chain of beads adorning ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$3,400 Sale Price
47% Off
A Tall and Slender Antique Hand Painted Italian Majolica Ewer, Naples Circa 1870
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed on the underside by Gaetano Battaglia of Manifattura Battaglia, this tall hand-painted majolica ewer originates from Naples, Italy, circa 1870. Known as an istoriato (loosely ...
Category
1870s Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica, Paint
Pair of Italian Renaissance Bronze Altar Candlesticks
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) bronze altar sticks with swirl top and fluted bottom with round center and scroll filigree base (PRICED A...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Italian Renaissance Painted Lifesize Figure of Religious Scholar
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance painted pine life size figure of religious scholar holding book (17/18th Cent)
Replacement finger
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
20th century Italian sterling silver miniature from the "History of Fashion"
Located in VALENZA, IT
20th-century Sterling Silver miniature belonging to the collection "The History of Fashion" of a 16th-century women's costume that belonged to Eleonora Gonzaga.
Eleonora Gonzaga (Ma...
Category
1990s Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,571 Sale Price
20% Off
Vtg Italian Renaissance Jacobean Turn Carved Oak Wood 18.5" Candlesticks a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Renaissance Jacobean Style Turn Carved Oak Wood 18.5" Candlesticks a Pair. Circa Early to Mid 20th Century Measurements: 18.5" H x 6" Diameter.
Category
Early 20th Century Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Brass Candlesticks
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th century) brass double swirl candlesticks (priced as pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Wonderful Signed Bronze Sculpture Juan Clara Ayats Onyx Girls Playing with Chair
By Juan Clara
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful signed patina bronze sculpture by Juan Clara Ayats on an onyx base of two girls playing with a chair, Spanish artist (1875-1958).
Category
Early 1900s Spanish Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Large Madonna and Child Statue , France 16th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Large Virgin and Child Statue in Majesty, seated, holding Christ in her left hand.
Sixteenth century Mosan(?) work.
Oak wood, hollowed out at the back.
No traces of original gilt no...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Pair of Antique French Renaissance Style Bronze Candlesticks, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of small 19th century bronze candlesticks (“bougeoirs” in French) was crafted in the Renaissance style.
The circular molded base...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Italian Renaissance Style Lacquered Box
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) large black lacquered box with semi precious stones and bronze floral trim
Antique condition.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
English Renaissance Silver Plate Copper Vase
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style (20th Cent) silver plate on copper cylindrical container with fluted and etched design.
Category
20th Century Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Copper
Jesus Salvator Mundi Sculpture, Flemish Religious Art, 17th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
This masterfully carved 17th-century Flemish sculpture presents Jesus Christ as the “Salvator Mundi” — Savior of the World — a powerful icon of devotion and divine kingship.
Sculpte...
Category
Late 17th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Chestnut
$5,272 Sale Price
22% Off
Fra Mattia Della Robbia, Saint Joseph, Tuscany, Around 1505-1510
By Della Robbia
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Fra Mattia Della Robbia (Firenze 1468-1534)
Saint Joseph
Terracotta
Tuscany, around 1505-1510
55 x 40 x 30 cm
Marco della Robbia the Younger (April 6, 1468 in Florence - 15...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
$32,580 Sale Price
20% Off
Niche In Gilt Wood From The 17th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
niche in gilded wood from the 17th century from Italy
Lovely niche with a carved wood in its center from the Italian Renaissance
Beautiful original gild wood
Dimensions excluding ba...
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Brass Offering Dish With Gothic Inscriptions Nuremberg Circa 1600
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb offering dish in brass from the end of the 16th century/early 17th century circa 1600 from Nuremberg-Germany
Very beautiful large offering dish with a rose sculpture in its ce...
Category
Early 17th Century German Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Domed Chagrin Casket
Located in West Chester, PA
Very rare wood, iron and sharkskin domed casket on ball feet. Ornamented with iron strap work and double hasp lock. Silk damask interior.
Ex collection of...
Category
Late 17th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
$9,500
19th Century Carved Giltwood
Polychrome Painted Angel Alter Candlestick
Located in Norwich, GB
A beautiful 19th century giltwood and polychrome angel alter candle stick. Circa 1880.
Wonderfully crisp hand-carved lime. Note the spectacular water gilded folds of the gown, and s...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of 19th Century French Renaissance Patinated Bronze Ewers Clodion Style
Located in Dallas, TX
Make a statement on your mantel with these tall, impressive antique ewers. Crafted in France circa 1870, and built of bronze, each "Aiguiere" (or ewer in English) sits on a heavily o...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Rape Of A Woman
, Large Bronze Group After Giambologna, Early 20th Century
By Giambologna
Located in Vienna, AT
In reference to the remarkaple marble group of three larger-than-life figures, known as ‘The Rape of the Sabine Women’, which is located under the right arcade of the Loggia dei Lanz...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Oak Sculpture of Christ Emerging from the Tomb, Surrounded by Roman Soldiers.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Carved oak sculpture of Christ emerging from the tomb, surrounded by Roman soldiers, 17th century.
Carving of Christ emerging from the tomb, surr...
Category
17th Century European Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Oak
Louis XIV Fruitwood Casket, Attributed to César Bagard (1620-1707)
By Cesar Bagard
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Finely carved overall with arabesques, birds and scrolls, the top centered by a cartouche.
César Bagard was born in Nancy in 1620. Most of the work known to have been carved by him ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Italian Renaissance Walnut Box
Located in Essex, MA
A dwarf cassone with hinged top with chip carved edge over a paneled case with central keyhole, arcaded carved base.
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
Holy Bishop Sculpture 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Holy Bishop sculpture 18th century
Portuguese sculpture, from the 18th century.
in upholstered, polychrome and gilded wood.
Fingers flaws. faults and defects,
Measure: Height:...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Bronze Mortar, Tuscany, Second Half of 16th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Bronze mortar with garlands, flowers and putti - Tuscany , second half of 17th century.
Measures: height 10
diameter : 13 cm
Artisans and healers used mortars for grinding food...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
After Giambologna: The Abduction of a Sabine Woman
By Giambologna
Located in Montreal, QC
This fine 19th century copy of the famous group is in a sumptuous Serpentine marble. The Sabine man crouches in submissive pose, whilst the Roman carries off the writhing woman. It is well-presented on the original matching plinth and pedestal . This perhaps forms part of someone's Grand Tour along with mosaics and bronzes after the antique...
Category
1850s Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Serpentine
Florentine Candlestick in Lathed and Silvered Wood, Late 17th Century
Located in Prato, IT
Italy, Firenze, late 17th century
Simple but elegant typical Florentine candlestick.
It has cracks and small lacks of the pinstripe typical o...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Sheet Metal
Black Coral Sea Fan Sculpture~ Bronze Doré Fragment
Located in Houston, TX
Black coral sea fan embellished with natural emeralds mounted on a 19th-Century French bronze doré fragment. This is a lovely objet d'art to add to your collection or cabinet.
Dur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Black Coral Sea Fan Sculpture~ Napoleon III Bronze Doré Fragment
Located in Houston, TX
Black coral sea fan embellished with green tourmaline mounted on a 19th-Century French bronze doré fragment. This is a lovely objet d'art to add to your collection or cabinet. Durin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Coral, Tourmaline, Bronze
Filippo Gherardi Fish Sculpture on 18th Century Fragment Base
Located in Houston, TX
One-of-a-kind fish sculpture created from 18th-century gilt fragments.
Filippo Gherardi was born in Livorno, Italy. Driven by his passion for antiques, he studied and practiced the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Filippo Gherardi Fish Sculpture on Black Base
Located in Houston, TX
One-of-a-kind wood sculpture created from 18th-century gilt fragments.
Filippo Gherardi (b.1983) was born in Livorno, Italy. Driven by his passion for antiques, he studied and pract...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Red Coral Sculpture~ Napoleon III Bronze Fragment
Located in Houston, TX
Red coral branch mounted on a 19th-Century French bronze doré fragment. This is a lovely objet d'art to add to your collection or cabinet.
During the Renaissance, Cabinets of Art an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Hand Carved Poplar Frame with Large Acanthus Leaf Corners
Located in New York, NY
Hand Carved Poplar Frame With large Acanthus Leaf Corners
H. 44" x W. 35"
Category
Late 20th Century American Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Poplar
Rare Offering Basket or Basin Germany-16th Century in Brass
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Rare basin (We think it was the basin to wash the feet on hollyThursday) in brass
Rare plat of the german renaissance since it is rather a basin which is much rarer than a offering basket...
Category
16th Century Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Lion Stone Sculpture Architectural Garden Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This sculpture has taken on a different character over time as it has weathered and the detailing has softened.
Time has given it a pared down, minimalist quality juxtaposing the R...
Category
16th Century English Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
16th Century Walnut Sculptures from Germany
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very elegant sculpture reprenting a Putti (angel) from the German renaissance period -16 century
Rare sculpture in walnut of great quality with a very beau...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
$4,312 Sale Price
20% Off
16th Century, Pair of Italian Lacquered and Gilt Wood Sculptures Torch Holders
Located in IT
16th Century, Pair of Italian Lacquered and Gilt Wood Sculptures Torch Holders
The pair of sculptures, in finely carved wood, lacquered and gilded, was born as a torch holder, and ...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
PAIR OF PORTUGUESE COLUMNS 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF PORTUGUESE COLUMNS 17th Century
in chestnut wood with carvings, decorated with plant motifs, putties.
Small flaws, traces of treated woodpeckers.
Dim.: 141 x 22 cm.
very go...
Category
17th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$7,785 / set
Pair of Renaissance Style Gilt and Painted Porcelain Vases with Romantic Scenes
Located in London, GB
These elegant porcelain vases were crafted in France in 1825-1835. They are designed in the Renaissance style, shaped like Greek Amphora vases, and ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze ewers/urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze ewers/urns. Each ewer is raised by a square base below a fluted socle decorated with a folia...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Continental Basalt
Brass Basketweave Box - Possibly Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Atlanta, GA
Continental, early 20th century.
A antique oval box made of brass and other metals. The box has a basketweave pattern to the exterior and an affixed basalt plaque to the top. The pl...
Category
Early 20th Century British Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Turned, Engraved Openwork Box, Florence, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Turned, engraved and openwork box
Fruit wood
Florence, 17th century
Measures: Diameter 11cm
Height 4.4cm.
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$766 Sale Price
20% Off
Possibly Saint Hubert or Saint Eustace, Wood, Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Possibly Saint Hubertus or Saint Eustace. Carved, polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century.
Carving in polychrome and gilded wood, sim...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Renaissance decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Renaissance decorative objects 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 objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Ferdinand Barbedienne, deBlona, and Andrea Salvatori. 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 objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $348,500 while the average work can sell for $4,296.
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