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Rococo Lighting

ROCOCO STYLE

Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.

The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.

When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.

The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.

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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Rococo
20th Century Rococo Style French Wall Light
Located in Berlin, DE
French wall light in Rococo style. Finely cast bronze. Three-flamed light-corpus. (F-Mr-24-Bp).
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20th Century Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Vintage French Limoges Style Pink Porcelain Flowers and Leaves Gilt Chandelier
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous French Limoges style hand painted porcelain chandelier with five-light bulbs and sculpted applique porcelain roses, leaves and gi...
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Mid-20th Century French Rococo Lighting

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Brass

Very Large Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Lantern
Located in London, GB
Very large Louis XV style gilt bronze lantern French, 20th century Dimensions: Height 160cm, diameter 62cm This magnificent lantern is crafted from gilt bronze in a wonderfully ...
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20th Century French Rococo Lighting

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Bronze, Ormolu

Gilt Bronze Table Lamp in the Rococo Style
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze table lamp in the Rococo style French, late 19th century With shade: Height 65cm, diameter 55cm Without shade: Height 49cm, width 25cm, depth 17cm This wonderful Ro...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

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Ormolu, Bronze

Pair of Brass Twin Arm Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
A pair of brass scroll twin arm wall lights. Rewired and tested.
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Lighting

Materials

Brass

Antique Rococo Style Ormolu and Cut Glass Twelve-Light Chandelier
Located in London, GB
Antique Rococo style ormolu and cut glass twelve-light chandelier French, 19th century Measures: Height 110cm, diameter 90cm This magnificent chandelier is designed in the wonde...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Rock Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze

Pair of Porcelain Wall Sconces by Meissen
Located in London, GB
This exquisite pair of German Rococo style Meissen sconces feature beautifully encrusted porcelain flowers and petals and exceptionally finely hand painted passages. In their unmatch...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Lighting

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Porcelain

18th Century Style Crystal and Blown Glass Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This elegant 18th Century Style Crystal and Blown Glass Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi, in blown glass, is made in transparent color wi...
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2010s Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Pair of French Rococo Style Carved and Polychrome Painted Wood Sconces, 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
A pair of beautiful French Rococo-style polychrome painted and carved wooden and metal two-light sconces with floral patterns. Each wall light has two sockets for E14-size light bulb...
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1930s French Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Metal

18th Century Style Crystal and Blown Glass Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This is a huge Italian Rococò style chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi is made with blown glass, in transparent color with gilded cups. This state of the art chandelier is composed...
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2010s Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal

Vintage French Limoges Style Pink Porcelain Flowers and Leaves Gilt Chandelier
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous French Limoges style hand painted porcelain chandelier with five-light bulbs and sculpted applique porcelain roses, leaves and gi...
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Mid-20th Century French Rococo Lighting

Materials

Brass

18th Century Style Cut Crystal and Glass Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
Elegant Italian Rococò Style Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi made by blown glass, in transparent color with silvered cups , composed by ten arms in the middle part of the chande...
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2010s Italian Rococo Lighting

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Crystal

Four Large Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in London, GB
The gilt bronze sconces in this set of four are designed in the beautiful Regency style, the manner of decorative art that most closely aligns with the early Rococo yet betrays the l...
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20th Century French Rococo Lighting

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

18th Century Style Crystal and Blown Glass Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This 18th Century Style Crystal and Blown Glass Wall Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi, in blown glass, is made in transparent color with gilde...
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2010s Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

18th Century Style Crystal and Blown Glass Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This 18th Century Style Crystal and Blown Glass Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi, is made in transparent color with gilded cups. This chandelier is comp...
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2010s Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal

Large French Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in London, GB
Large French gilt bronze wall sconces French, 20th century Measures: Height 165cm, width 83cm, depth 63cm Each twelve-branch sconc...
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20th Century French Rococo Lighting

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

18th Century Style Crystal and Blown Glass Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This 18th Century Style Crystal and Blown Glass Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi is made in transparent color with gilded cups. This chandelier is composed by three branch layers...
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2010s Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal

Early 19th Century Faience Table Lamp, Converted From Oil-Burning Lamp
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This 19th century faience table lamp is converted from an old oil lamp.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Faience

KPM Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in London, GB
This rare twenty-one light KPM porcelain and gilt bronze chandelier is a truly remarkable piece of decorative art, and a splendid example of ...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

1900 Italian Rococo Beaded Crystal Prisms Gold Gilt Sconces
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Rewired and ready to hang! Housing 2-light each, sitting on vintage crystal bobeches, dripping with vintage crystal prisms. Macaroni beaded and crystals throughout, swags of crystal ...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal

Set of 3 Giltwood Carved Twin Wall Lights
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A set of 3 giltwood carved twin wall lights This is a very attractive set of lights they each have 2 sconces The lights are in good vintage c...
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Early 20th Century Rococo Lighting

Materials

Giltwood

Two Rococo Style Gilt and Silvered Metal Girandoles
Located in London, GB
These exquisite girandoles are designed in a graceful Rococo style. This style was fashionable in France in the 18th century, during the reign of Louis XV (1715-1774). Derived from t...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Metal

Gilded 19th Century Wooden Urn-Shaped Rococo Table Lamp
Located in Copenhagen, K
This 19th century Rococo-style, gilded and painted in blue and red table lamp, featuring an decorative urn shaped body with side handles carved in wood. The lamp is raised on a squar...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Wood

Set of Four Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Antique Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
These fine, antique wall lights each have an oval-shaped backplate which is cast in patinated bronze and mounted with a contrasting gilt bronze gro...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

18th Century Style Crystal and Blown Glass Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This elegant Italian Rococò Crystal and Blown Glass Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi is made in transparent color with gilded cups. This chandelier ...
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2010s Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal

Two French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Six-Light Sconces
Located in London, GB
This pair of gilt bronze sconces (or wall lights) have been styled in the Rococo manner, being composed of beautiful, scrolling forms inspired by nature. The six arms of each sco...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

American 19th Century Bronze Lantern, Attributed to Hooper & Co. Boston
By Hooper of Boston
Located in London, by appointment only
A Rococo Revival brass chandelier, of square tapering form with lush scrolls enriching each face. Possibly American and attributed to Hooper and Co of Boston USA, circa 1850. ...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Small 20th Century Six-Light Murano Chandelier, Model Ca'rezzonico
Located in Berlin, DE
A small and elegant Murano six-light chandelier in transparent colors with sophisticated finishes in pink and light blue. With a centred bulbous column issuing branches and delicatel...
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20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Italian 19th Century Two-Tiers Capodimonte Porcelain Chandelier with Roses
Located in Firenze, IT
This magnificent antique 19th Century two-tiers porcelain chandelier has an exceptional quality. It was crafted by the renowned Italian Capodimonte pottery manufactory. This enchant...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Large Bronze Chandelier in the Rococo Manner
Located in London, GB
A large ornate bronze chandelier in the Rococo manner with a highly ornate bulbous stem terminating in a large flattened orb and from which the twelve scrolling, acanthus clad branch...
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Mid-20th Century English Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Rococo Lamps in Faiance
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very nice pair of Rococo lamps from circa 1750, made from two faiance Rococo vases.
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18th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Faience

1900 Rare Silver Metal Floor Lamp Pink Opaline by Christofle
Located in Marseille, FR
1900 rare silver metal floor lamp pink opaline by Christofle. Roccoco style. Electrification will have to be fixed.
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Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Metal

Antique Ormolu and Cut-Glass Rococo-Style Chandelier
Located in London, GB
Antique ormolu and cut-glass Rococo-style chandelier French, 19th Century Height 130cm, diameter 90cm This Rococo-style chandelier is filled with the opulent details that characte...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Rococo Brass Footwarmer
Located in Copenhagen, K
Fantastic brass footwarmer or lantern, used to bring to church so that one could keep warm in the rather cold churches at the time. But could be used with a candle and be a very deco...
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18th Century and Earlier Danish Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Brass

20th Century Rococo Style French Wall Light
Located in Berlin, DE
French wall light in Rococo style. Engraved bronze. Three flamed light corpus. (F-Mr-25-Bp).
Category

20th Century Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Giltwood Rococo Chandelier
Located in London, GB
A six-arm elaborately carved and gold giltwood Rococo style chandelier. Rewired and in very good order, late 19th century Italian.
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Giltwood

An exceptional pair Bronze wall lights of a Merboy riding a mythical Dolphin
Located in London, GB
An exceptional pair of early English Bronze wall lights, depicting a Merboy riding a mythical Dolphin. The casting is of the very finest and suggests a top foundry at work. Stamped n...
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1890s English Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Ceramic, Glass and Brass Chandelier, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic, glass and brass chandelier, circa 1900.
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Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Brass

Four Antique French Girandoles in the Rococo-Style
Located in London, GB
Four antique French girandoles in the Rococo-style French, 19th Century Height 75cm, width 35cm, depth 10cm This set of four girandoles re...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

1950, Italian Work, Lacquered Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1950, Italian work, gilt and black lacquered wrought iron chandelier.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Wrought Iron

18th Century Rococo Brass Lantern
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautifull Rococo brass lantern.
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18th Century and Earlier European Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Brass

Pair of gilt bronze Rocaille style candlesticks, circa 1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of chiseled and gilt bronze Rocaille style candlesticks mounted in lamps and standing on an asymmetrical base with guilloche. The central support is made of curved volutes toppe...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Lighting

Materials

Ormolu

Pair Of Silvered Brass and Bronze Lamps, 19th century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of gilt brass and bronze bottle-shaped lamps, standing on an arabesque engraved base. A bamboo frieze underline the belly and the neck. Work from the second half of the 19th ce...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Metal

19th Century Antique Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Baroque style chandelier with 12 candleholders. The frame is forged of iron that is blackened and gilt. The chandelier is pear-shaped and has rockcrystas in the shape of leafs and ...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Rock Crystal, Iron

19th Century Silvered Louis XV Style Rococo Candlestick Lamp
Located in London, GB
A silvered candlestick in the Louis XV Rococo manner, now mounted as a lamp base. Height dimensions refer to height of pottery candlestick only. Wired and tested for UK safety ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Metal, Silver Plate

Rococo lighting for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Rococo 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, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo 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 Interi, Gherardo Degli Albizzi, Meissen Porcelain, and Woka Lamps. 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 $95 and tops out at $225,000 while the average work can sell for $3,506.

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