Louis Xv Mahogany Desk
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
Vintage 1950s Spanish Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
1990s Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Ormolu
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Desks
Metal
Late 20th Century Philippine French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
20th Century Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks
Marble, Ormolu
Late 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Marble, Bronze
Vintage 1980s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Desks
Brass
Antique 18th Century European Louis XV Desks
Brass
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Desks
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Bronze
Antique 1820s French Desks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Vintage 1980s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique 1890s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Leather, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Inkwells
Bronze, Ormolu
20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Vintage 1960s American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany, Paint
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Chairs
Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Mahogany
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Wood
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Secretaires
Bronze
Antique 1870s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Ormolu
Antique 1760s French Louis XV Secretaires
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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