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Rococo Period Collection

Rococo Furniture (France, Italy AND Germany, 18th century)
Rococo Furniture (France, Italy AND Germany, 18th century)

Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design.

Though greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, Rococo 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.

Rococo furniture 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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Pair of Italian Rococo Silver Gilt Throne Chairs
Pair of Italian Rococo Silver Gilt Throne Chairs

Pair of Italian Rococo Silver Gilt Throne Chairs

Located in Queens, NY

Pair of antique Italian Rococo high back silver-gilt carved throne style Armchairs with beige upholstered seat and back panels (1 similar-Inv. #037738A)

Category

18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Silver Leaf

An Unusual Continental Carved Wall Bracket
An Unusual Continental Carved Wall Bracket

An Unusual Continental Carved Wall Bracket

Located in Sheffield, MA

Carved with figures, foliage and scrolls

Category

18th Century and Earlier Antique Rococo Period Collection

Swedish Rococo SIlver Saucer
Swedish Rococo SIlver Saucer

Swedish Rococo SIlver Saucer

Located in New York, NY

Beautiful Swedish Rococo saucer standing on 4 legs. Decorated with pear beading and leaves.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Swedish Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Silver

An Important George III  Mahogany Writing Table
An Important George III  Mahogany Writing Table

An Important George III Mahogany Writing Table

Located in Hudson, NY

This very fine mahogany writing table made in England in the French taste would have been for only the most current and fashionable people of the time. The table has a serpentine top...

Category

Late 18th Century English George III Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Ebony, Mahogany

Louis XV Walnut and Pewter Lavabo with Original Basin, circa 1740
Louis XV Walnut and Pewter Lavabo with Original Basin, circa 1740

Louis XV Walnut and Pewter Lavabo with Original Basin, circa 1740

Located in Atlanta, GA

A Louis XV period Lavabo in walnut, with pewter basins and fixtures, dating from the mid-18th century. The piece is remarkable for retaining its original ...

Category

18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Pewter

Green Painted Carved Wood Louis XV Provencal Console
Green Painted Carved Wood Louis XV Provencal Console

Green Painted Carved Wood Louis XV Provencal Console

Located in Washington, DC

A Magnificent green painted carved wood Louis XV Provençal console with white marble top in olive branch motif.

Category

18th Century French French Provincial Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Marble

An Important Louis XV Walnut & Inlaid Armoire
An Important Louis XV Walnut & Inlaid Armoire

An Important Louis XV Walnut & Inlaid Armoire

Located in Sheffield, MA

The molded cornice above two raised paneled doors, opening to a shelved interior with two small drawers; above a carved frieze all resting on cabriole leg feet.

Category

18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Walnut

Gilt bronze garniture set
Gilt bronze garniture set

Gilt bronze garniture set

Located in Atlanta, GA

Very fine gilt bronze Rococo style garniture set depicting frolicking cherubs and a satyr. The clock is 31 inches high and 24 inches wide. The candelabra...

Category

19th Century French Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Ormolu

Northern Italian Rococo Giltwood Console with Marble Top, circa 1740
Northern Italian Rococo Giltwood Console with Marble Top, circa 1740

Northern Italian Rococo Giltwood Console with Marble Top, circa 1740

Located in Atlanta, GA

The Rococo console table with marble serpentine top on a pierced apron, featuring deep carved designs, all mounted on four cabriole legs ending with scroll feet. The base connected w...

Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Wood

Regence period Gilt-wood Console Table, France c. 1720
Regence period Gilt-wood Console Table, France c. 1720

Regence period Gilt-wood Console Table, France c. 1720

Located in Atlanta, GA

A fine late Regence period Console Table, the body with rich carving in the early Rococo style popularized by influential "ornemanistes" such as Nicolas Pineau (1684 - 1754). This pa...

Category

Early 18th Century French Régence Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Italian Carved Wood Triple Splat Back Cherry Settee, Circa 1770
Italian Carved Wood Triple Splat Back Cherry Settee, Circa 1770

Italian Carved Wood Triple Splat Back Cherry Settee, Circa 1770

Located in Charleston, SC

Italian Cherry carved splat back settee with floral scrolled motif, scrolled flanking arms , connecting serpentine stretchers, and terminating on the original slipper feet. Settee ha...

Category

1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Cherry, Upholstery, Wood

Pair of Rococo Fauteuils / Armchairs in Walnut, Italy, circa 1750
Pair of Rococo Fauteuils / Armchairs in Walnut, Italy, circa 1750

Pair of Rococo Fauteuils / Armchairs in Walnut, Italy, circa 1750

Located in Atlanta, GA

A pair of Italian Rococo period fauteuils, with needle-point linen slip covers, serpentine back and scroll arms ending in cabriole legs.  

Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Mahogany Side Table
Mahogany Side Table

Mahogany Side Table

Located in Long Island City, NY

A mid-19th century mahogany side table with a shaped apron and scalloped frieze centered by a shell and palerae, raised on cabriole legs with elong...

Category

19th Century English Antique Rococo Period Collection

Fine Early Regence Walnut Fauteuil,  Italy ca. 1730
Fine Early Regence Walnut Fauteuil,  Italy ca. 1730

Fine Early Regence Walnut Fauteuil, Italy ca. 1730

Located in Atlanta, GA

A fine Regence Period walnut fauteuil with shaped back and scallop shell carving, scrolled arms, shaped apron with similar shell detail, all resting on cabriole feet. The fauteuil da...

Category

Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Silk, Upholstery, Walnut

A Fine 18th Century Venetian Crystal Chandelier with Gilt Detail
A Fine 18th Century Venetian Crystal Chandelier with Gilt Detail

A Fine 18th Century Venetian Crystal Chandelier with Gilt Detail

Located in Atlanta, GA

A Fine and Impressive Venetian Crystal Chandelier with solid crystal arms and 8 lights, originating in Italy during the 18th Century. The circular corona with stylized twisted c...

Category

18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Crystal

Rococo Gilt-wood Console with Marble Top, Italy c. 1760
Rococo Gilt-wood Console with Marble Top, Italy c. 1760

Rococo Gilt-wood Console with Marble Top, Italy c. 1760

Located in Atlanta, GA

A fine Gilt-wood console table, the Rococo serpentine frame mounted with a conforming mottled beige marble top. Dating from the mid 1700s, and Italian in Origin. The console has mu...

Category

18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Giltwood

Louis XV Period Marquetry Commode by Jean-Francois Hache
Louis XV Period Marquetry Commode by Jean-Francois Hache

Louis XV Period Marquetry Commode by Jean-Francois Hache

By Jean-Francois Hache

Located in Montreal, QC

Louis XV period kingwood and marquetry commode inlaid with flowers and with panels of burl walnut with original handles and on splayed feet

Category

18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Wood

An Italian Rococo Cream Painted Console
An Italian Rococo Cream Painted Console

An Italian Rococo Cream Painted Console

Located in Sheffield, MA

The yellow and pink fossil marble top above a rocaille and foliate pierced apron on cabriole legs with scroll feet.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Rococo Period Collection

Wall Sconces Gilt Bronze French Rococo Louis XV 18th Century France
Wall Sconces Gilt Bronze French Rococo Louis XV 18th Century France

Wall Sconces Gilt Bronze French Rococo Louis XV 18th Century France

Located in New York, NY

Wall Sconces Gilt Bronze French Rococo Louis XV 18th Century France. A pair of wall sconces made during the louis XV period in France. Two candleholding arms - can be wired if wanted...

Category

Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Ormolu

Swedish Rocaille Giltwood Wall Clock
Swedish Rocaille Giltwood Wall Clock

Swedish Rocaille Giltwood Wall Clock

Located in Kittery Point, ME

Surmounted by a pierced foliate cresting, flanked by glazed panels to the sides and below, the white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, inscribed Nils Berg...

Category

Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Metal

Early 18th Century tall French Louis XV Carved Oak Eagle Lectern
Early 18th Century tall French Louis XV Carved Oak Eagle Lectern

Early 18th Century tall French Louis XV Carved Oak Eagle Lectern

Located in Troy, NY

Magnificent, tall floor lectern of outstanding quality, superbly carved and detailed. Double sided lectern supported by a finely detailed eagle, on carved stem and tripod base ending...

Category

Early 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Oak

An Important Rococo Walnut Center Table Possibly Portuguese
An Important Rococo Walnut Center Table Possibly Portuguese

An Important Rococo Walnut Center Table Possibly Portuguese

Located in Sheffield, MA

With a shaped top over a foliate carved apron centered by a cabochon cartouche, on carved cabriole legs ending with claw feet.

Category

18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Antique Rococo Period Collection

A Fine Louis XV Walnut Armoire
A Fine Louis XV Walnut Armoire

A Fine Louis XV Walnut Armoire

Located in Sheffield, MA

The molded cornice above two raised paneled doors, opening to a shelved interior with three small drawers; above a single drawer all resting on cabriole leg feet. Height 103 Widt...

Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rococo Period Collection

Louis XV Serpentine Walnut Commode, Provence, France, c. 1760
Louis XV Serpentine Walnut Commode, Provence, France, c. 1760

Louis XV Serpentine Walnut Commode, Provence, France, c. 1760

Located in Atlanta, GA

A Louis XV Period Serpentine Commode in Walnut with two sliding drawers featuring gilt-bronze fixtures, and mounted atop a carved shaped apron resting on cabriole legs.

Category

Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Serpentine, Bronze

Regence period Walnut Provencal "Linen-fold" Commode, c. 1720
Regence period Walnut Provencal "Linen-fold" Commode, c. 1720

Regence period Walnut Provencal "Linen-fold" Commode, c. 1720

Located in Atlanta, GA

An unusual Louis XV period commode on raised cabriole legs, and with a solid Walnut front in serpentine 'linen-fold' design. Dating from the mid-1700s, and Provencal French in origin...

Category

Early 18th Century French Régence Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Brass

A Rare & Louis XV Bois Clair & Parquetry Commode
A Rare & Louis XV Bois Clair & Parquetry Commode

A Rare & Louis XV Bois Clair & Parquetry Commode

By Jean-Francois Hache

Located in Sheffield, MA

Attributed to Jean Francois HacheThe parquetry rectangular top with molded edge, above a bombe case with two short and one long paneled drawer, over a scalloped apron, raised on cabr...

Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rococo Period Collection

A  Rare Set of Four Louis XV Side Chairs, Stamped Tillard
A  Rare Set of Four Louis XV Side Chairs, Stamped Tillard

A Rare Set of Four Louis XV Side Chairs, Stamped Tillard

By Jean-Baptiste Tilliard

Located in Sheffield, MA

A Rare set of Four Petite Louis XV Painted & Parcel Gilt Side Chairs Stamped Tillard Circa 1750 Height 33 ½ in. Width 19 in. Depth 17 in. Jean-Baptiste ...

Category

18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Wood

Early Louis XV Period Canape in Carved Beechwood, c. 1730
Early Louis XV Period Canape in Carved Beechwood, c. 1730

Early Louis XV Period Canape in Carved Beechwood, c. 1730

Located in Atlanta, GA

A fine early Louis XV period Canape, with crisp carved designs throughout the exposed beechwood frame, and with upholstered seat & back flanked by open arms in meandering form. The back with serpentine apron featuring carved designs and moulded borders throughout, and the seat with similar design themes. The Canape mounted atop 8 cabriole legs, each with rocaille carving at top, and moulded form that ends in scroll-form feet. Reference: The Antiques Directory...

Category

Early 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Upholstery

A Very Rare Regence Walnut Metamorphic Chair/ Prie Dieu
A Very Rare Regence Walnut Metamorphic Chair/ Prie Dieu

A Very Rare Regence Walnut Metamorphic Chair/ Prie Dieu

Located in Sheffield, MA

The chair folds in the upright postition

Height 27 ½ in. Width 26 in. Depth 22 in.
Height open 39 ½ in

Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rococo Period Collection

Louis XV Period Painted and Gilt Serpentine Console, France, circa 1760
Louis XV Period Painted and Gilt Serpentine Console, France, circa 1760

Louis XV Period Painted and Gilt Serpentine Console, France, circa 1760

Located in Atlanta, GA

The Louis XV console table with serpentine blue grey marble top and painted in a pale blue-grey color with gilt accents frame. The apron with deep serp...

Category

Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Marble

A mid 18th century Rococo Giltwood Console, Naples Italy
A mid 18th century Rococo Giltwood Console, Naples Italy

A mid 18th century Rococo Giltwood Console, Naples Italy

Located in Atlanta, GA

An 18th century Neapolitan Rococo Giltwood Console with Green Faux Marble Top, dating from the mid 1700's and Italian in origin. The serpentine faux painted green marble top rests...

Category

1750s Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Giltwood

George III period Dressing Mirror in Mahogany & Gilt, c. 1790
George III period Dressing Mirror in Mahogany & Gilt, c. 1790

George III period Dressing Mirror in Mahogany & Gilt, c. 1790

Located in Atlanta, GA

A good George III period Table-top mirror, dating from the fourth quarter of the 1700s, and English in origin. The body with a figured Mahogany exterior and gilt accents. The origin...

Category

Late 18th Century English George III Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany

Large Early Louis XV Period Mirror, France c. 1725
Large Early Louis XV Period Mirror, France c. 1725

Large Early Louis XV Period Mirror, France c. 1725

Located in Atlanta, GA

A large late Regence/early Louis XV period gilt-wood mirror with gilt-wood richly carved frame in the exuberant Rococo style. The crest with what appears to be a stylized poppy flowe...

Category

Early 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

A Fine Pair of Baroque Giltwood Two Arm Altar Sticks
A Fine Pair of Baroque Giltwood Two Arm Altar Sticks

A Fine Pair of Baroque Giltwood Two Arm Altar Sticks

Located in Sheffield, MA

A Fine Pair of Baroque Giltwood Two Arm Altar Sticks

Category

18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Rococo Period Collection

Provencal Louis XV Period Buffet in Walnut, France c. 1750
Provencal Louis XV Period Buffet in Walnut, France c. 1750

Provencal Louis XV Period Buffet in Walnut, France c. 1750

Located in Atlanta, GA

A fine Louis XV Buffet, constructed in Walnut, and accented with pierced Steel escutcheon plates & decorative mounts. Provencal in origin, and dating from the mid-18th century. T...

Category

18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Steel

Important Royal German Rococo Mirror, Circa 1745-1755
Important Royal German Rococo Mirror, Circa 1745-1755

Important Royal German Rococo Mirror, Circa 1745-1755

Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE

An important and rare German silver- and gilt-wood Rococo mirror, probably Potsdam, in the manner of Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt (1709-1769), after designs by his master Johann August...

Category

18th Century and Earlier German Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Giltwood

18thc Regence chest
18thc Regence chest

18thc Regence chest

Located in Dallas, TX

18th c fine Regence rosewood and mahogany commode. Original marble top

Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Marble

George II Giltwood Mirror, circa 1750
George II Giltwood Mirror, circa 1750

George II Giltwood Mirror, circa 1750

Located in Westwood, NJ

Fine George II carved and pierced giltwood mirror.

Category

18th Century English Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Wood

A Very Fine Rococo Giltwood Stool, 18th Century
A Very Fine Rococo Giltwood Stool, 18th Century

A Very Fine Rococo Giltwood Stool, 18th Century

Located in Sheffield, MA

The seat rail with C-scrolls and a scallop shell on cabriole legs headed by a foliate clasp and terminating in raised foliate scroll feet Height 15 in. Width 18 in. Depth 18 i...

Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rococo Period Collection

French Late Régence, Early Louis XV Beech Fauteuil à La reine, c1720
French Late Régence, Early Louis XV Beech Fauteuil à La reine, c1720

French Late Régence, Early Louis XV Beech Fauteuil à La reine, c1720

Located in valatie, NY

Late Régence, Early Louis XV beech fauteuil à la reine, c1720, the top arched rail with beautiful rocaille carving, continuing to the down swept, reeded...

Category

Early 18th Century French Régence Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Upholstery, Beech

An Important Pair of Portuguese Rococo Rosewood Side Chairs
An Important Pair of Portuguese Rococo Rosewood Side Chairs

An Important Pair of Portuguese Rococo Rosewood Side Chairs

Located in Sheffield, MA

Each back with a stylized foliate crest rail above an elaborately carved splat, on a serpentine seat on cabriole legs terminating in carved pad feet, joined by shaped stretchers

Category

18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Antique Rococo Period Collection

Pair of 18th Century Italian Rococo Painted Console Tables with Scagliola Tops
Pair of 18th Century Italian Rococo Painted Console Tables with Scagliola Tops

Pair of 18th Century Italian Rococo Painted Console Tables with Scagliola Tops

Located in Troy, NY

Pair of 18th Century Italian Rococo Painted Console Tables with Scagliola Tops. Very decorative and charming pair of console tables of Italian origin, the wooden silvered and cream ...

Category

Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Scagliola, Pine, Poplar

Ornate 19th Century French Cast Iron Fireplace
Ornate 19th Century French Cast Iron Fireplace

Ornate 19th Century French Cast Iron Fireplace

Located in London, GB

An ornate 19th century French cast iron fireplace. The large shell to centre with leafwork and scrolls to either side, the legs draped with festoons of foliage and fruit with intrica...

Category

19th Century French Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Iron

Antique 18th Century Mennecy Figural Mouse Snuff or Patch Box
Antique 18th Century Mennecy Figural Mouse Snuff or Patch Box

Antique 18th Century Mennecy Figural Mouse Snuff or Patch Box

By Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory 1

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A rare figural porcelain snuff box in the form of a mouse attributed to Mennecy porcelain. Having a porcelain mounted lid with wonderfully hand-...

Category

18th Century French Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 1750s Italian Piedmontese Rococo Blue-Painted and Parcel-Gilt Stools
Pair of 1750s Italian Piedmontese Rococo Blue-Painted and Parcel-Gilt Stools

Pair of 1750s Italian Piedmontese Rococo Blue-Painted and Parcel-Gilt Stools

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A pair of Italian Piedmontese Rococo period mid-18th century painted and parcel-gilt stools from the collection of designer Gary Tisdale-Woods, with cabriole legs and upholstery. Bor...

Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Meissen Pair of Cachepots Planters Flower Blossoms Rococo Period c. 1750
Meissen Pair of Cachepots Planters Flower Blossoms Rococo Period c. 1750

Meissen Pair of Cachepots Planters Flower Blossoms Rococo Period c. 1750

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in Vienna, AT

Meissen gorgeous pair of cachepots / planters stunningly decorated with flower blossoms, made in Rococo Period / circa 1750. The white porcelain ...

Category

18th Century and Earlier German Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Porcelain

Rococo Console Table
Rococo Console Table

Rococo Console Table

Located in Greenwich, CT

Very fine 18th century Rococo carved and giltwood console table with lobed shell and foliate carving in lovely old surface stripped down to the original gilding, having crisp carving...

Category

18th Century and Earlier British Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Marble

Italian Venetian Gilt Marble Console Table
Italian Venetian Gilt Marble Console Table

Italian Venetian Gilt Marble Console Table

Located in Queens, NY

Italian Venetian (18th Century) gilt 3 leg console table with carved floral design stretcher & apron with shaped brown marble top.

Category

18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf