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 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
Allegory of Time. Oil on panel. Circle of Jacob de Backer (act. 1571-1585).
Located in Madrid, ES
Allegory of Time. Oil on panel. Circle of Jacob de Backer (act. Antwerp, 1571-1585).
Exhibition: “Reality, time and artifice. Still life and vanitas in baro...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Other
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
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
French `19th Century Renaissance Style Cross Lorraine small Walnut center Table
Located in Troy, NY
Small size cross Lorraine table with a strong sculptural presence, the carved frieze containing one-drawer, the seven turned legs are connected by a Cross-Lorraine shaped base, beaut...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
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
16th Century Antique Brussels Tapestry Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, US
A rare sixteenth century Brussels tapestry fragment in a beautifully balanced palette of deep slate blue muted forest green olive warm taupe soft beige and faded cocoa brown. Subtle ...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wool, Feathers
Pair of Wooden Chairs, Lombardy, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Pair of beautifully carved wooden chairs
Lombardy, first half of 17th century
H 86 x L 48 x P 43 cm
Pair of “da balia” (nanny) chairs. The backrest is decorated with winged myt...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$9,335 / set
PORTUGUESE DINING ROOM TABLE end 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
DINING ROOM TABLE
Portuguese end 19th Century
in chestnut wood. Standing on four carved wooden feet with a zoomorphic shape.
With a magnifying board.
Signs of use. Dim.: (closed) 82...
Category
Late 19th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Micromosaic Circular Table, Attributed to the Vatican Mosaic Workshop
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in London, GB
This table is a truly exceptional piece of antique Italian furniture. The item has been attributed to the Vatican Mosaic Workshop (opened 1727). This studio was made up of a collecti...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Marble
large Italian wrought iron lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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A very nice and elegant Italian wrought iron lantern...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
Italian 17th Century Etching after Federico Barocci 1535-1612.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Italian 17th Century Etching after Federico Barocci 1535-1612.
This is Barocci’s rare image of, “Women wrapped in cloths”, page 79 and probably from a folio. The logo “Studio Vigila...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Paper
Portuguese Chest with Two Drawers 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Portuguese chest with two drawers 19th century
in mahogany wood, cushions with bands and shimmering friezes in rosewood, bronze mounts in relief, cut and lace. Dimensions: 62 x 93 x...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century French Renaissance Style Polished Iron Crest on Walnut Plaque
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a study or a man's office with this elegant antique plaque. Crafted in France circa 1880, the wall decor features a coat of arms with a medieval royal knight...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Reliefs with heads of angels. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th c
Located in Madrid, ES
Reliefs with heads of angels. Polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century.
Pair of rectangular boards with a hanging ring on the back that present, on the front, two de...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Other
Large Walnut Reel Table from Refectory Tuscany 17th
Located in Pistoia, IT
Large walnut table, model called "a rocchetto," Tuscany, 17th century.
The rocchetto table, which originated in the 17th century in Tuscany and Emilia as a sturdy dining table, is c...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Gilt-Bronze Mounted Credence by Edouard Lievre, and Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Credence, Designed By Edouard Lievre, Attributed To Paul Sormani,
In the neo-Renaissance style, the spreading pediment with Vitruvian scroll-fitted frieze, c...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Armchair
Type Called “Friar”
Wood, Textil, Spain, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This type of seat was very common in Spain despite its Italian origin. The typology was introduced in the 16th century, and remained as usual in Spanish furniture during the followin...
Category
20th Century Spanish Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
Carved Italian Renaissance Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A heavily carved Italian stone fireplace. The frieze with heraldic lion juxtaposed by winged figures, birds and foliage, the jambs with putti, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone
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
Pair of 16th Century Italian Gilt Candlesticks
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A glorious pair of Italian giltwood altar candlesticks from the 1500’s; equally impressive is that this hand-carved pair have stayed together for over 400 years. Gold and silver gilt...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
$4,200 / set
Renaissance Marble Portrait - Northern Italy, 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Renaissance Marble Portrait
Northern Italy, 17th century, inspired by antiquity
Marble
36 x 13 cm (including the marble pedestal)
This Renaissance portrait head of a young man, sl...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
$9,575 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of English Renaissance Style Armor Gauntlet Gloves
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of English Renaissance-style (20th Century) metal armor gauntlet gloves. (PRICED AS PAIR)
Tarnish
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
Renaissance Style Copper Figure of a Pilgrim with a Small Dog, circa 1860
Located in San Francisco, CA
Renaissance style figure of a pilgrim with a small dog. Continental hammered, repouusse and incised copper, circa 1860.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Copper
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Renaissance Walnut Column Back Benches
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style (19th century) walnut turned column back benches with carved scroll arms.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$7,200 / set
3 High-Backed Chairs, Cordoba Leather Trim with Native American Decor, Spain
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
3 high-backed chairs, Cordoba leather trim with Native American decor and cupids framing a floral arrangement.
Ornamentation of copper cabochons on the...
Category
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
17th Century Dutch Renaissance Oak and Ebony Inlay Four-Door Cabinet Dated 1660
Located in Casteren, NL
This extraordinary cabinet is made of the finest watered oak in the tradition of the Dutch Renaissance during the “Dutch golden age”
It is a four-door cab...
Category
Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Steel
Pair of Italian Venetian Floral Pedestals
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Venetian style (19th Cent) blue painted and floral decorated pedestals with faux marble top.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
$16,500 / set
Magnificent 16th Century Italian Walnut Stipo
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This magnificent Italian Renaissance stipo cabinet offers both an impressive aesthetic and functional versatility, reflecting its historical grandeur. Crafted in rich walnut, this st...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Renaissance Polychromed Kneeling Figures
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) polychromed life size kneeling figures (similar matching pair with wings #034018A)
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Chrome
$18,500 / set
Pair of Authentic Fortuny Mezzaro / Mezziano Textile Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking pair of authentic Fortuny textile pillows featuring vintage Fortuny cotton fronts in the celebrated Mezzaro / Mezziano pattern, one of Mariano Fortuny’s most iconic and th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Italian Statuary Marble Bust of Dante
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A well-modelled, mid 19th century statuary white marble bust of Dante Alighieri, famed late 13th to early 14th century Italian philosopher, writer and poet.
Originating from Italy, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
French 19th Century Renaissance St. Alabastro Marble and Ormolu Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative French 19th century Renaissance st. Alabastro marble and ormolu centerpiece/planter. The oblong centerpiece is raised...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Spiga Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Precious rectangular Venetian mirror, made in the strictest Murano tradition, with central mosaic and finely hand-engraved bands. All the elements are assembled with floral elements ...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
$3,220 / item
Angelic Carved Wood Sculptures, 16th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of 16th Century Italian carved polychromed angelic sculptures.
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
$9,375 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Vintage Renaissance Style Five-Arm Cast Iron Chandelier, circa 1920s
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage cast iron five-arm chandelier in Renaissance style with fully functioning electrified candles, circa 1920s.
Category
1920s Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century Renaissance Plaster Fireguards, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing a pair of exceptional 19th century plaster fireguards, inspired by the elegant and ornate style of the Renaissance period. These fireguards are a true testament to the so...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Plaster
pair of French 19th century Bronze and Ormolu candelabras, signed Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and large scale pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. Rouge Griotte Marble, patinated Bronze and Ormolu candelabras, signed F. Barbedienne. Each nine arm candel...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Monumental French Renaissance Castle Fireplace Mantel - Acanthus
Volute Jambs
Located in Beervelde, BE
This authentic French Renaissance period fireplace surround is a monumental architectural piece, hand-carved from fine French limestone. Its natural stone color — a soft, warm grey-b...
Category
Early 17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone, Limestone
19th Century Barely Twist Butternut Arm Chair with Carved Lions Heads
Located in Louisville, KY
A chair like this doesn't come along everyday. With its unique white walnut barley twist frame and arms that terminate at the hand rest with hand-carved resting lions, this piece is ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Large Stone Italian Fireplace Mantel in the 18th Century Style
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 18th century style Italian fireplace carved in Portland stone. The frieze of isometric design with diamond panelled paterae interspersed with panelled husks, carved wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone
Jesus Christ the Conqueror Raising the Flag After his Resurrection, 16th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Italian carved-wood and polychromed sculpture of Jesus Christ the conqueror raising the flag after his resurrection.
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
$14,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Red Gold Stardust Salviati Murano Glass Liqueur Goblet, Vintage Italy
By Salviati
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A single beautiful liqueur glass made in Murano Italy. Very good vintage condition, consistent with age and use. A nice addition to any table, bar or just to display in your collecti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Pr. E.F. Caldwell Enamel, Bz. Candlesticks, Renaissance Islamic/Orientalist
Located in New York, NY
A very fine and unusual pair of antique bronze and champlevé enamel candlesticks/lamps, by E. F. Caldwell, in the Renaissance Islamic/Ori...
Category
1910s American Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Italian 16th Century Mantel
anno 1596
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Beautiful Italian Fireplace dating from the 16th Century with engraved date (1596) in basaltic grey stone.
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone
"Saint Luke the Evangelist", Polychromed Wood, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Luke is often represented as a man of mature and bearded age, accompanied by the animal of the Tetramorphs with which he is related (Revelation 4: 67)...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
PORTUGUESE PAPER STATIONERY 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
STATIONERY D. JOSÉ 18th Century
19th century Portuguese.
in chestnut wood, with two drawers and three drawers.
Folding lid with drawers and bins.
Signs of use. Dim.: 140 x 115 x ...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Renaissance-Style Judaica Eagle Candelabras
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) Judaica eagle head design brass candelabras with bird finials (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Very Large Royal Vienna Painted Porcelain Plaque After Correggio
Located in London, GB
Very large Royal Vienna painted porcelain plaque after Correggio
Austrian, 19th century
Measures: Frame: height 77cm, width 74cm, depth 7.5cm
Plaque: height 58cm, width 48.5cm, depth 0.5cm.
This beautiful and very large painted porcelain plaque was made by the Royal Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, in the 19th century, and shows the Sacred Family...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
pair of French 19th Renaissance st. Ormolu, patinated Bronze and Marble ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most unique pair of French 19th Renaissance st. Ormolu, patinated Bronze and Rouge Griotte Marble ewers. Each stunning urn is raised by a square Rouge Griotte Marble b...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Italian Carved Wood Depiction of "The Last Supper"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C. bas-relief panel which is a type of sculpture where the design in only slightly raised from the background surface, creating a shallow, low-relief effect. The relief depicts...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,200 Sale Price
38% Off
Renaissance Cabinet
Located in Washington, DC
A truly stunning cabinet with a rich patina. Made by a Swedish cabinetmaker in the early 19th century.
The paint on the inside and the outside is all original. Original hardware includes the hinges, locks, key, straps.
Intricate carved paneling.
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
$15,900
Grand Tour Verdigris Marble After Giambologna, The Abduction of a Sabine Woman
By Benedetto Boschetti, Giambologna
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Verdigris Marble After Giambologna, The Abduction of a Sabine Woman'
Italy, Mid- 19th century, Attributed to the workshops of Benedetto Bosch...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Huge Antique Silvered Metal Campaigns Urn Planter - Barbara Lockhart Estate
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Huge Antique Silvered Metal Campaigns Urn Planter - Barbara Lockhart Estate
Category
1920s Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian Renaissance-Style Entrance Cabinet, Walnut, 1960s
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian entrance cabinet produced in the 1960s, designed in the Renaissance Revival style. Crafted in walnut wood, the cabinet features a compact architectural form with molded panel...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
The Holy Kinship of Mary Oil on slatted panel Possibly Willem Key (16th Century)
Located in Chonburi, TH
This impressive 16th-century oil painting on a slatted wooden panel depicts *The Holy Kinship of Mary*, a revered religious subject in Northern Renaissance art. The composition bring...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
English Renaissance Pewter Hour Glass
Located in Queens, NY
2 English Renaissance-style (20th Century) etched pewter hour glass. (PRICED EACH)
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
$450 / item
16th Century Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Gold Gilded and Polychromed
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Spanish gold gilded and polychromed Carved-wood sculpture of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. She depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary in her...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
$38,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Statuette of the Virgin, South German circa 1600
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Statuette of the Virgin
South-German, circa 1600
sculpted wood
circa 1600
(right arm restored)
52 cm
Category
17th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Set of 9 English Renaissance Style Pewter Plates
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 9 English Renaissance-style (20th Century) pewter plates with scalloped edge. (PRICED AS SET)
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pewter
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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