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
1940's French Gilt Bronze Lantern
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's French gilt bronze lantern with interior lights
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 20th Century Gilded Bronze French Wall Lights, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Pair of 20th century French wall lamps. Louis XV style objects in gilded and chiseled bronze of beautiful size and pleasant decor. Wall lights to be fixed to the wall with three arms...
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1950s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved Sconce Mirror and Candelabra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style giltwood and gesso carved sconce mirror (Wall-Light) girandole with candelabra. The scrolled carved mirror frame surmounted with a pair of ...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
$2,850 Sale Price
55% Off
19th Century Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
19th century crystal chandelier: Gilt brass frame adorned with high quality original crystal prisms attributed to Baccarat. Newly wired...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair French Louis XVI Style Porcelain Gilt Bronze 2-Light Sconces / Wall Lights
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique (late 19th century) French two-light sconces (wall lights) in the Louis XV style, made of gilt bronze with porcelain plaques that are finely gilt and painted with pas...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair Italian Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze & Glass Chandeliers, mid 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
each chandelier with shaped and segmented glass standards issuing two upper levels of curled bronze arms with hanging prisms, the two lower levels each with candle cups and bobeches,...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces Louis XV Style
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Pair of Large Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces Louis XV Style
These large and impressive gilt bronze wall sconces each support three beautifully decorated out-swept arms stemming from the ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19thc French Antique Louis XV style Bronze Cherub Figural Table Lamp on Marble
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Spectacular FrenchAntique Mid 1840's Bronze Louis XV Cherub Table Lamp. The detail is amazing, an amazing casting, with the arms cast seperately and then screwed in. On Portoro Marbl...
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1840s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$2,920 Sale Price
20% Off
c1880's French Louis XV style Bronze w/Crystal Fruit Table Lamps/ Girandole
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1880 Antique French Crystal Fruit on Bronze Table Lamp/ Girandoles. This is a stunning lamp now electrified. Miami Beach estate.
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of French Louis XV-Style Brass Wall Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition:
Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Patinated Brass
Category
1960s American Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair Of Rocaille Wall Lights In Gilt Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
Large pair of Louis XV Rocaille style sconces in very finely chiseled gilded bronze, with two light arms.
Parisian work of very fine workmanship, end of the 19th century, magnificen...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis the 15th Style Bronze Wall Sconces, French, circa 1920
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice pair of Louis the 15th style wall sconces is made of bronze. This is a French work, circa 1920.
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Fine Quality Bronze and Genuine Crystal French Louis XV Style Chandelier
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Description
Bronze. Crystal prisms. 8 arms. 53 1/2" h x 25 1/4" diameter.
Condition
Missing prisms. Oxidation. Chips in prisms. One prism broken with ball missing. We recommend all l...
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$3,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of French Early 20th Century Brass and Crystal Girandoles Table Lamps
Located in Barntrup, DE
Pair of French brass and crystal three-light girandoles table lamps from circa 1900.
This elegant pair of French antique candelabra table lamps...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
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
Materials
Bronze
$6,000 Sale Price
47% Off
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
Materials
Brass
French Gilt Wall Sconce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very nice single gilt French wall sconce.
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Fire Gilt Bronze Crystal Twelve-Branch Floral Chandelier
Located in Milano, MI
Exceptional fire gilt bronze and crystal chandelier of French origin, a two tier twelve-light hanging fixture dating back to circa 1870 born for candle burning, modified to electric,...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu, 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
Materials
Bronze
20th Century, Louis XV Style French Prunk Applique/Wall Lamp
Located in Berlin, DE
French Prunk Applique "A LA MAILLE", Louis XV.
Matt- and gilded, chased bronze. Wall panel in the shape of a torch with a large mesh, grape garland, acanthus decor and grape-like fi...
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20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
An Antique French Gilt Bronze Louis XV Style Rococo Lantern
Located in London, GB
A Large antique French Louis XV style gilt bronze Rococo lantern with six cut bevelled glass panels, an ornate canopy of scrolled acanthus and foliate. The glass panels framed with C...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Exceptional Pair Large 19th Century French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional pair of very large antique (19th century) sconces in the Louis XV rococo style, the largest of which measures 33 1/2 inches tall, 13 in wide and 12 in deep. With candela...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Crystal and Bronze Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
A large iron and crystal French early-20th century chandelier. This piece features eight arms, Baccarat-quality crystal prisms and a birdcage style frame. Recently cleaned, rewired a...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Classic French Louis XV Irion Chandelier with Cut Crystal Prisms and 6 Lights
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a spectacular French-made Louis XV style chandelier with gorgeous cut crystal prisms and tear drops everywhere. The chandelier is in good condition with shades for each of th...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
19thc French Maison Bagues Louis XV Rock Crystal w/ Amethyst Stone Chandelier
Located in Opa Locka, FL
19thc French Antique Grand Louis XV style Cut Rock Crystal with Amethyst Rock Crystal Chandelier Estate Yves St Laurent. Manufactured by Maison Bagues. Beaded rock crystal cage form ...
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal
$11,640 Sale Price
33% Off
French Gilt Bronze Chandelier, Six-Arm Louis XV Style
Located in Vero Beach, FL
The six arms are in the form of swirling acanthus leaves in the exuberant Louis XV style. This finely chased chandelier was made in France, circa 1870. A high quality bronze casting....
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,540 Sale Price
30% Off
Three Italian Appliques 1700 Set of Three Golden Curved Arms With Flowers and Leaves
Located in Milano, MI
Three Gilded Appliques 1700 Wrought Iron Candle Holder Arms in Leafy and and Floral Motifs, lot of three antique wall lights, candle holder arms eighteenth-century period, curved ar...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze Dore Cupid Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore wall sconces with two arms, finial tops, and oval plaque backs with cupids in relief. (PRICED AS PAIR).
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Louis XV Crystal & Bronze Chandelier, Six Lights, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A French Louis XV style chandelier crafted from bronze and glass.
It boasts six elegant candlestick holders along with a variety of pendants and finials.
This exquisite chandelier ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Bronze, Brass
$3,206 Sale Price
23% Off
Carved And Gilded Wooden Chandelier, 18 Light Arms, Italy About 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Carved And Gilded Wooden Chandelier, 18 Light Arms, Italy About 1880
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
18th C Style Carved Italian Gilt Wood 24 Arm Verochio Chandelier by Randy Esada
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
18th C style carved Italian Gilt wood 24 arm Verochio chandelier by Randy Esada.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
French Louis XV or Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Three-Light Sconce
Located in Barntrup, DE
Large Louis XV French Rococo style three–arm sconce. Curvy asymmetrical acanthus leaf-like gilt bronze scrolls in Classic French Rococo style. Each arm has a socket for the E14 light...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis the 15th Style Bronze Wall Lights. French, Circa 1950
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of Louis the 15th style wall lights are made of bronze. This is a French work, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$900 Sale Price / set
20% Off
c1910 French Louis XV style Bronze w/ Crystal Chandelier atrributed to Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1910 French Louis XV Bronze with Cut Crystal Chandelier. This chandelier is attributed to Baccarat. Clear and Amethyst toned crystal. I have seen a Baccarat photo of this chandelier.
Category
1910s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Style Gilded Bronze Candle Wall Sconces
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An ornate pair of gilded bronze, twin-arm antique candle wall sconces. Decadently curved arms, ending in leaf shaped bobeche drip trays and...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,700 / set
Louis XV Style Iron and Cut Glass Eight-Light Chandelier
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large Louis XV style iron and cut glass eight light chandelier. Chandelier has colorless and amethyst glass pendant prisms. Wonderful old mellow patina. Perfect for any decor.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Glass
Pair 19thc French Antique Gilt Bronze Highly Detailed Louis XV Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 19thc French Dore Bronze Large & Heavy Highly Detailed Louis XV Wall Sconces. Very impressive at 6 lights each. crown and mask detail.
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$2,720 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rock Crystal Pendant Bagues Style French Louis XV Sconces
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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1990s Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
$1,400 Sale Price / set
37% Off
Luxury French Empire Regency Louis XV Purple Crystal Obelisks Bronze Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Coimbra, PT
Fabulous 8-light French Empire pure crystal basket chandelier with gilt bronze frame and 4-faceted crystal obelisks, circa 1920s
Also available a pair of matching sconces.
Measures:
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
pr of French 19 century Bronze Sconces with Fruit Shaped Crystal Pendants
Located in New York, NY
pr of French 19 century Bronze and crystal Sconces with Fruit Shaped Crystal Pendants.
Backed by wooden backplate covered in textile.
Not Wired for electr...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Crystal & Bronze Chandelier, Six Lights, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A French Louis XV style chandelier crafted from bronze and glass, with six ( 6 ) elegant candlestick holders along with an additional central light, a variety of pendants and finials...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass, Bronze
$2,768 Sale Price
24% Off
French, 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Glass Lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style pear-shaped gilt bronze and diamond-cut-bent-glass lantern. The ovoid gilt bronze body with a single light, surmounted with three glass panels centered with a sunburst design. The scrolled gilt bronze body with scrolls, acanthus, rosettes and leaves, each panel crowned with gilt bronze bows and ribbons...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$9,850 Sale Price
46% Off
Pair of French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Grace your walls with a touch of French grandeur with this pair of antique Louis XV style gilt bronze sconces. Exquisitely crafted from gilded bronze, these sconces boast a captivating display of scrolling designed arms that cascade down the central body and gracefully curve along the three arms. The meticulous details including the bow knot top...
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20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$2,360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Louis XV Style Rocaille Chandelier In Gilt Bronze - 9 Lights
Located in BARSAC, FR
Louis XV Rocaille style chandelier in very finely chiseled gilded bronze with a rich and complex moving decoration formed of acanthus leaves and intertwined volutes.
9 light arms fin...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Venetian Chandelier In Colourless Murano Glass, 6 Light Arms Circa 1930
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Venetian Chandelier In Colourless Murano Glass, 6 Light Arms Circa 1930
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Glass
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
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze & Tole Louis XV Style Bouillotte Lamp, 19th Century
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant French bronze Louis XV style Bouillotte lamp from the 19th Century with an adjustable painted metal shade and three electrified candle- arms.
Measures: height 22.4" in. (57 cm), diameter 13" in. (33 cm).
Lighting: takes three small Edison bulbs. It originally used candles...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Pair of early 20thC French Style Crystal Drop Lustres
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of early 20thC French Style Crystal Drop Lustres on ormolu frames and base with acorn finials to the top - all lights and lamps have been rewired with authentic corded flex, fi...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Large Carved Gilt Gold Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Large beautiful hand carved gilt gold chandelier. Circa early 19th century, Rewired ready to install, 20 lights.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
$63,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Venitian Chandelier In Murano Glass 12 Arms Of Light
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Rezzonico chandelier, 12 arms of light with dolphins heads
new electrification
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Italian Beaded Crystal Sconces in Antique Gold Frame, Italy
Located in New York, NY
This monumental large pair of beaded Murano glass crystal scones are handcrafted in Italy by a second generation chandelier maker. Large Murano glass crystals are meticulously hand knotted and tied and crystal beadings are wrapped around each of the antique gold finished iron arms. Absolutely magnificent with six lights (4 ft. long). Newly wired for U.S. use. Custom sizes available. Gold or silver antique frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Iron
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Iron & Crystal Wall Sconces in the Louis XV taste.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Fine Pair of Iron Wall Sconces, featuring gilt acanthus leaves & bobeches. Crystal pendalogues, in the Louis XV taste. France, circa 1920. 3 lights each.
Dimensions: Height 22" Wi...
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
Antique French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze & Porcelain Candelabra Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze & Porcelain Candelabra Table Lamp with various light settings. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 37" H (to finial) x 28.5" H (to light...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze Porcelain Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A porcelain table lamp with a Sevres flower bouquet motif in vibrant colors and gilded bronze decorated with a golden wreath on feuillagée.
Doesn't inc...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$1,457 Sale Price
30% Off
Chandelier in Gilt Bronze Garnished with Transparent and Golden Tassels
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Chandelier in gilded bronze, 9 sconces and three crystal daggers. transparent and golden tassels.
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Glass
c1900 Antique French Louis XV Gilt Bronze w/ Crystal Floor Lamp Signed Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1900 Antique French Louis XV style Gilt Bronze with Cut Crystal Grand Floor Lamp Signed by Baccarat. Rare model. First time in my 35 years of dealing Antique upscale lighting that I...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Brass and Bronze Three-Arm Mirrored Girandole Wall Sconce
Located in Barntrup, DE
Beautiful Louis XV style brass and bronze girandole, wall sconce with beveled mirror. Three arms, each with a socket for an E14 light bulb, ornate with foliate scrolls and flowers, F...
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass, Bronze
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.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of Gilded Wood Wall Lights - Italy - 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Lovely pair of gilded wood wall lights from the Napoleon III period.
Very beautiful pair that has retained a superb gilding with three light arms decorated with numerous foliage, ac...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
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.