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.
Find antique Louis XV bedroom furniture, seating, tables and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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Style: Louis XV
Wonderful Signed Baccarat French Dore Bronze Eight-Light Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful Signed Baccarat French doré Bronze eight-light crystal chandelier
with crystal bobeche, crystal center finial and crystal drop.
Measures: 46" H x 26" W.
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Two Tiered Multicoloured Murano Glass Venetian Chandelier With Flowers And Leave
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Two Tiered Multicoloured Murano Glass Venetian Chandelier With Flowers And Leaves,circa 1900
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal
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
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
19thc French Louis XV Rococo style Bronze Frame - Crystal Fruit Laden Chandelier
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Special chandelier here! 19thc French Antique Louis Rococo style Chandelier Laden with Crystal Fruit. Bronze and crystal framed. French estate find.
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal
$3,880 Sale Price
20% Off
French Wall Sconces in Rococo or Louis XV Style in Solid Brass with Old Gilding
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Pair of French Louis XV Style or French Rococo Style Wall Lights or Wall Sconces. Beautifully cast from solid Brass and then were Gilded over the Brass, but because of the ag...
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
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 Antique French Louis XV Styled Brass & Cut Crystal Lamps & Glass Fruits
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique brass and crystal lamps are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1900 and done ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Silvered Bouillotte Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Silvered metal Louis XV style two-arm bouillotte lamp with later black tole shade. Newly electrified, France, circa 1930s.
Dimension: 23.5" H to top of finial, 9" W, 5.5" W base, to...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
$1,850
Fine 19th Century French Louis XV Rock Crystal and Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century 6 light Louis XV gilt bronze and rock crystal chandelier.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Wonderful Italian Cage Form Chandelier with Colorful Porcelain Flowers
Located in Rome, IT
19th century Italian Piedmontese cage form chandelier ornamented with colorful porcelain flowers and hand painted tole leaves.
Six arms with six candle holders...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
$7,106 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Table Lamp in 18K gilted bronze and pink rock crystal
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Table lamp of style louis XV in 18K gilted bronze with parts in cut pink rock crystal.
We have one table lamp in stock however we can produce them made to measure and in other fin...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Nickel
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
$49,850 Sale Price
23% Off
Gilded Bronze Cage Chandelier With Peacock Feather Glass Tassels Circa 1800
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Gilded Bronze Cage Chandelier With Peacock Feather Glass Tassels Circa 1800
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
Small Venetian Chandelier In Colorless And Pink Murano Glass 5 Arms 1920
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Colorless Murano glass chandelier 8 arms of light, new electrification, three levels of flowers and leaves
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Glass
Palatial 19th Century French Louis XV Gilt Bronze & Crystal 16-Light Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, 19th century. This palatial antique Baccarat style chandelier is adorned with tremendous cut crystal prisms sizes ranging from 3.5-8.5” in clear and smokey glass. Large cryst...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Three-Arm Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming true pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu three arm sconces. Each sconce is centered by a lovely scrolled foliate design in a striking satin and burnished finis...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
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
French Louis XV Rococo Style Brass and Glass Lantern Chandelier
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 42in W: 22 1/2in D: 21in
This vintage French Rococo style brass lantern chandelier is perfect for you and your home! This would be a wonderful addition to your entryw...
Category
20th Century Unknown Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Monumental Giltwood Torchères after Jacques Gondoin, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important pair of monumental thirty-one light giltwood torchères after the model by Jacques Gondoin for the Hall of Mirrors At the Palace of Versail...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Vintage Candlestick Wall Sconces in Gilt Bronze, Belgium, 1960
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage bronze sconces Empire style with voluminous, very beautiful casting. Manufactured in Belgium, 1960s.
Support in gilded bronze and handcrafted by craftsmen.
They're openwork...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of French Louis XV-Style (20th Century) bronze 2-arm wall sconces with Chinoiserie figures and scroll design. (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19thc French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Opa Locka, FL
19thc French Antique Louis XV style Gilt Bronze with Baccarat Crystal Chandelier. 3 lights and center crystal Poignard. French Estate acquisition.
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
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
$3,750 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Cage Chandelier in Bronze Garnished with Tassels, Early 20th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Gilded bronze chandelier adorned with pendants, 9 sconces.
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair 19thc French Dore Bronze Louis XV Rococo style Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 19thc French Extra High Quality Gilt Dore Bronze Louis XV style Rococo Wall Sconces. Again this is not an ordinary pair of Louis Sconces. This pair is exceptional.
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,940 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
$6,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Country French Painted Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French painted wrought iron chandelier is a magnificent example of elegant and skilled craftsmanship in the finest traditions! The contoured oval frame serves as the ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Chinese Export Rooster Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
A pair of spectacular and large antique Chinese export porcelain rooster transitional Louis XV/Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted three arm candelabra lamps of superb quality embell...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Gilt Bronze Louis XV Lantern
Located in Dallas, TX
Exceptional 19th century French gilt bronze Louis XV lantern. Featuring beautiful scrolling shapes and decorative finials. Exquisite!
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$6,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Style Floor Lamp, 1960s, France
By Francisco Luque
Located in Den Haag, NL
If you want something else. This is it. Like a classic chandelier on a stand. Brass stand, very nice quality
comes with a 5 arm cut glass top. Still with their original shades. Good...
Category
1960s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Cut Glass
19thc Pair French Louis XV / Louis XVI Transitional Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 19thc French Gilt Bronze Louis XV/ Louis XVI Transitional style Wall Sconces. Rococo casting work here is just stunning!
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,744 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze D'Oré & Crystal 24 Light Chandelier, c.1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze D'Oré & Cut Crystal 24 Light Chandelier, Circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Beaded Maria Theresa Three-Light Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of bead encrusted sconces, in the Italian Maria Theresa style, having a frame of patinated bronze, each with a crown adorned with spires and crystals, surmounting cascades of cr...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
$6,800 / set
Gilt Bronze Cage Chandelier With Cut Crystal Pendants Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Gilt Bronze Cage Chandelier With Cut Crystal Pendants Circa 1900
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
Venetian Rezzonico Chandelier In Multicolored Murano Glass
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Rezzonico Venetian Chandelier In Multicolored Murano Glass,
12 Arms Of Light On Two Levels,
Circa 1900
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
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...
Category
Early 20th Century American Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Venetian chandelier in multicoloured Murano glass, 10 light arms, circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Venetian chandelier in multicoloured Murano glass, 10 light arms, circa 1880
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Glass
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-...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Set of 6 1940's French Louis XV style Dore Bronze Wall Sconces after A. Petitot
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Set of 6 French Louis XV style Dore Bronze Rococo Wall Sconces after Atelier Petitot. Manufactured from the 1940's. Marked.
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$2,068 Sale Price / set
20% Off
40s Set of 4 French Louis XV style Gilt Bronze/ Crystal Sconces attrib. Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Stunning Set of `4 Matched Louis XV style Gilt Bronze with Cut Crystal Wall Sconces attributed to Baccarat France. Very high quality. Purchased from a residence in Nice France.
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$4,180 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
$6,985 Sale Price
43% Off
French Pair of Louis XV Style Bronze Girandoles Crystal Candelabras
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French pair of bronze girandoles candelabras with clear and amethyst crystals. Rare beautiful pair.
Dimensions: 17.5” H x 12” D
Base 5” D.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Venetian Chandelier In Murano Glass Two Tones Of Blue, Circa 1940, 8 Arms
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Venetian chandelier in Murano glass two tones of blue, circa 1940, 8 arms of light
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Glass
Gilt Bronze and Cut Glass Lantern, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt Bronze and cut glass Lantern. France, early 20th century.
Measures: Lantern height with chain: 136 cm.
Lantern height without chain: 76 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Black Patina Bronze Cage Chandelier Festooned With Cut Crystal Pendants Circa 19
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Black Patina Bronze Cage Chandelier Festooned With Cut Crystal Pendants Circa 19
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
Rare 19Th C. Red Tole, Rocaille Dore Bronze Bouillotte Lamps, Pair (1852-1870)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a fine example of a pair of French Antique , C.1850, Red Tole, Rocaille style Dore Bronze Bouillotte Lamps.
This pair bears the coat of armes of the original owners, please...
Category
1860s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Chandelier. Baccarat Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant gilt bronze and crystal eight light 'cage style' chandelier by Baccarat
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Colourless Murano Glass And Brass Venetian Chandelier About 1950
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Colourless Murano Glass And Brass Venetian Chandelier About 1950
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Glass
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
Fine 19th Century French Louis XV Rock Crystal and Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French Louis XV rock crystal and gilt bronze 12 light chandelier.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu, Glass, and Crystal Girandole lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu, Glass, and Crystal Girandole lamps. Each beautiful four arm Girandole is raised on a circular stepped Orm...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair Hollywood Regency Mid-Century Venetian Glass Nine-Arm Two-Tier Sconces
By Gino Vistosi
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Pair of classical Venetian nine-arm sconces from Italy. Glass two-tier sconce with three-light on upper and six below. Decorated with cut faceted prisms....
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Iron
$333 Sale Price / set
82% Off
Gilt mounted breche violette marble urn form now a lamp.
Located in Nashville, TN
The tall turned marble urn form in a swirl of cream and varying shades of purple , lavender and violet . Probably with handles originally , now removed and holes filled .
14 inch...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Marble, Metal
$550 Sale Price
43% Off
French Louis XV Style Silvered Bronze and Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant and unique French 19th century Louis XV st. silvered bronze and Baccarat crystal chandelier. The chandelier had a scrolled silver base with impressive Baccarats crystal pendants centered by a large crystal sphere...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Louis XV Style Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine gilt bronze & cut crystal chandelier in the Louis XV style. 12 lights.
France, circa 1920. Height 39" Diameter 32"
CW5040.
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, 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
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
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...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
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
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.