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
17th C. Italian Tuscan Walnut Cabinet, original lock
key, original back
Located in Brooklyn, NY
17th C. Italian Tuscan Walnut Cabinet, original lock & key, original back (very good antique condition, never touched)
H: 73.5 D: 22.5 W: 80.75 ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Tradision Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Venetian mirror made in the strictest Murano tradition with a crest and frame carefully engraved by hand. All assembled with gold crystal elements handmade in the Murano furnaces. Wo...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
$3,280 / item
Antique 19th C. Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Figural Throne Side Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 19th C. Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut Figural Throne Side Chair. Item features crewel work upholstery, figural carved back rest, solid wood frame, beautiful wood grain, f...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique Grand Italian Renaissance Walnut Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Grand Italian Renaissance Walnut Buffet will make an unforgettable statement in your family room or entertainment room! Crafted from select walnut in its entirety, its impre...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Renaissance Style Full Suit Plate Armor
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Renaissance Style Full Suit Plate Armor. It depicts a 6.25 feet silver tone suit armor. The breastplate, helmet and leg’s armors are decorated with a repousse portrait of a...
Category
20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal
18th-19th Century Oil on Canvas "The Triumph of Venice" After Paolo Veronese
By Paolo Veronese
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and Large Italian 18th-19th century oval-shaped oil on canvas titled "The Triumph of Venice" After the original work by Paolo Veronese (Venice, 1528-1588). The original of this painting hangs in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice. The 'Ricci' coloration suggests a late 17th-early 18th century date. In 1715 Charles de la Fosse advised Ricci to paint only "Veroneses and no more Riccis", Venice, circa 1800.
Measures:
Height: 45 1/4 inches (115 cm).
Width: 29 inches (73.7 cm).
Frame height: 58 1/4 inches (147.9 cm).
Frame width: 43 1/4 inches (109.9 cm).
Frame depth: 5 1/4 (13.3 cm).
Provenance: Royal Academy of Scotland.
Paolo Veronese (Born 1528, Verona, Republic of Venice - died April 9, 1588, Venice) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at...
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood, Gesso, Canvas
$59,850 Sale Price
52% Off
Burled Handkerchief Table
Located in Annville, PA
This three leg or tripod Burled Handkerchief Table closes to small triangular size when the leaves are not in use and opens to a beautiful clover shaped t...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$865 / item
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
Monumental 19th Century Bronze Equestrian Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni
Located in Budapest, HU
A truly impressive and monumental bronze equestrian statue depicting Bartolomeo Colleoni, after the celebrated Renaissance model by Andrea del Verrocchio (Venice, Campo Santi Giovann...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Serpentine, Bronze
17th Century Spanish Baroque Savoy Hand Carved Chest Trunk
Located in Miami, FL
Nice 17th century chest in brown chesnut. Hand carved facade panel with geometrics decorations. Plinth with brace decorations, dovetail assembly with wrought iron wardware.
Add a re...
Category
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Plat de Gien décor Renaissance italienne sur fond bleu en faïence Francais
By Gien
Located in London, England
Découvrez un art de vivre à la française avec ce plat carré en faïence de Gien, orné d'un magnifique décor renaissance italienne sur un fond bleu éclat...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Faience
$78 Sale Price
78% Off
Monumental Antique Stone Renaissance Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A very rare and exotic large carved stone 19th century French chimneypiece in the Renaissance manner. The Jambs of male and female beasts in armour, supporting recumbent dragons. The corner blocks having carved Roman masks...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone
Antique Reproduction of 17th Century Italian Chestnut Fratino Style Table
Located in Encinitas, CA
Made in Italy Antique Reproduction of a Late 17th Century Italian chestnut Fratino style table features solid top planks with end frames and a base with crosspieces and wood joinery pins.
Showed in the size 96” Width 36” Depth 30” Height
With is superior details including dovetail joinery, present a fine rustic antique look for use as a primitive table for display, or communal style dining or even in a contrasting modern setting.
We can reproduce this antique style in any size you require.
We offer finish options on aged hardwoods which may be very distressed like this antique Italian chestnut table, or formal & smooth on premium Italian walnut.
Available to order either in Walnut or Chestnut with shellac color stain finishes options.
79”L x 39”W
84”L x 40-42”W
96”L x 40-42”W
108”L x 40-42”W
120”L x 40-42”W
Larger table sizes, narrow widths, and single slab tops available by quote.
Bellini’s Old World Collection...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Chestnut, Poplar, Walnut, Fir
Antique Italian Pietra Dura Hardstone Wood Ormolu Cabinet on Stand
Located in London, GB
Antique Italian Pietra Dura Hardstone Wood Ormolu Cabinet on Stand
Italian, Late 19th Century
Height 227cm, width 141cm, depth 46cm
Rich in detail and craftsmanship, this magnific...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone, Ormolu
18th Century Italian Antique Tuscan Renaissance Walnut Dining Room Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rectangular, antique very long Tuscan Renaissance dining room table made of hand crafted Walnut, in good condition. The top of the Italian center table has a dark original patina w...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
Adoration of the shepherds - Large high-relief, Northern Italy Circa 1500
Located in PARIS, FR
Large high relief in carved and gilt wood, with many traces of polychromy, representing the Adoration of the Shepherds.
The evangelist Luke first mentions that the scene takes place at night. A sudden light, which frightens the shepherds, signals the arrival of an angel who announces "great joy". He gives them a sign: they will find "a newborn baby wrapped...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Spanish Two Faces Baroque Style Oak Library Table or Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome oak library piece that can be used as a desk or Work table. Made of oak having carved gadrooned edges. A stretcher made of iron. Carved on all sides and five drawers ox bow ...
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Paolo di Giovanni Sogliani - Processional Cross Florence, around 1515
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Paolo di Giovanni Sogliani (Florence 1455-1522)
Processional Cross
Florence, around 1515
Enameled, chiseled, engraved, stippled, and gilded copper; wooden core ; Inscription: "OPA...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Expandable Barley Twist Dining Table in Vintage Walnut, By Petersen Antiques
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This custom dining table has barley twist legs made from reclaimed walnut. The base has a darker finish and the top is bleached with satin lacquer finish. The barley twist legs are masterfully hand-carved to perfect mirror image spirals.
As shown, the table is 40 x 100 x 30...
Category
2010s American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique-patinated Wall fountain
Located in Greding, DE
Wall fountain made of hand-chiseled, antique-patinated natural stone with a curved back panel and central rosette spout. The semi-circular basin and slender design offer elegant prop...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone
Pair of 20th c. Italian Renaissance Style Wrought Iron Torchieres
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of twentieth century Italian Renaissance style wrought iron floor torchieres resting upon tripod bases with five scroll design arms s...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
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
Pair of Carved Wooden Wall Sconces
Located in Annville, PA
These stylish and elegant, hand sculpted, Pair of Carved Wooden Wall Sconces bring a classic look to any home decor setting. It’s the perfect...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
$425 / item
Antique 20th-century oak warm brown Dutch Renaissance Extension leaf table
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is a stunning table meticulously crafted from the finest European summer oak in the Netherlands around 1900. This exquisite piece embodies the defining traits of a typi...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
19th Century Italian Majolica Jardiniere Planter on Pedestal Stand
Located in Pearland, TX
Italian Majolica jardiniere and accompanying stand in the style of Giorgio Andreoli (1470-1555). Decorated in the Renaissance style with ar...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Large French 19th Century Gilt Bronze Wall Clock with Religious Inscriptions
Located in London, GB
This large, gilt bronze wall clock is a magnificent and highly unusual piece. At the centre of the design is a circular enamel dial, with Arabic...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
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
Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century.
With monogram (illegible) and dated (right ear of the saint).
Oil on oak panel showing a thin, elderl...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Other
American Fireside Chair
Located in Annville, PA
An extremely popular American Fireside Chair designed after an original antique chair. This reproduction antique has all of the features of it’s ancestr...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,635 / item
Antique Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Dining Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Italian Renaissance style carved walnut dining table.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Small Mahogany Banded Console
Located in Annville, PA
A high quality Small Mahogany Banded Console table from Niagara Furniture which makes elaborate use of hand cut inlays. The mahogany top is banded with satinwood, the four legs at th...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$1,315 / item
Antique 16th century Venetian Painted Gold Gilt Iron Strongbox with Original Key
Located in Doha, QA
An extraordinarily rare and visually striking 16th-century Venetian iron treasure coffer, showcasing the height of Renaissance artistry and engineering. Crafted in the early to mid-1...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold, Iron
Italian Alabaster Figure of The Medici Lion, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Italian Alabaster Figure of the Medici Lion
Late 19th century Italian carved alabaster 'Grand Tour' souvenir sculpture, after the antique, "The Medici Lion". Carved alabaster mode...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Rare pastiglia marriage chest - North of Italy, First half of 15th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Rare pastiglia marriage chest
North of Italy, Liguria or Piemonte
First half of 15th century
wood, gesso, partly gilded, form molded and painted
67 x 156 x 63 cm
Provenance :
Pri...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Dutch Brass and Ebonized Wood Mirror
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Dutch Brass and Ebonized Wood Mirror. Mirror features an ebonized wood frame adorned with intricate gilt-brass appliques. The mirror showcases an elaborate crest of scro...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Walnut Renaissance Style Side Table with Carved Griffin Legs, Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An Italian Renaissance style side table, of carved walnut, having a rectangular marble top, in molded frame, raised on legs hand-carved as griffins, joi...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of 19th Century French Bronze Cherubs on Marble Base
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A pair of cast bronze cherubs or putti standing contrapposto on a square red marble base, France, circa late 1800s.
Note: These charming cherubic figures were probably used in combi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century over Life-Size Marble Statue of Bacchus after Michelangelo
Located in Essex, MA
Mid-19th century over life-size carved marble statue of Michelangelo's "Bacchus". Grand Tour copy through the "Point To Point" method directly from the original keeping its masterful proportions and Fine details in an exact size to Michelangelo's work. We have never seen a 19th century copy of this Renaissance Masterpiece of this size and are quite fortunate to be responsible for its stewardship until purchase by a discerning collector
The original "Bacchus" is a marble sculpture by the master, Michelangelo, created circa 1496 when the artist was 21. This statue was originally commissioned by Cardinal Raffaele Riario. However, it was rejected by him and eventually found its way to Jacopo Galli, Cardinal Riario’s banker and a friend of the sculptor, who purchased it in 1506. Some 66 years later it was bought for the Medici and transferred to the royal house in Florence, Italy. Currently it can be viewed at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. It is one of just two sculptures surviving Michelangelo’s initial period in Rome, with the other being Pieta.
The artwork:
This somewhat oversized...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble
20th Italian Renaissance style display cabinet
Located in Buggiano, IT
Italian Renaissance style display cabinet of 1900 original in hand-carved solid ebonized fir, with two original glass doors of the time.
Patinated cream white color.
Three internal ...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fir
$1,172 Sale Price
20% Off
Important Portuguese Table 19th Century in Rosewood
Located in Madrid, ES
MESAPORTUGUESA BUFFET 19th Century
of twisted and trembling in rosewood wood.
Rectangular shaped top, framed by a shaky frieze, waist with 3 drawers simulating 10, turned legs and b...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Antique French Brittany Carved Oak Bench with 16th Century Portrait Panels 1560
Located in Portland, OR
A rare French/Brittany carved oak bench from the late 19th century, fitted with original carved French Renaissance portrait panels from circa, 1560.
The bench was constructed in Brit...
Category
16th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Renaissance style Entree Dish
Located in VALENZA, IT
Renaissance-style round sterling silver entree dish.
The bottom of the entree dish is smooth, while a border made with the casting technique with acanthus leaf motifs has been welded...
Category
1990s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,746 Sale Price
32% Off
Pair of 19th Century Antique Italian Savonarola Campaign Armchairs in Mahogany
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An incredible pair of Savonarola chairs from Italy circa 1890's. They feature heavy solid wood construction with great hand painted detailing. Upholstery was redone some years back, ...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
18th Century Italian Fratino Table with Lyre Legs Solid Walnut Rectangular Table
Located in Milano, MI
An Italian Renaissance style walnut Fratino table from the 18th century from a private house of Milan.
Born in Italy during the first half of 18th century, this exquisite solid waln...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$3,842 Sale Price
20% Off
Frans Franken III 16th Century Oil on Wood, Adoration of the Magi, Painting
Located in IT
Frans Franken III and aid, Adoration of the Magi
Good condition
The oil painting on wood, with a gold background, depicts an Adoration of the Magi. The Magi are dressed in sumptuous silk and brocade dresses; they wear precious hats and jewelery. The richness of their garments is in contrast with the humility of the Holy Family and of the other characters who, around curious, observe the scene. The hut is simple, made of wood and straw: above it shines the Comet, symbol of the divine event. In the distance, a group of wayfarers walk along a path that is lost on the horizon, blending into the gold of the bottom.
The representation proposes a traditional iconography, in which the painter inserts some details that he lends himself to symbolic interpretations. Among these is the appearance of the Magi, who from the XIVth century differs iconographically: the wise astronomers represent the homage to Jesus of the then known parts of the world, namely Africa, Asia and Europe. To the right of the Magi, in the foreground, sits a monkey, considered a demonic creature and a symbol of lies and sin. It is depicted on the sidelines, as a defeat, next to a fragment of a classical column: ruin alludes to the end of paganism, of the old world that collapses with the advent of the new one, marked by the birth of Christ and liberation from the Original Sin. On the ruins he climbs the ivy, symbol of the immortality of the soul. The work is attributable to the workshop of the Flemish painter Frans Francken III...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paint
Antique Viennese Rock Crystal and Enamelled Silver Toilet Set in Wooden Case
Located in London, GB
In the past, this type of large toilet service would have been an essential luxury for an elite woman. They were used to store makeup, perfume, pins, ribbons and anything else a lady needed to dress for High Society. Placed in a prominent position in a lady’s bedroom, the service would have signified its owner’s wealth and high status.
This nine-piece service is of Austro-Hungarian origin, being created in Vienna in the late 19th century. The service includes a double sided table mirror...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver
NVIN0457 Tall Burled Vintage Pedestal
Located in Annville, PA
A Tall Burled Vintage Pedestal featuring beautifully detailed design and inlay work. Produced using gorgeous burled woods and wood veneers each Tall Burled Vintage Pedestal is a work...
Category
1990s North American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
20th Italian Renaissance Religious Crucifix
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style religious carved crucifix (19th century).
Category
20th Century French Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th century Large Maiolica Tin-Glazed Wall Plate with Frolicking Cherubim
Located in Leesburg, VA
19th century Large Maiolica Tin-Glazed Wall Plate with Frolicking Cherubim
Probably Cantagalli family workshop
Florence, Italy; 19th century
Tin-glazed baked clay
Approximate size:...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Maiolica
Antique-patinated Wall fountain in Renaissance Style, 21st Century
Located in Greding, DE
Wall fountain made of hand-chiseled, antique-patinated natural stone with a large rectangular basin. The curved back panel with subtle volutes and strong top molding gives the founta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Stone
Rare 18th Century French Walnut Renaissance Extending High Table Heavily Carved
By Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau, Hugues Sambin
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptional early 18th century French Renaissance Walnut extending table in the style of Jacques Androuet du Cerceau and Hugues Sambin...
Category
18th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$24,100 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of Italian Friezes 18th Century Blue Painted Gilwood Wall Decorative Panels
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of 1700s Italian Wall Decorative Panels, a pair of blue laquer vertical frieze dating back to late 18th century, with a stunning hand-carved gilded relief candelabra decoratio...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Horizon Book of the Renaissance
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Horizon Book of the Renaissance. Boxed, cloth-covered hardcover book. Published by American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., of New York in 1961. Printed in the United States of Am...
Category
1960s American Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Walnut Figural Carved Writing Desk 52"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Neo-Renaissance Revival writing desk. Made of walnut featuring Neoclassical styling with high relief figural carvings of cher...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$3,290 Sale Price
30% Off
Meissen Cherub
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage Meissen curio cabinet porcelain dates from the late 19th century. The charming beautifully hand painted sculpted cherub is working his grinding wheel sharpening love arr...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,250
Purple
Gold Stardust Salviati Murano Glass Liqueur Goblet, Vintage Italy
By Salviati
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A single beautiful liqueur glass made in Murano Italy. Very good vintage condition, consistent with age and use. A nice addition to any table, bar or just to display in your collecti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Cassettone Bureau-Chest Bambocci 16century Italian Renaissance Walnut Lombardy
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
AN EXCEPTIONAL MUSEUM QUALITY, ITALIAN, RENAISANCE WALNUT CASSETTONE WITH A FITTED BUREAU IN THE UPPER PART & EXCEPTIONAL BAMBOCCI CARVING, LOMBARDY
- This exceptionally rare, museum quality, piece of early furniture was conceived and crafted as an artwork of the finest quality of its time. Throughout time it has been a luxurious, statement piece which has protected it, and fortunately it has survived in virtually, original condition.
- This magnificent cassettone exudes the character and quality of the finest, late-Renaissance furniture.
Northern Italian Renaissance furniture often had the sides, legs or angles, 'a Bambocci', incorporating carved figures which were considered unique sculptures in their own right.
- The putti on this cassettone are beautifully carved and of sculptural quality. Each angel has one arm raised to heaven, a poignant touch.
- The lion’s paw feet are a classical feature and make a great statement.
- This cassettone was conceived to have visual impact through the quality of the carving, as well as being very practical with the writing compartment fitted in the top part.
- It has survived in very original condition with a few small repairs and losses, and the colour and patina are warm and lustrous.
- This cassettone is illustrated Illustrated in C. Alberici, Il Mobile Lombardo, Milan, 1969, p. 45, one of the seminal works on Lombardy furniture, and has been in two renowned collections.
The hinged top in two sections faced with a solid moulded edge. The front part has a fall front and opens to reveal a writing compartment. The fall front retains its original lock and is concealed with a false drawer which is above three drawers. All with moulded panels, escutcheons and retaining the original iron handles. The front ends have exceptional, bambocci, carved putti raising their arms to heaven above trailing foliage. Standing on magnificent lion's-head carved feet. The sides are panelled. Exceptional original colour and patina.
Literature : Illustrated in C. Alberici, Il Mobile Lombardo, Milan, 1969, p. 45. A Gonzalez-Palacois, Il mobile in Liguria, Genova, 1996 illustrates related pieces
Measures: Length 147 ½ cm. 58 in, height 104 cm. 41 in, depth 75 cm. 29½ in,
Provenance: Coll. Private Azzate The Collection of Sandro and Lidia Orsi, Ca’ Mera, Varese. Regarded as one of the most beautiful homes in Lombardy, Ca’ Mera, the country house of Sandro and Lidia Orsi was filled with beautiful objects from many different epochs. A renowned antiquarian from Milan, over his lifetime Sandro and his wife Lidia revived the Renaissance and Baroque character of the house and instilled their own unique vision into the interiors, which culminated with the creation of a Kunst – or Wunderkammer. “I have never seen such an example of poetical taste”, Sir John Pope...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Italian Silk
Silver Metallic Thread Lampas Brocade Panel
Located in Rochester, NY
An exceptional and fine hand woven 18th century Italian silk and silver metallic thread lampas brocade panel with beautiful aged original color. Red silk backing w/ attached strip of...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Original Antique Print After Veronese, The Nativity, circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Veronese
Fine Steel engraving.
Published by Tallis, London. circa 1850
Unframed.
Category
1850s English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
NVIN0527 Vintage Baker Serving Table
Located in Annville, PA
A great quality piece of furniture this Vintage Baker Serving Table will be the focal point of any area in your home. From the beautiful inlaid top with elegant brass handles to the ...
Category
1990s North American Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
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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