French Louis XV Loveseat, Walnut & Off-White Brocade, Hand-Carved
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (20th Cent) walnut loveseat in off-white brocade upholstery and carved back.
Walnut
Pretty Louis XV Style French Loveseat Sofa
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Louis XIV style French loveseat having solid beige painted frame and lovely neutral patterned upholstery. #5164.
Upholstery, Wood
Romantic Intricately Carved French Louis XV Style Mohair Loveseat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A romantic Louis XV style intricately carved walnut sofa with shaped tufted upholstered backrest leading to scrolled partially upholstered armrests with scrolled floral detailing, Kn...
Mohair, Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Loveseat with Cane Back
Located in Queens, NY
"French Louis XV style (19th Cent) walnut loveseat with 3 paneled cane back.
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Style Walnut Loveseat with Cane Back
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Cent) walnut loveseat with 3 paneled cane back.
Cane, Walnut
Elegant Painted Wood French Louis XV Style Loveseat with Silk Upholstery
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An elegant French Louis XV painted carved sofa settee from a salon set also having two armchairs but listed separately here, upholstered in a neutral pale yellow silk blend, found i...
Silk, Wood
Louis XV Antique French Sofa or Loveseat Triple Arched with New Upholstery
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French Louis XV carved walnut triple arched sofa or loveseat from the 19th century with out-scrolling arms and new high end neutral upholstery.
Upholstery, Walnut
c1920s French Louis XV Gold Gilt Wood Loveseat Sofa
Located in Rockaway, NJ
c1920s French Louis XV Gold Gilt Wood Loveseat Sofa
Hardwood
Antique French Victorian Louis XV Style Open Carved Walnut Loveseat Settee Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique French Victorian Louis XV Style Open Bellflower Carved Walnut Loveseat Settee...
Walnut
French Antique Style Loveseat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Antique revival loveseat with French inspired wood carved frame and soft cushions. Decorative detailing throughout the sculpted wood frame. Please confirm location NY or NJ
Fabric, Wood
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French Telephone Bench-Red Love Seat-Gossip Bench - Style Louis XV - 70s
Located in Bussiere Dunoise, Nouvel Aquitaine
French Vintage Telephone Bench - Love Seat from the 70s. Lovely designed Telephone Bench with spacious storage compartment Walnut Wood- Solidly constructed - beautifully upholstered ...
Fabric, Cotton, Wood, Walnut, Velvet
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV-XVI Style Walnut Marquise
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century French Louis XV-XVI style walnut Marquise. Marquises are oversized bergeres, loveseats or large chairs.
Velvet, Walnut
Beautiful 19th Century Louis XV Gilt Carved Small Settee
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine small 19th century French Louis XV gilt hand carved settee. Fine gilding and detail.
Giltwood
Magnificent gilt wood love seat 19 th century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent loveseats giltwood louis xv style in exelent condition and surely executed by one of the best parisian interior design of this time
Giltwood
French Louis XV Provincial Style Upholstered Loveseat Sofa Settee - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Provincial Style Upholstered Loveseat Sofa Settee Set- a Pair.
Fabric, Walnut
Antique French Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Serpentine Settee Sofa Loveseat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Serpentine Frame Settee with Gold Dragon Upholstery and Down Filled Cushion. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 33.5" H x 50" W x 31"...
Fabric, Walnut
Vintage French Louis XV Victorian Style Small Cream Painted Settee Loveseat Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage French Louis XV Victorian Style Small Cream Painted Settee Loveseat Sofa.
Cane, Wood
Vintage French Louis XV Victorian Style Small Cream Painted Settee Loveseat Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Victorian Style Small Cream Painted Settee Loveseat Sofa.
Cane, Wood
Antique French Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Double Hump Back Settee Loveseat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Double Hump Back Settee Loveseat.
Walnut
Antique French Louis XV Rococo Style Ornate Carved Walnut Settee Loveseat Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Rococo Style Ornate Carved Walnut Settee Loveseat Sofa.
Mahogany, Walnut
Antique Cherry Wood French Louis XV Loveseat Settee
Located in North York, ON
This antique cherry wood settee was made in America in the 1930s in America. It has been professionally restored, hand-rubbed, and upholstered in a beautiful light tanned velvet. F...
Upholstery
Baker Furniture French Carved Louis XV Style Loveseat
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style loveseat or settee by Baker Furniture.
Upholstery, Wood
French Louis XV Carved Mahogany Loveseat Settee Modern Upholstery
Located in West Hartford, CT
Elegant antique Louis XV carved mahogany loveseat that has been newly upholstered in a Kravet fabric. Great lines and better scale. Comfortable, sturdy and gorgeous. Guaranteed to m...
Fabric, Mahogany
Sleek Sophisticated Louis XV Style Loveseat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Hand carved walnut loveseat with a sophisticated sleek shape and new white upholstery. Seat height 17.5.
Walnut
Pr of Louis XV Style French Loveseats
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of wonderful Louis XV Style French Loveseats. Each with a carved rosette flowing onto a curved back with flowing curved arms leading to a set of five carved legs on Louis XV Sty...
Wood, Upholstery
French Country Louis XV Style Settee Loveseat
Located in Southampton, NJ
Elegant simplicity describes our unique French Country loveseat or settee sofa possessing substantial solid original spring interior construction. Upholstered in the late 90's in but...
Fabric, Walnut
Walnut Louis XV 19c. Loveseat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Walnut framed settee, in Louis XV style, having an arched molded and channeled floral-carved crestrail, bowed arms with padded armrests on downswept terminals, a loose down cushion o...
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H 37 in W 49 in D 17 in
Antique Louis XV French Walnut and Faux Leather Bench, Settee or Loveseat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French bench, settee or loveseat with a carved walnut frame featuring scrolling arms, an arched back, and cabriole legs. Upholstered in a very nice blue faux leather, the seat and ba...
Faux Leather, Walnut
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H 36 in W 55.5 in D 28 in
Vintage French Provincial Louis XV Style Green Pink Barrel Back Loveseat Settee
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Provincial Louis XV Style Green Pink Barrel Back Loveseat Settee.
Fabric, Wood
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H 32 in W 48 in L 32 in
Small French Country Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Pink Settee Loveseat Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful vintage French Louis XV / country style carved walnut and pink upholstered settee. Item features four shapely cabriole legs, solid wood frame, carved pediment at the upper ...
Walnut
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H 40 in W 59 in D 21 in
Antique French Hand Carved Fruitwood Louis XV Style Sofa or Loveseat, Cut Velvet
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Gorgeous Antique French crisply hand carved fruitwood Louis XV style sofa or loveseat with gorgeous cut velvet in jewel tones.
Fruitwood
Petite 18th Century French Louis XV Walnut Loveseat, circa 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite French Louis XV walnut settee/loveseat. William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta'a source for antique interiors since 1956.
Walnut, Upholstery, Linen
Stunning Pair of French Country 19th Century Louis XV Settees Loveseats
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning pair of 19th century French country Louis XV walnut settees having a provenance from the Westover Plantation in Virginia. The present family owned them for almost 100 years;...
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Style Marquise/Canape
Located in Houston, TX
Dramatic 19th Century French Louis XV Style Walnut Marquise/Loveseat, Newly Upholstered.
Walnut, Upholstery
19th Century Louis XV Giltwood Carved French Settee
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Beautiful upholstered giltwood settee in the Louis XV style, with a carved shell and floral decoration. Finish has some distressed edges, original wood showing through. Original bras...
Giltwood, Photographic Paper
French Antique Louis XV-Style Love Seat Sofa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Walnut, Original Fabric Style: French Louis XV
Fabric, Walnut
Superb Carved Walnut French Louis XV Style Upholstered Sofa Settee
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This Superb Carved Walnut French Louis XV Style Upholstered Sofa Settee is a fine example of timeless elegance and craftsmanship. Hand-carved from rich walnut, the frame boasts the g...
Walnut
Carved Walnut French Louis XV Cameo Back Settee Canape circa 1940
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful French frame in the Louis XV manner. The frame is beautifully carved and designed and needs some detailing and perhaps some freshly updated upholstery. The settee...
Walnut
Antique 19th Century French Walnut Framed Corbeil Loveseat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An elegant, carved walnut-framed, French Louis XV-style settee, circa 1890. Beautiful carving on this piece.
Upholstery, Walnut
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H 33.86 in W 37.01 in D 16.93 in
French Telephone Bench-Love Seat-Gossip Bench - Style Louis XV - 70s
Located in Bussiere Dunoise, Nouvel Aquitaine
French Telephone Bench - Gossip Bench-Love Seat from the 70s. Lovely designed Telephone Bench with spacious storage compartment Walnut Wood- Solidly constructed - beautifully uphols...
Fabric, Cotton, Wood, Walnut
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H 38 in W 57 in D 30 in
French Giltwood Louis XV-Style Love Seat/Canapé 19th C, with Silk Scalamandre
Located in Houston, TX
Curved canapé with silk fabric in good condition in a pale pink hue. The giltwood Has a lovely gilt crest at the center top and another caring at the center bottom of The frame. Th...
Giltwood
Classic French 19th Century Curvy Gray Painted Sofa Loveseat
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A very elegant and wonderfully drawn French 19th century loveseat small sofa in soft gray paintwork. French, circa 1870. Having a very chic profile, the shapely curved back is decora...
Linen, Wood
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H 31 in W 49 in D 30 in
Matched Pair Antique White Painted French Louis XV Settees Sofas circa 1940
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fantastic pair of French Louis XV style settees in gorgeous pink upholstery. The frames are in good condition with minor signs of wear and use. The upholstery is extremely ...
Walnut
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H 29.38 in W 54.5 in D 25 in
Coral Velvet Upholstered Antique Canapé Settee Sofa in French Louis XV Taste
Located in Shippensburg, PA
This is such a charming little canapé from the second quarter of the 20th century, probably circa 1940s. The surface is a complex distressed polychrome of ivory over teal with wear r...
Velvet, Beech, Paint
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H 40 in W 50 in D 34 in
Rare Pair Large Sacle French Walnut Settees Loveseats or Marquis, Circa 1950
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Bigger than a large bergere, smaller than a settee, and beautifully scaled for two people, this pair of French Louis XV style marquis are very unique in terms of size and styling. Th...
Walnut
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H 45.5 in W 57 in D 21 in
Louis XV-Style Love Seat, 19th Century, Carved with Vernis Martin Cameo
Located in Houston, TX
Detail carving in the Louis XV-Style is predominate throughout this Fine piece. The open fretwork carving in the back of this piece is Scrolling with graceful curves. A central cam...
Mahogany
Louis XV Two-Seat Sofa
Located in Doylestown, PA
A fine Louis XV two-seat grey/pale-green painted sofa with carved foliate decoration, cabriole legs and scroll feet, circa 1760. Re-upholstered in Braquenie fabric.
Wood, Upholstery
Lovely Carved Wood and Newly Upholstered Loveseat Sofa
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful French loveseat having carved light brown wooden frame with simple lines and cabriole legs, newly upholstered in creamy white cotton duck. Measures: Seat depth 23.
Upholstery, Wood
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.
Find antique Louis XV bedroom furniture, seating, tables and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.