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
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...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Italian Rococo Giltwood Figural Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Each with a standing cherub holding a cornucopia. Red faux painted base.
Category
1750s Italian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
$2,400 / set
1950's Chelini Carved Wood and Gold Leafed Wall Sconce Pair
By Chelini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Charming hand carved wood with plastered and hand painted finish with Gold Leafed Metal custom shield shade. The pair of sconces are opposites. Large and Opulent.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Wood
French Gilded Brass Rococo Chandelier
Located in Godshill, 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Rococo Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mid-20th Century French Copper Girandoles with Putti and Crystal Drops
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A nice set of two floor lamps from France. Made of yellow copper and decorated with cut crystals. The angels in the middle torch the upper part.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Materials
Copper
Pair of blown glass chandeliers, Murano, Italy, circa 1970
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of chandeliers in blown glass with gold inclusions, Murano, Italy, decorated with leaves and daffodils. Five arms of light.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Gold
Pair Large Louis XV Rococo Gilt Bronze Three-Light Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Our very large pair of gilt bronze three-light sconces in the Louis XV rococo style measure 30 inches (76 cm) tall and are in very good condition. Drilled for electrification. We may...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Meissen Porcelain Sconces
Located in New Orleans, LA
This remarkable pair of Meissen Porcelain wall sconces is crafted with all of the exquisite detail and splendor of the Rococo period. Exquisitely hand ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
$18,500 / set
Fabulous Heavily Carved Alabaster Plafonnier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fabulous heavily carved alabaster plafonnier, France, circa 1910. 3 Lights.
Dimensions:18" diameter, 40" length (can be shortened)
CW2395.
Category
1910s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Candleholders Italian Tall Rococo Period 18th Century, Italy
Located in New York, NY
A pair of candleholders made during the Rococo period in Italy. Decorated with carvings and hand painted in silvery gold color and light coral red.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Wood
Eight-Light Carved Wood Chandelier with Tassels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eight-light Italian style carved wood two-tier chandelier with remnants of paint throughout. This fixture has a beautiful worn painted finish. The fixture is newly rewired with drip ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Venetian Polychrome and Mecca Lacquered Wooden Wall Sconces
Located in Firenze, IT
These exceptional Italian polychrome lacquered wall sconces are true masterpieces of 18th-century Rococo Venetian craftsmanship. Fashioned in the shape of grand shields, these crests...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
19th-C. Italian Copper & Brass Torchieres / Floor Lamps / Lamp Stands - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an amazing pair of 19th century Italian torchiere floor lamps. They have urn shape tops, tapered stems, and scrolling feet. The wiring is a vintage addition. The brass feet a...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Brass, Copper
$3,746 Sale Price / set
25% Off
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Materials
Brass
Baccarat Opaline Glass Lamp, Vase Formed with Floral Decoration
By Baccarat
Located in London, GB
A Baccarat opaline glass lamp, vase formed with floral decoration
French, 19th century
Measures: Lamp: height 74cm, diameter 19cm
Shade: heig...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Brass
$4,628 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair 1960s Painted Plaster Cherub Lamps
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair 1960s Painted Plaster Cherub Lamps
Height to top of socket: 21"
Needs Rewiring
Minor Paint Loss
Category
1960s Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Plaster
$750 / set
Pair of Italian Rococo Style Carved Wood Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Carved Wood, Distressed Paint Finish, Parchment Lamp Shades with Gold-Leafed Trim
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Wood
$1,795 / set
Rococo style brass and crystal chandelier
Located in SON EN BREUGEL, NL
An elegant North-European Rococo chandelier with 3 small light inside and 6 candlearms.
Decorated with several clear and soft coloured Bohemian crystal pendeloques, flower rosettes a...
Category
20th Century Swedish Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
A Pair of Rococo Style Gilt Wood Wall Sconces, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Pair of Rococo Style Gilt Wood Wall Sconces, 19th Century
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
Description:
In the Rococo style, characterized by elaborate scrollwork, natu...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair of Gold Dore Bronze Two Light Sconces By FBAI
By F.B.A.I.
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Stunning Pair of Gold Dore Bronze Two Light Sconces By FBAI
Dimensions : 13" Tall X 14" Wide X 6" Deep
This gorgeous pair of sconces was made in Italy by FBAI and have a stunning ...
Category
2010s Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Crystal Macaroni Beaded Chandelier C. 1930
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite antique crystal chandelier is a fine example of early 20th-century European craftsmanship, featuring an ornate frame draped in delicate macaroni beading and festooned ...
Category
1930s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
19th Century Italian Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Italian Crystal Chandelier.
Our offered antique Italian Genovese crystal chandelier is full of style with a light and airy feel.
This chandelier has been professionally ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal
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...
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Three Original of the Time 1850 Bronze Rococo Wall Sconces, Fire Gilded Bronze
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Casted, chased and fire-gilded bronze, very elaborately works, originally with candles, later electrified.
Category
1850s Austrian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Antique Wall Sconces Rococo Bronze Wall Lamps Pair, 3-Light, France
Located in Bastogne, BE
Pair of vintage Rococo-style bronze wall sconces.
Crafted in France mid-last century, these stunning pieces feature elegant S-shaped scrolls and intricate detailing in rich gold bro...
Category
1920s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th c. antique Swedish crystal chandelier
Located in SON EN BREUGEL, NL
A very elegant Rococo style chandelier with 8 lights.
The chandelier is richly decorated with beautiful large cut crystal pendeloques, flower rosettes and stars. Some of the crystals...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Magnificent Rococo Chandelier Brass Crystal Art Deco Light New Antique Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Magnificent Rococo Chandelier – In-House Production with Hand-Tied Crystals
Inspired by the graceful opulence of the Rococo era, this exceptional chandelier is a modern homage to ti...
Category
2010s German Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair Vintage Three-light Brass And Crystal Sconces
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Three electric lights with candle sockets on scrolled frames and shaped backs. Overall crystal drops and rosettes.
Dimensions: H. 22", W. 12", Depth 9"
Condition: please see detai...
Category
20th Century American Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
A Rare and Highly Unusual Pair of Gilt-Bronze Twin-Light Wall Appliques
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare and Highly Unusual Pair of Gilt-Bronze Twin-Light Wall Appliques.
France, Circa 1870.
Each vigourously modelled in the Louis XV high rococo style as branches of oak leave and acorns suspended from ribbon tied drapes.
Provenance:
Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Bronzina Room at Halton House, Buckinghamshire
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)
Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)
The Trustees of Exbury House
Literature:
Rothschild Archive, London, Manuscript: 000/174/C/3, Christie, Manson & Woods Probate Valuation of 'The Estate of Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. C.V.O. Deceased, Halton House Tring'. 1918. Listed as 'A pair of Louis XV ormolu wall...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Louis XV Style Cut Glass Sconces
Located in London, GB
Pair of Louis XV style cut glass sconces
French, early 20th century
Measures: Height 46cm, width 34cm, depth 21cm
The sconces in this pair are wrought from gilt metal in the Lou...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Materials
Metal
$1,322 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rococo style Wall Light Decor Leaves branches Cast bronze ivory Finish
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Two-light wall sconce in cast bronze in Rococo style, characterised by sinuous interlacements of leaves and branches typical of the Louis XV style.
The patinated ivory finish trans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$13,224 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Stunning Pairs Of Wall lights Of Rococo Style, Belgium, 1980s
Located in Hannover, DE
This beautiful wall lamp was produced in Belgium, it is made of light synthetic foam and gilded by hand and is visually almost indistinguishable from an original from this period. Th...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Antique Meissen Two-Light Mirrored Girandole Sconces
Located in Montreal, QC
These sconces are highly decorative and desirable and display many of the qualities that make Meissen porcelain so world famous: the skill with which the wild flowers are applied, the subtle shading of the pink and pale green painting...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Gilded Wooden Rococo Floor Lamp, 1950s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Italian gilded wood Rococo floor lamp decorated with small mirrors.
1950s One large E27 bulb needed.
Measure: height without shade 135 cm.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
19th Century European Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Carrara Marble
Limoges perfume lamp Lady Fortune
By Limoges
Located in DOORWERTH, NL
Limoges working perfume lamp depicting Lady Fortuna on a die. Will work with both 110 and 220 Volts. Needs an adapter or another plug to operate in various countries.
Category
1930s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$7,294 Sale Price
20% Off
Rococo Style Gilt-Bronze Hall Lantern
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Large Rococo Style Gilt-Bronze Hall Lantern.
Grand in scale, this palatial lantern is finely cast in gilt-bronze. It is sumptuously modelled with asymmetrical C-scrolls, swept aca...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Italian Capodimonte Porcelain Figural Table Lamps by Pellati, 1970
By Giuseppe Pellati
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of polychrome Capodimonte porcelain figurines, a man with basket of grapes and a girl with a basket of flowers, both with round gil...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Porcelain, Silk
$953 Sale Price / set
27% Off
19th century Rococo style brass and crystal chandelier
Located in SON EN BREUGEL, NL
A very elegant and rare antique chandelier with 8 lights.
Decorated with clear crystal pendants 'Pear drop' ,faceted prisms, flower rosettes and stars.
The central stem is covered by...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Italian Rococo Style Wrought Iron and Gilt Metal Floor Lamp, early 20th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
having a flower shaped top of gilt metal atop a square iron shaft, the base and upside down gilt metal flower sitting within an iron ring, height measured to top of shade
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Iron
Antique French Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
In the style of Rococo. The chandelier is richly adorned with cut crystal prisms in various shapes—spear, teardrop, and almond-shaped. These prisms refract light beautifully, creatin...
Category
1920s European Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$19,450
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...
Category
1930s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vintage French Renaissance Rococo Alabaster & Brass Cherub Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Renaissance Rococo Alabaster & Brass Cherub Table Lamps - a Pair. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 37" H (to finial) x 24" H (to light socket) x 9" W x 9" D. {3-W...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Rococo Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Italian 8 arm Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Italian 8 arm Crystal Chandelier complete with no missing crystals, early 20th century
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Set of Four Italian 19th Century Roccoco Giltwood and Gilt Metal Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and monumentally scaled set of four Italian early 19th century Rococo st. giltwood and gilt metal sconces. Each ten arm sconce is centered by a beautiful scrolled f...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian 6-Light Crystal Beaded Chandelier C. 1930
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian six light chandelier in an elegant crystal-adorned fixture with a classic, ornate design. Its metal frame is intricately decorate...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Mid-Century Italian Carved Giltwood Blue Painted Sconces W/ French Styling -Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of mid-century Italian carved giltwood sconces with original blue paint. They are both in working order and have some age appropriate wear to the wood.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Materials
Wood
$1,121 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Vintage French Rococo Style White Ceramic and Glass Hanging Lantern, 1970s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Vintage Rococo style white ceramic and glass hanging lantern, France, circa the 1970s.
This adorable pendant light fixture features a white ceramic lantern and a beautiful canopy wit...
Category
1970s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Patinated, Silvered and Gilt Carved Wood Wall Lights Featuring a Mirror
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice and decorative pair of patinated, silvered and gilt wall lights is made of carved wood featuring a mirror in its center. This is an Italian work. Circa 1940
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Rococo Giltwood Chandelier
Located in Elkhart, IN
A lovely antique 19th century European gold giltwood 4-arm chandelier with beautifully carved detail. Centered on a baluster-style center column, each scrolled arm was carved acanthu...
Category
Early 20th Century Rococo Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Sevres Style Hand Painted & Gilded Porcelain Lamp - France - Circa 1950's
Located in Chatham, ON
Sevres style hand painted and gilded lamp - featuring a twisted and fluted form with raised floral decoration - all on a white glazed ground - brass base and mounts - signed on the b...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Materials
Brass
$840 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of French 3-Light Crystal Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 3-light metal sconces adorned with large elegant shaped crystals throughout. The sconces are newly rewired with cream wax candle covers.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
$1,800 / set
Antique pair of French fire gilt bronze and cut crystal Louis XV sconces
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is a beautiful pair of late 19th-century French bronze fire-gilt and crystal-hung sconces. The large cast bronze sconces each feature five scrolled arms and are decorated with acanthus, scrolls, and floral themes. The asymmetrical shape is typical of the French Louis Quinze or Rococo style. The bronze was completely fire gilt. Fire gilding, also known as mercury gilding, is the process through which a particular item is laid with pieces of mercury and gold. After several processes are performed, the gilded item...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Original Antique Maria Theresien Chandelier 18th Century 1790, Restored
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique Rococo chandelier, with zinn-plated iron frame, partly with rose resin-hanging - restored
Wired for the US.
Category
Late 18th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
French Crystal Beaded Crystal Chandelier C. 1930's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Five light French crystal chandelier adorned with an intricate arrangement of clear and blue crystals. It features a central structure from which multiple strands of small, clear cr...
Category
1930s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal
$2,100 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Wall Sconces French Rococo Bronze Lighting, Early 20th C
Located in Bastogne, BE
Antique French wall sconces are a stunning example of Rococo style, dating back to the first half of the 20th century.
Crafted from beautiful bronze, these sconces are a testament t...
Category
1910s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of C20th Silver Plated Candelabras by Barker and Ellis
Located in London, GB
Fine Pair of three Branch Silver Plated Candelabras by British Silversmiths Barker Ellis
Barker and Ellis was Established in 1801 in Birmingham and are one of the oldest firms in the...
Category
Late 20th Century European Rococo Lighting
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,074 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Rococo style brass and crystal chandelier
Located in SON EN BREUGEL, NL
An elegant North-European Rococo chandelier with 4 small light inside and 8 candlearms.
With a nice old patina; decorated with several large beautiful clear and soft coloured (light ...
Category
20th Century Scandinavian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
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.