Louis XV Candle Holders
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.
Find antique Louis XV bedroom furniture, seating, tables and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
1
158
11
to
15
95
63
169
158
169
1,305
867
650
402
326
267
265
257
193
169
165
162
151
133
117
115
34
12
17
110
31
11
22
4
4
4
2
Height
to
Width
to
154
115
41
23
17
163
137
23
1
1
11
2
1
1
1
Style: Louis XV
Pair French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze & Cut-Glass Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass three-light Girandoles table lamps. (Electrified), Paris, circa 1900.
Height: 33 inches (84 cm).
...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Bronze Dore Urn Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore urn shaped 9 arm candelabra with scroll design arms and 2 cupids holding garlands. (PRICED AS...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze and Porcelain Chicken Candelabra
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fanciful pair of three-light candelabra featuring porcelain chickens with an amusing continuance, bronze arms in the form of branches with candle cu...
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Pair of French Candle Lamps Bronze Gilded
Located in Berlin, DE
19th century pair of French candle lamps bronze
Richly carved body, solid bronze gilded. Each 4-flame arms. Extremely decorative and high quality workmanship, 19th century.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Silver Candelabra Signed BOIN TABURET
By Boin-Taburet
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Louis XV style candelabra in silver with rocailles decor and asymmetrical ornamentation. The four arms of light ending in bobèches binettes are finely chiseled with stylized rinses, foliage and flowers.
These candelabra are a creation of the goldsmith Boin Taburet...
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Silver
Louis XV Style Bronze Five-Light Candelabra
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Louis XV style bronze
Five-light candelabra,
Early 20th century.
Of naturalistic form,
the foliate clasped nozzles and drip pans
issuing from scrolling branches
about co...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Antique 18th Century Pair of Chinoisérie Candle Wall Appliques Candle Sconces
Located in Munich, DE
This unusual pair of wall candle appliques is carved out of wood, ebonized and partially guilt.
They are executed in the 'chinoisérie' taste, so popular in the middle of the eightee...
Category
1760s Italian Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
Pair of Rare 19th Century Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Shell Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century
Each with indistinct blue glaze mark to underside; One further numbered: 3307
Each candlestick with a cream and mauve glazed porcelain conch shell...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Porcelain
French Louis XV or Rococo Style French Bronze Candelabras with Dolphins, a Pair
Located in Barntrup, DE
An adorable pair of Louis XV or Rococo style bronze candelabras. The decoration of the candelabras is very rich and characteristic of the Rococo style. The scrolling Rococo arms with...
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of Ten-Light Candelabra After Pierre Gouthière, by Henri Picard, Circa 1870
By Pierre Gouthiere, Henri Picard
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Pair Of Gilt-Bronze And White Marble Ten-Light Candelabra After The Model by Pierre Gouthière, by Henri Picard.
French, Circa 1870.
The gilt-bronze variously stamped 'P...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Bronze
‘Les Grands Faunes’, a Pair of Candelabra after François Rémond, circa 1880
By François Rémond
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
‘Les Grands Faunes’, a large and very finely cast pair of gilt bronze and patinated bronze figural candelabra on green granite marble bases, after a model by François Rémond...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Silvered Brass Candlesticks
Located in Essex, MA
Each with bobeches, reeded baluster form and shaped circular stepped base.
Category
1760s French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
Pair of Silver Plated Louis XV Style Candelabra
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of silver plated bronze Louis XV candelabra.
Five candles with beautifully worked body. Foliate. Silver in great condition.
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Bronze Dore Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore cupid base candelabras supporting 3 arms and a flower form center arm with flowers on either side. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Ormolu Figural Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Exquisite pair of French Louis XV style gilt bronze five-light figural candelabra, 19th century.
Five foliage-inspired candleholders are conjoined by intricate gilt bronze scrollin...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Large and Fine Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Candelabrum
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine pair of large signed 19th century Louis XV gilt bronze candelabrum by E. Colin et cie, Paris.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Pair of Candelabra, Ormolu, France.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This pair of bronze candelabras are high quality fire gilded with three candle cups each. These 19th century sculptural candle holders are in the Louis XV style.
Starting at the ba...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Pair of Louis XV Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful pair of bronze candlesticks from the Louis XV period resting on an animated circular base, with a baluster-shaped barrel with torso fluting. The candlesticks have kept thei...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze Dore Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore 4 arm candelabras with three cupids at the bases. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Style Five-Light Gilt Bronze Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV (19th-20th Century) style five-light gilt bronze candelabra with foliate detail throughout.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Export Rooster Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
A pair of spectacular and large antique Chinese export porcelain rooster transitional Louis XV/Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted three arm candelabra lamps of superb quality embell...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Cherubs as Candelabra
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
These are impressive pair of 19th century gilt metal candelabra held by an exquisitely patinated bronze cherubs'. They are placed on...
Category
1860s French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Single Italian Giltwood Mirror Candle Sconce
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Elaborate carved giltwood and metal mirrored sconce. The all giltwood back with Centro round mirror with front girangole candleholder that is removable. Made in Italy, circa 1950. Th...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Napoleon III Ormolu Sconces
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Napoleon III Ormolu sconces in Louis XV style. Each sconce is decorated with a child wearing flowing garments and holds in its arms the can...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze Figural Clock Garniture by Maison Baguès French circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt and Patinated bronze figural clock garniture by Maison Baguès.
This rare example of a clock garniture by Maison Baguès has a twin train eight-day movement striking on a bell.
The garniture consists of a clock and a pair of candelabra en suite.
The clock has a Rococo cast case surmounted by a patinated bronze putto playing a lyre, above a circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic seconds and pierced hands. The dial inscribed 'Eug Bagues, Paris'. The case terminates in four scrolling legs put down on an acanthus cast plinth base.
The candelabra en suite have gilt bronze pierced acanthus cast bases supporting patinated bronze putti each holding aloft three scrolling acanthus arms terminating in circular and foliate cast drip trays and nozzles.
Maison Baguès
The Baguès Company, located at 31, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, was founded in 1840 by Mr. Noel Baguès who started his business to cast liturgical bronzes.
By 1880 the company had expanded into the production of bronze light fixtures in response to the development of electrical lighting. Carried on by Noël’s son Eugène and grandsons Victor and Robert, Maison Baguès continued to progress, adding intricately detailed iron lighting collections in the 1920s as well as stair banisters...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large French Louis XV Style Bronze Five-Light Candelabras
Located in Barntrup, DE
Large and impressive pair of Louis XV or Rococo style bronze five-light candelabras, France, 1920s.
Decorated with floral and scrolled leaf motif throughout.
Dimensions: Height 60 ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Four Antique Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in London, GB
These gilt bronze (ormolu) wall sconces (lights) are elaborate and highly elegant in their design. They are fashioned in the Rococo style, after decorative arts of the Louis XV perio...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 18th Century Large Carved Candlesticks
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of tall 18th century candlesticks. All original finish and structure. One of the candlesticks tilts to the right. Beautiful carving and all original paint.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
Pair of French Bronze and Rouge Marble Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Impressive pair of French Louis XV style gilt bronze and rouge marble six light candelabra,
19th century.
Each candelabra issuing five gilt bronze arms, beginning in scrolling st...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Brass Figural and Floral Candlesticks, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of French brass two-arm figural candlesticks with ladies holding fruit baskets, scrolled floral arms, decorative floral medallions, original removable bobeches, and resting on s...
Category
1770s French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Royer
By Ernest Royer
Located in London, GB
This beautiful gilt bronze (ormolu) clock set was crafted, circa 1870 in France. The set is designed in a rich Rococo style, after decorative art of the Louis XV period (1715-1774).
...
Category
1870s French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV 18th Century Silvered Bronze Candlestick with Paw Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XV silvered bronze candlesticks from the 18th century, with volutes and paw feet. Born in France during the reign of King Louis XV nicknamed the Beloved, each ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 4-Light Ormolu Louis XV Candelabra, French, 19th Century
Located in Lantau, HK
The four-light are each cast as open flower heads, over the spills in the form of leaves, supported on stylized Rococo branches.
Shipping included
Original art work(s).
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze with Cupid 5 Arm Candelabra on Marble Bases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore candelabras with figural cupids, 5 arms, and marble bases (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Pair of Silvered Bronze Candleholder, 1900s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice early 20th century Louis XV pair of silvered bronze candleholder from the 1900s.
Six lights. Sculpted details of flowers. Very good quality.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Vintage French Bronze Classical Wall-Mounted Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Pair of two-arm bronze wall-mounted candelabras in a classical style and featuring a laurel leaf design. France, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Candelabras
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century French Louis XV style gilt bronze candelabras.
Outstanding finely detailed pair of antique French Napoleon ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Style Gilt Cherub Torchieres
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (19th Century) gilt cupid torchiere with wings holding cornucopia candelabra (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Candelabra with Cherubs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style figural gilt bronze and rouge marble six-light candelabra, each with a figure of a standing cherub holding the ornate scrolled arm candelabra, crowned with a gilt bronze candle snuffer...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bacchus and Bacchante Nine-Arm Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (19th century) gilt bronze Bacchus and Bacchante figures holding nine-arm candelabra.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Nice Pair of 1860's Girandoles in Gilded Bronze with Crystal Pendants
Located in Paris, FR
Two girandoles in gilded bronze with crystal pendants on a round "red griotte" marble base, representing a nymph and a satyr in a very young age.
Very fine work in the style of the...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Antique Meissen Porcelain Woodpeckers, Now Mounted as Candelabra
Located in Montreal, QC
Each bird is modeled on a stump applied with plants and moss. They are naturalistically modeled with colorful plumage. The birds are mid-19th century at latest. The bronze mounts are...
Category
19th Century German Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Monumental Crystal, Rock Crystal and Brass Candelabras. Great Scale
Located in Buchanan, MI
Spectacular pair of monumental crystal, rock crystal and brass candelabra. Electrified. Great Scale And Proportions.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Brass
Pair of Louis XV Style Repoussé Copper Candlesticks, France, circa 1850s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Unusual faux pair of large repoussé copper candlesticks in the style of Louis XV.
Dimensions provided below are for the taller candlestick. The smaller one measures (in centimeter...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Copper
Pewter Collection off 17 Items, 18th-Early 19th Century
Located in Diest, Vlaams Brabant
plates one oval small one 24 cm one 31 cm one 42 cm one 43 cm
Water jar or hotwater bottle
Spoons 7 plus 2 17 th cent
Candlestick
All 18th or early 19th century
Details on reque...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Pewter
Pair of Large 19th Century Gold French Louis XV Style Gilded Bronze Candelabra
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of French Louis XV style bronze doré candelabra, late 19th century.
These large and very decorative candelabra are very nice quality. They are cast bronze that is gold plated...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Bronze Figural Six Lght Candelabra
Located in Montreal, QC
This imposing pair of bronze figural six-light candelabra, one modelled as a putto, the other as a satyr, is in the manner of Clodion. Each is mounted on fluted and garlanded column...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French White Carrara Marble and Gilt Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A good pair of candelabra in the Louis XVI manner.
Constructed in Carrara marble and gilt bronze; the square stepped bases having incurved angles, and supporting bronze socles dre...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Large French Gilt Bronze and Patinated Vase Form Candelabras
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of large Antique French Gilt Bronze & Patinated Vase Form Candelabras.
Each with a vase form shaped body with central relief under a 12 branch candelabrum. Standing on a tr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Unusual Colored Marble and Gilded Bronze Single Candelabra
Located in Hudson, NY
This very unusual candelabra made in France combines the elegance of the Louis XV period with the modernism so prevalent in France at the time. Constructed of a colored marble spher...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Late 18th Century French Tole Floral Sconces with White Porcelain Flowers, Pair
Located in valatie, NY
A pair of late 18th century French tole floral sconces with white porcelain flowers. The paint appears original.
Category
1790s French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Tin
Louis XV Style Ormolu Candelabra -Set of 2
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of grand 19th century Louis XV style ormolu candelabra, each constructed in gilt bronze and depicting a pair of putti embracing on a shaped foot...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Ormolu
Large Antique French Louis XV Ormolu Rococo Candelabra After Meissonnier
By Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A magnificent pair of antique French candelabra in the manner of Juste Aurele Meissonier (Italian, 1695-1750). Beautifully formed as acanthus wrapped stems, with swirling acanthus ar...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Candle Holders
Materials
Ormolu
Louis Xv candle holders for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV candle holders for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage candle holders created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, lighting, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV candle holders made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original candle holders, popular names associated with this style include Henri Vian, Ferdinand Barbedienne, Boin-Taburet, and Ernest Royer. 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 candle holders differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $501 and tops out at $95,000 while the average work can sell for $5,400.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
French Dore Candelabra
18th Century French Candelabra
Centerpiece Candelabra
Art Deco Silver Candelabra
Candelabra Centerpiece
Antique Cast Iron Holder
Candelabra Putti
Putti Candelabra
Candelabra With 5 Candles
French Bronze Porcelain Candelabra
Decorative German Candelabra
Bronze Candle Holders With Crystals
19th Century Empire French Gilt Bronze Candelabras
Fruit Holder
Bronze 3 Candle Holders
Three Arm Candle Holder
Pair Marble Ormolu Columns
Bronze French 19th Century Louis Xv Candelabras