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
20th Century Louis XV Style French Chandelier
Located in London, GB
Prince Louis XV style French chandelier. In gilded bronze with three patinated putti holding two-light each.
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style Cast Bronze 2 Branch Wall Sconces
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A handsome pair of antique Louis XV style cast bronze wall sconces having two arms each with pierced scroll and foliate serpentine central cartouche in high relief with Fleur di Lis ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Large Entrance Hall Lantern from Château Léoube in Bormes
Located in Paris, FR
Monumental 5-light ormolu entrance hall lantern beautifully designed in Louis XV style. The polylobed mounts are finely decorated with flowery baskets, a...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Early 20th Century French Iron Crystal and Mirrored Wall Sconces
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a powder room with this elegant pair of wall light fixtures. Crafted in France, circa 1920, the sconces feature one single light n...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
Pair of Louis XV Style Nickel over Bronze Sconces
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of circa 1910 Louis XV style electrified wall sconces. Nickel over bronze. Fine quality and recently wired.
Category
1910s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Nickel
Fine and Beautiful 19th Century French Cut Crystal Gilt Bronze Lantern
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and beautiful 19th century handcut crystal and gilt bronze lantern.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Crystal Chandelier Attr. Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and Palatial French 19th century Louis XV Style gilt bronze, crystal and cut-glass Twenty-Four-light chandelier, probably by Baccarat. The central molded cut-glass stem s...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Beautiful 19th Century Regence Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and beautiful 19th century Regence gilt bronze chandelier.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Pair of Louis XV Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful pair of bronze candlesticks from the Louis XV period resting on an animated circular base, with a baluster-shaped barrel with torso fluting. The candlesticks have kept thei...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze Five-Light Candelabra
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Louis XV style bronze
Five-light candelabra,
Early 20th century.
Of naturalistic form,
the foliate clasped nozzles and drip pans
issuing from scrolling branches
about co...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XV Style Crystal and Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
Magnificent 6-light French chandelier from the mid-19th century. Very fine gilt bronze and crystal Louis XV style chandelier. Faceted cut crystal column surrounded with open gilded bronze birdcage...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Bronze "Versailles" Lantern with Beveled Glass Panels
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bronze "Versailles" lantern with beveled glass panels. 1-light
France, circa 1920
Dimensions: Height 18", diameter 8 1/2"
CW4614.
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Crystal and Brass Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and romantic Louis XV style chandelier is detailed with stylized crystal flowers and foliage.
Note: Height not including the chain is 25.50".
Note: Required five c...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A palatial French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass 16 candle-arms and 28 Interior light chandelier, attributed to Baccarat. The elongated gilt bronze frame with ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Wonderful Pair of Louis XV Rock Crystal Iron Gold Gilt Filigree Baguès Sconces
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful pair of Louis XV style rock crystal and iron with gold gilt filigree sconces in the manner of Baguès with 2 candelabra sockets each completely rewired and ready to install.
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Iron
Set of Four Hexagonal French Louis XV Style Wrought Iron Hanging Lanterns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of four hexagonal French Louis XV style wrought iron hanging lanterns, after the antique. The elongated body surmounted with fleur-de-lis', floral rosettes and scrolled decorat...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Louis XV Style Bronze and Crystal Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
This elegant chandelier has a most unusual stem, the lower part is vase-shaped and cut; the upper is clad with wrythen molded glass very much reminiscent of Baccarat. It is tastefully dressed with cut spires and violin pendants...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French Empire Regency Louis XV Crystal Obelisks Basket Bronze Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Coimbra, PT
7-light French Empire pure crystal basket chandelier with gilt bronze frame and 4-faceted crystal obelisks, circa 1900s
Measures:
Depth, 17.7 in/ 45 cm
Width, 17.7 in/ 45 cm
Diameter...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Four 18th Century Italian Giltwood Mirrors or Wall Lights Roma, 1750
Located in Rome, IT
Wonderful rare set of four 18th century finely carved and giltwood mirrors with three candle arms, Roma, 1750.
The candle arms can also be removed and used as a base for a vase or p...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze 6-Light Chandelier with Rock Crystals
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV style gilt bronze 6-light chandelier with rock crystals.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Rock Crystal and Ormolu Sconces, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Fine opposing pair of 19th century French Louis XV style ormolu and rock crystal three-light sconces with acanthus motif throughout.
Meticulous attention has been given to every det...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Eight Arm Rock Crystal and Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
Elegant French LXV style bronze and rock crystal eight light chandelier. This chandelier has wonderful heavy handcut rock crystal prisms suspended from a Classic gilt bronze bird cage frame...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
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 nine arms issuing from...
Category
2010s Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Large Rock Crystal & Glass Chandelier in the Manner of Maison Baguès
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional and beautifully proportioned 12-light rock crystal and glass prism chandelier, possibly from the iconic firm of Maison Baguès in Paris. The wrought iron cage (frame) i...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Iron
Beautiful Set of Four Large French Bronze Sconces ( two are sold )
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful and rare set of four large French bronze sconces, the patina is much nicer in person.
Category
1930s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Eight Lights Candelabra By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This exceptional Louis XV style gilt bronze candelabra By Gherardo Degli Albizzi resumes the great taste of Rococò period decorat...
Category
2010s Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style 16-Light Chandeliers, Manner of Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass sixteen-light chandeliers. The solid bronze frames surmounted with pendants, molded towers, fleur de lis and a central suppor...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Wrought Iron Eighteen-Light Crystal Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Louis XV style wrought iron and parcel-gilt eighteen-light crystal (cut-glass) chandelier. The black painted frame with twelve candle arms and six interior...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
Marble Lamp from the 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Marble lamp from the 20th century.
Category
1980s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Marble
Iron Chandelier with Crystal Pendalogues
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine iron and crystal chandelier with crystal pendalogues. Exquisite hand-hammered work,
France, circa 1900. 9 lights.
Dimensions: 29...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
20th Century Pair of Large French Bronze and Glass Sconces
Located in Miami, FL
20th century pair of large French bronze and glass sconces.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Bronze Doré Wall Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV (19th century) bronze doré 2 arm wall sconces with oval plaque back with cupids in relief and finial top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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 five ...
Category
2010s Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Very Fine Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier Louis XV Style "Cage" Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine gilt bronze and crystal chandelier Louis XV style "Cage" chandelier by Baccarat. A rare find, France, circa 1910. 12-ligh...
Category
1910s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style 3-Light Bronze Sconces, French, circa 1960
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of Louis XV style wall sconces is made of bronze sconces. These wall lights have 3-light. They were made in France, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XV Style Rococo Gilt Bronze Figural Lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French gilded bronze figural lamp featuring a standing classically draped lady with a cupid in her arms who further holds aloft a cornucopia containing the socket; the whole restin...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Hanging Lantern with Ceiling Escutcheon
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Large antique Louis XV style glass hanging lantern with ceiling escutcheon, gilt metal, and glass. The lantern takes three candelabra bulbs. The dro...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
French Gilt Bronze Chandelier, Six-Arm Louis XV Style
Located in Vero Beach, FL
The six arms are in the form of swirling acanthus leaves in the exuberant Louis XV style. This finely chased chandelier was made in France, circa 1870. A high quality bronze casting....
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Clear Glass with Pendants Two-Light Sconce
Located in Brescia, IT
Louis XV style clear glass with pendants Two-light sconce contemporary production
A nice wall sconce of untimeless beauty. Very contemporary brown burnished metal details.
Burnis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Glass
Painted Porcelain, Crystal and Gilt Bronze Table Lamp. France, circa 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Painted Porcelain, crystal and gilt bronze table lamp. France, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
18th Century Louis XV Venetian Painted Wood Torch Sconces with Gilt circa 1750
Located in Encinitas, CA
Rare pair of 18th century Louis XV period candle sconces of painted wood with gilt details, Venice, circa 1750. Two crafted arms with red sleeve detailing. These sconces feature orna...
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Gold
French Louis XV Style Imari Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (19th century) monumental Imari porcelain and bronze doré palace vases mounted as lamps.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Beaded Crystal Sconces in Antique Gold Frame, Italy
Located in New York, NY
This monumental large pair of beaded Murano glass crystal scones are handcrafted in Italy by a second generation chandelier maker. Large Murano glass crystals are meticulously hand knotted and tied and crystal beadings are wrapped around each of the antique gold finished iron arms. Absolutely magnificent with six lights (4 ft. long). Newly wired for U.S. use. Custom sizes available. Gold or silver antique frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Iron
Large Baccarat Crystal Antique Chandelier Dining Ceiling 8 Light Fixture Pendant
By Baccarat
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Large Baccarat Crystal Antique Chandelier Dining ceiling 8 light fixture pendant . Late 18th Early 19th century Rare and Exquisite baccarat cr...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Bronze
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Style Two-Light Bronze Sconces
Located in Barntrup, DE
Pair of Louis XV French Rococo style two-arm sconces. Curvy asymmetrical acanthus leaf-like bronze scrolls in Classic French Rococo style. Each arm has sockets for E14 size light bul...
Category
1930s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Gas Lantern
Located in Montreal, QC
This antique lantern was originally a gas fixture which dates it to the early part of the last half of the 19th century. The four shaped glass panels are held in a whimsical leafy br...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze & Cut-Glass Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass three-light Girandoles table lamps. (Electrified), Paris, circa 1900.
Height: 33 inches (84 cm).
...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Giltwood Mirrored Girandoles
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredibly rare pair of Louis XV-period giltwood mirrored girandoles capture the grandeur, grace and opulence of the Rococo movement in the decorative arts. Each opulent mirror is exquisitely framed with voluminous flourishes of naturalistic motifs exemplary of the Louis XV era’s organic, deliberately asymmetrical stylings. Holding four candles each, these outstanding mirrored girandoles would have decoratively flanked a room of the period elegantly, illuminating the giltwood lustrously and providing ambient light reflected in the mirrored glass.
Mirrors have long played an integral role in decorative design, often serving as focal points of a room. Dating back to the 13th century, the first French looking glasses were very small, yet enormously precious. Because these early mirrors...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Louis XV Transitional Ormolu Chinoiserie Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
A magnificent pair of French Louis XV transitional period chinoiserie wall sconces. Beautifully modelled with head and bust of two Chinese men. Gre...
Category
1760s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Bronze Dore and Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (20th Century) bronze dore and crystal 8 arm chandelier
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Bronze Doré Wall Sconce
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style 20th century bronze doré 2 arm wall sconce with cupid holding foliage decorated arms.
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Belle Epoque Louis XV Style Eight Arm Bronze Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
This chandelier has eight candle arms and most unusually eight further lights enclosed in faceted shades. This dates it to a time when electric lighting was less intense; we think th...
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
20th Century Louis XV Style Girandole Table Lamp
Located in Berlin, DE
Exclusive Girandole in the Louis Quinze style.
Brass, chiseled. On three-legged curved plinth with three flared feet with garland trim.
High baluster-shaped body. Outgoing nine pas...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Three-Light Wall Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze three-light wall sconces
Origin: French
Date: 19th century
Dimension: 25 1/4 in x 13 1/4 in x 10 3/4 inches.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Steel Floral Chandelier with Basket, Bow Knots and Ribbons
Located in Stamford, CT
Vintage steel floral chandelier with basket, bow knots and ribbons.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Steel
Pair of French Bronze and Rock Crystal 2-Light Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of early 20th century 2-light cast bronze and rock crystal sconces. The sconces are detailed with strands of tiny crystal beads that create an "X" pattern. This pair of sconces ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
French Ormolu and Cut Crystal Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Spectacular large French Louis XV style ormolu and fine cut crystal two-tier twenty light chandelier,
19th century.
The chandelier is surmounted with a gilt bronze flame, above a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
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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