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: Gray
Antique French Fireback / Backsplash with the Goddess Venus, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV fireback of Venus with her mirror and torch of Hestia.
Goddess of love, beauty and fertility. The torch is the symbol of Hestia, goddess of fire and mor...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
Detailed 18th Century Style Framed Pastel Bouquet Drawing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Detailed 18th century style framed pastel bouquet drawing. Intricate burl wood and ebonized wood period frame. Very decorative.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Canvas
18th Century French Diorama of Christ Church Oxford
Located in Stamford, CT
Charming 18th century French diorama with hand colored copper plate engraving. In original shadowbox with gold leaf ripple frame. Though titled on the r...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Paper
Mantel of White Carrara Marble in Style of Louis XV from the 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
A beautiful antique fireplace in Carrara marble from the 19th century including a plateau of the same marble. This beautifully decorated chimney is in Louis XV style and features 'tr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Style White Carrara Marble Figural Fireplace
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A magnificent and highly important Louis XV style white Carrara marble figural fireplace.
This exceptional marble fireplace has a shaped mante...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Set of Louis XV Style Oval Back Chairs
Located in Hanover, MA
A mixed pair (one with arms) of Louis XV style oval back chairs paint finished in silver cream with Brunschwig & Fils cotton and silk small patterned leaf design in a pale aqua marine color upholstery.
Dimensions of chair without arms...
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1980s American Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Large Louis XV Style Cast Iron Jardinières
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
Large Louis XV style cast iron jardinières from Chateau de la Brodiere, (France)
Ideal for Parks and large gardens.
Weight: 650 Kg (1433 lbs). It can be dismounted to be send on a s...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
French Louis XV 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
Coat of arms of the house of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. It delivered kings for Spain (Navarra), France, both Sicilies and Parma....
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
18th Century LXV Classic French Country Antique Limestone Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
This fireplace surround has a very nice central LXV motif and a richly carved front. A classic Louis XV decorative country fireplace. The limestone is a bicolor from the Burgundy reg...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Stone
Antique French Louis XV Andirons or Firedogs, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV andirons. The andirons are made of cast iron. They have a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
18th-19th Century French 'Abduction of Ganymede' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th-19th century French Louis XV fireback depicting the abduction of Ganymede.
Ganymede was the son of King Tros, the founder of Troy, and the shepherd of his father's cattle. H...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
French Louis XV Style White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XV style fireplace in white marble. The shaped, panelled jambs surmounted by frieze with carved shell and scrolls. Shaped shelf. Modern.
Measures: Shelf width 1524 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Style Woodwork Manner Stucco Panel, 1970s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XV style rectangular stucco wood panel with a oval shaped central hole surrounding by carved ornament such as flowers, foliage, scrolls, acanthus leaves ; in the upper central ...
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Late 20th Century European Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Stucco
Louis XV Style Grey Marble Fire Place Mantel
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
Louis XV style grey marble fire place mantel.
In the 20th century the top surface was replaced with a new piece of 13 x 195 cm (5.11 x 76.7 in).
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Large Antique Shell Metal Dish or Platter
Located in Sheffield, MA
Unusual rustic French antique metal shell plate is made of metal with leaded color coating, a wonderful aged patina. The piece was possibly used in a commercial setting at a coach st...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Louis XV Walnut Fauteuils En Cabriolet by Jean-Baptiste Boulard
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely pair of Classic Louis XV fauteuils en cabriolet by Jean-Baptiste Boulard.
The walnut frame features a restrained, overall curvilinear design that speaks to the refinement o...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
19th century French Louis XV style andirons made of wrought iron. The patina of the andirons is brown. Upon request it can be made black. The condition is good.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Provencale Fireplace in Breche Violette Marble
Located in London, GB
A French Provençale Louis XV style fireplace in Breche Violette marble. The carved, shaped jambs surmounted by panelled frieze with carved cartouche to centre. Moulded shelf above. G...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Bronze and Porcelain Chicken Candelabra
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fanciful pair of three-light candelabra featuring porcelain chickens with an amusing continuance, bronze arms in the form of branches with candle cu...
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20th Century Italian Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Very Large Painted 18th Century Estate Cupboard
Located in Jesteburg, DE
An impressive large painted cupboard with partly original paint. Found in a castle, where it had been installed in the dining room as part of th...
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18th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
French Faience Jardinière by Veuve Perrin
Located in Pembroke, MA
A lovely, highly-detailed French faience soup tureen, with handles, feet and nicely-sculpted vegetable decorated cover (18th century). The top cover has a radish, carrot and scallion. The painted decoration on the sides includes a shield with fleur-de-lis. The piece is marked underneath, "VP 1777" (mark for Veuve Perrin...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique 18th Century Cast Iron French Fireback
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique 18th century cast iron French fireback.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Italian Bust in Statuary Marble on Later Plaster Pedestal, 18th-19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
This headless bust in white marble adorned in 18th century clothing on a later plaster pedestal on square wooden base
Dimensions of bust:
Length 21"...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Fireback / Backsplash 'Pillars with Medieval IHS Monogram'
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century Louis XV French fireback with pillars of Hercules, an IHS monogram, and the date of production 1780.
The monogram IHS stands for Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jesus the Savio...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
French Louis XV 'Pillars of Hercules' Fireback / Backsplash, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV fireback with two Pillars of Hercules. The pillar refers to the club of Hercules and symbolizes strength and the unknown. The date of production, 1780, i...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
French Louis XV 'Pillars of Hercules' Fireback / Backsplash, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV fireback with two Pillars of Hercules. The pillar refers to the club of Hercules and symbolizes strength and the unknown.
The fireback has a natural ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
French Louis XV 'Coat of Arms Fireback / Backsplash, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
Beautiful 18th century French Louis XV fireback with an unknown coat of arms. The coat of arms is flanked by two Pillars of Hercules, which symbolize strength and the unknown. The da...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th C. French Louis XV Style Hand Painted & Carved Petite Small Dressing Screen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful and Rare 19th Century Petite Hand Painted and Hand Carved 3 Section Dressing Screen in the Louis XV taste featuring very well done hand painted scenes on the shell carved c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint, Fabric
Large Frameless Shield Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Large beveled shield mirror. Modern shaped paisley silhouette; frameless vintage mirror with beveled edge. Italy, circa 1920’s.
Dimensions: 32...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mirror
18th Century French Louis XV Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV andirons. The andirons are made of wrought iron. They have spit hooks to grill food. The condition is good.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Marble Fireplace, 19th century, Louis XV
Located in Made, NL
Very nice and exclusive marble fireplace in the style of Louis XV. The kind of marble is Griotte Rouge from Belgium.
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19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Grand 18th Century Grey Saint-Anne Marble Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This phenomenal original and a very rare antique fireplace mantle is one of a kind. Solid blocks of marble. A clean shelf. The side panels are carved in the block. See the proportion...
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Early 18th Century Belgian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
18th Century French 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
French fireback with the arms of France and the date of production 1779.
Coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
18th Century French Louis XV Period Venus Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French fireback with the goddess Venus. Venus is holding her mirror and a bunch of flowers. Goddess of love, beauty and fertility.
The fireback is made of cast iron and...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Marble Chimneypiece in Louis XV Manner
Located in Bagshot, GB
A 19th century French marble chimneypiece in Louis XV manner.
Category
19th Century European Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Fine French Classic Grey Antique Apartment Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
A fine and small Turquin Bleu marble fireplace surround in perfect condition perfect for a fine bespoke French style Classic room.
Measures:
148 cm EW 58.27".
111 cm EH 43.70".
1...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Style Parcel-Gilt and Paint Decorated Two-Door Cabinet Server Sideboard
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XV style parcel-gilt and paint decorated two-door cabinet server sideboard.
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Elegant Pair of Louis XV Style Oak Fauteuils in Blue and Cream Upholstery
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of fauteuils with zebra blue and cream upholstery.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Antique Fireplace in Style of Louis XV
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique marble stone fireplace! A very special item because of the color. This is a color that we don't see often and that makes this antique fireplace unique. This firepla...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Other
18th C French Luneville Faience Plates, Pair
Located in Carmel, CA
Pair of faience plates from Saint-Amand-les-Eaux factory, 1760-1770, in the north of France. The intense colors and floral decoration are similar to the faience of Strasbourg. The de...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Louis XV Period Bergere in Chinoiserie Toile
Located in Pembroke, MA
A generous French Louis XV period armchair or bergere (Circa 1760), newly-upholstered in Scalamandre green and white Chinoiserie pattered t...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Beech, Paint
French 19th Century Carved Marble Whimsical Figural Urn Fountain with Children
By Joseph Reynés I Gurgui
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine large, rare and charming, French, 19th century. Belle Époque carved white marble whimsical figural urn fountain depicting children climbing on an urn with flowers and garlands, influenced in the Louis XV style, by Joseph Reynés I Gurgui (Barcelona, 1850-1926). Signed: Reynes. Barcelona, circa 1890.
An almost identical Carrara marble fountain also by Josep Reynés carved in 1893 currently at the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona, Spain.
Measures: Overall height: 55 inches (140 cm)
Marble height: 49 inches (124.5 cm)
width: 37 inches (94 cm)
depth: 30 inches (76.3 cm)
Joseph Reynes Gurguí (Barcelona, 1850 - 1926) is a Catalan sculptor, also known as Reynesy-Gurgui, Spanish school.
He studied at the Ecole de la Llotja, studied for a time in Paris, in the workshops of the great French sculptors Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) and Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887). He devoted himself mainly to interior decoration. His works were profoundly marked by a French influence. He exhibited in Paris in 1895 where he received an honorable mention. In 1890 he obtained the first medal in Madrid for "The Violinist".
Literature:
E. Benezit Dictionaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs by Grund - Nouvelle Edition, 1976 - Volume 8, Page 714.
Cristina Mensoza, Ramon Casas...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Louis XV Style High Back Lounge or Wing Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of Louis XV style high back lounge or wing chairs. This pair of finely carved solid wooden Lounge Chairs would make a statement in any...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Monumental Louis XV Style Giltwood Mirror Exquisite Details
Located in Stamford, CT
Monumental Louis XV style giltwood mirror. The pierced rocaille crest decorated with a stylized shell and winged animal surmounted by a crown, above a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
French Louis XV Period Trumeau Mirror
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XV period trumeau mirror (circa 1750) from Normandy, painted and parcel gilt with stylized pomegranates, scrolls, flowers, leaves an...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Mirror
Porcelain Group Representative An Elegant With Her Courtesan
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain group representative an elegant with her courtesan, earthenware in antique style, early 20th century, signature.
Measures: H 25cm, W 23cm, D 16cm.
Category
Early 20th Century European Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century French Louis XV Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV andirons made of wrought iron. The andirons have spit hooks to grill food. The andirons are beautifully carved. The condition is good.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Statuary Marble Fireplace in the Louis XV Manner
Located in London, GB
A 19th century statuary marble fireplace in the Louis XV manner. The shaped, fluted jambs surmounted by scrolled shells, the frieze with central cartouche flanked by leaf work. Shape...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Louis XV Style Oval Dining Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Late 19th century oval dining table has a scalloped apron with hand-carved drapery and urns on four sides and cabriole legs with spines ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Louis XV Sicilian Marble Chimneypiece
Located in Bagshot, GB
An elegant Sicilian marble Chimneypiece in the Louis XV style. Below an arc-en-arbolette shelf, the serpentine frieze has an elaborate shell cartouche with scrolling acanthus between...
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1820s European Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Other
Antique French Louis XV Style Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
19th century French Louis XV style andirons made of wrought iron. The condition is good.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of French Louis XV Style 1890s Painted Wood Horizontal Shell-Carved Mirrors
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XV style painted wood horizontal mirrors from the late 19th century with carved shell motifs. Each of this pair of mirrors features a horizontal Silhouette, pa...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
18th Century French Louis XV Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV andirons. The andirons are made of wrought iron and are beautifully forged and carved. They have spit hooks to grill food. The condition is good.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of French Louis XV Style Chinoiserie Paintings in the Manner of Pillement
By Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Located in New York, NY
Pair of twentieth century Louis XV style oil on celadon canvas pilaster paintings depicting Chinoiserie genre scenes in the style of Jean Pillement.
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Canvas
French Antique Louis XV Carrara Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Udenhout, NL
Very beautiful fireplace to place around the chimney.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
18th Century Fine European Original Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a original fine European antique fireplace mantel in a French grey marble hard stone. It is robust. The proportions are Royal. The details o...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Stone
Heavily Carved French Louis XV Style Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A heavily carved 19th century statuary white marble fireplace in the Louis XV manner. The jambs with stiff acanthus leave to the base, surmounted by bell flowers and scrollwork. The ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Antique Dutch Fireplace Grate, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
Fine hand-forged fireplace basket or fire grate made in the Netherlands. 18th century, Louis XV period. The condition is good.
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
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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