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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
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
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

18th Century Louis XV Period 'Diana Bathing' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French fireback with the Goddess Diana bathing. Diana, Goddess of hunting, also protector of animals of the forest, especially the young an...
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Pair of Louis XV Gilt Bronze Figural Chenets (Andirons)
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Pair of Louis XV Ormolu Andirons, depicting a seated gallant with a guitar and his companion, each with a dog looking up and rocaille scrolling. with log rests (dimensions include th...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Louis XV gilt bronze Andirons
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful pair of Louis XV period mercury ormolu andirons. The two symmetrical pendant putti are seated on leafy scrolls. Andirons gave the opportunity to bronzemakers under Louis X...
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1760s French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

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

18th Century Italian Architectural Element with Hand-Cast Plaster Angels
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf architectural element with a pair of hand-cast plaster angels, a plaster rosette, and a detail plaster cornic...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Gold Leaf

A Reclaimed Rococo French Style Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large reclaimed Rococo style fireplace in white marble. Well carved and of good proportions, good quality white marble. Mid 18th century style Opening sizes 102.5cm w x 90cm h
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17th Century European Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Pair of Carved and Giltwood Italian Architectural Finials
Located in Lomita, CA
Italian details and beautiful acanthus hand carved leaves designed in an upward sweep make this pair of architectural finials stand out. These are circa mid to late 18th century gilt...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Giltwood

18th Century Monumental XL Italian Rococo Carved Wood "Supra Porte" Ornament
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Super Large Antique Italian Rococo Carved Wood "Supra Porte'. This monumental 18th Century ornament is 2 meters wide! Beautiful A-symmetrically carved Pinewood and Basswood with C-Sc...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Pine

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

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

Set of 4 Italian Rococo Painted Carved Columns
Located in New York, 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

18th Century Statuary Marble Rococo Mantle from George II Period, circa 1750’s
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A large antique English Rococo Statuary marble chimneypiece from the George II period. The serpentine shaped panelled frieze, beneath a moulded serpentine shelf is centred by a rich...
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18th Century English Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

Pair of 18th Century French Carved Polychrome Columns with Vines, Grapes, Leaves
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate your wine cellar with these antique, carved columns. Hand carved in France, circa 1750, the tall painted carvings stand on a sturdy square base at the bottom and feature a rounded plate at the top to hold any interesting object...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Oak, Paint

Set of Seven Hand-Carved Antique 18th Century Capitals
Located in Houston, TX
Set of seven hand-carved 18th century capitals ready for wall display. Each is beautifully carved, some with gilt details. There are three pairs and one lone one...
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

French Sevres Porcelain & Brass Ormolu Soap or Jewlery Dish Rococo, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful French Sevres porcelain and brass ormolu footed soap dish of the Rococo period, circa mid-18th century, France. Dish has center female and male scene surrounded by hand-p...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Brass, Ormolu

18th Century Italian Rococo Carved Frieze Wall Panel - Antique Oakwood Door
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-brown, antique Italian frieze panel with flowers, vines and leaves, made of hand carved Oakwood, in good condition. The horizontal door is featuring 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

Large Antique Hand-Carved Wooden Cherub Architectural Element or Wall Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large hand-carved wooden cherub is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Germany and dating to approximately 1750 and done in the period Rococo style. The sculpture is ...
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Softwood

English Rococo Statuary Marble Antique Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A rare and remarkable English Rococo Statuary marble antique chimneypiece with richly and intricately carved floral and rocaille decoration. The boldly conceived and executed central cartouche bordered by both subtle and high relief floral design with typical English / Irish bordered panel and rocaille carved detail on the underfrieze moulding. Most charming of all are the two Irish Water Spaniels...
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Mid-18th Century English Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Exceptional Dutch Rococo Fireplace Mantel with Original Trumeau
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
We are very pleased to offer this exceptional and original combination of a beautiful grey marble fireplace with its original trumeau in the Rococo ma...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Italian Rococo Green Cupid Figure
Located in New York, NY
Italian Rococo (18th Cent) green painted life size cupid figure with a gold drape and holding a plate.  
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Gold

18th Century Rococo Fragment Of A Copper Fireplace Door
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautiful copper door with Rococo decorations and dated 1783. Could be used for a actual fireplace, or as a Folk Art wall decoration.
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18th Century Scandinavian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Copper

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

Italian 18th Century Richly Carved & Gilt Wood Rococo Style Wall Bracket
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian 18th century gilded bracket. This large size Italian Rococo style bracket features an abundance of decor associated to a very curvy Silhouet...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Urns Pair Delft Blue and White, 18th Century, Holland
Located in New York, NY
Urns pair of delft blue and white 18th century, Holland. A pair of stunning urns made during the 18th century in Delft, Holland. Glazed pottery in blue and white.
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18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Delft

Italian Rococo Terracotta Frieze
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Rococo terracotta frieze in superb condition from the mid-18th century.
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Terracotta

Monumental 3-Piece 18th Century Azulejo Mural Panel from Portugal
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a rare and complete antique tiled mural plaque from Portugal, dating to the mid-1700s. It is an astounding 13 feet long and most recently ca...
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1750s Portuguese Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Ceramic

Pair of 18th Century Rococo Gilt Bronze Andirons, Firedogs, Ormolu Chenets
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
An exceptional pair of 18th century English Rococo gilt bronze andirons or fire dogs. The bold shape of these andirons relate to designs of Thomas Johnson (1714–1778), one of London's pioneers of the 'Modern' or French style, later known as Rococo. In the 1750s he published several books of designs which were widely used for things like ceiling moulding. These books include 12 Girandoles in 1755, The Book of the Carver in 1758 and monthly between 1755 and 1758, 150 New Designs. He also had a great influence on Ince and Mayhew's book, The Universal System...
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18th Century English Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Highly Decorative Rococo Timber Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A highly decorative French Rococo wood fireplace. The jambs with scrollwork throughout surmounted by frieze with scrolls, floral embellishments and cartouche to centre. French. Curre...
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18th Century English Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Massive Neoclassical Terracotta Garden Urn Campana-Form Depicting Goddesses
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental Italian neoclassical terracotta Campana-form garden urn . An extremely fine molded figural group of goddesses in back and front to t...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Terracotta

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 Large French Rococo Brass Andirons or Chenets
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A pair of large French Rococo brass andirons or chenets This is a very large pair of french brass andirons, the ultimate in Chateau Chic Th...
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Late 18th Century Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

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

18th Century French Gilded Wood Pair of Console Legs/Decoration in Rococo Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French hand carved pair of console legs made of hand painted gilded wood in Rococo style. May be used as a wall decoration. Very elegant shape and colori...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Giltwood

George II Rococo Chimneypiece in White Statuary and Verde Antico Marble
Located in London, GB
A large, rare and imposing late George II English Rococo chimneypiece with strong Palladian influences carved in white statuary marble and inlaid with panels of Verde Antico marble. ...
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Mid-18th Century English Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

18th Century French White Statuary Chimneypiece
Located in Bagshot, GB
A pure statuary 18th century French Chimneypiece. The Frieze consisting of a dramatic carved shell cartouche with bold acanthus foliage sweeping to either side with floral enrichmen...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

18th Century Sir Henry Cheere Fireplace
By Sir Henry Cheere 1
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A finely carved 18th century pine and Portland stone chimneypiece in the manner of Sir Henry Cheere. The top layer of the shelf is moulded and carved w...
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Mid-18th Century British Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

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

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Marble

18th Century Rococo Italian Pewter Lavabo with Dolphin Motif on Wooden Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian period Rococo late 18th century lavabo with dolphin motif, pewter sink and reservoir, mounted on a wooden stand. This Italian lavabo features an...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Pewter

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 originally belonged to a home in Paris. They include original, or extremely early, hardware. Hand carved scroll and rocaille motifs adorn both doors and transom. Doors, transom and architectural surround...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Glass, Oak

Antique Irish Fireplace Mantel, circa 1750
Located in London, GB
A rare, Irish, mid-18th century, statuary marble chimney piece originally from 44 Stafford Street, now 44 Wolfe Tone Street, owned by Theobold Wolfe Tone (1763-1798), the father of Irish Republicanism, circa 1750. Originating from a basic, English Palladian...
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1750s Irish Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

Pair of Brackets in Carved and Gilded Wood, Rococo, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of brackets with a curved lower profile and a polygonal section decorated on their fronts with raised pebbles and vegetal motifs and engraved sca...
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18th Century European Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

German Louis XV 18th century Rococo Walnut Fireplace Mantel
Located in Troy, NY
Fireplace surround and overmantle (can be fitted with a mirror plate or a painting), beautiful carved decoration, warm rich patina. The separate measurements for the two parts: Over ...
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Walnut

Quality 18th Century Antique Italian Fireplace in Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 18th century Italian fireplace in statuary marble. The elegantly shaped jambs with scroll to top, the carved frieze with shell to centre and shaped rectangular motif t...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

Pair of Italian Rococo Style Gilt Columns
Located in New York, 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

Small Italian Carrara and Rosso Levanto Marble Chimneypiece Mantel
Located in London, GB
A petite Italian Carrara and Rosso Levanto marble fireplace. The moulded jambs surmounted by shaped frieze featuring carved classical Anthemion leaf to centre. Moulded shelf above. U...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

French Gilt Floral Aubusson Fire Screen. Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
French carved wood and gilt floral fire screen with original abusson insert terminating on scrolled cabriole legs with the original brass casters. 18th Century
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

18th Century Antique French Rococo Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A French Rococo antique fireplace mantel in the Louis XV manner, carved in limestone. The serpentine shelf is integral with the similarly formed frieze, carved from the solid and dec...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

Pair of Italian Rococo Painted Carved Columns
Located in New York, 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

Pair of 18th century Italian Silvered Wood Carvings, ca. 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Pair of Italian Silvered Wood Wall Carvings originating during the second half of the 18th century. Each carving centered by a female mask flanked by pierced C scroll designs and ...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Silver Leaf

Italian Gilt-wood Pedestal in Rococo taste, Italy c. 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique and finely-executed Gilt-wood pedestal, with Spiral-form stem, and featuring deeply-carved Rococo forms throughout. Italian in origin, and dating from the mid 1700s. The b...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Building and Garden Elements

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Giltwood

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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