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
Renaissance-style armour, Spain, circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Renaissance-style armour, Spain, circa 1880
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
NVIN0512 Councill Vintage Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a vintage Councill Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard in excellent condition with the top having recently been refurbished to give it that “factory fresh” look and feel...
Category
1990s North American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by three handsome patinated bronze feet with scrolled foliate designs ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Italian 19th Century Renaissance St. Walnut Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative pair of Italian 19th century Renaissance st. walnut chairs. Each chair is raised by richly carved paw feet below the elegantly scrolled supports decora...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Highly Decorated Renaissance Style Solid Brass Jewelry Trinket Box
Located in Montreal, QC
Highly decorated Renaissance style Belgium solid brass jewelry trinket box.
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. Bronze and Ormolu candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and large scale pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu candelabras. Each seven arm candelabra is raised on a triangular shaped patinated B...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Italian Table in Ebonized Wood and Engraved Inlays 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian Table in Ebonized Wood and Engraved Inlays 19th Century
Milan-Italy
rectangular in shape, opening to a drawer, with arabesque decoration of stylized foliage, chimera and vase...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique European Two Panel Tapestry
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine pair of Continental Tapestry Panels in shaped frames in deep tones of Brown, Olive, Tan, Black and Mustard. One of the panels depicts two young ladies and a child in a park li...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Tapestry, Wood
$3,200 / set
Oil on copper representing the Martyrdom of an unidentified Saint
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on copper representing the martyrdom of an unidentified saint (the angels passing over the scene) and bringing him the palm and the crown of martyrs, without any specific attribu...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Copper
17th century twisted column
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Twisted Column
Italy, 17th Century
H 22 cm x diameter 21,5 cm
central hole diameter : 9,2 cm
This sculpted stone, dating from the 17th century, is a fragment of a twisted or helical...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone
IMPORTANT PORTUGUESE COMMODE D. JOÃO V 18th Century in ROSEWOOD
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT PORTUGUESE COMMODE D. JOÃO V 18th Century
in rosewood wood, with three drawers and three large drawers.
Wavy body, with cut skirts, decorated with shells, windings and pl...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Italian Turn Of The Century Renaissance St. Wrought Iron And Glass Lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Italian Turn of the Century Renaissance st. Wrought Iron and glass lantern. The hexagonal lantern is centered by a most decorative and impressive scrolled movements with ...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Impressive Pair of Portuguese Seraphim late 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Impressive Pair of Portuguese Seraphim end 17th began1 8th Century
Sculptures in molded, polychrome and gilded clay.
The figures are represented standing.
Set on bases.
Normal d...
Category
Late 17th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$35,917 / item
Italian Renaissance Walnut Collector
s Cabinet or Vargueno
Located in Essex, MA
Rare Italian Walnut "Renaissance" Collector's Cabinet of The Grand Tour. Architectural form influenced by the design of The Pitti Palace in Florence. Drop front opens by engaging t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Armchairs Attributed to H.A. Fourdinois, France, c1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Important pair of armchairs attributed to H.A. Fourdinois, with a flat back in “chapeau de gendarme” centered with a carved and foliated cartouche, joining padded scroll armrests car...
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian carved walnut 19th century Renaissance style Mirror
Located in Troy, NY
Very decorative Renaissance style mirror with two female figures in profile prominently flanking either side of the carved frame. Later mirror plate.
Probably the top part of a firep...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
An Italian Renaissance-Style Long Table with Trompe L
Oeil Designs
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Renaissance-style long table with two trestle-form ends connected by a stretcher. The top with detailed trompe l'oeil painting depicting handwritten letters, cameo portrai...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
German Bronze Historicism Charger Depicting Entry of Henry IV into Paris in 1594
By Ilsenburg Foundry
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Fine German Bronze Historicism Charger Depicting Entry Of Henry IV Into Paris March 22, 1594
Second half 19 century.
A finely cast "Historicism" charger commemorating "The Entry Of Henry IV Into Paris, 22 March in 1594.
The image is loosely based on a painting by Francois Gerard...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Roman Relief Pottery Vase
Located in Islamabad, PK
Pottery was an important part of daily living in ancient Rome. As Romans used earthenware for most purposes, a huge quantity of utensils - cooking pots, amphorae and fine wares were ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Limestone, Carrara Marble
Monumental Fireback with the Châtelet Coat of Arms
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This exceptional iron cast fireback of 750 kg, richly decorated, was made at the end of the Renaissance, around 1624. It bears in its center a shield wit...
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of 19th century French Reliefs Carved Knight Profiles Circular Panels
Located in Milano, MI
Coppia di Medaglioni in Legno Intagliato, tondi scolpiti con Profili di Cavalieri, Guerrieri con elmo piumato, puntali e visiera alzata. Di forma circolare, entrambi i bassorilievi o...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pine
Very Large 19th Century Italian Maiolica Hand Painted Vase
By Cantagalli
Located in London, GB
A very large 19th century twin handled maiolica vase in the form of a wine krater. The exquisite hand painted decoration includes two central cartouches, one depicting Bacchus and Ar...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Pair of French late 19th century Renaissance st. Ormolu and marble ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality pair of French late 19th century Renaissance st. Ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble urns. Each stunning ewer is raised on a circular Rouge Griotte marble bas...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
18th C. Italian Baroque Cassone or Blanket Chest
Located in Sheffield, MA
A wonderfully rustic early Italian hand carved cassone with egg and dart moulded frame, time-softened wood and solid panels on the front and sides. Although this chest has suffered w...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Renaissance Marble Relief
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century Renaissance marble relief.
The relief is carved to the Renaissance taste and is in very good condition. It is framed in a later frame ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Original Antique Print of Christ In The Sepulchre After Guercino . C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image after Guercino
Fine steel engraving
Published by Jones circa 1850
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
1850s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Correggio, Ecce Homo, circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Correggio
Fine Steel engraving.
Published Fisher, London, circa 1850
Unframed.
Category
1850s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Daniele Crespi, Entombment of Christ, circa 1840
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Daniele Crespi
Fine Steel engraving.
Published by Blackie C.1850
Unframed.
Category
1850s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Early 19th Venetian Rectangular Carved and Gild Mirror
Located in IT
This beautiful rectangular mercury mirror in carved and gilded wood frame was made in the early 19th century in Venetian area of Italy. The richly carved frame is characterized by a ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
$18,739 Sale Price
40% Off
Italian Provincial Style Figural Candlestick
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Provincial-style (20th Century) metal candlestick of character man with cane drinking from bottle
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Cane
Antique 19th Century Austrian Silver, Enamel
Rock Crystal Jug, Vienna c.1890
By Rudolf Linke
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Austrian rare and unusual solid silver-gilt & enamel rock crystal jug. The rock crystal engraved with intricate scrollwork, silver gilt mounts decorated with cha...
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver, Enamel
Pair of 19th Century Provincial Italian Renaissance Revival Sgabello Hall Chairs
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of antique, circa 1830, Italian Renaissance style hand carved walnut sgabello hall chairs.
Hand-crafted in Provincial Italy, most likely ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Samuel Arlent Edwards Mezzotint Engravings in Giltwood Frames 18.25" x 13.5"
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of 19th century color mezzotint engravings by Samuel Arlent Edwards (British-American, 1861-1935).
1) Madonna in Adoration, after the original oil painting by the Florenti...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
A Giallo di Siena, Africano and Portoro Nero Marble Chimneypiece, Rome, c.16
Located in London, GB
No doubt originally intended for a palatial interior, this elegant chimneypiece is carved in three different specimens of prized coloured marbles: yellow Marmo Giallo Siena, a favour...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (17th Century and Later) walnut cabinet on stand with 2 grill doors above a frieze drawer & trestle supports.
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Renaissance Hand Painted Majolica Portrait Plaques
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring color and character to your home with this elegant pair of antique wall plaques. Sculpted in France circa 1880, each square Majolica panel features a finely modeled bust portra...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
18th Century Italian Travertine Marble Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This very early 18th century Italian travertine marble fireplace was sourced from a property in Kensington and removed during remodelling. It features an elaborate design, the frieze...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble
Antique French Renaissance Maiden Bust Column Mahogany Pedestal Plant Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance Maiden Bust Column Mahogany Pedestal Plant Stand (No top). Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 35.5" H x 13" W x 13" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Silvered Metal
Worried Knight
Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century English Silvered Metal 'Worried Knight' Inkwell
Add a touch of classical whimsy to your home or office with our tole figural knight inkwell. Made in later 19th century ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 6 Antique French Renaissance Walnut
Leather Dining Chairs, Circa 1900.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 6 Antique French Renaissance Style Carved Walnut & Embossed Leather Dining Chairs, Circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Meissen Porcelain Plaque after Correggio
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen porcelain plaque after Correggio
German, 19th Century
Measures: Frame: Height 43cm, width 50cm, depth 10cm
Plaque: Height ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
French Bisque Porcelain Portrait Bust in the Renaissance Manner
By Paul Duboy
Located in London, GB
French bisque porcelain portrait bust in the Renaissance manner.
French, 19th Century
Measures: height 65 cm, width 40 cm, depth 22 cm.
Th...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Renaissance Style Ormolu and Black Belgian Marble Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu and black Belgian marble ewers, attributed to Barbedienne. Each ewer is raised by a fine...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu
Rare 17th Century Dutch Delft Polychrome Majolica Tile, Provenance
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Rare 17th Century Dutch Delft Polychrome Majolica Tile, Provenance
Magnificent 17th century Dutch Delft majolica tile with polychrome decoration. It features a robust huntsman in th...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Pair of Seventeenth Century Italian Chairs
Located in London, GB
A sumptuous pair of seventeenth century Italian walnut chairs, the backs surmounted by carved and gilt finials with red velvet seats and backs, wit...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Velvet
$4,823 / set
Beautiful Portuguese Mirror Early 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful Portuguese Mirror Early 18th Century
Frame in rosewood with gilded carvings.
Signs of use for the age
Dim.: 107 x 50 cm
good condition
Category
Early 18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Renaissance Style Wardrobe
Located in Marseille, FR
Exceptional richly carved Renaissance style wardrobe decorated with sketches with many characters depicting various rural scenes extraordinary size. ...
Category
20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$21,622
Picture Frame Silver Enamel with hand-engraved, fire-enamelled design Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Giorgio Salimbeni Gold-Plated Sterling Silver and Enamel Photo Frame, Florence, 1970
Elegant rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver, gold plated, and richly decorated wi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Spanish Renaissance Man in a Ruff Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Spanish Renaissance-style oil painting of a man in a ruff in a rectangular gilt wood frame
Category
20th Century Spanish Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
Renaissance Style Center Table by Cortina D
Ampezzo, Italy, Circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Label mentioning “I.R. Scuola, Sezione Intarsio e Intaglio, Cortina d’Ampezzo, n°146”
Exceptional Venetian Renaissance style center table. The top and the frieze opening with four...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$13,934 Sale Price
51% Off
Continental Silver Gilt Salt Cellars
Located in New Orleans, LA
This set of six 19th century Continental silver gilt salt cellars take the triangular form of silver salts used by the affluent in Renaissance-era Germany. The salts are masterfully executed in a bold Mannerist style...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silver
$28,850 / set
Followers of Jean de la Huerta, Jean de Blany ? - Saint Jerome
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Followers of Jean de la Huerta, Jean de Blany ?
Saint Jerome
Limestone
Burgundy, second half of the15th century
60,5 cm
ALR Ref : S00248050
This exquisite sculpture of Saint Jerome, carved from soft, nearly white limestone typical of eastern France, exemplifies the exceptional craftsmanship of 15th-century Burgundian art. The figure of Saint Jerome, a key figure in Christian history renowned for translating the Bible into Latin, is depicted wearing a cardinal’s hat and holding the Vulgate Bible...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Pair Of 19th Century Ormolu
Bronze Ewers In The Renaissance Style
Located in Dublin, IE
With classical scenes depicting frolicking cherubs in relief, the top surmounted with a musical bronze cherub on a vine cast handle with bird and ram masks on a domed and vine cast c...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
AFTER A MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA (1529–1608) - Pacing Bull
Located in Bruxelles, BE
AFTER A MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA (1529–1608)
Pacing Bull
17th century
Bronze, on an ebonised wood base
H totale 15 x L 11,5 x P 8,2 cm
Since antiquity, the bull has been venerated as ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair American Brilliant Cut Crystal Mushroom Lustre Table Lamps
Located in Germantown, MD
A magnificent Pair of American Brilliant Cut Crystal ‘Mushroom’ Lustre Table Lamps in the Harvard Pattern.
Measures: 10" in width, 10" in depth and 20" in heigh.
Category
Late 20th Century American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
$2,625 Sale Price / set
25% Off
English Renaissance Style Powder Horn
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance style (18th Cent) animal horn and brass powder horn
Category
18th Century British Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Flemish Bronze Candlestick From The End Of The 16th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Heavy Flemish bronze candlestick from the end of the 16th century.
Total height 34 cm, without spike 27.5 cm, base diameter 11.5 cm, weight 2.2 kg.
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Set of Shell-Shaped Dishes, Pol Chambost, France 1952
By Pol Chambost
Located in St Ouen, FR
A complete set consisting of 5 plates and side plates with their two service cups.
Former sculptor, Pol Chambost (b. 1906 - d. 1983) is one of the more prominent ceramicist of the ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Relief with angel head. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Relief with angel head. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century.
Rectangular table that presents, on the front, a relief of certain depth and figurative theme. On a...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Other
Vintage Cast Brass English Chester Imp Door Knocker
Located in Elkhart, IN
A wonderful solid cast brass door-knocker fashioned as a horned imp or devil. The design is based on one found at the 1000 year old Chester Cathedral in England where the imp in question was said to wrought his havoc.
Restoration teams discovered a mysterious demonic carving, bound in chains, close to a window in the Cathedral nave. Historians are now labelling the mystery carving as “The Chester Imp...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
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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