1600–1750
Baroque
Excess as a statement of power
Baroque objects are arguments. The curve is there to move the eye, the gilding to catch it, and the scale to remind you who paid for it. A mirror from this period is rarely just a mirror: it is a wall in a room built to make an entrance.
If a piece looks like it is performing rather than resting, it probably is. Symmetry that still feels restless, carving that leaves no surface plain, and a palette built on gold against something dark.
What to look for
Deep carving, gilt worn to the wood, and a heaviness in the hand that suggests solid rather than veneer.
Within this
Each has its own page, with its own searches.
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The searches this style is worth looking at. Each opens the collection for it.
- Baroque cabinet
- German Baroque commode
- Baroque console table
- Italian Baroque mirror
- Louis XIV armchair
- Baroque silver
- Baroque giltwood frame
- Tortoise shell furniture
- Flemish Baroque tapestry
- Italian Baroque gilded table
- Spanish Baroque chest
- Dutch Golden Age cabinet
- Dutch Baroque chair
- Dutch marquetry cabinet
- Dutch Rococo commode
- Dutch portrait painting
- Dutch School still life
- Dutch seascape painting
- Flemish tapestry
- Dutch Kasten wardrobe
- Dutch silver beaker
- Delftware vase
- Louis XIV commode
- Louis XIV console table
- Louis XIV writing desk
- Boulle marquetry cabinet
- Versailles style mirror
- Louis XIV bureau plat
- Gilt bronze Louis XIV
- Armoire by André-Charles Boulle
- Louis XIV tapestry