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
Small Vintage Crystal and Grape Cluster Motif Chandelier
Located in Sheffield, MA
Elegant petite art glass and crystal chandelier with grape motif clusters and green crystal leaves. Three interior lights. Perfect for the powder room or any room that needs a small ...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal
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
French Louis XV Style Sevres Porcelain and Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, 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
French Louis XV Bronze Dore Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore table lamp with Neptune & dolphins at base holding glass globe with etched stars fabricated from a c...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Highly Important Rock Crystal Chandelier in Louis XV Manner
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A highly unusual silver bronze chandelier constructed with eight scroll leaf arms supporting candle nozzles and drip pans suspended on two spiralled vines from the top crown the cent...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, 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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Cut-Glass Chandelier by Mottheau et Fils
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare French 19th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted and cut-glass eight-light chandelier with a suspended bell-shaped blown-glass candle-bowl, by Mottheau et Fils,...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze Dore Cherub Wall Sconces
Located in New York, 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
Polychrome Tôle and Glass Hanging Lantern
Located in Montreal, QC
This charming whimsical French lantern interprets playfully the Louis XV style, retaining its essence while abandoning formality. The hexagon frame and ornamental acanthus and leaves...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Tin
Pair of Louis XV Bronze Figural Lamps, 18th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming pair of period 18th century. Louis XV gilt bronze figural chenets that have been mounted on impressive and hefty Lucite plinths and fitted as lamps. The opposing b...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Bronze Candlestick Lamp Bases with Acrylic Bases
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of French bronze candlesticks mounted as lamps on acrylic bases.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Iron
Pair of French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Putti Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style figural gilt bronze Putti torchere table lamps on a Rouge Royal base. Each figure representi...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XV Bronze Dore Large Wall Sconces
Located in New York, 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
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 handcrafted Rock crystal and Glass ormolu with an exceptional 16-light chandelier. The chandelier is showered by an outstanding solid rock crystal stone carvings, creating a magical play of lights.
Each of the 16 arms are adorned with teardrops shaped cut rock crystal pendants and rosettes formed with multiple rock crystal cuts bound together. The row of lighting in the center part shines upward, the reflection of light displayed is breathtaking .The chandelier is connected with threads of small beads forming a cage. High End Antique...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Metal, Metallic Thread
19th Century Giltwood Carved Base for Lamp
Located in Sofia, BG
Beautiful handmade carved base for lamp with very elegant figure of cherub.
Very stable proportion.
France.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Louis XV-Style Doré Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Louis XV-style doré bronze sconces, mercury gilded, burnished, foliate form, three lights with a putto at the base of each sconce. 19th century, circa 1880, France.
30" H ...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Three-Light Gilt-Bronze Wall Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style three-light gilt-bronze wall appliqués (sconces - wall lights). The three scrolled candle-arms, protruding from a gilt-bronze s...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XV Style Lacquered Brass and Glass Wall Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (20th Century) lacquered brass wall sconces with five arms and cut glass teardrop-shaped hanging crystals. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
A French Silvered Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
A French silvered bronze and crystal chandelier
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Nickel
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 ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
French Prisms Chandelier in antique Louis XV Style brass gilt
Located in Berlin, DE
Brass, chased. High baluster-shaped body. Underneath, starting from twenty-four perfectly curved lighthouses in three further levels, curved struts and eight polished glass obelisks. In the center ascending, multiple articulated baluster-shaped glass shaft with multiple crowning. Candle-shaped pods made of handmade papier-mâché. Rich, hand-cut, hand-wired leaf prism hanging of varying size and drop-shaped crystal hanger. Inside six more...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Rock Crystal Chandelier, gilded Cage, surface wired
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful and well balanced French mid-19th century rock crystal and white gold over iron chandelier, a rock crystal center spire, drops and ropes. The chandelier is centered by a ...
Category
1860s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal
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...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
Six-Light Wrought Iron Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1980s wrought iron six-light chandelier cover with Brazilian rock crystal.
Category
Late 20th Century American Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Wrought Iron
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Sconce
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French Louis XV style gilt bronze sconce.
Category
1930s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Hexagonal Hall Lantern
Located in Rome, IT
A Louis XV style gilt bronze hexagonal hall lantern with three lights.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic Louis XV style chandelier was acquired on a buying trip in France and the piece dates to the mid-1800s and is of the best quality bronze and crystals.
The prop...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of 18th or 19th Century Polychrome Tole and Porcelain Wall Light
Located in Berlin, DE
A pair of 18th or 19th century Louis XV style two-armed polychrome painted tole wall lights adorned with painted porcelain flowers. Each central foliate backplate issuing two scrolle...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Tôle
Late 19th Century Grand Louis XV Style Crystal and Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
Magnificent 16-light French chandelier from the late 19th century. Very fine gilt bronze and crystal Louis XV style chandelier. Faceted cut crystal column surrounded with open gilded bronze birdcage...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier after Pierre Gouthiere
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze six-light figural chandelier. The elongated gilt bronze frame with six scrolled candle-arms (now electrified) surmounted with ribbons...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Four 18th Century Italian Giltwood Mirrors or Wall Lights Roma, 1750
Located in Rome, IT
Wonderful set of four 18th century finely carved and giltwood mirrors with three candle arms. Roma, 1750.
Measures: cm 95 x 45.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Antique Chandelier by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very fine Louis XV cage style gilt bronze and crystal twelve-light chandelier by Baccarat. Originally for candles, now electrified.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Seven-Light Bronze and Cut Crystal Candelabra Girandoles, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of Louis XV seven-light bronze and cut crystal candelabra girandoles, 19th century.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Candelabras
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th century French Louis XV style gilt bronze candelabras.
Outstanding finely detailed pair of antique French Napoleon ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
1970s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Wood
Fine French Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Rock Crystal Chandelier, 20th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large fine French Louis XV style gilt bronze rock crystal, amethyst, crystal and cut-glass sixteen-light chandelier in the manner of Baccarat. The floral gilt bronze frame decorate...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Amethyst, Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Miami, FL
Superb bronze and crystal chandelier, 8 lights , 60 watts max bulb
US rewired and in working condition
Totally restored and refinished
From A Nice côte D’azur estate.
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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
Undulating Eighteen-Arm Gilded Bronze Birdcage Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A magnificent, gilt bronze chandelier with eighteen undulating arms; decked with spire, star, spear, flower, almond, and pendeloque crystals. Decorated bobeches seen from the undersi...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
1900 Pair of Candlestick Louis XV Style Silver Plated 6 Lights
Located in Marseille, FR
1900 pair of candlestick Louis XV style silver plated 6 lights.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Monumental Crystal, Rock Crystal and Brass Candelabras. Great Scale
Located in Buchanan, MI
Spectacular pair of monumental crystal, rock crystal and brass candelabra. Electrified. Great Scale And Proportions.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Brass
Louis XV Style Brass Lantern
Located in Montreal, QC
An antique Louis XV style brass hexagonal lantern, supported by six scrolling arms later fitted for electricity with a three-light cluster. This was originally a gas fixture.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of French Louis XV Style Gilt Instrument Wall Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-Style gilt 2 arm wall sconces with carved design of musical instruments and bow knot top. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Palatial Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved Wall Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An important and palatial pair of French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood carved six-light wall lights "Appliques" (Sconces), the six scrolled candle-arms emanating from a center...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Wood
19th-20th Century Louis XV Style 8 Light Silvered and Color-Crystal Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Belle Epoque 19th-20th century Louis XV style eight-light silvered-bronze and colored-crystal chandelier with amethyst grape clusters and molded glass pendants of ...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Amethyst, Bronze
Pair of Regence Ormolu Two-Light Sconces
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each with foliate voluted backplate centered by a Zephyr’s mask, issuing a pair of asymmetric scrolling foliate-cast candle arms, with strap work-cast drip-pans, drilled for electric...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze-Mounted Verni Martin Painted Clock and Sconce Garniture
Located in New York, NY
Very unusual and exceptional quality Louis XV style three-piece, French, 19th century bronze-mounted hand-painted Verni Martin clock barometer and sconces garniture set.
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Parrot Chenet Lamps
Located in Pembroke, MA
A high quality pair of French gilt-bronze Louis XV style chenets, with nicely-cast foliate detailing and featuring parrots (19th century), which have been converted to lamps (wired f...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
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.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French, 19th Century Versailles Style Figural Torchère with Side-by-Side Putti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large Museum Quality french, 19th century Versailles Style Figural Torchère with two side-by-side Putti in a Brown and Parcel-Gilt Patina Holding a Four-Light gilt bronze Candelabrum with Frosted glass flame shades, by Lacarrière Delatour...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Louis 15th Style Prisms Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
French prisms chandelier in Louis 15th style.
Polished brass. Finely ground crystal. Eighteen curved light arms.
(F-Hud-3).
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Louis XV Style Bronze Wall Sconces with Green Shades
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) bronze wall sconces with three scroll arms, a centered lion head with swags, and green pleated fabric shades (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Bronze 24-Carat Gold-Plated Six-Arm Figural Candelabras
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of stunning Louis XVI style 19th century bronze 24-carat gold-plated six-arm figural candelabras. Each having five arms forming a large candelabra supported by a man and the mat...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Antique Superb Pair Of Sconces
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful five light mirror image gilt bronze and crystal sconces, 34 inches long x 17 inches wide
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Crackle Vase Lamp with Bronze Mounts
Located in Cathedral City, CA
A classic crackle vase lamp with bronze mounts in the Louis XV style. Height of lamp is 25.5" to the top of the finial, 17.5" to the top o...
Category
20th Century American Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Gilt Bronze and Cut-Glass, 14-Light Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Exceptional French gilt bronze and cut-glass fourteen-light chandelier, the cage with faceted pendants.
Measures: 125 x 100 cm.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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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