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: France
Style: Louis XV
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 ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
18th Pair of Century Watercolors in the Style of Vernet
Located in Marseille, FR
Pair of 18th century watercolors in the style of Vernet or Lacroix representing city of Marseill (France).
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
18th Century Louis XV Pair of Wall Lamp in Gold Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
A pair of beautiful gilt bronze two-light wall sconces in the Louis XV style, each of asymmetrical Rococo form, the highly ornamented back plate wrapped in acanthus with flower heads...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Clodion, Pair of Ewers in Bronze with Two Patinas, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
After Clodion.
Pair of bronze ewers with two patinas representing bacchanalia scenes after Clodion. Circular base with gadroon piedouche decora...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Corner Cabinets with Flower Marquetry--Louis XV Period
By Jean Lapie
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Louis XV period corner cabinets featuring cross sections of wood on a rosewood background, surrounded by kingwood framing. Each cabinet opens with two front doors, revealing three shelves. Beautiful sculpted, gilt bronze ornamentation of frayed acanthus leaves, typical of the Louis XV period. Topped with antique green marble...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
20th century Louis XV Style Silver Plate Champagne Cooler, 1950s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very beautiful Louis XV style silver plate champagne cooler in very good condition.
Medici shape with two handles.
Nice quality.
Category
1950s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
French Louis XV Carved Side Chair
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
A lovely Louis XV chair with a framed back adorned with carved rosettes at each corner and additional carving on the arched crest rail. The apron is also carved with a frieze along t...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Furniture
French Dining Table
By Maison Hirch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very beautiful french dining table in gilded wood made by the famous house HIRCH which exercised in the faubourg st Antoine until the end of the 1...
Category
1950s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
A 19th Century French antiques giltwood loveseat Louis XV style Marche Biron
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent loveseats giltwood louis xv style in exelent condition and surely executed by one of the best parisian interior design of this time
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Nice Pair of 1860's Girandoles in Gilded Bronze with Crystal Pendants
Located in Paris, FR
Two girandoles in gilded bronze with crystal pendants on a round "red griotte" marble base, representing a nymph and a satyr in a very young age.
Very fine work in the style of the...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Napoleon III Ormolu Sconces
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Napoleon III Ormolu sconces in Louis XV style. Each sconce is decorated with a child wearing flowing garments and holds in its arms the can...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Inkwell in Wood Figuring a Child, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Inkwell in wood figuring a slightly lied down child only dressed with a simple cloth around his hips. He stands on a small piedestal adorned with water leaves. Two circular fluted in...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
20th Century French Walnut and Marquetry "Billet Doux" Chest of Drawers
Located in LEGNY, FR
Rare and original piece 20th century French walnut "Billet doux". Used to write letters behind the fabric wall to be hidden. Louis XV style.
The first dra...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Bergere armchair in Louis XV style, in painted and patinated wood, Napoleon III
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bergere armchair in Louis XV style, in walnut and patinated wood, Napoleon III period
Category
1850s European Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Giltwood Louis XV Style Mirror, 2nd half of the 19th century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XV style rectangular mirror with glazing bead in carved and gilt wood with swirls, vegetals and acanthus leaves. Nice chantourné uprights.
Upper central part decorated with a s...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century European Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Stucco
19th Baroque Louis XV Rococo Style Walnut Dressing Table with Putti
Located in Marseille, FR
19th Baroque Louis XV Rococo Style mirror cabinet walnut dressing table with Putti richly carved. Part of a set including a wardrobe, a bed, a pair bedside tables.
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Hunting Horns Wall Lamp with 3 Lights Antique Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This sconce combines two very popular motifs in the ornamentation of 18th century lamps.
The knot, very popular from the reign of Louis XV, present for example on a model of François Thomas Germain...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
console and its 19th century mirror in patinated wood and marble circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
console and its 19th century mirror in patinated wood and marble circa 1880
patina not original but old
dim mirror : 150x62x4 cm
dim console : 91x58x36 cm
possible to sell separately
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Ealry 20th centutuy Pair of Louis XV style Stools, 1900s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very beautiful and rare pair of Louis XV style swivel and adjustable piano stools dating from the beginning of the 20th century.
Made of walnut, hand carved details, curved base. Co...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Rare Pair of Transition Period Consoles, France, 18th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Rare and wonderful pair of elegant, Transition era (between Louis XV and Louis XVI) hand-carved console tables. Beautifully aged two-tone paintwork. Original "Bleu de Turquin" marble...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century French Brass and Marquetry Opening Table, 1900s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Louis XV style Beautiful and rare table from the early 20th century made with a checkerboard marquetry and brass.
Opening top offering a beveled mirror and some compartment storage...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Chandelier with 16 Lights in Nickel Bronze and Mother-of-Pearl
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This chandelier is a reinterpretation of the Louis XV style (with its three floors in the form of a capped eight) but also of the First Empire style (with the balloon models with met...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Nickel
Louis XV Style Carved Wood Display Stand, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XV style carved wood display stand, 19th century.
Louis XV style carved wood sculpture display stand, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
W: 41cm, H: 35cm, D: 36cm
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Marquetry card Game Table, Bear the Mark F.Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The flip top game table in marquetry with ormolu bronze have a drawer ,bear the mark F.Linke ,the felt interior surface is in mint condition
this is call in french " table mouchoir ...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Dancing Bacchantes and Putti after Clodion
Located in Paris, FR
Large bronze group with brown patina after Claude Michel, called Clodion (French, 1738-1814). The statuette features two young bacchantes and three putti. The bacchantes are crowned ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Louis XV Style Sauteuse Commode Stamped Rosewood Mercier, Paris
Located in Marseille, FR
19th Louis XV jumping chest of drawers rosewood stamped with Mercier richly garnished with gilded bronzes floral decoration, 90 cm high, 120 cm wide and 49 ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Rock Crystal Gabrielle Chandelier of 18 Lightning in Bronze & Nickel finish
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This chandelier in the shape of a lyre is composed of a central shaft made of bronze rhombuses.
The base of the shaft, punctuated by a gable, gives rise to 18 curved arms of light distributed in a circle and decorated with white and pink rock crystal.
Crystal pendants and rosettes adorn the latter, echoing the two ornamental tiers distributed along the shaft.
A final tier punctuated by bronze daggers...
Category
18th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold, Bronze, Nickel
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze-Mounted Green Ground Porcelain Jardinière
Located in Paris, FR
French 19th century gilt bronze-mounted porcelain jardinière. It is decorated on the exterior with a couple in a landscape on one side and with a bird on a branch on the other side. ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Rocaille Ormolu Mantel Clock with Floral Decoration
Located in Paris, FR
Mantel clock in gilt and sculpted bronze featuring abundant Rocaille motifs such as rinceaux, shells, distressed leaves, and scrollwork. Putti engaged in activities such as reading, ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Wing Chair in Carved Beech, Louis XV Style, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large wing chair in carved beech, louis xv style, circa 1930
good general condition, some wear on the fabric.
Category
1930s European Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Beech
Transition Style Sideboard with Marquetry Inlaid and Gilt Bronze
By Charles Cressent
Located in Marseille, FR
Sideboard inlaid in Transition style richly decorated with gilded bronzes on white marble top veined with double Corbin beak. Geometric marquetry decorations. This chest of drawers d...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of Andirons in Gilt Bronze, Louis XV Style
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Louis XV style andirons with rocaille decoration. They are decorated with ormolu and chased putti sitting on a moving base. One putto wearing a crown of wheat is holding a sh...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Lacquered mirror Louis XV style Napoleon3 period
Located in Grenoble, FR
Large Louis XV style pareclose mirror from the Napoleon III period, late 19th century, original lacquered stucco, decoration of shells, leaves and flowers
gaps and shine, original me...
Category
1850s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Old Italian Mirror in Carved and Patinated Wood circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Old Italian Mirror in carved and patinated wood Circa 1900.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
French 18th Century Sideboard in Walnut
Located in Paris, FR
18th century LXV sideboard in solid walnut, with beautiful molding and fine fittings.
Two doors and two drawers. Original lock.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Steel
Old Console Period Empire "Rustic" with Blue Patina
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XV style console and mirror in patinated wood, circa 1930
The mirror is beveled and in very good condition
Dimensions:
Console table: 82 x 101 x 33 cm
Mirror: 86 x 52 x 4...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Bronze Sculpture of the XIXth Century of Louis XV Style
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze Sculpture of the XIXth Century of Louis XV Style
Beautiful bronze sculpture of the XIXth century on its base in blackened wood of ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Commode with Marquetery and Gilt Bronze Decoration
Located in Paris, FR
Louis XV style chest of drawers with wood marquetry, decorated with gilt bronzes. It is decorated with marquetry of branches and flowers in different wood set in gilt bronze rocaille...
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ormolu-Mounted Porcelain Horses by Samson Manufactory
By Samson & Cie
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of 20th century white porcelain horses on clouds, above rocaille bases richly decorated with scrollwork and openwork foliage. Both figures are marked underneath with two crossed...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Chandelier with Eight Arms of Lights in Gilded Bronze and Pendants
Located in Paris, FR
Large chandelier with cut crystal pendants in the Louis XV style. The gilded bronze frame is composed of eight curved arms of lights and numerous crystals finished by rosettes. The c...
Category
1830s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
18th Century Walnut Scriban Secretary
Located in Marseille, FR
Secretary scriban walnut 18th century Provençal work in used condition.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Commode marquetry ormolu bronze by F.Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extremely high end louis XV style chest of drawers
in marquetry ,marble top, ormolu bronze falls on the sides , finished with clogs on the front and back of the feet ,bear the mark ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Engravings Representing Le Chateau De Blois Engraved Par Skelton
By Skelton
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Engravings representing Le Chateau De Blois engraved Par Skelton and edited by the Musée du Louvres.
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Paper
Italian Commode from the 1950s, Painted and Gilded, Very Well-Made
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Beautiful Italian Commode from the 1950s, Painted and Gilded, very Well-Made.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
1900 Pair of Candlestick Louis XV Style Silver Plated 6 Lights
Located in Marseille, FR
1900 pair of candlestick Louis XV style silver plated 6 lights.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
18th Century Walnut Chest
By Jean-Francois Hache
Located in Marseille, FR
18th chest with 2 rows of drawers in cross-shaped walnut XVIIIth top of pink marble beak of corbin, work attributable to the cabinetmaker Grenoblois Pierre Hache.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Library /Secretary in Marquetry by Chevrie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Superb furniture in marquetry and bronze in the louis XV louis XVI transition style
executed by A.Chevrie famous parisian cabinetmaker of this time.
The furniture at the top opens ...
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Clock Set in Bronze Three Pieces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Clock set three pieces louis XV style in bronze ,quality and detail are very finely executed
Dimensions of the candelabras
H: 11 inch W: 6.5
Clock dimension are in description.
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
1950s to 1970s Era Pair of Sconces Silvered Wood in the Style of Louis XV
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of silvered wooden wall lamps, five bulbs,circa 1950s to 1970s, good condition
Category
1970s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Centre Table with Marble Top, France, 18th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Impressive Louis XV centre table of generous proportions. The elaborately carved walnut base is 18th century. The top was replaced, circa 1900s with a serpentine top of Vert des Alpe...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Candelabra in Bronze with Cherub
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bronze candelabrum with double patina in the louis XV style representing two cupids holding a bronze candelabrum of nine lights. at the feet of the cupids a quiver.
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style Armchairs, France, Early 1900s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Charming pair of early twentieth century Louis XV style armchairs, painted white with burnished gold accents, and an earlier light green paint visible beneath. Boldly carved. The arm...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Pair of Louis XV Style Repoussé Copper Candlesticks, France, circa 1850s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Unusual faux pair of large repoussé copper candlesticks in the style of Louis XV.
Dimensions provided below are for the taller candlestick. The smaller one measures (in centimeter...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pair of Cartel and Barometer in Bronze Style Louis XV
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of bronze cartel and barometer in louis XV style
the both case is exuberantly embellishedwith scrolling work of the louis XV style,the both faces are in enamel.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Small Dragons Wall Lamp with 5 lights in Bronze and Gold 18K
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Small wall lamp dragon in 18k gilt bronze with 5 arms of lights in the Louis XV style.
We have one pair in stock however we can produce them made to measure and in other finishes su...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Louis XV Style Golden Basket Bench, Late 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pretty bench in gilded and carved wood, Louis XV style, with double caning back
Good general condition, some cracks on caning, wears at guilding
Period XIXth century
H 90 cm seati...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
1850 "Console Italian 19th in Wood Gilted with Puttis
Located in Paris, FR
Italian console four feet with characters trains arbaléte, marble with beak corbin, gilt with gold, condition of use, plan a restoration.
Category
1850s Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
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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