Rococo Period Collection
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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Period: 18th Century
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)
Category
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...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
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...
Category
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Category
1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Rococo Period Collection
Materials
Cherry, Upholstery, Wood
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
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
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
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
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rococo Period Collection
Materials
Kingwood
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
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...
Category
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection
Materials
Marble
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
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...
Category
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
Swedish 18th Century Rococo Carved Giltwood Wall Clock
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A superb 18th century Swedish giltwood wall clock with eight day movement, signed by the clockmaker: "Rundelius Stockholm" (Anders Rundeliu...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection
Materials
Giltwood
Italian Venetian Gilt Marble Console Table
Located in New York, 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
