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Baroque Delft and Faience

BAROQUE STYLE

The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.

Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.

Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.

Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.

Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Baroque
Vintage Royal Delft Plate Girl With Pearl Earring Portret Plate Johannes Vermeer
Vintage Royal Delft Plate Girl With Pearl Earring Portret Plate Johannes Vermeer

Vintage Royal Delft Plate Girl With Pearl Earring Portret Plate Johannes Vermeer

By Royal Delft, Delft, AK Dutch Delftware

Located in Wommelgem, VAN

Royal Delft vintage handpainted Dutch Delftware - earthenware Style: Baroque, Vintage, Antique, Rustic Large blue and white cabinet plate - wall plaque Depicting Girl with the pearl ...

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17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Delft

Savona - Maiolica Pharmacy Jug / Wet Drug Jar -  17th century
Savona - Maiolica Pharmacy Jug / Wet Drug Jar -  17th century

Savona - Maiolica Pharmacy Jug / Wet Drug Jar - 17th century

By Savona (Levantino Family)

Located in DELFT, NL

Majolica apothecary jug. Savona manufacture, second half 17th century. In monochrome majolica, ovoid body with a high cylindrical neck that opens into a large mouth with an everted...

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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Earthenware, Faience, Maiolica

Vienna Mid-19th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White and Blue
Vienna Mid-19th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White and Blue

Vienna Mid-19th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White and Blue

Located in Brescia, IT

This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail. A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...

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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Porcelain

18th Century German Faience Polychrome Pewter-Mounted Tankard in Columnar Form
18th Century German Faience Polychrome Pewter-Mounted Tankard in Columnar Form

18th Century German Faience Polychrome Pewter-Mounted Tankard in Columnar Form

Located in Vero Beach, FL

This 9.25" faience pewter-mounted tankard from the 3rd quarter of the 18th century is cylindrical in form with a handle mounted in pewter. The place of origin is probably Nurnberg, G...

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18th Century German Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Pewter

Antique De Porceleyne Bijl Chinese Garden Chinoiserie Dutch Delft Pottery Plate
Antique De Porceleyne Bijl Chinese Garden Chinoiserie Dutch Delft Pottery Plate

Antique De Porceleyne Bijl Chinese Garden Chinoiserie Dutch Delft Pottery Plate

By De Porceleyne Bijl

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A fine antique Dutch Delft pottery plate. By the De Porceleyne Bijl (The Porcelain Axe) factory. With a broad flat rim and a shallow well. The well decorated in underglaze blue with a Chinese garden scene including a fence, tree, stylized ferns, and a large chrysanthemum flower. The rim decorated with flowers and scrollwork and a yellow painted line to the rim. Marked to the reverse with a stylized blue axe mark to the reverse. Simply a wonderful antique Delft plate...

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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Delft

Italian Blue and White Maiolica Tazza, Savona, circa 1690
Italian Blue and White Maiolica Tazza, Savona, circa 1690

Italian Blue and White Maiolica Tazza, Savona, circa 1690

Located in Kinderhook, NY

A circa 1690 Italian maiolica shallow tazza of Savona manufacture having elaborately molded and pierced rim with reserves decorated allover in hand-painted underglaze blue florals an...

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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Maiolica

Antique 18th Century Polychrome Dutch Delft Plate
Antique 18th Century Polychrome Dutch Delft Plate

Antique 18th Century Polychrome Dutch Delft Plate

By Delft

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A fine antique 18th century Dutch Delft plate. With painted floral decoration throughout in orange, purple, blue, and yellow. Simply a wonderfu...

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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Delft

18th Century Polychrome Delft Oil and Vinegar Stand
18th Century Polychrome Delft Oil and Vinegar Stand

18th Century Polychrome Delft Oil and Vinegar Stand

Located in Haddonfield, NJ

18th Century polychrome Delft oil and vinegar stand in Imari flower decorations.

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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Delft

Set of 18th Century Delft Plates
Set of 18th Century Delft Plates

Set of 18th Century Delft Plates

Located in Essex, MA

Set of 18th century Delft plate. Six from a series. One bowl of different form.

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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Delft

Lantern, Delftware, mid-18th Century, Dutch, Polychrome, Tryhoorn Collection
Lantern, Delftware, mid-18th Century, Dutch, Polychrome, Tryhoorn Collection

Lantern, Delftware, mid-18th Century, Dutch, Polychrome, Tryhoorn Collection

Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK

This charming lantern decorated with typical Dutch estuary scenes is a rare survival. Although they must have been made in large quantities as evidenced in many Dutch Old Masters th...

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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Plate, Delftware, 1742, Dutch, Thomas and Mary Bingham, Yarmouth, 1742, Suffolk
Plate, Delftware, 1742, Dutch, Thomas and Mary Bingham, Yarmouth, 1742, Suffolk

Plate, Delftware, 1742, Dutch, Thomas and Mary Bingham, Yarmouth, 1742, Suffolk

Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK

The inside centre decorated with the inscription, “Thomas and Mary Bingham In Yarmouth 1742”, inside a medallion. The rim decorated with six artemisia leaf reserves, with trellis borders interposed. The rim brown. Restoration to a rim glaze chip. Decorated in blue on a white glaze. Probably Dutch, second quarter of the 18th century. Provenance: Thomas Bingham was christened in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on November 14, 1697. Thomas Bingham married Mary Dent at Woodbridge in Suffolk on 24th August, 1721. Thomas and Mary Bingham had a daughter Ann christened in Yarmouth on December 17, 1727. Thomas Bingham was buried in Great Yarmouth on July 6, 1774. Thomas, a son of Thomas and Mary Bingham, was christened in St. John Maddermarket, Norwich, on December 3, 1775. In the Universal British Directory of 1793-8, Woodbridge is described as a maritime town situated near the River Deben on the turnpike road leading from London to Yarmouth. It is about 77 miles from London and as Great Yarmouth is 123 miles from London, the distance by road between the two places is about 50 miles. The River Deben, on which the town is situated, is stated to have been navigable up to the town where there were two quays. There is no-one named Bingham listed in Woodbridge in the entry for the town in the Universal British Directory. In the printed Freemen of Yarmouth, a John Bingham is the only entry under the surname. He became a freeman in 1721, having been an apprentice of John Cooper. There is no mention of the surname in the three volume Perlustration of Great Yarmouth by C J Palmer...

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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Earthenware

Plates Pair Biancosoprabianco Delft Redcliff Back Bristol Chinoiserie Polychrome
Plates Pair Biancosoprabianco Delft Redcliff Back Bristol Chinoiserie Polychrome

Plates Pair Biancosoprabianco Delft Redcliff Back Bristol Chinoiserie Polychrome

Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK

Charming pair of plates with rare and desirable features of delftware; fluting, bianco-sopra-bianco border and in polychrome including manganese From a Bristol collection and originally made in Bristol Pair of 18th century bianco-sopra-bianco delftware plates, made at Redcliff Back, under Richard Frank. The press-moulded fluted border and scalloped rim is decorated with repeated foliate designs in a style known as ‘bianco sopra bianco‘, or ‘white on white’. Although inspired by the incised patterns found on the rims of Chinese export porcelain, the name alludes to the use of this decoration on sixteenth-century Italian maiolica at Faenza. The main pattern depicts an oriental river scene, showing two hatted men...

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18th Century English Antique Baroque Delft and Faience

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Pottery

Baroque delft and faience for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Baroque delft and faience 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 Delft and faience created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, earthenware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque delft and faience made in a specific country, there are Europe, Netherlands, and Austria pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original delft and faience, popular names associated with this style include Delft, Dutch Originals, De Porceleyne Fles, and Royal Delft. 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 delft and faience differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $320 and tops out at $16,800 while the average work can sell for $2,125.