Rococo Furniture
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
Set of 6 Original Antique Prints After William Hogarth, "Marriage A La Mode"
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful set of Hogarth prints
This is the " Marriage A La Mode " series typical of the satirical/political artwork of Hogarth
Steel engravings
Published by Jones & Co., Temple ...
Category
1840s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique Swedish Rococo Desk with Light Blue Paint, Drawer and Curved Rococo Legs
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish rococo desk from the late 1700s. The desk is a country house furniture in rococo style with a large drawer. Heavily curved rococo legs and also a curved table top and...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Victorian Rococo Revival Carved Walnut Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition, New Upholstery Recommended
Materials: Carved Walnut, Original Upholstery
Style: Victorian Rococo Revival
This exquisite Victorian Rococo Rev...
Category
1940s American Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
French Carved Louis XV Style Console with Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French carved Louis XV style console in a distressed painted finish. The marble top is 2" thick in a soft green coloration. Single ogee and bullnose edge detail.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Swedish Rococo Black Painted Secretary Bureau Dated 1778
Located in Round Top, TX
This rococo secretary has a monogram of KNS and date of 1778 seen along the front desk top and rests on bun feet.
The dramatic serpentine drawers with curvaceous front and brass pull...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique 19th C. French Louis XV Rococo Serpentine Carved Mahogany Console Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Louis XV style Rococo console table, circa mid-nineteenth century. Features a solid mahogany frame with serpentine turtle top over a meticulously carved base showcasing pier...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Blue Painted Bombay Commode Chest of Three Drawers, Sweden
Located in Round Top, TX
It is the bombay curves accented with brass ormolu and saber feet turning gently outwards that draws one to this striking small chest of three drawers.
Later professionally painted i...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rococo 18th century Swedish yew and elm bureau desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rococo 18th century yew and elm bureau desk circa 1750.
Stunning swedish rococo period bombe shaped bureau. Beautifully made from yew wood and elm, using various techniques such a...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Elm, Yew
Antique Polychrome Baroque Gilt Venetian-Style Carved Wood King Headboard
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
This exquisite antique Venetian-style king bed is a true showstopper, featuring an intricately hand-carved and gilded frame with a soft, distressed celadon green finish. The elaborat...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Painted Oak Secretary, Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
This striking oak secretary is an elegant statement piece with paneled doors, crown and three large lower serpentine drawers.
The entire secretary has been given a professional custo...
Category
Mid-18th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Baroque Rococo Style Gilt Wall Vanity Over Mantel Mirror Antiqued 48"
Located in Dayton, OH
A large and beautiful Rococo style mirror from the last quarter of the 20th century. Features a gilt scalloped frame with acanthus leaf and foliate detail. The glass has an antique...
Category
Late 20th Century Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage Aubusson Style French Jacquard Halluin Tapestry c1940s
By Aubusson Manufacture, Gobelins Royal Manufactory
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This vintage French jacquard tapestry, probably crafted in the 1940s in the Aubusson style, showcases a richly detailed hunting scene. Woven in Halluin, a region renowned for its tex...
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wool
Rococo Style Giltwood Wall Bracket or Shelf - Hand Carved - Italy - Circa 1950's
Located in Chatham, ON
Rococo style giltwood wall bracket or shelf - hand carved soft wood - featuring acanthus leaves and 'c' scroll design motifs - original metal hangers - Italy - circa 1950's.
Excelle...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Vintage Italian Rococo-Style Carved Wood Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Carved Wood, Wood, New Linen Shade
Condition: Newly Rewired, New Linen Shade
Dimensions:
30.50”H x 9”W x 9”D
Shade:
9"H x 15"W x 15"D
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large 18th Century Period Rococo Clock Cabinet
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A large 18th Century Swedish Rococo period clock cabinet.
Decorative carved pediment with clock face. Below and to the side, storage cabinets with central mechanisms cupboard. Furthe...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Victorian Silver Plated Oil Lamp by Derby Silver Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a Victorian silver-plated oil lamp or table lighter, made by the Derby Silver Company, as indicated by the hallmark on the underside. The piece likely dates from the late 19t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Italian Painted Carved Wood Credenza w/ Wreathes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian wooden credenza with a distressed painted finish. The piece features ornate gilded detailing, including wreaths and lion-like faces on its front panels. It has two drawers ...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Vintage Tapestry Romantic Scene
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Vintage Tapestry Gallant Scene from the mid-20th century.
A beautiful French tapestry in Aubusson style, within a flower border featuring a romantic scene in a garden.
Dimensi...
Category
1950s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Cotton
French Limoges Porcelain Burgundy Gilt Swan Handle Centerpiece Signed SC
By Limoges, (After) Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Located in Forney, TX
A beautiful vintage French Limoges porcelain swan handled table centerpiece / vase / fruit bowl / jardiniere / wine cooler with medallions after renowned 18th century Rococo painter ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Flame Mahogany Chest Of Drawers
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique flame mahogany chest of drawers having one shallow over 3 deeper drawers with brass escutcheons. The top with quartered veneer and beveled edge with cross banding. The cabine...
Category
19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Original Rococo/Barock Chandelier, Limewood, 24 Flames, Perfectly Renovated
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
An extremely rare and magnificent Barock/Rococo chandelier from the, very elaborate, carved limewood and leaf-gold. 24 flames on six arms held by mythical creatures. Hand-cut iron sc...
Category
1750s Austrian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Meissen Porcelain Commedia dell' Arte Figurine Masked Advocato No. 64536
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique German porcelain figurine.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Depicting the Advocato with Mask.
Model Number 64536.
Depicting a masked character in a yell...
Category
20th Century German Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Hand Carved Giltwood Wall Bracket. Italian Handmade Scrollwork Shelf.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Vintage Hand Carved Giltwood Wall Bracket. Italian Handmade Scrollwork Shelf. Rococo Style
Vintage Italian, Rococo style water gilded wall bracket is hand carved in scrolling acanth...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Italian Gilded Tabernacle with a Hand-Carved Chalice Fragment
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded and hand-carved tabernacle adorned with an 18th century Italian gilt chalice and Sabina Faye Braxton gaufrage fabric. This tabernacle once belonged in a h...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Delft Peacock 'Pauwenstaart' large charger - De Claauw, 18th century
By De Klaauw
Located in DELFT, NL
Dutch Delft blue and white 'Peacock' platter, second half 18th century, with ochre rim, the center decorated in cobalt with a vase containing an arrangement of peacock feathers and flowers.
The rim decorated with stylized flower heads against a scrolling ground.
Marked factory 'The Claauw' or 'De Klaauw', (meaning 'the claw' in Dutch) 1661 - 1840.
Fair condition; a reglued chip and filled up chip on the rim. Please examine the pictures.
Pairs well with my other Peacock dish...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Faience, Delft
19th Century Italian Gold Gilt Headboard
Located in San Angelo, TX
Stunning Italian gold gilt headboard featuring blue and white upholstery. Keep as is or reupholster to your liking. This is such a unique and gorgeous ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood, Giltwood
19th c. Swedish Bureau Desk / Secretary in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A Swedish bureau secretary with a scalloped base in original paint. Circa 1870. Behind the drop-down desk there are three graduated drawers on either side of a center pigeon hole wit...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Brevettato Brass and Marble Italian Clock and Candelabras
By Brevettato
Located in Louisville, KY
This stunning brass and marble Italian clock and candelabras is visually tantalizing with specular detail that Brevettato is especially known for in their creations. The stone found...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Bronze Folding Fireplace Screen - Peacock Fan
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A late 19th century Fan-shaped fire mantel fire screen. Also called a Peacock screen. Bronze base. It has nine pierced brass fans, these can fold out and in. Made in France, around 1...
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French gilt mantle clock with sevres plaques
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century French gilt mantle clock with sevres plaques circa 1890.
Fine quality ornate french clock surmounted with a lady in traditional french dress leaning on an architectural window and ship building tools. Enamel clock face...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Delft Pair of vases by "The Lampetkan" manufacture, 18th century
By Delft
Located in DELFT, NL
18th century Blue Delftware rococo style lidded vase with central decoration of a chinoiserie landscape with oriental houses within a raised rococo cartouche.
Part of a larger garn...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Delft, Faience
Antique 18th Century Rococo Portrait Painting of an Aristocratic Lady
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
This late 18th century stunning Rococo portrait portrays an aristocratic lady with grey hair, decorated with flowers and a blue ribbon, reflecting the era’s love for elegant fashion....
Category
18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
French Painted Rococo Style Mirror w/ Shell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental size French painted Rococo-style mirror. The frame is ornately carved with intricate detailing. The top features a decorative crest with an elaborate shell motif, flanke...
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Maria Theresien Rococo Chandelier, Leaf Gilded, Newly Restored
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Unelectrified carved chandelier, leaf-gilded on poliment-ground, 8-flames. Newly restored. This is a original item of the time of Maria Theresia and Mozart
Can be electrified on dem...
Category
Mid-18th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate
Italian Six Light Painted Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painted chandelier with a rustic finish. It features a central column with ornate detailing, leading to six curved arms that extend outward, each holding a candle-like fixtu...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Limoges Porcelain, Heart Shaped Trinket Box, France, 1980's
By Limoges
Located in Glasgow, GB
Limoges porcelain heart shaped trinket box. Hand-crafted in France around the late 1980’s
Finely decorated in the french rococo style; the body of the heart decorated with lapis laz...
Category
Late 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold, Brass
Fine French Louis XV Rococo Style Giltwood Wall Console with Marble
Located in Bradenton, FL
A fine French Louis XV Rococo style Giltwood Console Table having the original Cararra marble top above a giltwood frame with rounded corners featuring an intricately carved frieze w...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair Of 19th Century Porcelain Parrots By Samson Et Cie, Paris
By Edmé Samson
Located in Dublin, IE
A pair of 19th century Samson of Paris painted porcelain models of green parrots, standing on tree stumps with trailing floral sprays, gold anchor mark to base.
Circa 1870
French
...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Eleven Minton Porcelain Ball Dinner Plates Made for T. Goode LTD, London
By Minton
Located in Boston, MA
This is an exquisite set of eleven Minton Porcelain Ball dinner plates. They have a beautiful gold and white arabesque decoration of flowers with...
Category
1950s English Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Potpourri Urn in the Rocco Style, ca. 19th century
By Sitzendorf
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful German hand painted porcelain potpourri urn vase with flowers and putti, in the Rocco style, by Sitzendorf, circa 19th century or earlier, Germany. Piece has details flor...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Appliques in Gilt Bronze, Rococo, Mid-18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
A beautiful pair of Appliques in gilt bronze, Rococo from mid-18th century.
Some wear on the original gilding (see pictures), but the overall impression of these 270 years old app...
Category
Mid-18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
18th Century Italian Cross on a Pink Hematoid Quartz Heart with Aurora Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian cross mounted on a polished pink hematite quartz heart and adorned with aurora (sunset) quartz and a natural-forming cross shaped baroque pearl.
The 18th centu...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Derby Exceptional Pair of Porcelain Figures of the Garland Shepherds, ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of Derby figures called the "Garland Shepherds", made in about 1765. The pair is one of Derby's most famous figure pairs and it bears the catalogue number E2...
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of armchairs. Wood, textile. 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of armchairs. Wood, textile. 18th century.
Pair of high-backed armchairs with arms of the "queen's fateuil" type, with a carved wooden frame in its own color. It features curv...
Category
18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Other
Filippo Wall Scone by DUNLIN
By DUNLIN
Located in Sydney, AU
Designed by DUNLIN Australia.
Crafted with elegance and flawless precision, the Filippo Sconces by Dunlin embody a timeless design. These perfectly proportioned rattan wall sconces ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Rattan
Jacob Petit Paris Porcelain Tea Set with Gilt and Colorful Rococo Decoration
By Jacob Petit
Located in Boston, MA
This is a fabulous Jacob Petit Old Paris Porcelain solitaire museum quality tea set. It is profusely decorated with gold, cartouches of flowers and many colors in the rococo style, w...
Category
1840s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Ten Paris Porcelain Plates Each Painted with Different Flower Bouquets and Fruit
By Boyer of Paris, Old Paris
Located in Boston, MA
Look at the museum quality paintings of flower bouquets and fruits on this set of ten Old Paris Porcelain plates painted by the studio of Boyer R...
Category
1850s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Rococo Style Brass Trifold Fireplace Screen
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage Rococo style brass three-panel fireplace screen, circa mid 20th century. A nicely shaped, solid cast brass design features foliate motifs, paw feet and prominent hinge bars. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of 11 Royal Worcester Dinner Plates Painted with Different Flower Bouquets
Located in Boston, MA
This is a stunning set of Royal Worcester dinner plates, each hand painted with different beautiful flower bouquets. These plates are artist signed E. Phillips, who was an artist who...
Category
1910s English Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Snuff Box fine hand engraving, fire enamelled, in “Rococo” style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving, fire enamelled, in “Rococo” style from the early 19th century. Measurements cm. 4.5 x 7.7 x 2. ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Monumental Rare Period 1770s era Italian Inlaid Olivewood and Walnut Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a rare piece of furniture of monumental scale. The commode is in good original antique condition and will show signs of age and wear including patina, old scuffs, scratches a...
Category
1770s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Carved & Painted Rococo Style Italian Chandelier - 6 Arms
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an Italian carved and painted chandelier with gilt accents. It has Rococo styling and is unmarked. The piece has six arms.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Poplar
Set of Twelve Royal Doulton Dinner Plates with Raised Gold Arabesque Decoration
Located in Boston, MA
This is a stunning set of twelve Royal Doulton dinner plates with a fluted border and raised gilded arabesque decoration. They were made in 1905 exclusively for Gilman Collamore in N...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Swedish Rococo Blue-Grey Painted Display Cabinet
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rococo display cabinet crafted from pine with a beautiful blue-grey painted finish.
The cabinet is composed of two parts:
The upper section fea...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Pine
Pair of Monumental Silvered Carved Vine Mirrors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of beautifully ornate carved wood mirrors featuring heavily detailed naturalistic frames. Each frame is adorned with twisting vine motifs, clusters of grapes, and delicately ca...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
19th Century French Cast Iron Hall Tree
Located in Mckinney, TX
A true objet d'art to be admired for generations, this antique freestanding hall tree is a true masterpiece of Rococo style craftsmanship. Expertly cast in iron, the intricate frame ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Small French Art Frame In the Style of Rococo Rectangular Gold Gilded
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A charming European ornate picture frame that is suitable for most style artwork including prints, watercolors as well as oil on board paintings. This frame certainly captures that v...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold
Antique Pair of Delft Blue and White Charger Plates 18th Century Circa 1780
By Delft
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of Dutch Delft blue and white chargers were hand-painted in the last quarter of the 18th century, circa 1780.
They feature a beautiful songbird perched on rockwork and surr...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Delft
Rococo furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rococo furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Interi, Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kändler, and Europa Antiques. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $18 and tops out at $425,000 while the average work can sell for $3,793.
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