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
French Louis XV Kingwood Vitrine Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) kingwood 2 door vitrine display cabinet with shaped glass sides and rust marble top
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
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 Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Impressive and Decorative Pair of Imari Baluster Vases with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Extremely decorative antique Imari baluster jars with lids and bronze doré mounts.
Porcelain Japanese
Mounts French
19th century
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Red Lacquered and Giltwood Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style giltwood base rectangular coffee table supporting a red lacquered chinoiserie decorated top.
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century French Louis XV Transition Marquetry Gilt Bronze Desk Bureau Plat
An 18th century gilt-bronze mounted double-face desk or bureau plat with herring-bone marquetry. The k...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Stripped Breakfront Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) stripped breakfront with 2 carved doors at base and 2 glass doors on top with scroll lattice carving.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
19th Century Louis XV Style Mantel Clock
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique French 19th century mantel clock.
This exquisite mantel clock has a Sevres porcelain dial plate and other Sevres porcelain decorations.
The movement with spring suspension. ...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
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...
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Petite Console in Carved Wood, Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Small console in natural wood with acanthus leaves decoration, composed of old elements in Louis XV style.
France, circa 1780
Measures: 65 x 44 x 33 cm.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Oak
Pair of Antique French Transitional Ormolu-Mounted Rouge Griotte Marble Vases
By Henry Dasson
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique French transitional ormolu-mounted rouge griotte marble covered vases or urns
Last quarter of the 19th century attributed to Henry Dasson
Each with domed lid with...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Griotte Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Small Walnut Satinwood Inlay Corner Curio China Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Impressive vintage French Louis XV style small walnut corner Curio China cabinet with satinwood inlay. Item features a serpentine front, ornate satinwood ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt and Silvered Bronze Chenets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style figural gilt bronze and silver plated bronze chenets, each surmounted by a triton blowing a seashell Horn, resting on a pierced roca...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Wonderful French 19th Century Louis XV Ormolu Bronze-Mounted Marble-Top Commode
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful late 19th century Louis XV style two-drawer commode or chest with doré bronze ormolu-mounted, tulip and kingwood parquetry and original marble-top.
Measurements: 36.5" H...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Rare Set of Four Giltwood Stools, Italy, 19th Century
Located in Rome, IT
These finely carved and gilded square stools add a beautiful touch to your living spaces. They are carved on all four sides with elegant cabriole legs. Excellent condition of gilding...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Louis XV Antique Fireplace in Variegated Marble
Located in London, GB
An 18th century Louis XV fireplace in a variegated Breche marble. The sweeping jambs with turned over leaf carving to tops and bases, the frieze with carved center of flowers and fol...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
1730s French Period Louis XV Walnut Two-Drawer Commode with Bombé Side Panels
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French period Louis XV walnut two-drawer commode from the first half of the 18th century. Born in the early years of the reign of King Louis XV, This French walnut commode features...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Oak French Louis XV Normandy Buffet Deux Corp
Located in Hudson, NY
This nice and compact-sized buffet with glazed doors comes from the Normandy region in France and was made, circa 1770 during the reign of Louis XV. Created using dark stained oak a ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
Pair Of Louis XV Style Grosfeld House Marble-Top Distressed Four-Drawer Commodes
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XV style Grosfeld House marble-top four-drawer commodes. All drawers are lined. The color is a distressed cream wood, the pulls being brass. Fabulous rose and crème colored ma...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Provincial Miniature Armoire
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th Century French Provincial miniature sample armoire from the Burgundy region. Made of walnut and burl of oak with pine as a secondary wood. A rare early armoire, nicely crafted with subtle carved details and beautiful wood grain to the burl panels. Bottom dovetailed drawer is lined with tin compartments. Original brass hardware. Lock and keys in working condition. Waxed patina. Hooks have been added so that it may be hung as a small wall cabinet...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Louis XV Blue Fauteuil Armchairs
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of Louis XV Fauteuil armchairs. Carved fruitwood frame has been refinished. Newly upholstered in navy blue linen with bronze nailheads.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood, Linen
Louis XV Style Carved Gilt Wood Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV style (19th Century) large rectangular carved and giltwood wall frame.
Category
19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th French Vitrine Cabinet, Signed Linke
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare and important 19th century French kingwood and parquetry inlaid display or vitrine cabinet, signed by the renowned designer and cabinet maker François Linke. The shaped bonnet atop large glass double doors and inset parquetry panels trimmed in bronze.
Finely appointed overall with remarkably detailed gilt bronze mounts depicting caryatid masques, maiden busts, shells, acanthus leaves, and fleur de lis. The entire on gilt bronze animal...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Louis XV Pine Door in Frame
Located in Doylestown, PA
A Louis XV interior door in frame with over-door panel, in stripped and bleached pine, circa 1760, from the Normandy Region. The door retains its period surface mount lock (lacking k...
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1760s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Pine
19th Century French Carved and Lacquered Salon Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Very elegant and fine quality, 19th century French salon table with a serpentine shaped top inset with a gorgeous pale rouge, gray, and white marble. The carved wood and lacquered ba...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
French Louis XV Style Tulipwood Veneer Bedside Table
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (20th Century) tulipwood veneered small bedside table / commode with a gallery and three drawers.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Tulipwood
Louis XV Style Bronze-Mounted Verni Martin Painted Clock and Sconce Garniture
Located in New York, NY
Very unusual and exceptional quality Louis XV style three-piece, French, 19th century bronze-mounted hand-painted Verni Martin clock barometer and sconces garniture set.
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th Century Gilt Living Room Suite with a Sofà and Pair of Armchairs
Located in Rome, IT
This extraordinary and finely carved five piece suite comprising of one sofa, two armchairs and two single chairs with original gilding.
It's part of an eleven piece s salon set pub...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century French "Boulle" Mantel Clock, Louis XV Style
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century French "Boulle" mantel clock, Louis XV style.
French Boulle style clock with tortiose shell and inlay. Gilt bronze case mounts of ro...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Louis XV Style Painted Wood and Glass-Top Table, France, circa 1930s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Small rectangular wooden table, painted oxblood red. The top has a thick, frosted glass pane, and is raised on elegant, cabriole legs.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Rococo Craved Louis XV Style Armchairs
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of Rococo craved Louis XV style armchairs. Each solid and study Bergere chair is stylized in the Louis XV fashion with scroll and shell carvings on a walnut frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair Bleached Wood Venetian Open Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair bleached wood Venetian open armchairs. Pair exceptional Louis XV large Venetian carved armchairs in original natural bleached condition with vintage...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Wood
French Louis XV Style Carved Floral Rosewood Wall Mirror
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) rosewood vertical shaped wall mirror with beveled glass and a carved floral scroll design frame.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Rosewood
18th Century Louis XV Silver Gilded and Painted Console
Located in London, Park Royal
18th century LXV Italian console, impressively proportioned, featuring a statement, Breche Violet, bevelled marble top which makes a striking contrast to the naturally aged pistachio...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Small Louis XV Commode Attibuted to Criard
By Matthieu Criaerd
Located in Berlin, DE
A small Louis XV commode attributed to Antoine Mathieu Criaerd, called “Criard“ (circa 1727-1787, maître from 1747), with two small drawers and one lon...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Breccia Marble
Louis XV Style Painted Fauteuil
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th Century hand carved and painted wooden fauteuil or side chair in the Louis XV style with the seat, back, and arms upholstered in chocolate brown s...
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20th Century American Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Suede, Upholstery, Wood
French Kingwood and Gilt Bronze Parquetry Round Side Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A good centre table in the Louis XVth Manner
Constructed in Kingwood, with fire gilt bronze mounts of fine colour and quality: rising on cabriole legs, with bronze sabots and guar...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Venetian Painted Side Table, 18th c
Located in valatie, NY
This beautiful hand-painted Venetian table has a yellow ground with green scrolls and red foliate decoration. It has a scalloped apron and stands on cabriole legs. The top has a pain...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Pine
Antique Marble Fireplace, 18th Century, Style of Louis XV
Located in Made, NL
Title: 18th Century Louis XV Marble de St Remy Fireplace
Step back in time with our exquisite 18th-century Louis XV Marble de St Remy fireplace, a true masterpiece of craftsmanship ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Late 18th Century European Oak Armoire from the Ardennes Region of Belgium
Located in Miami, FL
Late 18th century oak armoire from the Ardennes Region of Belgium, hand-rubbed tung oil finish with hard carnauba French wax. Featuring 3 beautiful molded panels on each door. Comes ...
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Late 18th Century Belgian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Style Giltwood Overmantel Mirror, Early 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Louis XV style giltwood overmantel mirror, early 19th century.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Fine Louis XV Beechwood Bergere, early 18th cent.
By Jean-Baptiste Tilliard
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Louis XV Beechwood
Bergere, Mid 18th Century
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Tilliard
Covered in floral tapestry
Height 43in. Width 29in. Depth 23in.
Provenance:
THE PROPERTY...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Giltwood Marble-Top Console Table
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century giltwood black marble-top console table with very detailed carvings.
France,
circa 1860.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
19th Century Louis XV Style Boiserie Panel with Oil Painting
Located in Birmingham, AL
Rare and beautiful antique French carved parcel-gilt and painted boiseries panel with oil painting on board, once part of an entire boiseries (French wooden paneled room...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Elegant French 18th Century Commode Louis XV Period
Located in Rome, IT
With 'Lumachella ' marble-top above two drawers decorated sans travers and ormolu mounts.
Fine detailed floral inlay with various noble woods. Finely chiseled and gild original bron...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of French 1920s Gilt Louis XV Style Sconces
Located in Buchanan, NY
Elegant pair of French 1920s gilt bronze sconces with two arms in the Louis XV style. Very good vintage condition, but will need to be wired.
Ref #: LS0408-09
Dimensions: 19"H x 10...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Luois XV Venetian Side Chairs in silvered Hand-Carved Walnut, new upholstered
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Code: FA41
Elegant Venetian Baroque side chairs in walnut hand-carved and silvered with new blue velvet upholstery.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Silver Leaf
French Louis XV Style Walnut Table Desk
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19/20th Century) walnut table desk with gilt trim and stretcher.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of French Louis XV Bleached Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (20th Cent) bleached open Armchairs with tapestry style upholstered seat and back
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
19th Century French Elegant Solid Wood Console in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
An elegant solid wood console, Louis XV style painted in light beige with coral accents. Made from carved wood, France, circa 1870.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ebonized Cartel Clock and Barometer
By CAM Opticien
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial pair of French 19th- 20th century Louis XV style ebonized and gilt bronze-mounted cartel clock and matching barometer by La Maison Cam Opticien. The pair sim...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Fruitwood Dining Table
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) fruitwood and bronze trimmed dining table with side extensions.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Italian Seminar in Hand-Painted Wood in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
20th century Italian seminar curved on three sides in beige painted wood with gold details opening by seven drawers and resting on small curved feet in Louis XV style.
Italy, circa ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Furniture
19th Century French Hand Painted Ceramic Vase with Lid from Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique vase was created in Rouen, France circa 1850; the colorful, ceramic vessel stands on small scrolled feet, and features a cone lid with finial at the pediment, em...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
French Louis XV Bleached Oval End Table
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bleached oval end table with cane shelf and marble top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of French Louis XV Style White and Gold Painted Doors
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (19th Century) white and gold painted and carved doors in frame (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Bench with Pickled Wood Finish
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bench, having a crown seat with nailheads, on channelled frame with pickled finish, raised on cabriole legs with snail toes.
Stock ID: D3577
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
18th Century French Ormolu Louis XV Andirons
Located in Amerongen, NL
Beautiful 18th century French Louis XV firedogs made of ormolu and wrought iron. The condition is good.
One of the most valuable secrets of French metalworkers in the 18th and early...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style '19th Century' Kingwood Bracket Console
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19th century) kingwood and bronze trimmed bracket console table with Sèvres Porcelain plaques and white marble top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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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