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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
Six Candle Holder Crystal chandelier Louis XV, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A french Louis XV Style bronze and crystal chandelier with various crystal and glass pendants and finials, six candlestick holders fully rewired and six light sockets. A magnificent ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Metal, Brass

Louis XV Crystal Gilt-Bronze Twenty six-Light Chandelier
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Classic Louis XV style chandelier having 6 arms and 26 lamps (18 in the arms, 6 below, 1 central light, 1 on the top). The gilt metal frame is heavily laden with various sized cry...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Metal, Ormolu, 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

French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Classical Louis XV style gilt bronze table lamp 19th Century France The perfect piece to add a touch of luxury and glamour to a tablescape, very fine quality, hand finished details, ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Bronze Cupido Cherub Lamp in the style of Denise Delavigne or Auguste Moreau.
Located in Lille, FR
Bronze Cupido Cherub Lamp in the style of Denise Delavigne or Auguste Moreau.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

French Louis XV St. Ormolu, Rock Crystal & Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scaled French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu, rock crystal and Baccarat crystal chandelier. The eighteen light chandelier with two different levels of light...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Rock Crystal

Large Bronze Chandelier Trimmed With Molded Glass Tassels Circa 1800
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Very large bronze chandelier garnished with molded glass pendants, new hidden electrification
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18th Century Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Glass

Antique French Louis XV Gold Bronze 4 Light Lantern, Circa 1900.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XV Gold Bronze 4 Light Lantern, Circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

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

Huge Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Dore Wall Sconces
Located in London, GB
Crafted in the lavish, Louis XV style, these beautiful wall-lights were made in France in the late nineteenth century, and feature seven elegant gilt branches that finish in floral m...
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1890s Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Iron Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Hand Hammered Iron Chandelier. The work of a Master Iron Worker. Hexagonal shape issuing "S" shaped arms, suspended by six rods. Elegant top crown. France, circa 1900. S...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Iron

Iron Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Iron Chandelier, the pierced circle issuing four lights on top and four arms with lights suspended by four chains. Elaborately ...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Iron

Rezzonico Venetian Chandelier In Golden Murano Glass Circa 1920
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Venetian chandelier in gilded Murano glass, 9 arms of light
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

Very Large Pair French Louis XV 5 Light Electrified Bronze Figural Sconces
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is an outstanding figural bronze 5 light pair of sconces of huge size and incredible casting quality. The sconces are incredibly well done, the realistic foliate and figural car...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

French Mid 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and grand scaled French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat crystal chandelier. The thirty light chandelier with a striking crystal central fut is surrounded by six central supporting scrolled arms which split at the bottom into three arms. Flanking the supporting arms are six single arms. The three levels of lights are joined by swaging garlands of faceted crystal beads in various sizes. Each arm is elegantly decorated by most impressive and thick crystals of various shapes and cuts. Each saucer below the candle cups are decorated by elongated cut...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal

A Louis XV Style Cut Glass Chandelier, Late 19th Century / Early 20th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Louis XV Style Cut Glass Chandelier, Late 19th Century / Early 20th Century with a faceted glass pendant hanging from the center. Provenance: Private Melbourne Collection.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Cut Glass

Large, Antique French Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces, Pair
Located in Summerland, CA
Pair of large scale gilt bronze wall lights, circa 1920s Each sconce holds five lights. Beautifully cast Newly electrified.
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Large Louis XV Style Giltwood Wall Lights
Located in London, Park Royal
Exceptionally crafted, very large, Louis XV Style, pair of hand-carved wall lights. Hand Gilded in antique gold finish. Featuring traditional motifs of musical instruments, laurel le...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Louis XV Lighting

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Wood, Giltwood

1940's French Gilt Bronze Lantern
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's French gilt bronze lantern with interior lights
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1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

Materials

Bronze

1920's Caldwell Double Lights Sconces with Hanging Crystals
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1920's Caldwell gilt bronze double light sconces with crystal drops.
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1910s American Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, 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

18th Century Italian Pair of Gilt Sunflower Sconces Oversize Castle Wall Lights
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of Large Italian Gilded Sconces With Sunflowers and Scrolls from 1700 Arms For Votive Lamps made with an important wrought-iron scrolling s...
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Early 18th Century European Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Copper, Wrought Iron

Italian 18th Century Giltwood Pricket Sconce from Red Tall Processional Torches
Located in Milan, IT
An exceedingly rare and impressive Louis XVI period Italian three-light sconce realized with three red processional pricket torches, more than eight foot tall. Red Procession Sticks...
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Early 18th Century European Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Wrought Iron

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

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat crystal chandelier. The ten light, six arm chandelier is centered by a bottom foliate finial below...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair Of French Mid 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality pair of French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu sconces. Each five arm sconce starts at the backplate with a single scrolled arm protruding from berried foliage an...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

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

Grande Applique Portacero Italiana in Ferro Battuto 1750 circa Quindici Bracci
Located in Milan, IT
18th Century Italian Wrough Iron Sconce Monumental Fifteen-armed Candelabra with a pyramidal hand-made iron frame decorated with scrolling, curling embossed motivs. This large size unique artwork is a 18th century Italian iron candlestick sconce consists of two pieces, an upper 15 armed wall candelabra, a 15 armed candlestick and a later wrough iron basement, may be dating from the early 20th century, to use this candelabra as a standing floor torch...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Iron, Wrought Iron

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

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

Louis XV 19th Century Bronze Dore and Cobalt Porcelain Eight-Arm Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-Style (19th Century) bronze dore 8-arm chandelier featuring a Baroque scroll form frame and sculptural cobalt porcelain body with 3 applied bronze fleur de lis decora...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Metal, Bronze

A French 19th century Louis XV st. crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and extremely decorative French 19th century Louis XV st. gilt metal and Baccarat crystal chandelier. The eight arm eighteen light chandelier is centered by a most elegan...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal

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...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

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

Materials

Crystal, Brass

A French Gilt Bronze Napoleon III Lantern
Located in London, GB
A large square lantern from the Napoleon III period, in Gilt bronze and Patinated bronze. Decorated profusely with scrolls, shells, acanthus and foliate. The canopy with acanthus top...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Painted & Parcel Gilt 3 Light Garnitures with Cut Crystal Prisms
Located in Milford, NH
A beautiful pair of Louis XV style parcel gilt three light garnitures with painted faux marble or malachite green bases, four tiers of different shaped cut crystal glass prisms, as w...
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20th Century European Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

Midcentury French Louis XV Iron and Crystal Pendants Four-Light Ceiling Lantern
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France circa 1970, and square in shape, the lantern built of iron is decorated throughout with colorful crystal pendants, including bunch of grapes motifs. The tall lantern features a scrolled top, and is decorated with a pierced ornate body embellished with acanthus leaf and floral motifs. The fixture has four inside lights newly wired and dressed with decorative sleeve covers. The Gothic style ceiling light is in excellent condition commensurate with age and use, and adorns a wonderful patinated bronze painted finish with some gilt accents. Hang this elegant and colorful lantern...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Iron

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

Mid-century large bronze lantern pendant, Louis XV style.
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Mid-century large bronze lantern pendant, Louis XV style. It has 5 cut glass panels with a cut star motif and beautifully decorated bronze. The lantern is in very good condition, ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Metal, Bronze

Early 20th Century French Painted Iron Six-Light Clock Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique chandelier was crafted in France, circa 1920. The oblong iron fixture with scroll motifs, features a center round metal clock with Roman numbers and adjustable ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Iron

Set of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A fine set of French Louis XV style gilt bronze sconces By Gherardo Degli Albizzi Beautifully cast in the traditional manner with all the sumptu...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Palatial 19th Century French Louis XV Gilt Bronze & Crystal 16-Light Chandelier
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...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Celadon Porcelain Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Celadon Porcelain Lamp France, circa 1860s, Now Electrified, Newly Rewired. This 19th-century Louis XV style ormolu mounted celadon porcel...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

Vintage French Louis XV Style 5 Arm Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
The Vintage French Brass Louis XV Style 5-Arm Wall Lights, the epitome of elegance and sophistication. In the period of the distinguished Louis XV era, these stunning wall lights eff...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Tole, Gilt Metal And Saxe Porcelain Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Tole, gilt metal and Saxe porcelain chandelier. The six arm eighteen bulb chandelier is centered by a charming bottom gilt metal floral ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

A small French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A small French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier. The six arm chandelier displays a central fut decorated with foliage amidst a twisted ribbon. The fut...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of Italian turn of the cent Louis XV st. gilt metal and cryst chandeliers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative pair of Italian turn of the century Louis XV st. gilt metal and crystal chandeliers. Each twelve arm chandelier is centered by a beautiful facett...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal

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

A French 19th century Gilt Iron, crystal and rock crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive French 19th century Gilt Iron, crystal and rock crystal chandelier. The eight arm chandelier is centered by a most decorative bottom crystal ball below the eight gi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Rock Crystal, Iron

A pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu mirrored sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
st. Ormolu mirrored sconces. The pair of two arm sconces have pierced oval backplates surrounding the central mirror plate. The frame has a bottom central reserve of a female face wh...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

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

Venetian Chandelier in Multicolored Murano Glass, 12 Arms of Light
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Important Venetian Murano glass chandelier, new electrification.
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

Materials

Metal

19th Century French Napoleon III Bronze Dore & Beveled Glass Four-Light Lantern
Located in Dallas, TX
Make a statement in your entryway or powder room with this elegant Napoleon III bronze dore fixture. Crafted in France, circa 1870, and square in shape, the antique lantern...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of Sconces in Cut Iron, Late 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pair of large wall lights in iron and sheet metal cut and painted green, with 7 lights each The candle holders are in silver wood Good general condition, some wear Electrici...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Iron

Chandelier, Western Europe, 1950s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Brass chandelier from the mid-20th century. Dimensions: height 92 cm / width 57 cm / depth 54 cm.
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1950s Swiss Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

Bronze Chandelier with Dolphin Figures Style of Maison Jansen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic bronze and crystal chandelier dates to the eary part of the 20th century, and is in the style of Maison Jansen. The piece is detailed with three intertwining se...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Rezzonico Venetian Chandelier in Multicolored Murano Glass
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Venetian chandelier in multicolored Murano glass, 10 arms of light.
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

Materials

Metal

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 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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