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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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Buffet Cabinet in Cherrywood
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A beautiful 18th century French buffet/ sideboard in cherry wood with rounded bevel-edged, rectangular top resting on a base with two drawers over two cabinet doors. This graceful bu...
Steel
French 19th Century Solid Oak Buffet à Deux Corps
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French solid oak buffet à deux corps from the 19th century, Louis XV in style, with baroque carvings to add depth to the paneled doors, and serpentine apron that together give this...
Steel
19th Century French Louis XV Buffet
Located in High Point, NC
This handsome 19th century French Louis XV buffet exemplifies the graceful proportions and subtle ornamentation characteristic of the period. Crafted from warm-toned oak, the piece f...
Wood
$3,007Sale Price|20% Off
French Provençal sideboard in walnut - Louis XV Period - 18th century - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Low sideboard in walnut fruit wood opening with two leaves and two drawers on the front, nicely molded and resting on a arched base joined by a scalloped crosspiece. The top of the s...
Wood
Early 19th Century French Walnut Buffet with Marquetry From the Dordogne Region
Located in Fayetteville, AR
From the Dordogne region of France, this early nineteenth century walnut buffet features marquetry detailing of an urn with flowers on the lower apron and inset borders in a twisted ...
Walnut
French 18th Century Louis XV Buffet de Chasse from the Château de Rosière
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period 18th century buffet de chasse from the Château de Rosière in the Isère department. Found in the Château of Rosière located in Ruy-Montceau in the eastern Isè...
Marble
18th Century French Louis XV Buffet a Deux Corps or Sideboard
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Louis XV buffet à deux corps made from thick planks of solid walnut. Excellent craftsmanship and grand in scale at 10 feet tall, the provenance of this buffet ...
Walnut
Extraordinary Louis XV/ XVI Style Highly Figured Inlaid Buffet Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A finely constructed and superb French cabinet with chosen figured mahogany in subtly inlaid designs utilizing the graining in a masterful manner. The cabinet with two doors, gilt br...
Marble, Bronze
18th Century French Walnut Louis XV Provincial Buffet
Located in Southampton, NY
18th century French walnut Louis XV Provincial Buffet A period handcrafted buffet made of solid walnut with three drawers above two beveled doors opening to a single shelf open. Ori...
Walnut
Antique French Walnut Buffet with Unusual Open Center For Display Great Patina
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Antique French Walnut Buffet with an unusual open center section to display your favorite items. In our 30-plus years of importing French Antiques, we have only seen a handful of thi...
Steel
1970s French Louis XV Style Oak Buffet
Located in High Point, NC
This substantial 1970s French Louis XV style oak buffet is a well-crafted interpretation of classic 18th century design, executed with solid materials and generous scale. Constructed...
Oak
$2,500Sale Price|44% Off
French Pine Buffet a Deux Corps, C. 1800
Located in Doylestown, PA
A nicely carved French buffet a deux corps in pine, from the Normandy region circa 1800, carved with floral motifs, wire grill doors in the upper cabinet and the interior lined with ...
Pine
$3,007Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Walnut Sideboard Terracotta Color Patina Louis XV style, 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique walnut sideboard carved in the Louis XV style, made in the early 19th century. This sideboard has been completely refinished in terraco...
Walnut
French Provincial Louis XV Grand Regence Style Breakfront Sideboard
Located in Forney, TX
A vintage French Provincial Louis XV style carved walnut sideboard. Hand-crafted in France in the mid-20th century, excellent quality, exceptionally executed in timeless 18th cent...
Marble
$39,600Sale Price|20% Off
Impressive French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Gilt Bronze Mounted Server Commode
By Benneman and Stockel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XVI style mahogany and gilt-bronze mounted "Marie Antoinette Style" Medallion Server Commode, after a model by Benneman & Stökel, The gilt-bronze panels after a model ...
Marble, Bronze
$12,950Sale Price|34% Off
French 19th-20th C. Louis XV Style Mahogany Ormolu Mounted Buffet Server Cabinet
By Forest A' Paris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Mahogany, Satinwood and Tulipwood Marquetry Gilt-Bronze Mounted Two-Door Buffet Server China Cabinet...
Mahogany, Satinwood, Tulipwood
$3,290Sale Price|30% Off
French Country Louis XV Style Fruitwood Sideboard, Parquetry Top
Located in Houston, TX
This fine buffet/sideboard is fitted with two centered drawers over two cabinet doors, Flanked by curved door side cabinets, interior shelf, rising on cabriole legs that are Beaut...
Fruitwood
18th Century French Louis XV Buffet Two-Part High Cupboard Sideboard Provencal
Located in Milano, MI
Late 18th century French walnut two-tiered cabinet, with the top cabinet being shallowing than the bottom cabinet, an antique hand-carved two-door buffet from Provence, total height ...
Oak, Walnut
French Louis XV Lyonnais Walnut Buffet with Original St. Cyr Stone Top, C. 1760
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful walnut buffet de chasse (hunting buffet) is characteristic of furniture from the Rhone-Alpes region of France during the Louis XV perio...
Stone, Iron
18th Century French Oak Enfilade
Located in High Point, NC
18th century Oak enfilade from France. The top is banded and has a beveled edge and plate groove toward the back of the top. The top follows down to fabulous two paneled sides and th...
Oak
19th Century French Louis XV Oak Buffet
Located in High Point, NC
This 19th Century French Louis XV oak buffet is a beautifully balanced example of provincial elegance, displaying the graceful curves and refined detailing characteristic of the styl...
Oak
A most elegant Venetian 18th century Louis XV Period Walnut and Brass buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most elegant Venetian 18th century Louis XV Period Walnut and Brass buffet. This palatially scaled buffet is raised by four short cabriole feet supporting the main...
Brass
French Louis XV 18th Century Cherry Buffet à Deux-Corps from the Loire Valley
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period 18th century cherry buffet à deux-corps from the Loire Valley, with carved doors and apron. Created in the stunning Loire Valley (the French Valley of the Ki...
Cherry
19th Century French Cupboard with Dish Rack or Vaiselier in Oak
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A lovely early 19th century country French buffet in oak with open dish rack above cabinet housing two drawers and two doors with interior shelves. With mort...
Oak
Louis XV Style Rosewood Inlaid Sideboard, Credenza, Cabinet, Bronze Mounted
Located in Manhasset, NY
Monumental French Louis XV Style Rosewood Inlaid Sideboard, Bronze Mounted A French Inlaid Louis XV style Sideboard, Credenza, Buffet of Monumental Form having a thick marble top with pink hues supported by a vintage custom French cabinet maker case; the case having five bowed doors all with inlaid floral decoration. Each door having fitted interiors with two shelves and fitted finished sides with mahogany finished reverse interiors. The serpentine front flanked by demilune sides with five top drawers. The whole having finely cast bronze mounts. Simply too much to describe in this large and highly impressive sideboard...
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Style Oak Buffet
Located in High Point, NC
This elegant 19th Century French Louis XV style oak buffet reflects the graceful curves and refined detailing characteristic of the period. Crafted from solid oak, the piece displays...
Oak
18th Century French Walnut Buffet
Located in High Point, NC
18th century walnut buffet from France with gorgeous burl walnut details throughout the piece. The top is banded and has a beveled edge, following down to hand paneled sides with sca...
Walnut, Burl
18th Century Walnut Buffet
Located in Houston, TX
18th century walnut buffet with two short drawers and two cabinet doors with a chapeau de gendarme form. Note the beautifully proportioned s...
Walnut
French 18th Century Country French Louis XV Period Walnut Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and large scale French 18th century country French Louis XV period walnut buffet. The buffet raised by Roqvillard supports has an elegant scalloped frieze with a carved ce...
Walnut
19thc French Painted Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful 19thc Robin’s egg blue secretary/fall front desk.
Wood
Antique 18th Century French Carved Walnut & Burlwood Vaisselier - Heart Pediment
Located in St. Louis, MO
Beautiful Antique 18th Century French carved Walnut and Burlwood Vaisselier with shaped crown canape above four open shelves each with heart pediment flanked by cupboard doors, the l...
Brass
18th Century French Enfilade
Located in High Point, NC
18th century oak enfilade from France with beveled edge around the top and a plate rail along the back. the sides are paneled and the front contains three p...
Oak
18th Century French Louis XV Sideboard or Buffet Made of Walnut
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
Exquisite French Louis XV baroque sideboard from the Dijon region circa 1740. Made of walnut and oak. Standing on 8 feet with 4 nicely carved scrolled cabriole legs between a beaut...
Wood, Oak, Walnut
$3,375Sale Price|55% Off
18th century French Provincial Walnut Sideboard Server
Located in Savannah, GA
French Provincial walnut cabinet or server featuring a rectangular top over a conforming case fitted with three small drawers with applied diamond design over a two cupboard doors th...
Brass
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Period Painted Buffet with Drawers and Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period painted wood buffet from the mid-18th century, with two drawers over two doors and scalloped skirt. This French painted buffet features a rectangular, slight...
Wood
Circa 1750 French Louis XV Period Walnut and Marble Bureau or Petit Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon… This beautiful petit buffet with a marble top has a false front center door that is a pull-out seat, allowing it to be used as a bureau. Hand-carved f...
Stone, Marble, Metal, Bronze
French Louis XV Period Cherrywood 2-Door, 2-Drawer Buffet, mid 18th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
having a rectangular top with a molded edge and rounded front corners above a conforming case housing two drawers and two paneled doors, the case resting on small carved cabriole sha...
Cherry
$5,440Sale Price|20% Off
Rare 1730s Louis XV Hunter's Buffet
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A wonderful and substantial 18th century 'buffet de chasse' (huntboard) in moulded and carved oak, topped with an imposing slab of characterful red and green Levanto marble. Typicall...
Marble
French 1750s Louis XV Walnut Provençal Buffet with Single Drawer and Two Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period mid-18th century walnut buffet from Provence with single drawer and two doors. Created in Provence during the reign of King Louis XV nicknamed the Beloved (l...
Walnut
Chest of Drawers in Rosewood Veneer with Oeben Marquetry, Louis XV Period
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional Louis XV chest of drawers called "commode sauteuse" in rosewood veneer, violet wood and stained wood, curved on three sides and topped by a Royal marble top. It opens in ...
Griotte Marble, Bronze
French 18th Century Louis XV Walnut Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality country French 18th Century Louis XV period honey colored Walnut buffet, with a rectangular moulded shaped top above a...
Walnut
$4,950Sale Price|41% Off
A French 18th-19th C. Provincial Louis XV Style Walnut Vaisselier Hutch Buffet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 18th-19th century Provincial Louis XV style carved walnut Vaisselier hutch buffet. The rectangular body with twin apron drawers with hammered silvered-metal hardware, center...
Metal
French 1750s Louis XV Walnut Floral Buffet à Deux-Corps from the Loire Valley
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period mid-18th century walnut buffet à deux-corps from the Loire Valley with bonnet top. Born in the exquisite Loire Valley region that shelters some of the most a...
Walnut
Antique French 19th Century Cherry Wood Buffet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Spectacular 19th-century French buffet made of cherry wood. The buffet has two parts: a lower section with two doors and two drawers, and an upper section with doors that open to rev...
Wood, Cherry
18th Century French Louis XV Walnut Buffet
Located in High Point, NC
This exquisite 18th-century French Louis XV walnut buffet is a remarkable example of period craftsmanship and elegance. Featuring two paneled doors with scalloped moldings and hand-c...
Wood, Walnut
French Painted Buffet of the Louis XV Period with Two Doors and Three Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period painted wood buffet with marbleized top, two doors and three drawers from the mid-18th century. This French buffet features a rectangular faux-marble top wit...
Wood
French 18th Century Walnut Buffet with Carved Floral Motifs, Drawers and Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French walnut buffet from the 18th century, with carved floral motifs, two drawers and two doors. Created in France during the reign of King Louis XV in the 18th century, this waln...
Walnut
$1,560Sale Price|20% Off
Painted Louis XV French Provincial Carved Wood Buffet
Located in Houston, US
This buffet is a really charming painted Louis XV French Provincial buffet from the early 19th C. showing tool marks confirming its hand made origin. The buffet has an unusual placem...
Wood
French 18th Century Louis XV Cherry Enfilade with Single Drawer and Three Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French 18th century Louis XV cherry enfilade with single drawer over three doors. This French long buffet from the second half of the 18th century features a rectangular three-plan...
Wood, Cherry
$2,925Sale Price|40% Off
18th Century Louis XV Walnut Wood Buffet from Provence, France
Located in Norwood, NJ
Fine quality French 18th century carved walnut 2 drawer, 2 door buffet with steel hardware and inlaid star on bottom apron. During the reign of Louis XV in the 1700’s, French menuisi...
Iron
Antique 18th Century Louis XV French Buffet a Deux Corps in Solid Walnut c. 1780
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An 18th century buffet a deux corps in walnut with a cabinet resting above another cabinet and terminating on short carved cabriole legs with carved apron. Features original brass ha...
Walnut
Superb 18th Century French Buffet
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Superb 18th century French buffet, the wood is covered with white wax.
18th Century French Transitional Louis XV & Louis XVI Oak Vaisellier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 18th century French Transitional Louis XV & Louis XVI vaisellier in oak featuring plate shelving above buffet cabinet with 3 drawers, 2 carved paneled...
Oak
18th Century French Walnut Vaisellier with Clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French 18th century vaisellier in walnut featuring arched cornice, plate rack with enclosed clock workings, 3 paneled door cabinet below with foliage ...
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Style Sideboard
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th Century French Louis the XV style marble-top sideboard / server with mirror top. The server / sideboard features front inlaid design details and interior mirrored backslash. The cabinet / sideboard is in great antique condition. Very sturdy with appropriate wear consistent with age / use. Repaired marble top. The sideboard / server stands...
Marble, Brass
Antique French Louis XV Step-Front Marble Top Serpentine Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XV step-front marble top serpentine buffet is an exceedingly elegant expression of the style, with motifs carried over from the prior Louis XIV style expressed i...
Marble, Brass
French Louis XV Period 1770s Walnut Buffet with Drawers, Carved Doors and Skirt
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period walnut buffet from circa 1770 with two drawers over carved doors and skirt. This French Louis XV period walnut buffet from circa 1770 exudes the timeless ele...
Walnut
18th Century Louis XV French Enfilade
Located in Austin, TX
An original French 18th-century Enfilade made of fine mahogany wood. This Louis XV-period enfilade has three openings and a beautiful marble top. The mahogany wood classifies this en...
Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Carved Burl, Ash & Walnut Bressan Clock Vaisselier
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a breakfast room or dining room with this elegant antique "Buffet a Horloge". Hand carved in the Bressan region near Lyon, France circa 1860 with ash burl and walnut, the im...
Walnut, Burl, Ash
$19,250Sale Price|30% Off
Louis VX Oak Buffet du Corps
Located in Dallas, TX
A Beautiful Louis XV oak Buffet du Corps, from Normandy, France With hand-carved details, glazed doors, and interior shelving
Metal