Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
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
20th Century Louis XV Style Wall Lights
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Louis XV style wall lights
Wall lights in Louis XV style.
Brass, patinated. Finely ground crystal. Five curved light arms.
(F-Me-48).
Category
20th Century Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$1,529 / item
19th century, Pair of French Four-Light Gilt Bronze
Located in IT
19th century, Pair of French Four-Light Gilt Bronze
The pair of wall lamps with four lights was made of gilded bronze and finely chiselled. It was performed in France in the 19th c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Small Dragons Wall Lamp with 5 lights in Bronze and Gold 18K
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Small wall lamp dragon in 18k gilt bronze with 5 arms of lights in the Louis XV style.
We have one pair in stock however we can produce them made to measure and in other finishes su...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Set of Four Rococo Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in London, GB
These sconces (wall lights) are wonderful examples of the 18th century Louis XV style, which was fashionably revived in the 19th century. The style was characterised by its rocaille ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$26,342 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Large Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces Louis XV Style
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Pair of Large Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces Louis XV Style
These large and impressive gilt bronze wall sconces each support three beautifully decorated out-swept arms stemming from the ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Antique Set of Three French, Louis XV Style Bronze Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful set of french bronze Louis XV style sconces, the patina is much nicer in person, we can sell it by pair if you like, or one. We have over three thousand antique sconces ...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style French Wall Pair of Crystal Girandoles
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This exquisite pair of French girandoles, crafted in the early 20th century, embodies the timeless elegance of traditional French Louis XV style lighting design. Each piece features ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
17th Century Pair of 6-Light Gilt Bronze Wall Lights Inspired by J.Caffieri
By Jacques Caffieri, OMBRES ET FACETTES
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This wall lamp is inspired by a very famous model of the XVIIIth century, enormously copied, made by Jacques Caffieri.
Many bronze and goldsmiths participated in the fame of the mod...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Pair Antique French Louis XV Painted Wall Sconces
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Antique French Louis XV Painted Wall Sconces are the perfect choice to provide timeless elegance to any room! Carved from solid wood by master sculptors, each features the clas...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Wood
19th Century Louis XV Style Ten-Lighted Luminaire Wall Light Bronze Gilt
Located in Berlin, DE
An important, monumental Rococo wall applications in the style of the 18th century. Ten-lighted Luminaire. Bronze chiselled. Flat wall sign made from reliefed volutes and acanthus le...
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20th Century French Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Crystal 5-Light Sconce or Wall Lights
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Crystal Five Light Sconce or Wall Lights
A large pair of Louis XV style five branch wall sconce or wall lights, each with splays of flowe...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$49,392 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Rock Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Fine and Massive Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-bronze-mounted rock crystal three-light sconces.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Early 20th Century French Louis XV Painted Iron Two-Light Wall Sconces
Located in Dallas, TX
These matching antique wall sconces were crafted in France, circa 1920. Each sconce features two arms with newly wired lights over the original wood candle sleeves with drip; the bac...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Iron
19th Dragon Pair of Wall Lamp in Bronze Oxidized Silver and 24K Gold
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Faithful to the fashion of Japaneseism at the end of the 19th century, this model is inspired by the works of Edouard Lièvre (1828-1886), a major contributor to this movement within ...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze
Wall Sconces Gilt Bronze French Rococo Louis XV 18th Century France
Located in New York, NY
Wall Sconces Gilt Bronze French Rococo Louis XV 18th Century France. A pair of wall sconces made during the louis XV period in France. Two candleholding arms - can be wired if wanted...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Ormolu
$3,500 Sale Price / set
61% Off
19th Century Pair of Three-Light Gilt Bronze French Louis XV Style Appliques
Located in IT
Important pair of gilt bronze three-light wall appliques finely chiseled with rich rocaille decoration of foliage stylized.
Style Louis XV, late 19th century.
These appliques are sty...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
$12,895 Sale Price
25% Off
Set of 3 Louis XV Style Maison Arlus Style French Wall Lights
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Set of 3 Louis XV Maison Arlus Style French Wall Lights
These beautiful and rare lamps are made in brass and have mirrored back plates. They are in beautiful condition the wiring i...
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1950s Vintage Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
20th Century, Louis XV Style French Prunk Applique or Wall Lamp
Located in Berlin, DE
French Prunk applique "A LA MAILLE", Louis XV. Matte- and gilded, chased bronze. Wall panel in the shape of a torch with a large mesh, grape garland, acanthus decor and grape-like fi...
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20th Century French Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
18th Century Louis XV Pair of Wall Lamp in Gold Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
A pair of beautiful gilt bronze two-light wall sconces in the Louis XV style, each of asymmetrical Rococo form, the highly ornamented back plate wrapped in acanthus with flower heads...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Fine Pair of French Louis XV Fire Gilt Three Light Sconces
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV fire gilt three light sconces. Large and very fine details.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in London, GB
Pair of Louis XV Rococo style gilt bronze wall sconces.
French, late 19th century.
Measures: height 77cm, width 44cm, depth 24cm.
The two wall lights in this pair are crafted fr...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Ormolu
$10,427 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of French Ormolu Wall Lights in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Ormolu wall lights in the Louis XV style.
French, Late 19th century.
Measures: height 45cm, width 40cm, depth 15cm.
Cast ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Ormolu
$3,841 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French Louis XV Style Bow Knot Brass Wall Sconce
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (20th Century) gilt bronze bow knot top wall sconce with two electrified lights.
Category
20th Century Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Metal, Brass
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This Louis XV style gilt bronze wall sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi is beautifully cast in the traditional manner with all the sumptuous movement of the Rococo period, having seven...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
A Fine Pair Of Gilt Bronze & Crystal Wall Sconces
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Fine Pair of Gilt Bronze & Crystal Wall Sconces. 2 lights each. France, circa 1930
Dimensions: Height 18" Width 13 1/2" Depth 7"
CW4430.
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Set of Two Exquisite French Bronze Doré Louis XV Style Appliques
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Set of two fine bronze dore´ Louis XV style appliques, each with a superb acanthus cast back-plate with three scrolled candle arms featuring drip pans.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
19th Century, Louis XV Style Three-Lighted Luminary Wall Light
Located in Berlin, DE
Original antique Rococo wall light, circa 1890.
Chased bronze. Three-lighted luminary, flat wall sign made of relief volutes and acanthus leaves. In the middle of it extending three...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XV Style Bronze Wall Light
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique original French wall application, circa 1850-1870.
Engraved bronze. Three-lighted luminary, flat wall sign made of relief volutes and acanthus leaves. In the middle of it ex...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 3-light bronze wall sconces in Louis XV style 1940s
Located in Catania, IT
Pair of 3-light bronze wall sconces in Louis XV style 1940s
The sconces are electrified, although the system is always best reviewed.
Measures:
Height cm 50
Width 30 cm
Depth 1...
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1940s Vintage Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
French Two Light Wall Appliance, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Two light wall appliance.
French, 19th century.
Louis XV style in bronze relief and chiseled decoration.
Height: 40 cm.
Good conditions.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
$569 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
Louis XV style gilt bronze wall sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi is cast in the traditional manner with all the sumptuous movement of the Rococo period, having fourteen arms issuing ...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mirrored Venetian Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely decorative true pair of Italian 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu mirrored Venetian sconces. Each four arm sconce is centered by a beautiful finely detailed p...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Ormolu
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...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
$7,707 / set
Pair of 19th Century Continental Seven Branch Cut-Glass Wall Lights
Located in Rome, IT
A fine pair of Continental seven branch cut-glass wall-lights.
Measures: cm 120 x 70 x 40.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Pair of French Mid-19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Six-Arm Sconces
Located in Rome, IT
A pair of French mid-19th century Louis XV style ormolu six-arm sconces.
Measures: cm 50 x 47 x 50.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s to 1970s Era Pair of Sconces Silvered Wood in the Style of Louis XV
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of silvered wooden wall lamps, five bulbs,circa 1950s to 1970s, good condition
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1970s French Vintage Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Three-Arm Giltwood Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. three-arm giltwood sconces. The sconces with an oval back plate are decorated with richly carved acanthus leaves amidst scrolls. At ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Giltwood
Louis Xv wall lights and sconces for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV wall lights and sconces 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. If you’re looking to add vintage wall lights and sconces created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV wall lights and sconces 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 wall lights and sconces, popular names associated with this style include OMBRES ET FACETTES, Gherardo Degli Albizzi, Edward F. Caldwell & Co., and Glo-Mar Artworks. 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 wall lights and sconces differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $88 and tops out at $161,538 while the average work can sell for $3,833.
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