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.
Classic Old Wooden Baroque Rococo Style Frame Gold 69x59cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
This old wooden gold-colored frame with a beautiful patina, entirely in classic Baroque or Rococo style, is decorated with acanthus leaves and embossed patterns. It's a beautiful, hi...
Gesso, Wood
Large Carved Gilt Wood Frame, French Rococo Style
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Ornate French Rococo Style Carved Ornate Gilt Wood Frame. This gorgeous hand-crafted frame has lots of charming details including shell motifs and cross hatch features. This su...
Gesso, Wood
French Rectangular Art Frame Gold Gilt in the Style of Rococo
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A charming European ornate picture frame that is suitable for most style artwork including prints, watercolors as well as oil on board paintings. This frame certainly captures that v...
Gold
Gilded Brass Triptych Photo Frame, Rococo Style, Early 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilded brass triptych photo frame, Rococo style, early 20th century. Gilt brass triptych photo frame for 3 photos, Rococo style, early 20th century. H: 21.5cm, W: 49cm, D: 1.5cm Fol...
Brass
French Bronze Rococo Style Desktop Picture Frame
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Rococo-style bronze photo or picture desktop easel frame from circa the end of the 1920s. This magnificent ornate frame is made of bronze and has an easel supporting leg on t...
Brass, Bronze
Early 20th Century Gold Gilded Rectangular Wood Art Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in a market in Europe, this fantastic wooden frame is suitable for most style artwork including prints, watercolors as well as oil on board paintings. We just love the look ...
Wood, Paint
Large French Rectangular Art Frame Gold Gilt in the Style of Rococo
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Large European ornate picture frame that is suitable for most style artwork including prints, watercolors as well as oil on board paintings. This frame certainly captures that vint...
Gold
$212Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century French Wood Painted Ornate Art Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fabulous wooden rectangular frame with fantastic patina. This wood frame will accommodate a 12x9 piece of artwork. Add some vintage charm to your favorite water color, print of oil p...
Wood, Gesso, Paint
Rococo Bow Ribbon Double Oval Frame in Giltwood with Floral Paintings
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Rococo Giltwood Frames with Flowers Paintings Giltwood Double Oval Hanging Frame with Pink Flowers Painting and Bow Ribbon Details. Spain, 1940s. These stunning oil on canva...
Gold Leaf
Carved Wooden Frame, 17th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large wooden frame carved in twisted style and painted, from the 17th century. Original paint - Some chips and missing parts, traces of treated woodworm, transformations on the b...
Wood
Mid-Century Wood Gold Gilt Painted Art Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fabulous wooden rectangular frame with fantastic gilt. This wood frame will accommodate artwork 12x14 . Add some vintage charm to your favorite water color, print of oil painting wit...
Gesso, Paint, Wood
Vintage European Rectangular Wood Painted Gilt Art Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fantastic painted and carved gilt gold art frame found in a Paris market. Perfect piece for that special oil painting or watercolor. This frame has fantastic patina. Inside measurem...
Gold
Vintage Rectangular Gilt and Painted Wood Art Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An impressive antique style gold gilt wooden ornate frame. This frame is suitable for most style artwork including prints, watercolors as well as oil on board paintings. Fantastic st...
Wood, Giltwood
Antique French Rococo Victorian Style Gilt Brass Glass Photo Picture Frame
Located in Greven, DE
Antique French Rococo Victorian Style Gilt Brass Glass Photo Picture Frame French Brass, Glass c. 1900 Dimensions: H x D x W : 23cm x 31cm x 13cm Crafted around 1900, this elega...
Brass
Large Vintage Lanvin Silk Scarf Pale Blue Butterflies Fruits French
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Large vintage Lanvin silk scarf pale blue butterflies fruits French Beautiful and rare vintage silk scarf Very pretty with butterfly and d...
Silk
18th Century Venetian Gilt Carved and Polychrome Frame
Located in New York, NY
A rare Venetian hand-carved and gilt picture frame, with hand-painted detail and background panels. Opening size: 24 1/2" x 19 3/8".
Gold Leaf
Huge 19th Century Venetian Grotto Frame, Italy 1780
Located in San Francisco, CA
Monumental 18th Century Venetian Grotto Frame, created circa 1780 in Italy. This frame is impressive as an decorative element or the encasement for a treasured painting, mirror or im...
Silver Leaf
Frame, Wood, Late 17th-Early 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Framework. Carved wood, late 17th-early 18th century. Rectangular frame that presents a "base structure" of straight lines, combining moldings of different widths and finishes (inside, a golden band with Fine plant details towards the corners; then a thin red one, and a wider green one, these two the latter imitating marble; outside, another fine gilt molding), enhanced with a series of carvings of vegetal elements in the corners (symmetrical composition), two ovoid elements on the long sides and a highly elaborate cresting with vegetal elements, rockeries, scrolls, flowers and imitation of fabrics (which are joined with those ovoid elements mentioned). The combination of red, green and gold is common in certain types of frames (compare, for example, with the terracotta of Salamanca made around the middle of the 16th century by Juan de Juni, which is kept in the Victoria and Albert Museum). On it, a series of carvings with a lot of movement and depth have been added, showing Baroque influence (reminiscent in certain details of works such as the frame of the Immaculate Conception by Alonso Cano...
Wood
Monumental 19th Century Giltwood Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very unusual. Have never seen one like this. Most likely had a painting inset, but mirror could be placed inside. Stand alone or hang on wall.
Giltwood
Enamel cloissoné and gilt bronze picture frame. France, late 19th century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Enamel cloissoné and gilt bronze picture frame. France, late 19th century.
Bronze, Enamel
19th Century Italian Carved Frame
Located in New York, NY
Finely carved and gilded 19th century Italian frame. Features continuous pierced carving decorative design. Carved out of a solid piece of fruitwood, the example is in excellent cond...
Gold Leaf
Set of 3 Italian Florentine Gilt Wood Art Frames Circa 1950's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Great grouping of three small Florentine Gold Gilt frames from Italy. We see these Rococo style frames as in a grouping as part of a gallery wall or certainly stand alone. Frames are...
Wood, Giltwood
Rococo Style Gilt Metal Table Mirrors and Candlestick & Picture Frame, Set of 3
Located in Wembley, GB
Rococo Style Gilt Metal Table Mirrors and Candlestick, Set of Three An exquisite three-piece Rococo Revival dressing table ensemble in richly cast gilt metal, comprising two ornate ...
Metal
Pair of Antique French Gilt Bronze Rococo Style Picture Frames, ca. 1890
Located in Barntrup, DE
Pair of Antique French gilt bronze Rococo style picture frames, ca. 1890 This adorable pair of delicate gilt bronze picture frames features typical Rococo-style motifs - rocailles, f...
Brass, Bronze
$6,000 / item
Rococo French Style Carved Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved and gilt, French style large mirror frame, pair available.
Giltwood
Iris Apfel Collection, Vintage Italian Green Painted and Parcel-Gilt Frame
Located in Morristown, NJ
From The Iris Apfel Collection, this vintage Italian picture frame dates to the mid-20th century, circa 1950s, and exemplifies the decorative craftsmanship and layered surface treatm...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Pair of Vintage Italian Green and Gilt Carved Wood Picture Frames, 20th Century
Located in Morristown, NJ
A refined pair of Italian carved wood picture frames, richly modeled with scrolling Rococo-inspired ornament and finished in a soft celadon-green ground, similar to Benjamin Moore Wo...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Set of Two 18th Century Italian Silk Frames with Embroidery and Saints Figures
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of antique embroidered frames, rectangular shape, in ivory colored silk satin with embroidery in cotton and gold lamé of floral elements and love knots. These are devotional monastic Italian...
Paste, Silk
Large Vintage Silk Scarf Pale Blue Gold Eiffel Tower Paris
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Title: Large Vintage Silk Scarf Pale Blue Description: Beautiful and rare vintage designer silk scarf. Very pretty with multiple detailed p...
Silk
2 Vintage Italian Hand-Painted Brown and Gilt Picture Frames, ex. Iris Apfel
Located in Morristown, NJ
Provenance: The Iris Apfel Collection A richly charactered set of two vintage Italian picture frames, hand-painted in deep brown with warm gilt decoration throughout. Each frame is...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
3 Vintage Italian Hand-Painted Red & Gilt Picture Frames - Iris Apfel Collection
Located in Morristown, NJ
A charming set of three vintage Italian picture frames, hand-painted in a rich oxblood-red ground with warm gilt highlights. Each frame features finely executed gilt scrollwork and l...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Pair of Vintage Italian Black Painted and Gilt Wood Picture Frames
Located in Morristown, NJ
Provenance: The Iris Apfel Collection A refined pair of Italian carved wood picture frames, finished in a deep black ground with parcel-gilt detailing throughout. The profiles are ...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$2,250Sale Price|25% Off
18th Century French Rococo Gilded Bronze Frame Mounted on Green Velvet
Located in New York, NY
!8th century French Rococo bronze frame mounted on a velvet covered wood back. Very rare in its rich detail of winged cherubs. This piece was once most certainly a frame for an impor...
Bronze
19th Century Italian Gilt Sterling Silver And Enamel Picture Frame
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique (gilt) vermeil over sterling silver ornate picture frame with red and blue vitreous enamel, Italy, circa 1890. Has hallmark on front. Oval...
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Ornamental Mirror Frame, Giltwood, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
It requires restoration. Rectangular cornucopia with carved and gilded wooden frame decorated with a series of smooth moldings and with a very elaborate finish on the upper part (ar...
Metal