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Louis XV Furniture

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
Color:  Brown
Louis XV Period Chest Of Drawers - Amaranth & Violet Wood - 18th
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Exceptional Louis XV period chest of drawers in amaranth and violet wood. This high chest of drawers opens with 4 drawers spread over 3 rows. It is inlaid with sycamore fillets and t...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Louis XV Limestone Fireplace Mantel, early 19th Century
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Charming Louis XV Limestone Fireplace Mantel, dating from early 19th Century Inside dimensions : 124cm wide & 94cm high
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Limestone

A French late 19th cent Louis XV st. wrought iron, gilt metal and marble console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French late 19th century Louis XV st. wrought iron, gilt metal and marble console. The console is raised by scrolled legs above the gilt ball feet and joined by a scro...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Metal, Wrought Iron

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Ormolu and Brèche D'alep Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, ormolu and Brèche d'Alep side table. The one drawer rectangular side table is raised by slender cabriole legs w...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of American 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Chandeliers Stamped Caldwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of American 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood chandeliers, stamped Caldwell. Each Italian inspired six arm chandelier is stamped 'C' for Edward F. Caldwell, and is c...
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19th Century American Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

Giltwood Low Round Table
Located in London, Park Royal
Hand-carved, giltwood round low end table. we can supply a marble top on quotation if required.  
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2010s British Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

Pair of Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Corner Wall Brackets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and white Carrara marble corner wall brackets. Each wall bracket displays a mag...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Carrara Marble

Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Giltwood and Alabastro Fiorito Marble Co
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive Italian 18th century Louis XV period giltwood and Alabastro Fiorito marble console. The freestanding console is raised by beautiful elegant cabriole le...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Giltwood and Aubusson Tapestry Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive and unusually wide French 18th century Louis XV period giltwood and Aubusson tapestry eight legged bench. The bench is elegantly raised by elongated 'S' scrolled ca...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Tapestry, Giltwood

Large Antique Gilt Metal Flagon Lamp
Located in London, GB
Large antique gilt metal lamp in the form of an embossed flagon with many fine details & sitting on an onyx base with gilt feet. The gilding has a soft gold color & has been clean...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Brass

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Bergères À Oreilles Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood Bergères À Oreilles armchairs. Each armchair is raised by elegant cabriole legs with scrolled feet and finely carved sea...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Patinated and Giltwood Stools
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming pair of Italian 19th century Louis XV st. patinated and giltwood stools. Each square stool is raised by elegant patinated cabriole legs with fine giltwood acanthus leaf feet and most decorative scrolled foliate corner carvings. The arbalest shaped frieze displays scrolled...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Exotic Wood And Ormolu Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and very high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, exotic wood, and ormolu center table. The rectangular table signed BURY is raised by impressive cabriole legs with fine fitted wrap around ormolu sabots and lovely scrolled foliate designs with an ormolu chute which leads to stunning richly chased foliate corner mounts in a superb satin and burnished finish. The striking arbalest shaped apron displays an exceptional array of wonderfully executed inlaid exotic wood floral and foliate designs with a charming and most decorative cube...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most important and large scale Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood center table. The rectangular shaped table is raised by four 'S' scrolled legs with most impressive ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Carrara Marble

Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful Italian 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood mirror. The original mirror plate is framed within a striking and uniquely shaped giltwood reeded border with elegant C scrolle...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Mirror, Giltwood

Pair of Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Three-Arm Giltwood Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. three-arm giltwood sconces. The sconces with an oval back plate are decorated with richly carved acanthus leaves amidst scrolls. At ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

French Walnut Serpentine Ormolu & Marble Top Chest of Drawers , Circa 1760
Located in Hollywood, SC
French Walnut serpentine graduated chest of drawers with exquisite decorative inlays, original ormolu mounts , original greenish white vane marble top, and terminating on french spl...
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1760s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Rouge Royal Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 18th century Louis XV Period Rouge Royal marble mantel. The volute jambs support a swept frieze with an extremely well carved central Rocaille shell reserve within ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

French Louis XV Style Caned Grey Patinated Bench with Entretoise
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XV style caned grey patinated bench with Entretoise. Lovely versatile model. Four benches in store. Price per one bench. Shell detail, delicate carvings on entretoise ...
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20th Century French Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Tulipwood, Ormolu and Marble Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, ormolu, and Gris des Ardennes marble cabinet. The two door cabinet is raised by cabriole legs with bea...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood and Jaune De Valence Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning Italian 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and Jaune de Valence marble console. The wall mounted console is raised by outstanding scrolled tapered legs with charming feet ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood and Faux Painted Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and large scale Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and faux painted marble console. The freestanding console is raised by elegant impressive cabriole leg...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XV St. Patinated Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative set of four French 19th century Louis XV st. patinated armchairs. Each chair is raised by lovely cabriole legs with fine scrolled feet attached by beau...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mirrored Venetian Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely decorative true pair of Italian 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu mirrored Venetian sconces. Each four arm sconce is centered by a beautiful finely detailed p...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine three door French mid 19th century Louis XV st. buffet. The whole raised on cabriole legs and has three doors on both sides. With a quarter veneer of Tulipwood framed within a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality Italian 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood chandelier. The six arm chandelier is centered by an impressive and finely detailed bottom acorn finial with l...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

Set of Four Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive set of four Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. patinated off white and Mecca armchairs. Each chair is raised by ‘S’ scrolled cabriole legs with large carved Me...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

French Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood and Marble Rectangular Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and marble rectangular side table. The table is raised by cabriole legs with hoof feet and most decorative carvings with a ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Patinated and Giltwood Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality Italian mid 18th century Louis XV period patinated, giltwood and Sienna marble console. The freestanding rectangular console is raised by handsome cabr...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Siena Marble

Set of Four Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood and Mirrored Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most unique set of four Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and Saxe porcelain mirrored sconces. Each charming sconce retains its original mirror plate se...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Metal

Pair of Swiss, French Armchairs, Louis XV Style, Rococo, Silvered, Brown-Red
Located in Ettlingen, DE
This pair of armchairs came to us from a friend, descendant of a traditional familiy in Geneva, Switzerland. Her grandfather was a renowned doctor in the city. Geneva was a very honorable christian-calvinistic place that time. When the first brothel opened in the 1920ties, it became an immediate huge scandal. The cathouse had to close on the next morning. The doctor, father of our friend aquired some of the furniture, amongst them this lovely pair of armchairs. The armchairs are restored, stable, and ready to use. The velvet is a linen by Maison Charles Burger...
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Early 20th Century Swiss Louis XV Furniture

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Silver Leaf

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Tulipwood, Mahogany and Ormolu Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome and unusual French 19th century Louis XV St. tulipwood, mahogany, and ormolu mount coffee table. The table is raised by charming cabriole legs with original ormolu ac...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

French Kingwood Parquetry and Floral Ormolu-Mounted Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
French kingwood parquetry and ormolu-mounted vitrine. In the Louis XV-XVI Transitional style, of kingwood and tulipwood crossbanding and o...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair of Italian 18th Century Louis XV/XVI Giltwood Throne Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of Italian 18th century Louis XV/XVI giltwood throne armchairs. Each armchair is raised by circular fluted tapered legs with top ac...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood and Ormolu Desk Possibly by François L
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and ormolu desk possibly by François Linke. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole legs with handsome ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Napoleon III Period Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and unique French 19th century Louis XV st. Napoleon III period burl walnut, ebony and brass inlaid side table. The table is raised by beautifully shaped cabriole legs wit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Brass

French Louis XV St. Tulipwood and Kingwood Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French 19th century Louis XV st. tulipwood and kingwood side table/desk. The table is raised on slender cavriole legs with ormolu sabots and finely chased ormolu acan...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood and Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational Italian 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and marble center table with one drawer. The table is raised by exceptional scrolled legs with foliate movements and a most i...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood and Rouge De Languedoc Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive French 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and Rouge de Languedoc marble console. The freestanding console is raised by beautiful tapered cabriole legs with fine square feet and striking scrolled richly carved acanthus leaves. Each leg is connected by a most decorative and finely detailed stretcher with a wonderfully executed scrolled foliate design and a pierced floral central reserve in a striking satin and burnished finish. At the corner of each leg are superb Fleur de Lys carvings and sensational foliate seashells set...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Tulipwood and Kingwood Bombe Commodes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and high quality pair of Italian 18th Louis XV period tulipwood and kingwood bombée commodes. Each chest is raised on four cabriole legs with brass wrap around sabots, a...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Siena Marble

19th Century Bureau Plat with Floral and Blue Porcelain Plaques
Located in London, GB
A very fine bureau plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock. After a model by C.C. Saunier. English made, in the Louis XVth taste, constructed in kingwood, with purpleheart crossbanding and adorned with bleu celeste porcelain plaques with hand-painted floral decoration and extensive fire gilt bronze mounts; rising from cabriole legs with brass sabots and bronze enrichments, in the apron, the one large central drawer is flanked by two smaller drawers with twenty four ‘Sevres’ porcelain plaques enclosed in symmetrical gilt bronze boss studded frames, chased and with a sand form ground. The serpentine top framed with a conforming bronze guard...
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19th Century English Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Brass, Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Kingwood and Ormolu Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational French 19th century Louis XV style tulipwood, kingwood and ormolu cabinet, attributed to Zweiner. The cabinet is raised by handsome scrolled legs with with rich acanthu...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

French Mid-19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French mid 19th century Louis XV st. tulipwood and kingwood Bureau Plat. The desk is raised on cabriole legs accented at the top with finely chased ormolu mounts. Thr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Envelope Card Table, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry inlaid envelope card table. French, circa 1890. This fine card table has a swivel top, with four 'envelope' panels inlaid with m...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

Chair in Antique Louis Seize Style Solid Beechwood Hand Carved
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique French armchair solid beechwood, finely carved.
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20th Century German Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

19th Century Louis XV Bombe Marble-Top French Commode
Located in Lantau, HK
19th century French Louis XV bombe marble-top commode features exotic imported woods crafted in an exceedingly complex bombe shape, then adorned with lavish marquetry inlay, exquisit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Louis XV Provincial Style Walnut Tea Table with Stone Top, 19th Century
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Louis XV Provincial style walnut tea table with stone top, Early 19th century. Great Scale And Patina. Feel free to call with questions.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Travertine

Rare Pair of Louis XVI style side cabinets after Joseph Zwiener
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A superb and rare pair of Louis XV style kingwood ormolu-mounted side cabinets having the original breche marble tops, wonderful marquetry inlaid panels to the doors and sides. Scrol...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Kingwood

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Corner Shelf
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely French 19th century Louis XV st. kingwood, tulipwood and ormolu corner Étagère. The elegant corner shelf displays four tiers each displaying charming intricately detailed inlaid marquetry...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Hand Painted Porcelain Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most charming and very decorative French 19th century Louis XV st. hand painted porcelain vase. The vase is raised by a lovely scrolled foliate base with gold accents. The lightly ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Porcelain

Venetian Rezzonico Chandelier In Multicolored Murano Glass Circa 1920
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Rezzonico chandelier in blown, pulled and pinched Murano glass, 9 sconces
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20th Century Louis XV Furniture

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Glass

Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Louis XV style vitrine by François Linke (1855 - 1946) Made of gilt bronze mounted wood, with a violet breccia marble top, front and beveled glass pa...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu Candelabras by Barbedienne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A superb quality pair of French Louis XV style ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble seven arm candelabras by Ferdinand Barbedienne. Each is raised by a square Rouge Griotte marble base ab...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Griotte Marble, Ormolu

Antique French Louis XV Style Mahogany Sewing Stand Nightstand with Lift Top
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV style Mahogany sewing stand nightstand with lift top. Item features marquetry inlay lift up lid, beveled glass mirror, interior with compartments, beautiful w...
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Furniture

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Mahogany, Satinwood

Louis XV Engraved Murano Gilt Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV Engraved Murano Gilt Mirror. Antique mirror with giltwood carved frame with the figure of Paris the shepherd incised on the surface of the glass. Italy, late 18th century. ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Mirror, Wood

Antique French Louis XV Rouge Marble Top Painted Bombe Nightstand Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV style rouge marble top painted bombe nightstand side table. Item is marked, "France", shaped rouge marble top, bronze ormolu, shapely bombe form, no key, but ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Set of 8 Vintage French Louis XV Sculpted Arm Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 8 Vintage French Louis XV Sculpted Arm Chairs Original Vintage Condition Materials: Painted Wood, Spring Cushions Dimensions: 42”H x 23”W x 22”D Seat Height 19”
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1960s American Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Fine Carved French Louis XV Paint Decorated Louis XV Bergere Chair Circa 1920
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful time-worn paint decorated bergere. The chair is in very good antique condition. The chair measures 41 tall x 32 wide x 31 deep x 17 seat height.
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

Louis Xv furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XV furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include François Linke, Baker Furniture Company, La Maison London, and Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $1,353,646 while the average work can sell for $4,763.

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