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
20th Century Italian Pineapple Lamp Base from Tuscany
Located in Milano, MI
From Italy a very decorative Italian table lamp base entirely handmade by Bartolozzi & Maioli in Firenze, circa 1950s. On a faux marble gray co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pine
Vintage Kittinger Corner Mahogany Stand
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a Vintage Kittinger Corner Mahogany Stand. While petite and elegant this faithful antique reproduction is also sturdy and strong. Great quality construction is...
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Coppo Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Precious octagonal Venetian mirror, made in the most rigorous Murano tradition, finely hand-engraved with precious decorations on all side elements. It is assembled with numerous cry...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Gold
$4,860 / item
Mosaico Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Important rectangular Venetian mirror made in the strictest Murano tradition with a crest and a rich frame carefully engraved by hand on an antiqued glass. The central mosaic embelli...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
$5,150 / item
Italian Florentine Pair of Iron Sconces by Banci Firenze 1980 Renaissance Style
Located in Milano, MI
Late 20th century Italian iron sconces, a pair of silver-leaf and partially gilt two-light sconces by Banci, manufactured by Banci Firenze in the Renaissance style, decorated with re...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Tineo Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Precious rectangular Venetian mirror, made in the most rigorous Murano tradition, finely hand-engraved on all side elements. The central piece worked in mosaic transforms the mirror ...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Gold
$4,200 / item
A Pair of 19th C Italian Renaissance Style Majolica Portrait Chargers
By Cantagalli
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th-century Italian Renaissance Style Majolica portrait chargers
Style of Cantagalli: One dish has two minor 'flea-bite' chips to the back, not...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Italian Renaissance Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very good pair of 16th century Italian bronze candlesticks of unusually bold design, turned balustrade form and good scale.
One pricket lacking.
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
$9,500 / set
Spanish Azulejo Tile Arista y Cuenca - Toledo 16th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Early Arista y cuenca tile made in Toledo. Tile decorated in renaissance with stylized flowers was probably made between 1550 and 1575.
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century French Gien Faience Platter
By Gien
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Gien faience decorative charger or shallow bowl, hand-painted in red, orange, yellow, blue, and green on white ground with Renaissance style imagery with a cent...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Faience
18th Century Italian Maiolica Blue and White Alborello Pharmacy Jar #2
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Italian Majolica Albarello Pharmacy Jar. Jar is in a cylindrical shape with flared rim and foot. Jar features blue and white pattern with the word "Charitas" in an oval ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Maiolica
French 19th century Renaissance st. Wrought Iron and Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and uniquely shaped French 19th century Renaissance st. Wrought Iron and Ormolu chandelier. This wonderful four arm chandelier is centered by an elegant Fleur de Lys reser...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Ormolu
1900s Gothic Eastlake Dining Chairs Set Armchairs Carved Walnut Renaissance, 6
By Frank Furness
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Very heavy Carved Walnut Dining Chair Set of 6. There are 4 side chairs, and 2 armchairs. The upholstery is tattered needs updating . The Side chairs weigh 35 lbs. each and armchair ...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$10,500 Sale Price / set
50% Off
20th Century Spanish Renaissance Carved Walnut Bench Banquette "Escaño"
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning antique Spanish Renaissance walnut bench, called "escaño" in Spain, believed to date back to the early 20th century. The piece has a deep reliefs hand-carved back that featu...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian 17th Century Style Pair of Tuscan "Sgabelli" Painted Stools
Located in Encinitas, CA
These Italian 17th Century Style Pair of Tuscan "Sgabelli" Painted Stools are handcrafted in Italy and made to order. They are in perfect structural and in beautiful condition, with white backs and pale blue accents...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Chestnut
$2,144 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Renaissance Revival Figural Carved Walnut Cabinet Sideboard Cupboard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Renaissance Revival Figural Carved Walnut Cabinet Sideboard Cupboard. Item features ornately carved walnut panels of shields and crests, horse heads, as well a central soldie...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique French Renaissance Bronze Figural Game Hunting Lion Desk Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance Bronze Figural "Fantasy" Game Hunting Lion Desk Table Lamp. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 25.5" H (to finial) x 21" H (to light socket) x 6" W x ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Set of Six French Carved Walnut Turned Wood Chairs with Velvet Seat
Located in Miami, FL
19th century carved walnut armchair.
Perfect to place in your room or in your kitchen
The frames with carved structure. The legs are finished in a higly carved. ball feet.
It has ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Rare Antique Embroidered Velvet Pillow with Gold and Silver Threads, Venice 1590
Located in Doha, QA
An exceptionally rare and magnificent Italian Venetian pillow dating to circa 1590, showcasing the opulence and artistry of late Renaissance textiles from Venice, Italy.
This exquis...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold, Silver
Harp Music Stand
Located in Annville, PA
For the music lover this solid mahogany and brass Lyre or Harp Music Stand rivals any antique music stand in terms of beauty and quality. Adjustable i...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,265 / item
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 18th C. Engraving, View Of The Ruins
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Italian, 1720-1778. With an expected fold down the middle. View of the "Casa Aurea Nerone". From the "Veduta di Roma" series. Artist name in plate lower right.
Dimensions: sight 17...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Antique 19th Century Oil on Canvas Madonna of The Chair After Raphael
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Antique 19th Century Oil on Canvas Madonna of The Chair After Raphael
Dimensions : 55.5" Tall X 45.5" Wide X 5.5" Deep
This painting is out of this world! Painted in Italy in the ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Collection of Rare Italian Renaissance Drawings 16th Century Studies
Located in Doha, QA
A rare and fascinating group of three drawings, beautifully presented together in modern frames with UV-protective glass and surrounded by high-quality black pasteboard mounts. This ...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
15th Century Italian Renaissance Giltwood Carving
Located in Houston, TX
15th Century Italian Renaissance Giltwood Carving .
This magnificent 15th century Italian Renaissance gilt wood carving with a serpent is displayed ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Large Albumen Photograph Panorama of the Rock of Gibraltar, circa 1870
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Large Albumen photograph Panorama of The Rock of Gibraltar, circa 1870,
Composed of three albumen prints, ca. 7" inches x 7 1/2" inches each, and l...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Louis Phillipe Ormolu And Bronze Oil Lamp Base, Electrified, Guillemain Brevete
Located in Germantown, MD
Louis Phillipe Ormolu And Bronze Oil Lamp Base, Electrified, labeled Guillemain Brevete , Table Lamp. Measures 5" in width, 5" in depth and stands 38" tall.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze Urns, Signed Leon Boucher
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble urns, signed Leon Boucher. Each urn is raised by ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Italian Renaissance Gold Bronze Figural Twin Handle Urn Large Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance Gold Bronze Figural Twin Swan Handles Urn Large Table Lamp. Item features a round black marble base, arrow and scrollwork detail and weighs approximately ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Custom Built Display Cabinet
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a Custom Built Display Cabinet, in ready to use in your home condition.
Simple yet sophisticated this beautiful Custom Built Display Cabinet has everything go...
Category
1980s Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Pair of Throne Chairs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Impressive rare pair of throne chairs in perfect Italian Renaissance style, late 19th century. Made of solid walnut wood. The finely carved wooden backrest with very complex decorati...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Faux Leather, Walnut
$7,579 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Early 17th Century Spanish Walnut Folding Center Table
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This particular type of table was invented by 16th century Spanish cabinetmakers.
This elegant table can easily be taken apart. Its rectangular top is assembled to the legs with i...
Category
Early 17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Set of an Italian Renaissance Walnut Armchair and Pair of Chairs
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This stunning set of an armchair and a pair of chairs is all made in solid walnut. This is an Italian Renaissance work. 17th century.
Category
Early 1700s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique pencil drawing Feet, artist F. Mucke, Austria 1802
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Original antique pencil drawing of a foot from the 19th century.
Ask an artist, and he will tell you that the art of drawing hands and feet is ...
Category
Early 1800s Austrian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
15th Century French Carved Limestone Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare 15th century French carved limestone fragment depicting the back of a man's head with a wavy hair texture, and mounted on a c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
NVIN0524 Vintage Millinder Set of 4 Shieldback Chairs
Located in Annville, PA
A Vintage Vintage Millinder Set of 4 Shieldback Chairs which will be the focal point of any space in which they are placed. Hand crafted from solid mahogany this beautiful set of Vin...
Category
1990s North American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Valet
Located in Annville, PA
A most useful and decorative item, the Mahogany Valet as produced by Niagara Furniture. Using select solid mahogany and mahogany veneers our artisans produce this item using great qu...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$525 / item
Vintage Italian Capodimonte Porcelain Figural Bacchanal Cherub Mermen Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Renaissance Capodimonte Porcelain Figural Bacchanal Cherub Mermen Table Lamp with Brass Mounts. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 26" H (to finial) x 16" H (to ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
17th/18th Century Italian Venetian Marquetry Table Box
Located in Forney, TX
An important early antique Italian Renaissance table box, handcrafted in Northern Italy in the 17th/18th century, cassone chest form, richly inlaid, the top and front panel with fruitwood banding framing...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
Antique French Terracotta Head of a Bearded Man
Located in Hastings, GB
An impressive and large scale terracotta head of a bearded man, French,19th century, old repairs and reinforcements, a striking and captivating piece.
Wall mounted, there are two ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century/Older Italian Renaissance Style Carved Verdigris Marble Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century or Older Italian Renaissance Style Carved Verdigris Marble Table Box
This exquisite 18th-century or older carved Verdigris marble table box epitomizes Italian Renaissa...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage French Renaissance Style Painted Porcelain Urn Brass Ewer Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Renaissance Style Painted Porcelain Urn Brass Ewer Table Lamp. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 34" H (to finial) x 25" H (to light socket) x 9.5" W x 7" D. {3-Wa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th C. Renaissance Wrought Iron Curule Savonarola Carpet Sling Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th Century Hand Wrought Iron Renaissance Savonarola Carpet Sling Curule Side Chair. Item features a hand wrought iron folding frame, desirable weathered finish, carpet "sling" seat...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Italian Renaissance Style Wrought Iron Floor Armillary Globe
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style wrought iron floor standing armillary globe supported on a 3 scroll leg base.
Category
20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Antique Persian Malayer Rug with Dutch Renaissance and European Style
Located in Dallas, TX
52452 Antique Persian Malayer rug with Dutch Renaissance and European style. With architectural elements of curved lines and a subdued color scheme, this hand knotted wool antique Pe...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wool
$9,520 Sale Price
20% 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 ...
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Pair of Italian Venetian Polychromed Figures
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Venetian style (Art Nouveau) life size polychromed figures of women standing on round globes with green painted and decorated pedestal base
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Chrome
$95,000 / set
English Brass Hammered Umbrella Stand
Located in Queens, NY
English-style (19/20th Century) brass hammered oval umbrella stand with 17th Century scene with figures and handles (with liner)
Category
19th Century British Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
English Renaissance Style Wood and Iron Halberd
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance-style halberd spear with square wooden shaft and 31-inch iron blade with two small hand prints.
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Renaissance Brass Mounted Crucifix
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) brass wall mounted crucifixes with Christ figure (3-PRICED EACH)
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
$2,500 / item
Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Brass Candlesticks
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Renaissance-style (19/20th Century) brass candlesticks with an open double swirl design on a round base (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Renaissance Wooden Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance oak carved sculpture featuring a semi-nude woman gasping looking upwards with hellenistic drapery wrapped around her arms and abdomen holding a staff and a cub in...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Set of 3 English Renaissance Style Oak Nest of Tables
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 3 English Renaissance-style (20th Century) oak nest of tables.
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Italian Venetian Murano Etched Paneled Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
2 Italian Venetian Murano (modern) wall mirrors with nine rectangular panels and etched floral and scroll design border with gold applied glass flowers and spindle trim. (PRICED EACH)
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
$18,550 / item
English Renaissance Pewter Dinner Plates
Located in Queens, NY
10 English Renaissance-style round pewter dinner plates. (PRICED AS SET)
Category
20th Century British Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pewter
$1,500 / set
Italian Venetian Murano Etched Floral Design Wall Mirrors
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian Murano (modern) wall mirror with etched floral and scroll design border, applied gold-dusted glass leaves, and spindle trim.
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
Bronze Mortar - Italy - 16th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb Italian Renaissance bronze mortar with his pestle - 16th century
Very beautiful model with AN in its center surmounted by a cross below .
The mortar is decorated with several...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Important Bronze Fireplace Adornment Made of a Pair of Andirons and a Bronze Bar
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare and important bronze fireplace set is composed of a pair of richly decorated bronze andirons and of a central bar connecting the 2 andirons. This is a French Renaissance st...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,458 Sale Price
24% Off
2 Italian Renaissance Style iron and Glass Hanging Lanterns
Located in Queens, NY
2 Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) wrought iron 6 sided hanging lanterns with silhouette arch design with scenes on glass panels. Signed (PRICED EACH).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Spanish Renaissance Gothic Green Iron
Brass Tripod Pole Floor Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Antique Spanish Renaissance Gothic Distress Painted Green Wrought Iron & Brass Tripod...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
French Renaissance Carved Oak Sideboard, 18th Century
Located in Paris, IDF
This piece is a brown oak French Renaissance sideboard that dates from the 1700s. It’s made from solid oak and the ornate designs have bee...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
$2,463 Sale Price
60% Off
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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