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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
Colorless Murano Glass Chandelier 8 Arms Of Light Circa 1890
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Colorless Murano glass chandelier 8 arms of light, new electrification, three levels of flowers and leaves
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Glass

Pair of French Ormolu Wall Lights in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Ormolu wall lights in the Louis XV style. French, Late 19th century. Measures: height 45cm, width 40cm, depth 15cm. Cast ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

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

Louis XV Giltwood Mirrored Girandoles
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredibly rare pair of Louis XV-period giltwood mirrored girandoles capture the grandeur, grace and opulence of the Rococo movement in the decorative arts. Each opulent mirror is exquisitely framed with voluminous flourishes of naturalistic motifs exemplary of the Louis XV era’s organic, deliberately asymmetrical stylings. Holding four candles each, these outstanding mirrored girandoles would have decoratively flanked a room of the period elegantly, illuminating the giltwood lustrously and providing ambient light reflected in the mirrored glass. Mirrors have long played an integral role in decorative design, often serving as focal points of a room. Dating back to the 13th century, the first French looking glasses were very small, yet enormously precious. Because these early mirrors...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Mirror, Giltwood

Pair of Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Wall Lights, Napoleon III Style.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of early 20th century Louis XV style wall lights, Napoleon III style. Pair of early 20th century Napoleon III style wall lights in metal and Louis XV style gilded stucco. H: 60...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

Four Antique Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in London, GB
These gilt bronze (ormolu) wall sconces (lights) are elaborate and highly elegant in their design. They are fashioned in the Rococo style, after decorative arts of the Louis XV perio...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Porcelain and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Louis XV st. porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a striking richly chased ormolu base with fine foliate designs and Greek keys in a satin...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Chandeliers Attributed to Maison Baguès
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. gilt metal, Baccarat crystal and cut glass chandeliers, attributed to Maison Bagues. Each of the six arm chandeliers is center...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Metal

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...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Tole and Saxe Porcelain Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming French 19th century Louis XVI st. tole and Saxe porcelain chandelier. The six arm chandelier displays a lovely curvaceous cage adorned with elegant tole leaves and a stunn...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

Cage Chandelier in Bronze Garnished with Tassels, Early 20th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Gilded bronze chandelier adorned with pendants, 9 sconces.
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

Louis XV Style Three Light Bouillotte Lamp France
Located in Den Haag, NL
Louis XV style bouillotte table lamp with Three candlesticks, , a green fabric shade, adjustable in height . Very good quality lamp . solid Brass . so stylish on your Desk .
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1960s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

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

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

19th Century Large French Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Late 19th Century fantastic quality gilt bronze Parisian chandelier.Fine casting throughout with beautiful burnished gilding in the Louis XV manner.The 3 cherubs seated around the ba...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

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

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Chandelier Likely by Henry Vian
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu chandelier after a model by Caffieri and attributed to Vian. The nine arm chandelier is centered by a stri...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

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

20th Century Louis XV-Style French Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
Prince Louis XV-style French chandelier. Finely chased and gilded bronze. Twelfth. Volute-cover ring for elongated, articulated, in the middle basket-shaped shank with pin end. In e...
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Pair of French & German Collaboration 19th Century Louis XV St. Meissen Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and most decorative true pair of French and German collaboration 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu, tole and Meissen porcelain sconces. Each three arm sconce is centered by an exceptional bottom ormolu foliate reserve and elegant pierced lattice design from where the two bottom arms branch out. The beautifully scrolled arms are adorned with a stunning array of tole leaves and wonderfully executed colorful hand painted Meissen porcelain flowers leading to remarkable foliate ormolu bobeches and candle cups. At the center of each sconce are exquisite Meissen porcelain statues with the sconce to the left depicting a beautiful maiden dressed in colorful classical attire while wearing a lovely bonnet and holding her dress. The sconce to the right depicts a man also dressed in period attire seemingly serenading the woman while holding a bassoon amidst a stunning array of hand painted Meissen porcelain flowers and scrolled ormolu movements. Above is a single arm decorated in the same manner also displaying a lovely foliate bobeche and candle cup. Meissen porcelain or Meissen china...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

1920s Italian Giltwood Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
1920s Italian eight arm Louis XV style gilt wood chandelier.
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting

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Wood

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

Italian 19th Century Louis XV Style Crystal, Cut Glass and Iron Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Italian 19th century Louis XV st. cut glass, crystal and iron six arm chandelier. The chandelier is centered by a fine cut crystal ball at the bottom. Above is a fine arr...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV-Style Brass & Mirror Sconces
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Pair of French 19th century Louis XV-style brass and mirror sconces. The hand beveled oval mirrors are surrounded by cherubs. The sconces have two arms each with candle covers for th...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

Italian 18th Century Giltwood Pricket Sconce from Red Tall Processional Torches
Located in Milano, MI
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

Belle Époque Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
 This imposing chandelier, cast in bronze and gilt with stylised acanthus has eight lights , it was originally made for candles but is now surface wired. It is obviously of high qual...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

19th Century Louis XV Style French Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique French chandelier of the 18th century. Frequently curled basket rods. In the center rising, multi-articulated baluster-shaped glass shaft with multiple crowns. Brass, chisel...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Brass

Continental 19th Century Louis XV Style Patinated and Gilt Metal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming Continental late 19th century Louis XV st. patinated and gilt metal sixteen light chandelier. The chandelier is centered by a bottom foliate reserve from where each of the eight extremely decorative arms branch out. Each arm is decorated by beautiful gilt metal foliate movements finished with floral candle cups. The elegant cage...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Metal

Set of Four Rococo Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in London, GB
These sconces (wall lights) are wonderful examples of the 18th century Louis XV style, which was fashionably revived in the 19th century. The style was characterised by its rocaille ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze, Ormolu

A Fine Pair Of Gilt Bronze & Crystal Wall Sconces
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Fine Pair of Gilt Bronze & Crystal Wall Sconces. 2 lights each. France, circa 1930 Dimensions: Height 18" Width 13 1/2" Depth 7" CW4430.
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

19th Century Large Lantern in Louis XV Style
Located in Paris, FR
Large ormolu lantern with polylobed mounts decorated with palmettes, acanthus leaves and foliated scrolls. This naturalist decoration is inspired by the Louis XV style. This entrance hall lantern...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

French Gilt Bronze Lantern with Crystals
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XV style gilt bronze lantern with crystals, electrified with three lights. The shape is pentagonal, with one side that opens for cha...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

19th Century French lighting Pair of bronze lanterns Louis XV style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very beautiful pair of lanterns gilded bronze louis XV style ,by their shape they are rare ,elegant and sober at the same time they can radiate a room
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

20th Century Louis XV Style Wall Lights
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Louis XV style wall lights Wall lights in Louis XV style. Brass, patinated. Finely ground crystal. Five curved light arms. (F-Me-48).
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Brass

French Louis XV Hand Painted Porcelain Sevres Women Musicians Table Lamp - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Sevres Style Hand Painted Porcelain Women Musicians Bronze Ormolu Table Lamps - a Pair. Item features hand painted scenes to both sides of women musicians and...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Lighting

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Porcelain

Louis XV Style Twenty-Light Chandelier by Baccarat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze and cut-crystal twenty-light chandelier by La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat, French, Circa 1890.
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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 Bronze Gilt
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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20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Beautiful cage chandelier in rock crystal and gilt bronze, Paris 19th century
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Very beautiful Louis XV style chandelier in gilt bronze with rich rockcristal decoration. The centre is decorated with a baluster entirely enclosed with rockcristal elements. It was ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Bronze

French Mid 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely elegant French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier. This most elegant chandelier is centered at the bottom by a solid Crysta...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

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

Louis XV Style Iron Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine simple and elegant iron chandelier. Painted and partially gilt. France, circa 1920. Dimensions: H 25.5" D 24" 5-light CW4357.  
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Iron

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely unique French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu chandelier, signed by Vian and after a model by Jean-Jacques Caffieri. The nine arm chandelier is centered by ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

Extraordinary Italian Giltwood Designer Sconce, Juliette by Randy Esada
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Extraordinary Italian giltwood designer sconce, Juliette by Randy Esada Item #: 1132, Juliette sconce (1-Arm) Finish: 23-karat heavy distressed yellow ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XV Lighting

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Giltwood

French Silvered Bronze and Cut Crystal Twelve-Light Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
A fine French silvered bronze 12 light chandelier, This elegant chandelier is surmounted by a crown of floral rosettes and half-pear pendent drops; swags of cut drops cascade to a lo...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, 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

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

Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu And Rock Crystal Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and finely detailed pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Rock Crystal sconces. Each scrolling three arm sconce is tastefully decorated with large scaled sca...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and large scale French Louis XV st. 19th century circa. 1870, ormolu and Baccarat crystal chandelier. With 12 electrified arms and a total of 17 lights and an exten...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

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

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...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candlestick lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular base with three fine protruding supports decorated by scrolled acanthus ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Ormolu

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

A Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Pink Marble Vases, Fitted As Lamps
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Pink Marble Vases, Fitted As Lamps. Each vase of fleur de Pêcher marble entwined with rich gilt-bronze r...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very unique French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal eighteen light chandelier. At the bottom is a solid crystal ball below a fine ormolu foliate finial. Branching out at the base are elegant ormolu movements with sprays adorned with beautiful clear and amethyst teardrop shaped crystals. The unusually shaped cage displays bottom and top row of striking square cut crystals and beautiful inverted floral candle cups with hanging light bulbs...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

French Louis XV St. Fifteen-Light Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French Louis XV st. fifteen light Baccarat crystal chandelier. With nine impressive double S scrolled ormolu arms opulently decorated with amethyst and clear crystal lyre and kite shaped...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Candlestick Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze candlestick Bouillotte lamp, having a baluster form standard with urn swag and lion mask decoration, set wit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze 6-Light Chandelier with Rock Crystals
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV style gilt bronze 6-light chandelier with rock crystals.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Bronze

Pair of French Rococo Style Two-Light Bronze Sconces
Located in Barntrup, DE
A stunning pair of Louis XV French Rococo-style two-arm sconces features curvy, asymmetrical, acanthus leaf-like bronze scrolls in classic French Rococo design. Each arm has sockets ...
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1930s French 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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