Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.
Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.
Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.
Find a collection of Beaux Arts decorative objects, lighting, wall decorations and other furniture on 1stDibs.
French Brass Duck’s Head Letter Opener, Paper Knife
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French brass duck’s head letter ppener, paper knife A great desk piece, the knife sits neatly on your desk ready for use, all in solid brass and go...
Brass
Mounted Half Block Boat, Ship Builders/Owner’s Model
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Mounted half block boat, ship builders/owner’s model The half model was made in the 1960s and is mounted on mahogany which Measures approximately 30” by ...
Wood
Large St Ives School Painting, Oil on Canvas, by George Turland Goosey, 1920s
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
American born artist 'George Turland Goosey' Large St Ives School Painting, Oil on Canvas. Purchased privately from a property near Kingsbridge, Devon. United Kingdom Approx 40cm x...
Paint
Large University Anatomical Chart “Organs of Sense & Voice” by Turner
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large University anatomical chart “Organs of Sense & Voice” by Turner W&A K Johnston’s Charts of Anatomy and Physiology By Dr William Turner, Professor of Anatomy University of Edinburgh/A J Nystrom & Co US Agents Chicago This is plate 9, Organs of Sense & Voice, by Turner, it is large lithograph set...
Linen
$5,236 / set
Pair of Murano Aplliques, Italy, XX th
Located in Nice, FR
Pair of Murano wall lignhts Baguettes in clear and smoked glass curved ad each end (8) steel structure , with 4 E 14 bulbs, the glass rods can be removed for transport.
Abalone, Murano Glass
$558Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of Twelve Carved Crystal Chandeliers, Beaux Arts Style, Germany
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Twelve splendid crystals for chandeliers: in the photos You can admire their beauty and careful workmanship. To enrich Your chandelier ! ref. O/6611.
Crystal
$904Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 6 Daum "Bouton Rose" Model Wine Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 6 - Bouton rose wine glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in f...
Crystal
Pair of Daum "Bouton Rose" Model Wine Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Pair of Bouton rose wine glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in fro...
Crystal
$912Sale Price|20% Off
Hand-Carved Venetian Glass Flowers for Beaux Arts Chandeliers, Italy
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Serie of 42 Venetian glass flowers to compose a chandelier. I would have done it myself, like once, but now I want to close my business. Also, the transport would cost too much. It's...
Art Glass
Champagne Bucket in Pure Silver 999/°°, Luxury Masterpiece, Gift Idea, Italy
Located in Firenze, IT
Discover a unique champagne K-OVER from our Work of Art collection, meticulously crafted in pure Silver 999/°°° by the esteemed Stefano Vigni. This extraordinary piece, created to c...
Silver
1950s Italian Hand-Painted Ceramic Vase or Lamp Base by Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Italian Tuscan vintage clay hand-painted vase, signed by the famous artist Zaccagnini. Perfect as a lamp base also. O/5873.
Ceramic
$4,654Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Portrait of a Famous Maiden, Beaux Arts, Early 19th Century
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5300 - Oval antique portrait of a young famous maiden, but critics questioned are undecided : is she The Duchess of Polignac or Madame de Warens? On the back of the picture someone writed "Madame de Warens in 1729", but this portrait is very similar to that of Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron duchesse of Polignac, great friend and favorite of the queen Maria Antonietta...
Canvas
$4,468Sale Price|20% Off
Still Life with Fruits and Copper Plate, Late 19th Century, Signed
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Pleasant French still life with fruits and copper plate, frame with little pomegranates relief - Signed low to the left - O/7133 - Dimensions: canvas cm. 87 x70 H. Frame cm. 102 x 8...
Canvas
Italian Neapolitan Pair of Gouache Views, Mid 19th Century
Located in CH
Pair of Italian Neapolitan Views Gouache on Paper, Mid-19th Century A pair of finely executed mid-19th century Italian Neapolitan views, rendered in ...
Paper
"Under the Aqueduct, " Very Fine 1920s Trumeau from Philadelphia Estate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This beautiful pairing of mirror and painting, framed in dark green and old gold, comes from a historic estate in the Philadelphia area. The upper painting depicts a bustling Italia...
Mirror, Wood, Canvas
$4,188Sale Price|20% Off
Children Playing Antique Painting, Framed, 35x30.5 cm, Belgium
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/6504 - Little lovely Fleming old painting, with a scene of children playing: for connoisseurs. It is still in its original frame, but it deserve to be placed in a prominent positio...
Canvas
$2,978Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Countryside Landscape with Grazing Sheep, Late 20th Century
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/8216 - Relaxing countryside landscape with idyllic atmosphere of Southern Italy - signed by Painter: Giovanni Marelli I don't know why the painter depicted the peasants as blacks ...
Canvas
$5,398Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Bouquet of Roses on Canvas, Beaux Arts, Early 20th Century
By Hermann Euler
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5816 - Antique picture signed P. Euler (Pierre-Nicolas Euler - 1846-1913). French painter of flowers and fruits. He studied at the school of Fine Arts in Lyon from 1860 to 1865. H...
Canvas
$446Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Hand-Carved Fruitwood Pipe Holder, Beaux Arts Style, c. 1880
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique elegant pipe-holder: an unique piece for an unique gift! It is made entirely- carved wood.
Fruitwood
$63,000
Paul Gauguin Self Portrait
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Dallas, TX
Paul Gauguin (French 1848 - 1903) Recto and Verso sketches Self-Portrait Recto with Portrait of a Woman on Verso. (One sheet). Self portrait shows Gauguin’s profile with eyes gazing...
Paper
$2,047Sale Price|20% Off
Hand-Painted Italian Countryside Canvas, Beaux Arts, Late 20th Century
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Calm, pleasant countryside landscape with all colors of the Italian sun, it seems to be there on the spot... by a Neapolitan painter: Renato Criscuolo, O...
Canvas
$465Sale Price / set|20% Off
Antique Brass Tie-Backs with Roses, Hand-Crafted, Circa 1850
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/4535 - Antique pair of elegant tiebacks with roses for Your curtains : applied to the wall, they can hold the curtains sideways in a very elegant way, or Your belts or scarfs.
Brass
Antique White Marble Bust of Smiling Girl, Unattributed Sculptor, 1820
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Wonderful white marble statue of a smiling sweet little girl, with flowers in the hair. a very masterpiece ! nr. O/7552.
Marble
"Roses on the Table" Antique Painting, oil on canvas
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Delicious painting with a bouquet of fresh flowers: for a gift , always.. If You don't want the painting with frame, You can use it for a mirror ref. O/6796
Canvas
$930Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Antique Needlepoint Bedside Carpets, Floral Design, 1988
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Enjoyable embroidered tissues, suitable as large cushions with cheerful bouquets of flowers - nr. 361 - 362.
Wool, Cotton
$930Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Hand Painted Ceramic Table Lamp with Roses, 29" Height, 1988
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Beautiful Italian table lamp with hand painted roses - It gives a romantic atmosphere no doubt: sometimes it may be convenient... it is NOT necessary to change the power supply, but ...
Ceramic
French chandelier in rock crystal, glass and metal circa 1930
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible chandelier in rock cristal, glass and metal circa 1930 with drops and flowers, possibly Maison Jansen.
Rock Crystal, Metal
$1,396Sale Price|20% Off
Hand-Painted Italian Metal Tray, Wall Decor, Unattributed Artist, 1987
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Tuscan hand-painted metal tray, paired with other similar tray - Unusual on wall - On disposal a metal black base (only one with a good price, but there is shipping!). O/327.
Metal
Antique Rare French Tea Caddy, Hand-Painted Briar Wood, Beaux Arts, 1830
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Exceptional casket with beautiful landscape miniature, briar-tuia wood - miniature fixe on silk, A very rare objet : for collectors. I keep it leaning on a chest of drrawers and ...
Wood
Claudia Andujar, "Guerreiro de Toototobi", de la serie Sonhos Yanomamis, 2002
Located in PARIS, FR
Cette Photographie est superposition de chrome et impression à l'encre pigmentée minérale sur papier Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315 gr. Selon les mots de l'artiste Claudia Andujar:...
Paper
$6,640Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Italian Gilt Mirror
Located in Ross, CA
Italian gilt wood mirror (c. 1880). Ornately carved with camellias, acanthus leaves, and crest of a large shell, this mirror hung in the sitting room of a glorious chateau. Prove...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
$18,616
Mastaba serigraphy & barrel
Located in PAU, FR
CHRISTO Mastaba Project for the Kunstverein in Koln 1986 Screenprint Signed and numbered 164/200 With a red and yellow metal barrel from the installati...
Paper
Baccarat Crystal Swan Shaped Lamp, Beaux Arts Style, Mid-20th Century
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Baccarat crystal swan shaped lamp This lovely piece is the finest quality made in the shape of a swan, the electrics are working and comes without a sha...
Crystal
1920s Painted Lamp, Painted with Roses Shabby Finish
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
1920s painted lamp, green with roses shabby finish This very a attractive chintz lamp, it is turned in wood which is painted green with red rose buds, ...
Wood
$632Sale Price / set|20% Off
Set of 4 Daum "Bouton Rose" Model Wine Glasses
By Daum
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 4 - Bouton rose wine glasses made by world famous Crystal Manufacturer Daum France The base in the shape of rose petals, the leg simulating champagne bubbles. The base is in f...
Crystal
Oil On Wood Diptych By Jorge Duque
By Jorge Duque
Located in Miami, FL
Offered is a large-scale diptych oil painting on wood by the renowned Colombian artist Jorge Duque Lara (b. 1962 - d. 2005), acquired in the 1980s. Consisting of two wood panels ea...
Wood, Paint
Price Upon Request
Louise Bourgeois, « Fallen woman »
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Sculpture in Sèvres porcelain, titled « Fallen woman », by Louise Bourgeois for the manufacture nationale de Sèvres, France circa 1996. Edition numbered 21/25. Stamped « Manufacture ...
Porcelain
"Boy with Blue Eyes, " Portrait Masterwork, Oil on Canvas by William Paxton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's great masters of portraiture, this depiction of a male youth is brimming with warmth and life. The boy pictured here, with his ...
Paint