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Louis XV Lighting

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 XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass 16-Light Chandelier, Attr. to Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Lead Crystal Sixteen-Light Chandeliers, the solid bronze frames with towers, fleur de lys' and a central support, attributed to Baccarat. Circa: 20th...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Mid 20th Century Louis XV Three Arm Sconces - a Pair
Located in Canton, MA
Mid 20th century Louis XV three arm sconces. Gilt metal finish in a rococo design. Original candlecovers with gold tips.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

French Louis XV Style Silvered-Bronze & Cut-Glass Chandelier with Grapes & Fruit
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French Belle Époque 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Eight-Light Silvered-bronze and Colored-Crystal Chandelier with amethyst grape clusters and molded glass pendants of ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Amethyst, Bronze

Celling Lantern cast bronze and Glass Leave Branches Decoration Champagne Metal
Located in London, GB
Discover the timeless elegance of our ceiling lantern, made of cast bronze and finished in a sophisticated champagne finish. Its delicate patterns of leaves and branches, inspired ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

2 Louis XV style Small Dore and Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
2 Louis XV style (20th Century) small bronze dore and crystal chandelier with 8 glass cups (PRICED EACH)
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20th Century Unknown Louis XV Lighting

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Iron

Antique Wall Sconces in Gilt Bronze Louis XV Style Wall Lighting, France, 1930s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Antique bronze sconces in Louis XV style with voluminous, very beautiful casting. Manufactured in France, 1930s. Support in gilded bronze and handcrafted by craftsmen. The decor co...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Royal Delft Blue Louis XV Table Lamps 1978-1979 with New Cobalt Pleated Shades
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Meticulously handcrafted by Amitābha Studio in Amsterdam, Indigo & Blanca are a one-of-a-kind pair of table lamps made from vintage Royal Delft Blue vases, Louis XV model, hand-paint...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

French Gilt Wall Sconces Antique Louis XV Style Paired Home Lighting, 1930s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Amazing Twin-Arm brass wall sconces from France imitate classic candelabra.. The design of the lighting fixture contains elements of the Louis XV style. The base of the cast brass...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

1940s French Louis XV Style Sconces - Pair
Located in Charleston, SC
A beautiful pair of French 1940's Sconces, the patina is so nice on these. 2 light wall sconces. Please see our other listings for a bigger pair in the same style. 17 1/2 in....
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1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Metal, Brass, Bronze

Pair of French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces Grace your walls with a touch of French grandeur with this pair of antique Louis XV style gilt bronze sconces. Exquisitely crafted from gilded bronze, these sconces boast a captivating display of scrolling designed arms that cascade down the central body and gracefully curve along the three arms. The meticulous details including the bow knot top...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair Of Gold Finished Mirror Back Double Arm Wall Sconces
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Well made pair of diminutive gilt brass or bronze Mirror Sconces having a fine compact French presentation. Pair of gold finished mirror back double arm ...
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20th Century American Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

1920s Italian Giltwood Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
1920s Italian eight arm Louis XV style gilt wood chandelier.
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Wood

Italian Floral Crystal Beaded Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage, 1940s Italian gilt-iron and crystal beaded chandelier with 3 interior candelabra lights. The chandelier retains it’s original gilt finish with minor wear. An abundance of flowers made from crystal prisms give this fixture a crisp and beautiful sparkle. Wired and in working condition, it requires 3 candelabra bulbs. A ceiling canopy and 36” chain...
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1940s Italian Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Iron

Pair of Large Vintage French Louis XV Style Sconces attributed to Maison Baguès
Located in Chicago, IL
This glamorous pair of Louis XV-style sconces is attributed to Maison Baguès. Designed with a tole skeleton base and a mirrored back panel adorned with crystals forming a blossoming ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair Sevres Louis XV Style Bronze Mounted Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Our pair of antique porcelain table lamps with finely cast and gilt and polished bronze mounts in the Rose Pompadour pattern of Sevres date fr...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Early 20th Century Dark Bronze and Crystal Louis XV Chandelier
Located in Canton, MA
Twelve light chandelier, Darkened bronze with crystals. Mid 20th Century. Completely Rewired and Restored, UL Listed.
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Mid-20th Century European Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

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 Lighting

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Bronze

Fine Louis XV Crystal and Bronze 24-Light Chandelier
Located in Westwood, NJ
Fine Louis XV crystal and bronze 24-light two-tier chandelier, mid-19th century.
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1850s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal

Edward F. Caldwell Massive Patinated Bronze Triton Figural 5-Light Sconces, Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
A Massive Pair of Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Patinated Bronze Triton Figural Five-Light Sconces, attributed to Edward F Caldwell And Co, New York 20th Century. This pair is large ...
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20th Century American Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu, Bronze, Metal

Pair Of E.F. Caldwell Gilt Bronze Louis XV Style Wall Sconces
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of E.F. Caldwell gilt bronze Louis XV style wall sconces with acanthus leaves intertwined with oak leaves with acorns with later added brass drip cups one of which is missing bu...
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Early 20th Century American Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

pr of French 19 century Bronze Sconces with Fruit Shaped Crystal Pendants
Located in New York, NY
pr of French 19 century Bronze and crystal Sconces with Fruit Shaped Crystal Pendants. Backed by wooden backplate covered in textile. Not Wired for electr...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Mid-Century French Louis XV Style Bronze Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
A mid-century Louis XV-style brass and crystal chandelier with bronze acanthus mounts on scroll arms forming a curvaceous birdcage frame. The chandelier is draped with classic teardr...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Brass, Bronze

Maison Baguès attributed, Wrought Iron Gilt & Crystal 10 Light Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
This Grand Maison Baguès gilded wrought iron crystal chandelier with ten lights was hand assembled using traditional techniques in France at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. The Fashionable Baguès chandelier has a gilt wrought iron birdcage...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Wrought Iron

French Louis XV Style Brass & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Louis XV style three-light brass chandelier with a variety of crystal prisms, pendalogues and rosettes and old wood candle covers. Matching chain and canopy. Retaining a nic...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Brass

Pr. French 19th Century Louis XV Style Marble & Ormolu Mermaid Putti Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style White Marble and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Four-Light figural Candelabra (Now mounted as lamps), attributed to Henri Picard (French, ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Marble, Ormolu

Chandelier with Cupids, attributed to F. Linke, France, Circa 1880
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Louis XV style chased gilt bronze chandelier with nine lights. The central part of the chandelier is formed by three scrolls and is embellished with a flowering vase and cu...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

S392 Mid 20th Century Brass Louis XV Style Sconces - a Pair
Located in Canton, MA
Mid 20th Century brass Louis XV style sconces - a pair. Solid cast brass wall sconces with three arms in an orate and organic manner characteris...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

Pair of French Early 20th Century Brass and Crystal Girandoles Table Lamps
Located in Barntrup, DE
Pair of French brass and crystal three-light girandoles table lamps from circa 1900. This elegant pair of French antique candelabra table lamps...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Brass

Frech 3 Arm Bouillotte Table Lamp W/Hand Painted Tole Shade
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Early 20th Century French 3 Arm Bouillette table lamp with a hand painted tole shade. French wired, adjustable shade height.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Chandelier
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century Louis XV style 6-light chandelier, French. Scrolling verdigris iron with gilt acanthus & floret bobeches. Glass ball drops e...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Iron

Gilt Bronze and Crystal French Chandelier
Located in Canton, MA
Louis XV style chandelier with original aged gilt bronze finish. 12 Lights, with crystal stem pieces. Clear, smoky, and rose colored pendalogue crystals with rosettes. UL Listed Di...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

French Rococo Style Bronze and Noverdy Glass Three-Light Chandelier, ca 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Louis XV or Rococo style bronze and Noverdy glass three-light chandelier, from circa 1920. This absolutely splendid antique chandelier features a beautifully shaped bronze fra...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Brass

19th-Century French Louis XV Style Bronze Chandelier with Cut Crystal
Located in Miami, FL
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Chandelier, Cut Crystal Offered for sale is an 19th century ornate and dense cut-crystal chandelier on a Louis XV-style bronze frame. The fixtu...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Antique French Doré Bronze Exquisite Chandelier Set Up for Candles Mid-1800s
Located in Chicago, IL
What at first looked to be your ordinary French Crystal Chandelier that no one bothered to wire for lightbulbs, turned out to be something quite special. Our first hint was the hand-...
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1860s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Gold, Bronze

A Pair of French Porcelain Gilt Bronze Mounted Urn Lamps
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Pair of French Porcelain Iron Red and gold urn form lamps. The hand decorated front cartouches with gilt bronze handles and mounts. The decorated panels with artist signature at ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
1940s French Louis XV style 12 arm crystal chandelier with black paper shades.
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Brass

Palatial French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze 39-L Cherub Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Palatial French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Figural Thirty-Nine Light Chandelier. The scrolled arm candle-arms designed with acanthus and floral wreaths protruding from...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Ormolu

Bronze Mounted Porcelain Table Lamp in Louis XV Style with Cardinal Bird
Located in New York, NY
Fine porcelain vase with elaborate foliate bronze mounts in the Louis XV style with finely painted birds with red feathers perched on holly branches with berries, and repeated green...
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Late 20th Century Louis XV Lighting

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Ceramic

Pair of 19th century French Gilt Bronze Candle Sconces of Diana The Huntress
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of 19th Century French Cast Bronze Sconces depicting Diana The Huntress. Each with a shell motif at the top, with a highly decorative scrolled shield back. Each holds three cand...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of French Bronze Mounted Oxblood Lamps
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Gorgeous Pair of French Bronze Mounted Ox Blood Lamps. Each lamp mounted on a lucite bases. They were converted to lamps in the 1920's and the lucite bas...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ceramic

French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Cherub Angel Trumpet 24 Arm Chandelier 33"
Located in Dayton, OH
Impressive Louis XV / French Empire / Pierre Gouthière style gilt bronze twenty four light, three tier Cherub / angel / trumpet candlestick chandel...
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Set of Four French Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Sconces in Louis XV Style
Located in New York, NY
Set of four (4) French gilt bronze two-light wall appliques in the Rococo style with numerous multi-colored porcelain flower heads. May be electrified.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair 19th Century French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Sconces by Maison Millet
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Louis XV rococo style gilt bronze two-light wall lights, stamped MB on rear for Blaise Millet, founder of Maison Millet of Paris. The firm was a...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Large Vintage Gilt Bronze and Beaded Crystal Glass 6-Light Flush Mount, Fixture
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and good condition, six light ceiling lamp. If you are looking for a large size, elegant and well made flush mount to grace your hallway, landing or bedroom then this vintage light fixture could be perfect. Both with the light switched on and off, the design of this hand-crafted gem is very pleasing to the eye. This rare pendant creates and radiates a spherical, warm light and it could hardly be in better condition. The gilt bronze frame is still beautiful and we have cleaned every individual piece of crystal glass. This too is why this vintage pendant still has its original, sparkling look and feel. Have you also noticed the gorgeous, gilt bronze finial with the crystal globe pendant...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Brass, Bronze

Louis XV Bronze Hall Lanterns
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a classic "near pair" of Louis XV-style hall lanterns. These bronze lanterns are both in very good condition. They differ slightly in that one of the lanterns is in gilt bron...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Cut-Glass, Wrought Iron and Parcel-Gilt 6 Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French Louis XV Style Cut-glass, Wrought Iron and Parcel-Gilt Six Light Chandelier. The scrolled ebonized iron frame surmounted with cut-glass pendants and prisms, the flower ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Wrought Iron

Gilt Bronze Lantern with Bow Glass in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
A gilt bronze bow glass glazed lantern decorated with scallop and rope twist motifs, in the Louis XV style, French, circa 1925. With 3 internal light fittings, ceiling rose and ch...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair Louis XV Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Two Light Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century French Louis XV Rococo Style Gilt Bronze two light Sconces.
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of French Louis XV Patinated Bronze & Crystal Chandeliers, 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful pair of French patinated bronze chandeliers feature the bird cage shape Classic to the Louis XV style. The pair is draped with bunches of colored crystal grapes and ad...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair Louis XV Bronze Doré Candlesticks Mounted Lamps W/ Tole Bouillotte Shades
Located in Charleston, SC
Regal Pair of French Louis XV Bronze Dore´ Candlesticks Mounted as Lamps with Black painted Tole Bouillotte Shades. The French Louis XV Gilded Bronze Candlesticks have a Foliate Tri-...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Antique Early 20th C. Gilt Brass & Glass Pentagonal Hall Lantern
Located in New Orleans, LA
An antique Gilt Brass and Glass three Light Pentagonal hall lantern, early 20th century, of tapered form with a center arm suspending three lights. The ornate solid brass chain and c...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

Series of Four Louis XVI Style Wall Lights with Parrots, After 1885
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This series of four gilt bronze wall lights featuring a porcelain parrot was made for l’Escalier De Cristal after 1885, year during which Henry and Georges Pannier start to manage th...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Three-Light Gilt-Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th Century Louis XV style three-light gilt-bronze wall lights (Sconces), attributed to Henri Dasson (1825–1896). The elongated ormolu tassel body surmoun...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Ormolu

French Louis XV Style Crystal Chandelier
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Louis XV style six-light chandelier with an assortment of crystals with rosettes, including French pendalogues and large faceted prisms, a ribbed column at the top, and cut crystal ball...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Brass

Pair of French Chinoiserie Sconces
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine pair of French Louis XV sconces with a finely cast silvered bronze, the Chinsoierie male and female figures with elaborate leaves, C scro...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

French Gilt bronze chandelier in the Louis XV taste, nine light with floral swag
Located in Houston, TX
This nine light chandelier is 20 th century with a central standard decorated With floral swags issuing a tier of three arms over six arms, electrified. The wiring is good and ready ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Cut Glass Twenty-Five Light Chandelier
Located in Benington, Herts
A wonderfully impressive large gilt bronze and cut glass lustre, twenty-five-light two-tier chandelier in the Louis XV style. French late 19th Century - Circa 1890-1900. Of Rococo design with tiers of glass lustres, the foliate cast corona supporting two graduated tiers of leaf cast scrolling candlebranches, issuing from a pierced leaf and lily-cast compound baluster stem, finishing with a pierced finial. In excellent condition having been recently cleaned, rewired and PAT tested, having the original gilt bronze ceiling...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved Sconce Mirror and Candelabra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style giltwood and gesso carved sconce mirror (Wall-Light) girandole with candelabra. The scrolled carved mirror frame surmounted with a pair of ...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Gesso, Giltwood, Mirror

Louis Xv lighting for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XV lighting 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 lighting 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 lighting 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 lighting, popular names associated with this style include OMBRES ET FACETTES, Gherardo Degli Albizzi, Baccarat, and Maison Baguès. 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 lighting 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 $658,829 while the average work can sell for $6,408.

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