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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French 19th Century Louis XV Painted Buffet a Deux Corps
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 19th-century French buffet a deux corps is elegant in design and made playful by its more recent powder blue paint color. It is crafted in the Louis XV style, which comes throu...
Brass
Antique French Country Buffet Louis XV Early 19th Century
Located in Fulton, CA
Beautiful and warm patina to this early 1800's French buffet. Often referred to as French Country, Louis XV and Provincial. 2 door, 2 drawer configuration. Hand carved floral and gra...
Fruitwood
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
Circa 1800 Walnut Wood Louis XV Provençal Buffet in Original Patina
Located in High Point, NC
This piece presents as a piece, distinguished by medium walnut, drawer. Originating in France during 1800s, it shows the construction techniques typical of the time. The wood constru...
Walnut
Antique French Louis XV Bow Front Buffet Sideboard Server Carved Oak c. 1930s
Located in Tyler, TX
EXQUISITE Antique French Carved Louis XV Style Bow Front Oak Buffet, Sideboard, or Server~~ HIGHLY CARVED antique French oak buffet, sideboard or step back server with 4 bow front c...
Oak
French 18th Century Louis XV Bleached Walnut Two Door Buffet
Located in Carmine, TX
Beautiful French 18th-century Louis XV two-door buffet, crafted in walnut with a naturally bleached finish. Features beautifully carved floral and foliate decoration, shaped apron, c...
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XV Solid Oak Provincial Two Door Buffet
Located in Carmine, TX
Beautiful French 19th-century Louis XV provincial buffet crafted in richly grained oak, featuring two carved paneled doors and two upper drawers with decorative wrought-iron hardware...
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
19thc French Painted Secretary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful 19thc Robin’s egg blue secretary/fall front desk.
Wood
French 18th Century Louis XV Provincial Two Door Walnut Buffet
Located in Carmine, TX
French 18th-century Louis XV country buffet crafted in richly figured walnut, featuring two paneled doors, three drawers, and elegant serpentine detailing. The scalloped apron and ca...
Iron
$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 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
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...
Brass
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
French 18th Century Louis XV Solid Walnut Bleached Two Door Buffet
Located in Carmine, TX
This beautiful 18th century Louis XV two-door buffet is handcrafted from solid bleached walnut, showcasing elegant neoclassical styling with clean lines and refined carved details. F...
Bronze
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...
Oak
$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
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
French Louis XV Period 1750s Cherry Buffet à Deux-Corps with C-Scroll Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period cherry buffet à deux-corps from the mid-18th century with original hardware. This French cabinet features a bonnet top surmounting two doors with carved pane...
Cherry
Louis XV Style Rosewood Inlaid Sideboard, Credenza, Cabinet, Bronze Mounted
Located in Stamford, CT
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
Louis XV Style Cherrywood 2 Glass Doors Drawer and Marble Top, Late 19th century
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful 19th century French buffet/ sideboard in cherry wood with rounded bevel-edged, rmarble top resting on a base with one drawer over two cabinet doors. This graceful buffet ...
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 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
Buffet With Green Re-edged Support Height. Late 18th/early 19th Century
Located in Charmes, FR
furniture at support height in carved wood re-lacquered green, opening with two leaves carved with scalloped reserves, fluted uprights, curved crowbars, wear and damage to the paintw...
Wood
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
Wood
$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
19th Century French Louis XV Style Oak Buffet with Elegant Design
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
French 19th Century Louis XV Provincial Solid Walnut Two Door Buffet
Located in Carmine, TX
Elegant French 19th-century Louis XV provincial two-door buffet, crafted in solid walnut. Featuring richly carved Rococo-inspired decoration, shaped panels, serpentine apron, and cab...
Iron
Buffet deux corps vitré de style Louis XV en bois patiné blanc
Located in NEUFCHÂTEL-HARDELOT, FR
Élégant buffet deux corps de style Louis XV en bois finement patiné dans une teinte blanc cassé, offrant une allure à la fois classique et intemporelle. La partie supérieure est équ...
Fir
$2,925Sale 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
French 18th Century Louis XV Buffet
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This wonderful Louis XV buffet is made of flamed walnut with a secret drawer hidden between the top 2 drawers.
Walnut
$38,400Sale Price|20% Off
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...
Metal
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
$4,571
18th Century Dresser
Located in Charmes, FR
solid oak sideboard, 18th century from the Lorraine region, in very good condition, beautiful quality of carving
Wood
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,...
Marble
Early 19th Century Walnut Wood Louis XV Oak Buffet in Original Patina
Located in High Point, NC
A sideboard whose dark walnut, carved panel doors gives it real character at first glance. It was made in France during Early 19th Century, a lineage that shows clearly in its detail...
Oak
French 19th Century Louis XV Country Solid Walnut Sideboard / Buffet
Located in Carmine, TX
This elegant 19th century Louis XV two-door buffet showcases the graceful curves and refined craftsmanship characteristic of French design. Crafted in richly figured walnut, it featu...
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XV Provincial Oak Petite Buffet Cabinet
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A French Louis XV period solid oak buffet having a pair of carved doors that hang on steel barrel hinges with hand cut escutcheon plates and a working lock and key. The interior has ...
Oak
19th Century Wood Louis XV Oak Buffet in Original Patina
Located in High Point, NC
Here is a cabinet, its dark aged oak, carved panel the first thing to catch the eye. It was made in France during 19th Century, a lineage that shows clearly in its detailing. The woo...
Oak
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
18th Century French Provincial Buffet in Aged Walnut, Circa 1780
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...
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
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
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
Walnut
18th Century Country French Provincial Painted Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
The gentle elegance of Country French craftsmanship is beautifully expressed in this 18th century Provincial painted buffet. Created for a French country home, the piece carries the ...
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...
Walnut
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
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
Early 20th Century Blackhawk Furniture Co. Louis XV Style Hand-Painted Sideboard
Located in North Hollywood, CA
An elegant early 20th-century Louis XV style sideboard by the renowned Blackhawk Furniture Company of Rockford, Illinois. Beautifully crafted from ...
Bronze
Louis Philippe Buffet, Walnut and Burl Walnut, Two Doors, France, 1850s
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, HR
Louis Philippe Buffet, Walnut and Burl Walnut, Two Doors, France, 1850s. This buffet is built in solid walnut with book-matched burl walnut panels across the doors, drawer fronts, a...
Metal
Early 18th Century French Walnut Buffet, Louis XV Style, Circa 1720
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This magnificent Early 18th Century French buffet is made of walnut and has beautiful carvings and serpentines. It is tall and large with big storage.
Walnut
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
$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
19th Century Provincial Walnut Sideboard
Located in Buchanan, MI
A 19th century provincial walnut sideboard height 40 1/2 x width 80 x depth 24 3/4 inches. Great color and patination.
Walnut
French Louis XV Style Walnut Buffet on Vaisselier
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Style Walnut Buffet On Vaisselier Unique piece purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos. Message us on questions.
Walnut
Louis XV Buffet, French Wood, Original Patina, Circa 1800, Elegant
Located in High Point, NC
A superb example of the Louis XV aesthetic, this early nineteenth-century French buffet embodies the sinuous elegance and warm domesticity that defined the style at its height. Craft...
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...
Glass, Wood, Paint
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 ...
Oak
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
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