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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
Located in New York, 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)
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Silver Leaf

Italian Rococo Walnut Bombe Sideboard
Located in New York, NY
Italian Rococo (18th Century-Veneto Region) walnut bombe shaped sideboard cabinet with molded gilt trim edge with a floral design crowned with a shaped gr...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Marble, Gold Leaf

An Italian Carved Polychrome Figure of a Putto Sitting on a Rock
Located in Sheffield, MA
Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection Paris
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Rococo Period Collection

An Unusual Continental Carved Wall Bracket
Located in Sheffield, MA
Carved with figures, foliage and scrolls
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Rococo Period Collection

Swedish Rococo SIlver Saucer
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Swedish Rococo saucer standing on 4 legs. Decorated with pear beading and leaves.
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18th Century and Earlier Swedish Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Silver

Louis XV Petite Serpentine Commode w/ Marble Top, France c. 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite Louis XV period serpentine commode in East Indian Rosewood & Kingwood, mounted with a mottled gray marble top, gilt-bronze mounts and hardware throughout, 3 drawers and end...
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Ebony, Mahogany

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 ...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Pewter

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.
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18th Century French French Provincial Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Marble

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.
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Walnut

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...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Ormolu

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...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Wood

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...
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Early 18th Century French Régence Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Italian Carved Wood Triple Splat Back Cherry Settee, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, 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...
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1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Upholstery, Wood, Cherry

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.  
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Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Mahogany Side Table
Located in New York, 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...
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19th Century English Antique Rococo Period Collection

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...
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Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Silk, Upholstery, Walnut

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...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Crystal

Louis XV Period Giltwood Mirror with Wine Trophy Crest, France, circa 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
Impressively sized 18th century French Louis XV period mirror in giltwood mirror featuring elaborate carved Rococo designs and a rare wine troph...
Category

1760s French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Mirror, Wood

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

Materials

Kingwood

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

Materials

Ormolu

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 Stockholm, t...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Metal

Large Fine 18th Century Louis XV Serpentine Corner Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Louis XV serpentine corner cabinet in walnut with carved paneled doors and interior shelving. William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for antique interiors since 1956.
Category

Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Walnut

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 Régence Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Oak

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
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...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rococo Period Collection

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
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
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...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rococo Period Collection

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

Materials

Wood

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...
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Early 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Upholstery

French Regence Giltwood Stool
Located in Sheffield, MA
A French Regence giltwood stool. With some alterations. 18th century. Measures: Height 20 in. Width 19 in. Depth 16 in. Sto 16. $4,200.
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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

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
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rococo Period Collection

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

Materials

Marble

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...
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1750s Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Giltwood

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
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 Louis XV Chestnut Leather Top Games Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
The square top with a tooled leather surface above four drawers raised on cabriole legs ending with sabots.
Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rococo Period Collection

A Fine Pair of Baroque Giltwood Two Arm Altar Sticks
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Pair of Baroque Giltwood Two Arm Altar Sticks
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Rococo Period Collection

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...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Steel

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...
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18th Century and Earlier German Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Giltwood

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
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
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
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
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
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18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Antique Rococo Period Collection

Italian Rococo Style 18th Century Faux Marble Center Table
Located in New York, NY
Italian Rococo style Sicilian (18th Century) large rectangular center table with a faux marble resting upon a white-painted & gilt carved base & apron supported on four cabriole legs.
Category

18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Silver Leaf

Pair of 18th Century Italian Rococo Painted Console Tables with Scagliola Tops
Located in Troy, NY
Very decorative and charming pair of console tables of Italian origin, the wooden silvered and cream painted bases with cabriole legs and scrolling ornaments supporting a cheerfully ...
Category

17th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Scagliola, Pine, Poplar

Large Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Giltwood Green Marble-Top Console
Located in Pasadena, CA
This very large mid-18th century Italian Rococo giltwood green marble top console having a modern marble top; the frame with pierced Giltwo...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Marble

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...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Iron

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-...
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18th Century French Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Porcelain

Meissen Rarest Figurines Musical Family with Baby Suckling by Kaendler ca. 1750
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous as well as rarest figurine group of finest quality: There are three figurines visible, depicting a musical family of most lovely appe...
Category

Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Porcelain

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...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Italian Rococo Gilt Wood Console Table
Located in New York, NY
Italian Rococo (circa 1770) gilt wood console table with a floral filigree design and shaped top.
Category

1770s Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of 18th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical figurines of smell and hearing from a set of the senses probably modeled by J....
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18th Century and Earlier German Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Porcelain

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 ...
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18th Century and Earlier German Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Porcelain

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...
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18th Century and Earlier British Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Marble

Pair of Italian Rococo Silver Gilt Marble Top Console Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Rococo-style (Venice, First Quarter 19th Century) silver gilt & white gesso painted console tables with inset shaped Siena marble top & scroll design apron on 3 cabri...
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19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

Materials

Marble, Silver Leaf

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