Louis XVI Bronze Water Faucet
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze water faucet with fluted design spout and handle.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Folk Art
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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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Style: Louis XV
Louis XVI Gilt Water Faucet
$300 / item
Louis XVI Gilt Water Faucet
Located in Queens, NY
2 French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) gilt bronze water faucet with fluted design spout and wood handle (PRICED EACH)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Bow Ornament
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) gilt bronze bow knot ornament (as is)
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Bronze Bow Ornament
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) gilt bronze bow knot ornament
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Bronze Hand Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th Cent) bronze hand mirror with wreath top and round velvet backing
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Rouen Faience Corpus
$1,033
Rouen Faience Corpus
Located in Kent, Dover
A French faience corpus manufactured in Rouen. The cross now missing and with historic damage to the wrists and ankles.
Category
1760s French Antique Louis XV Folk Art
Materials
Faience
French Louis XVI Bronze Shell Tie Backs, Scroll Design, 19th Century
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of French Louis XVI (19th Cent) style bronze drapery tie backs with scroll design and shell motif
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Mirror Wood and Repoussé Brass, Louis XIV Style, Period: Second Half 19th
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Lovely wooden mirror with rich ornamentation in embossed brass decorated with flowers, leaves and interlacing. Its mercury glass is beveled. Period: Second half of the 19th centu...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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