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Louis XV Lighting

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
Cage Chandelier - Four Arms Of Light - Bronze And Crystal - Period : XXth
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Charming cage chandelier with four arms of light. The light and airy gilded bronze frame is enhanced by the brilliance of the large cut crystal pendants and daisy-like pendants. Period: 20th century Style: Louis XV Dimensions: Height: 70cm - Diameter: 40cm The Greeks and Romans knew chandeliers as "lucerna pensilis" or "lychnuchus pensilis". The middle Ages called chandeliers "crowns of light". They were made of metal and later of glass. The laced chandeliers of the 18th century were chandeliers with garlands of glassware and pendants. Initially a simple suspended lighting...
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair Louis XV Bronze Doré Candlesticks Mounted Lamps W/ Tole Bouillotte Shades
Located in Charleston, SC
Regal Pair of French Louis XV Bronze Dore´ Candlesticks Mounted as Lamps with Black painted Tole Bouillotte Shades. The French Louis XV Gilded Bronze Candlesticks have a Foliate Tri-...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of French Chinoiserie Sconces
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine pair of French Louis XV sconces with a finely cast silvered bronze, the Chinsoierie male and female figures with elaborate leaves, C scro...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Louis XV Gold Gilt Wall Sconces
Located in New Haven, CT
A Fine Pair of French Louis XV style gilt Bronze double arm Wall sconces. Two arms decorated with feathers and bellflowers rise out of the faces of caryatids. The Lair shaped Backpla...
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Early 20th Century European Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Fine Pair of Gilt Carved French Early 20th C Candelabra Floor Lamps 10 Lights
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine pair of late 19th century to early 20th century French candelabra floor lamps. Hand carved and gilt with 10 lights.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Giltwood

Impressive Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Crystal and Moulded-Glass Fifte
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An impressive Louis XV style gilt-bronze and cut-crystal and moulded-glass fifteen-light chandelier. The corona with branches and three concealed bulbs. The cage frame issuing fifteen branches supporting baluster glass...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

18th Century Italian Louis XV Style Pricket Floor Lamp Distressed Finish
Located in Milan, IT
Italian Florentine hand carved wood torchère as floor lamp, a tall solid cembran pinewood pricket carved on three sides, with a deep acanthus leaf and flowers carving, resting on tri...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Pine

18th Century, Wood Sicilian Torchere Transformed into Floor Lamp
Located in Catania, Sicilia
An antique torchere hand-crafted in Sicily in 18th century transformed in a particular floor lamp. Dimensions of the torchere without lampshade are c...
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Mid-18th Century Sicilian Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Fruitwood

Venitian Chandelier In Murano Glass 12 Arms Of Light
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Rezzonico chandelier, 12 arms of light with dolphins heads new electrification
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

Pair of Bronze Lantern Sconces, Early 20th Century
Located in Marseille, FR
Pair of early 20th century bronze lantern sconces in the Louis XV style, height dimension with 60 cm chain for a width of 20 cm and ...
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

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Copper

French Crystal Girandoles with Glass Fruits, a Pair
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of Louis XV style three-light French girandoles, or chandelier table lamps. Dark antique brass frame with three tiers of crystal prisms with rosettes. Colorful green, opal, amber and amethyst glass grape clusters...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

Pair of American 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Chandeliers Stamped Caldwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of American 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood chandeliers, stamped Caldwell. Each Italian inspired six arm chandelier is stamped 'C' for Edward F. Caldwell, and is c...
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19th Century American Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Giltwood

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Chandelier Attributed To Vian
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu chandelier attributed to Vian. The five arm chandelier is centered by a lovely bottom foliate finial below a fine acanthus leaf re...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

Pair of Louis XV Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in London, GB
Pair of Louis XV Rococo style gilt bronze wall sconces. French, late 19th century. Measures: height 77cm, width 44cm, depth 24cm. The two wall lights in this pair are crafted fr...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

1900, French, Iron & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1900, Louis XV style, 6-light gilt iron & crystal chandelier, French. Very good quality, S & C scrolled iron work with abundant tear-drop, faceted diamond, and ball drops accented with rosettes & beads. Panel swirled bobeches. Founded by Mabel Bason during the height of the Great Depression, We are the top trusted source for antiques in the Triangle since 1930. The Lindquist family has been in the antiques business...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Iron

Pair of French Ormolu Wall Lights in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Ormolu wall lights in the Louis XV style. French, Late 19th century. Measures: height 45cm, width 40cm, depth 15cm. Cast ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine and decorative Louis XV style gilt bronze chandelier featuring hand cut crystal pendalogues. France, circa 1920. 8 Lights. Dimensions: height 30", diameter 26".
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Beautiful cage chandelier in rock crystal and gilt bronze, Paris 19th century
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Very beautiful Louis XV style chandelier in gilt bronze with rich rockcristal decoration. The centre is decorated with a baluster entirely enclosed with rockcristal elements. It was ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Bronze

18th Century Table Lamp in 18K gilted bronze and pink rock crystal
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Table lamp of style louis XV in 18K gilted bronze with parts in cut pink rock crystal. We have one table lamp in stock however we can produce them made to measure and in other fin...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Nickel

Gilt Bronze & Crystal Pendant
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Gilt Bronze & crystal pendant. Dimensions: Height 14 1/2" Diameter 18" CW602.
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1910s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Wall Lights by Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Pair of Louis XV style gilt-bronze wall lights by Barbedienne French, late 19th century Measures: height 51cm, width 41cm, depth 35cm Signed for the leading bronzier and metalwo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

18th Century Louis XV Ceiling Light in Black Bronze and 18K Gilt Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This ceiling light is composed of an inverted glass pyramid, whose birth is set with a bronze line. It is punctuated at the base of its edges by four f...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

19th Century Pair Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Appliques or Wall Lights
Located in Budapest, HU
Sumptuous pair of early gilded bronze and brass scones. This fantastic set was made at the beginning of the 20th century in the style of Louis XV in France. This luxurious pair is...
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1890s European Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

18th Century Lion Head Wall Lamp with 3 Lights in Gilted Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Like many animal motifs, the lion was highly prized by eighteenth-century ornamentalists. It can be found in a light arm by Pierre Thomire dating from 1788 and preserved in the Metro...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Gold

Louis XV Style Cut Glass and Gilt Metal Chandelier 19th/20th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Louis XV Style Cut Glass and Gilt Metal Chandelier 19th/20th Century Height 20 x diameter 29 inches
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Cut Glass

Pair Antique French 19th Century Gilt Bronze Louis XV Style Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of antique French 19th century Louis XV style five light gilt bronze candelabra Condition: very good, original gilding with wear commensurate with age. These candelabra...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

18th Century Hunting Horns Wall Lamp with 3 Lights Antique Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This sconce combines two very popular motifs in the ornamentation of 18th century lamps. The knot, very popular from the reign of Louis XV, present for example on a model of François Thomas Germain...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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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 Lighting

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Bronze

18th Century Dragon Wall Lamp with 3 Lights in Silver Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This model is the daring marriage of a light arm with floral inspiration, typical of the first XVIIIth century and the Louis XV style and a dragon of Asian inspiration. It is compos...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze Cherubs Head Twin Arm Wall Sconces, 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Pair of French Louis XV style bronze Cherubs head twin arm wall sconces. A wonderful pair of Louis XV or Rococo style ornate wall sconces with cher...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

18th Century Small Dragons Wall Lamp with 5 lights in Bronze and Gold 18K
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Small wall lamp dragon in 18k gilt bronze with 5 arms of lights in the Louis XV style. We have one pair in stock however we can produce them made to measure and in other finishes su...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Gold, Bronze

Louis XV Style Chandelier, Early 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XV style chandelier, early 20th century. A Louis XV style gilt bronze and crystal chandelier, six lights, early 20th century. Measures: H: 67 cm, D: 43 cm.
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Early 20th Century European Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

French Louis XV Style Cut-Glass, Wrought Iron and Parcel-Gilt 6 Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French Louis XV Style Cut-glass, Wrought Iron and Parcel-Gilt Six Light Chandelier. The scrolled ebonized iron frame surmounted with cut-glass pendants and prisms, the flower ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Louis XV Style French Crystal and Bronze Sconces, a Pair
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of Louis XV style French Art Deco Period cast bronze and crystal sconces. Good quality heavy casting with five candle lights and a variety of cut crystal prisms and pendalogue...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Louis XV Style Iron & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine Louis XV style iron chandelier featuring hand cut Crystal Pendalogues & Fruits. France, circa 1900. 8 Lights. Dimensions: height 33" diameter 24" CW5034
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Iron

Large Antique French Onyx & Gilt Metal Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive antique French table lamp in onyx and gilt metal. This was made in France and dates from around the 1930’s. It is o...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Onyx, Metal

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 Lighting

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Crystal, Brass

19th Century Wall-Light Scones Louis XV Style French Gilt Bronze
Located in Vienna, AT
Gilded bronze wall lamp, sconce with 5 arms fitted each with E14 socket. Made in the shape of a torch with a large mesh and acanthus leaves decor. Made about 1890 in France. up to 4...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of 6x10 Louis XV Style Silver Plated Candlesticks
Located in Hallowell, US
Pair of Louis XV style silver plated candlesticks. Also available as electrified candlestick lamps. These were custom cast from 18th centur...
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Early 2000s American Louis XV Lighting

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Silver Plate

Louis XV Style Iron Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Hand-Hammered and Fire Gilt Iron Chandelier in the Louis XV style. Exquisite Detail. 8 Lights. France, circa 1900 Dimensions: Height 29" Diameter 31" CW5272.
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Iron

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved Sconce Mirror and Candelabra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style giltwood and gesso carved sconce mirror (Wall-Light) girandole with candelabra. The scrolled carved mirror frame surmounted with a pair of ...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

Pair of French Chinoiserie Sconces
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine pair of French Louis XV sconces with a finely cast silvered bronze, the Chinsoierie male and female figures with elaborate leaves, C scro...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

18th Century Louis XV Pair of Wall Lamp in Gold Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
A pair of beautiful gilt bronze two-light wall sconces in the Louis XV style, each of asymmetrical Rococo form, the highly ornamented back plate wrapped in acanthus with flower heads...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Gold, Bronze

Antique 19th-Century French Brass Rococo or Louis XV Chandelier with 7 Lights
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful compact chandelier was made in France in the late 19th century. The pendant features 6 asymmetrical shaped arms decorated with scroll...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

Rock Crystal Gabrielle Chandelier of 18 Lightning in Bronze & Nickel finish
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This chandelier in the shape of a lyre is composed of a central shaft made of bronze rhombuses. The base of the shaft, punctuated by a gable, gives rise to 18 curved arms of light distributed in a circle and decorated with white and pink rock crystal. Crystal pendants and rosettes adorn the latter, echoing the two ornamental tiers distributed along the shaft. A final tier punctuated by bronze daggers...
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18th Century Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Gold, Bronze, Nickel

19th Century Chandelier with 16 Lights in Nickel Bronze and Mother-of-Pearl
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This chandelier is a reinterpretation of the Louis XV style (with its three floors in the form of a capped eight) but also of the First Empire style (with the balloon models with met...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Nickel

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 Lighting

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Bronze

Pair Antique French Louis XV Painted Wall Sconces
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Antique French Louis XV Painted Wall Sconces are the perfect choice to provide timeless elegance to any room! Carved from solid wood by master sculptors, each features the clas...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Wood

17th Century Pair of 6-Light Gilt Bronze Wall Lights Inspired by J.Caffieri
By OMBRES ET FACETTES, Jacques Caffieri
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This wall lamp is inspired by a very famous model of the XVIIIth century, enormously copied, made by Jacques Caffieri. Many bronze and goldsmiths participated in the fame of the mod...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Gold, Bronze

Fine 19th Century French Louis XV Rock Crystal and Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century 6 light Louis XV gilt bronze and rock crystal chandelier.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Bronze

A Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th-century Louis XV St. Ormolu candlestick mounted into lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular base with three fine protruding elements below lovely scr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Enamel Six Light Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and cobalt blue enamel six light chandelier. The chandelier is centered by an inverted acorn final leading up ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Enamel, Ormolu

Rock crystal pendants Louis XV style Cage Chandelier with 18 carats gold
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Chandelier Louis XV, In bronze, 64 arms lights, antique fuinish done on top of an 18 carats gold electrolyse.Dimensions : Height 260 cm x 190 cm diameter. Very important Louis XV style chandelier in gilt bronze with rock crystal pendants. Made in the form of a cage, the central shaft of “baluster” shape is surrounded by sixty-four arms of light ending in foliage and decorated with faceted rock crystal pendants. We have this one in stock however we can reproduce it in an other finish or in an other size with rock crystal pendants or clear crystal pendants. Price will change depending on finish and crystal types. We manufacture most of our orders bespoke : from models of our collection that we can adapt to required dimensions, from antiques models which will allow often to get a set or more of identical models, or we can create from scratch the model of our clients. We work from pictures, drawings, designer’s sketches...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Gold, Bronze

19th Century Louis XV Ormolu French Sconces
Located in Madrid, MD
Fine pair of gilded and sculpted ormolu bronze sconces in Louis XV style. They each feature two arms that wind out from the stem and upward like branches. Each stem is richly decora...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Ormolu

French Two Light Wall Appliance, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Two light wall appliance. French, 19th century. Louis XV style in bronze relief and chiseled decoration. Height: 40 cm. Good conditions.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

19th Dragon Pair of Wall Lamp in Bronze Oxidized Silver and 24K Gold
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Faithful to the fashion of Japaneseism at the end of the 19th century, this model is inspired by the works of Edouard Lièvre (1828-1886), a major contributor to this movement within ...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Gold, Silver, Bronze

French Silvered-Bronze and Crystal Fruit Twelve-Light Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
The metal scrolling caged frame profusely hung with clear and colored crystal beads and fruitage including lemons, pears, and apples in amethyst, amber, and ruby; issuing twelve outs...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Bronze Chandelier in Peacock Feather Shape, Late Eighteenth Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
bronze chandelier with tassels late eighteenth early nineteenth century. New electrification
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Glass

Louis Xv lighting for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XV lighting 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 lighting created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV lighting 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 lighting, popular names associated with this style include OMBRES ET FACETTES, Gherardo Degli Albizzi, Baccarat, and Maison Baguès. 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 lighting differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $88 and tops out at $658,829 while the average work can sell for $6,408.

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