French Louie XV Style Petite Ladies Desk Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very high quality bench made (hand crafted) Louis XV style walnut petite writing desk with beautifully cast bronze hardware.
Bronze
Petite French Louis XV Style Walnut Slant-Front Desk, Stamped, circa 1810
Located in Atlanta, GA
This petite French desk was born during the Napoleonic years, yet decorated with the curvy lines of the Louis XV era.
Walnut
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
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
Exquisitely Carved Early Italian Petite Writing Desk or Accent Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful Italian petite desk having 3 upper dovetailed drawers and one spacious lower dovetailed drawer.
Walnut
Fine Quality Francois Linke Style Bronze Mounted Petite Ladies Desk, 1870s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This fine quality François Linke style bronze mounted petite ladies desk, circa 1870s, is a superb example of French craftsmanship from the late 19th century. With its elegant propor...
Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Walnut Side Table or Petite Desk
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Refined French Louis XV side table or small desk of graceful proportion, crafted in richly patinated walnut with a serpentine top above a single frieze drawer fitted with a delicate ...
Walnut
1940s Petite Mahogany Ornate Painted Secretary Bureau with Flip Leather Top
Located in Germantown, MD
Beautifully painted and decorated mahogany Secretary Bureau writing table with Flip green Leather Top. Features two upper drawers, a lower large drawer with functional lock and key. ...
Mahogany, Paint
Antique French Louis XV Side Table or Desk with Inlaid Embossed Leather Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French Louis XV walnut side table or petite desk with a graceful serpentine silhouette and delicate cabriole legs that terminate in subtle scroll feet.
Leather, Walnut
Unavailable
H 30 in W 48.25 in D 24.5 in
French Louis XV Petite Kidney-Shaped Writing Table, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
French transitional period kidney-shaped desk. 18th century French transitional design between Louis XV and Louis XVI is timeless, elegant, and understated it works well in modern, c...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 30 in W 44 in D 27.5 in
Rococo Petite Desk with Gold Bronze Mounts by Edward Holmes Baldock, Paris, 1780
Located in Chicago, IL
Extraordinary Louis XV style bureau plat desk by Edward Holmes Baldock, with its petite portions will fit comfortably into small spaces. 18th century bureau plats or writing tables w...
Bronze
French Louis XV Small Writing Desk With Leather Top Pullout
Located in West Hartford, CT
This French Louis XV petite desk embodies the elegance of 18th-century French craftsmanship.
Bronze
Sold
H 32.25 in W 47.5 in L 32.25 in
Feminine French Louis XV Petite Marquetry Desk with Bronze Detail
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French Louis XV style mahogany and fruitwood marquetry desk for an aristrocratic lady having heavy solid bronze figural corners that lead to curved legs with bronze framing and bronz...
Fruitwood, Mahogany
Sold
H 31 in W 28 in L 31 in
French Louis XV Inlaid Kidney Bean Petite Desk Vanity Gossip Table with Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Small French Louis XV inlaid kidney bean petite desk vanity gossip table with chair.
Walnut
18th Century Louis XV Petite Writing Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
A charming Louis XV writing table in walnut with small drawers on each end, a shelf along the back and a brown tooled leather writing surface, all on cabrilolle legs, French, circa 1...
Walnut
Sold
H 27.25 in W 29.75 in L 27.25 in
Original 18th C.Petite Antique French Louis XV Walnut Writing Table, Ladies Desk
Located in Highwood, IL
Antique French walnut ladies writing table or petite desk or side table with a single drawer. Very delicate hand-carved cabriolet legs, with a scalloped apron. This table exemplifies...
Walnut
18th Century Petite Louis XV Walnut Bureau
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite louis XV walnut bureau with bronze dore hardware, shaped apron and cabriole feet. For many more fine antiques, please visit our online gallery at: www.williamwordantiqu...
Walnut
Original 18th C.Petite Antique French Louis XV Walnut Table/Desk
Located in Highwood, IL
Breathtaking antique French walnut desk or side table with a single drawer, delicate hand-carved cabriolet legs and scalloped apron, too. This table exemplifies all the characteristi...
Walnut
Sold
H 29 in W 32.5 in D 21 in
Antique Louis XV Style Marquetry and Cross-Banded Petite Table Ambulante
Located in Montreal, QC
This elegantly veneered table combines usefulness and beauty in perfect harmony. Of shaped rectangular outline, the surface is skillfully veneered with Circassian walnut and crossban...
Bronze
Sold
H 26.5 in W 33 in D 27.25 in
Antique French Louis XV Style Ladies Writing Desk or Side or End Table
Located in Highwood, IL
This Louis XV inspired petite desk was hand-made from French white oak and although we rebuilt it structurally, we chose not to refinish the antique desk, but rather to just enhance ...
Oak
French Marble and Ormolu Petite Table Clock, France, circa 1900
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautiful rouge marble and ormolu French table clock with hand painted porcelain dial. The 8 day movement with pierced and gilt hands with a white porcelain enamel face with hand pai...
Marble, Ormolu
Sold
H 37.88 in W 15.5 in D 16.75 in
Antique Italian Louis XV Giltwood Petite Desk Chair or Side Chair
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful antique Italian Louis XV style petite side chair or desk chair Italy, Circa 1920s Gold gilt wood frame, with studded needlepoint upholstery.
Upholstery, Giltwood
French Louis XV Petite Carved Walnut Side Chair, circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Provincial Louis XV style petite upholstered side chair, desk chair, or vanity chair USA, circa 1920s Carved walnut frame, with upholstered seat.
Upholstery, Walnut
Petite Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Diminuative Louis XV style ebonized bureau plat. The black leather top is gold tooled. The perimeter of the desk is gilt as are the brass mounts and handle. There are sabots on al...
Brass
Sold
H 37.5 in W 29.5 in D 20 in
Antique French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlay Petite Demilune Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlay Petite Demilune Writing Desk.
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 38 in W 38 in D 18.5 in
Vintage French Louis XV Style Inlaid Leather Top Petite Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV style inlaid leather top petite ladies writing desk.
Brass
Sold
H 38 in W 29 in D 20 in
Petite French Louis XV Style Inlaid Demilune Ladies Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Petite Louis XV French style satinwood inlaid demilune form ladies writing desk.
Bronze
Sold
H 29.5 in W 38 in D 21.5 in
Antique French Walnut Side or Table or a Ladies Writing Desk Louis XV Style
Located in Highwood, IL
Antique French Louis XV style petite writing desk, which was made from solid walnut and after 200 years has obtained the most beautiful patina imaginable.
Walnut
French 18th Century Walnut and Leather Writing Table
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Raised on four slender cabriole legs, this petite Louis XV style desk features a rectangular top inset with soft brown leather, which has been embellished with embossed giltwork arou...
Leather, Walnut
Louis XV Petite Desk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Oval desk with leather top and inlaid marquetry wood, one drawer with bronze hardware
Metal
Sold
H 30 in W 32 in D 18 in
French Petite Writing Table with Leather Top, Bronze Mounts and Marquetry Inlay
Located in Toronto, ONTARIO
A beautiful European walnut French writing table with inlay Marquetry decoration on all four sides and can be displayed anywhere in a room. Bronze mounts on the feet, legs, trim and ...
Petite Antique French Marquetry Inlay Louis XV Ormolu Writing Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
This wonderful French Antique writing desk has the original leather writing surface and is wonderfully decorated with ormolu accents and pulls along with beautiful marquetry work. Th...
Bronze
$1,660
H 26.78 in W 34.65 in D 22.84 in
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
$2,130
H 30 in W 48.5 in D 25 in
French Louis XV Bureau Plat Leather Top Desk With Mounted Bronze Ormolu
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
A gorgeous French Louis XV style executive writing desk or bureau plat desk Mahogany, with bronze/bronze trim and ormolu mounts, and embossed green leather top. Remnants of gilt fin...
Bronze
Limoges Paris Round Rose & Gold Vintage Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A hand painted Limoges porcelain trinket box, France, circa 1970-1980. The round box is braced with a metal frame featuring a floral clasp. Decorated with a pink rose and gilded scr...
Metal
$780
H 15.36 in W 9.06 in D 1.19 in
18th Century Chinoiserie Table Mirror, Yellow Lacquered Wood, France
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This unusual table-top 'Psyche' table mirror dates from the 18th century, its wooden frame beautifully crafted from yellow-lacquered wood and decorated with hand-painted chinoiserie ...
Mirror, Wood
$5,049
H 30.71 in W 35.44 in D 20.87 in
Louis XV Style Writing Desk with Serpentine Legs Painted with Gold Highlights
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XV style writing desk made by La Maison London. Painted in a French grey with gold highlights. mounted on Serpentine legs with decorative bronzes ornaments . there is two dr...
Bronze
Louis XVI Style French Writing Desk
Located in Pomona, CA
A fine French writing desk of ormolu mounted walnut and mahogany, in the Louis XVI style, featuring an inlaid pattern of mahogany, with brass trim around the edge, with five drawers ...
Brass
$16,496 / item
H 53.15 in W 125.99 in D 59.06 in
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires, this other version of the spider chandelier has longer arms on the sides giving the oval shape. The metal arms paint...
Metal, Brass
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Leather Top Desk by Baker Furniture
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 31 in W: 48 in D: 24 1/4 in This Louis XV Style Bronze and Leather Top Desk by Baker is truly an incredible piece! Crafted of the highest quality this piece is bound...
Bronze
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
$59,850Sale Price|52% Off
H 58.25 in W 43.25 in D 5.25 in
An 18th-19th Century Oil on Canvas "The Triumph of Venice" After Paolo Veronese
By Paolo Veronese
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and Large Italian 18th-19th century oval-shaped oil on canvas titled "The Triumph of Venice" After the original work by the master Paolo Veronese (Venice, 1528-1588). The...
Wood, Gesso, Canvas
$3,880
H 1.5 in W 16 in D 8.5 in
19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Fan with Mother of Pearl Faces and Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century hand painted Chinese fan with mother of pearl faces, Qing dynasty, the fan features black and gold lacquered handled a colorful screen with a figural, hand paint...
Lacquer
French Mahogany Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
Crafted with figured flame mahogany, this writing desk features a luxurious leather inlaid surface. The meticulously designed structure includes five drawers surrounding a generous k...
Wood
$4,500Sale Price|52% Off
H 48 in W 39.5 in D 20 in
Federal Mahogany and Birch Inlaid Secretary/Desk sq
Located in Water Mill, NY
Federal Mahogany and Birch inlaid secretary/desk with contrasting veneers and bone pulls.
Birch, Mahogany
$3,324
H 29.25 in W 39.75 in D 23.5 in
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted Leather Top Desk Signed Billen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 29 1/4 in W: 39 3/4 in D: 23 1/2 in An outstanding Antique French Louis XV style bronze-mounted leather top desk, dating to the turn of the 20th century and signed ...
Bronze, Ormolu
$4,796Sale Price|46% Off
H 36.75 in W 52 in D 24.75 in
Superb English Paint Decorated Adams Satinwood Carlton House Desk Circa 1890s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exquisite English Adams-style Carlton House desk is a superb example of late 19th-century craftsmanship, dating to the 1890s. Constructed from fine satinwood, the desk is beauti...
Satinwood
Mother-of-Pearl Sewing Nécessaire
By Palais Royal
Located in New Orleans, LA
This captivating Palais Royal sewing nécessaire is crafted of engraved mother of pearl mounted in rich doré bronze. The hinged box contains a removable tray lined with velvet that ho...
Bronze
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.
The right vintage, new or antique tables can help make any space in your home stand out.
Over the years, the variety of tables available to us, as well as our specific needs for said tables, has broadened. Today, with all manner of these must-have furnishings differing in shape, material and style, any dining room table can shine just as brightly as the guests who gather around it.
Remember, when shopping for a dining table, it must fit your dining area, and you need to account for space around the table too — think outside the box, as an oval dining table may work for tighter spaces. Alternatively, if you’ve got the room, a Regency-style dining table can elevate any formal occasion at mealtime.
Innovative furniture makers and designers have also redefined what a table can be. Whether it’s an unconventional Ping-Pong table, a brass side table to display your treasured collectibles or a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk to add an air of nostalgia to your loft, your table can say a lot about you.
The visionary work of French designer Xavier Lavergne, for example, includes tables that draw on the forms of celestial bodies as often as they do aquatic creatures or fossils. Elsewhere, Italian architect Gae Aulenti, who looked to Roman architecture in crafting her stately Jumbo coffee table, created clever glass-topped mobile coffee tables that move on bicycle tires or sculpted wood wheels for Fontana Arte.
Coffee and cocktail tables can serve as a room’s centerpiece with attention-grabbing details and colors. Glass varieties will keep your hardwood flooring and dazzling area rugs on display, while a marble or stone coffee table in a modern interior can showcase your prized art books and decorative objects. A unique vintage desk or writing table can bring sophistication and even a bit of spice to your work life.
No matter your desired form or function, a quality table for your living space is a sound investment. On 1stDibs, browse a collection of vintage, new and antique bedside tables, mid-century end tables and more .