Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
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.
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1990s French Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Fruitwood
1980s Italian Vintage Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Other
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Early 20th Century Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Linen
Early 1900s French Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Silver
Early 20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Metal
20th Century French Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Bronze
20th Century Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Mid-19th Century European Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Silver, Bronze
Early 1900s Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Silver
19th Century American Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
1930s North American Vintage Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Wood
1950s Austrian Vintage Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Murano Glass, Wood
1890s German Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
Early 20th Century American Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Cherry, Maple
Mid-19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Bronze
20th Century Austrian Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Wood
Late 19th Century Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Brass
Late 20th Century Moroccan Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Early 20th Century Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Canvas
Late 19th Century Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Marble
Late 19th Century Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Brass
1930s Unknown Vintage Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Multi-gemstone, Silver
Mid-20th Century American Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Ormolu
1890s Japanese Antique Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Silk
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Collectibles and Curiosities
Bronze