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NEOCLASSICAL STYLE

Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.

Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.

The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.

Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.

Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.

As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.

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Style: Neoclassical
Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle
Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle

Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle

$1,155Sale Price|48% Off

Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle

Located in Buisson, FR

Wonderful small tabernacle that once graced a church altar. Beautiful original silverleaf and faux marble paint. weathered, small losses. Italy circa 1780  

Category

18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Wood

18th Century Silver Monstrance c. 1797–1799 Augsburg Neoclassical Gilt Lüders
18th Century Silver Monstrance c. 1797–1799 Augsburg Neoclassical Gilt Lüders

18th Century Silver Monstrance c. 1797–1799 Augsburg Neoclassical Gilt Lüders

$18,731

18th Century Silver Monstrance c. 1797–1799 Augsburg Neoclassical Gilt Lüders

Located in Epfach, DE

Augsburg silver sunburst monstrance, c. 1797–1799. Master: Jakob Hermann David Lüders This impressive late 18th century sunburst monstrance was crafted in Augsburg between 1797 and...

Category

1790s German Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Silver

20th Century "The Last Supper" Dark Metal Relief
20th Century "The Last Supper" Dark Metal Relief

20th Century "The Last Supper" Dark Metal Relief

$2,080Sale Price|20% Off

20th Century "The Last Supper" Dark Metal Relief

Located in Miami, FL

"The Last Supper" metal relief. Relief measurements without frame: 24 in x 14 in.

Category

Late 19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Metal

Christ with angel. Oil on canvas. 18th century.
Christ with angel. Oil on canvas. 18th century.

Christ with angel. Oil on canvas. 18th century.

$3,556

Christ with angel. Oil on canvas. 18th century.

Located in Madrid, ES

Christ with angel. Oil on canvas. 18th century. The painting depicts Christ, dressed, supported by the shoulders or back by an angel, both figures situated in an indeterminate space...

Category

18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Other

Russian Tempera Icon of the Protection 19th century Intercession of Theotokos
Russian Tempera Icon of the Protection 19th century Intercession of Theotokos

Russian Tempera Icon of the Protection 19th century Intercession of Theotokos

$1,350

Russian Tempera Icon of the Protection 19th century Intercession of Theotokos

Located in Sweden, SE

Icon "The Intercession of the Theotokos, or the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever - Virgin Mary", is a Christian feast of the Mother of God celebrated in the Easter...

Category

Late 19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Antique American Brass Menorah with "Der Tog" Hallmark, Circa 1920
Antique American Brass Menorah with "Der Tog" Hallmark, Circa 1920

Antique American Brass Menorah with "Der Tog" Hallmark, Circa 1920

$1,800

Antique American Brass Menorah with "Der Tog" Hallmark, Circa 1920

Located in New York, NY

This brass Hanukkah menorah, made in the United States around 1920, was likely a promotional item for the Yiddish newspaper Der Tog (The Day), a widely read publication among Jewish ...

Category

Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Brass

Greek Wood Painted "Mother of God Umilenie"
Greek Wood Painted "Mother of God Umilenie"

Greek Wood Painted "Mother of God Umilenie"

$875

Greek Wood Painted "Mother of God Umilenie"

Located in Queens, NY

Eastern Orthodox (Greek) egg-tempora on wood painted icon of \"Mother of God Umilenie\" (modern)

Category

19th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Other

Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century
Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century

Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century

$1,956

Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

Devotional pendant made in silver with a Latin cross shape, decorated on the outside with simple scrolls, spikes, pearls and other elements of classicist inspiration, as well as a ri...

Category

18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Silver

Child Jesus enthroned. Wood, terracotta, fabric. Spanish school, 18th c etc.
Child Jesus enthroned. Wood, terracotta, fabric. Spanish school, 18th c etc.

Child Jesus enthroned. Wood, terracotta, fabric. Spanish school, 18th c etc.

$5,690

Child Jesus enthroned. Wood, terracotta, fabric. Spanish school, 18th c etc.

Located in Madrid, ES

Child Jesus enthroned. Wood, terracotta, fabric. Spanish school, 18th century and later (chair). The chair, with its oval, hollow back adorned with vegetal motifs tied in gold, feat...

Category

18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Other

18th Century Carved Wooden Representing Christ on the Cross
18th Century Carved Wooden Representing Christ on the Cross

18th Century Carved Wooden Representing Christ on the Cross

$7,500

18th Century Carved Wooden Representing Christ on the Cross

Located in Miami, FL

Carved wooden representing Christ on the cross.

Category

Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Wood, Paint

Giovanni Battista CRESPI, Episode from the life si S. Carlo Borromeo.
Giovanni Battista CRESPI, Episode from the life si S. Carlo Borromeo.

Giovanni Battista CRESPI, Episode from the life si S. Carlo Borromeo.

$6,164Sale Price|20% Off

Giovanni Battista CRESPI, Episode from the life si S. Carlo Borromeo.

By Nicolas-André Monsiau

Located in Milano, IT

The work is a round framed painting made of gilded wood, with an angel above the frame cin center. The frame is all made with very elegant, curv...

Category

18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Copper

Immaculate Conception Chapel, Second Half of the 18th Century
Immaculate Conception Chapel, Second Half of the 18th Century

Immaculate Conception Chapel, Second Half of the 18th Century

$948

Immaculate Conception Chapel, Second Half of the 18th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

Sculpture, carved wood, glass, metal. Carved wooden chapel with decoration on the top of balustrade and balusters in the shape of a vase of a certain Baroque memory, which presents t...

Category

18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Metal, Other

19th Century Carved Giltwood Reliquary
19th Century Carved Giltwood Reliquary

19th Century Carved Giltwood Reliquary

$4,850

19th Century Carved Giltwood Reliquary

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Finely carved and detailed with a mix of silver and gold leaf together. Overall width is 18.5" Dated and signed on back side.

Category

19th Century Austrian Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Giltwood

Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18t
Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18t

Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18t

$1,719

Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18t

Located in Madrid, ES

Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18th century. Oil on canvas showing Saint Anthony of Padua (Lisbon, August 15, 1195 - Padua, June 13, 12...

Category

18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Other

Neoclassical Golden Angel Head Sculpture, Gilt Wood, Italy, 1760
Neoclassical Golden Angel Head Sculpture, Gilt Wood, Italy, 1760

Neoclassical Golden Angel Head Sculpture, Gilt Wood, Italy, 1760

$853Sale Price|20% Off

Neoclassical Golden Angel Head Sculpture, Gilt Wood, Italy, 1760

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

Rare golden angel head, to hang: in the entrance as a welcome, in the bedroom for sweet dreams. Intact, without any retouching.

Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Wood

French 18th Century Iron Lectern with Neoclassical Design and Gilt
French 18th Century Iron Lectern with Neoclassical Design and Gilt

French 18th Century Iron Lectern with Neoclassical Design and Gilt

$8,495

French 18th Century Iron Lectern with Neoclassical Design and Gilt

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

A stunning 18th century iron lectern from France, intended to be used on the altar to display a large Bible during mass that the priest would read from. This is an instant conversati...

Category

18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Iron

Cobalt Blue Hinged Trinket Box with Madonna Scene Limoges
Cobalt Blue Hinged Trinket Box with Madonna Scene Limoges

Cobalt Blue Hinged Trinket Box with Madonna Scene Limoges

$350

Cobalt Blue Hinged Trinket Box with Madonna Scene Limoges

By Limoges

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

A beautiful cobalt blue trinket box with a hinged lid. The top features a scene of the Madonna and Child, with a wreath of gold surrounding the edges. The body is decorated with gold floral accents. The lid is hinged in a bronze hue. The bottom is marked "Limoges China...

Category

20th Century Chinese Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Metal

Devotional Pendant, Gold, Enamel, 18th Century
Devotional Pendant, Gold, Enamel, 18th Century

Devotional Pendant, Gold, Enamel, 18th Century

$889

Devotional Pendant, Gold, Enamel, 18th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist. Possibly mallorquin. One of the glasses is fractured. Oval pendant ornamented in its outline by turned gold loops and small metallic pearls. On ...

Category

18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Other

Greek Wood Painted St. Simeon
Greek Wood Painted St. Simeon

Greek Wood Painted St. Simeon

$875

Greek Wood Painted St. Simeon

Located in Queens, NY

Eastern Orthodox (Greek) egg-tempora on wood painted icon of St. Simeon (modern)

Category

19th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Paint

19th Century Italian “Madonna of the Harpies” Oil Painting After Del Sarto
19th Century Italian “Madonna of the Harpies” Oil Painting After Del Sarto

19th Century Italian “Madonna of the Harpies” Oil Painting After Del Sarto

$12,900

19th Century Italian “Madonna of the Harpies” Oil Painting After Del Sarto

Located in Dallas, TX

This impressive antique religious painting was crafted in Italy circa 1850 and is a large oil on canvas after Andrea del Sarto’s celebrated Renaissance masterpiece Madonna of the Har...

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Bronze Aspergillum, 18th Century
Bronze Aspergillum, 18th Century

Bronze Aspergillum, 18th Century

$414

Bronze Aspergillum, 18th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

Hyssop. Bronze, 18th century. Swab made of bronze, forming the usual circular part, followed by a shaft decorated with moldings, which separate a tubular part from another with a b...

Category

18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Silver and Gold Monstrance with Travel Case
19th Century Silver and Gold Monstrance with Travel Case

19th Century Silver and Gold Monstrance with Travel Case

$2,760Sale Price|20% Off

19th Century Silver and Gold Monstrance with Travel Case

Located in Ross, CA

A silver and gold monstrance with travel case (c. 1890). Also known as an ostensorium, this vessel was used as a reliquary for display in the private r...

Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver, Bronze

Saint Dominic. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18th century.
Saint Dominic. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18th century.

Saint Dominic. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18th century.

$2,845

Saint Dominic. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18th century.

Located in Madrid, ES

Saint Dominic. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18th century. It has some faults. Oil on canvas with a horizontal layout depicting a Dominican wearing the characteristic habit of the ...

Category

18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Other

Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Flying Cherub Wall Sculptures
Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Flying Cherub Wall Sculptures

Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Flying Cherub Wall Sculptures

$1,075 / set

Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Flying Cherub Wall Sculptures

Located in Dallas, TX

Bring movement and Old World charm to a wall with this delightful pair of antique carved cherubs crafted in Italy circa 1880. Executed in solid walnut, the expressive putti are sculp...

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Children, Polychromed Pine Wood, Spain, 18th Century and Later
Pair of Children, Polychromed Pine Wood, Spain, 18th Century and Later

Pair of Children, Polychromed Pine Wood, Spain, 18th Century and Later

$21,339 / set

Pair of Children, Polychromed Pine Wood, Spain, 18th Century and Later

Located in Madrid, ES

Couple of children. Polychrome pine wood, Century XVIII. Pair of polychrome pine wood carvings that represent two children in an attitude of playing a musical wind instrument, both seated, with their hands towards their faces, and slightly raising one leg to add some movement to a posture that, otherwise, it would be perhaps too static. Due to their postures and attitudes, they would be part of a large and quality altarpiece, judging by the size, the details, the hair, the proportions, etc., elements in which the musical angels were not something strange. Note that those present do not have wings, calling themselves in these cases "putti" and being, in the same way, figures of habitual presence in religious environments despite having emerged from Renaissance classicism and its sources from Antiquity. The proportions of the sizes, the anatomy, the symmetry, the certain plasticism of the hair, etc. are elements that speak of an influence of Neoclassicism in these sculptures. Likewise, a certain resemblance to works from the 18th century of the Castilian school can be appreciated." Size: 22 x 42 x 85 cms / c/peanas 37 x 37 x 180 cm. Weight is merely orientative. Bases and wooden instruments...

Category

18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Other

Saint Nicholas Devotional Pendant on Support, Bronze, Textile, 18th Century
Saint Nicholas Devotional Pendant on Support, Bronze, Textile, 18th Century

Saint Nicholas Devotional Pendant on Support, Bronze, Textile, 18th Century

$592

Saint Nicholas Devotional Pendant on Support, Bronze, Textile, 18th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

Saint Nicholas devotional medal on support. Gilded bronze, textile, metal, 18th century. Golden bronze devotional medal placed on a support by wires that has an oval frame enhanced ...

Category

18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Bronze, Other

Traditional Judaic Classical Sterling Silver Washing Cup
Traditional Judaic Classical Sterling Silver Washing Cup

Traditional Judaic Classical Sterling Silver Washing Cup

$1,100

Traditional Judaic Classical Sterling Silver Washing Cup

Located in New York, NY

Traditional Classical sterling silver washing cup. Drum-form neck with flared rim and chased leafing-scroll and floral band on stippled ground. Gadrooned and bellied bowl, and raised...

Category

Late 20th Century Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Sterling Silver

Child Jesus. Carved and polychromed wood, metal. Attributed to SALZILLO, F.
Child Jesus. Carved and polychromed wood, metal. Attributed to SALZILLO, F.

Child Jesus. Carved and polychromed wood, metal. Attributed to SALZILLO, F.

$42,679

Child Jesus. Carved and polychromed wood, metal. Attributed to SALZILLO, F.

Located in Madrid, ES

Child Jesus. Carved and polychromed wood, metal. Attributed to SALZILLO, Francisco (Murcia, 1707 1783), 1762. A polychrome carved wooden sculpture depicting the Christ Child standin...

Category

1760s Spanish Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Other

Naveta. Silver in its colour. Salamanca, Spain, 1824- 1850.
Naveta. Silver in its colour. Salamanca, Spain, 1824- 1850.

Naveta. Silver in its colour. Salamanca, Spain, 1824- 1850.

$1,719

Naveta. Silver in its colour. Salamanca, Spain, 1824- 1850.

Located in Madrid, ES

Naveta. Silver in its colour. Salamanca, Spain, 1824- 1850. With contrast marks and text. Silver vessel in its colour with a circular, stepped base decorated with ready mouldings, ...

Category

19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Religious Items

Materials

Silver, Other

Neoclassical religious items for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical religious items for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Early 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage religious items created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical religious items made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Spain pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original religious items, popular names associated with this style include and Interi. 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 religious items differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $162 and tops out at $24,410 while the average work can sell for $1,331.

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