Louis XV Decorative Art
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
Original Antique Print of A French Aristocratic Gentleman After Lebrun. C.1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful image by Elisabeth Lebrun
Photogravure
Published by Connoisseur. C.1900
The measurement is the paper size
Unframed
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Early 1900s English Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Louis XV Giltwood Barometer
Located in Bradenton, FL
Louis XV French Barometer by GOHIN in giltwood in an oval shape. Features carved and gilded wood with ornamentation of tools, cascading foliage and bows. Original background displays...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
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Giltwood
Original Antique Print, Portrait of Ignatius Loyola, circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of Ignatius Loyola
Fine steel engraving by Holl
After a print by Weirix
Published by Fullarton
Unframed.
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1850s English Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Print of A Female Nude After Jean Jaques Henner. C.1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print after Jean Jacques Henner
Lovely colors.
Tipped in plate on good quality paper
Chromolithograph
Published circa 1920
The measurement given below is the off whit...
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1920s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
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Paper
French 19th Century Framed Still-life Floral Painting with Dog and Rabbit Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French framed Louis XV style oil on panel still-life floral painting from the late 19th century, with dog and rabbit motifs. Born in the third quarter of the 19th century, this Fre...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Vintage Print AfterJean Baptiste Greuze, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print after Greuze
Lovely colors.
Tipped in plate on good quality paper
Chromolithograph
Published circa 1920
The measurement given below is the off white paper size,...
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1920s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
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Paper
True Pair Of Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood & Marble Plaques
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and most decorative true pair of Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Giltwood and Pietra Dura marble plaques. This wonderful pair of plaques are framed within a mottled edg...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
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Marble
Original Vintage Print of Queen Caroline After Sir Thomas Lawrence. C.1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Lovely colors.
Tipped in plate on good quality paper
Chromolithograph
Published circa 1920
The measurement given below is the off whit...
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1920s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
French Louis XV Gold Gilt Bronze Ribbon Drape Large Wall Plaque Sconces - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Gold Gilt Bronze Ribbon & Drape Ormolu Large Wall Plaque Sconces - a Pair. Item features stunning gold gilt bronze ormolu, mounted on custom distress pa...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Original Antique Print After Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1912
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful image by Greuze
Photogravure
On good quality wove paper
Published by Hutchinson & Co. , London. 1912
The measurement is the paper size
Unframed
Category
1910s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1912
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful image by Greuze
Photogravure
On good quality wove paper
Published by Hutchinson & Co. , London. 1912
The measurement is the paper size
Unframed
Category
1910s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1912
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful image by Greuze
Photogravure
On good quality wove paper
Published by Hutchinson & Co. , London. 1912
The measurement is the paper size
Unframed
Category
1910s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1912
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful image by Greuze
Photogravure
On good quality wove paper
Published by Hutchinson & Co. , London. 1912
The measurement is the paper size
Unframed
Category
1910s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1912
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful image by Greuze
Photogravure
On good quality wove paper
Published by Hutchinson & Co. , London. 1912
The measurement is the paper size
Unframed
Category
1910s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1912
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful image by Greuze
Photogravure
On good quality wove paper
Published by Hutchinson & Co. , London. 1912
The measurement is the paper size
Unframed
Category
1910s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1912
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful image by Greuze
Photogravure
On good quality wove paper
Published by Hutchinson & Co. , London. 1912
The measurement is the paper size
Unframed
Category
1910s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1912
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful image by Greuze
Photogravure
On good quality wove paper
Published by Hutchinson & Co. , London. 1912
The measurement is the paper size
Unframed
Category
1910s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1912
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful image by Greuze
Photogravure
On good quality wove paper
Published by Hutchinson & Co. , London. 1912
The measurement is the paper size
Unframed
Category
1910s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print After Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 1912
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Beautiful image by Greuze
Photogravure
On good quality wove paper
Published by Hutchinson & Co. , London. 1912
The measurement is the paper size
Unframed
Category
1910s English Vintage Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Print of The Garden After Antoine Watteau. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image after Watteau
Fine Steel engraving.
Published by Virtue C.1850
Unframed.
Category
1850s English Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Interior Print
Located in New York, NY
A framed print of an elegant traditional bed chamber featuring a formal canopy bed; matted and finished in a gilt wood frame.
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century Dark-Grey French Antique Louis XV Style Pinewood Wall Glass Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A French 19th century Louis XV style mirror, carved in Pinewood with Gesso finish and gilded, in good condition. The frame has the typical Rocaille décor. The antique mirror has its ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror, Pine, Giltwood
19th Century Pair of Three-Light Gilt Bronze French Louis XV Style Appliques
Located in IT
Important pair of gilt bronze three-light wall appliques finely chiseled with rich rocaille decoration of foliage stylized.
Style Louis XV, late 19th century.
These appliques are s...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Hand Painted Porcelain "Fete Champetre" Wall Platter
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful antique French Majolica charger was created in France, circa 1860. Round in shape, the hand painted platter depicts an outdoor "Fete Champetre...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Franco-German 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Portrait of a Lady" in Giltwood Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Franco-German 19th century oil on canvas "Portrait of a Lady" depicting an 18th century young beauty posing with a profile gaze and cur...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood
Pair of 19th Century French Gien Faience Wall Pockets
By Gien
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of 19th century French Gien faience urns with hand-painted floral decoration. Nice form with double handles and square pedestal base. Lids with str...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Faience
Dutch Landscape, Follower of Jacob van Ruisdael, Indistinctly Signed, Ca. 1720
Located in CH
Dutch Landscape, Follower of Jacob van Ruisdael, Indistinctly Signed, Ca. 1720
This large oil on board landscape is painted by a Follower of Jaco...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Framed 18th Century Comte de Buffon African Monkey French Engraving, La Guenon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautifully framed Monkey Plate from the Buffon Comte de Quadrúpedes series by Georges-Louis Leclerc, France – circa 1770.
A copper plate, hand-colored engraving titled, La Guenon...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Fountain and Its Copper Basin, 18th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb fountain and its 18th century copper basin.
The fountain is in perfect condition and has its top.
It has been repolished and has a superb patina....
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Copper
3-Piece French Louis XV Bronze Dore Mirror and Brush Set
Located in New York, NY
3-Piece French Louis XV style (19th cent) bronze dore vanity set composed of 2 brushes and 1 hand mirror with handles (priced as set).
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
French 18th-19th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait of Lady, after Jean-Marc Nattier
By Jean-Marc Nattier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 18th-19th century oil on canvas portrait of a posing lady with flowers, after Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) within an ornate gilt wood carved frame, circa 1800.
...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Important 18th Century French Horn and Gilt Bronze Bracket Clock Signed Marchand
Located in Rome, IT
An early Louis XV green stained horn and gilt bronze-mounted bracket clock,
the clock second quarter of 18th century, the dial inscribed 'Causard Her du Roy a l...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
Framed 18th Century Comte de Buffon Old World Monkey French Engraving, Macaque
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautifully framed Monkey Plate from the Buffon Comte de Quadrúpedes series by Georges-Louis Leclerc, France – circa 1770.
A copper plate, hand-colored engraving titled, Macaque, ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Aubusson Tapestry Panel with Rose Bouquets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Louis XV style Aubusson tapestry panel. The elongated tapestry fragment with a floral design of rose bouquets and strands, with two oval panels centered by...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
Charles Baptiste Schreiber 'French, 1845-1845' 19th C. Oil on Board Summer Roses
By Charles Baptiste Schreiber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century oil on board titled "Summer Roses" by Charles Baptiste Schreiber (French, 1845-1903) depicting an interior L...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Interior Print
Located in New York, NY
A print featuring a charming dining room decorated in the Louis XV style, matted and finished in a gilt wood frame.
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20th Century French Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
August Stephan Sedlacek (Austrian, 1868-1936) Oil on Canvas Violin Presentation
By Stephan Auguste Sedlacek
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attributed to August Stephan Sedlacek (Austrian/German, 1868-1936) "The Violin Presentation" Oil on Canvas depicting an interior 18th century scene of...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood
French 18th Century Oil on Canvas Mother and Twin Babies Fecundity after Lemoyne
By François Lemoyne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 18th century oil on canvas "Fecundity" After Francois Lemoyne (French, 1688-1737) Depicting a young mother holding her twin her infant babies on her arms, within a...
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
19th Century Pair of Three-Light Gilt Bronze French Louis XV Style Appliques
Located in IT
Important pair of gilt bronze three-light wall appliques finely chiseled with rich rocaille decoration of foliage stylized.
Style Louis XV, late 19th century.
These appliques are s...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Pewter Lavabo Mounted on Walnut Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period pewter lavabo on walnut stand from the 18th century, with hand-carved shell motifs and volutes. Born in France during the reign ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Pewter
Framed French Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque of Marie Antoinette By T&V Limoges
By T&V Limoges
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Frame Dimensions: Height: 13 3/4 in Width: 10 in Depth: 1 in
Plaque Dimensions: Height: 7 1/2 in Width: 5 1/2 in
This antique, turn of the century French porcelain plaque of Marie...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
18th Century French Abusson Tapestry
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A luxurious 18th century Aubusson tapestry, depicting a rural landscape in which three shepherds watch helplessly as one of their lambs is carried off by an opportunistic wolf. Hand-...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Art
Materials
Wool, Silk
Louis Xv decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV decorative art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Early 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV decorative art made in a specific country, there are Europe, England, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative art, popular names associated with this style include Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Gien, and Nicolas Jean Marchand. 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 decorative art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $39,000 while the average work can sell for $748.