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
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
Materials
Oak
Baker Furniture French Provincial Louis XV White Oak Buffet Server
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Country Louis XV style white oak sideboard buffet or server
By Baker Furniture
USA, circa 1960s
Measures: 39.13" W x 18"...
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1960s American Vintage Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Brass
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
Materials
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...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
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Walnut, Wood, Oak
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 ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Oak
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
Materials
Walnut
Italian-Made Vernis Martin French Louis XV Style Paint Decorated Buffet Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautifully made, time-worn Italian take on a French design. The piece has a great original finish and exhibits 100 years of use but does it nicely. The cabinet can be used...
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1920s Italian Vintage Louis XV Buffets
Materials
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...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Marble
French Louis XV Marble Top Vaisselier
Located in Portland, OR
Splendid French marble top Vaisselier. Adorned with magnificent carvings from the sweet flowers on the raised door panels, to the center details of the scalloped aprons, again at the...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Marble-Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XV walnut marble-top buffet features subtly curvaceous naturalistic lines accented with shell and foliate carvings, with an interesting design that includes...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Marble
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
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
Materials
Marble
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...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique 18th Century Louis XV Painted Buffet
Located in Houston, TX
Painted 18th century Louis XV buffet with original hardware. Note that the right side has a panel but the left side doesn't. Yet the piece is in proportion because the skirted facade is perfectly symmetrical. Beautiful 18th century hinges...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
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
Materials
Wood, Cherry
Large 18th Century French Louis XV Buffet deux Corps in Burled Elm & Walnut
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large 18th Century French Louis XV Buffet deux Corps in Burled Elm & Walnut
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Elm, 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
Materials
Walnut
Oak Buffet a deux Corps
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
French first quarter 19th C. Carved Oak Buffet a deux Corps. Circa 1820 French country buffet à deux corps. Oak from Normandy. Louis XV Rococo style. Extensively carved - grapes a...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Deux Corps/ Buffet/Cupboard in Oak from the 18th Century, Picardie
Located in Brussels, Brussels
A fine Louis XV Deux corps or buffet in oak from the 18th century from Picardy-France
A fine buffet composed of 4 doors and three drawers on the front. Elegant medallions on the two...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
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...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Walnut
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
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Period Buffet à Deux Corps
Located in Pembroke, MA
Louis XV period walnut "Buffet à Deux Corps" (buffet in two parts) with beautifully carved oak leaf and acorns, rosettes, stars and other details. The upper cabinet has three shelves...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Iron
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...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Louis XV Buffet a Deux Corps
Located in Pembroke, MA
A very high quality, beautifully-carved Louis XV period oak buffet a deux corps from the Ile-de-France region (circa 1750). Carved detailing includes a lovely stylized acanthus shell...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Iron
18th Century Country French Provincial Stripped Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Country French Provincial buffet features an arbalette, or Archer's bow, facade sculpted and embellished from solid oak to last for centuries! Amazingly, it appears to b...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Bronze
French 19th-20th C. Louis XV Style Mahogany Ormolu Mounted Buffet Server Cabinet
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...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood, Tulipwood
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 1890. 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 dressed with heavy forged iron handles and matching escutcheons over hand carved scrolling foliate decor. The cabinet has two paneled doors dressed with oversized iron hinges and large decorative openwork escutcheons; the doors with a stationary center panel, 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
Materials
Walnut
Mid 19th Century French Walnut China Buffet
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mid 19th Century French Walnut China Buffet
Beautiful Condition with Incredible Carving.
Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with any questions.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Wood, Walnut
French Country Walnut Buffet, 19th Century with Marble Top
Located in Houston, TX
Louis XV-style in a beautiful dark walnut wood makes this piece
Exceptional! It is very desirable from the standpoint of being both handsome
And useful with great storage. It has ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Walnut
French Provincial 19th Century Grand Louis XV Style Buffet
Located in Houston, US
French Provincial 19th Century grande Louis XV style buffet/enfilade in walnut. Unusual large size.
Hand-crafted in France in the mid-20th century with excellent quality and beauti...
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20th Century French Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Louis XV Style French Hand Carved Vitrine a Deux Corps
Located in Sofia, BG
A late 19th century Louis XV style French vitrine a deux corps made of solid walnut with raised panels and beautiful carved details. Crown has curved corners with floral carving at t...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Vintage Country French Buffet Marble Top
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Vintage Country French walnut marble top buffet is a classic example of understated elegance! Crafted from beautifully grained Walnut, it features a step-front center section, fine m...
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20th Century Unknown Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Marble, Brass
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...
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18th Century European Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Oak
Custom Designed Louis XV Style French Provincial Vaisselier
Located in Middleburg, VA
Custom Designed Louis XV Style French Provencial Vaisselier. This refers to a two-part cupboard used to display China and kitchenware. This example is designed around two 18th Centur...
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Early 2000s American Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Metal
French 18th Century Buffet
Located in Stockbridge, GA
This wonderful 18th Century Buffet is made of walnut with its original patina and its used of age. It is a Louis XV Period.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Walnut
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
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Mid-18th Century French Normandy Painted Buffet with Faux Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid 18th-century Neoclassical buffet or sideboard cabinet from the Normandy region of France. Painted beautiful shades of celadon, the piece features a faux marble top, carved apron...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Burled Ash & Fruitwood Vaisellier, Bresse, c. 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Louis XV Period Vaisellier, constructed in Burled Ash and Fruitwood, and originating in Bresse, France. The Frame, composed by a three-door lower cupboard serving as a buffet, surmounted by a raised shelved back with arched canopy & flanked by enclosed cupboards. The central section with front rails designed to store exposed plates.
For similar, though less elaborate examples, please refer to The Antiques Directory...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Ash, Fruitwood, Burl
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Tulipwood, Ormolu And Marble Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood, Exotic Wood, Ormolu and Rouge Royale marble buffet. The buffet is raised by four cabriole legs with top scr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Elm Buffet with Flower & Urn Carving
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century French elm buffet with flower & urn carving, shaped apron, & cabriole feet.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Elm
19th Century Fine Louis XV Marble-Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century fine Louis XV mahogany and gilt bronze buffet. Fine gilt bronze mounts. Breche De Alep marble top.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
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
Materials
Walnut
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
Materials
Oak, Walnut
A Very Good Louis XV Period Panelled Buffet in Oak, France Circa 1740
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & diminutive 18th century Louis XV oak buffet, demonstrating superior form & exacting proportions. The panelled case showing traditional peg-joined mortise & tenon co...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Brass
Louise Credenza Art Deco Buffets in Smooth Antique Bronze by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
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
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Metal
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.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Elm, Fruitwood
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...
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Early 1800s French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Brass
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...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Walnut
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...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Cherry
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
Materials
Marble, Brass
A Louis XV Mahogany Buffet with Bois Citronnier Panels
Located in Sheffield, MA
An unusual Louis XV Mahogany
Buffet with Bois Citronnier Panels
The interior revealing two drawers and shelving
Bordeaux,France ,possibly made for the English Trade
18th Century
...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Wood
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...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Marble
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...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Wood
Maison Soubrier Louis XV Mixed Woods Burl & Satinwood Marquetry Buffet, C 1920s
By Soubrier
Located in Germantown, MD
A very fine French Maison Soubrier Louis XV style Mixed woods and Burl with Satinwood Marquetry Buffet in great vintage condition, Circa 1920s. Proportionate size, convenient for me...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood, Mahogany, Satinwood, Burl, 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 ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
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...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Wood
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...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Buffets
Materials
Brass
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.