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
Period: 19th Century
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
Italian Renaissance Style Gold Velvet Banner
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19/20th Century) gold velvet hanging banner with damask and embroidered curved bottom
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Large Antique Oil on Canvas of Venus
Adonis with Giltwood Frame
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning original large oil on canvas
“Venus and Adonis” large painting.
Some crazing of paint present.
Some repairs of paint. Repair work patches visible from back of frame as ...
Category
1880s American Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
$1,920 Sale Price
65% Off
A fine and palatial size pair of Italian silvered bronze chenets
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and palatial pair of Italian silvered bronze chenets. Highly detailed with cherubs at the top and the Gods of the winds on either side
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Throne Arm Chair w/ Winged Cherubs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Throne Arm Chair w/ Winged Cherubs and Floral Embossed Leather Seat. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 51" H x 28" W x 26" D x 18" Seat...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
19th Century French Renaissance Desk with Three drawers
Located in Miami, FL
19th Century French Renaissance desk with dolphins is a remarkably sculpted work with fully carved apron all around, making it a great choice for placement in the center of the room ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Renaissance Style Oak Refectory Table
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style (19/20th Century) large oak refectory table with carved apron and legs with trestle base.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Pair of Italian Renaissance Oak Pedestal Figures
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) carved oak life size pilaster form pedestals of Greek man and woman (torso) on square base with floral carving
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
$25,500 / set
Pair Of Hispano Moresque Pottery Vases
Located in Essex, MA
Likely Portugese heavily potted with copper and cream tones. Globular form with small loop ring handles and Alhambresque palette decoration. Conforming raised foot.
Category
Mid-19th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Majolica
$4,800 / set
Original Antique Print of Ecce Homo After Carlo Dolci. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image after Carlo Dolci
Fine steel engraving
Published circa 1850
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
1850s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
19th Century Tuscan Renaissance Fragment
Located in San Angelo, TX
This is a beautiful 19th century Tuscan Renaissance fragment. Perfect for placement above your mantle, stove, a bed, or use it to dress up a wall b...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique French Carved Oak Barley Twist Sofa Table Corinthian Renaissance c1890
Located in Shreveport, LA
Direct from France, a very unique antique French carved oak table~
~Four large columns, each consisting of four separate barley twist posts set...
Category
1890s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Antique 19th Century Italian Maiolica Pot of the Renaissance Style
Located in Dallas, TX
Vivid colors, hand-painted in the Renaissance style, enhance this large maiolica pot from the 1800’s. Maiolica is tin-glazed pottery from Italy that has been decorated over a white background. This pot is considered an istoriato, which is to say that the pot has been decorated with figures, rather than strictly geometric patterns or floral designs.
The maiolica does incorporate floral and foliate motifs, with white flowers that have yellow centers surrounded by blue rings. There are also yellow flowers that are depicted in various stages of nyctinasty (the closing of flowers during the night). The flora is all connected by a series of green and yellow curled leaves. Behind the vegetation is a dark blue background. There are two portraits inside large yellow cartouches that are painted in the middle of the pot. The first is a bearded man, dressed in a light brown tunic...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Maiolica
Late 19th C. Renaissance Style Gilt Wood Pricket Candlestick Table Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
A Late 19th Century Renaissance Style Gilt Wood Pricket Candlestick dual lights Table Lamp. Measures 9" in width, 9" in depth and stands 32" tall.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
$896 Sale Price
25% Off
Italian Renaissance Style Religious Tempera Painting on Gold Ground Wood Panel
Located in Firenze, IT
This Italian tempera painted on gilt wood gold ground panel is a Tuscan religious artwork in the style of late Renaissance - early Gothic period. The sc...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
$6,704 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Renaissance Style Glass and Iron Lantern
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style 6 sided glass lantern with an iron decorative top section.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Portrait of a Young Woman in a Gilt Frame
Located in Woodbury, CT
This unsigned portrait of a young noble woman is executed in the style of Renaissance Venetian painter Palma il Vecchio.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
French Buffet / Cabinet / Credenza / Dresser - Gothic Renaissance - France 19th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Credenza, Drinks cabinet, Cabinet, Sideboard in beech carved on its 3 facades.
The splashback is decorated with fine sculpted figures of fruit, fruit baskets, plants and birds, proba...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$1,532 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Northern Italian Walnut Table
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Northern Italian walnut table.
Handsome 19th century Italian walnut table with beautiful carving. This versatile Italian table is from th...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Silver Chalice
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) silver chalice with wreath design.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Colored Belgium Map Flandria Gallica Flanders Henricus Hondius
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique hand colored map of Flanders, Belgium, engraved by Henricus Hondius.
Sans frame - 21.25” x 18”.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
$245 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Flemish Renaissance Buffet ~ Credenza
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Flemish Renaissance Buffet ~ Credenza is a remarkable work celebrating the splendor of the Renaissance Revival from top to bottom! The boldly gadrooned top edge frames ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Antique Renaissance Oak Winged Griffin Paw Foot Dining Chair Attr RJ Horner Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Oak Winged Griffin Paw Foot Dining Side Chairs Attributed to RJ Horner - a Pair. Item features harvest scroll work to top rail, upholstered back an...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
19th Century Fine Quality Bronze Figural Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Late 19th century beautifully crafted bronze figural table lamp of a woman kneeling holding a shell form leaded glass shade. The lamp is in good working condition. Minor wear consist...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19 Century English Portrait of an Aristocratic Gentleman in the Manner of Rubens
By Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A 19th C three quarter length portrait of an aristocratic gentleman with his personal valet shown behind him. The young man with flowing long hair is portrayed from the waist up and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Neo-Renaissance Italian Terracotta Fountain. Tuscany, early 19th century
Located in Puglia, Puglia
A fanciful early 19th century Italian terracotta fountain from Tuscany. In neo-Renaissance style, as shown in the photo, the artist's initials I B are engraved. The fountain rests on...
Category
1820s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Cast Stone Table with 3 Lion Figured Legs
Located in Sheffield, MA
A stately round cast stone table top supported by 3 cast stone lion figured legs. The table has wonderful aged patina and character only time ca...
Category
19th Century British Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone
Large 19th Century Italian Giltwood Mirror With Arched Top
Located in London, GB
This decorative antique mirror was made in Italy in the 19th century.
The giltwood frame retains it's original bevelled plate, which is lightly foxed - consistent with it's age.
T...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Italian Five-light Iron Sconce Large Tuscan Wall Candelabra
Located in Milano, MI
A large five-arm Italian sconce, five curved iron curved arms decorated with gilded walnut elements, ending with turned gilded walnut bobeches and candles arranged for Edison 14 bulb...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Italianate Capriccio Oil of Figures in Classical Ruins
Located in Queens, NY
Italianate style (19th Century) capriccio on an architectural oil on canvas painting with figures among classical ruins in an ebonized frame.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
Late 19th Century Renaissance Style Carved Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique carved cabinet having a central marquetry inlaid door panel with high relief carved rope design flanked by carved figural columns, panel...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Italian Renaissance Style Stone Frieze
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large antique Italian stone chimney piece frieze dating to circa 1800.
Originally salvaged from a monumental scale fireplace, this frieze displays fine carving in relief depicting...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone
Antique Wrought Iron Signage Bracket
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique wrought iron bracket is decorated with curls and a spear-like tip. Holes on the side bar can be used to secure to the side of...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Side Chairs 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A PAIR OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE STYLE
WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
19TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING EARLIER ELEMENTS
In solid walnut with straight seats, gilt acanthus leaf finials, carved front st...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Rare 19th Century Italian Renaissance Murillo Design Collectors Writing Cabinet
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning and Rare 19th Century Handcrafted Tooled Brown Leather Italian Renaissance Design Fitted Writing Cabinet On Original Plinth
Featuring fourteen hand-painted portraits (aft...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather
Antique Italian Renaissance Style Credenza Cupboard
Located in Buxton, GB
This Antique Renaissance Style Walnut Credenza from the l19th century exudes elegance and charm, with its brown glossy finish and intricate carvings of Lions and Mythical creatures. ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
French 19th century Renaissance st. Gilt and Wrought Iron chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scale French 19th century Renaissance st. Gilt and Wrought Iron chandelier. This palatially scaled twenty-five light chandelier is centered by an array of 'C'...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Silver Plate Chalices
Located in Queens, NY
Pairof Italian Renaissance-style (19th century) silver plate ceremonial chalice cups with 4 medallions on shaped base (priced as pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silver
19th Century Round Extendable Table, Baroque , all solid Walnut, Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian circa 1880s round extendable table, Baroque Renaissance style, in very solid walnut, wax polished. Bassano handicraft production. Thickness of the top 6 cm. All connections with grafts and wood nails. Solid massive table weighing over 90 kg
Measures cm: Height 80, diameter 130 add 42
About Bassano del Grappa:
Bassano del Grappa is known for the three great traditions that have made it famous: ceramics, whose productions, linked to the prestigious Antonibon family, are admirable in the Museum of ceramics at Palazzo Sturm; the typography developed between 1600 and 1800 by the Remondini family, an illustrious family of publishers and engravers of the most important Italian printing industry and the cabinet makers who produced furniture for the nearby Venice from the 16th century.
The architectural context of Bassano del Grappa is a dive into art: the streets of the center are adorned by the works of authors such as Palladio, Canova, Jacopo Da Ponte...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
A Continental 19th century Renaissance st. Wrought Iron chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative Continental 19th century Renaissance st. Wrought Iron chandelier. The wonderful circular eight arm and twelve light chandelier displays an open cage wi...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Antique Renaissance Style Italian Wood Lacquered Apothecary Box
Located in Firenze, IT
This lovely antique lacquered apothecary box was crafted in Italy in late 19th century in the style of medicinal herbs casket in use in pharmacies during the Middle Age and Renaissan...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Lion Fountains, Lifesize Outdoor Statues, Patinated Bronze, England, 1860s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of Lifesize Bronze Lion Fountains on Pedestals, 19th Century Monumental Outdoor Statues, Priced for pair (two pairs available)
Two monumental...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Set of 10 Italian Walnut
Leather High Back Dining Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 10 Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) stained walnut high back side chairs with carved heads and dark red leather upholstered seat and back (PRICED AS Set)
Antique condition
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Center Table Desk Renaissance Style
Located in Vienna, AT
2nd half of the 19th century, solid hardwood, stained black, rectangular top decorated with bevelled corners , turned legs in baluster form, signs of age and use, some restoration wo...
Category
1880s Swedish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
French Henry II Castle Dresser Sideboard credenza Buffet - Renaissance - 19th
By Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Wonderful castle sideboard, dresser, cabinet, sideboard-credenza in richly carved oak with two-bodies with openings with 2 doors in the upper part and 4 doors in the lower part.
The piece of furniture has 3 drawers carved into belts. The 3 drawers are almost invisible on the central belt, they are secret drawers.
Richly carved with lions, scrolls of foliage, plants, cornucopia and fruit. The 2 lion heads at the upper ends of the furniture are fascinating, and almost seem to be moving because they are so well executed.
The sculptures are delicate and fine, yet deep.
Beautiful storage space with doors and drawers and display space in the credenza.
Henry II style, Renaissance, Renaissance Revival.
French Renaissance furniture...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$13,408 Sale Price
20% Off
The Desperate Man by Durer - Amand-Durand, c.1876
Located in Savannah, GA
A photogravure by Charles Amand-Durand on laid paper of the Durer engraving, "The Desperate Man,” circa 1876.
Durand mark on verso.
5 ½ by 8 inches
frame: 19 ½ by 22 inches
Category
1870s Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
French Flute Player Gilt Bronze Figure
Located in Astoria, NY
French Flute Player Gilt Bronze Figure, mid 19th century, the standing figure in 16th century costume on a black marble base. 11" H x 4.5" W x 4.5" D.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Set of 3 English Renaissance Leaded Glass Windows
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 3 English Renaissance style (19th Century) leaded glass window panels with diamond design and figure in center (PRICED AS SET).
Category
19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Glass
$16,500 / set
19th Spanish Baroque Side Table with Iron Stretcher and Carved Top in Walnut
Located in Miami, FL
19th Spanish Baroque ebonized side table with iron stretcher and carved top in walnut.
Category
1840s Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Hairy Paw Foot Desk Console Table Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Walnut Hairy Paw Foot Desk Console Table Base. Item features a large impressive size, large carved hairy paw feet, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Large Antique Italian Majolica Platter, Bacchus and Ariadne
Located in Dallas, TX
At over two feet in diameter, this stunning majolica platter or charger, is particularly large. The painted scene painted was taken from a ceiling fresco known as the Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique, richly carved sideboard, late 19th century.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique sideboard from around 1880, France.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 224 cm / width 95 cm / depth 53 cm
Category
1880s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
19th Century English Silvered Metal
Worried Knight
Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century English Silvered Metal 'Worried Knight' Inkwell
Add a touch of classical whimsy to your home or office with our tole figural knight inkwell. Made in later 19th century ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Bronze Portrait Bust of Henri IV after Model by Barthelemy Prieur, c. 1800
By Barthélemy Prieur 1
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This handsome bronze portrait bust of the French King Henri IV is based on a model by Barthelemy Prieur (1540-1611) depicting the King nude as the Ro...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Italian Oil Painting on Four Panel Folding Screen
Located in Nashville, TN
Late 19th century Italian screen with a gorgeous oil painting of floral scene. The oil paint colors are vibrant and in good condition. The frame is made of canvas over a wooden frame...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Pair of English Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Panels
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Renaissance style (19th Century) walnut carved wall panels (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique Italian Tabletop with Pietra Dura Scene
Located in London, GB
This marble tabletop features a centrally placed pictorial panel executed in Pietra Dura. The panel is surrounded by a frame composed of inlaid purple veined marble that is encompass...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Italian Renaissance Walnut Savonarola Loveseat
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style carved walnut Savonarola style loveseat with carved heads, 19th-20th century.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
A 19th Century French Carved Mirror
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A 19th Century French Carved Mirror
The oval glass inserted into a mixed wooden frame adorned with finely carved applications, the whole with leaves. Further carved elements include...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Hardwood, Glass
French Renaissance Revival Oak Carved Corner Armchair, 1890s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Renaissance Revival corner armchair.
Striking French design from the 1890s.
Solid oak frame with original hand-carved decorative elements.
Original hand-carved f...
Category
1890s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Oak
$909 Sale Price
20% 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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