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Rococo Building and Garden Elements

ROCOCO STYLE

Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, 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.

When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it 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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Style: Rococo
Large Antique French Rococo Breche Violette Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A very large and superior quality Louis XV style Rococo surround in rare Breche Violette marble. The deeply carved jambs and frieze in typical Rococo manner with stiff acanthus and s...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Breccia Marble

Antique Bronze Folding Fireplace Screen - Peacock Fan
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A late 19th century Fan-shaped fire mantel fire screen. Also called a Peacock screen. Bronze base. It has nine pierced brass fans, these can fold out and in. Made in France, around 1...
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1890s French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Brass, Bronze

Late 19th-Century Italian Gilt Fragment Architectural Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Italian Gilded Wood Rococo Fragment or Sculpture. Beautiful Rococo design constructed in gilt as well as silver leaf wood and ornamented intricate scroll motifs throughout. Thi...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Silver Leaf

A Very large Reclaimed French Rococo White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A very large reclaimed French Rococo style fireplace in white marble. The profusely carved jambs with scrolls, shells and acanthus supporting a wide serpentine equally carved frieze ...
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Late 20th Century European Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

18th Century Italian Rococo Carved Frieze Wall Panel - Antique Oakwood Door
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Italian frieze panel with flowers, vines and leaves, made of hand crafted Oakwood in good condition. The vertical door features two hand crafted round metal door pulls...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Oak

Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Metal

Set of 4 Italian Rococo Painted Carved Columns
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 4 Italian Rococo (17th/18th Century) green painted columns with gold swirl carved floral design and Corinthian capitals.
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

19th Century Louis XV Style Jardinière or Plant Stand
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 19th century French Louis XV style Rococo bronze mounted jardinière, or planter, on a pedestal stand. Kingwood marquetry veneer. Decorated with two Sèvres hand painted porcela...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Italian Majolica Glazed Terra Cotta Stove
Located in Houston, TX
Large Italian handcrafted ceramic stove with yellow and white tin glaze.
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20th Century Italian Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Terracotta

20th Century Rococo Style Brass Trifold Fireplace Screen
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage Rococo style brass three-panel fireplace screen, circa mid 20th century. A nicely shaped, solid cast brass design features foliate motifs, paw feet and prominent hinge bars. ...
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Mid-20th Century Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

19th Century Austrian White Glazed Terracotta Kachelofen Stove
Located in Essex, MA
Austrian White Terracotta Tile Stove or Kachelofen. Mid 19th Century in Rococo Style. Multiple parts with iron loading door and vent. In good condition, only minor chips. In nine...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Terracotta

Pair of 19th C. Painted Italian Carvings on Bases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of 19th-century carved Italian architectural elements mounted on wood bases. The Rococo style carvings showcase intricate detailing, curvilinear forms, and ornate motifs thro...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Paint

Impressive Large Lidded Ornate Bronze Urn
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Impressive ornate and large bronze urn having a blackened matte finish with some verdigris coloration. There is a removeable lid topped with acorn finial. Gorgeous grape and leaf d...
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2010s American Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

19th Century French Ornate Cast Iron Fire Basket in Rococo Style
Located in Miami, FL
A completely original 19th century French polished cast iron fire basket grate in the Rococo style. A shaped high back complete with its original fire stone, with a four bar serpen...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Rococo Ceramic Stove, Würzburg-germany, circa 1750
Located in Greding, DE
Beautiful ceramic stove with green enamel tiles from the home of a royal family near Würzburg, Southern Germany. The stove is a corner stove, but can be r...
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1750s German Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Ceramic

A Large Rococo Carved Siena Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large chimneypiece executed in yellow Siena marble. The central cartouche carving Hercules wearing the Nemean lionskin, flanked on either side by carved foliate scrollwork, which ...
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Mid-20th Century French Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Siena Marble

A Rococo French Bronze Fire Screen By Bouhon Freres
Located in London, GB
An antique French gilt bronze fire screen in the Rococo taste, elaborately decorated and incredibly well made Bouhon Brothers Paris. Stamped and signed on the back. Original fire mes...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Rococo Style Glazed Terracotta Palace Stove
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rococo style palace stove crafted in terracotta decorated in glazed blue and white, featuring a decorative urn at the top, mythological faces, acanthus le...
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Porcelain

Fine Rococo Louis XV Fireplace Mantel in Pavonazzo Marble
Located in London, GB
A fine Rococo Louis XV chimneypiece in pavonazzo marble. The serpentine shelf sits above a beautifully carved panelled frieze, centred with a shell cartouche framed by sprays of oliv...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

19th Century French Bronze Fireplace Dogs with Fender in Rococo Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Late 19th century French fireplace dogs set with adjustable fender hand made in bronze in Rococo style.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Antique Louis XV Purple Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Louis XV-style fireplace mantel is a stunning example of 18th-century French craftsmanship, masterfully carved in rare veined Rosso Levanto marble. The serpentine line...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

19th Century Gilt Wood Fragment Architectural Sculpture, France
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
French Gilded Wood Rococo Wall or Table Fragment. Beautiful period Rococo design constructed in gilt wood featuring intricate scroll motifs throughout as well a small old mirrored ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Giltwood

Antique French Louis XV Carved San Giorgio Breccia Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in New York, NY
An opulent Louis XV period fireplace mantel masterfully carved in richly colored San Giorgio Breccia marble, dating to circa 1740. This exquisite example of Rococo craftsmanship feat...
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Serge Roche Pair of Gilt Plaster Columns, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Serge Roche pair of gilt plaster columns. The foliage and reed inspired coiled movement of the columns inspired by nature. Serge Roche (1898-1988) was a French designer and artist in the mid 20th Century, son of a famous art dealer and collector. He conceived very creative and original objects and furniture often made in plaster and with a strong Baroque or Roccoco feel, interpreted in a unique manner which reflected a new Century's sensibility. His work was commissioned by the elite of his time, such as Maison Jansen, Coco Chanel and Charles de Beistegui...
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Mid-20th Century French Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Plaster

Grand White Statuary Marble Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
A very state of the art antique fireplace surround in white statuary marble from the Rococo period; the surround is in perfect condition. There is extraordinary waving side panels on...
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

Free Standing French Brass Rococo Fire Guard, Spark Screen The Fire guard is a
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Free Standing French Brass Rococo Fire Guard, Spark Screen The Fire guard is a superb quality piece, it is almost Square in shape with curved corners and large steady feet. The fra...
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19th Century Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

19th Century French Brass Fire Screen in the Rococo Style
Located in Savannah, GA
19th century French brass fire screen in the Rococo style.
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

18th Century Fireplace Surround In Bicolour Stone From French Demeure
Located in Beervelde, BE
Very unusual hard stone chimney piece. Fronton in arbalette. This fireplace surround is definitely a statement objet for the connoisseur. Amor central motif, made on special request....
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

Decorative Door Moulding Architrave Gilt and Silvered Wood Panel, 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful Gilt and Silvered Door Moulding Architrave, 18th Century Rococo This beautiful top door header moulding features intricate detailing in typical ...
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18th Century European Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Pair of Italian Rococo Painted Carved Columns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Rococo style (probably 18th Century) dark green painted columns with swirl design upper section and gold carved floral & bird trim with corinthian style capitals (PRI...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

18th Century Rococo Fireplace Mantel In Reddish-Brown or Porphyry-Like Stone
Located in Beervelde, BE
18th century ornate Rococo fireplace mantel made of reddish-brown stone or porphyry-like marble-stone. This exceptional decorative architectural element featuring intricate carvings,...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Stone, Marble

French Gilt Brass and Copper Pedestal
Located in Astoria, NY
French Gilt Brass and Copper Marble Top Pedestal, late 19th-early 20th century, the circular marble top above a conforming column with applied acanthus leaf, on a circular base, and ...
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Early 20th Century Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Brass, Copper

Impressive Rococo Fireplace Mantel in Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
A very impressive French Rococo fireplace carved in statuary marble. The panelled frieze and bracketed jambs delicately carved with trailing fl...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

Small 18th Century Louis XV Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A small 18th century Louis XV rouge marble fireplace. The richly moulded and panelled frieze is centred by a simple Rococo cartouche, all supported on panelled jambs. French, late 1...
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Late 18th Century Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

A 19th Century Victorian Rococo Manner Cast Iron & Brass Fire Grate Basket.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A 19th Century Victorian Rococo manner cast iron & brass fire grate basket. The high shaped cartouche back plate with scalloped side cheeks, the four barred shaped fire front resting...
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1880s English Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Victorian Era White Carrara Marble Fireplace Surround Rococo Style
Located in Beervelde, BE
19th century fireplace frame of Carrara marble with unusual beautiful side panels. An ornamental fireplace in perfect condition with extremely fine sculptural work. This is an exampl...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Louis XV Potoro Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Southall, GB
French Rococo Louis XV fireplace mantel made in a superb Potoro marble. Hand carved molded shelf above a paneled frieze, centered by an elaborate scrolle...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Marble

Antique Dutch Rococo Fireplace
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Very fine and decorative Rococo fireplace from Holland. Beautiful decorative piece, nice proportioned with serpentine breakfront shelf above a very decorative and swooping freeze ...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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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 Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Pair Antique 18th Century Venetian Painted Wooden Doors.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique 18th Century Venetian Painted Wooden Doors. Each Door is 30" Wide for an Overall Width of 5 Feet.
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Wood

Italian Rococo Style 19th Century Painted Fragment with Carved Acanthus Leaves
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Rococo style painted wood architectural fragment from the late 19th century, with carved acanthus leaves, volutes and distressed finish. Created in Italy during the later ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Elegant Italian Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Lovely elegant 18th century fireplace mantel in Carrara white marble. This Italian beauty with its beautifully shaped jambs with scroll to top was originally build into the wall. ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Gilt and Patinated Bronze Andirons with Figures, C. 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt and patinated bronze andirons with figures, circa 1890. With iron log holders behind.
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1890s Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Iron

18th Century Architectural Element Lamp Conversion
Located in Denton, TX
18th century antique architectural element converted to a lamp with vellum shade Angels in the clouds.
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Goatskin, Wood

Pair of Italian Rococo Style Gilt Columns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Rococo style (18/19th Century) gilt swirl columns with grape and floral design and capitals (PRICED AS Pair).
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Giltwood

19th Century Brass Fire Screen In The Rococco Design With Cherub Detail
Located in Dublin, IE
A gorgeous 19th Century polished brass fire screen in the Rococco design, fully restored and of fabulous quality. The protective wire mesh of shaped oval form is set within an intri...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

French Brass Rococo Acanthus Foliage Fire Place Screen on Scrolled Feet, C. 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
French Brass Rococo free standing fire place screen with decorative acanthus foliage, crosshatching with beaded motif, and resting on the original four scrolled feet, Early 19th Century
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1830s French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Brass, Wire

Fine French Bronze Fireplace Ormolu Fire Place Screen Flower Garland Roccoco
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French bronze fireplace ormolu fire place screen with flowers & garland in the manner of rococo.
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20th Century European Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Fine Pair Of Figural Patinated and Gilt Lion Chenets
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of antique French gilt and patinated figural lion form 19th century chenets. In the Rococo style, with full figure lions. Finely sculpted raised lions resting on Rococo shield f...
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1880s French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Gold Plate, Bronze

20th Century Georgian Style Cast Iron Rococo Fire Basket Grate
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A period 20th century cast iron fire grate in the ornate 18th century English Georgian Rococo style of Thomas Chippendale. The tall "C" scrolled densely hatched cast iron back compli...
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1920s English Vintage Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

19th Century Victorian Fire Basket Grate in the Rococo Style
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A completely original 19th century Victorian polished cast iron and mounted polished brass fire basket grate in the Rococo style. A shaped high back ...
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1880s English Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Brass, Iron

Louis XV Style Antique Rococo Fireplace in Fleur de Pecher Marble
Located in London, GB
A charming and imposing Louis XV style antique Rococo chimneypiece in Fleur de Pecher Marble with exceptional ormolu mounts by Francois Linke (1855-194...
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Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Large Pair of Transomed Louis XV Doors
Located in Houston, TX
Large pair of transomed Louis XV doors: Régence period exterior doors, hand carved in oak with original transom. Dated to the first half of the 18th century. These doors and transom ...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Glass, Hardwood

Antique Large Carrara Marble Rococo Louis XV Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A fine French Louis XV chimneypiece in a softly mottled Carrara marble, which epitomises the Rococo style. The wide, moulded serpentine shelf rests on the boldly carved console jambs...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Rare Pair of 19th Century Louis XV Seravezza Marble Chimneypieces
Located in London, GB
A rare pair of very fine Louis XV Rococo marble fireplaces in a beautifully veined seravezza marble. On each, the serpentine shelf is mounted o...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

A French Louis XV Brass Fireplace Screen in the Rococo Form
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XV brass fire screen in the Rococo form. The finely shaped frame with foliage, scrolls and grape detailing supported on four leaf-form feet. Central urn with flame a...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

Giltwood Carved Capital Pedestal Base, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A four-legged Italian guéridon in carved chestnut, featuring Corinthian-style elements with gilded acanthus leaves, rocaille scrolls, and extravagant foliate detailing. Take into ac...
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Gold Leaf

Pair Of Antique French Brass And Iron Fireplace Chenets
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Finely cast French brass fireplace chenets in the form of tall scrolls with acanthus leaf decorated details in a high polish. With stepped iron ...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Brass

Fine Scottish Rococo Statuary Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A fine Scottish Rococo statuary marble chimneypiece. The moulded serpentine shelf rests above a dramatic panelled frieze, centred by a rocailled motif, and scrolling foliate decorati...
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Early 19th Century Scottish Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

Mid-18th Century Georgian English Rococo Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An important, rare mid-18th century Georgian English Rococo antique fireplace surround in Statuary and Maurin green marble influenced by the designs of Sir Henry Cheere (1703-1781) and Isaac Ware...
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Mid-18th Century English Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

Materials

Marble

Rococo building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Rococo 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. 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.

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