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
Antique 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Solid Oak with Ebony Veneer Cupboard
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful and friendly-sized cupboard is made of the finest watered oak in the tradition of the Dutch Renaissance during the “Dutch golden age” It is a two-story four-door cabin...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ebony, Oak
Round Mahogany Pineapple Table
Located in Annville, PA
The elegant and refined Round Mahogany Pineapple Table from Niagara Furniture boasts a fantastic base carved to resemble the shape of a pineapple as well as a beautiful mahogany skir...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,030 / item
Spanish 19th Century Oak Extending Dining Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A large oak dining/center table from 19th century Spain that extends to over twelve feet long. This refectory-style table has a simple plank top bearing a hammered texture (whether b...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Italian Renaissance Style Fruit Still Life
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (20th Cent) gilt framed oil still life painting of fruit, jug, and basket
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare and Important Italian White Marble Bust Sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850
Located in Queens, NY
Rare and important Italian white marble bust sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850.
A truly exceptionally carved marble relief of Holy Jesus Christ. ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Italian Antique Renaissance Style Handcarved Walnut Balustrade Fragment Ca 1800
Located in Encinitas, CA
Italian antique 19th Century walnut balustrade with hand carved angels faces on wings.
This piece was probably the final portion of a large wall balu...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$3,000 Sale Price
60% Off
Circa 1880 Italian Walnut and Maple Renaissance Style Center Table, Todi, Umbria
Located in Dallas, TX
An amazing piece of Italian furniture dating to circa 1880, this Renaissance-style center table has been hand-carved in walnut and maple woods in Todi (a town within the region of Um...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Maple, Walnut
PETITE Antique French Octagon Center Side TABLE Side End Renaissance Carved Oak
Located in Shreveport, LA
PETITE Antique French Octagon Center Side TABLE Side End Renaissance Carved Oak.
Direct from France, this SUPER PETITE size octagon table, ornately adorned, just like the full-size ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Retangoo Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Precious rectangular Venetian mirror, made in the most rigorous Murano tradition. Finely hand-engraved on all elements, it is assembled with numerous floral elements in crystal and g...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
$1,940 / item
Nude Male Bronze Sculpture Fountain
Located in Malibu, CA
Bronze male sculpture signed. Fonderia Giorgio Sommer Calabritto Napoli
Thomas, sculptor, lived and worked in the Naples area, and especially on Capri, from 1889 to 1906. Given this ...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$13,296 Sale Price
30% Off
Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis II, 1724
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken
Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724
Text on verso
The measurement given is the paper size.
Category
1720s Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Large Coffee Table
Located in Annville, PA
A Large Coffee Table from Niagara Furniture with all of the bells and whistles including four drawers, reeded legs, solid brass capped feet and cookie sha...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$2,405 / item
Large Burled Executive Desk
Located in Annville, PA
Equally suited for use either at the workplace or in a home office the Niagara Furniture Large Burled Executive Desk with tooled leather top is both decorative and functional. Built ...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$4,345 / item
Genoese Cabinet Called Stipo From The Renaissance Period In Walnut - 16th Centur
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Exceptional Genoese cabinet called stipo "a bambocci" from the Italian Renaissance in walnut from the end of the 16th century with its original base
Museum quality piece
Provenance:...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique 6 Rare 16th–17th Century Renaissance and Baroque Wrought Iron Door Locks
Located in Doha, QA
A remarkable ensemble of six antique wrought iron door locks dating from the late Renaissance through the Baroque period (16th/ 17th century). These large and highly decorative locks...
Category
16th Century Austrian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Sheraton Showcase
Located in Annville, PA
A most useful and decorative item, the mahogany Sheraton Showcase is produced using select solid mahogany and clear, thick glass, allowing visibility into the cabinet from all sides as well as from the top. Great quality construction is visible in the hand carved details which distinguish this glass and wood display cabinet...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
$1,160 / item
French 19th century Renaissance st. Wrought Iron and Stained Glass chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and high quality French late 19th century Renaissance st. Wrought Iron and Stained Glass chandelier. This exceptionally detailed hexagon shaped six arm chandelier is cent...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage French Bench in Wood, 1920
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful French rustic sofa or bench from the early 20th century. This characterful sofa or bench is a country house piece of furniture in folk art with an unusual straight shape. T...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Display cabinet, France, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Display cabinet, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition, after professional renovation.
Wood: walnut
dimensions: height 175 cm width 125 cm depth 48 cm
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Country Estate Two Drawer File
Located in Annville, PA
A high quality piece of office furniture from Niagara Furniture our Country Estate Two Drawer File is made from the finest burls available. The top of the cabinet is covered in a ful...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
$1,425 / item
18th Century French Renaissance Carved Oak Cupboard Buffet
Located in Astoria, NY
An exceptional 18th-century French Renaissance cabinet, sourced from the French Alps. Masterfully hand-crafted from solid oak, this two-piece ensemble showcases exquisite and elabora...
Category
18th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Jewelled Red Coral Sculpture~ 19th Century White Bronze Fragment
Located in Houston, TX
Red coral branch embellished with natural emeralds mounted on a 19th-Century French white bronze fragment. This is a lovely objet d'art to add to your collection or cabinet.
During ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Coral, Bronze
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Chess Board, Chess Game Red Jasper, Marble
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver bi-color chessboard and chess game in "Florence" style.
The chessboard is in molten silver with red jasper and white color marble
The work was engraved with the anc...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Sterling Silver
Antique Judaica Torah Esther Scroll Pre-Expulsion Iberian Peninsula Spain 1470
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely incredible rare and truly unique pre-expulsion Iberian Peninsula handwritten Esther Scroll, inked onto animal leather parchment (15th century, -laboratory teste...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Antique Italian Renaissance Bedroom Set 5 Pieces
Located in Buxton, GB
This Absolutely Magnificent Rare 5-piece bedroom set is a fantastic piece of Artwork. The Bedroom features a Fabulous Heavily Carved Bed with Wow Factor Female statues to the Footboa...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$35,664 / set
Enamel Gold and Rock Crystal Figure of Emperor Maximilian I by Reinhold Vasters
Located in Queens, NY
A rare enamel, gold and rock crystal figure of Emperor Maximilian I by Reinhold Vasters, Aachen,
In the Renaissance style, circa 1870.
The g...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold, Enamel
Dogal Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Precious-shaped Venetian mirror, made in the most rigorous Murano tradition, finely hand engraved with precious decorations on all elements. It is assembled with numerous floral elem...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
$8,435 / item
18th Century Italian Silk
Silver Metallic Thread Lampas Brocade Panel
Located in Rochester, NY
An exceptional and fine hand woven 18th century Italian silk and silver metallic thread lampas brocade panel with beautiful aged original color. Red silk backing w/ attached strip of...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Italian Renaissance Figural Carved Marble Top Side Table with Winged Cherub Head
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Italian Renaissance Figural Carved Marble Top Side Table with Winged Cherub Head. Item features has an inset marble top, figural carved 3 dimensional winged cherub head, stretcher ba...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique French Octagon Sofa Table Carved Oak Barley Twist Louis XIII Renaissance
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Octagon sofa table carved oak Barley Twist Louis XIII Renaissance.
Direct from France, a fabulous antique French octagon table, with im...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis IX, 1724
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken
Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724
Text on verso
The measurement given is the paper size.
Category
1720s Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
English Renaissance 17th Century Solid Oak Chest Trunk
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English Renaissance 17th Century Solid Oak Chest Trunk
Spectacular period Renaissance oak chest, dating from the early 17th century. The antique piece features a front composed of p...
Category
17th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Spanish Moorish Mudejar Tile, Arista y Cuenca - Sevilla 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Rare late 15th or early 16th century Mudejar tile of the so-called ‘Arista’ technique with intricate geometric decoration.
Good condition; some chipping to the edges, some wear to ...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Clay, Maiolica
Antique 16th Century German Dark Brown oak carved Stollentruhe Trunk or Chest
Located in Casteren, NL
Rare and early German Stollentruhe, dating from around 1620. This compact 17th-century oak chest combines historical significance with visual prese...
Category
Early 17th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Steel
$8,788 Sale Price
20% Off
English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Spear
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style spear with a wooden shaft and simple 29-inch iron blade.
Category
20th Century English Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Original Antique Print after Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXXV, 1724
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful copper-plate engraving after Jan Luyken
Published by Marten Schagen, Amsterdam. 1724
Text on verso
The measurement given is the paper size.
Category
1720s Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique 16th Century Navy Blue and Gold Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry
16th century
In an open architectural setting, the central crowned and enthroned female figure flanked by three handmaidens, a fourth to the left urging a boy towards a kneeling woman on the right with an apple in her right hand, on the left a wooded landscape with a man walking in the distance, a man striking another over the head in the mid-ground, and a man, a woman, and a handmaiden approaching the scene in the foreground, on the right a man gesturing while others flee up a staircase and out of the scene, within a flower and fruit cluster surround punctuated along the top and bottom edges by balustrades and sphinxes, and along the sides by a figure, a mask, and a beaded and crowned man...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Tapestry, Silk, Wool
Ferdinando Vichi Marble Sculpture Sitting Woman On Pedestal
Located in Kastrup, DK
"Ferdinando Vichi", Florence 1875-1945. Romantic figure of sitting woman.
Made in marble, sitting on a chair made of bronze, original pedestal of green, Italian marble.
Sign. Vichi. Ca. in 1900.
(In two pieces)
Ferdinando Vichi (1875-1945) was a central figure in the production of Florentine sculpture...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$42,970 Sale Price
40% Off
English Renaissance Style Wood Dining / Conference Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style (20th century) oak refectory dining/conference table with a rectangular top featuring an inlaid border around the table top edge, resting on 6 turned legs c...
Category
20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Oak
Antique French Bench Stool Gothic Renaissance Carved Oak Trestle Fleur de lis
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Bench Stool Gothic Renaissance Carved Oak Trestle Fleur de lis.
Direct from France, a highly carved antique oak bench or stool. Superb hand carvings and craftsmanship...
Category
1890s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Leather Top Nesting Table
Located in Annville, PA
This English style Leather Top Nesting Table from Niagara Furniture features three tables, the larger table with a genuine leather, tooled p...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$985 / item
17th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Bible Box
Located in Viterbo, VT
Bible box hand-crafted in Italy in the mid 1600s using walnut. The box is still in fantastic shape and has a gorgeous patina. On three sides it is decorated with beautiful hand-carve...
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique Venetian Style Figural Floor Lamp
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Venetian Style Figural Floor Lamp.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Burled Drum Table
Located in Annville, PA
Our Queen Ann Burled Drum Table is a smaller drum table that makes a great accessory item anywhere in the home. The Burled Drum Table features three d...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,195 / item
Franco Belgian 17th Century Tapestry of Military Figures
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Franco/Belgian (17th Century) woven tapestry with military figures titled The Hostage.
Antique condition, fading and wear, tears in places
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Carved Tuscan Wedding Cassone, Renaissance Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This cassone, remarkable for its sobriety, sits on two clawed lion’s feet and a moulded base.
On the façade, there is one large, moulded frame, with two soberly carved medallions inside it. Each medallion has a painted coat of arms at the centre. The two coats of arms are different, suggesting that there was an alliance between two families through marriage.
The thick lid has a fluted frieze at the front.
On the sides, a wrought iron handle reminds us of the use of this piece, which was intended for storing the property of its owner and allowing them to travel between various residences. The square shaped handles highlight the earliness of this object in the century.
The cassone is, along with the bed, a key piece of furniture of the Middle Ages and was still used in the Renaissance Period.
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Renaissance Style Silver Chalice
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) silver chalice with cover and floral design.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silver
English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Halberd
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with simple wooden shaft and 34-inch iron ax top blade with tassels.
Category
20th Century English Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Large Renaissance Style Figural Lion Carved Wood Paw Feet Throne Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Renaissance Style Figural Lion Carved Wood Paw Feet Throne Chair. Item features a large impressive size, ornate lion heads and paw feet, nicely carved details, very nice item, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Very Rare and Important 16th C. French Renaissance Cabinet or Dressoir, ca. 1580
By Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Walnut with verde antico marble inlay, with two wholly carved draped female allegorical figures within arched recesses, and a bas-relief on the central door. Rich and heavily carved...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak, Walnut
$17,600 Sale Price
37% Off
Pair of Early 20th Century Italian Night Tables Commodes with Marble Tops
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of marble top night tables in a french / Italian Renaissance style c1935 with Marquetry and inlay, bronze mounts and (porcelain i...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Beech, Birch, Birdseye Maple, Walnut, Lacquer
Renaissance style chest, France, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Renaissance style chest, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
dimensions height 190 cm width 145 cm depth 55 cm
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Henri II Style Hand Carved Walnut Vitrine
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Henri II vitrine is constructed of hand-carved walnut and features beveled glass on three sides. Hand carved acanthus leaves detail the sides and ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Walnut
A Rare Renaissance Walnut Cabinet With Its Freestanding Carved Columns
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A RARE RENAISSANCE WALNUT CABINET WITH ITS FREESTANDING CARVED COLUMNS
ORIGIN : FRANCE, BURGUNDY
PERIOD : 16th CENTURY
Height : 218 cm
Length : 152 cm
Depth : 67.5 cm
Walnut
Thi...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Antique French Carved Oak Corner Arm Chair Renaissance Louis XIV style
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French carved oak corner arm chair Renaissance Louis XIV style
~Direct from France~
~Beautiful carving throughout this versatile antique Fren...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
c.1880s ANTIQUE NEO-RENAISSANCE IMPRESSIVE FIGURAL NEF, AUSTRIA
Located in Skien, NO
**Magnificent Late 19th-Century Neo-Renaissance Figural Nef, ca. 1880s-1890s**
This exquisitely crafted table vessel embodies the grandeur of Renaissance-inspired artistry, reinte...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
D. Ioannis Chrysostomi Archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani 1556
Located in Bilzen, BE
D. Ioannis Chrysostomi archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Enarrationes in divi Pauli epistolas, ad Timotheum II., Titum, Philemonem, & HebræosD.IOANNIS CHRYSOSTOMI ARCHEPISCOPI CONSTA...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Henkel Harris Bachelors Chest of Drawers
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a vintage Henkel Harris Bachelors Chest of Drawers in very good condition.
Simple yet sophisticated this beautiful...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Small Mahogany Banded Console
Located in Annville, PA
A high quality Small Mahogany Banded Console table from Niagara Furniture which makes elaborate use of hand cut inlays. The mahogany top is banded with satinwood, the four legs at th...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,315 / item
Late 19th Century French Henri II Style Hand Carved Walnut Buffet Deux Corps
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late nineteenth century French Henri II style walnut buffet deux corps features a hand carved cherub with wings at the crown. With solid paneled...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
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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