Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
LOUIS XV STYLE
The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.
Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.
Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.
During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.
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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Louis XV
Pair of French 19th-20th Century Giltwood Carved Standing Pedestal Planters
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style giltwood carved figural three-legged standing pedestal planters Jardinières, each with carved figur...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Louis XV Ormolu Chenets
Located in New York, NY
Each sculpted with a bird perched on foliate C-scrolls.
Provenance: The estate of Samuel P. Reed.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Putti Children Chenet, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt and patinated bronze figural chenets. Each cast as two patinated figures of amorini (Putti) growing out of leafy volute vi...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
NYC Waldorf Astoria Hotel Limestone Mantel Louis XV Hand Carved
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV carved limestone mantel with faux Sienna marble finish and Crema Marfil marble hearth. Made in France. This mantel was one of a group of antique mantels imported from Europe...
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20th Century French Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Marvelous Pair of Chinoiserie Louis XV Dore Bronze Chenets
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of period Louis XV dore bronze Chenets. Depicting male and female chinoiserie figures.
Category
1750s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Set of Antique Andirons or Firedogs in Bronze and Iron
Located in Miami, FL
Superb set of antique French andirons.
This set of double barred Louis XVI style andirons work
Restored, Great condition, perfect decorative and useable pieces.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Iron
NYC Waldorf Astoria Hotel Limestone Mantel Louis XV Hand Carved French
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV carved limestone mantel with its hearth. This mantel was imported from Europe and installed in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel of Park Avenue, New York City in the early 1930s. Th...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Pair of French Louis XV Gilt Carved Valances
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (19th Century) gilt carved valance pelmet with floral trim and center scroll design (PRICED AS Pair).
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century French Wall Fountain
Located in Sheffield, MA
Carved limestone French limestone wall fountain with metal lion face.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone, Iron
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chenet Set with Playful Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and large French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze figural Chenet (andiron) and Fender Suite. The impressive fender surmounted on each end by a figure of playful battlin...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Very Large 18th Century Louis XV Period French Iron Chateau Fireplace Back
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Measuring nearly 34 inches square, this very large mid-18th century French Louis XV period iron fireplace back features a heraldic motif with the coats of arms of France and Navarre ...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Fabulous Pair of 19th Century Louis XV Style D'ore Bronze Chenets
Located in Stamford, CT
Fabulous pair of Louis XV style d'ore bronze chenets; one cast with the figure of a seated boar, the other a running stag, each amidst oak branches and acanthus, above pierced scroll...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Pewter Lavabo Mounted on Walnut Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period pewter lavabo on walnut stand from the 18th century, with hand-carved shell motifs and volutes. Born in France during the reign ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pewter
French 19th Century Carved Marble Whimsical Figural Urn Fountain with Children
By Joseph Reynés I Gurgui
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine large, rare and charming, French, 19th century. Belle Époque carved white marble whimsical figural urn fountain depicting children climbing on an urn with flowers and garlands, influenced in the Louis XV style, by Joseph Reynés I Gurgui (Barcelona, 1850-1926). Signed: Reynes. Barcelona, circa 1890.
An almost identical Carrara marble fountain also by Josep Reynés carved in 1893 currently at the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona, Spain.
Measures: Overall height: 55 inches (140 cm)
Marble height: 49 inches (124.5 cm)
width: 37 inches (94 cm)
depth: 30 inches (76.3 cm)
Joseph Reynes Gurguí (Barcelona, 1850 - 1926) is a Catalan sculptor, also known as Reynesy-Gurgui, Spanish school.
He studied at the Ecole de la Llotja, studied for a time in Paris, in the workshops of the great French sculptors Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) and Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887). He devoted himself mainly to interior decoration. His works were profoundly marked by a French influence. He exhibited in Paris in 1895 where he received an honorable mention. In 1890 he obtained the first medal in Madrid for "The Violinist".
Literature:
E. Benezit Dictionaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs by Grund - Nouvelle Edition, 1976 - Volume 8, Page 714.
Cristina Mensoza, Ramon Casas...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of French Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Andirons Chenets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of French Early 19th century Louis XV gilt bronze figural Chenets Andirons. The scrolled and pierced body, each surmounted with a figure of a young boy and a young girl, both ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Pair of French 19th-20th Century Putto Flambeaux Urns Torcheres
By René Rozet 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental pair of French 19th century figural gilt and patinated bronze Rosso Granite marble Flambeaux Urns Torcheres, each depicting a pair of allegorical Putti (Children) holding ...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Granite, Bronze
A French 19th-20th Century Carved White Marble Fountain Sculpture with Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and charming French 19th-20th century carved white marble whimsical group sculpture depicting two putti (Children) playing with a dolphin, fitted for use as a fountain, Paris,...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of Chinese Blanc de Chine, French Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Chinese Blanc de Chine and antique French Louis XV style ormolu-mounted table lamps. The porcelain is finely hand engraved wit...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XV Style '19th Century' Chenet / Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (19th century) bronze chenet / andirons featuring two bound male figures on a gilt base.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Antique Pair of French Louis XV Style Cherub Angel Chenet Andirons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique pair of French Louis XV style Cherub Chenet Andirons. Items feature finely cast bronze details, adorable cherubs, fine acanthus scrollwork, quality craftsmanship and great st...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt and Silvered Bronze Chenets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style figural gilt bronze and silver plated bronze chenets, each surmounted by a triton blowing a seashell Horn, resting on a pierced roca...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Female Bust Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore scroll design andirons with bust of woman. (PRICED AS Pair)
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style Chenets, circa 1850
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Louis XV style chenets, circa 1850. Highly ornamental, monumental casting of a young boy and girl.
Measurements:
19.75'' W x 35'' D x 15'' H.
Category
1850s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Bronze Chenets
Located in New Haven, CT
This is an extremely rare pair of large French Chenets from the Louis XV period.
They are cast in finely chased bronze.
The sphinxes are in original patinated bronze.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XV Pine Door in Frame
Located in Doylestown, PA
A Louis XV interior door in frame with over-door panel, in stripped and bleached pine, circa 1760, from the Normandy Region. The door retains its period surface mount lock (lacking k...
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1760s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pine
French 19th Century Carved White Marble Allegorical Garden Fountain with Putti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and charming French 19th century carved white marble allegorical garden fountain group of two playful putti seated on a rocky outcrop with an upturned amphora supporting a stylized fish, drilled for water, together with a Rosso Verona marble "D" shell-shaped scalloped basin...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of French Louis XV Style White and Gold Painted Doors
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (19th Century) white and gold painted and carved doors in frame (PRICED AS Pair).
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Sarrancolin Framboise Marble Mantlepiece
Located in Essex, MA
With shaped rectangular top over a shaped lintel with central cabochon cartouche raised on shaped supports. Provenance: Fogg estate; Chestnut Hill Mass.
Category
1760s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Forged Iron and Cast Brass Andirons, Mid-18th Century
Located in valatie, NY
These exceptional andirons are made of forged iron and have cast brass finials and button mounts. The beds are wide and easily hold large or small logs. They have a scrolled profile ...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron
6 French Louis XV Style Gold and White Panels
Located in New York, NY
6 French Louis XV style (19th Century) white and gold painted pilaster panels. Size variance, 1 panel: 25" wide, 5 panels: 15" wide. PRICED AS A SET
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Louis XV Gilt Bronze Chenets Andirons
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XV gilt bronze chenets. Illustrated with flame finials on top of urns and balustrade. Garland draped with leafage. Original flange support. Featuring images of Louis VI...
Category
1750s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Iron
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Fire Fender
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) gilt bronze chenets & fire fender with scrolling foliate detail (chenets: 16¼"w x 6"d x 16¾"h)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Pair of French Gilt Bronze Cupid Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Victorian (19th Century) gilt bronze draped cupid figural andirons (chenets) on base. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Antique Rouge Royale Marble Mantel
Located in New York, NY
A remarkable Louis XV rouge royale marble mantel from the 18th century stands as a testament to exquisite craftsmanship. While exceptional in quality, the mantel does exhibit a minor...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of Louis XV Bronze Monkey Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (20th Century) bronze dore andirons with monkey playing musical instruments. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of 19th c. Bronze Dore Sphinx Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of nineteenth century French Louis XV style andirons composed of bronze dore in the form of adapted Egyptian sphinxes.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
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 Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pewter
Louis XV Style Italian Marble Fireplace Mantle, Surround 19th/20th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XV Style Italian Marble Fireplace Mantle. 19th/20th Century,
A timeless classic. This three piece, two sides and the top fireplace surround is simply stunning. having a tan, o...
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Antique Wrought Iron Fireplace Lanier
Located in Hanover, MA
French 18th century fer forge lanier fireplace screen with two swing out arms and four baskets, leafy scroll decoration, rings and hooks for hanging utensils, standing on scrolled feet.
Reference: Les objets de la vie domestique: Ustensiles en fer de la cuisine...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century French Louis XV Style Carrara Marble and Gilt Bronze Mantel
Located in Dallas, TX
Fabulous 18th century French Louis XV style Carrara marble and gilt bronze mantel.
Beautiful marble and nice decorative designs on the...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
Opulent Antique Large Louis XV Style French Fire Screen
Located in Lambertville, NJ
The most spectacular large fire screen with original high-low gilding. The remarkably detailed surround with expert carving with sunflowers acanthus ...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
Pompadour in French Rouge Royale Marble
Located in New York, NY
Pompadour in French rouge royale marble
Opening dimensions: 30" W x 34 1/2" H.
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Firescreen
Located in Pembroke, MA
A lovely French gilt-bronze firescreen in the Louis XV style (Circa 1880), featuring nicely-cast stylized cornucopia and acanthus leaves. Original ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Louis Xv building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV building and garden elements 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 building and garden elements created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, iron and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV building and garden elements made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Netherlands pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original building and garden elements, popular names associated with this style include Bouhon Frères, Frédéric - Eugène Piat, Joseph Reynés I Gurgui, and François Linke. 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 building and garden elements differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $158 and tops out at $845,000 while the average work can sell for $4,555.
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