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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: Single Piece
Rococo Style Porcelain Cherub and Metal Three-Light Chandelier, circa 1970s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Rococo Style Porcelain Cherub and Metal Three-Light Chandelier, Germany, circa the 1970s. Beautiful Rococo-style metal chandelier, adorned with porcelain flowers and three porcelain...
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1970s German Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Metal

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

Louis XV style gilt bronze 33-light chandelier
Located in London, GB
Louis XV style gilt bronze 33-light chandelier French, 20th Century Height 156cm, diameter 102cm This beautiful chandelier is crafted from gilt bronze in the Rococo style of Lou...
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20th Century French Rococo Lighting

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Ormolu, Bronze

Excellent french rococo rock crystal gilt bronze chandelier
Located in London, GB
A magnificent bronze gilt French Rococo chandelier with golden leaves and 4 bas-reliefs. With 16 flames on four arms. Completely rewired for EU standard (we can change to US standar...
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Late 19th Century Antique Rococo Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Bronze

Pair of Wood Beaded Painted Chandelier w/ Tassels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian painted wood beaded chandelier with garlands hanging throughout the 12 arms of the chandelier. There are hand carved tassels hanging throughout as well. The paint of ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Wood, Paint

French Gilded Brass Rococo Chandelier
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A French gilded brass Rococo chandelier. This is an excellent quality and very large piece it is very heavy and has a superb aged finish, the piece ha...
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Early 20th Century Rococo Lighting

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Brass

A Mid-century Single Italian Wall Sconce Rococo Style
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A grand Italian wall sconce in rococo style made from iron during the mid-century with as many as seven lightbulbs which have black fabric lampshades. The sconce is made on an iron base and decorated with curled metal...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting

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Iron, Aluminum

Italian Green Crystal Prisms Gold Gilt Wood Swags 4 Tier Chandelier, circa 1900
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing 5-lights, crystal bobeches sitting on giltwood posts. Will be rewired and for the United States, we will install UL US certified sockets and will put in appropriate sockets f...
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1920s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Crystal

Vintage Italian Rococo Style Silver Gilt Table Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
Add an element of classical elegance to your home with this silver gilded small Italian carved wood table lamp. Perfect for a room where...
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20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting

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Wood

Florentine Rococo Crystal Chandelier Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This is a Florentine rococo style chandelier hand made in Florence, Italy circa 1950 with an array of hand made crystals on a guilded iron frame. The chandelier has six candle shaped...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Wrought Iron

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

Antique Florentine Crystal & Bronze Chandelier with Obelisks / Pyramids
Located in Toronto, ON
This antique Florentine crystal chandelier was discovered on a trip to Florence, Italy. Three large pyramid crystals among the candles ma...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

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Crystal, Wrought Iron

Midcentury Italian Tole Chandelier
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Chandelier from the 1950s in iron and painted with a natural vintage patina. It has six candle lights surrounded with flowers and leaves in different shapes and colors. The lightbulbs used are Edison e14 which are found both in Europe and the United States. Comes with custom made black lampshades and can be used with naked lightbulbs as well. Colors may differ from the pics. Measures: Height in full: 105cm Height chandelier only...
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20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting

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Iron, Tôle

19C French Gilt Metal 12 Light Phoenix Chandelier with Swarovski Crystal
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunning 19C French gilt metal 12 light phoenix chandelier with Swarovski crystal. This chandelier pre-dates the advent of electricity and originally would have held candles. Made in France circa 1860 it was converted to electrical use in the early 20th Century, circa 1920. We can deduce this from the holes that were drilled into the piece to convert it and to install the wiring. Very ‘Rococo’ in style it has 4 branches, each holding 3 lights (12 in total). The branches are scrolling and flowing vine leaves. The light sockets have tulip like holders which sit on and a large starburst shaped flower. The base section ends in a downward pointing flower. The central and top sections again have scrolling vine leaves, separated by a large starburst shaped flower. The crown is a large starburst shaped flower/leaf. What makes this chandelier truly unique are the 4 ‘Phoenix’ birds around the top of the light section, each with a flower petal underneath. They are unmistakeably ‘Phoenix’ birds ! The chandelier has approximately 50+ large Swarovski Crystal faceted pendant drops. We still get a ‘chuckle’ from the fact that this stunningly rare chandelier features the ‘Phoenix”. We acquired it from a high-end estate here in Dallas from a Mansion built in 1929. When we acquired it, it was in pieces, albeit the pieces were all there in a large box (save the crystal). All the wiring was gone and one branch was broken. We repaired the broken branch, re-wired it, re-assembled it and used gorgeous 1960’s Swarovski crystals to replace the missing originals ….. only then did we notice the birds ….. TRULY … ‘The Rise of the Phoenix from the Ashes’ !!!! LOL The crystal alone on this, is worth over $2k. The phoenix is an immortal bird associated with Greek mythology (with analogs in many cultures) that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by rising from the ashes of its predecessor. Some legends say it dies in a show of flames and combustion, others that it simply dies and decomposes before being born again. In the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, a tool used by folklorists, the phoenix is classified as motif B32. The origin of the phoenix has been attributed to Ancient Egypt by Herodotus and later 19th-century scholars, but other scholars think the Egyptian texts may have been influenced by classical folklore. Over time the phoenix motif spread and gained a variety of new associations; Herodotus, Lucan, Pliny the Elder, Pope Clement I, Lactantius, Ovid, and Isidore of Seville are among those who have contributed to the retelling and transmission of the phoenix motif. Over time, extending beyond its origins, the phoenix could variously “symbolize renewal in general as well as the sun, time, the Empire, metempsychosis, consecration, resurrection, life in the heavenly Paradise, Christ, Mary, virginity, the exceptional man, and certain aspects of Christian life”. Some scholars have claimed that the poem De ave phoenice may present the mythological phoenix motif as a symbol of Christ’s resurrection...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Metal, Ormolu

Large Murano Chandelier Clear Glass, 1940's
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This is a very nice example of a classical chandelier from Murano in the Venetian style in clear glass with six arms for lights as well as curled leaves. The sconces surrounding the ...
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20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting

Materials

Murano Glass

Hollywood Regency Italian Rococo 2-Light Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Hollywood Regency Italian Rococo Revival two-light sconces, 1960s-1970s, each with reticulated scrolling gilt metal mounts on a gilt metal cage frame issuing three arms, the whole hu...
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1960s Vintage Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Metal

20th Century Rococo Style Curved-Arms Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Exquisite candelabra in Rococo style. Bronze finely engraved. Seven scroll styled curved arms in vase-formed grommets. (T-Mr-22-Bp).
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20th Century Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Large Urn Form French Gilt Bronze and Turquoise Porcelain Candelabra
Located in Canton, MA
Large urn form French gilt bronze and turquoise porcelain candelabra. Inspired by the designs of Sevres Porcelain. On one side there is a design of flowers and the other of a pastora...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

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

Rococo Style Bronze Table Lamp with White Frosted Glass Lampshade
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Rococo-style bronze table lamp with frosted glass flame-shaped lampshade. One socket for the E14 size light bulb. To the US will be shipped with an adapter for the US wiring ...
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1930s French Vintage Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Italian Rococo Crystal Chandelier
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This is a classic Rococo style chandelier hand made in Italy circa 1940 with an array of crystals on a brass frame. The chandelier has six candle shaped E14 lights which have been pa...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Rococo Lighting

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Crystal, Brass

French Crystal and Bronze Chandelier Attributed to Maison Baguès
Located in Houston, TX
French crystal and bronze chandelier attributed to Maison Baguès. This stunning unusual French Rococo crystal chandelier has eight lights and has been n...
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1920s French Vintage Rococo Lighting

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Chandelier Porcelain 12 Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very beautifull chandelier in CAPODIMONTE porcelain twelve lights in two tiers The shaft is entierely in openwork porcelain of remarkable finesse on the top of the chandelier with c...
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1910s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Porcelain

Original Rococo/Barock Chandelier, Limewood, 24 Flames, Perfectly Renovated
Located in Vienna, AT
An extremely rare and magnificent Barock/Rococo chandelier from the, very elaborate, carved limewood and leaf-gold. 24 flames on six arms held by mythical creatures. Hand-cut iron sc...
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1750s Austrian Antique Rococo Lighting

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Wood

Monumental Italian Giltwood Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian giltwood & metal eight light chandeliers with giltwood drops throughout. The chandelier has a beautiful patina throughout. The chandelier is newly wired with drip wax candle ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Metal

Italian Chandelier, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Title: Chandelier Date/Period: 18th century Dimension: 84cm Materials: golden painted wood Additional Information: Italian candle holder from the 18th century.  
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Wood

Venetian Chandelier in Transparent Murano Glass, Italy 1950s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Venetian Chandelier in Transparent Murano Glass, Italy 1950s. This beautiful chandelier was entirely hand-crafted in the island of Murano (Italy) during 1950s. This ancient artwork is characterized by an exquisitely decorated framework and 14 curved arms, each holding a pendant with a flower-shaped bobeige and a small bell...
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1950s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Art Glass, Glass

19th Century French Table Lamp in Ormolu
Located in London, GB
A large and ornate gilt bronze lamp, modeled as a putto holding the lamp fitting aloft whilst kneeling on a hexagonal base embellished with foliate Rococo decorations. French, c. ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Ormolu

Romantic Antique Gilt Chandelier with White Opaline Teardrop Crystals
Located in Hopewell, NJ
This chandelier is gilt metal with leaves and 6 arms having elegant opaline bobeches. It is dripping with strands of opaline beads and crystals. There is a sphere in the center and h...
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Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Lighting

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Metal

Large Rococo Style Ormolu Wall Light
Located in London, GB
A large bronze wall sconce exceptionally well modelled, naturalistically formed with three-branches with lamp holders, formed from leaves and ...
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1940s French Vintage Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

1930s French bronze Lantern
Located in palm beach, FL
Beautiful bronze lantern with baroque decoration. Four sides in beveled glass, four candles in the center. Rewired for Us standard.
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1920s French Vintage Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

French Solid Bronze Six Light Chandelier, Canopy, Chain, Estate Item
Located in Stamford, CT
French solid bronze six light chandelier, Canopy, chain. This finely cast solid bronze chandelier was newly wired approx ten years ago and is in fine working condition. This recently...
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1910s Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Bronze

19th Century French Louis XV Style Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
French Louis XV style bronze chandelier from the late 19th century. This Rococo style ten-light chandelier is cast bronze and has an a...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Italian Painted Tole Hall Lantern
Located in Essex, MA
Green leaf form with red flower heads. Electrified. No glass.
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Tin

Antique Bronze Chandelier or Pendant Light with Glass Scallop Shell Shades, 1920
Located in Lisse, NL
Elegant and simply beautiful, ocean-life-theme chandelier. When you look at early 20th century lighting then it seems like the artists/designers were inspired by all the beauty that...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Lighting

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Brass, Bronze

19th Century Rococo Lantern
Located in Bagshot, GB
19th Century gilt bronze lantern with original opaque glass in the Rococo Style. Lantern requires a light fitting and wiring.  
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

Italian Green Drops Macaroni Swags Rock Crystal Chandelier, circa 1900
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing 6-light, bobeches in crystal, dripping with vintage rare shape crystals sitting on giltwood posts. Swags of rock crystal beads, crystal prisms and rare green Murano drops. Ad...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

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Rock Crystal

Eight Light Rock Crystal Chandelier C. 1930's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eight light unique rock crystal chandelier adorned with almond shaped rock crystal and stars throughout. There is a large rock crystal ball that hangs from the bottom of the fixture ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Metal

Silvered Candlestick Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Silvered candlestick lamp: hand carved and silvered Italian candlestick wired as a table lamp with black complementary shade (listed measureme...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

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Silver, Brass

1970′ Italian Lantern in Golden Iron with Colored Glass Pendants
Located in Paris, FR
Italian lantern in gilded iron with colored glass pendants Size of the cage without the chain H 80 cm Diameter 45 cm Total height: 120 cm Radiant wire cover.
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1960s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Iron

Pair of Painted Wood Beaded Chandeliers by MLA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 8-light painted wood and metal chandeliers by Melissa Levinson Antiques. We can make these in any painted or gilt wood finish. We als...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Lighting

Materials

Metal

Pair of 18th Century Venetian Giltwood Wall Sconces
Located in Benington, Herts
A very decorative and impressive pair of Italian Venetian giltwood wall sconces late 18th Century. Italian circa 1780. The two leaf carved up-scrolled candlebranches issuing fr...
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1780s Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

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Giltwood

Large 1950s Italian Beaded Chandelier
Located in London, GB
A stunning beaded chandelier, made in Italy in the 1950s. Highly decorative and beautifully made with a gilt metal frame. Grand scale and gorgeous!.
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1950s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Crystal, Metal

French Chandelier in Wrought Iron, Crystal and Glass Style of Maison Baguès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French chandelier in wrought iron, crystal and glass style of Maison Baguès six lights.
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1940s French Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Crystal, Wrought Iron

Large Rococo Style Porcelain Chandelier by Meissen
Located in London, GB
Large Rococo style porcelain chandelier by Meissen German, late 19th Century Height 118cm, diameter 97cm This magnificent chandelier is an exceptional example of the Rococo styl...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Porcelain

Italian Murano Green Drops Macaroni Swags Chandelier, circa 1900
Located in Modena (MO), Modena (Mo)
Housing 6-light, bobeches in crystal, dripping with vintage crystals sitting on giltwood posts. Will be rewired and for the United States, we will install UL US certified sockets and...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Rococo Lighting

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Murano Glass, Giltwood

Fine Pair Rococo Style White and Gold Porcelain Table Lamps, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Luminous white and gold porcelain table lamps in the Rococo/ Louis XV style, mounted on Carrara marble bases. Wave upon wave of rocaille decoration highlighted in gold, formerly a pa...
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19th Century European Antique Rococo Lighting

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Carrara Marble

Early 20th Century, French Rococo Style Three-Light Chandelier in Bronze Doré
Located in Miami, FL
From the Belle Époque, a very lovely and small chandelier in bronze doré with three lights in the French Rococo style of Louis XV. France, circa 1900. Perfect size for a small foyer,...
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Early 20th Century French 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

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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

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Crystal, Bronze, Gold Leaf

Very Large Napoleon III Period Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Lantern
Located in London, GB
Very large Napoleon III period Rococo style gilt bronze lantern French, late 19th century Measures: Height 176cm, width 80cm, depth 80cm This exceptional lantern was produced du...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

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Bronze, Ormolu

Chandelier Attributed to Bagues
Located in New York, NY
This 1930s French chandelier adapts an Ancien Regime form to Cafe Society taste. The arms are3 trimmed with cut-glass arabesques, the frame is steel rath...
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1930s French Vintage Rococo Lighting

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Steel

Meissen-Style Porcelain Wall Sconce
Located in New Orleans, LA
This magnificent Meissen-style porcelain wall sconce features three candle holders and is adorned with hand-painted, floral Rococo decoration. cir...
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19th Century German Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Porcelain, Meissen

19th C. French Gilt Bronze Basket with Glass Roses, Marie Antoinette Chandelier
Located in Haarlem, NL
19th century romantic French basket-shaped gilt bronze ceiling 'Marie-Antoinette' luster with six flower lights. From the basket small leave branches and six larges 'branches' stick out, these thicker branches are crowned by glass roses. The basket hangs by 3 'cloth like' bronze ribbons, attached to a ceiling rosette...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

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Bronze

Pair Of Metal Rococo Wall Sconces
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of Iron Rococo wall sconces, brass. The sconces are classic rococo gilded with scrolled design. Beautiful on a dining room or hallway wall, they make...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting

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Iron

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

Exceptional Carved and Gilded Wooden Lamp from the Carlos IV Period 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Exceptional carved and gilded wooden lamp from the Carlos IV period, with a single ring and 20 lights candlestick; ten vertical and ten windings of foliage. It is sold in its cur...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Rococo Lighting

Materials

Bronze

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

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

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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