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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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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

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Gilt bronze garniture set
Gilt bronze garniture set

Gilt bronze garniture set

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

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Swedish Rocaille Giltwood Wall Clock
Swedish Rocaille Giltwood Wall Clock

Swedish Rocaille Giltwood Wall Clock

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

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

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

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Porcelain

Antique 18th Century Mennecy Figural Mouse Snuff or Patch Box

Antique 18th Century Mennecy Figural Mouse Snuff or Patch Box

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

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Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense
Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense

Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense

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...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Rococo Period Collection

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Swedish 18th Century Rococo Carved Giltwood Wall Clock
Swedish 18th Century Rococo Carved Giltwood Wall Clock

Swedish 18th Century Rococo Carved Giltwood Wall Clock

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