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
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.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Faience
$2,600 / set
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$9,367 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Wall Lighting Made of Bronze, 1970s France
Located in Oirlo, LI
Vintage Wall Lighting Made of Bronze, 1970s France
This is a beautiful lamp to hang on a wall.
Made of bronze in the 1970s with 5 light points.
Also ideal in a narrow room or hall,...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Wood
$1,144 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Lights
Located in New York, NY
Each with foliate form backplate issuing two outscrolled arms. Not electrified but can be.
Category
20th Century Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$3,500 / set
12 Arm Rococo Style Converted Bronze Chandelier, 24" wide x 51" tall
Located in Toledo, OH
12 Arm Rococo Style Converted Bronze Chandelier. 1890's Chandelier converted to electric, Rococo styling, bronze, polished crystals. 12 Arms with 12 lights. Body 24" wide x 32" tall ...
Category
1890s Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Crystal Chandelier Baccarat with 12 Arms Finely Decorated with Pearls, 19th Cen
Located in Madrid, ES
Very beautiful Baccarat crystal chandelier in crystal, very thin and transparent with 12 appliques. Central baluster with hand-blown glass rod. 20th century. Height 100 cm. diameter ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Charming Neo baroque Chandelier in giltwood circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Charming Neo baroque Chandelier in giltwood circa 1950
some lack of gilding and wear, but the general condition remains very satisfactory
Category
1950s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Louis XV Gilded Wrought Iron and Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in Essex, MA
Typical form with four small arms with drops over a cage with drops overall and central urn over eight branches with lights. Very similar chandelier in the Legion Of Honor Art Museum...
Category
1760s French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Other
Gilt and Painted Hanging Pendant Basket Chandelier Uplight Lantern
Located in Nashville, TN
Estate trust directs a sale .The gilt basket weave pendant with overflowing fruit at top and with four hanging garlands. Lights (two full size s...
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Plaster
$1,800 Sale Price
72% Off
Luxurious Wall Lamp with Five Sconces Vintage Bronze Wall Sconce
Located in Bastogne, BE
Beautiful Rococo style wall lamp with five sconces. Vintage.
Support in gilded bronze and handcrafted by craftsmen.
The decor consists of stylized a...
Category
1960s Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
neo-classical bronze wall light, lacquered metal circa 1940/1950
Located in Mouscron, WHT
neo-classical bronze wall light, lacquered metal circa 1940/1950
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
HAND CARVED PILLARED TABLE LAMP WiTH MARBLE SPHERE IN THE BASE BRONZED FITTINGS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage circa 1960's hand carved table lamp with bronzed light fitting and marble sphere to the ...
Category
1960s British Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Marble
$655 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of French Rococo Style Gilt Metal Sconces
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Rococo style gilt metal sconces
French, 20th Century
Measures: Height 34cm, width 29cm, depth 15m
The sconces in this pair are crafted in the elegant Rococo style. Each sconce features a gilt metal backplate adorned with moulded foliate forms. The backplate of each issues twin scrolled light...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Materials
Metal
$1,322 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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...
Category
2010s Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Old Venetian lantern in painted metal, late 19th, early 20th
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Old Venetian lantern in painted metal, late 19th, early 20th century
very beautiful patina
electricity to be reviewed
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Metal
ANTiQUE FRENCH ROCOCO GOLD GILT BRASS EIGHT BRANCH CHERUB CHANDELIER LIGHT
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite circa 1900 French solid gilt brass Rococo ceiling chandelier de...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Brass
$4,132 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Four (4) French Louis XV Rococo Two-Light Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Our set of four finely cast and gilt bronze foliate form wall lights in the French Louis XV Rococo style each measure 22 1/2 inches tall and are in good condition, with candelabra s...
Category
Early 20th Century Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Paire d'appliques en bronze milieu du 18ème siècle
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Paire d'appliques en bronze milieu du 18ème siècle
Category
18th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Rococo Silver over Bronze 24 Light Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Outstanding 19th century French Rococo silver over bronze chandelier with 24 lights. Very fine quality and interesting details. Beautiful leaves ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$19,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 19th Century French Andiron Lamps
Located in San Marino, CA
A pair of new electric lamps made from 19th Century andirons. The andirons are in an upswept shape, much like a rising ocean wave. Each of the andirons is topped by a three-sided shade that depicts a classical Greek goddess type of female figure and various leaf and bird illustrations.
Category
1820s French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,480 / set
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...
Category
1930s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Steel
Nineteenth Century Continental Gilt Brass Lantern
Located in London, GB
A Nineteenth century Continental gilt-brass lantern, likely French, the rococo ceiling gallery with three ornate chains, the body with three glazed panels enclosing light fitment, th...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Brass
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).
Category
20th Century Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Crystal and Bronze Chandelier attr. to Maison Baguès, France, circa 1880
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
Crystal and Bronze Chandelier attr. to Maison Baguès, France, circa 1880
Category
1880s French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$3,632 Sale Price
20% Off
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.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Wrought Iron
A Rococo Gilded Bronze Lamp, Circa 1850
Located in London, GB
With a gilded bronze base decorated with foliage surrounding and supporting a smart cranberry glass column, including a fluted fabric shade. Fitted for electricity.
Category
Mid-19th Century 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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
$9,367 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Heavily Gilted Bronze Figurative Candlestick Lamps, Set of 2
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and bronze lamps you could hope to find. Outstanding design is exhibited throughout. The beautiful set is statement piece and pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Set of 3 Giltwood Carved Twin Wall Lights
Located in Godshill, 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Rococo Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Single-Candle Candlesticks Rome- Italy 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of single-candle candlesticks
in richly chiselled gilded bronze. Depicting Putti, in Baroque style. Rome 19th century.
h 25 x 16 cm
Condition: Small scratches, age-related w...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,144 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1950, Italian Work, Lacquered Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1950, Italian work, gilt and black lacquered wrought iron chandelier.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
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 , c...
Category
2010s Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Charming Neo baroque Chandelier in giltwood circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Charming Neo baroque Chandelier in giltwood circa 1950
some lack of gilding and wear, but the general condition remains very satisfactory
Category
1950s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
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).
Category
20th Century Rococo Lighting
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$60,610 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$9,367 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique French Louis XV Style Rococo Gilt Bronze Chenets
Located in Montreal, QC
This pair, while originally for the fireside, would serve equally as bases for a pair of table lamps. They are exquisitely modelled with sinuous, scrolling acanthus and beautifully f...
Category
1880s French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Italian Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Porcelain, Crystal and Gilt Bronze Pendant, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Porcelain, crystal and gilt bronze pendant. France, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Lacquered metal wall lights decorated with leaves and flowers circa 1930/1950
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Lacquered metal wall lights decorated with leaves and flowers circa 1930/1950
Electricity to be checked
Category
1930s French Vintage Rococo Lighting
Materials
Metal
Ceramic, Glass and Brass Chandelier, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic, glass and brass chandelier, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Brass
18th Century Giltwood Fragment Mounted as Lamp. Amazing Watergilding.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Single 18th century giltwood fragment mounted as lamp. Amazing Watergilding. Great Scale.
Category
18th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
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.
...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Bronze Putti Lamps
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of patinated bronze puttis in the manner of Clodion,
one holding bagpipes, the other a bird; each surmounted on a
fluted red marble col...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$3,600 / set
A Six-Arm Crystal and Iron Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
This fanciful crystal and iron chandelier is composed of six arms with lovely floral bobeches. The silvered iron frame is decorated with crystal balls and beads, accented with green...
Category
20th Century Unknown Rococo Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Nailsea Style Glass Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
Elegant Rococo style glass & brass oil lamp base, now converted for electricity.
PAT tested and compliant for the U.K.
Can be adapted for worldwide wiring if required. This will ha...
Category
1850s French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Brass
18th Century Rococo Giltwood Three-Light Wall Sconces
Located in Southall, GB
An impressive pair of Rococo French giltwood wall lights. Each is carved with feathers, tassels and ribbons, there are three arms on each sconce, holding three candle lights upon a h...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Lighting
Materials
Wood
$3,085 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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.