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
Set of Six French Renaissance Dining Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful set of Six French Renaissance Dining Chairs chairs in oak wood from the end of the 19th century. These chairs rest on four fluted legs c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
$4,000 / set
Majestic sideboard, France, ca. 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Majestic sideboard, France, ca. 1880.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
Dimensions: height 295 cm width 183 cm depth 65 cm
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Italian 16th century Renaissance Walnut Trestle Table
Located in Troy, NY
Attractive, rare Renaissance trestle table of typical, bold design and beautiful rich color. The table can be taken apart for shipping and ha...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Designer, Renaissance, Large Wall Mirror, Oil Gilded, Carved Wood, 1890s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Over the Mantle or Wall Mirror, Oil Gilded, Italian Renaissance Style, Heavily Carved
A once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire a monumental wall, console or over the mantle mirro...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Counter / Portuguese Cabinet 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Counter / Portuguese cabinet
19th century
in chestnut wood, composed of seven drawers simulating nine.
Dimensions: 139 x 91 x 48 cm.
Good conditions in general.
Category
19th Century Portuguese 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
19th century After Rahael Grand Duke’s Madonna Painting
Located in Seaford, GB
After Raphael's Grand Duke's Madonna
Grand Duke's Madonna after Raphael, a stunning 19th-century oil painting from the renowned Berkley Collection. This remarkable artwork, inspire...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint, Paper
$1,819 Sale Price
20% Off
American Gilt Bronze and Slag Glass Hanging Fixture.
Located in Montreal, QC
This imposing fixture combines a very good quality pierced gilt bronze canopy and central mount, cast with putti, masks and scrolling acanthus. Look carefully at the detailed photos...
Category
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Renaissance Style 60 Inch Credenza
Located in Westwood, NJ
With its stunning chic and sophisticated design, this 42" tall cabinet will add a touch of class to any room. Perfect for keeping your space organized and stylish!
Inspired by the F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$3,285 / item
Venetian Renaissance Style Marble Mantel
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Antique Italian Carrara marble mantel in the Venetian Renaissance style. The jambs with rope twist Corinthian columns supporting large acanthus br...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique Italian Renaissance Turn Carved Walnut Tapestry Small Childs Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance Turn Carved Walnut Tapestry Small Childs Side Chair. Item featured is a nice small size, solid carved walnut frame, figural ...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Tapestry, Walnut
1800s Tuscan Fratino Table in Walnut
By A. Manzoni
Located in Villa Verucchio, Emilia-Romagna
An icon of craftsmanship: nineteenth-century Tuscan-Fratish table
This large fratino table, made of solid walnut, represents excellence in the Tuscan tradition of the 1800s. Characte...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Renaissance Revival Bronze Black Painted Vases
Located in Rome, IT
Impressive pair of black patinated bronze vases in the style of Renaissance. Finely decorated handles with a satyr figure, over with a and body surrounded by bacchanal scenes.
Exquis...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
4 Stained Glass of Painter of the Flemish Renaissance and Their Painting
Located in Brussels, Brussels
- Magnificent set of 4 windows of the 19th century representing the great painters of the Flemish Renaissance.
At the top of each stained-glass window are men playing guitar, smokin...
Category
19th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
Renaissance Monastery Table - 16th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb and rare Renaissance period oak monastery table from the Flanders
Unique museum quality table with a superb top that has an extraordinary patina. Its 5cm thick top gives it a...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Chest of Drawers Portuguese 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Chest of Drawers
Portuguese 18th Century
in vinhatic wood.
With three drawers and folding top, interior with central hatch and six drawers.
Defects.
Dim.: 120 x 114 x 64 cm.
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Green Painted Sideboard Buffet with Carved Lion Heads, Sweden circa 1860
Located in Round Top, TX
Green painted pine sideboard or buffet with carved lion head accents on doors.
Newer, professionally applied seafoam green paint brings fresh life to this cabinet from the late 1800...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Matthaus Seutter, Framed 1730 Color Engraving Map of "Belgium Fonderatum"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Label on verso. From Grosser Atlas. The name Belgium comes from the ancient designation "Gallis Belgica". Figural decoration upper left. M. Seutter was a famed German mapmaker in the...
Category
18th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Sideboard, France, circa 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Sideboard, France, circa 1880.
Very good condition.
wood: oak
dimensions: height: 244 cm, width: 133 cm, depth: 55 cm.
Category
1880s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak, Glass
Renaissance period marble frame – 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Magnificent marble frame dating from the 16th century, from an ancient European church. This type of frame was used for the interior decoration of religious buildings during the Ren...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$3,483 / item
Impressive Renaissance Blue Painted and Parcel Gilt Mirror
Located in Pembroke, MA
A large and unusual French blue-painted and gilded wood mirror, with finely-decorated giltwood detailing, detached giltwood columns, and egg and dart trim.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
1960s Vintage French Wall Tapestry of Wine Harvest Scene by JP Paris Gobelin
Located in COLMAR, FR
This vintage French wall tapestry beautifully merges Renaissance-inspired imagery with the refined graphic style of the 1960s. Printed on thick woven cotton, it portrays a lively win...
Category
1960s French Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
Jousting Knights on Checkered Ground Painting on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (20th Century) painting of two knights on horseback engaged in jousting against a black and beige chequered ground, on unframed canvas with scalloped edges ...
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Italian Renaissance Wing Griffin Fiberglass Garden Pedestal Stands Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Renaissance Style Winged Griffin Cast Fiberglass Garden Pedestal Stands Made to Look like Weathered Terracotta - a Pair. Circa Mid 20th Century.
Measurements:
19" Hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass
Pair Of Electrified Bronze Candlesticks - Italy - 17th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
A magnificent pair of Italian bronze torchères/candlesticks from the 17th century
Superb Italian work of very good quality. In addition, the size of the candlesticks is impressive a...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Henri II Style Carved Beech Side Chairs, Needlepoint
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This pair of mid nineteenth century French Henri II style hand carved beechwood side chairs features gold detailed lion heads at the top of the seat backs. Additional gold detailed a...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
A fine pair of 19th century Italian painted black and gilt carved torchieres
Located in Dallas, TX
A large and fine pair of Italian Renaissance carved and black painted torchieres with parcel gilt.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ebony
Important Portuguese Table 19th Century in Rosewood
Located in Madrid, ES
19th Century Portuguese Table " Buffet "
Twisted and trembled rosewood.
Rectangular top, framed by a trembled frieze, waist with two dra...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Set of 3 Italian Renaissance Musical Figures
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 3 Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) stripped large figures/statues playing musical instruments
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$21,000 / set
Elaborate Italian Carved Giltwood Fireplace Screen
Located in Sarasota, FL
18th century Italian fireplace screen in elaborately carved giltwood, with a fine needlepoint insert.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood
English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Hooked Spear
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with wooden shaft with tassel and nail heads and a 34¬Ω-inch iron blade with hook.
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
French 19th Century Renaissance St. Breccia Nuvolata Rosa Marble Planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and high quality French 19th century Renaissance st. Ormolu and Breccia Nuvolata Rosa marble centerpiece planter. This stunning centerpiece is supported on four cabriol...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French late 16th Century Henry II Walnut Extension Table
Located in Troy, NY
French late 16th Century Walnut Extension Table. A period Henry II draw-leaf table of simple linear design, with centuries of care and use to give it warmth and personality. The top ...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Early 20th Century Cherubs Lamp With Hand Painted Cherubs Shade
Located in New Orleans, LA
This early 20th century lamp features three young children, or cherubs, in a style that mimics an early Italian Renaissance statue. The beautifully shaped, hand colored, hand crafted...
Category
1930s American Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Spelter
French 19th Century Renaissance Style Rouge Antique Marble Ormolu
Bronze Tazza
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant French 19th century Renaissance st. Rouge Antique marble, ormolu and patinated bronze tazza. The tazza is raised by a circular ormolu band below the tapered marble bas...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Vintage Henkel Harris Two Piece Breakfront
Located in Annville, PA
A Vintage Henkel Harris Two Piece Breakfront brought to you by Niagara Furniture. This china closet is impressive in both it’s desig...
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
English Renaissance Red Velvet Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 4 English Renaissance (17th-18th century) walnut joint leg side chairs with double front spool stretcher and red velvet upholstered seat and back.
Category
18th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
$9,500 / set
Italian 20th Century Renaissance Style Carved Wall Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
3 Italian Renaissance style (19/20th Century) small oak carved wall plaques with Renaissance figures. (PRICED EACH).
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
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 Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 1900s Italian Majolica Orciuolo Apothecary Pitcher
By Castelli
Located in Dallas, TX
From Italy, this majolica apothecary pitcher (orciuolo) is in the manner of the pitcher done by Castelli, circa 1520, housed in the MET Museum NYC,...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique French Renaissance Revival Large Figural Man and Woman Andirons - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance Revival Large Figural Man and Woman Andirons - a Pair. Item featured is a larger impressive size, stunning patina and casting, very rare antique andirons, ...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Brass Table Lamp in 17th Century Style German Nuremberg Bell Candlestick.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Brass Table Lamp in 17th Century Style German Nuremberg Bell Candlestick.
This table lamp is inspired by the classical form of a 17th century German Nuremberg bell candlestick. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set Renaissance Dining Chairs 16 Carved Diners
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Amazing Set of 16 Mahogany Renaissance Style Dining Chairs.
circa 1920
The Chairs stand Upon Carved and Shaped Front Legs With Lions ...
Category
1920s Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Renaissance Painted
Giltwood Pricket with Cherubs - France - Circa 1580
Located in Chatham, ON
Renaissance period painted and giltwood candle holder or pricket - featuring four elaborately hand carved winged cherubs beneath an octogonal platform with the original hand forged i...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Renaissance Oak Fireplace Surround and Mantel, circa 1880
Located in Evergreen, CO
Crafted in the late 19th century, this substantial fireplace surround and mantel, made of oak and finished with a dark stain, features a frieze of scrolled leaves below a carved, bre...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Important Portuguese Table 17th Century in Rosewood
Located in Madrid, ES
PORTUGUESE BUFFET TABLE 17th Century
box in vine wood and rosewood with three drawers, legs and beams turned in rosewood.
Metal hardware and applications.
Top with stains.
Dim.: 81 ...
Category
17th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Display case, France, around 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Historic site from the late 19th century, France.
The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 230 cm / width 84 cm / depth 40 cm
Category
1880s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
French Early 17th Century Henry IV Oval Walnut Center or Dining Table
Located in Troy, NY
French Henry IV oval center, dining or breakfast table, early 17th century, of rare form and conceptual design, solid walnut with wonderful, deep patina.
The oval top, consisting of...
Category
Early 17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Painted Canvas of a Renaissance Style Woman Portrait, Contemporary Work
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Painted canvas figuring a side view of a woman portrait in the Renaissance style.
She wears a black dress with a gilt collar, belt with gilt flower motifs, grey sleeves adorned with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Spanish Carving of Saint John the Evangelist, School of Juan de Ancheta
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding Spanish carving of San Juanito, 16th century, school of Juan de Ancheta.
Juan de Ancheta (1533 - November 30, 1588) was a Spanish sculptor in the Romanesque style. His w...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold
$8,552 Sale Price
20% Off
Nicolas de Larmessin Etching, Habit de Ceinturier
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Nicolas de Larmessin Etching – Habit de Ceinturier. 20th century print.
Nicolas de Larmessin (1640-1725) was an enormously creative and productive artist. Nicolas was part of a long...
Category
20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
XVI Century, Italian Renaissance Wood Chest
Located in IT
XVI Century, Italian Renaissance wood chest.
This important noble chest of the Tuscan Renaissance was built towards the end of the sixteenth centur...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Nutwood
$19,820 Sale Price
25% Off
French 19th Century Renaissance St. Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An handsome and most unique French 19th century Renaissance st. Wrought Iron chandelier. The chandelier is centered by a stunning central cage with Wrought Iron scrolls at the bottom...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Pair of Italian Renaissance Revival Oak Angel Statues
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style (19th Century) carved oak large angels with guitars.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Oak, Walnut
Figurative sculptures renaissances couple in alabaster
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent figurative sculpture in alabaster depicting a renaissance couple
in the process of dancing
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
IMPORTANT LARGE PORTUGUESE ORATORY 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT LARGE PORTUGUESE ORATORY 17th Century
in carved and turned Brazilian rosewood with remains of gilding, glass doors and sides.
Interior with painted, polychrome and gold de...
Category
17th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Renaissance St. Ormolu And Alabastro Fiorito Marble Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and Alabastro Fiorito marble urn. The urn is raised by a remarkable square orm...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
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
Cast Bronze Copper Flashed Patinated Renaissance Style Charger
Located in Hudson, NY
This charger made as an intentional remake of a famous object is fully embossed on the back as such and contains the maker's name. The charger contains many different scenes from ant...
Category
Early 20th Century European Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Bronze Narcissus Based on the antique, excavation patina, 19th century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Bronze Narcissus Based on the antique, excavation patina, 19th century
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
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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