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Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

ROCOCO STYLE

Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.

The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.

When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.

The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.

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Style: Rococo
Wooden 19th Century Polychrome Sculpture Of A Medieval Tower
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An early 19th century European hand carved and painted sculpture of a medieval tower in wood with its old patina.
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1790s Belgian Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Hardwood

Wooden 19th Century Polychrome Sculpture Of A Medieval Tower
Wooden 19th Century Polychrome Sculpture Of A Medieval Tower

Wooden 19th Century Polychrome Sculpture Of A Medieval Tower

$395
Monumental 19th Century Giltwood Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very unusual. Have never seen one like this. Most likely had a painting inset, but mirror could be placed inside. Stand alone or hang on wall.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Giltwood

Monumental 19th Century Giltwood Frame
Monumental 19th Century Giltwood Frame

Monumental 19th Century Giltwood Frame

$16,500
A pair of 18th century Austrian winged cherubs
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pair of 18th century Austrian carved gilt wood angel cherubs with their original hooks to the back .
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Mid-18th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Giltwood

A pair of 18th century Austrian winged cherubs
A pair of 18th century Austrian winged cherubs

A pair of 18th century Austrian winged cherubs

$2,603 / set
19th Century Travail Par Kossowsk Mantel Clock
Located in Dallas, TX
Elegant Antique Clock crafted from a green marble base, adorned with intricate brass floral and foliate accents in the Rococo style. At the center, the clock face features Roman nume...
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19th Century European Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century Travail Par Kossowsk Mantel Clock
19th Century Travail Par Kossowsk Mantel Clock

19th Century Travail Par Kossowsk Mantel Clock

$3,000
Early 19th Century French Carved Giltwood Figural Winged Putti Table Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous French Empire period giltwood figural candlestick, early 19th century, now professionally electrified and fashioned as a single-light table lamp. Exquisitely hand carve...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood

Early 19th Century French Carved Giltwood Figural Winged Putti Table Lamp
Early 19th Century French Carved Giltwood Figural Winged Putti Table Lamp

Early 19th Century French Carved Giltwood Figural Winged Putti Table Lamp

$2,500
Opulent 18th Century Baroque Reliquary of Blood of Saint St. Francis '15th Cent'
Located in North Miami, FL
Opulent 18th century Baroque carved giltwood reliquary (a container for relics) monstrance with curled scroll design. It houses a first-class relic of the blood of the15th Century sa...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Opulent 18th Century Baroque Reliquary of Blood of Saint St. Francis '15th Cent'
Opulent 18th Century Baroque Reliquary of Blood of Saint St. Francis '15th Cent'

Opulent 18th Century Baroque Reliquary of Blood of Saint St. Francis '15th Cent'

$4,950
Two Terracotta Lions with Shields, French, Mid-18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Possibly designs for Chenets.
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1750s French Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Terracotta

Two Terracotta Lions with Shields, French, Mid-18th Century
Two Terracotta Lions with Shields, French, Mid-18th Century

Two Terracotta Lions with Shields, French, Mid-18th Century

$8,000 / set
Pair of 18th Century Native American Tobacco Store Hanging Trade Figures
Located in Nantucket, MA
Extremely rare and very special pair of 18th century native American tobacco store hanging trade figures, hand carved in the half round full length figur...
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18th Century American Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Pair of 18th Century Native American Tobacco Store Hanging Trade Figures
Pair of 18th Century Native American Tobacco Store Hanging Trade Figures

Pair of 18th Century Native American Tobacco Store Hanging Trade Figures

$4,400
19th Century Marble Corbels - Set of 5
Located in Southall, GB
Set of 5 Assorted 19th Century Marble Corbels: 1 x Large Green verde Antico Cartouche: Height - 31cm / width 33.5cm / Depth - 6cm at thickest part 2 x Apricot / white marble Corbels...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Marble

19th Century Marble Corbels - Set of 5
19th Century Marble Corbels - Set of 5

19th Century Marble Corbels - Set of 5

$959
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Large 19th Century Stone Sphere
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Stone spheres as these where made from antiquity to the present day. As a universal form it served as a ornamental object in gardens, architecture and interiors but also had a deeper...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Large 19th Century Stone Sphere
Large 19th Century Stone Sphere

Large 19th Century Stone Sphere

$1,718
H 11.82 in Dm 11.82 in
Late 19th / Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional wrought iron lamp base. We believe this was probably a custom crafted gas newel post lamp originally. A considerable amount of skilled workmanship went into the iron work with an Art Nouveau design of acorns and oak leaves. The flame glass shade...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

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Wrought Iron

Late 19th / Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamp
Late 19th / Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamp

Late 19th / Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamp

$1,985
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19th Century Pipe Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
You just got to love this guy! A wacky looking bearded Indian pipe head. Probably 19th century France. Beautifully carved by a artisan with a sense of humor.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

19th Century Pipe Head
19th Century Pipe Head

19th Century Pipe Head

$296
H 3.55 in W 1.97 in D 3.94 in
Late 19th Century Carved Wooden Angel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Impressive wood carved angel with amazing detail. Certainly the work of a master carver. Found among the entire contents of a Catholic Church in the Midwest which was said to have cl...
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19th Century American Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Gesso, Wood, Paint

Late 19th Century Carved Wooden Angel
Late 19th Century Carved Wooden Angel

Late 19th Century Carved Wooden Angel

$14,500
H 42 in W 26 in D 32 in
18th Century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure, a hand carved and painted fruitwood figure for a Christmas Crèche or Krippe. Excellent and delicate details to the head and hands. The half figure stands on a dowel set into platform base, dressed in original fine linen robe...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Linen, Fruitwood

18th Century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure
18th Century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure

18th Century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure

$445
H 12.5 in W 4 in D 3.5 in
Pair of 19th Century Italian Giltwood Candlesticks Table Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Pair of Italian giltwood 19th century candlesticks made into table lamps. Silver gilt over Gesso. This pair of 19th century candlestick lamps has been wired for the US.    
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Gesso, Wood

Pair of 19th Century Italian Giltwood Candlesticks Table Lamps
Pair of 19th Century Italian Giltwood Candlesticks Table Lamps

Pair of 19th Century Italian Giltwood Candlesticks Table Lamps

$3,370 / set
H 34 in W 8.25 in D 8.25 in
18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Polychrome Wood Santo Altar Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A most impressive antique Spanish Colonial hand carved polychromed wood Santo Catholic church altar figure. circa 1800 Hand-crafted in the late 18th / early 19th century, exceptionally executed intricate detailing, the large scale antique religious sculpture depicting the female Saint Teresa of Avila, polychrome painted gesso over finely sculpted wood, inset glass eyes, shown in Carmelite nun habit...
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Late 18th Century Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Gesso, Wood, Paint

18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Polychrome Wood Santo Altar Sculpture
18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Polychrome Wood Santo Altar Sculpture

18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Polychrome Wood Santo Altar Sculpture

$3,800
H 19.5 in W 7.75 in D 7.5 in
18th/19th Century Italian Baroque Silvered Metal Altar Monstrance Reliquary
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning antique Italian Baroque style silvered metal gilded wood monstrance reliquary. circa 1770-1820 Handmade in Italy in the late 18th / early 19th century, commissioned by the church to display an important religious relic, sculptural painted wood form, mounted with decorative silver repousse metal facing, open oval window where the philatory relic was once housed, rising on a gold gilt painted shaped plinth base. Dimensions: (approx) 17" High, 8" Wide, 5" Deep, 1.25lbs History: Reliquaries (also referred to as a shrine or châsse in French), are containers used to protect and display relics. A portable reliquary may be called a fereter, and a chapel in which it is housed a feretory. A monstrance, also known as an ostensorium (or an ostensory), is a vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches for the display on an altar of some object of piety, such as the consecrated Eucharistic host during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. It is also used as reliquary for the public display of relics of some saints. The use of reliquaries became an important part of Christian practices from at least the 4th century, initially in the Eastern Churches, which adopted the practice of moving and dividing the bodies of saints much earlier than the West, probably in part because the new capital of Constantinople, unlike Rome, lacked buried saints. Relics are venerated in the Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and some Anglican Churches. Reliquaries provide a means of protecting and displaying relics. While frequently taking the form of caskets, they range in size from simple pendants or rings to very elaborate ossuaries. The relics were enshrined in containers crafted of or covered with gold, silver, gems, and enamel. These objects constituted a important form of artistic production across Europe and Byzantium throughout the Middle Ages. Many were designed with portability in mind, often being exhibited in public or carried in procession on the saint's feast day or on other holy days. Pilgrimages often centered on the veneration of relics. The faithful often venerate relics by bowing before the reliquary or kissing it; those churches which observe the veneration of relics distinguish between the honor given to the saints and the worship that is due to God alone. Sixteenth-century reformers such as Martin Luther opposed the use of relics since many had no proof of historical authenticity and objected to a cult of saints. Many reliquaries, particularly in northern Europe, were destroyed by Calvinists or Calvinist sympathizers during the Reformation...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal

18th/19th Century Italian Baroque Silvered Metal Altar Monstrance Reliquary
18th/19th Century Italian Baroque Silvered Metal Altar Monstrance Reliquary

18th/19th Century Italian Baroque Silvered Metal Altar Monstrance Reliquary

$2,250
H 17 in W 8 in D 5 in
18th Century Wooden Cross, Guanajuato, Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Wooden cross Guanajuato, Mexico Wood, paint 22 x 13 inches, (56 cm x 33 cm) 18th century A wonderful old wooden cross with a painted crucified Christ figure, an angel, possibly Mary Magdelene...
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18th Century Mexican Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Paint

18th Century Wooden Cross, Guanajuato, Mexico
18th Century Wooden Cross, Guanajuato, Mexico

18th Century Wooden Cross, Guanajuato, Mexico

$1,300
H 22 in W 13 in D 3 in
18th Century Carved And Painted Wooden Crucifix From France
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An early 18th Century antique hand carved and polychromed hand painted table crucifix from France with its original patina preserved. This crucifix could possible date back as early ...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Fruitwood

18th Century Carved And Painted Wooden Crucifix From France
18th Century Carved And Painted Wooden Crucifix From France

18th Century Carved And Painted Wooden Crucifix From France

$920 Sale Price
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H 26.38 in W 11.03 in D 4.34 in
18th-19th Century Italian Wood Carved Angel
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lovely angel, his right hand extended as if to touch something or hold something. He appears very calm and peaceful, clothed in a partial shroud which is draped over his shoulder...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

18th-19th Century Italian Wood Carved Angel
18th-19th Century Italian Wood Carved Angel

18th-19th Century Italian Wood Carved Angel

$1,600
H 32.5 in W 16 in D 14 in
Early 19th Century French Empire Bouillotte Three Light Table Lamp
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Early 19th Century French Empire Bouillotte Three Light Table Lamp. Beautiful French Empire brass Bouillotte lamp with three dolphin decorated scrolled arms. A finely chiselled stem...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century French Empire Bouillotte Three Light Table Lamp
Early 19th Century French Empire Bouillotte Three Light Table Lamp

Early 19th Century French Empire Bouillotte Three Light Table Lamp

$4,100
H 24 in Dm 16 in
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18th Century Chopping Board Walnut for Bread or Cheese
Located in Epfach, DE
18th century walnut cutting board for bread and cheese. this unusual cutting board adorns every kitchen and dining table for serving bread and cheese, as well as for cutting cheese. ...
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1760s Swiss Antique Rococo Sculptures and Carvings

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Iron

18th Century Chopping Board Walnut for Bread or Cheese
18th Century Chopping Board Walnut for Bread or Cheese

18th Century Chopping Board Walnut for Bread or Cheese

H 4.73 in W 28.75 in D 12.6 in

Rococo sculptures and carvings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Rococo sculptures and carvings 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 sculptures and carvings created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, giltwood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo sculptures and carvings made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy 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 sculptures and carvings differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $599 and tops out at $16,500 while the average work can sell for $4,400.

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