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
Massive Pair of Italian Columns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive pair of Italian columns completely restored in faux paint and gold leaf. The base is 18" x 18" all in one piece.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$8,200 / set
19th Century Pair of Italian Renaissance Revival Oak Angel Statues
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance style (19th Century) carved oak large angels with guitars.
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Oak, Walnut
After Michelangelo White Statuary Marble Sculpture of Moses
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A scale white statuary marble sculpture of Moses after Michelangelo circa 1875. After the larger than life-size Carrara marble original from the tomb of Pope Julius II in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome completed around 1515. This scale sculpture is exceptionally carved, capturing the quality and detail of Michelangelo’s Moses...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Gilt-Bronze Mounted Credence by Edouard Lievre, and Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Gilt-Bronze Mounted Credence, Designed By Edouard Lievre, Attributed To Paul Sormani,
In the neo-Renaissance style, the spreading pediment with Vitruvian scroll-fitted frieze, c...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Pair of English Renaissance Walnut Rectangular Benches
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Renaissance style (19th Century) walnut rectangular bench with stretcher and double pedestal side with shaped corners (PRICED AS P...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Carved sideboard, France, ca. 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Carved sideboard, France, ca. 1870.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
Dimensions: height 232 cm width 165 cm depth 62 cm
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Iron and Gilt chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most unique Italian 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Iron and Gilt chandelier. This wonderfully decorative four arm chandelier is centered at the bottom by a lar...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
set of six French 19th century Renaissance st. Walnut and Leather dining chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality set of six French 19th century Renaissance st. Walnut and Leather dining chairs. Each wonderfully decorative chair is raised on four mottled block feet co...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
A fine pair of 19th century Italian painted black and gilt carved torchieres
Located in Dallas, TX
A large and fine pair of Italian Renaissance carved and black painted torchieres with parcel gilt.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ebony
Italian Renaissance Walnut Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance Savanarola style walnut arm chair with red velvet upholstery and carved front (19th Cent)
Please note: Upholstery is in AS IS con...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Italian Renaissance Style Wrought Iron Torch Sconce
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th/20th Century) wrought iron torch design sconce with a bracket support and flame form top.
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Italian Renaissance Walnut Sgabelli
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 4 Italian Renaissance style (19th Cent) walnut sgabelli with 4 turned legs and double-eagle back.
There are scratches on the seat.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$6,000 / set
Pair of Italian 19th Century Renaissance St. Walnut Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative pair of Italian 19th century Renaissance st. walnut chairs. Each chair is raised by richly carved paw feet below the elegantly scrolled supports decora...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Set of 4 Italian Renaissance Gilt Jester Arm Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 4 Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) gilt jester armchairs with swan arms, eagle sides, and red upholstered seats and backs.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Neo-Renaissance Cabinet by P. Sormani and attr. to E. Lièvre, France, Circa 1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed twice on the lock P. SORMANI 10 rue Charlot Paris
Rare neo-Renaissance cabinet in carved wood and Portor marble, adorned with chiseled and gilded bronze.
The upper, part, surmounted by a frieze of posts and marble cabochons, consists of a central door decorated with a carved panel representing the birth of Venus, framed by two pairs of ringed and fluted columns with Corinthians capitals in gilded bronze revealing two doors with secret opening. Two drawers with lion’s head shaped handles and a central drawer decorated with tracery in gilded bronze complete the upper part of this cabinet.
In the lower part, two drawers on the belt with diamond...
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$57,943 Sale Price
44% Off
Italian Renaissance Style Mahogany Drop Leaf Dining Table
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) mahogany drop leaf dining table with spool legs and stretcher and inlaid geometric top
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Colossal 19th-Century Classical Plaster Foot Sculpture 28"
Located in New York, NY
This 19th-century plaster foot sculpture is an imposing and impressive work of art. With dimensions of 28 inches in width, 15 inches in depth, and 22 inches in height, its colossal s...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Plaster
19th Century Renaissance Marble Relief
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century Renaissance marble relief.
The relief is carved to the Renaissance taste and is in very good condition. It is framed in a later frame ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
AMAZING PAIR OF PORTUGUESE CORBELS 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF CORBELS
19th century Portuguese
brown wood
Profuse decoration with plant motifs.
Dim.: 38 x 31 cm
good state
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,095 / set
Cluny Hotel Well - Reduction In Patinated Plaster And Wrought Iron, Late 19th C.
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Cluny Hotel Well (Reduction) : Unusual patinated plaster and wrought iron reduction of the Cluny Hotel Well*, adorned with a gargoyle of a "wild man" (François Sauvage)*.
Signed on...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century German Porcelain Painted Plaque Of Madonna Della Seggiola
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine German 19th century circular porcelain plaque painting of La Madonna della Seggiola or La Madonna della Sedia after Raphael Sanz...
Category
19th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Renaissance St. Alabastro Marble and Ormolu Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative French 19th century Renaissance st. Alabastro marble and ormolu centerpiece/planter. The oblong centerpiece is raised...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Portuguese Buffet Table 19th Century Rosewood
Located in Madrid, ES
SMALL PORTUGUESE BUFFET 19th Century in Rosewood
in rosewood wood, shaky friezes, turned legs and beams, bronze fittings.
Dim.: 60 x 69 x 46 cm.
Good condition
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
$2,394 / item
Pair of 19th Century French Renaissance Hand Painted Majolica Portrait Plaques
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring color and character to your home with this elegant pair of antique wall plaques. Sculpted in France circa 1880, each square Majolica panel features a finely modeled bust portra...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
"Temperance" Ewer and Its Basin in Silver Bronze, After François Briot, Xixth Ce
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
ewer and its basin called "Temperance", in silver-plated bronze, in the style of the Renaissance, after the model of François Briot, preserved in the Louvre Museum.
The egg-shaped...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Designer, Renaissance, Large Wall Mirror, Oil Gilded, Carved Wood, 1890s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Over the Mantle or Wall Mirror, Oil Gilded, Italian Renaissance Style, Heavily Carved
A once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire a monumental wall, console or over the mantle mirro...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Italian Renaissance Walnut Collector
s Cabinet or Vargueno
Located in Essex, MA
Rare Italian Walnut "Renaissance" Collector's Cabinet of The Grand Tour. Architectural form influenced by the design of The Pitti Palace in Florence. Drop front opens by engaging t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century Wall Hanging Depicting Don Quixote
By Adolf Schrödter Schwedt
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Magnificent wall hanging made in the late 1800s.
It has been embroidered according to the image of a painting made by Adolf Schrodter Schwedt (1805-1875) which was called "Don Qui...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Italian Renaissance Bronze Altar Candlesticks
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) round bronze altar sticks with filigree top and base (priced as pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Very Large Royal Vienna Painted Porcelain Plaque After Correggio
Located in London, GB
Very large Royal Vienna painted porcelain plaque after Correggio
Austrian, 19th century
Measures: Frame: height 77cm, width 74cm, depth 7.5cm
Plaque: height 58cm, width 48.5cm, depth 0.5cm.
This beautiful and very large painted porcelain plaque was made by the Royal Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, in the 19th century, and shows the Sacred Family...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. Bronze and Ormolu candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and large scale pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu candelabras. Each seven arm candelabra is raised on a triangular shaped patinated B...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
3 High-Backed Chairs, Cordoba Leather Trim with Native American Decor, Spain
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
3 high-backed chairs, Cordoba leather trim with Native American decor and cupids framing a floral arrangement.
Ornamentation of copper cabochons on the...
Category
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Renaissance Style Pewter Candle Holders From Towie Barclay Castle
Located in London, Park Royal
Pair of 19th Century Renaissance Style Pewter Metal Candle Holders: Featuring a knopped stem adorned with intricate scrollwork, baskets of flowers, and snail motifs. The triform base...
Category
19th Century British Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pewter
$1,582 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Manopan Crank Musical Organ 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Manopan crank musical organ. 19th Century. It is complete but it does not work, it needs to be revised. It has 6 cards with spanish songs of the time.
G...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
BEAUTIFULL 19th Century PORTUGUESE TABLE
Located in Madrid, ES
BEAUTIFULL 19th Century PORTUGUESE TABLE
in carved and hollowed out walnut wood.
Curved legs carved with scrolls decorated with female ...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Italian Statuary Marble Plaque After Duquesnoy
By François Duquesnoy
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large early 19th century Italian statuary marble plaque depicting a reclining cherub or putto, formerly owned by the 1st Earl of Mountbatten. Expertly carved in deep relief, this p...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a beautiful circular base with three fine seashell shaped supports ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Dutch Brass and Ebonized Wood Mirror, circa 1860
Located in New Orleans, LA
Renaissance design.
Category
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Renaissance Double Cabinet in Walnut, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Renaissance Double Cabinet in Walnut, 19th Century.
19th-century Renaissance-style cabinet, walnut wood, fine woodcarving.
Dimensions: h: 166cm, w: 100cm, d: 46cm
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Very Large 19th Century Italian Maiolica Hand Painted Vase
By Cantagalli
Located in London, GB
A very large 19th century twin handled maiolica vase in the form of a wine krater. The exquisite hand painted decoration includes two central cartouches, one depicting Bacchus and Ar...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Black Belgian marble centerpiece/planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scale French 19th century Renaissance st. verdigris Bronze, Ormolu and Black Belgian marble centerpiece/planter. This stunning planter is raised on four claw ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Armchairs Attributed to H.A. Fourdinois, France, c1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Important pair of armchairs attributed to H.A. Fourdinois, with a flat back in “chapeau de gendarme” centered with a carved and foliated cartouche, joining padded scroll armrests car...
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Neo Renaissance throne chair 1890
Located in Meulebeke, BE
This Neo renaissance throne chair is a unique and elegant piece of furniture that can decorate any room. This chair was made around 1890, duri...
Category
1890s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather, Oak
Italian Renaissance Style 19th Century Stone Well Head
Located in Troy, NY
Italian Istrian Stone Well Head from the Veneto area, elaborately carved and beautifully weathered. Renaissance style, late 19th century. The two featu...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Limestone
19th Century Dutch Renaissance Rosewood Cabinet
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
An exquisite antique mid 19th century Dutch cabinet or cupboard in the renaissance style, crafted from the finest rosewood veneers on solid oak. Moulded top cornice, above a frieze o...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Micromosaic Circular Table, Attributed to the Vatican Mosaic Workshop
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in London, GB
This table is a truly exceptional piece of antique Italian furniture. The item has been attributed to the Vatican Mosaic Workshop (opened 1727). This studio was made up of a collecti...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Marble
Renaissance Cabinet
Located in Washington, DC
A truly stunning cabinet with a rich patina. Made by a Swedish cabinetmaker in the early 19th century.
The paint on the inside and the outside is all original. Original hardware includes the hinges, locks, key, straps.
Intricate carved paneling.
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
$15,900
Set Of Six Renaissance-style Chairs Upholstered In Leather Embossed With A Salam
Located in BARSAC, FR
A set of six characterful Renaissance-style chairs in solid carved and molded oak, upholstered in leather embossed with a salamander on the back and fleur-de-lis on the seats.
Beaut...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Leather, Oak
1900s Pair, FAENZA Italy Renaissance Revival Painted Majolica Wall Plates Signed
By Deruta
Located in Miami, FL
Collectibles FAENZA from the Early 19th Century, made in Italy decorative Majolica hand-painted Wall Plates.
Depicting Lisa Bel and Faenza mirror facing each other.
Deep blue colors ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Majolica
Antique Carved Walnut Renaissance Style Cabinet Sideboard, Circa 1870-1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Carved Walnut Renaissance Style Cabinet Sideboard, Circa 1870-1880.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Very Large 19th Century Carved Stone Renaissance Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A very rare, 19th century carved stone Renaissance fireplace. The bracketed jambs with crouching lions, ionic capitals, carved male and female masks and basket of fruit to plinths. T...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone
19th Century Renaissance Plaster Fireguards, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing a pair of exceptional 19th century plaster fireguards, inspired by the elegant and ornate style of the Renaissance period. These fireguards are a true testament to the so...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Renaissance Style Center Table by Cortina D
Ampezzo, Italy, Circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Label mentioning “I.R. Scuola, Sezione Intarsio e Intaglio, Cortina d’Ampezzo, n°146”
Exceptional Venetian Renaissance style center table. The top and the frieze opening with four...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$13,887 Sale Price
51% Off
True pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and Gilt floor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and statement making true pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated Bronze and Gilt floor lamps. Each palatially scaled Torchière is raised on a triangular ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Giltwood and Scagliola Circular Table, after Della Valle Brothers
By Della Valle Brothers
Located in London, GB
This wonderful table is designed after the famous Della Valle brothers (Italian, fl. mid-19th century). The brothers were exceptionally skilled craftsmen who specialised in the produ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Scagliola, Giltwood
PORTUGUESE DINING ROOM TABLE end 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
DINING ROOM TABLE
Portuguese end 19th Century
in chestnut wood. Standing on four carved wooden feet with a zoomorphic shape.
With a magnifying board.
Signs of use. Dim.: (closed) 82...
Category
Late 19th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
1840s French Italian Renaissance Oak Savonarola Chair
Located in High Point, NC
A 1840s French Italian Renaissance Savonarola chair crafted in oak and distinguished by its sculptural, X-form silhouette. This hi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Renaissance Style Copper Figure of a Pilgrim with a Small Dog, circa 1860
Located in San Francisco, CA
Renaissance style figure of a pilgrim with a small dog. Continental hammered, repouusse and incised copper, circa 1860.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Copper
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bisque Porcelain Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. Bisque Porcelain, Ormolu, and Giltwood lamps, attributed to Sèvres. Each wonderful lamp is raised on a square ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Renaissance Style Polished Iron Crest on Walnut Plaque
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a study or a man's office with this elegant antique plaque. Crafted in France circa 1880, the wall decor features a coat of arms with a medieval royal knight...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
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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