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
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze Dore Cherub Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (20th Century) bronze dore wall sconces with two foliage-decorated arms supported by a cherub figure. (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Louis XV Style Cut Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, France, circa 1890
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 19th century French Louis XV style chandelier with bronze frame and cut crystal pendants.
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
A Gilt Bronze Chandelier in the Louis XV Style, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A gilt bronze chandelier in the Louis XV style, highly decorative, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A large gilt bronze...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze Dore Cherub Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore wall sconces with four arms wall sconces and cupid figures. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Elegant Pair of Brass Hunting Horn and Hoof Form Wall Lights
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XV style three horn lights each with oak branch form supports with oak leaves. Bows on the crest and at the center, the terminal with oak leaves and tassels and Hoof form on th...
Category
20th Century Unknown Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
Schonbek 3571 Renaissance Louis XVI Style 9 Light Silver Crystal Chandelier
By Schonbek
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Schonbek 3571 Renaissance Louis XVI Style 9 Light Silver Crystal Chandelier
Dimensions : 33" Tall X 26" Wide X 26" Wide
This gorgeous chandelier is Schonbek's 3571 Renaissance cha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Chinese Porcelain Table Lamp with French Bronze Mounts
Located in Essex, MA
With elaborate bronze mounts that may polish over a Chinese verte porcelain vase. Unsure of condition of the vase. No cracks visible. From a Bellevue Avenu...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Empire Sconces in Gilded Bronze with Three Lights, Early 20th Century
Located in Prato, IT
Italy, early 20th century
Three lights.
Decorated with themes typical of the Empire style.
Electric wiring and spark plug for light bulbs with E14 socket.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Wonderful French Bronze Louis XV Square Glass Panel Lantern Pendent Fixture
By David Reitner, Marvin Alexander, Inc.
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful French Bronze Louis XV Style Square With Inset Glass Panel Lantern Pendent Fixture Having A 4 Candelabra Light Interior Cluster
Comes Ready To Install With Chain Canopy And Mounting Hardware
Purchased From Marvin Alexander...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Gilded Carved Wood Sconces
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category
Early 2000s French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Fruitwood
$1,160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Of Louis XV Style Silver Plated Wall Sconces
Located in Kent, Dover
A pair of late 19th Century French Louis XV style silver plated bronze, three arm wall sconces. Not yet electrified.
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,508 / item
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved Sconce Mirror and Candelabra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th/20th century Louis XVI style belle epoque gildwood carved sconce mirror (wall-light) Girandle. The elongated carved body decorated with giltwood carved wreaths...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Ten-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze ten-light chandelier, the tapering leaf tip cast and fluted shaft over an urn form bowl issuing scrolling foliate arms upli...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$6,850 Sale Price
62% Off
Pair Of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in Wijnegem, BE
Pair of 19thC. Louis XV style gilded bronze wall lanterns.
France c. 1880s.
Dimensions:
H64 x W25 x D33 cm.
H25.20 x W9.84 x D12.99 inch.
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$8,296 / set
Gilt Bronze Lantern, Original Curved Glasses, Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Gilt Bronze Lantern, Original Curved Glasses, Circa 1900
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
Continental Iron and Cut Glass Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 20th century continental iron and cut glass six light chandelier. Chandelier features colorless glass pendants and beads. The iron has a not old mellow patina. Perfect for any ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
French Turn Of The Century Louis XV St. Gilt Metal & Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French turn of the century Louis XV st. Gilt Metal and Baccarat crystal chandelier, attributed to Maison Bagues. The six arm chandelier is centered by a most decorative a...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
19th Century Pair of French Wall Sconces in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
A very fine pair of Louis XV style bronze two-light wall sconces, with their original finish and patina.
France, circa 1880
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,016 Sale Price / set
35% Off
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
18th C. Ormolu Rock Crystal 16-Light Chandelier Hanging Ceiling Light Pendant LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
18th C. Ormolu Rock Crystal 16-Light Chandelier hanging ceiling light pendant LA .A sensational and rare French mid-18th century Louis XV transition Louis XVI period Hand Crafted Roc...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Metal, Metallic Thread
Pair Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze D'Oré Wall Sconces, Circa 1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze D'Oré Wall Sconces, Circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Bronze Doré Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, 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
$16,000 / set
pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and intricately detailed pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps. Each most elegant vase mounted into a lamp is raised by pierced foliat...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Brass Lantern
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XV style three-light hexagonal lantern fitted with beveled glass panels , the frame applied with foliate forms.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
Chandelier in Hand Carved Gold Giltwood from the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chandelier in hand carved gold giltwood from the 19th century. Originally used with candles.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Wall Sconce with three Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gilt wall sconce with three lights - the wiring looks to be in good condition and metal all in very good shape...a beautiful replica of a period French piece.
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
Rock Crystal Gabrielle Chandelier of 18 Lightning in Bronze & Nickel finish
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This chandelier in the shape of a lyre is composed of a central shaft made of bronze rhombuses.
The base of the shaft, punctuated by a gable, gives rise to 18 curved arms of light distributed in a circle and decorated with white and pink rock crystal.
Crystal pendants and rosettes adorn the latter, echoing the two ornamental tiers distributed along the shaft.
A final tier punctuated by bronze daggers...
Category
18th Century Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold, Bronze, Nickel
Pair of Louis XV Style Gold Gilt Mirrored Eglomise Sconces
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: Height: 24in Width: 8in Depth: 13 1/4in
This pair of vintage French Regency style 1 light distressed gilt sconces are perfect for you and your home! If you look at the p...
Category
20th Century Unknown Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Crystal & Bronze Louis XV Style Chandelier with 12 Lights, 19th Century France
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Louis XV style bronze frame chandelier with crystal pendants and 12 lights.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Bronze Doré Wall Sconce
Located in Queens, 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
$15,000 / set
French Louis XV Style Bronze Doré Wall Sconce
Located in Queens, 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
$15,000 / set
19th Century Louis XV Style French Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique French chandelier of the 18th century.
Frequently curled basket rods. In the center rising, multi-articulated baluster-shaped glass shaft with multiple crowns. Brass, chisel...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
Liégeois Chandelier In Blown Glass, Two Levels Of Light Arms, 18th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Liégeois Chandelier In Blown Glass, Two Levels Of Light Arms, 18th Century
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Liégeois Chandelier In Blown Glass And Cut Crystals, 6 Arms Of Light
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Liégeois Chandelier In Blown Glass And Cut Crystals, 6 Arms Of Light, 18th Century
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Pair of French Louis XV Bronze Dore Large Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (19th Century) bronze dore monumental wall sconces with 5 arms (LEWISOHN ESTATE) (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Bouillotte Desk Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Each three arm candelabra; with painted black tin shades and gilt bronze finials, wired for electricity.
From the Collection of Mario Buatta, New York, NY.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$4,875 Sale Price
25% Off
A French Belle Époque 19th-20th Century 18-Light Gilt Bronze Cherub Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French Belle Époque 19th-20th century eighteen-Light gilt bronze and alloys figural chandelier. The scrolled acanthus corona suspending a rope-hung quiver, supporting six win...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal, Bronze
$48,950 Sale Price
42% Off
Dark Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
This chandelier is made with a dark bronze frame, which has then been draped with beautiful crystal plaquettes. A crystal ball hangs from the finial. The c...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, 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
$3,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Antique Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Sconces with Musical Motif
Located in New York, NY
Matched pair of large antique bronze wall lights in the French Louis XV style with musical and neoclassical motifs including tambrel (an ancient form of tambourine), flutes, tied rib...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of Louis XVI Style Carved And Painted Wood Sconces, circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Pair Of Louis XVI Style Carved And Painted Wood Sconces, circa 1900
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal
French appliques bronze gilded Louis xv
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
French appliques (pair) bronze gilded in the style of Louis XV
circa 1900
five lightly.
Louis XV style (in French, Louis Quinze) is an artistic style, m...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,750 Sale Price
23% Off
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
Ormolu and Rock Crystal Bird Candelabra Lamps, French Louis XV Style
Located in Cypress, CA
Exquisite Louis XV style ormolu and hand-carved and hand polished Rock Crystal bird lamps, with rock crystal finials and shades.
Meticulous attentio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Chandelier with Black Metal Frame & Clear Crystals, 1890
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XV style 6-light chandelier with black metal frame, clear crystals & drops, France circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Large Pair of French Rococo Style Five-Light Ormolu Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A large pair of French Rococo and Louis XV style five-light Ormolu sconces
Maker: Attrib. François Linke (1855-1946)
Origin: French
Date: 19th century
Dimension: 38 x 20 3/4 x ...
Category
19th Century American Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal Fifteen-Light Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XV style gilt bronze and crystal chandelier with fifteen lights in two tiers, fitted with variegated clear and amber French pendeloques, centered by fluted bellflower from cano...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Bronze Dore Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (1940s) bronze dore and green agate table lamps with 3 swans at base (PRICED AS Pair).
Ships without a shade
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Agate, Ormolu
$17,500 / set
Early 20th Century French Painted Carved Walnut Eight-Light Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand carved in Provence, southern France, circa 1920, the oblong light fixture is decorated with carved floral and leaf motifs throughout, over a double s...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Walnut
Pair Of Lyre Shaped Sconces, Silvered Metal And Cut Crystals Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Pair Of Lyre Shaped Sconces, Silvered Metal And Cut Crystals Circa 1900
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal
20th Century Louis XV Style Girandole Table Lamp
Located in Berlin, DE
Exclusive Girandole in the Louis Quinze style.
Brass, chiselled. On three-legged curved plinth with three flared feet with garland trim.
High baluster-shaped body. Outgoing nine pass...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$2,825 Sale Price
20% Off
French Louis XV Style Sevres Porcelain and Bronze Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) blue and white Sevres porcelain 4 arm chandelier with bronze dore trim.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Four French 18th Century Gilt Bronze Chinese Figure Appliques or Wall Lights
Located in Rome, IT
A fine set of four French 18th century Louis XV gilt bronze two-light sconces , each with a finely chiseled Chinese male or female figures . Scrolling arms with acanthus leaves termi...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$11,377 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
French and Asian Collaboration 19th Century Louis XV Style Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb French and Asian collaboration 19th century Louis XV st. Famille Verte porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a beautiful and richly chased scrolled foliate base w...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Two Pairs E. F. Caldwell Silvered Bronze and Crystal Winged Putti Sconces
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
These silver and crystal sconces feature winged busts of putti, and feather form backplates.
Category
Early 20th Century American Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Imari Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) monumental Imari porcelain and bronze dore palace vases mounted as lamps (PRICED AS Pair).
Ships without a shade
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$38,000 / set
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.