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
Pair of Veronese Mirrored Murano Glass Table Lamps
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
First depicted by 16th century Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese in his Annunciation of the Virgin and later realized by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini in 1921, the quintessential glas...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Murano Glass
18th Century Ceramic Devotional Plaque - Madonna with Child
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Ceramic Devotional Plaque - Madonna with Child, with polychrome colours decorating borders and clothing, also a cherub visible at base. Likely to have been made in Spai...
Category
18th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
$383 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Bavarian Wood Carving of the Infant Bacchus
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Vintage Bavarian wood carving of the infant bacchus
Oberammergau is a world-famous wood carver town in Bavaria, Germany. Nikolaus Lang, a known art...
Category
1910s German Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
French Renaissance Style
Coat of Arms
Fireback / Backsplash, 20th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
20th century French Renaissance style fireback with a coat of arms.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter colo...
Category
20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Original Antique Print of The Consecration of St.Nicholas After Veronese. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image after Veronese
Fine steel engraving
Published circa 1850
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
1850s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair Column Form Art Deco Style Brass Candlestick Table Lamps
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pair Column Form Art Deco Style Brass Candlestick Table Lamps
Measures 5.5" in width, 3" in depth and 17" in height x 23" in height to the top of the finial
Category
Mid-20th Century American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
19th Century Wood and Fugural and Floral Etched Brass Umbrella and Cane Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century renaissance style Wood and Fugural and Floral Etched Brass Umbrella and Cane Stand.
Measures 12.5" in width, 7" in depth and 23" in height.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Two Henri IV Armchairs
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Those armchairs made from a fine walnut wood are perfect example of the Henri IV model.
It’s low seat stands on four feet linked by an H-shaped spacer wit...
Category
17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$5,344 / set
19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Dining Chairs with Vienna Straw, Set of 4
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Very rare series of four dining room chairs production of Italy cabinetmakers in renaissance style, 1880. Beautiful line with turned legs. The backrest of these chairs is high with a...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Straw, Walnut
$7,601 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rare Spanish Console
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
RARE SPANISH CONSOLE
ORIGIN : SPAIN
PERIODE : 16TH CENTURY
Height: 83,5 cm
Width : 118 cm
Depth : 49,5 cm
Original handles and locks.
Walnut
This rare Spanish console rests o...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$35,630
Original Antique Print After Leonardo Da Vinci, circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image after Leonardo
Fine steel engraving
Published circa 1850
Unframed.
Category
1850s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of A Music Party After Titian. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image after Titian
Fine steel engraving
Published circa 1850
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
1850s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Italian Walnut Desk Table With Drawers Renaissance Revival 19th Century
Located in Milano, MI
Gorgeous Italian Solid Walnut Center Table with two Drawers and a single table top. Renaissance in style, the table was made using a period plank by building or reconstructing the u...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Nutwood
Original Antique Print of The Tribute Money After Titian. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image after Titian
Fine steel engraving
Published circa 1850
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
1850s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Vintage Giuseppe Armani figurines, limited edition made in Italy with certifica
Located in Birmingham, AL
A genuine original Armani Figurine of a woman with a dog , very detailed sculpture, which G. Armani is famous for , it is made in Florence Italy , l...
Category
1970s Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Antique Print of Pope Pius VII After Lawrence. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Fine Steel engraving.
Published by FullartonC.1850
Unframed.
Category
1850s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Early 17th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Cassone
Located in High Point, NC
This early 17th-century Italian cassone, crafted in walnut circa 1630, exemplifies the ceremonial grandeur of traditional wedding chests. Constructed with remarkable craftsmanship, e...
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of 18th Century Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
This listing features a set of 18th century style candle sticks.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Renaissance Bronze Gone With The Wind Genie Lantern Student Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance Bronze "Gone With The Wind Genie Lantern Student Lamp. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 22" H (to finial) x 12" H (to light socket) x 12" W x 6" D. {...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Plainsong Manuscript of the Nicene Creed - 3 Parts for Performance
Located in Ilkley, GB
Three-part plainchant polyphonic manuscript of the Nicene Creed probably originating in Spain in the late 16th or early 17th century. This large format manuscript written on paper wa...
Category
17th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Game Park Tapestry Flemish 16th. Century
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
The Flemish “Game Park” Tapestry – 16th Century is an extraordinary woven artwork depicting an elaborate hunting scene set against a lush forest backdrop. Hand-loomed in wool and sil...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wool, Silk
Large Pair of English Renaissance Repousse Brass Candlesticks.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Pair of English Renaissance Repousse Brass Candlesticks.
Seventeenth century English embossed brass candlesticks from about 1650. This rare pair of beautifully created candle ...
Category
17th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Renaissance Style Carved Bench or Coffee Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
A very handsome Renaissance style wooden bench rests on two shapely base supports connected by a horizontal stretcher. Use it as a coffee table, bench, stool or side table.
Category
Early 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Late 16thC French Wood Carving of a Female
Located in Malibu, CA
16th century artifact imported from Europe; a beautiful figure with patinaed painted wood. An alter piece with a hook on the back for hanging. Lovely adorn...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$1,396 Sale Price
30% Off
Marble Brass Decorative Object Paperweight Renaissance Style
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial marble decorative object or paperweight with brass putti and grapevine relief design, in the Renaissance style, circa mid to late-20th century. This piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Stone, Bronze, Brass
Italian, Umbria, Late Renaissance Carved Walnut Credenza, end of 16th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
having a rectangular top with molded edge atop a conforming case with two doors housing interior shelving, the doors centered among tapering fluted pilasters with pronounced capitals...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Overscaled Framed Nolli Map of Rome
Located in New York, NY
Print of la pianta grande di Roma (The Large Plan of Rome), also known as The Nolli Map by Pietro Campana, Carlo Nolli, and Rocco Pozzi.
Framed in a 1.5” wide dark burl wood frame. ...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Hidden Drawer Desk
Located in Annville, PA
The Niagara Furniture Hidden Drawer Desk, a luxury piece of fine furniture with a hidden surprise inside. This tall chest was originally designed f...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$2,405 / item
Venetian gold mirror in Murano glass by Barbini brothers
Located in Palermo, IT
Barbini Veneziani brothers' gold mirror circa 1960.
Decorations with Murano flowers and long woven glass slats in the edges of the mirror, thus recalling the Renaissance period.
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Murano Glass
16th CENTURY FOUNTAIN MASK SCULPTURE
Located in Firenze, FI
Unique and precious sculpture in carved white marble, likely depicting Aeolus, the god of the wind. The sculpture originated as a fountain mask, as evidenced by the opening in the mo...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Expandable Dining Table Made from Rift Sawn Oak Custom Made By Petersen Antiques
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This classically designed dining table is seen here in 96" x 40", expanding to 120" and 144" however it can be built in any size. It can be taken apart and put back together in minut...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Set of 8 Large Antique Prints of European Renaissance Art Treasures. 1862
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Superb set of 8 prints of European Art Treasures
Chromolithographs
Published by Louis Gruner, 1862.
The prints are in good condition. The white mounts...
Category
1860s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Large 17th C Italian Walnut Ebonized Guilloché Mirror, Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large 17th C Italian ebonized walnut guilloche mirror with original glass
Walnut, mirrored glass
Measures: H 47.5, W 41.5 in.
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Grand Tour Verdigris Marble After Giambologna, The Abduction of a Sabine Woman
By Giambologna, Benedetto Boschetti
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
1900s by Egisto Fantechi Renaissance Revival Majolica Jug Pitcher
Located in Brescia, IT
Earthenware painted in cobalt blue, antimony yellow, orange, copper green
Excellent condition.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Majolica
18th Century Renaissance Hand-Carved Throne, Walnut Armchair with Two Crowns
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Antique Renaissance carved throne with decorative wood panels in solid hand-carved walnut, as well as the two crowns panels. The Throne with the two crowns have been restored and pol...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Set of 6 Antique Old Master Prints in Cream Painted Frames. French, circa 1860
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful set of 6 antique prints after the old master engravings.
After Durer, Altdorfer, Van Leyden, Van Meckenem and Marcantonio
Heliogravures by A.Durand, Paris. France.
...
Category
1860s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper, Wood
Antique Wool Needlepoint Embroidered European Nobles Scene Printed on Silk 21"
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare antique framed folk art needlepoint textile panel / tapestry - a scene of European nobility seated in a great room with equestrian battle themed design, greeting figures in trad...
Category
Early 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Textile, Silk
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Spanish Two Faces Baroque Style Oak Library Table or Center table
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome walnut library piece that can be used as a desk or Work table. Made of walnut having carved gadrooned and lyre legs and a stretcher made of iron. Carved on all sides .
19th...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair Weiman End Tables
Located in Annville, PA
This beautiful Pair Weiman End Tables will be recognizable to anyone familiar with fine quality furniture. Beautifully designed, square tables with canted corners, great hardware and...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,925 / set
16th Century French
Lorraine Coat of Arms
Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
16th century French Fireback with two Lorraine Coat of Arms as well as the Gothic cross of Lorraine (in cords).
All our products that weigh 66 kg / 146 lbs or more are shipped as st...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Lot of 23 Antique Virtue
Co Shakespeare Play Scene Engraving Prints 14"
Located in Dayton, OH
Lot of 23 late 19th - early 20th century black and white engravings depicting scenes from the plays of William Shakespeare, plates taken from The Works of Shakespeare Imperial Editio...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
$235 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Original Antique Print After Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, Genesis XXXI, 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
Vintage Henkel Harris Dropside Table
Located in Annville, PA
This Vintage Henkel Harris Dropside Table, brought to you by Niagara Furniture, was manufactured using solid mahogany on all exposed surfaces. The attention to detail and expert cra...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Small Two-Body Buffet Decorated with Bird Quills
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small two-body buffet decorated with bird feathers
ORIGIN : FRANCE
PERIOD : 16th CENTURY
Measures: height: 170 cm
length: 106 cm
depth: 51 cm
Walnut wood
This cha...
Category
16th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Plaster Sculpture Depicting Moses Inspired by Michelangelo Early 1900s
By Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in Milano, MI
Italian Plaster Sculpture Depicting Moses Inspired by Michelangelo Early 1900s. This plaster work recreates one of the masterpieces of Renaissance art, Michelangelo's Moses, inspired...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gesso
Original Antique Print of Sir George Somerset. Circa 1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print
Chromolithograph
Published by Connoisseur circa 1900
Unframed.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Deruta Maiolica Moulded Plate Probably 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A DERUTA MAIOLICA MOULDED PLATE
Probably 19th Century.
Painted with kneeling Cupid on a rock holding a heraldic shield surrounded by a seascape with...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Tin
Italian Renaissance 16th Century Bronze Bust of Emperor Vitellius
Located in London, GB
North Italian, 16th century
Bust of the emperor Vitellius
Bronze, on later bronze socle, lead support to reverse
18 cm. / 7 ins (the bust), 23 cm. / 9 ins overall
This small yet attractive all’antica bust of a Roman emperor is inspired by a bust in Venice thought to depict Vitellius (15-69 AD), who ruled Rome for only eight months in 69 AD before he was overthrown by Vespasian.
The Vitellio Grimani, also known as the pseudo-Vitellius, was discovered in Rome in 1505 during excavations on the Quirinale on land owned by the Venetian cardinal Domenico Grimani (1461-1523). On the death of Grimani the Vitellius was sent to Venice and bequeathed to the Republic of Venice, where it was displayed at the Palazzo Ducale from 1525 to 1593. It is now in the Museo arceologico nazionale di Venezia (inv. 20) and regarded as a portrait of an unknown Roman from the first half of the second century AD.
The present small bust, with its rough, waxy surface and imaginative adaptation of the antique model on which it is based, bears all the hallmarks of Renaissance bronze modelling in the north of Italy. Indeed, the vigorous modelling is reminiscent of the works by Andrea Briosco, called Il Riccio (1470-1532), who worked in Padua in the Veneto and specialised in small bronzes based on antique subjects. See, for example, his head of Bacchus (private collection, offered at Sotheby’s London in 2021), which has a similarly waxy treatment of the hair.
The fantastical lion-mask on the breastplate, with its stylised face and unusual braids of hair, is also typical of the imaginative re-working of antique motifs by Renaissance artists. This indicates that the present bust is probably by a follower of Riccio working in Padua or another centre of classicism in the Veneto.
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Renaissance Oil Painting of Boys and Dog
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) oil painting of 2 boys and dog with basket of fruit in a gold carved frame (AFTER Bartolome Esteban Murillo)
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold
Italian Renaissance Carved Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance (16th Century) oak carved relief wall plaque of religious figure with children.
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Capodimonte Glazed White Parian Porcelain Cherubs
By Capodimonte
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of Capodimonte glazed white Parian porcelain nude cherubs who are playing with some gilt round small balls. Both of them are standing n...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$108 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Small Cabinet by l
Ecole de Fontainebleau Incrusted with Marble Tablets
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small cabinet by L’ecole De Fontainebleau Incrusted with marble tablets
Origin : VAL-DE-LOIRE, France
Period : 16th century
Measures: Height : 170...
Category
16th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Original Antique Print of a Portrait of a Gentleman After Pisanello. C.1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a portrait of Leonello D'Este
After Pisanello
Chromo-lithograph
Published by The Connoisseur, C.1900
Unframed.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Bronze statuette of a Venetian mercenary, Italy 16th/17th century
Located in Greding, DE
Small statuette in bronze of a Venetian mercenary on a small brown stone base with a natural edge. Italy, 16th/17th Century.
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Italian 17th Century Walnut and Leather Armchair
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This Italian armchair from 1680 may look like a throne, in fact it is a wonderfully patinated example of a friar’s chair–historically referred to as a “ s...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian Della Robbia Terra-Cotta Pottery Planter
Located in Southampton, NJ
A scarcely seen early 20th century high relief hand made & painted Terra Cotta pottery planter in the manner of Della Robbia. Generous dimensions, beautifu...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
Spanish Renaissance Period Fireplace Grate or Fire Basket, 16th Century
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
16th century Spanish Renaissance period fire grate. Made of beautifully forged wrought iron and bronze. The condition is good.
Mea...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
The Market Square at Pirna
- Antique Engraving - Germany - 18th/19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
'The Market Square at Pirna' (After Bernardo Bellotto) - Antique copper plate engraving on paper - titled (in German) in pencil lower left - signe...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
17th-18th Century
Arms of Loraine
Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
17th-18th century French Renaissance fireback with the arms of Leopold I, Duke of Lorraine. The arms are surrounded by a chain of the Golden Fleece. The symbol of this order is a sma...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
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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