Louis XV Sculptures
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: Europe
Style: Louis XV
1750s Pair of Lacquered Wood Sculptures of Angel Heads with Wings
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Important pair of 18th century lacquered wood angel heads, from Northern Italy. The angel heads with wings are carved from a single piece of wood and decorated in polychrome with mec...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Terracotta Bust Of Young Girl Signed Fernand Cian
Located in BARSAC, FR
Fernand Cian (1889-1954)
Bust of an elegant young woman wearing a bun, in the style of the 18th century.
Patinated terracotta on a sea green marble piedouche base.
Signed Fernand ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Female Bust In Carrara Marble, Late 18th Century, Northern Italy
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Female Bust In Carrara Marble, Late 18th Century, Northern Italy
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century, French Terracotta Bust and Marble Base with Nobleman
Located in IT
Terracotta bust depicting nobleman, marble base, 19th century, France
The refined bust depicts a nobleman dressed according to the fashion of the mid-eighteenth century in France. T...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French 19th Century Alabaster Sculpture of a Young Girl with a Bonnet
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This 19th-century alabaster bust portrays a charming young girl with an exquisite profile. The statue, crafted in a pristine white hue, captures the innocence and grace of youth. The...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
19th Century, French Terracotta Bust and Marble base with Noblewoman
Located in IT
Terracotta bust depicting noblewoman, marble base, 19th century, France
The refined bust, made of terracotta, depicts a noblewoman dressed according to the fashion of the mid-eighte...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bust Of Governor-general Alexandre De Lorraine
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Bust of Governor-General Alexandre de Lorraine, plaster after Jean Philippe Augustin Ollivier, known as Ollivier de Marseille
Category
20th Century European Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Porcelain Group, Galant Scene, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain group, Galant scene, 19th Century.
19th century porcelain group in the Louis XV style, gallant scene.
Photos:(c)inu.studio_art
H: 41cm , W: 37cm, D: 24cm
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of gilt bronze sculptures of Cupidon and Psyché, 19th century
Located in NICE, FR
Pair of Napoleon III period gilt bronze andirons, 19th century, depicting Cupid and Psyche on acanthus leaf bases.
High-quality gilding with matte and glossy finishes.
Ideal for de...
Category
1850s French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meissen style porcelain and gilt bronze table fountain by Samson
Located in London, GB
This colourful porcelain table fountain, fashioned in the German Meissen style, was crafted in the 19th Century by the French porcelain company Samson et Cie.
The table fountain co...
Category
19th Century German Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Oval Bronze Reliefs After Clodion
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Oval Bronze Reliefs After Clodion.
Each inscribed to the cast Clodion.
Each plaque depicts a Bacchic scene of a maiden dancing with a young s...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture of the XIXth Century of Louis XV Style
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze Sculpture of the XIXth Century of Louis XV Style
Beautiful bronze sculpture of the XIXth century on its base in blackened wood of ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Large Louis XV Sculpture of a Putto Representing Summer
Located in Berlin, DE
Late 19th century French large Louis XV Sculpture of a Putto Representing Summer
A small girl standing in ancient Roman style sandals on a rectangular plinth against a rocaille moti...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Late 19th Century French Large Louis XV Sculpture of a Putto with Zephyr
Located in Berlin, DE
Late 19th century French large Louis XV sculpture of a Putto with Zephyr.
A figure of a boy standing on a rectangular plinth, looking aside while holding a ball or stylised poppy ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Young Boy Playing the Flute Sculpture on Marble Terrace, 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Charming sculpture in spelter with bronze patina, in the style of Auguste Moreau, representing a young flute player dressed in country clothes, carrying his flute in his left hand an...
Category
1870s French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Bronze Sculpture by Guillaume Coustou
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillaume Coustou (1677 - 1746) "Le cheval de Marly", sculpture in bronze
Measures: H: 57 cm
W: 47 cm
D: 22 cm.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze Marly Horses on Boulle Style Marquetry Stands
Located in London, GB
Pair of bronze Marly horses on Boulle style marquetry stands
French, late 19th century
Measures: Total height 73cm
Horses: Height 60cm, width 53...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Paul Duboy, Bisque Statue Young Girl in a Ball Gown
Located in Paris, FR
This porcelain bisque statue depicts a young woman in a ball gown, holding a mask and a fan, in 18th century taste. She is wearing an elegant dress à la ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Important Terracotta Representing a Baby
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important Terracotta representing a baby doll who writes, accompanied by his bird, early 20th century, Louis XV style.
Measures: H: 42 cm, W: 40 cm, D: 30 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century European Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Carved Wood Sculpture from the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Carved wood sculpture from the 19th century.
Measures: H: 54 cm, W: 26 cm, D: 18 cm.
Category
19th Century European Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Terracotta Representing a Child and a Bird in the Hand
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Terracotta representing a child and a bird in the hand, signed, early 20th century, Louis XV style.
Measures: H: 24 cm, W: 32 cm, D: 15 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century European Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair 18th Century Louis XV Silvered Bronze Figures
Located in London, by appointment only
Beautiful pair of 18th century Louis XV silvered bronze musical cherubs on columns. The silvering on these delightful and elegantly sculpted pair exhibits the most wonderful aged col...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ormolu-Mounted Porcelain Horses by Samson Manufactory
By Samson & Cie
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of 20th century white porcelain horses on clouds, above rocaille bases richly decorated with scrollwork and openwork foliage. Both figures are marked underneath with two crossed...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
18th Century Pair of French Gilt Bronze Sculptures on Marble Base
Located in IT
18th century pair of french gilt bronze sculptures on marble base representing Chinese figures
This particular and lovely pair of sculp...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Bisque Group Hunting Scene with Gallant Couple
Located in Paris, FR
Porcelain biscuit group depicting a hunting scene with two young hunters and their dogs, and a gallant couple under a tree. Louis XV period. Restoration at the horns and the stick is...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bust of a Child in Terra Cotta from the 20th Century, Signed Gobet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bust of a child in terra cotta from the 20th century. Signed Gobet.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Dancing Bacchantes and Putti after Clodion
Located in Paris, FR
Large bronze group with brown patina after Claude Michel, called Clodion (French, 1738-1814). The statuette features two young bacchantes and three putti. The bacchantes are crowned ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
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 Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Bronze Cherubs on Marble Bases
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine pair of mid-18th century French bronze cherubs standing contrapposto, one playing an instrument and the other holding a knife opening a oyster shell. Both standing besides tre...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Clodion, Pair of Ewers in Bronze with Two Patinas, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
After Clodion.
Pair of bronze ewers with two patinas representing bacchanalia scenes after Clodion. Circular base with gadroon piedouche decora...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Louis Xv sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV sculptures 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 sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, building and garden elements, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV sculptures 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 sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Affortunato Gory, Cipri Adolf Bermann, Claude Michel Clodion, and Coustou. 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 sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $695 and tops out at $845,000 while the average work can sell for $6,800.
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