Louis XV Candelabras
LOUIS XV STYLE
The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.
Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.
Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.
During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.
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Style: Louis XV
French Pair of Louis XV Style Four Branch Candelabras in Bronze
Located in Sofia, BG
Pair of bronze candelabras with four branches having two different figures standing at the bottom part.
France, circa 1920.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Candelabras
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Bronze
19th Century Silver Candelabra Signed BOIN TABURET
By Boin-Taburet
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Louis XV style candelabra in silver with rocailles decor and asymmetrical ornamentation. The four arms of light ending in bobèches binettes are finely chiseled with stylized rinses, foliage and flowers.
These candelabra are a creation of the goldsmith Boin Taburet...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
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Silver
Three-Piece Clock by Samuel Marti Attributed Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
By Samuel Marti
Located in Milano, IT
Majestic set consisting of a French ormolu clock and two large candelabra. The ormolu watch is made by Samuel Marti. The bronze is attributed to Alfred Em...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze Five-Light Candelabra
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Louis XV style bronze
Five-light candelabra,
Early 20th century.
Of naturalistic form,
the foliate clasped nozzles and drip pans
issuing from scrolling branches
about co...
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20th Century French Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
19th Century, French Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Candlesticks
Located in IT
19th Century, Pair of French Gilt Bronze Candlesticks with Polychrome Porcelain, marble base
The pair of elegant candlesticks with three lights was made in France, in the nineteent...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
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Marble, Bronze
Large and Fine Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Candelabrum
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine pair of large signed 19th century Louis XV gilt bronze candelabrum by E. Colin et cie, Paris.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
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Bronze
French Louis XV or Rococo Style French Bronze Candelabras with Dolphins, a Pair
Located in Barntrup, DE
An adorable pair of Louis XV or Rococo style bronze candelabras. The decoration of the candelabras is very rich and characteristic of the Rococo style. The scrolling Rococo arms with...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Candelabras
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Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze with Cupid 5 Arm Candelabra on Marble Bases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore candelabras with figural cupids, 5 arms, and marble bases (PRICED AS Pair)
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Cherubs as Candelabra
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
These are impressive pair of 19th century gilt metal candelabra held by an exquisitely patinated bronze cherubs'. They are placed on...
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1860s French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Eight Lights Candelabra By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This exceptional Louis XV style gilt bronze candelabra By Gherardo Degli Albizzi resumes the great taste of Rococò period decorat...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large French Louis XV Style Bronze Five-Light Candelabras
Located in Barntrup, DE
Large and impressive pair of Louis XV or Rococo style bronze five-light candelabras, France, 1920s.
Decorated with floral and scrolled leaf motif throughout.
Dimensions: Height 60 ...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bacchus and Bacchante Nine-Arm Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (19th century) gilt bronze Bacchus and Bacchante figures holding nine-arm candelabra.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Bronze 24-Carat Gold-Plated Six-Arm Figural Candelabras
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of stunning Louis XVI style 19th century bronze 24-carat gold-plated six-arm figural candelabras. Each having five arms forming a large candelabra supported by a man and the mat...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Pair of Candelabra, Ormolu, France.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This pair of bronze candelabras are high quality fire gilded with three candle cups each. These 19th century sculptural candle holders are in the Louis XV style.
Starting at the ba...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze Figural Clock Garniture by Maison Baguès French circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt and Patinated bronze figural clock garniture by Maison Baguès.
This rare example of a clock garniture by Maison Baguès has a twin train eight-day movement striking on a bell.
The garniture consists of a clock and a pair of candelabra en suite.
The clock has a Rococo cast case surmounted by a patinated bronze putto playing a lyre, above a circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic seconds and pierced hands. The dial inscribed 'Eug Bagues, Paris'. The case terminates in four scrolling legs put down on an acanthus cast plinth base.
The candelabra en suite have gilt bronze pierced acanthus cast bases supporting patinated bronze putti each holding aloft three scrolling acanthus arms terminating in circular and foliate cast drip trays and nozzles.
Maison Baguès
The Baguès Company, located at 31, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, was founded in 1840 by Mr. Noel Baguès who started his business to cast liturgical bronzes.
By 1880 the company had expanded into the production of bronze light fixtures in response to the development of electrical lighting. Carried on by Noël’s son Eugène and grandsons Victor and Robert, Maison Baguès continued to progress, adding intricately detailed iron lighting collections in the 1920s as well as stair banisters...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Pair of Antique Bronze Louis XV Candelabra
Located in Bronx, NY
This fine antique pair of French Louis XV style gilt and patinated bronze candelabra date from the 19th century. Detailed sculpted patinated putti figures are prominently positioned ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Royer
By Ernest Royer
Located in London, GB
This beautiful gilt bronze (ormolu) clock set was crafted, circa 1870 in France. The set is designed in a rich Rococo style, after decorative art of the Louis XV period (1715-1774).
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1870s French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Marble and Ormolu Mounted Candelabra Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century marble and ormolu mounted figural urn three-light table lamp candelabra. The ovoid white marble body surmounted with a pair of mermaids holding han...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Silver Plated Louis XV Style Candelabra
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of silver plated bronze Louis XV candelabra.
Five candles with beautifully worked body. Foliate. Silver in great condition.
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20th Century French Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Candelabra in the Style of Louis XV in Gold Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of candelabra in the style of Louis XV in gold gilt bronze, 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Export Rooster Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
A pair of spectacular and large antique Chinese export porcelain rooster transitional Louis XV/Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted three arm candelabra lamps of superb quality embell...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of Ten-Light Candelabra After Pierre Gouthière, by Henri Picard, Circa 1870
By Henri Picard, Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Pair Of Gilt-Bronze And White Marble Ten-Light Candelabra After The Model by Pierre Gouthière, by Henri Picard.
French, Circa 1870.
The gilt-bronze variously stamped 'P...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Bronze and Rouge Marble Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Impressive pair of French Louis XV style gilt bronze and rouge marble six light candelabra,
19th century.
Each candelabra issuing five gilt bronze arms, beginning in scrolling st...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Candelabras
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century French Louis XV style gilt bronze candelabras.
Outstanding finely detailed pair of antique French Napoleon ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze and Porcelain Chicken Candelabra
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fanciful pair of three-light candelabra featuring porcelain chickens with an amusing continuance, bronze arms in the form of branches with candle cu...
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20th Century Italian Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Candelabra with Cherubs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style figural gilt bronze and rouge marble six-light candelabra, each with a figure of a standing cherub holding the ornate scrolled arm candelabra, crowned with a gilt bronze candle snuffer...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French Ormolu Figural Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Exquisite pair of French Louis XV style gilt bronze five-light figural candelabra, 19th century.
Five foliage-inspired candleholders are conjoined by intricate gilt bronze scrollin...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
‘Les Grands Faunes’, a Pair of Candelabra after François Rémond, circa 1880
By François Rémond
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
‘Les Grands Faunes’, a large and very finely cast pair of gilt bronze and patinated bronze figural candelabra on green granite marble bases, after a model by François Rémond...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 4-Light Ormolu Louis XV Candelabra, French, 19th Century
Located in Lantau, HK
The four-light are each cast as open flower heads, over the spills in the form of leaves, supported on stylized Rococo branches.
Shipping included
Original art work(s).
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Large 19th Century Gold French Louis XV Style Gilded Bronze Candelabra
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of French Louis XV style bronze doré candelabra, late 19th century.
These large and very decorative candelabra are very nice quality. They are cast bronze that is gold plated...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique Meissen Porcelain Woodpeckers, Now Mounted as Candelabra
Located in Montreal, QC
Each bird is modeled on a stump applied with plants and moss. They are naturalistically modeled with colorful plumage. The birds are mid-19th century at latest. The bronze mounts are...
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19th Century German Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Brass Figural and Floral Candlesticks, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of French brass two-arm figural candlesticks with ladies holding fruit baskets, scrolled floral arms, decorative floral medallions, original removable bobeches, and resting on s...
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1770s French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Pair of Monumental Crystal, Rock Crystal and Brass Candelabras. Great Scale
Located in Buchanan, MI
Spectacular pair of monumental crystal, rock crystal and brass candelabra. Electrified. Great Scale And Proportions.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Candelabras
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Crystal, Rock Crystal, Brass
Pair of Large French Gilt Bronze and Patinated Vase Form Candelabras
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of large Antique French Gilt Bronze & Patinated Vase Form Candelabras.
Each with a vase form shaped body with central relief under a 12 branch candelabrum. Standing on a tr...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French White Carrara Marble and Gilt Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A good pair of candelabra in the Louis XVI manner.
Constructed in Carrara marble and gilt bronze; the square stepped bases having incurved angles, and supporting bronze socles dre...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Ravinet d'Enfert Louis XV Style Ormolu Candelabra, Early 20th C
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of D’Ore Bronze four light candelabra with incredible acanthus leaf ormolu. Each candle holder is finished with a decorative bobeche. Heavy, and as the name reflects, very well ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Figural Caryatid & Foliate 7-Light Candelabra C1870
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Louis XV Gilt Cast Bronze Figural Caryatid & Foliate Seven-Light Candelabra C1870
Measures- 26.75''H x 13''W x 13''D
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
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Bronze
Pair of Large Gilt Bronze Candelabra, Louis XV Style, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of large ormolu candelabra, Louis XV style, 19th century.
Pair of Rocaille style Candelabras, Louis XV, 19th century in chased and gilt b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Gilt Bronze Candelabra.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of 19th century gilt bronze candelabra.
A pair of Rocaille style candelabra, Louis XV, Napoleon III period, 19th century, with four chased and gilt bronze arms.
H: 45cm, W: 30c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
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Bronze
Large Antique French Louis XV Ormolu Rococo Candelabra After Meissonnier
By Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A magnificent pair of antique French candelabra in the manner of Juste Aurele Meissonier (Italian, 1695-1750). Beautifully formed as acanthus wrapped stems, with swirling acanthus ar...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
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Ormolu
Louis XV Style Ormolu Candelabra -Set of 2
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of grand 19th century Louis XV style ormolu candelabra, each constructed in gilt bronze and depicting a pair of putti embracing on a shaped foot...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candelabras
Materials
Ormolu
Louis Xv candelabras for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV candelabras 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 candelabras created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, lighting, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV candelabras 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 candelabras, popular names associated with this style include Gherardo Degli Albizzi, Ferdinand Barbedienne, Boin-Taburet, and Ernest Royer. 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 candelabras differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $716 and tops out at $95,000 while the average work can sell for $10,346.
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