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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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Style: Rococo
Number in Set: Set of 10
Pair of 18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Tassel Ornaments
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf tassel ornaments. They are two of the same shape of tassel but in two different sizes ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

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Gold Leaf, Metal

Louis XV Style Gilt and Chiseled Bronze Candlestick By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This little Louis XV style gilt bronze candlestick by Gherardo Degli Albizzi would be ideal to be placed on a bedside table. It resume the great taste of Rococo period decoration. A...
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2010s Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Italian Speckled Gold and Silver Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Set of 5'
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian hand-carved speckled gold and silver leaf tassel ornaments. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used during feast days. These tassels were commonly used to adorn 18th and 19th century French and Italian chandeliers...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

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Metal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Large Gold Leaf Rococo Tassel Ornament
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian large gold leaf tassel ornament. These tassels were once used to decorate churches for feast days like Christmas. T...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

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Gold Leaf, Metal

18th Century Italian Small Speckled Silver Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Set of 5'
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian hand-carved speckled silver leaf tassel ornaments. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used during feast days. These tassels were commonly used to adorn 18th and 19th century French and Italian chandeliers...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Metal, Silver Leaf

Giltwood Rococo Five Light Chandelier
Located in Westwood, NJ
Based on a 17th-century antique, this chandelier is petite in scale and hand-finished in gilt. The hand-carved detailing, from the pineapple finial at the top to the flower at the ba...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Rococo Lighting

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Metal

18th Century Italian Large Gold Leaf Rococo Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian large gold leaf tassel ornaments. These were once used to decorate historic Italian churches for feast days like Ch...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Rococo Tassel Ornaments with Gold Trim 'Group of 5'
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand carved gold leaf tassel ornaments with gold trim. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand carved gold leaf tassel ornaments. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used d...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Gold Leaf, Metal

18th Century Italian Rococo Silver Leaf Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th Century Italian hand-carved silver leaf tassel ornaments. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used during feast days. These tassels were commonly used to adorn 18th and 19th century French and Italian chandeliers...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Silver Plate, Metal

French Rococo Gilt Chandelier
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Rococo gilded eight-light chandelier, the striking contrast of glass daisies with the gilt finish creates an organic feel and texture. Fabricated from a painted steel frame, w...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Rococo Lighting

Materials

Steel

18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Rococo Tassel Ornaments 'Group of 5'
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf tassel ornaments. These were once used to decorate churches for feast days like Christmas. They are hand-...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Gold Leaf

French Rococo Rustic Chandelier
Located in Westwood, NJ
French Rococo rustic eight-light chandelier, the striking contrast of glass daisies with the gilt finish creates an organic feel and texture. Fabricated from a painted steel frame, w...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Rococo Lighting

Materials

Steel

18th Century Italian Rococo Gold Leaf Hand-Carved Tassel Ornaments 'Set of 5'
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf tassel ornaments The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used dur...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Gold Leaf, Metal

Rococo Louis XV Style Pair of Heavy Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Rococo Louis XV style pair of gilt bronze wall sconces. Their main body is made of three short bronze arms at the top embellished with clear pressed crystal rosettes and pendalogues over a cut crystal urn shaped tower that cover a gilt pipe. This crystal tower...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

2Lights Artistic Casting Wall Sconce in 24kt Gold Finish & Clear Scholer Pendant
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Elegant shiny artistic casting wall sconce by Modenese Gastone Luxury Interiors. Mainly used in bespoke residential projects, this scrupulously moulded wall sconce features a baroque...
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2010s Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Bronze, Gold Leaf

Modenese Interiors Table Lamp in Shiny Chrome Finishing and Transparent Glass
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Refined one-bulb table lamp from Modenese Luxury Interiors. This particular model features a shiny chrome finishing and a transparent glass detail in in the axe. Elegantly paired wit...
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2010s Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Bronze, Gold Leaf

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

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

Materials

Crystal

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

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

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

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

Tenerife Chandelier by David Duncan, Two Tiered Resin Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A two-tiered twelve-light chandelier with shell formed dish, secured on underside by over-sized finial, the two dishes issuing metal candle arms with applied leaf shaped ornaments an...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Lighting

Materials

Resin, Plaster

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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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