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Louis XV Buffets

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
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...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Marble

Breche D' Alep Marble Figural Maiden Bronze Fontaine Bleu Attributed Buffet
By Lefebure A Fontainebleau
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
An exquisite Louis XV style ormolu-mounted amaranth and tulipwood marquetry meuble à hauter d'appui credenzas attributed to F. Linke at Fontainebleau. The credenza has a marble top ...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Breccia Marble, Bronze

18th Century French Provincial Walnut Buffet
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A handsome 18th century French Provincial buffet, or sideboard, in mellow and beautifully aged walnut. Opening with a central frieze drawer and two large, lockable cupboard...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

French Renaissance Louis XV Marble Top Marquetry Inlay Sideboard Buffet Commode
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Renaissance Louis XV Style Marble Top Marquetry Inlay Serpentine Buffet Commode. Item features a shaped rouge marble top, marquetry and floral inlay, serpentine front,...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Buffets

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Marble

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...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

19th Century Louis XV Style French Enfilade or Sideboard
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Louis XV style enfilade, or sideboard, from Picardie in the North of France. Made of solid cherry wood with hand-carved details. Three doors with working locks and ke...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Brass

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...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut Buffet with Carved Scrolling Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period walnut buffet from the 18th century with two doors and carved arching accents. Immerse yourself in the timeless allure of French Louis XV design with this wa...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Iron

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...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Wood, Cherry

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 ...
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Early 1800s French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Buffet Cabinet in Cherrywood
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Steel

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...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut, Burl

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 ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Marble, Bronze

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...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Buffets

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Cupboard with Dish Rack or Vaiselier in Oak
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

French 18th Century 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 ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak, Walnut

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...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut, Burl, Ash

Vintage French Louis XV Style Bleached Enfilade Buffet
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage French Louis XV Style Bleached Buffet. Three drawers over a bottom compartment with three doors with operational locks. Back of the buffet has replaced panels. Each drawer an...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Buffets

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Wood

Early 19th Century French Louis XV Style Buffet Deux Corps
Located in Atlanta, GA
This early 19th-century French Louis XV style buffet deux corps showcases the elegance and refinement synonymous with French provincial design. Crafted from oak, the piece features b...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

French country buffet/sideboard 19 th c in oa
Located in Houston, TX
The exceptional condition and carving make this piece Unique. It has four drawers down the center for good storage And cabinets on each side with doors that open to two Shelves on e...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

A Very Good Louis XV Period Panelled Buffet Bas in Oak, France Circa 1740
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & diminutive 18th century Louis XV oak buffet bas, demonstrating superior form & exacting proportions. The panelled case showing traditional peg-joined mortise & teno...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Brass

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...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Wood

Painted Buffet Deux-Corps from Normandy
Located in Vista, CA
Cabinet doors and cornice present a scroll theme, ending in a simple plinth with central circular designs. The top glass front cabinet contains two shaped wood shelves to beautifull...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Glass, Wood, Paint

Grand Louis XVI Mahogany Cabinet with Bronze d’Ore Mounts, French 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Louis XVI four door mahogany cabinet is adorned with bronze d'ore swags and mounts throughout; on the doors are floriate swags with a bow ribbon motif at center. Between the t...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

French 18th Century Presentation Buffet à Deux Corps
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A unique Louis XV period, circa 1750, carved oak presentation buffet in wonderful antique condition. The front doors showcase carved embellishments and decorative escutcheons. The le...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Metal

Antique 18th Century Louis XV French Buffet a Deux Corps in Solid Walnut c. 1780
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

19th Century Antique French Louis XV Style Solid Oak Buffet, circa 1870
Located in Sofia, BG
A beautiful antique French Louis XV style buffet, circa 1870. Made of solid oak with luscious curves and carving. The marquetry top has a lively undulating shape across the front. P...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

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...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

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...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

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 ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Pine

Pair 19th Century Country French Buffets in Stripped Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th Century Country French Buffets in Stripped Oak are the perfect choice for adding symmetry or just a matched pair to any room! With each featuring two spacious cabinets and...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Steel

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...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

French Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Rustic Oak Buffet
Located in Buchanan, NY
This beautiful French Provincial Louis XV oak buffet still has its original old wax patina and brass hardware and it has two doors and three drawers on the top. Made in the north of ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

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...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

18th C. French Provencal Arlesienne Credenza in Walnut Antiques Buffet Cabinet
Located in West Hollywood, CA
18th C. French Provencal Arlesienne Credenza in Walnut Antiques Buffet Cabinet. This superb 18th century French Louis XV Credence buffet from Arles France is one of the most exceptio...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Metal

18th Century Painted French Enfilade with Rouge Royal Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
An exquisitely patinated Louis XV enfilade, hand-carved from oak in the 1700s, this large French sideboard features a luxurious 1 1/4″ thick rouge marble top with gray and cream vein...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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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 ...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

French Transitional Louis XV / Louis XVI Buffet Deux Corps with Glazed Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Transitional Louis XV / Louis XVI Buffet Deux Corps with Glazed Doors, 18th Century
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Wood

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...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

Circa 1730 Bleached Oak Buffet Deux Corps from Laval, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved in Laval, France, circa 1730, this oak buffet deux corps has been bleached, allowing the motifs of the Louis XV cabinet to gain promi...
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1730s French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

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...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Wood

18th Century Walnut Buffet De Chasse from Lyon, France
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...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Stone, Iron

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...
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1820s French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Marble, Brass

19th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Two-Door Buffet from Provence
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique fruit wood sideboard was carved in Southern France, circa 1880. The Classic sideboard exemplifies the Louis XV style with a heavy presence, dramatic lines and intricate floral and foliage carvings throughout. The cabinet stands on small cabriole legs ending with escargot feet, over a scalloped apron heavily decorated with a center urn filled with floral and leaf motifs. The cabinet features a pair of drawers across the front dressed with heavy forged iron handles and matching escutcheons (and two fake drawers at the end!), over hand carved laurel and oak branch decor. The cabinet has two arched doors with recessed panels and dressed with oversized iron hinges and large decorative openwork escutcheons (and two fake doors at either end!); the middle doors open to interior shelving for ultimate storage. The scalloped top surface is the perfect place to display porcelain...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

French Louis XV-Style oak Antique Country Buffet/Enfilade with Parquetry Top
Located in Houston, TX
Large fine piece made of oak in the Louis XV-Style. Having four doors with great storage. The sides are gracefully curved and each side has two Shelves. The center doors open each si...
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20th Century French Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

Large 18th Century French Louis XV Fruitwood and Elm Enfilade with Carving
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large 18th century French Louis XV Fruitwood and elm enfilade with heart and shell carvings.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Elm, Fruitwood

French Louis XV Style 1880s Wooden Buffet with Carved Apron and Molded Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style wooden buffet from the late 19th century, with molded doors, carved apron and cabriole legs. Created in France during the last quarter of the 19th century, th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Wood

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...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Buffets

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Fruitwood

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...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Wood

18th Century Louis XV Bleached Oak Buffet/Enfilade
Located in Carmine, TX
This is a beautiful, well-built and large period buffet that has style, and elegance. This gorgeous piece was built in the mid 1700s using all pegged construction and solid oak. The buffet features 3 drawers over three doors, all decorated with beautiful carving and raised panels throughout. The drawers show beautiful hand-made dovetailed joints and the back itself is a work of art. The buffet is still sitting on its original carved feet and shows a scalloped and carved apron, and is finished with simple, original hardware. This piece was hand-selected because of its beautiful proportions, carvings and overall color. The bleaching process shows much of the natural grain of the wood but it also highlights the human-made carvings, creating a beautiful combination of natural and human designs...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

19thc French Painted Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful 19thc Robin’s egg blue secretary/fall front desk.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Wood

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...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Marble

18th century Louis XV Oak Buffet, France ca. 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 18th century French Louis XV Oak Buffet with two carved cabinet doors and cabriole feet. William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for ant...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Oak

Early 19th Century French Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Buffet Deux Corps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Buffet Deux Corps
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

French 1790s Louis XV Style Cherry Vaisselier with Baluster Adorned Shelves
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French late 18th century Louis XV style cherry two-part vaisselier with original hardware and open shelves over two drawers and two doors. This French buffet à deux-corps features ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Wood, Cherry

Antique French Louis XV Display Buffet with Travertine
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XV Display Buffet with Travertine was designed in what we call a relaxed formal affair, with a step-back center section flanked by an open display niche...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Buffets

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Travertine, Brass

Antique French Walnut Buffet with Unusual Open Center For Display Great Patina
Located in Chicago, 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...
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1850s French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Steel

French 19th Century Provincial Carved Walnut Sideboard Buffet
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Antique Louis XV period Provincial walnut console table, 19th century, bought in the South of France. The top with a serpentine shaped front molded front and side edges, a serpentine...
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1860s French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Brass

Provençal Buffet "pétrin" Carved Walnut, Early 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Beautiful Provençal walnut kneader - Pétrin, with hinged tray to open on top, 2 "gendarme hat" doors, perforated crosspiece and interior tray This piece was used to knead dought whe...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Walnut

Louis XV Provincial Fruit Wood and Burled Elm Buffet
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV provincial fruitwood, elm, burled elm and beech wood buffet, 18th century. With a rectangular 4 board top with molded edges and rounded front corners, two frieze drawers eac...
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18th Century European Antique Louis XV Buffets

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Beech, Elm, Fruitwood

Louis Xv buffets for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XV buffets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage buffets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, walnut and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV buffets made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original buffets, popular names associated with this style include and Baker Furniture Company. 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 buffets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $955,603 while the average work can sell for $5,564.

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