Renaissance Furniture
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
IMPORTANT PAIR OF 18th Century PORTUGUESE STATE CHAIRS
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY PORTUGUESE STATE CHAIRS
Portuguese, from 18th century
in rosewood and other woods, back with hollow tables.
Upholstered seats.
Small defects.
Dim...
Category
Early 18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
English Renaissance Red Velvet Side Chair
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style oak carved side chair with a shaped back and stretcher with a carved front panel under seat and upholstered in red velvet.
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Snuff Box Perforated Lid, Embossed and Engraved Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with perforated lid, embossed and engraved by hand, with fine round miniature diameter cm. 3.8 hand painted in tempera on veg...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Italian 19th Century Renaissance White Glazed Porcelain Figural Group Sculpture
Located in Firenze, IT
This compelling Italian 19th century white glazed porcelain sculpture depicts ‘The Rape of the Sabines’, after a monumental work by the Renaissance artist, Giambologna (1529-1608) th...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Silver Plate Chalices
Located in Queens, NY
Pairof Italian Renaissance-style (19th century) silver plate ceremonial chalice cups with 4 medallions on shaped base (priced as pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silver
English Renaissance Wainscot Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance (17th Cent) Wainscot style oak arm chair with diamond designed carved back. (rePairs to back)
Category
17th Century British Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Our Lady of Peace Italian Renaissance Religious Painting, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An 18th-century Italian Renaissance oil painting of Our Lady of Peace, depicting Mary in red and green robes holding the Christ Child and a white dove. Against a dark, atmospheric ba...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Canvas
$24,058 Sale Price
39% Off
Italian Corpus Christi
Located in
S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Hand-carved Italian Corpus Christi with traces of polychromy.
This sculpture reflects the transition from Gothic to Renaissance style.
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,333
Italian Renaissance Style Beige and Green Shield
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Century) beige and green shield shaped hanging banner with velvet trim.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Velvet
Decorative Carved Panel - France, 19th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Decorative Carved Panel
France, 19th Century
15,5 x L 30,5 x 3 cm
Carved in richly grained wood, this 19th-century decorative panel draws direct inspiration from Renaissance ornamen...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Late 16th Century Renaissance Walnut Center or Library Table
Located in Troy, NY
Extraordinary, large Italian Renaissance table of strong, linear design. The thick 2-plank top with a narrow dentil edge, above a frieze cont...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
A tall 17th C. walnut cabinet buffet, having a plank top with dentil moulding.
Located in Buchanan, MI
A tall walnut cabinet buffet, having a plank top with dentil moulding above a two drawers. The carved paneled doors, flanked by Doric columns sitting on multi-moiled base, supported ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
17th Century French Renaissance Buffet with Light Parcel Paint Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
Unlike their Italian counterparts who favored painted and inlaid motifs, French ebenistes during the Renaissance utilized elaborate carvings to embellish their furniture. A fantastic...
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
17th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Credenza
Located in San Francisco, CA
An extraordinary solid walnut Renaissance period credenza. In remarkable antique condition considering its age (400-500 years). In original condition, (a small (1/3 section) of the t...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Hairy Paw Foot Desk Console Table Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Hairy Paw Foot Desk Console Table Base. Item features a large impressive size, large carved hairy paw feet, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Renaissance Figural Walnut Winged Sphinx Resin Top Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance Figural Walnut Winged Sphinx Resin Top Side Table. Item features solid carved walnut winged sphinx figures, triangular ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Resin, Walnut
Set Of 12 Spanish Beechwood Chairs
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb large set of 12 renaissance style Spanish chairs from the early 20th century.
A very beautiful and rare set upholstered in mohair velvet. The upholstery is in superb condition...
Category
20th Century Spanish Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Beech
$5,744 / set
Italian 18th C. Majolica Wet Drug or Syrup Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
A beautifully decorated 18th century Italian Majolica faience ‘wet’ or syrup albarello/drug jar. Blue and white having a front reserve, blue and white scrolls to body. Beautifully de...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pottery
French Side Table
Located in Annville, PA
Designed after a 20th Century Classic this French Side Table is a high quality antique reproduction which features fantastic hand carved details all the way from the molding along th...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$995 / item
Antique French Neoclassical Gold Figural Gesso Large 76x54 Trumeau Floor Mirror
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Neoclassical Gold Figural Gesso Large 76x54 Trumeau Floor Mirror. Item features a large impressive size, gold gilt gesso figural details, maiden faces, urns and wreath...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Glass
17th Century Antique German Tapestry. 1 ft 8 in x 1 ft 8 in
Located in New York, NY
Small 17th Century Antique German Biblical Tapestry Depicting David And Abigail, Country Of Origin: Germany, Circa Date: 17th Century. Size: 1 ft 8 in x 1 ft 8 in (0.51 m x 0.51 m)
Category
17th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wool, Silk
Oak Renaissance Cabinet, 1600 Unikat
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Cabinet We present you a unique Renaissance Cabinet from the sixteenth century, Kabinet comes from Germany. It is made of oak. Cabinet is a box furniture, it consists of an upper c...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Pair, 19th Century Hall Console Tables with Mirror, Coat Rack
Umbrella Stand
Located in Round Top, TX
Pair of dramatic hall console tables with decorative carving, three mirrors and six coat or hat racks on each, both standing over 8' tall. Each console has an open frame ready to hold umbrellas or walking sticks as well.
Please examine photos to appreciate the carved elements including twisted barley...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Oak, Paint
16th Century Renaissance Two-Bodied Cabinet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Former collection Altounian
At the beginning of the reign of Henri II (1547-1559) the furniture’s ornamentation evolves. The few medieval motifs that were still used are eventually relinquished. Furniture becomes more sober showcasing moulded panels and perfect architecture. Cabinet-makers use ornaments such as curved fluted or plain columns, feather quills, roses or winged putti heads. High-relief carving becomes more scarce and compositions lighter. To that end cabinet-makers draw inspiration from Fontainebleau motifs filtering them and adapting them to French taste.
During this period cabinet-makers turn into a kind of architects. Indeed the architectural balance of furniture is the centre of their concerns. The study of Antic formulas is then a necessity. From this care given to proportions appear refined cabinets with pure lines.
This style is characteristic of the reign of Henri II and disappears soon after under the regency of Catherine de Medici (1560-1574) when an abundance of high and low-relief ornaments comes back on furnitures.
This two-bodies cabinet...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Renaissance Polychromed Trunk
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style carved cassone floor trunk with polychromed and gold trim (17th Cent.)
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Painted Wrought Iron Crucifix
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique painted wrought iron crucifix is a splendid work designed to last for centuries! The corpus is cast iron, and mounted upon the forged cro...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Brass Embossed Wall Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style (19th century) square black framed brass embossed wall plaques with scene of 17th Century men & women.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
A fine and palatial size pair of Italian silvered bronze chenets
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and palatial pair of Italian silvered bronze chenets. Highly detailed with cherubs at the top and the Gods of the winds on either side
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
English Renaissance Style Halberd
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with wood shaft and 33 ¬Ω inch iron ax blade.
Category
20th Century English Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Three-Footed Italian Lamp with Shade
Located in Sheffield, MA
The Renaissance Italian lamp is composed of an antique three-footed barley-twist candlestick electrically wired for US use with three chain switch lights. The green-with-giltwood can...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique French Empire Renaissance Bronze Maiden Candlestick Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Empire Renaissance Bronze Maiden Candlestick Table Lamp. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 37.5" H (to finial) x 29" H (to light soc...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Dante Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of exquisite Italian wood "Dante" style chairs from the early 20th century. These feature x-base frames with carved accents and a crest back. Vintage cushions in good condition ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$1,160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Italian Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Woodbury, CT
This handsome neoclassical table in cream paint and parcel-gilt has a fluted apron with foliate carvings while the rose marble top has a cream marble beaded edge. Perfectly sized for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
French 18th Century Foxed Mirror in Carved Wooden Frame
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stunning 18th Century Foxed Mirror in Carved Wooden Frame. This mirror is known for its elaborate carvings and intricate details, featuring motifs like flowers, scrolls, birds and ch...
Category
18th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Italian Renaissance Style Stone Frieze
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large antique Italian stone chimney piece frieze dating to circa 1800.
Originally salvaged from a monumental scale fireplace, this frieze displays fine carving in relief depicting...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone
Sculpture of John The Baptist, 16th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 16th Century Spanish gold gilded and polychromed carved wood sculpture of John The Baptist.
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Tuscan Renaissance Fragment
Located in San Angelo, TX
This is a beautiful 19th century Tuscan Renaissance fragment. Perfect for placement above your mantle, stove, a bed, or use it to dress up a wall b...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Provincial 17th Century Renaissance Style Leather Panel Screen
Located in Queens, NY
French Provincial Renaissance style (possibly 17th Century) leather mounted 6 panel screen with a gold background and decorated with painted parrots and foliage.
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather
Antique early 18th century Dutch or German Solid blacked oak chest or trunk
Located in Casteren, NL
This is a blackened oak chest with paneled sides and richly carved geometric decoration across the front.
The piece was crafted in Northern Europe—likely the Low Countries or the Wes...
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Hispano-Moresque Mudéjar Bone-Inlaid Walnut Chest
- Spain, 16th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Hispano-Moresque Mudéjar Bone-Inlaid Walnut Chest
Spain, 16th–17th century
Walnut, bone inlay, iron fittings
44.5 × 30.5 × 18 cm
This rectangular walnut chest, richly ornamented ...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bone, Walnut
Italian Country Trestle End Dining Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Dining Table in an unusual light drift walnut finish, with plank board top above a trestle end base with a stretcher.
Dimensions: 63" W x 37" D x 30" H
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,861 / item
15th Century Italian Renaissance Bronze Medallion
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Renaissance bronze medallion made by Master IOFF in the mid 15th century, showing the mythological scene of Ariadne on Naxos.
Made in the mid-15th ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
ITALIAN COUNTER/CABINET WITH TREMPE 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
ITALIAN COUNTER/CABINET WITH TREMPE 19th Century
Italian, 19th century.
with ebony marquetry, ebonized wood with engraved ivory applications, decorated with "Compositions with mythol...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Magnificent Italian 20th Century Walnut Cabinet Sideboard
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Large and impressive Cabinet with Elemental form and Subtle Color. Large and very well made Renaissance style sideboard with two drawers over two cabinet doors. The doors with Star...
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
French 17th Century and Later Cabinet on Stand
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An ornately-carved walnut 17th century and later French cabinet on stand, the top with a pair of carved doors and paneled carved sides with co...
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Celadon Green Bulbous Porcelain Table Lamp w/ Bronze Lion Ormolu
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance Chinese Celadon Green Bulbous Porcelain Table Lamp with Bronze Lion Ormolu and Mounts. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 29.5" H (to finial) x 20" H (...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Exceptional Large Antique Italian Renaissance Cabinet With Heraldic Crest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An exceptional Renaissance style antique cabinet with imposing style and presence. Solid cabinet with a central door having a carved heraldic element flanked by two doors with carved...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Circa 1870 Louis XV Renaissance Style Walnut Armchairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Circa 1870 Louis XV Renaissance Style Walnut Armchairs. These marvelous chairs feature high carved backs with intricate hand-carved ornamentation of interlaced foliage and an...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique Renaissance Revival Figural Lion Carved Oak Dining Chairs - Set of 4
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Renaissance Revival Figural Lion Carved Oak Dining Chairs - Set of 4. Listing includes (1) armchair and (3) side chairs, beautifully carved solid oak wood frames, figural lio...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Antique French Renaissance Carved Walnut Cupboard with Torchieres, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Renaissance carved walnut cupboard with double door upper having geometric elements with central panier de fleur torchiere reserves, surmounting lower with double draw...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Renaissance Style Framed Print of Andreas Cellarius
Celestial Map, Titl
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style framed print of a celestial map depicting how the Sun, Moon and other planets revolves around the Earth
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Italian 19th Century Renaissance Style Wood Lacquer and Painted Gesso Lidded Box
Located in Firenze, IT
This beautiful 19th century Florentine rectangular lidded box is entirely decorated in the round with all typical Renaissance Italian patterns. The whi...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Plaster, Wood
Antique Swiss Guard Bronze Lion Bookends Helvetiorum Fidei AC Virtuti "JB 1570"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Swiss Guard Bronze Finish Lion Bookends "Helvetiorum Fidei AC Virtuti" Marked JB 1570 to Rear. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 5" H x 7.5" W x 3" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian Renaissance Style Framed Print Of A Celestial Map "Tychonic Planisphere"
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style framed print of a celestial map depicting the beliefs of the Earth is stationary at the center of the planetary system with the Sun and Moon revolving the E...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Historic cabinet, France, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Historic cabinet, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition.
Wood: oak
height 254 cm x width 150 cm x depth 62 cm
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Italian Renaissance Oratory In Walnut And Burl Walnut - 17th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Exceptional Italian Renaissance oratory in walnut and burr walnut from the early 17th century circa 1600.
It opens with four drawers in curved burr walnut. It is rare to find a curv...
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Monumental Italian Renaissance Globe
Located in Queens, NY
Monumental Italian Renaissance-style (19/20th century) globe of world on 6 spool leg base.
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Red Coral Sculpture~ Napoleon III Bronze Doré 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 Furniture
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Prie-Dieu or Oratory in Walnut and Burl Walnut, circa 1600
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant oratory or prieu dieu (prayer Kneeler) in walnut and burr walnut from northern Italy circa 1600
Very beautiful Italian Renaissance furniture...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Jeweled Red Coral Sculpture~ Napoleon III Bronze Doré Fragment
Located in Houston, TX
Red coral branch embellished with natural emeralds and quartz mounted on a 19th-Century French bronze doré fragment. This is a lovely objet d'art to add to your collection or cabinet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Coral, Quartz, Bronze
Renaissance furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Renaissance furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Sinke
Van Tongeren, Albrecht Dürer, and Castelli. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $35 and tops out at $3,217,683 while the average work can sell for $6,828.
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