Neoclassical Home Accents
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
Italian Painted Four Panel Wood Screen Room Divider With Floral Decoration
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Neoclassical style hand painted wood four panel screen or room divider. The four sections decorated with two floral painted panels, each framed with raised molding. Each pane...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Pair of Polished Cast Iron Obelisks
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of polished cast iron obelisks. Dating to circa 1900, this matching pair would make an elegant new feature in period and contemporary properti...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Metal, Iron
Historically Important Circa 1830
s American Document Box Boston
Located in Hudson, NY
This historically important, American leather clad document box, was made in Boston in the early nineteenth century. The box belonged to, Samuel Francis Smith (October 21, 1808 – Nov...
Category
1830s American Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Leather, Pine, Linen
Pair of Italian Monumental Marble Obelisks
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Large Pair of Neoclassical Marble Obelisks, combining gray, green, ochre and white color marbles. Raised on Grey Marble Plinths.
Italy, circa 1950
Dimensions: Height 80" Width (a...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble
$6,750 / set
16"Replogle Neo Classic Floor standing illuminated Globe
Located in Denton, TX
Combination brass and wood stand with a illuminated Heirloom globe by Replogle in the neo classical style.
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Neoclassical Style Giltwood Firescreen with Embroidery
Located in London, GB
This firescreen features a beautifully embroidered central red-ground fabric panel, the embroidery portraying faintly Chinese-style motifs. The embroidered panel is held within a gil...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Giltwood, Fabric
Pair of Neoclassical Style Gilt Lion Bookends
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Italian Neoclassical gilt lion bookends.
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Composition
Vintage Cast Brass Celestial Armillary Sundial Bookends, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful pair of cast brass bookends in the form of two neoclassical celestial armillary sundials with roman numerals
Circa 1980s
Measures: 4.5"W x 3.5"D x 6.5"H.
Good original...
Category
1980s Indian Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
American Vintage Embossed Leather with Eagle Suitcase
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Gorgeous American vintage embossed leather suitcase with an image of an Eagle conquering a snake and horoscope on the other side. Yellow silk inside. Great condition with some signs ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Leather
Stacked Set of Five Antique Leather Suitcases or Trunks
Located in Redding, CT
Stacked Set of 5 Antique Leather Suitcases or Trunks. If these suitcases could talk. The stories they would tell. Well worn and loved these leather suitca...
Category
19th Century Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Pair of Decorative Grand Tour Neoclassical-Style Obelisks
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Pair of decorative Grand Tour Neoclassical-style obelisks dating from the late 19th/early 20th century. The tapering bodies are raised on square-stepped black marble bases...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Monumental Swedish Neoclassical Hand Painted Dowry Chest
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificently decorated mid-19th century Swedish hand crafted and painted pine wedding dowry chest, dated 1855.
This large and impressive che...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Pine, Paint
20th-C. Neo-Classical style Inlaid Mahogany And Bronze Obelisks - S/2
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a set of neo-classical style banded mahogany obelisks with patinated bronze paw form feet. They are unmarked. The smaller is 7.75” square and 23.5” in height.
Category
1980s American Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
Pair 19th C. Bronze Clodion School Bathing Beauty Bookends/ Sculptures
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th Century Bronze Clodion School Bathing Beauty Bookends/Sculptures
School of Claude Michel Clodion (20 December 1738–29 March 1814)
A stunning pair of 19th-century bronz...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
Italian Neo-Classic Black Marble Obelisk
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic-style (19/20th Century) black marble obelisk with red and green panel trim
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Large Four Panel Neoclassical Mirrored Lattice Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage four panel lattice and mirrored Neoclassical screen. Each panel is 32" wide & 94" high.
They can be used flat against a wall or are hinged to be free standing as four panels ...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of Opposing Lion Bookends
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage pair of opposing lion bookends in the Neoclassical style.
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood
$350 / set
18th Century English Staffordshire Pearlware Neoclassical Faux Marble Obelisks
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Staffordshire Pearlware Neoclassical Faux Marble Obelisks on Pedestal Bases,
Wood Family,
Circa 1790-1800
The pair of Neoclassical pearlware pottery obelisks are of outstand...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Pairs of Vintage Brass Armillary Sphere Bookends
Located in Queens, NY
2 PAIRS of vintage brass armillary sphere bookends (PRICED PER PAIR)
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
Antique Set of Iron Bookends Depicting Shakespeare in Copper Patinated Finish
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare pair of solid iron bookends depicting Shakespeare in a patinated copper finish circa 1920's.
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Iron
Antique Cast Iron End of Trail Indian Native American Figural Bookends
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Cast Iron End of Trail Indian Native American Figural Bookends. Circa Early to Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 7" H x 5" W x 2" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Iron
Italian Neoclassical Style Bird and Garden Vignette Folding Screen
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neoclassical-style four panel folding screen hand-painted with an array of birds in a garden on the front and brown detailing on the reverse.
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Trunk. Wood, leather, iron. Spanish school, around 1700.
Located in Madrid, ES
Trunk. Wood, leather, iron. Spanish school, around 1700.
Wooden trunk with curved lid and rectangular shape, covered in leather on the outside, with hardware, handles, studs and two...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Other
Pair of 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Style Marble Obelisks
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century Italian Neoclassical style marble obelisks.
Classic pair of Antique Italian marble obelisks with a crest. These Italian Neoclassical style marble obelisks would...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Pair of Large Carved Wood Faux Malachite Obelisks
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of large carved wood faux Malachite Obelisks.
Offered is a stunning pair of Hollywood Regency style carved wood obelisks. This pair of large scale hand decorated neoclassical f...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Solid Pair of Polished Patinated Brass Cello Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice and rare pair of solid brass cello bookends, nicely done piece, and rare, circa 1960s.
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Brass
$380 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Brown Ceramic Horse Head Bookend in Brown and Black
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large ceramic hand-painted horse head. This piece would be great in a nursery or for equestrians. Created from ceramic, this piece depicts the bust of a horse hand painted in brown...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$187 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique W.V. Egbert Co. Seated Abraham Abe Lincoln Metal Bronze Bookends
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique W.V. Egbert Co. seated Abraham Abe Lincoln metal bronze bookends. Item features a nice small size, metal construction, bronze finish, original stamp,...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Metal
Metal Folding Suitcase Luggage Rack
Located in Sheffield, MA
Host your house guests in style with this etal folding suitcase luggage rack. Rack is brushed silver in tone with chain straps and translucent blue tone flower finials. Rack measures approx 19 inches in height by 16 inches in width by 12 inches in depth when opened. Folding suitcase luggage rack, folding rack...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Iron
$870 Sale Price
40% Off
Pair of White Alabaster Scroll Bookends
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Neo-classic white alabaster scroll corbel bookends with carved acanthus leaf design (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Alabaster
$650 / set
Italian Laudarte SRL Gilt Bronze Wreath Bookends by Giovanni Malerba
By Laudarte Srl
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Laudarte SRL Gilt Bronze Wreath Bookends by Giovanni Malerba
Offered for sale is a pair of gilt bronze Italian bookends designed by Giovanni Maria Malerba for Laudarte SRL. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Bronze
A pair of Italian Verde Indio green marble obelisks
Located in London, GB
A pair of Italian Verde Indio green marble obelisks. Obelisks are thought to represent Immortality and eternity and were made popular by the Grand Tours of the 17th/ 18th Century whe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Italian Neoclassical Gilt Bronze-Mounted Verde Antico and White Marble Obelisk
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A 19th century large Italian neoclassical gilt bronze-mounted verde antico and white marble obelisk. Resting on a square base lined with white marble and framed by two gilt bronze eg...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Rock Crystal Obelisks
Located in Cypress, CA
Pair of neoclassical hand carved and hand polished ormolu-mounted good quality rock crystal obelisks.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
$5,800 / item
Pair of Double-Sided Neoclassical Grilles in Wrought Iron - France 1940
Located in Girona, Girona
Pair of neoclassical apartment separation grilles in wrought iron with an old patina of gold leaf. Fixing points on the highest upright. Double sided. Very nice quality.
France c. 1...
Category
1940s French Vintage Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Iron, Gold Leaf
A Fine pair of Antique Russian sienna marble and jasper Helmet Military obelisks
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and quite large pair of Antique Russian Dore Bronze, Sienna marble and Jasper, Neoclassical style, Military Helmet (Trophy) form standin...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Vintage Boho Patinated Wood Obelisks - Set of 3
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Evoke the timeless elegance of the Grand Tour with this handsome set of three vintage wooden obelisks. Each piece is crafted from solid wood with a classic, architectural form, resti...
Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,850 / set
Massive Pair of Brescia and Cipollino Marble Obelisks
Located in London, by appointment only
Large-scale Grand Tour pair of Cipollino of Versilia and Breche d’Alep marble obelisks. Raised on stepped bases of Carrara and marble bases.
A fabulous pair of Cipollino of Versil...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Breccia Marble
Antique Ashford Black and Pietra Dura Marble Obelisk Thermometer
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Ashford black marble obelisk from a UK private collection.
This striking obelisk has a centrally mounted ivory register with a malachite surround and a beautiful floral d...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Marble
Wiener Werkstätte, Neoclassical Half Column, circa 1900, Austria
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Wiener Werkstätte, neoclassical half column,
Natural and rechampi pine,
The barrel decorated with moldings,
circa 1900, Austria.
Measures: Height ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Neoclassical Home Accents
Materials
Wood
Neoclassical home accents for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical home accents 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 home accents created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical home accents made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original home accents, popular names associated with this style include Barbara Cosgrove, Dennis
Leen, Maison Jansen, and Replogle Globes. 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 home accents differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $175 and tops out at $152,896 while the average work can sell for $3,097.
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