Louis XV Seating
LOUIS XV STYLE
The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.
Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.
Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.
During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.
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Style: Louis XV
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Pair of Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Walnut Stools
Located in London, by appointment only
A rare pair of early 18th century walnut stools, the cabriole legs with carved scrollwork knees, and terminating in hoof feet, the legs joine...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair of French Louis XV Period Fauteuils
Located in Pembroke, MA
A pretty pair of French Louis XV period fauteuils, circa 1760, in carved fruitwood with floral lamps fabric. Cabriolet backs, nicely carved an...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fruitwood
Fine Period Louis XV Beechwood Fauteuil a la Reine, circa 1775
Located in Hudson, NY
This lovely fine fauteuil a la reine or straight-backed open armchair is carved from beechwood and finished out for light and airy effect in a caned seat and back. The chair formed p...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Beech
Louis XV Settee by Jean-René Nadal l'Ainé
Located in New Orleans, LA
The splendor of the Louis XV period is captured in this incredible settee by the famed ébéniste Jean-René Nadal l'Ainé (1733-1783). Beautifully upholstered in blue and white fabric t...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Louis XV Giltwood Chaise
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic Louis XV giltwood chaise was purchased for a Palm Beach collector in London and has been professionally restored and upholstere...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood
French, 18th Century Dining Room Six Chairs and Two Armchairs, 1760
Located in Rome, IT
Fine French dining set with six chairs and two armchairs. We can sale to six chairs also separated. The white leather upholstery to change.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
French 18th Century Louis XV Upholstered Slipper Chair Stamped Bernhard
Located in Atlanta, GA
This French 18th century Louis XV slipper chair features a slightly slanted back with a delicately carved floral carving at the crest. This small size chair is upholstered with linen...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Beauvais Tapestry and Beech Wood Furniture Suite
Located in London, GB
This five-piece furniture suite is an elegant piece of early 18th-century French design. The suite, which is comprised of a canapé (sofa) and four fauteuils (armchairs), is crafted from carved beech wood and Beauvais tapestry...
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1720s French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Tapestry, Upholstery, Beech
Pair of Louis XV Walnut Fauteuils En Cabriolet by Jean-Baptiste Boulard
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely pair of Classic Louis XV fauteuils en cabriolet by Jean-Baptiste Boulard.
The walnut frame features a restrained, overall curvilinear design that speaks to the refinement o...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Italian Venetian Carved Louis XV Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional carved Venetian style chair made in Italy.
Perfect size for a desk.
Carved details along the back and chunky curved grip on hand-rest.
Black leather upholstery has hea...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Louis XV Style Armchair on Cabriole Legs, Late 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Late 18th century French Louis XV-style armchair, the shaped crest over the later leather back and removable seat cushion framed by foliate carved arms, shell carving at the skirt, a...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Louis XV Transitional Fauteuils Stamped N S Courtois
By Nicolas-Simon Courtois
Located in London, by appointment only
France, circa 1770.
A charming pair of late Louis XV period fauteuils, the kidney shaped backs of simple outline supported on neoclassical fluted tapering legs. Each armchair sta...
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1770s French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Giltwood Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
With a serpentine carved crestrail over an upholstered back, carved with carved details, serpentine upholstered seat, raised on cabriole legs.
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1760s European Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Louis XV Period Settee/Bench/Canape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XV painted Canape, mid-18th century. Wonderful rare French settee with feminine cabriole legs. This is a very rare piece of the period.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Beech
18th Century Louis XV Carved Stool
Located in Stockton, NJ
18th century Louis XV carved tabouret stool with new Edelman leather upholstery. Wonderful understated carving.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Louis XV Beechwood Chaise
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV beechwood chaise lounge with floral carved trim and white upholstery with 3 cushions (right side)
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
A Rare Set of Four Louis XV Side Chairs, Stamped Tillard
By Jean-Baptiste Tilliard
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Rare set of Four Petite Louis XV
Painted & Parcel Gilt Side Chairs
Stamped Tillard
Circa 1750
Height 33 ½ in. Width 19 in. Depth 17 in.
Jean-Baptiste ...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Wood
Fine Louis XV Beechwood Bergere, early 18th cent.
By Jean-Baptiste Tilliard
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Louis XV Beechwood
Bergere, Mid 18th Century
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Tilliard
Covered in floral tapestry
Height 43in. Width 29in. Depth 23in.
Provenance:
THE PROPERTY...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Walnut
French 18th Century Country Style Chairs
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Handsome set of four antique beechwood chairs, with original green paint, and rush seats. Elegantly curved front foot rests. Wide and comfortable.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Rush, Beech
Louis XV Period Bergere in Chinoiserie Toile
Located in Pembroke, MA
A generous French Louis XV period armchair or bergere (Circa 1760), newly-upholstered in Scalamandre green and white Chinoiserie pattered t...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Beech, Paint
Pair of Louis XV Blue Fauteuil Armchairs
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of Louis XV Fauteuil armchairs. Carved fruitwood frame has been refinished. Newly upholstered in navy blue linen with bronze nailheads.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fruitwood, Linen
A Pair of Italian 18th Century Gilt-wood Stools Roma 1750
Located in Rome, IT
These finely carved and gilded square stools add a beautiful touch to your living spaces. They are carved on all four sides with elegant cabriole legs.
Excellent condition of gildi...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Giltwood
Set of 4 18th Century Painted Louis XV Side Chairs, Attributed to J.B. Mouette
By Jean-Babtiste Mouette
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of 4 18th Century Painted Louis XV Side Chairs, Attributed to J.B. Mouette
A set of four Louis XV painted and newly upholstered side chairs painted in a white/ cream color and c...
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1750s French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Wood, Linen
18th Century Louis XV Armchair
Located in Carmel, CA
Lovely proportioned Regence ladies armchair with grey wash finish. The chair has cabriole legs and upholstered back and seat in neutral silk stripe.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Early 18th Century French Régence Carved Armchair
Located in Miami, FL
Large and impressive early 18th century French Régence carved armchair. The Régence was the period in French history between 1715 and 1723, when King Louis XV was a minor and the land was governed by Philippe d'Orléans.
This high quality piece has tapestry upholstery and was typically used with a Mazarin desk...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Bench/Coffee Table with Breche d' Alep marble, c. 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XV period bench in walnut later converted into a coffee table with Breche d' Alep marble top, dating ca. 1750 and French in origin.
For many more fine antiques, please vi...
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1750s French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Rococo Sofa
Located in New York, NY
The walnut frame of this large, Louis XV-period sofa is unusual for its highly animated form. It is finely carved with flowers, leaves, bound reeds and scrolling vegetal forms. We ha...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Satin, Silk, Walnut
Pair of Louis XV Child-Size Fauteuils
Located in Westwood, NJ
A pair of Louis XV child-size giltwood fauteuils with cabriole legs and floral carved crest rails.
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair 18th Century Louis XV Painted Armchairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of painted and carved 18th century armchairs.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Pair Bleached Wood Venetian Open Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair bleached wood Venetian open armchairs. Pair exceptional Louis XV large Venetian carved armchairs in original natural bleached condition with vintage...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
A Fine Pair of Louis XV Beechwood Fauteuils a la Reine by Nicolas Blanchard
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Pair of Louis XV Beechwood Fauteuils a la Reine
Mid 18th Century
Stamped Nicolas Blanchard, maitre in 1771
Each with a cartouche shaped upholstered backrest, the top rail car...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Seating
Fine Pair of Louis XV First Revival Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of Louis XV first revival armchairs.
Polychromed in Ivory with fine gilt carved details.
Full professional restoration by us.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Giltwood
A Fine Early Louis XV Walnut Fauteuil Attributed Pierre Nogaret, 18th Century
By Pierre Nogaret
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Early Louis XV Walnut Fauteuil
18th Century
Attributed Pierre Nogaret Maitre June 1745
Height 41 in Width 26 in Depth 22 in
Cha51
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Seating
French Louis XV Carved Side Chair
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
A lovely Louis XV chair with a framed back adorned with carved rosettes at each corner and additional carving on the arched crest rail. The apron is also carved with a frieze along t...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Seating
Louis XV Canape in Walnut
Located in Vista, CA
Louis XV period canapé in walnut with antique petit-point covering.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Pair of 18th Century French Carved Walnut, Leather and Needlepoint Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
These antique fruitwood armchairs were crafted in France, circa 1760, and would make an elegant addition to a living room, study or library...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Leather, Tapestry, Walnut
Pair of Louis XV Carved and Crème Peinte Fauteuils
Located in Vista, CA
A pair of Louis XV carved and Crème Peinte Fauteuils, 18th century, rounded floral crests, padded arms, serpentine seat rail, floral cabriole legs. Upholstered in a period Salmon col...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Fine French 18th Century Walnut Canape
Located in Rome, IT
A FINE FRENCH 18th CENTURY CARVED WALNUT CANAPE WITH A SHAPED BACK , SCROLLING ARMRESTS ON A SERPENTINE SEAT ON CABRIOLE LEGS ENDING IN SCROLL FEET. CM 165X90X65
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Mid-18th Century Antique Louis XV Seating
French Regence Giltwood Stool
Located in Sheffield, MA
A French Regence giltwood stool.
With some alterations.
18th century.
Measures: Height 20 in. Width 19 in. Depth 16 in.
Sto 16.
$4,200.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Seating
Louis XV Oak Stool
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Louis XV carved oak stool with foliate motifs and cabriole legs ending in scroll feet.
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Wood
Extraordinary Pair of Louis XV Giltwood Settee, Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of fine giltwood settees from 1750 with a light red fabric upholstery in original vintage condition.
Made in Lucca, Tuscany.
Category
1750s Italian Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of 18th century Louis XV oak and faux marbleized Side Tables or Stools
Located in Troy, NY
A pair of petit Regence side tables of very unusual design and beautiful understated detailing, with faux marbleized tops. They could also function as a pair of stools.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Oak, Pine
A Rare Set of Five diminuitive Portuguese Armchairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Extremely Rare Set of Five Portuguese Armchairs
Mid 18th Century
Same chair is in the National Museum of Antiques Art, in Lisbon
Reference: “World Furniture”, by Helena Hayward, ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Antique Louis XV Seating
A Rare Portuguese diminuitive Settee, 18th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Rare Portuguese Settee
Mid 18th Century
Height 30 in. Width 43 in. Depth 19 in.
Identical chair in the National Museum of Antiques Art, in Lisbon
Reference: “World Furniture”, ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Antique Louis XV Seating
18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut Side Chair with Upholstered Seat
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Louis XV walnut side chair with upholstered seat.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Walnut
Early Louis XV Period Canape in Carved Beechwood, c. 1730
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine early Louis XV period Canape, with crisp carved designs throughout the exposed beechwood frame, and with upholstered seat & back flanked by open arms in meandering form.
The back with serpentine apron featuring carved designs and moulded borders throughout, and the seat with similar design themes.
The Canape mounted atop 8 cabriole legs, each with rocaille carving at top, and moulded form that ends in scroll-form feet.
Reference: The Antiques Directory...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Upholstery
Two 18th Century French Caned Bergere de Bureau, a Compatible Pair
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century French Caned Bergere de Bureau. A comparable pair of Bergeres. A Louie XV Beechwood Bergere de Bureau With leather squab cushion, circa ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Louis XV Painted Fauteuils
Located in Dallas, TX
a pair of Louis XV fauteuils / open armchairs grayish-green painted frame, carved details picked out in a darker hue, textured woven coral...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Fabric, Trimming, Wood
18th Century Régence Period Natural Wood Chaise Longue
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A large 18th century Régence carved and sculpted natural wood chaise longue
Louis XV period.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Materials
Wood
Pair of Carved Louis XV Fauteuil
Located in Westwood, NJ
Fine pair of French Louis XV 18th century fauteuil.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Seating
Louis Xv seating for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV seating 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 seating created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, more furniture and collectibles, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV seating 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 seating, popular names associated with this style include Baker Furniture Company, La Maison London, Maison Jansen, and Stephanie Odegard Collection. 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 seating differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $278 and tops out at $74,500 while the average work can sell for $3,184.
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