19th Century Continental Baroque Style Fruitwood and Walnut Refectory table, the rectangular cleated top with slight molded edge, raised on dual turned baluster end supports and foliate carved sleigh feet, joined by a flattened stretcher. H:30" W:7'6.5" D:32" Located in the heart of Summerland, California, Lifestyle Antiques & Interiors offers the finest high-end Antiques, Decorative Arts, and Home Furnishings on the South Coast. We feature a rich collection from Europe, specializing in Itali... Click for details

The Rectangular top is raised on pierced shaped end supports and joined by scrolling stretchers, well proportioned Spanish Baroque Style Walnut Table. H:31" W:4'6" D:26" This table is perfect as a sofa table or small library table and with an antique look of the turn of the century table. A brief history of the Baroque style and tradition: era in the history of the Western arts roughly coinciding with the 17th century. Its earliest manifestations, which occurred in Italy, date from the latter de... Click for details

Pair of Fine Italian Painted Venetian Commodes, Circa 1930's with images of floral motif on the scalloped top and shaped case. H:30" W:31" D:13.5" Just as the city's architecture reflects notions of Venice as a place for public ritual, so, too, Venetian painting evokes the “myth of Venice.” The magnificent art treasures of the republic now grace churches, palaces, and galleries throughout the city. Early paintings were heavily influenced by Byzantine traditions, as can be seen in the religious... Click for details

This exquisite French 1920's Painted Side Table with painted classical courting scenes top of the table with images of landscape scenes on the apron. H:26' W:31.5" D:24" Louis XV style is, in the decorative arts, the Rococo style that is characterized by the superior craftsmanship of 18th-century cabinetmaking in France. The artists of this style produced exquisite Rococo decor for the enormous number of homes owned by royalty and nobility during the reign of Louis XV. Emphasis was laid on the... Click for details

Very Decorative Regence Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Kingwood Commode, Circa 1860, with a rectangular breche d'alep marble top above a Bombe case, fitted with three drawers decorated with floral sprays above a shaped apron and raised on splayed legs headed by figural chutes trailing to sabots. H:35" W:40" D:20.5 Background of the Louis XV style: in the decorative arts, the Rococo style that is characterized by the superior craftsmanship of 18th-century cabinetmaking in France. The artis... Click for details

Antique French Provincial Walnut Prie-Dieu, early 19th Century, having a scalloped top with pendant cormers, slant front lid and cupboard, with lip top kneeling base. H:66" W:25" D;21" Prie dieu kneelers are also referred to as prayer desks. A small surface is located at the top of the prie dieu for a book and a small step is attached to the desk for kneeling at the base. Prayers are given at the prie dieu kneeler. The prie-dieu, literally "pray God," is type of prayer desk primarily intended ... Click for details

Antique Trestle Table of Oak and a scalloped apron with one drawer is an exceptional French Table useful for dining for a work table in a library. H:30" W:92.5" D:32" A little history of the importance of the Trestle table in with European and American use. The basic trestle table is a structure comprising two frame-based legs (the trestles) over which a tabletop is placed. Such tables were known to be commonly used as early as the Middle Ages, using a wide variety of materials. As well as eas... Click for details

Pair of 19th C. Venetian Gilt with White Marble Tops and Polychrome Painted Corner Pedestals. H: 43" Diameter top 16.5" Sold in pairs we do however have four of the Gilt Corner Pedestals if you wish for ($25,400). Venetian style of carved, gilt and marble reflect the city's architecture and notions of Venice as a place for public ritual, so, too, Venetian painting evokes the “myth of Venice.” The magnificent art treasures of the republic now grace churches, palaces, and galleries throughout the... Click for details

The Decorative Gilt with Polychromed Paint on this stunning Birdcage with a Venetian style and the wooden finials add to the elegance on a stand with flutted legs and cross stretcher. H:90" W:30" D:24" Just as the city's architecture reflects notions of Venice as a place for public ritual, so, too, Venetian painting evokes the “myth of Venice.” The magnificent art treasures of the republic now grace churches, palaces, and galleries throughout the city. Early paintings were heavily influenced b... Click for details

Deorative Chinese Sideboard with images of garden and floral designs five drawers frlanked over three pair of drawers. H:36.5" W:79" D:20" Chinoiserie style is a 17th- and 18th-century Western style of interior design, furniture, pottery, textiles, and garden design that represents fanciful European interpretations of Chinese styles. In the first decades of the 17th century, English and Italian and, later, other craftsmen began to draw freely on decorative forms found on cabinets, porcelain ve... Click for details

The highly Decorative Pair of C. 1940 Poly Chromed Mirrors with floral detail painting on a rich Mustard backgroud and the borders with gilt along the shaped scalloped frame. H:4'5" W:28" Polychrome is a decoration using three or more colors, such as these pair illustrate. From the late 17th century onward, mirrors—and their frames—played an increasingly important part in the decoration of rooms. The early frames were usually of ivory, silver, ebony, or tortoiseshell or were veneered with marq... Click for details

The Decorative Italian Sienna Marble Table of a Multicolor Mosaic in rich colors of Gold Sienna with grey and black verigated designs in vertical motiff with a central circle of a star and block marble pattern. The base is an elegant pedestal on a shaped base. H:34" D:44" Though it was in Italian architecture, painting, and sculpture that the Baroque style was evolved, Italy was not the first to apply this style to furniture. But by the mid-17th century Italy was producing flamboyantly carved, ... Click for details