Louis XV Cabinets
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
Three Doors Louis XV Style Glass Cabinet, Mahogany, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The painted scenes that decorate the side doors are children and a harp in one and a woman with a Cupid in the other. Technically, they remember the plaques made with the so-called "...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood, Mahogany
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Corner Vitrines
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted Kingwood and mahogany marquetry Encoigneurs, corner cabinets or vitrines, attributed to Paul Sormani. The upper section with molded cornice and shell cresting and enclosed by a bowed glazed panel door, the lower section surmounted by a marble top of arc-en-arbalète outline above two frieze drawers and cupboards below enclosed by tambour shutters, raised on short cabriole legs ending in foliate sabots, lock plates engraved 'Sormani PARIS.' Circa: Paris, 1875.
Height: 90 1/2 inches (230 cm).
Width: 44 inches (112 cm).
Depth: 29 inches (74 cm).
Sormani, Paul (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Meuble D'appui
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style mahogany, kingwood and stainwood ormolu-mounted marquetry two-door Meuble D'Appui attributed to either Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener or Zwien...
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Early 1900s European Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair 19th Century Kingwood Pier Cabinets
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of 19th century French kingwood, ormolu-mounted pier cabinets, each with the original marble tops and 'Sevres' porcelain plaques to the doors.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Louis XV Walnut Dough Bin
Located in Vista, CA
Louis XV style walnut dough bin from provence. circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Louis XV-Style Cabinet with Secretary
Located in Belmont, MA
Introducing a truly exceptional cabinet with a hidden writing desk. This exquisite piece of furniture showcases a captivating combination of rosewo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
A Fine French Louis XV period Walnut Bordelais Armoire
Located in Rome, IT
A Fine French Louis XV period, carved, solid walnut , Bordelais Armoire that opens with two beautifully paneled doors.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Fine Quality Late 19th Century Vernis Martin Vitrine
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted two-door Vernis Martin Vitrine
Surmounted by a marble top above a frieze with scrolling foliage, above two glas...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style Cabinet, Painted, Marble top
Located in Houston, TX
Mahogany cabinet in Louis XV design
Breche de Verdin marble top
Tapering bombe shape, surmounted by a
Shaped top, edged with bronze ormolu
The front is a shaped panel decorated
...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Antique Steage Picardie
Located in Hixson, TN
Antique steage Picardie made from quality french cherrywood and rubbed to a swanky glow. The style Provincial Louis XV. A seage picardie is a rare and useful piece of furniture. Look...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Cherry
Rare Pair of Louis XVI style side cabinets after Joseph Zwiener
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A superb and rare pair of Louis XV style kingwood ormolu-mounted side cabinets having the original breche marble tops, wonderful marquetry inlaid panels to the doors and sides. Scrol...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Kingwood
Superb 18th Century Walnut Louis XV Bibliotheque
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Exceptional 18th century Louis XV carved walnut bibliotheque, square form crown above doors with lattice wired top quarters and smooth bottom panels, with o...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
A French Ormulo-Mounted Petite Commode By PAUL SORMANI
By Paul Sormani
Located in Sheffield, MA
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED INLAID
KINGWOOD & MARBLE-TOP PETIT COMMODE,
BY PAUL SORMANI, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
A rectangular marble top over two drawers with ormolu mounts ove...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Louis XV Style Carved Oak Cabinet, Great Storage And Great Color/Patination.
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Louis XV style carved oak cabinet,
having two grill inset doors over two solid doors, raised on cabriole legs.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Pair Early 20th C. Louis XV Style Marble Top Corner Cabinets
Located in Hudson, NY
This finely made pair of Encoignures or Corner cabinets are fully labeled with the maker's mark of Bedel & Cie, La Garde Meuble Public, 18 Rue St Au...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet
Mid 18th Century
Attributed to Jean-François Oeben
The shaped marble top over a shaped cabinet with tulipwood, kingwood & parquetry throughout, with tambour shutters revealing a re-fitted interior with 6 graduating drawers, all over four cariole legs ending in gilt bronze sabots.
Height 41 in. Width 38 in. Depth 20 in.
Jean-François Oeben, ébéniste du roi in 1754 and maître in circa 1761.
Jean-François Oeben was a sub-tenant of charles-joseph boulle (1688–1751) in the galleries of the louvre from 1751, and in 1754 was granted lodgings at the gobelins and then at the arsenal in 1756. he was appointed ebéniste du roi in 1754 and was therefore able to work outside guild restrictions. he was a protégé of the marquise de pompadour, the marquis de marigny and the duc de choiseul. his identifiable works span less than ten years. his earliest pieces are in the louis xv style (e.g. small table, 1756–8; munich, residenzmus.), and he seems even to have completed some pieces started by jean-pierre latz (e.g. pair of corner cupboards...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Pair of French Louis XV Corner Cabinets
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) low corner cabinets with bronze trim and brown marble top with single inlaid front door. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Louis XV Mahogany Buffet with Bois Citronnier Panels
Located in Sheffield, MA
An unusual Louis XV Mahogany
Buffet with Bois Citronnier Panels
The interior revealing two drawers and shelving
Bordeaux,France ,possibly made for the English Trade
18th Century
...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Wood
18th century Louis XV Oak Buffet, France ca. 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 18th century French Louis XV Oak Buffet with two carved cabinet doors and cabriole feet.
William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for ant...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Very Fine 19th c French Meuble à Hauteur d'Appui
Located in Hanover, MA
Superb mahogany and walnut three-door tall cabinet with ormolu mounts, a fitted liver and white veined marble top (2 inches thick) and toupie feet. Original key. Original interior w...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Walnut Inlaid Decorative Carved Ribbon and Floral Cask. Circa 1750
Located in Hollywood, SC
French Walnut inlaid star blind door cask with carved molded edge cornice, centered floral shell medallion, flanking intertwined ribbon, floral, fruit, and tassel motifs, original ir...
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1750s French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Wrought Iron
Charming Diminutive French Provincial Walnut Cabinet
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming diminutive French Provincial walnut cabinet.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Period Buffet Deux Corps in Burl Ash and Cherry, circa 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Louis XV period buffet deux Corps, constructed in burled ash and cherry, with a gorgeous aged color and paneled doors on both sections. T...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Ash, Cherry, Fruitwood
Important Cabinet Stamped Beurdeley In Paris
Located in BARSAC, FR
Louis-Auguste Alfred Beurdeley (1808-1883) and his son Alfred-Emmanuel Beurdeley (1847-1919)
Cabinet forming a small cupboard in the Louis XV style in geometric marquetry composed o...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Kingwood with Bronze and Painted Vitrine Cabinet "Vernis Martin"
Located in Roma, RM
Large French Showcase in Louis XV style, late nineteenth century, Kingwood and bronze moldings to embellish the cabinet and frame the paintings, signed "Paoli". The cabinet is in the...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Versatile French Louis XV Carrara Marble Top Nightstand or Petite Chest
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Versatile Louis XV small chest with one drawer and two doors, all inlaid with beautiful marquetry and ormolu mounts. Carrara marble top is shaped and beveled.
#2930.
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1940s French Vintage Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Antique 18th Century Louis XV Burled Walnut Armoire
Located in Wichita, KS
An exceptional 18th century French period Louis XV armoire handcrafted of indigenous old growth walnut and burled walnut in the typical technique mastered by the skilled artisans of ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Antique French 18th Century Louis XV Wedding Armoire from Lyon
Located in Miami, FL
Fine French 18th century Louis XV armoire constructed from very good quality walnut wood from the region of Lyon (style Lyonnaise). Exhibiting a stunning patina that offers rich character and charm. A classic of exceptional quality and craftsmanship!
This armoire was traditionally given as a wedding gift to newly married couples. It is perfect for storing clothing, bed and bath linens...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Vitrine Display Cabinet in the Louis XV Vernis Martin Manner
Located in London, GB
A vitrine cabinet in the Louis XV Vernis Martin manner
Constructed in kingwood, richly dressed with finely cast and chased ormolu mounts, and...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Oak Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
French Louis XV carved oak buffett a du corps from the 18th century. This two part cabinet is beautifully carved and has been lightened at an earlier time ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Oak
French Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Commode, Chest Manner of Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
French Louis XV style chinoiserie commode or chest, early 1900s, the shaped marble atop a conforming cabinet with a single do...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Cabinets
Materials
Marble
Louis Xv cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV cabinets 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 cabinets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, more furniture and collectibles, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV cabinets 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 cabinets, popular names associated with this style include François Linke, Romweber Furniture Co., Paul Sormani, and Gervais Durand. 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 cabinets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $500 and tops out at $577,210 while the average work can sell for $6,757.
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