Louis XV Lanterns
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
Mid-Century Large Six Facet’s Bronze Lantern Louis XV Style, French
Located in London, GB
This splendid mid-century lantern pays homage to the Louis XV era, a period celebrated for its ornate design and lavish aesthetics. With its graceful curves, intricate detailing, and...
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1950s French Vintage Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Large Louis XV Style Five-Panel Bronze Hall Lantern, 1870s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and elegant 19th Century Louis XV style hall lantern.
Striking French design from the 1870s.
Original gilt bronze doré shell-crested frame with five original yellow color...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Wonderful Large French Dore Bronze Rococo Louis XV Lantern Chandelier Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Large French Dore Bronze Rococo Louis XV Style With Original Bent / Curved Blown Glass 4 Candelabra Light Lantern Chandelier Fixture
Recently Rewired And Comes With Chai...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
1920's French Louis XV style Bronze / Crystal Shade Ceiling Lantern Fixture
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1920's French Louis XV style Bronze Mounted Crystal Shade Ceiling Lantern. Attrib Baccarat.
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
1930s French Louis XV style Nenuphar Bronze "Lily Pad" Floral w/ Crystal Lantern
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1930's French Louis XV Versailles style Nenuphar Bronze with Crystal Ceiling Lantern fixture. The style inspired by Baccarat.
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Pair of bronze lanterns louis XV style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very beautiful pair of lanterns gilded bronze louis XV style ,by their shape they are rare ,elegant and sober at the same time they can radiate a room
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
An Antique French Gilt Bronze Louis XV Style Rococo Lantern
Located in London, GB
A Large antique French Louis XV style gilt bronze Rococo lantern with six cut bevelled glass panels, an ornate canopy of scrolled acanthus and foliate. The glass panels framed with C...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
1940's French Gilt Bronze Lantern
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's French gilt bronze lantern with interior lights
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1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Mid-century large bronze lantern pendant, Louis XV style.
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-century large bronze lantern pendant, Louis XV style.
It has 5 cut glass panels with a cut star motif and beautifully decorated bronze.
The lantern is in very good condition, ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Metal, Bronze
A French Gilt Bronze Napoleon III Lantern
Located in London, GB
A large square lantern from the Napoleon III period, in Gilt bronze and Patinated bronze. Decorated profusely with scrolls, shells, acanthus and foliate. The canopy with acanthus top...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury French Louis XV Iron and Crystal Pendants Four-Light Ceiling Lantern
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France circa 1970, and square in shape, the lantern built of iron is decorated throughout with colorful crystal pendants, including bunch of grapes motifs. The tall lantern features a scrolled top, and is decorated with a pierced ornate body embellished with acanthus leaf and floral motifs. The fixture has four inside lights newly wired and dressed with decorative sleeve covers. The Gothic style ceiling light is in excellent condition commensurate with age and use, and adorns a wonderful patinated bronze painted finish with some gilt accents. Hang this elegant and colorful lantern...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Crystal, Iron
19th Century French Napoleon III Bronze Dore & Beveled Glass Four-Light Lantern
Located in Dallas, TX
Make a statement in your entryway or powder room with this elegant Napoleon III bronze dore fixture. Crafted in France, circa 1870, and square in shape, the antique lantern...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Wonderful French Dore Bronze Rococo Louis XV Petite Lantern Chandelier Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French Dore bronze rococo Louis XV Petite lantern chandelier has been rewired with 3 candelabra lights inside a hand blown and cut curved gl...
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20th Century Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Bronze Hall Lanterns
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a classic "near pair" of Louis XV-style hall lanterns. These bronze lanterns are both in very good condition. They differ slightly in that one of the lanterns is in gilt bron...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Lantern with Bow Glass in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
A gilt bronze bow glass glazed lantern decorated with scallop and rope twist motifs, in the Louis XV style, French, circa 1925.
With 3 internal light fittings, ceiling rose and ch...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Antique Early 20th C. Gilt Brass & Glass Pentagonal Hall Lantern
Located in New Orleans, LA
An antique Gilt Brass and Glass three Light Pentagonal hall lantern, early 20th century, of tapered form with a center arm suspending three lights. The ornate solid brass chain and c...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Brass
18th Century Louis XV Lantern with Six Lights in Bronze Antique
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This eight-sided lantern is a reinterpretation of the domestic models that were very popular in the mid-18th century. Indeed, reserved for a utilitarian use under Louis XIV, the lant...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Baccarat Crystal Chandelier Five-Light Chandelier
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A lovely antique Baccarat crystal electrified chandelier, gilt brass beautifully decorated with several tiers of large pendaloques in different shapes and sizes, finishing at the bot...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Ten-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze ten-light chandelier, the tapering leaf tip cast and fluted shaft over an urn form bowl issuing scrolling foliate arms upli...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier After Pierre Gouthière
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style gilt bronze seven-light figural chandelier. The elongated and ovoid gilt-bronze frame with six scrolled candle-arms (now electrified) surmou...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French, 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Glass Lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style pear-shaped gilt bronze and diamond-cut-bent-glass lantern. The ovoid gilt bronze body with a single light, surmounted with three glass panels centered with a sunburst design. The scrolled gilt bronze body with scrolls, acanthus, rosettes and leaves, each panel crowned with gilt bronze bows and ribbons...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
French Rococò Style Gilt Bronze Lantern by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This finely chiseled French Rococo style gilt bronze lantern by Gherardo Degli Albizzi has six-light and it shows classical features of that period such acanthus leaves and vegetal d...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Baccarat Crystal Chandelier Five-Light Chandelier
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A lovely antique Baccarat crystal electrified chandelier, gilt brass beautifully decorated with several tiers of large pendaloques in different shapes and sizes, finishing at the bot...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Large French Bronze Louis XV Style Lantern, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and large Louis XV style lantern.
Striking French design from the 1900s.
Solid bronze six sided cage with six original glass shade...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Cut-Glass Foyer or Bedroom Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming French Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass four-light chandelier. The cage gilt bronze frame surmounted with cut-glass pendants, four candle-arms and a central cup-li...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Set of Four Hexagonal French Louis XV Style Wrought Iron Hanging Lanterns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of four hexagonal French Louis XV style wrought iron hanging lanterns, after the antique. The elongated body surmounted with fleur-de-lis', floral rosettes and scrolled decorat...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Wrought Iron
Impressive Belle Époque Lantern in the Louis XV Manner
Located in London, GB
An Important Lantern
In the Louis XV Manner
Constructed in gilt bronze, the ovoid body composed of six blown crystal facets interspersed with orm...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Grande French Louis XV Style Bronze and Glass Lantern, Circa 1890
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, large French bronze lantern was produced circa 1890 in the style of Louis XV. The glass panes have been arranged in a 25-inch...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Bronze "Versailles" Lantern with Beveled Glass Panels
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bronze "Versailles" lantern with beveled glass panels. 1-light
France, circa 1920
Dimensions: Height 18", diameter 8 1/2"
CW4614.
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Brass Lantern
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XV style three-light hexagonal lantern fitted with beveled glass panels , the frame applied with foliate forms.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Brass
19th Century Large Lantern in Louis XV Style
Located in Paris, FR
Large ormolu lantern with polylobed mounts decorated with palmettes, acanthus leaves and foliated scrolls. This naturalist decoration is inspired by the Louis XV style. This entrance hall lantern...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Gilt Bronze Lanterns, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of gilt bronze lanterns. France, late 19th century.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Antique Gilt Bronze Lantern
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique gilt bronze lantern featuring double curved, beveled and handcut crystal panels.
Louis XV style. France, circa 1910.
CW4471
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Large Entrance Hall Lantern from Château Léoube in Bormes
Located in Paris, FR
Monumental 5-light ormolu entrance hall lantern beautifully designed in Louis XV style. The polylobed mounts are finely decorated with flowery baskets, a...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Wrought Iron & Bronze Crystal Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Louis XV style wrought iron and bronze seven-light color crystal (cut-glass) chandelier. The black painted iron frame with six candle arms and a center lig...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
French Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French early 20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass three-light chandelier. The elongated gilt-metal body with cut-glass pendants, surmounted with three scrolled can...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Metal, Bronze
19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Cut-Glass Chandelier by Mottheau et Fils
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare French 19th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted and cut-glass eight-light chandelier with a suspended bell-shaped blown-glass candle-bowl, by Mottheau et Fils,...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Hanging Lantern with Ceiling Escutcheon
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Large antique Louis XV style glass hanging lantern with ceiling escutcheon, gilt metal, and glass. The lantern takes three candelabra bulbs. The dro...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Metal
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Gas Lantern
Located in Montreal, QC
This antique lantern was originally a gas fixture which dates it to the early part of the last half of the 19th century. The four shaped glass panels are held in a whimsical leafy br...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style 16-Light Chandeliers, Manner of Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass sixteen-light chandeliers. The solid bronze frames surmounted with pendants, molded towers, fleur de lis and a central suppor...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Gilt Bronze Lantern
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine gilt bronze lantern featuring six glass panels with handcut starburst ornamentation. 3 lights.
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Gilt-Metal and Cut-Glass 'Crystal' Ten-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XV style gilt-metal and cut-glass ten-light chandelier. The caged body surmounted with ten scrolled candle-arms, each fitted with molded glass wax-holders, with two in...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Hexagonal Hall Lantern
Located in Rome, IT
A Louis XV style gilt bronze hexagonal hall lantern with three lights.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Wrought Iron Eighteen-Light Crystal Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Louis XV style wrought iron and parcel-gilt eighteen-light crystal (cut-glass) chandelier. The black painted frame with twelve candle arms and six interior...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
Louis XV Style Brass Lantern
Located in Montreal, QC
An antique Louis XV style brass hexagonal lantern, supported by six scrolling arms later fitted for electricity with a three-light cluster. This was originally a gas fixture.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Fine French Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Rock Crystal Chandelier, 20th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large fine French Louis XV style gilt bronze rock crystal, amethyst, crystal and cut-glass sixteen-light chandelier in the manner of Baccarat. The floral gilt bronze frame decorate...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Rock Crystal, Amethyst, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier after Pierre Gouthiere
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze six-light figural chandelier. The elongated gilt bronze frame with six scrolled candle-arms (now electrified) surmounted with ribbons...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Polychrome Tôle and Glass Hanging Lantern
Located in Montreal, QC
This charming whimsical French lantern interprets playfully the Louis XV style, retaining its essence while abandoning formality. The hexagon frame and ornamental acanthus and leaves...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Tin
French Gilt Bronze Lantern with Crystals
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XV style gilt bronze lantern with crystals, electrified with three lights. The shape is pentagonal, with one side that opens for cha...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Louis Xv lanterns for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV lanterns for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 19th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage lanterns created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with bronze, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV lanterns made in a specific country, there are Europe, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. 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 lanterns differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $76,000 and tops out at $76,000 while the average work can sell for $76,000.
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