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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Large Scale Italian Louis XV Carved Giltwood Console Table W/ Verde Marble Top
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely 1970s large scale Louis XV style console table with verde marble top. Its size makes it a dramatic statement piece! The cabriole legs and serpentine front are nicely...
Verde Antico Marble
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Style Hand Carved Oak Side Table
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This early twentieth century French Louis XV style oak side table features deep relief hand carved shells on all four sides and corners as well as scrolling leaves and a floral motif...
Oak
19th Century French Chinoiserie Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French chinoiserie Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk composed of ebonized wood, brass ormolu, an embossed leather top, glass top and three drawers. The center draw...
Brass, Ormolu
$568Sale Price|24% Off
French Onyx and Brass Coffee Table-Marble Cocktail Table-Style Louis XV-60s
Located in Bussiere Dunoise, Nouvel Aquitaine
French Vintage round Onyx Marble and Brass Lounge Table Style Louis XV from the 60s. Marble Top with beautiful Play of soft Colors and stone cross-sections in jade,mother of pearl , ...
Marble, Onyx, Metal, Bronze, Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Style Walnut Chevet Table Signed G. Durand
Located in Houston, TX
19th-Century French Louis XV style walnut chevet table signed G. Durand, featuring marquetry, brass ormolu, a single drawer, and elegantly curved legs.
Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Style Walnut Table
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Style Walnut Table. Offered is a versatile mid 19th century French Louis XV style walnut farm table, console table or dining table with peg construction,...
Walnut
19th C. American Empire Mahogany Foldtop Console Table Card Table, Circa 1840s
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th-century American Empire mahogany game or card table, featuring a serpentine flip-top and a harp-shaped base. Style: American Empire Material: Mahogany wood and flame mahogan...
Mahogany
French Louis XV Style Giltwood Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Bradenton, FL
French Louis XV Style Giltwood Console Table with Marble Top. Table features a dramatic deep serpentine front and sides, lavish foliate carvings, and scrolling cabriole legs termina...
Marble
French Louis XV Style Slant Front Secretary Desk with Leather Writing Surface
Located in BÉTERA, ES
Elegant French secretary desk in Louis XV style, featuring a graceful slant-front form raised on slender cabriole legs. The fall-front opens to reveal a fitted writing interior with ...
Bronze
$2,044Sale Price|20% Off
French Louis XV Style Console Gold Leaf Gilded Wood and Marble
Located in Poperinge, BE
Imposing and impressive classical console in Louis XV style, with gold-leaf gilded wood and gesso, featuring a green-veined marble top, circa early 20th century, France. A graceful ...
Marble, Gold Leaf
Baker Furniture Italian Provincial Extension Dining Table, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Italian Provincial, French Country, or Louis XV style harvest farm extension dining table By Baker Furniture, "Milling Road" Collection USA, Late 20th Century Gorge...
Maple
French Early Carved Louis XV Walnut Side Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very early French Louis XV walnut side table featuring a shaped top above a single drawer, raised on graceful cabriole legs. Carved with a shell motif and scrolling apron, this elega...
Walnut
Mid-20th C. Pair of Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Gueridons/Sidetables
Located in Morristown, NJ
A charming and highly decorative pair of Louis XV style occasional or side tables, crafted in the 20th century with elegant parquetry tops framed by pierced brass galleries. Raised o...
Metal, Brass, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Mahogany Marble Top Console Table, 18th Centry
Located in Bradenton, FL
Elegant French Louis XVI Mahogany Console Table with Marble Top. Table features a rich mahogany case fitted with a single frieze drawer. The drawer retains its original neoclassical ...
Marble
Elegant Louis XV Side Tables with Marble Tops and Brass Accents - A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
Elegant Pair of French Louis XV SIde Tables with Marble Tops. Each table features a bombe facade that flows seamlessly into slender cabriole legs, creating the quintessential French ...
Marble, Brass
20th Century Wood French Louis XV Style Writing Desk, 1920
Located in Miami, FL
20th century Louis XV style French walnut writing desk with three drawers and cabriolet legs. Created in France during the 20th century, this walnut desk features a rectangular plank...
Bronze
18th Century Louis XV Giltwood Console with Original Marble Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exceptional 18th-century French Louis XV giltwood wall console, hand-carved in richly detailed relief with exquisite Rococo motifs. This refined piece, created during the reign of...
Belgian Black Marble
$2,284Sale Price|20% Off
Italian Louis XV Style Elegant Writing Desk
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We present this elegant Italian desk dating back to the second half of the 20th century. An extremely refined desk, inspired by the Louis XV style. Featuring a captivating design wi...
Bronze
French Louis XV Vanity Table with Mirror and Side Drop Leaves
Located in BÉTERA, ES
Elegant French Louis XV–style vanity table, crafted in richly toned wood and distinguished by its refined cabriole legs and serpentine front. The piece features a central lift-up lid...
Brass
$2,076Sale Price|20% Off
Elegant French Style Writing Desk
Located in Riverdale, NY
Elegant French style writing desk with Louis XV lines in blond wood with silver leaf-painted table edge and feet. 3 drawers. Fitted g...
Wood
Louis XV Console Table, Giltwood and Marble, Hand-Carved, Circa 1730
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exceptional Louis XV-style console table is a magnificent example of the Rococo aesthetic, characterized by its intricate carvings, elegant curves, and luxurious gilding. Crafte...
Marble
French Provincial Antique Cherrywood Writing Table, mid-18th century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LOUIS XV CHERRYWOOD WRITING TABLE Southern France, circa mid-18th century 28" H x 24 3/4" D x 33" W A table that looks like it is ready to dance out of the room, this fabulous tabl...
Cherry
Antique Louis XV Walnut Side Table or Ladies Desk, France, Circa 1730
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This antique French Louis XV side table, or ladies desk, is a real 18th century gem. Crafted from walnut, and opening with a single apron drawer, it would make a fabulous end table, ...
Walnut
Louis XV Petite Mahogany and Kingwood Marquetry Kidney Writing Table, Paris 1870
Located in Germantown, MD
A Recently refinished French transitional kidney-shaped desk. 19th century French transitional design between Louis XV and Louis XVI is timeless, elegant, and understated it works we...
Bronze
$1,465Sale Price|57% Off
French Elm Burl Brass & Coated Fabric Desk Kidney Shape Louis XV Style c. 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Desk in the kidney style. This shape of tops on the furnitures is typical of the 18th century. It is found in the Louis XV style with curved legs and in the Louis XVI style with stra...
Elm
Louis XV Style Tiered Desk In Burr Walnut, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely crafted Louis XV–style tiered desk from eastern France, dating to the late 19th century. Executed in walnut and richly figured burr walnut, this elegant flat desk features a...
Walnut
$5,525Sale Price|35% Off
Louis XV Parquetry Occasional Table, Circa 1760
Located in Huntington, NY
Louis XV parquetry occasional table, Circa 1760.
Bronze
19th Century Louis XV Style Side Table, Rosewood & Brass, Circa 1800s
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite French occasional table from the 19th century made of rosewood with ormolu mounts and a red marble top to project a taste for luxury in a compact design. The inset marble to...
Brass
Vintage Italian Walnut Burl Louis XV Bombay Style Serpentine Writing Desk VGC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Hand-made in Italy, circa 1950s or 60s, this gorgeous 5-drawer Louis XV or Bombay style desk in Italian walnut burl with antiqued brass hardware. This desk has been in my collections...
Brass
20th Century Louis XV Style Cream Painted Marble Top Carved Oval Side Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage 20th century Louis XV style painted carved side table with dark green marble top. It is painted in a bisque color carved in classic French design on elegant cabriole legs. Th...
Wood, Paint
Antique carved LOUIS XV style Side Table, France ca. 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1900 / Side Table / wood / Louis XV / Antique Antique side table with elegantly curved legs and a gracefully finished table top in Louis XV style. The table was beautifull...
Wood
18th Century French Louis XV Table
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century French Louis XV Table. Offered is a lovely late 18th century French Louis XV oak table with a single drawer, leather top and paw feet. This beautiful table will work wel...
Leather, Oak
French Louis XV Giltwood Marble Top Center Table C.1880s Era
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Measures: 34" h x 53 3/4" w x 31" d. This French Louis XV marble top giltwood center table carries the unmistakable rhythm of the Rococo age. Every line curves. Every surface move...
Breccia Marble
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze-Mounted Marble-Top Nightstands, C. 1950
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely crafted with richly figured wood inlaid surmounted by shaped marble tops, each cabinet is enhanced with finely cast gilt bronze mounts, including corner mounts, escutcheons, a...
Marble, Bronze
Vintage French Oval Marquetry Occasional Table/nightstand
Located in Malibu, CA
Louis XV French 9occasional table, made from mahogany & other veneers with nice mounts and a single drawer in the front. This table is in exceptionally good condition having bee...
Walnut
Inlaid wooden "Louis XV style" bar cart, 1970s
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Gorgeous wooden bar cart with exquisite floral inlays, inspired by classic European style. The sinuous lines, shaped flap and decorative details make this piece of furniture a truly ...
Brass
MID-18TH CENTURY LOUIS XV GILDED WOOD CONSOLE TABLE
Located in Firenze, FI
An elegant console table made of carved wood, finely gilded with gold leaf, featuring a carved wooden top painted in tempera in shades of brown, yellow, and black. The console table ...
Wood, Paint
18th Century French Louis XV Side Table or Writing Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century Louis XV side table or small writing desk made of solid pear wood with raised gallery on three sides and sturdy slender cabriole curved legs. Hand carved scalloped ap...
Brass
Country French Louis XV Style Carved and Painted Marble Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
Country French table carved and painted in pale sage green with a rouge marble top and gilt wood accents, c. 1940s. A stunning table with a serpentine marble top having variations o...
Wood, Paint
Rare Francois Linke signed Marble Top Carved Louis XV End Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This rare François Linke–attributed Louis XV–style occasional table is the sort of object that doesn’t just sit quietly in a room—it clears its throat first, then tells you a story w...
Walnut
20th Century French Louis XV Oak Parquetry Refectory Dining Table with Leaves
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring classic French elegance to a dining room or breakfast room with this handsome antique-style extension dining table. Crafted in France circa 1980, the oak table is designed in t...
Oak
$3,043Sale Price|20% Off
French wooden dining Table with Louis XV style base - 18th France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This dining room table is an exceptional piece of unique furniture. The wonderful 18th century wooden top was reassembled in the 19th century on a rustic base inspired by Louis XV i...
Wood
Antique Louis XV Style Inlaid Walnut Side Table, French, Circa 1880
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Small 19th Century Louis XV style French side / drinks table. Diamond shaped inlaid top and one drawer and curving legs.
Wood, Walnut
Imposing French 19th Century Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Rome, IT
A fine French 19th century Louis XV style , gilt bronze-mounted Mahogany bureau plat. The shaped rectangular top inset with a tooled leather writing panel and fitted with three dra...
Wood
Fine Roman Mid-18th Century Giltwood Rococo Console Table with Marble top
Located in Rome, IT
Roman mid-18th century gilt-wood Rococo consoles with a Yellow Siena veneered marble top within a black marble surround, above a pierced frieze centered by a foliate cartouche, on ...
Giltwood
Louis XV Mahogany Demi Lune Console with Marble Top, Italy, 1770s
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV mahogany demi lune marble top console. Italian mahogany Luigi XV small console dessert table with very fine cabriole legs and original hardwa...
Marble
Louis XV–Period Game Table in Rosewood Marquetry, France, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant French game table reflecting the refined craftsmanship of the Louis XV period, dating to the eighteenth century. Executed in richly figured rosewood veneer, the table feat...
Wood
$1,600Sale Price|41% Off
18th Century Louis XV Side Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
A French provincial Louis XV period writing table in walnut, circa 1770, the original conforming top over a scalloped apron with one drawer, on cabriole legs. Older finish, nice pati...
Walnut
Italian, Emiliana, LXV Period Light Walnut 1-Drawer Table, mid 18th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top with rounded corners above a case housing one drawer, the cabriole legs extending to the top
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XV Fruitwood Writing Table or Side Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant, simple, classic French fruitwood writing table, side table or desk, early 19th century, with a rectangular top above a single drawer fitted with its original key, rosette es...
Fruitwood
19thC French Demilune 2 Drawer Table with Marquetry and Inlay
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular French demilune table with two drawers that pull out differently. They pivot on the outside corners so you get the benefit of the entire drawer which is locked in so it c...
Maple, Satinwood, Walnut
Antique French Provincial Louis XV Style Mahogany Tea Table, circa 1900
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique French Provincial Louis XV style mahogany side or tea table with a single drawer, circa 1900. A special table exuding elegant simplicity featuring a rectangular plank top su...
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French bureau plat featuring a high-gloss black" lacquer like" painted finish, bronze ormolu, black leather top and two drawers.
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Painted Italian Commode, Petite Side Table, Circa 1960s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Small painted Louis XV style painted commode/side table.
Wood
1910s Louis XV Walnut & Kingwood Marquetry Satinwood Inlaid Cocktail Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Gorgeous Antique French Louis XV coffee table, from the 1910s. This table is made of walnut wood and kingwood, featuring satinwood...
Kingwood, Satinwood, Walnut, Paint
18th Century Louis XV Walnut Side Table from France
Located in High Point, NC
18th century period Louis XV walnut side table from France. The top is made from a single plank and has beveled edges, following down to a simple apron, which contains a single draw...
Walnut
Italian Giltwood and Breche D'alep Console With Table Marble Top
Located in Kastrup, DK
Italian 19th Century giltwood and Breche D’Alep marble console table. Richly hand-carved gilt wood in the form of masquerades, acanthus leafs, etc. Stunn...
Marble
Romweber French Provincial Louis XV Burl Wood Vanity, Circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Provincial Louis XV style vanity or writing desk By Romweber USA, Circa 1920s Stunning book-matched exotic burled Narra wood, with carved cabriole legs, and ...
Brass
French Louis XV Revival Painted Side Table, Belle Époque, Circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A refined French Louis XV revival side table, circa 1880. A hand-painted tabletop with a coveted craquelure effect adds to the romantic appeal of the pastoral scene. This side table...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
18th Century Liégeois Louis XV Hand Carved Oak End Table
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Liégeois Louis XV Hand Carved Oak End Table was beautifully crafted in solid oak with a single drawer, shaped apron, cabriole legs, and deeply carved foliate detail. Th...
Oak