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MEDIEVAL STYLE

The Middle Ages in Europe followed the end of the Roman Empire, and in this time of change, which preceded the Renaissance, furniture was simple and utilitarian, with most homes having only the necessities like chests and benches. Much of medieval furniture, which was often made in oak or walnut, was built for the elite, particularly the emerging merchant class who owned multiple homes.

Life for many in the medieval era was unstable, and furniture was designed to be functional and portable. Peasants worked the fields for affluent landowners and didn’t have access to literature in the way that nobles and people of the church did (women less so than men). The furniture in their modest dwellings was typically limited to cookware and a handful of stools. Foldable chairs, while uncommon in homes of the early Middle Ages and emblematic of wealth, like all other furnishings of the time, allowed for easy transportation of a household. Trestle tables with detachable legs and collapsible beds were designed to be simply moved from place to place.

Medieval blanket chests were among the most important furniture objects and could further serve as tables or even beds. Some ancient traditions were carried forward to build this sturdy furniture, such as turnery. Although the furniture was minimally designed, embellishments like carvings added elegance to the heavy wood pieces. These details sometimes reflected trends in religious art like rose windows.

By the later Middle Ages, storage pieces like chests of drawers were often adorned with high relief carvings, such as geometric and floral motifs. By the 14th and 15th centuries, design had developed to include more involved pieces like cupboards and desks, while benches frequently doubled as chests with hinged seats. Beds also changed in this era from basic boards to four-post designs with large drapes to keep the sleeper warm. These beds and other medieval bedroom furniture were significant status symbols, passed down through families and used as places to conduct business and receive visitors.

Surviving examples of medieval furniture are very rare, yet its distinctive aesthetics influenced later styles like William and Mary and Arts and Crafts.

Find a collection of medieval seating, garden elements, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Medieval
Vintage Gothic Gold Painted Metal & White Hanging Light Fixtures Sold Separate
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous vintage Gothic Ecclesiastical gold painted metal & white & red plastic hanging light fixtures, selling separately. Beautiful condition, ...
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Late 20th Century Medieval More Lighting

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Metal

French Circular Hand-Wrought Iron Chandelier. 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
This French Four Light Circular Hand-Wrought Iron Chandelier was original candle and made in the 19th Century. The Circular Hand-Wrought Iron Ring has four Wrought Iron Bobeches an...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Medieval More Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Early 20th Century Wrought Iron Lantern with Curved Textured Glass
Located in Canton, MA
Large black wrought iron lantern with simple decorative elements at crown. Glass is a curved at glass with "glue chip" texture to refract th...
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Early 20th Century American Medieval More Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Italian Nautical Ship Boat Spanish Galleon Chandelier Wrought Iron c 1930
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing 2 lights. Will be rewired with certified UL US sockets for the USA and appropriate sockets for all other countries and ready to hang. One of a kind ship. Wrought iron with in...
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1930s Italian Vintage Medieval More Lighting

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Wrought Iron

1890 French Big Winged Standing Dragon Wrought Iron Sconces
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing one light each. These will be newly rewired with certified US UL sockets for the USA and appropriate sockets for all other countries. Standing winged dragons with lots of det...
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1890s French Antique Medieval More Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Nautical Boat Ship Chandelier Wrought Iron Venetian Cocca Anseatica, circa 1900
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing 2 lights. Will be rewired with certified UL US sockets for the USA and appropriate sockets for all other countries and ready to hang. One of a kind ship. Wrought iron with in...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Medieval More Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Rare Mid-20th Century Bronze Iron Rose Motif Table Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful craftsmanship bronze / wrought iron table lamp with rose flowers and thorns in high relief to the base and shade. The lamp features a bell shaped shade of beige fabric and ...
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1930s Vintage Medieval More Lighting

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Bronze, Iron

Custom Bronze Exterior Sconces, a Pair
Located in Canton, MA
Custom bronze large exterior sconces. New, Solid bronze, recast from a cast iron piece c. 1910. Excellent durability, bronze can hold up to year...
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2010s American Medieval More Lighting

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Bronze

Early 20th Century Two Arm Shield Back Sconce
Located in Canton, MA
Two arm sconce, cast bronze. Shield form. Material: Broze Style: Gothic, Traditional Place of Origin: United States Period made: Early 20th Century Dimensions: 8 × 4 × 10 in ...
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Early 20th Century American Medieval More Lighting

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Brass

Extra Large Alabaster or Mrble Table Lamps White Color 57 cm (without screens)
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Precious lamps of alabaster or staturium marble, it is difficult to distinguish They are tall, stylized and elegant lamps. They are very well made and are in perfect condition. D...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Medieval More Lighting

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Alabaster

Interesting Gilt Bronze and Crystal "Grotesque" Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An interesting early 20th century gilt bronze and crystal twenty-six-light "Grotesque" chandelier. A unique Gothic style, drop crystal, basket chandelier with different "Grotesque" faces and designs. Twenty-four-tiered perimeter lights (including six lanterns) and two-tiered interior lights. Artists began to give the tiny faces of the figures in grotesque decorations strange caricatured expressions, in a direct continuation of the medieval traditions of the drolleries in the border decorations or initials in illuminated manuscripts. From this the term began to be applied to larger caricatures, such as those of Leonardo da Vinci, and the modern sense began to develop. It is first recorded in English in 1646 from Sir Thomas Browne: "In nature there are no grotesques". By extension backwards in time, the term became also used for the medieval originals, and in modern terminology medieval drolleries, half-human thumbnail vignettes drawn in the margins, and carved figures on buildings (that are not also waterspouts, and so gargoyles) are also called "grotesques". A Boom in the production of works of art in the grotesque genre, characterized the period 1920–1933 of German art. In contemporary illustration art, the "grotesque" figures, in the ordinary conversational sense, commonly appear in the genre grotesque art...
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Early 20th Century French Medieval More Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of Brass Sconces with Cast Leaf Patterned Arms
Located in Canton, MA
Heavy square foliate backplate. Upwardly curved square arm, decorated with grape leaves and tendrils. Beautiful Casting, early electric sconces, possibly made by EF Caldwell, from a building with marked EF Caldwell Lighting...
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Early 20th Century American Medieval More Lighting

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Bronze

Tall Arts & Crafts Cast Iron Candle Stick or Torchère
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Tall Arts & Crafts cast iron candle stick or torchère. This is a tall and very heavy Torchere, it has a pricket in the centre of the sconce and sta...
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Early 19th Century Antique Medieval More Lighting

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Iron

Large Neo Gothic Style Cast Iron Two Arms Wall Sconce
Located in Plainview, NY
An exceptional Neo Gothic large size wall scone. The wall sconce has two large arms, each arm ending in a candelabra light with a custom made French style shade. The iron cast sconce...
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Late 20th Century Medieval More Lighting

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Iron

Pair of Italian Wrought Iron Chandeliers, 6 Lights
Located in Cypress, CA
Attractive Italian pair of hand forged wrought iron and tole 6 light chandeliers, first half of the 20th century. In the Gothic style. finely detailed with antique black patina. El...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Medieval More Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Fine Art Lamps Avignon Chandelier Medieval Empire Two Tier 12 Light 135740ST
Located in Dayton, OH
Two-tier chandelier with antiqued medieval acanthus leaf pattern in timeworn tea-stain and ebony.
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Late 20th Century Medieval More Lighting

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Metal

Antique Gothic Gilt Bronze Hall Lantern
Located in Lymington, GB
An English 19th-century Gothic gilt-bronze hall lantern. George IV period, circa 1820-1830. In superb condition. Later adapted with a 3-way center and wiring. A very smart Georgian addition to a hallway, entry or foyer. Measures: H 2’3” (69 cm) W 12 ½” (31 cm) D 12 ½” (31 cm). Nb: A very similar antique Gothic lantern...
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19th Century English Antique Medieval More Lighting

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Bronze

Wrought Iron Floor Lamp with 7 Lights, French, Circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
Wrought iron floor lamp with 7 lights. French. Circa 1940.
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1940s French Vintage Medieval More Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Maison Baguès Red Signed Crystal Flowers Sconces, Wrought Iron, circa 1900
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing 2 lights each, will be rewired with certified UL US sockets for the USA and certified sockets for other countries and ready to hang. Wrought iron in construction. Adorning 3 ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Medieval More Lighting

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Crystal, Wrought Iron

Wrought Iron Floor Lamp with 4 Lights, French, circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This 4 lights decorative floor lamp is made of wrought iron. This is a nice French work, circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Medieval More Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Neo-Gothic Wrought Iron Floor lamp with Soldier in Armor, French, circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This Neo-Gothic floor lamp with soldier in armor is made of wrought iron. This is a French work, circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Medieval More Lighting

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Iron, Wrought Iron

Large Torch Wall Sconce Lamp Gold Leaf Wrought Iron 5 Bulbs, Spain
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Torch row wall light, golden wrought iron. Brutalist style Comes from the lighting of a Catholic church Brutalism is an architectural style that emerged from the Modern Movement and had its peak between the 1930s and 1950s. In its beginnings it was inspired by the work of Swiss architect Le Corbusier Inspiration European medieval torches...
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20th Century Spanish Medieval More Lighting

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Gold Leaf, Iron

Set of 3 Wrought Iron Sconces, French, circa 1950, Can Also Be Sold Per Unit
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This set of 3 wrought iron wall sconces is French, circa 1950. These wall lights can also be sold individually.
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1950s French Vintage Medieval More Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Large Wrought Iron Wall Sconce, French, circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This decorative single large wall light is made of wrought iron. This is a French work, circa 1950.
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1950s French Vintage Medieval More Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Antique Pair of Bronze Medieval Revival, Former Church Candlestick Table Lamps
Located in Lisse, NL
Good size, great quality, antique bronze table lamps with an amazing patina. We are always on the lookout for antiques that have something ...
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19th Century Dutch Antique Medieval More Lighting

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Bronze

19th Century French Gothic Forged Iron Six Candles Chandelier
Located in Paris, FR
Large decorative forged iron chandelier, late 19th century. Forged in France, circa 1890, the large chandelier can receive 6 candles (candles not provided). On wavy shapes, the chand...
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19th Century French Antique Medieval More Lighting

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Iron

Antique Painted Iron Floor Torchere from France, Early 1900s
Located in Dallas, TX
This five light, antique French cast iron torchere has been painted deep green with gold colored bands around the motifs. The motifs are trefoils, ...
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Early 20th Century French Medieval More Lighting

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Iron

Gothic Style Brass Table Lamps with Belgium Linen Shade
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of antique French Gothic Revival style brass table lamps with Belgium, linen shades. Great original condition with patina. Measures: Height from bottom to top of shade 26" Dia...
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19th Century French Antique Medieval More Lighting

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Brass

French 19th Century Iron Chandelier
Located in Stockbridge, GA
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Medieval More Lighting

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Iron

Pair of Architectural Element Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of architectural element lamps, black finish.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Medieval More Lighting

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Cement

Pair of Gothic Style Wrought Iron Sconces, French, circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of Gothic style wall sconces is made of wrought iron. These wall lights have 3-light. These are very decorative and the quality is really good. The sconces can be used with...
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1950s French Vintage Medieval More Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Medieval more lighting for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Medieval more lighting 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 more lighting created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, iron and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Medieval more lighting made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original more lighting, popular names associated with this style include and Maison Baguès. 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 more lighting differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $400 and tops out at $37,500 while the average work can sell for $2,800.

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