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
Large, antique chest of drawers, Germany, around 1890. After renovation.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Large antique chest of drawers from the end of the 19th century, Germany.
The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 139 cm / width ...
Category
1890s German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Renaissance style chest, France, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Renaissance style chest, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
dimensions height 190 cm width 145 cm depth 55 cm
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Neo-Renaissance cabinet set, Western Europe, circa 1880. After renovation.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Neo-Renaissance cabinet set, Western Europe, circa 1880.
Very good condition, after professional renovation.
Wood: walnut
The set includes: a library, a desk, and an armchair.
di...
Category
1880s German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Historic cabinet, France, circa 1870
Located in Chorzów, PL
Historic cabinet, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition.
Wood: oak
height 254 cm x width 150 cm x depth 62 cm
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Renaissance style bench with storage, France, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Renaissance style chest, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
dimensions height 190 cm width 145 cm depth 55 cm
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Display case, France, around 1880. After renovation.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Historic site from the late 19th century, France.
The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 230 cm / width 84 cm / depth 40 cm
Category
1880s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
copy of Antique chest of drawers, Western Europe, circa 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
This antique chest of drawers, from Western Europe and dating from around 1880, is not just a piece of furniture, but a real work of art.
Product features:
Origin: Western Europe
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Category
1880s German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Display cabinet, France, circa 1870. After renovation.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Display cabinet, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition, after professional renovation.
Wood: walnut
dimensions: height 175 cm width 125 cm depth 48 cm
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Oak cabinet set, Germany, early 20th century. After renovation.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique office set from around 1920, Germany.
Furniture in very good condition, professionally renovated.
Dimensions:
Desk: height 77 cm / width 160 ...
Category
1920s German Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Cabinet set on lion's paws, Germany, early 20th century.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An office set from around 1910 from Germany.
The furniture is in very good condition.
Dimensions:
Desk: height 79 cm / width 166 cm / depth 80 cm
Library: height 191 cm / width 2...
Category
1910s German Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Historic library, Germany, circa 1910.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A library from the beginning of the 20th century.
The furniture is in very good condition.
Dimensions: height 181 cm / width 249 cm / depth 51 cm
Category
1910s German Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Renaissance Cupboard, France, circa 1870
Located in Chorzów, PL
Renaissance cupboard, France, circa 1870.
Very good condition.
wood: walnut
dimensions: height 253 cm width 213 cm depth 62 cm
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Dining set, France, around 1890.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Dining set, France, around 1890.
Currently under renovation, there is a choice of fabric.
Wood: walnut
Dimensions:
Table: height 73 cm / length 146 cm - 294 cm / depth 120 cm
Ch...
Category
1890s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Library Table
Located in Rochester, NY
Italian Renaissance style carved walnut library table ( hall table, console table, refectory type table ) w/ thick wide two board top in beautifully aged original rich surface color....
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
16th century Italian carved wooden polychromed statue of Saint Francis
Located in TEYJAT, FR
A wonderful original piece of the Renaissance Period - a carved wooden polychromed figure / statue of Saint Francis.
This piece was found in France but most probably originated in 1...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Petrified Wood
Early 19th Century Spanish Carved Walnut Bargueno Cabinet on Table Base
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique two-piece Bargueno or Vargueno was crafted in Spain, circa 1820. The cabinet standing on round feet sits on a table base with carved turned legs and embellished with a decorative wrought iron stretcher. The cabinet with side handles is beautifully ornate with six drawers with tortoiseshell inlay decor, and a center door dressed with side columns and revealing four additional inside drawers. The conversational piece is in excellent condition with a rich walnut patina, and would complement any room from the living room to the study.
The Bargueño or Vargueno desk...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Pair of French Patinated Bronze Lidded Cups or Urns
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of patinated bronze cups with covers. A repousse of ivy leaves garland decorates the center of the cups’ body. Above and below it, there are a chain of beads adorning ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Venetian Lantern with Colored Murano Glass Disks, Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century Italian wrought iron lantern with its multicolored stained round glass. Each disk is unique, hand blown and hand colored probably originated from the Venetian islan...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
1515 Albrecht Durer Emperor Maximilian & Mary, Woodcut, Triumphal Arch
Located in Norwich, GB
The Betrothal of Mary of Burgundy from the Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I
Emperor Maximilian and Mary
Im Krieg so Er im Geldern führt , Dabey Mann noch fein Mammheit spürt Manchritterliches Blut vergoßz / Wie wols sein Wiederthcyl verdroß / Doch macht Er sie ...
231mm × w 151mm
Bartsch 138; Meder 251; The Metropolitan Museum of Art dates this woodcut to 1515.
Production of the Arch of Honor was essentially completed by 1515 but was delayed in release while Maximilian ordered his court historians to add further research into his purported early ancestry. Only a small number of proofs were completed before the emperor’s death, so most of the early printings of complete sets of the Arch were only made and distributed by his grandson Ferdinand I in 1526. Another edition appeared from the Habsburgs in 1559.
Woodcut by Albrecht Durer...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Rosso Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Venetian mirror made in the strictest Murano tradition. Assembled with crystal/gold and red elements handmade in the Murano furnaces. Wooden frame with a natural finish.
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
Figural Renaissance cabinet, France, around 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Figural Renaissance cabinet, France, around 1870.
Very good condition.
Wood: walnut
dimensions: width 131 cm x height 175 cm x depth 52 cm
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Marble and Alabaster Group Sculpture of Ariadne over a Panther
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an alabaster group sculpture of the Cretan princess and daughter of the king Minos of Crete, Ariadne seated over her panther. Her left elbow is over the head of the panther a...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Large French Richly Carved Buffet Sideboard Chest - Renaissance - 17th - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very important Renaissance chest transformed into a two-door sideboard in the 19th century. Composed of numerous carved wooden details. This sideboard is richly decorated and testifi...
Category
17th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Rare 18th Century French Walnut Renaissance Extending High Table Heavily Carved
By Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau, Hugues Sambin
Located in GB
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
French Buffet-Credence Cabinet Deux Corps Renaissance 16th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Important Renaissance sideboard-credence.
This piece of furniture, originally a very large chest from the 16th century chest from the 16th century has three panels carved with mascar...
Category
16th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Wood
Fine 19th Century Porcelain Plaque of La Madonna della Sedia after Raphel Sanzio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine German 19th century circular porcelain plaque painting of La Madonna della Sedia after Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520), depicting a seated Madonna and child next to a child Saint John the Baptist, within a giltwood carved figural frame, the plaque inscribed "Raphael" on the reverse and bearing a label that reads "Julius Greiner...
Category
19th Century German Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Large antique chest of drawers, Western Europe, turn of the 19th and 20th centur
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chest of drawers on lion legs from around 1900.
The furniture is in very good condition.
Dimensions: height 117 cm / width 264 cm / depth 72 cm
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Unique Sideboard, France, circa 1870
Located in Chorzów, PL
Unique sideboard, France, circa 1870.
Wood: walnut
Year: around 1870
Dimensions :
Height 264 cm, width 136 cm, depth. 52 cm.
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Oak cabinet set, Germany, early 20th century.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A historic office set from around 1920, Germany.
Dimensions:
Desk: height 77 cm / width 160 cm / depth 80 cm
Library: height 194 cm / width 294 cm / depth 53 cm
Category
1920s German Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
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
Vintage Venetian Renaissance Style Brocade Panels, 100% Silk, Italy, C.1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare and grand Venetian Renaissance style silk brocade panels (two panels per length - total of three sets available as one continuous length or sold separately) - opulent woven patt...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silk
Large Patinated Bacchus Garden Bronze Tazza Urn
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a patinated bronze large round Tazza urn with pedestal. There is a mask of Bacchus with hair made of grapes leaves and ram horns over his head adorni...
Category
Early 20th Century Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Library from the interwar period, Germany.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Library from the interwar period, Germany.
Very good condition.
Wood: oak
dimensions height 181 cm width 228 cm depth 47 cm
Category
1920s German Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
“Ressurrection”, Polychromed Wood, Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The relief was probably a door of the Sagrario. The piece follows a customary decoration in the tabernacles of the Renaissance and the Baroque. Compare, for example, with the sevente...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Other
16th Century Old Masters Nicolo Cercignani the Transfiguration after Raphael
By Niccolò Circignani
Located in Milan, IT
A late 16th century oil on copper painting by Nicolò Cercignani, an Italian Old Masters artist of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period, depicting the Raphaelesque transfiguration...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Copper
Cabinet in the Renaissance Style, France, 1870
Located in Chorzów, PL
Cabinet in the Renaissance style, France, 1870.
Very good condition.
Wood: Walnut
Dimensions: height 233 cm, width 64 cm, depth 62 cm.
Category
1870s French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
16th-17th Century French 'Arms of Lorraine' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
16th-17th century fireback with the coat of arms of Lorraine. On both sides there are the sticks of a marshal. This indicates that this fireback was made for a high military official...
Category
Early 17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Frieze, Polychromed Pine Wood, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rectangular frieze in carved pine wood, gilded and polychrome decorated with figurative reliefs. An architectural piece with garland serves as the axis for the symmetrical compositio...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Pine
Spanish 16th Century High Relief Limestone Bust from a Building
Located in Marbella, ES
16th century high relief limestone bust that topped a stone arch. Side heraldic decorations indicate a patron Saint. The face is weathered but the general condition is good.
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Marcantonio Raimondi 'Pupil of, Antique Engraving, Italy, Mid-16th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
A very rare - finest quality - mid 16th century Italian Renaissance engraving (after Raphael) by an anonymous pupil of MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (1480-...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Renaissance Baroqu Large Flemish Display Cabinet in Oak, 18th Century
Located in Lüdinghausen, DE
Large Flemish display cabinet restored oak Renaissance Baroque
Features:
Two-door model with 3 shelves, glazed on three sides
High quality
Heavy quality
Ebonized embellishment...
Category
18th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
Fogo Wall Mirror
Located in Milan, IT
Rectangular Venetian mirror, made in the strictest Murano tradition, finely hand-engraved on the bands by skilled master engravers. All the elements are assembled with floral element...
Category
2010s Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Glass
Large French Renaissance Period Fireplace Grate or Fire Basket, 16th - 17th C.
Located in Amerongen, NL
16th - 17th century French Renaissance period fire grate. Made of beautifully forged wrought iron and bronze. The condition is good.
The width at the front is 93 cm (36.6 inches).
...
Category
Early 17th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
1460 c Israhel van Meckenem, Burial of Christ, metalcut, mid-15th Century
Located in Norwich, GB
Attributed to the "Meister der Berliner Passion" from his Kleine Passion.
It is now considered almost certain that the Meister der Berliner Passion was in fact Israhel van Meckenem ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Paper
Round Center Table
Located in Annville, PA
Our most robust drum table this large Round Center Table has eye catching appeal with satin wood banding, carved knees and a thick top with three d...
Category
2010s Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Late 17th Century Oak Dutch Renaissance Cupboard
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning Renaissance cupboard or so-called Zeeuwse Kast in the Netherlands.
Striking Dutch design from the Late 17th century.
Solid original oak two-piece cupboard with original ebon...
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ebony, Oak
Early 1900s Walnut Magazine Rack with Spool Legs on Swivel Wheels, Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 1900s Walnut Magazine Rack with Spool Legs on Swivel Wheels, Wax Polished
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Walnut
'Aux Pages' - A Pair of Large Cast Iron Figural Torchères, After Mathurin Moreau
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Aux Pages' - A Fine Pair of Large Cast Iron Figural Torchères After Mathurin Moreau, Cast by Fonderies D'art Du Val D'Osne. Each figure cast as a young page modelled in the troubad...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Iron
Continental 19th Century Renaissance St. Composite Stone And Wrought Iron Well
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scaled Continental 19th century Renaissance st. composite stone and Wrought Iron well. The octagonal shaped well with its oct...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
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
Pair of French Renaissance style Ormolu Wall Mirrors with Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Renaissance style Ormolu Wall Mirrors with Candelabra
French, 19th Century
Height 75cm, width 41cm, depth 16cm
Crafted from ormo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Renaissance Style Carved Sandstone Corbel or Keystone
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful stone carving of a kings face.
Probably English.
I have dated it at least, 19th century. It is most likely earlier than this. Difficult to be precise.
Free UK shipping
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Sandstone
A Pair of Silver Plated Candelabras - Christofle - Renaissance - Louis Dupérier
By Christofle
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A great set of 2 silver plated candelabras, made by the French brand Christofle.
The candelabras are designed by Louis Dupérier in renaissance style.
Very refined, with many detailed decorations.
Each candle has place for three candles. The top parts can be taken off and then you have two candlesticks.
Both pieces are marked on the foot.
They are in great condition. Beautiful colour and brilliance.
Sold as a pair, not individual. These type of Christofle candelabras...
Category
1980s French Vintage Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Italian Renaissance Library Table in Carved Walnut, 17th C. and Later
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian Renaissance-style library table, hand-carved in the 1600s with some more recent elements. The walnut has a deep, rich patina.
More information coming soon…
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
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
Antique European Two Panel Tapestry
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine pair of Continental Tapestry Panels in shaped frames in deep tones of Brown, Olive, Tan, Black and Mustard. One of the panels depicts two young ladies and a child in a park li...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Tapestry, Wood
19th Century Spanish 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. Carved on all sides and five drawers ox bow ends, 19th century.
Worka...
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Furniture
Materials
Oak
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
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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