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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
Pair Of Gilt Bronze Girandoles Decorated With Cut Crystals, Circa 1920
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Pair Of Gilt Bronze Girandoles Decorated With Cut Crystals, Circa 1920
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20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Bronze Dore Eight-Light Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Created in France circa 1920 and built of bronze in the Louis XV style, the elegant antique chandelier is round in shape over a thick central stem and decorated with figural motifs in high relief around the main body; newly wired, it features eight ornate arms embellished with acanthus leaves...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of Valentine Porcelain Lamps, End of the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Valentine porcelain lamps with two small lezards on the sides forming handles. Porcelain decorated with flowers with cobalt blue and gilt h...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze 10 Arms Chandelier, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A gilt bronze Crystal and glass ceiling lamp in the Louis XV Style with ten arms. Recently rewired with ten illuminants. Ready to hang in your selling. Take into account that the ...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Metal, Brass, Bronze

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

19thc French Rococo Louis XV Gilt Bronze with Cut Crystal Chandelier by Baccarat
Located in Opa Locka, FL
19thc French Antique Louis XV Bronze with Cut Crystal Chandelier by Baccarat. This is a rare original example, unelectrified but we will electrify for you if you wish. The cut crysta...
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1850s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Sconce
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French Louis XV style gilt bronze sconce.
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This Louis XV style gilt bronze wall sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi is beautifully cast in the traditional manner with all the sumptuous movement of the Rococo period, having three...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Two Antique Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Marble Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
These exquisite gilt bronze (ormolu) lamps were crafted in the late 19th century in France. With their classically-inspired urns, scrolls, foliage, flower and fruit swags, these lamp...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

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

French 19th century Louis XV st. Crystal, Glass and Ormolu Girandoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Crystal, Glass and Ormolu Girandoles. Each six light lamp is raised by a fine triangular pierced Ormolu base with...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Painted & Gilt Eight-Light Iron Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique chandelier was created in Paris, France circa 1920. Round in shape, the Louis XV style iron chandelier features forged scrolled motifs decorated with metal acan...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Iron

19th Century Silver Candelabra Signed BOIN TABURET
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Louis XV style candelabra in silver with rocailles decor and asymmetrical ornamentation. The four arms of light ending in bobèches binettes are finely chiseled with stylized rinses, foliage and flowers. These candelabra are a creation of the goldsmith Boin Taburet...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Silver

Pair of Louis XV Style Thirty-Three-Light Ormolu Figural Chandeliers
Located in Cypress, CA
Extravagant pair of Louis XV style thirty-three-light ormolu figural chandeliers, 20th century. The top ball is surrounded by beautifully decorated ormolu bows with intertwining flor...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

Louis XV Crystal Gilt Bronze Nine Light Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Classic Louis XV style chandelier having nine ( 9 ) arms and 10 lamps (9 lamps and 1 central lamp). The gilt metal frame heavily laden with various sized crystal plaquettes. Origin...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Metal, Brass, Bronze

20th Century Louis XV Style Prisms Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
French prisms chandelier in Louis XV style. Polished brass. Finely ground crystal. Twenty-four curved light arms. (F-Hud-2).
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Brass

Small Venetian chandelier in colourless and red Murano glass, circa 1950
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Small Venetian chandelier in colourless and red Murano glass, circa 1950
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Glass

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Verdigris and Gilt Wrought Iron Floor Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique floor lamp was forged in France, circa 1930. The lamp sits on three double scroll legs over a bottom central finial; it features intricate motifs with decorativ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Iron

Chandelier in the Style of Louis XV with Crystal from the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chandelier in the style of Louis XV with crystal from the 19th century beautiful workmanship and detail with one indirect light.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

19th Century French Ormolu & Onyx Telescopic Standard Lamp
Located in Dublin, IE
An exceptional quality Roccoco revival late 19th century French Ormolu and onyx telescopic standard lamp, having turned central column, to the circular vined marble shelf. All raised...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Onyx, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century French Patinated and Silvered Bronze Torchères Floor Lamps
Located in London, GB
Important Pair of Antique Torchères in the Louis XV Manner Constructed in patinated and silvered bronze, and rouge brecciated marble; rising from serpentine marble bases, trimmed with silvered bronze tied cannelures, the tripartite scrolled legs issue columns incorporating addorsed syrinxes, holding reeded Pan pipes...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of French 1920s Gilt Louis XV Style Sconces
Located in Buchanan, NY
Elegant pair of French 1920s gilt bronze sconces with two arms in the Louis XV style. Very good vintage condition, but will need to be wired. Ref #: LS0408-09 Dimensions: 19"H x 10...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

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

A pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candelabra lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candelabra lamps. Each impressive two arm candelabra is raised by a circular mottled edge socle shaped ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

French Louis XV Style Crystal Chandelier
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century French Louis XV style six-light chandelier with an assortment of crystal prisms and pendalogues, large ribbed center columns, and cut crystal sphere. Solid bras...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Brass

Set of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
Set of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces By Gherardo Degli Albizzi Beautifully cast in the traditional manner with all the sumptuous movement of the Rococo period, having three...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XV style gilt bronze chandelier. A very fine gilt bronze chandelier in the Louis XV style., France, circa 1900. 6 lights. ...
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1910s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century French Carved Giltwood Wall Sconces with Leaf Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Make an elegant statement in your home with this pair of antique giltwood wall lights. Crafted in France circa 1850, and oval in shape, each large sconce features hand carved acanthu...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Giltwood

Louis XV Style Cage Chandelier In Gilt Bronze Trimmed With Tassels Circa 1920
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XV Style Cage Chandelier In Gilt Bronze Trimmed With Tassels Circa 1920
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Metal

Pair of Chinese Blanc de Chine, French Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Chinese Blanc de Chine and antique French Louis XV style ormolu-mounted table lamps. The porcelain is finely hand engraved wit...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Glass Lantern, Stamped "P.P."
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and hand blown glass lantern, stamped "PP". The five light lantern displays a striking and most unique scalloped shape with elegan...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

19th Century Louis XV Style Ten-Lighted Luminaire Wall Light
Located in Berlin, DE
An important, monumental Rococo wall applications in the style of the 18th century. Ten-lighted luminaire. Bronze chiselled. Flat wall sign made from reliefed volutes and acanthus le...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair French Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Sconces
Located in Cypress, CA
Lovely pair of French Louis XV style hand-carved and hand-polished rock crystal five light gilt bronze sconces, late 20th century. Each sconce is centered by a gilt bronze scrollin...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Bronze

Very Fine Gilt Bronze & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine gilt bronze & crystal Louis XV "Cage" style chandelier. 9 Lights. France, circa 1900. Dimensions: height 38" diameter 24" CW4432.
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of Palatial Louis XV Style Ormolu Bronze Sconces, 19th Century
Located in El Monte, CA
This pair of palatial ormolu bronze wall sconces in the Louis XV style exhibit the characteristic asymmetrical and flowing lines of the period. Each sconce has three branches that in...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Lamp By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This Louis XV style gilt bronze lamp by Gherardo Degli Albizzi resumes the great taste of Rococò period decoration. As this, vegetal motifs are all over this piece and it features gr...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of French Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze sconces.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Belle Epoque Period Louis XV st. Ormolu and Patinated Bronze chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Louis XV st. Ormolu and Patinated Bronze chandelier. This stunning eighteen light chandelier is centered at the...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Ormolu

French Louis XV Style Bronze Dore and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (20th Century) bronze dore and crystal 8 arm chandelier.
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

French 19th century Louis XV st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative French 19th century Louis XV st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu chandelier. This exquisite twelve arm twenty four light chandelier is centered around an O...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Ormolu

Gilt Bronze & Cut Crystal Globe
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine & Decorative Louis XV style Gilt Bronze & Cut Crystal Globe. 1 light. France, circa 1910. Dimensions: Height 13" Diameter 8" CW5078
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1910s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi is beautifully cast in the traditional manner with all the sumptuous movement of the Rococo period, having five ...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

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

20th Century Bronze Chandelier with Crystal Decorations in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Bronze chandelier with ten lights with crystal decorations. France, circa 1920 Measures: High: 72 cm - Diameter: 65 cm.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Chandelier In Golden Wood And Brass, Central Europe Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Chandelier in gilded wood and brass, Central Europe around 1900
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

Early 20th Century Bronze French Style 4 Light Chandelier With Shades
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Gorgeous Early 20th Century Bronze French Style 4 Light Chandelier With Shades Dimensions : 38" Tall X 18" Wide X 18" Deep This gorgeous chandelier was made in the early 20th centu...
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Early 20th Century American Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Set of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces Set 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 sumptuous movement of the Rococo period, hav...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

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

Louis XV style Bronze and Cut-crystal Chandelier, c. 1890
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XV style "Basket" chandelier, with a bronze frame of slender curving bars, supporting a single tier of 8 lights. Dating from the late 1800s, and French in origin. The crystal...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

French Mid-19th Century Louis XV Style Bronze and Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive and high quality French mid 19th century Louis XV st. silvered bronze and Baccarat crystal, six electrified arm chandelier. The chandelier has an elegant central crystal fut and nine 'S' scrolled arms. The arms are decorated by various shapes and clear and pale amethyst cut...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of Large Scale French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candelabra Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality true pair of large scale French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu candelabra lamps. Each seven arm candelabra is raised by a beautiful wonderfull...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

French Mid-19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Candelabra Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and elegant French mid-19th century Louis XV st. ormolu candelabra lamp, with inkwells and adjustable screen. The lamp is raised by a k...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

Pair of Bronze & Mirror Double Sconces From Louis XV Style circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
French pair of wall sconces in bevelled mirror, brass & glass tassels Wall lights giving a lovely warm light. Made in the 20th mid-century circa 1960 in the Louis XV style. Tassels ...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

18th Century Lion Head Wall Lamp with 3 Lights in Gilted Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Like many animal motifs, the lion was highly prized by eighteenth-century ornamentalists. It can be found in a light arm by Pierre Thomire dating from 1788 and preserved in the Metro...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Gold

Large Entrance Hall Lantern from Château Léoube in Bormes
Located in Paris, FR
Monumental 5-light ormolu entrance hall lantern beautifully designed in Louis XV style. The polylobed mounts are finely decorated with flowery baskets, a...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

French Rococò Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This finely chiseled French Rococò Style gilt bronze and crystal chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi has twenty-four lights and it shows classical features of that period such acant...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair Antique 19thc French Louis XV Rococo Gilt Bronze Marked Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair Extraordinary 19thc Antique French Louis XV Rococo Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces. What makes these Sconces stand out is the delicate and highly detailed casting. These Sconces are ma...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

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 ...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of Louis XV Style Wall Sconces in Gilt Bronze, 1950s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Louis XV style wall sconces in gilt bronze with three fires. Agrafe decor on which are fixed three scroll shape branches. Cups and bobeches decorated with acanthus leaves. ...
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1950s European Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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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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