Louis Xv Bombe Desk
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Brass, Ormolu
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Cane, Walnut
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Cane, Walnut
20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Olive, Walnut, Burl
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Louis XV Desks
Brass
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Walnut
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century British Desks
Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Secretaires
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines
Ormolu
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Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Daybeds
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Ormolu
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Settees
Walnut
2010s British Louis XV Beds and Bed Frames
Wood
Vintage 1910s French French Provincial Vanities
Walnut
20th Century European Louis XV Pedestals and Columns
Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vanities
Wood
Vintage 1960s North American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Bergere Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Bergere Chairs
Walnut
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Wood, Paint
2010s Italian Other Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Vanities
Wood, Paint
Recent Sales
Early 2000s French Louis XV Desks
Antique 1850s European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Wood
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique 1850s English Louis XV Desks
Sycamore
Antique Mid-19th Century English Louis XV Desks
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Vintage 1920s Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Kingwood
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Lacquer
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Leather, Walnut
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Walnut, Leather
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Cane, Walnut, Leather
Early 2000s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Cane, Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Side Tables
Walnut
Vintage 1910s French Louis XV Secretaires
Marble
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Bronze
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Secretaires
Marble
Vintage 1950s Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Olive
Mid-20th Century Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Leather, Cherry
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
Antique 1760s French Louis XV Secretaires
Kingwood
20th Century French Louis XV Footstools
Textile, Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Children's Furniture
Cane, Walnut
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Walnut
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Vintage 1970s Louis XV Desks
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Inkwells
Brass, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Cane, Walnut
Antique 19th Century Dutch Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Cane, Walnut
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Ormolu
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Side Tables
Walnut, Leather
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Desks
Iron, Brass
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Desks
Antique 19th Century French Desks
Rosewood, Fruitwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Kingwood, Mahogany
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A Close Look at Louis XV Furniture
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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