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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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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Louis XV
Antique wardrobe, France, circa 1880.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique wardrobe from the end of the 19th century, France. Dimensions: height 233 cm / width 166 cm / depth 65 cm
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

19th Century Louis XV Style Writing Desk or Center Table
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Extremely elegant Louis XV Style writing desk or center table, with a gracefully adorned floral marquetry and intricate borders on the tray, revealing a single drawer and elegantly c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Fruitwood

Large Chandelier In Gilt Bronze And Baccarat Crystal
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent large cage-shaped chandelier in gilded bronze presenting a beautiful and generous ornamentation in Baccarat crystal composed of large pendants, daggers (4 daggers in the ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

French Sellette or Plant Holder Waltnut, Three Legs & One Drawer, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
This plant holder or sellette was made in France circa 1920. A little tray is encrusted between the curved feet typical of the Louis 15 style. The drawer butt...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Cherry

Louis XV St. Side Cabinet Nightstand French Chestnut Bedside Table, Late 19th C.
Located in Labrit, Landes
French side cabinet Louis XV style nightstand Late 19th century Walnut bedside table One drawer and one trapdoor Hand-carved with vegetal and floral motifs. Good condition. Shipping...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

French Gilt Bronze and Cut-Glass, 14-Light Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Exceptional French gilt bronze and cut-glass fourteen-light chandelier, the cage with faceted pendants. Measures: 125 x 100 cm. Rewired. Repaired. Good Condition. Frame is original,...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

Magnificent 18th C. Fireback / Backsplash with Five Coats of Arms of France
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century fireback coats of arms of France. Each coat of arms has a crown and three Fleurs-de-Lys, all indicating royalty. The design of the coats of ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Iron

Antique French Gold Mantel Clock, circa 1900
Located in Chorzów, PL
A fireplace clock from the beginning of the 20th century. The clock is functional after the review Year: around 1910 Origin: France dimensions: height 28 cm width 28 cm ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture

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Metal

Antique Grey Marble Fireplace
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Beautiful French grey marble Louis XV style fireplace mantel. The serpentine breakfront shelf rests above a paneled freeze centered by a large...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

French Louis XV Style Commode Chest of Drawers Marble Top, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Commode French chest of drawers late 19th century classical style marble top, circa 1890 Exotic woods and bronze Good antique condition Shipping: 55/129/87 cm 89 kg.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

18th Century French Louis XV Walnut Sofa
Located in London, Park Royal
Sofa in Walnut,molded and sculpted backrest with triple convolution,recessed armrests,resting on eight arched serpentine legs. of the Louis XV Period. We can re cover the Sofa upon r...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Upholstery, Walnut

Beautiful Cast Iron Fireback or Backsplash
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
This nice and tall cast iron fireback is beautifully decorated and in great condition. It fireback can be used in a real fire or as a beautiful backsplash. Our vast collection of an...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Iron

Set of 8 French Louis XV Style Chairs by Maison Romeo, 1950s
Located in Paris, IDF
New colorful upholstery is a great contrast to the beautiful old oak in these chairs. The lovely patina evident on the oak feet and structure is enough to convey the half-century of ...
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1950s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Fabric, Oak

Floral Swag, a Louis XV Style Corbeille Canned Bed by La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
The floral swag bed is based on the Corbeille design of rounded corners embracing the occupant within it’s curved ends. The gentle Rococo lines of the headboard and footboard are ove...
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2010s British Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Pair of Louis XV Style Painted Console Tables
Located in London, GB
A pair of French Louis XV style console tables of good size, carved in fruitwood and painted. With shaped variegated pink marble tops.
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Antique Fireback / Backsplash Showing Poseidon
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Lovely tall and decorative fireback with a depiction of Poseidon holding trident, the sea, four horses and cherubs holding trumpet. Bottom is rough and has a repair, overall great...
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Early 19th Century European Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Iron

Small 19th Century Antique Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This nice Pompadour antique fireplace mantel-surround, in a very rich marble, was original installed in a corner in a panelled room in Bruges. Fine architectural element from the 19t...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Set of Four 19th Century Louis XV Style Fauteuils
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Set of four beautiful mid-19th Century Fauteuils in the Louis XV style. With excellent hand-carved details and soft French grey and gilt finish. With original lovely quality Aubusso...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Tapestry, Giltwood

France 18th Century Wallpaper with Landscape Scenes in Turquoise Color
Located in Brescia, IT
It is not easy to find this kind of hand drawed and hand-made French wallpaper in good conditions. The shining turquoise and the scenes of the games of the characters and jugglers i...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Paper

French Large Louis XV Period Wardrobe Provencal Richly Carved 18th - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Rare Provencal cabinet from the Louis XV period, richly carved with foliage and plant motifs: bouquets, bunches of grapes, ears of wheat... The legs are curved and finished with a sc...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

19th Century French Set of Hand Painted Carved Side Chests of Drawers
Located in Sofia, BG
French wooden chests of drawers hand painted in green with red edges and decoration in Louis XV style. Lion's heads on the handles. France, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

18th Century, Giltwood Pair of Italian Louis XV Candle Wall Sconce with Mirror
Located in IT
Pair of Piedmontese Italian candle wall sconce in carved and gilded wood with mirror. Turin (Italy), Louis XV period, mid-18th century The precious pair of sconce, made around th...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood, Mirror

A 19th Century French Carrara Marble Fireplace in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Carrara marble fireplace in the Louis XV style. The shaped, fluted jambs surmounted by panels and scrollwork, with carved leaves above. The shaped frieze with c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Carrara Marble

19th Century Rouge de Mazy Marble Louis XV Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
19th century Rouge de Mazy marble Louis XV fireplace mantel. Opening measurements: 34.6 x 39.8 inch (height x width).
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Louis XV Style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany bombé vitrine by François Linke. Signed to the corner clasp 'F. Linke'. This elegant...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

Tall Antique Fireback or Backsplash
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A large French fireback or backsplash, man and women around a well. This fireback has been used and this shows, parts of the base are gone. H...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Iron

French Living Room Set Louis XV - Sofa and Pair of Armchair - 19th - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful Napoleon III period living room in blackened wood garnished with a velvet decorated with bouquets of flowers, including a bench and two armchairs. The very original movemen...
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1860s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Velvet, Wood

Late 18th Century French Painted Vaisselier
Located in London, Park Royal
Late provincial 18th century two-part "Meuble Vaisselier" has been painted in a French grey with white highlights on flowers, foliage and beadings. This French buffet à deux-corps ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

French Ottoman Pouf Beech and Red Skai Louis XV Style, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pouf or ottoman, Louis XV style beech and red skai Good condition with minor marks of use French midcentury Shipping: 39/57/57 cm 13 kg.
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1960s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Beech

Antique Marble Fireplace, Louis XV Style, Kind of Marble Is Saint-Anna
Located in Made, NL
A very exclusive antique fireplace of Sainte-Anne belge marble from Belgium. The fireplace is in the style of Louis XV.
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19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Antique French Louis XV Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A very nice and unusual shaped French Louis XV fireplace. Executed in beautiful warm bi colored limestone, this lovely decorative mantel adds true style and French class to any inte...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Limestone

19th Century French Fire Gilt Bronze Crystal Twelve-Branch Floral Chandelier
Located in Milan, IT
Exceptional fire gilt bronze and crystal chandelier of French origin, a two tier twelve-light hanging fixture dating back to circa 1870 born for candle burning, modified to electric,...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze

Mantel Clock 19th Century Louis XV Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
The clock is in excellent and perfect working condition. In addition, it was recently cleaned and serviced by a professional clockmaker who specializes in maintaining museums in Poland.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

18th Century French Glass Patinated Louis XV Style Armoire
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice 18th century French glass patinated Bourguignonne Louis XV style Armoire. Inside painted in light purple. Removable cornice. Beautiful piece, high quality.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Glass

20th Century Louis XV Style French Bureau Plat or Desk After Francois Linke
Located in Berlin, DE
French Bureau Plat in Louis 15th Style after Francois Linke. Rosewood and shadowed noble woods, veneered. Exceptionally Fine floral, Bronze fixtures. Strongly bowed, four sided, curv...
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20th Century Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Bureau Plat in the Manner of Charles Cressent, circa 1890
By Charles Cressent
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted bureau plat in the manner of Charles Cressent. French, circa 1890. With one central frieze drawer and two shaped end drawers, on cabriole ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of Louis XV-Style Console Tables with Marble Top
Located in Paris, FR
A pair of Louis XV-inspired console tables crafted of marvelously carved natural elm wood. The naturalistic seashells and scrolling acanthus leaves perfectly illustrate the Louis XV ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Antique Black Marble Fireplace, Noir de Mazy, Louis XV, 19th century
Located in Made, NL
Antique Noir de Mazy fireplace from Belgium. Very nice with the coquille in the middle of the front and on both sides of the legs.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Belgian Black Marble

Antique Fireplace of Carrara Marble in Style of Louis XV from the 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace of white Carrara marble from the 19th century. The fireplace is in Louis XV style and has a scallop in the middle and on the sides, also called 'trois sca...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Carrara Marble

French Louis XV Style Fireplace in Italian Carrara
Located in London, GB
A Carrara marble fireplace in the Louis XVI manner. The shaped, stop fluted jambs surmounted by swirling carved paterae. The bowed frieze with matching flutes and moulded shelf above...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Carrara Marble

French Louis XV Stone Mantelpiece, Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XV antique stone fireplace. The tapering, stop-fluted jambs with shaped panel above. The frieze with carved cartouche to centre ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Stone

Louis XV Kingwood Commode
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A Louis XV kingwood commode of a good color and patina: attractive serpentine and bombe shape, original mounts still retaining most of thei...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Kingwood

Unique French Side Table or Étagère antique after F. Linke mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique French side table or étagère after F. Linke Body with fine veneer on solid beech wood. Daintily elaborated, body on long and elegantly curved legs. Two-stage, profiled cover p...
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20th Century French Louis XV Furniture

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Mahogany

Large Carved Louis XV Style Parcel-Gilt and Painted Trumeau Mirror, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and very finely carved Louis XV style parcel-gilt and painted trumeau mirror. French, circa 1890. This exceptional and very rare trumeau mirror has an arched mirror pl...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Louis XV Style Vitrine with Vernis Martin Panels by François Linke, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Bombé Vitrine With Vernis Martin Panels, by François Linke. French, Circa 1900. Signed 'F. Linke' to one bronze mount. The reverse ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

19th Century French Inlaid Two Drawers Rosewood Commode in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French two drawers bombe commode with curved front and sides in rosewood veneer and violet wood with inlaid decoration of flowering branches and bottomless cubes. Ornamentation of Ro...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Rosewood

20th Century French Salon Side Table in Louis XV After F. Linke, Black
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century French Salon Side Table in Louis XV after F. Linke, black Solid wood side table in Louis XV. Slightly convex and concave, carcass, flanked by solid corner glaciers on h...
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20th Century French Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Brass

19th Century Verdure Tapestry "Scene of river Castle Bird" Aubusson Wool France
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Immerse yourself in the serene beauty of the French countryside with our exquisite 19th Century Verdure Tapestry, depicting a bucolic landscape complete with a river, castle, birds, ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wool

An Antique French Louis XV Pompadour Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An antique late 19th c Carrara marble Louis XV Pompadour style fireplace. The serpentine shelf with mouldings underneath above a conforming serpentine frieze with oval panel to centr...
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1880s European Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Carrara Marble

19th Century French Hand Carved and Painted side Chair in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French hand carved side chair in Louis XV style beautifully hand painted in light green with gilt wood accents. It is upholstered in floral silk textile and is in very good original ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Silk, Wood

Antique Cane French Bed Corbeille Louis XV Style
Located in Buxton, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Cane Corbeille Bed. This exquisite antique bed will transport you back in time to the elegance of 1920s France. Crafted in the Louis XV styl...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture

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Cane, Wood

18th Century Louis XV Epoque Fauteuil à La Reine
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A wide and comfortable Louis XV style fauteuil, hand carved in the 18th century and featuring exquisite green silk upholstery woven with neoclassical motifs of lyres, cherubs, peacoc...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

18th Century Louis XV Style Fauteuil à La Reine
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A wide and comfortable Louis XV style fauteuil 'à la reine', hand carved in the 18th century and featuring exquisite green silk upholstery woven with neoclassical motifs of lyres, ch...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

Set of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
Set of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces By Gherardo Degli Albizzi Beautifully cast in the traditional manner with all the sumptuous movement of the Rococo period, having three...
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2010s Italian Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Marble Top Chinese Lacquered Stamped Commode
Located in Lisbon, PT
Chinese lacquer commode, chased and gilded bronze with Aleppo breccia marble top, with a frame of plain black Martin veneer. Beautiful ornamentation of finely chiseled and gilded bro...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Incredibly Stylish Antique French Side / End Table, Gilt Bronze & Green Onyx Top
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and impressive, finest quality and gilt bronze table. Because of the quality and great style we feel this stunning antique table can only have been made by one of the top cla...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Onyx, Bronze, Brass

18th Century Antique Dutch Polished Brass Firewood Basket
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century Dutch log basket. The firewood basket is made of polished brass and has a wrought iron handle. Also called 'aker'. Used to draw water from the well and Cook over an open...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Brass, Wrought Iron

20th Century Louis XV Style Cast-Bronze Candelabra Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
Monumental highly significant candelabra in Louis XV style. Unusual, finely engraved and cast bronze. Balustrade formed, profile-framed corpus connected with wide, ornamental reliefed, hoops, crowned by sunbeams. There from, four curved light arms, ending in bell formed traffic-light style. On the wide hoop, can be found Rococo cartouches. Under which are profiled medallion-like framing Provenance: Princess Shwikar (King Farouk...
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20th Century Louis XV Furniture

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Crystal, 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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