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
Large Crescent Planter in Desvres Earthenware Signed Geo Martel, Early 20th
By Geo Martel
Located in Argenteuil, IDF
Beautiful crescent planter forming a centerpiece in Desvres faience decorated with lambrequins, bouquets of flowers and resting on four horned feet. Model number 688 and handwritten ...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$1,328 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Bergere Armchair in Louis XV Style, in Painted Wood
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large bergere armchair in Louis XV style, in painted wood, circa 1930.
Category
1930s European Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Beech
Louis XV Style Fireback Representing the Queen of France Marie Leczinska
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
19th century Louis XV style fireback depicting the French Queen Marie Leczinska. Three similar firebacks are reproduced in Henri Carpentier's book "Plaques...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
Painted Tin Planter, Louis XV Style, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Painted tin planter, Louis XV style, 19th century.
Painted tin planter in the Louis XV style, 19th century.
H: 9cm, W: 22.5cm, D: 16cm
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Metal
Four Peacock Blue Velvet Armchairs from the Louis XV Period
Located in Paris, FR
This is a set of four Louis XV period armchairs in walnut wood. They are molded and carved with flowers. Each chair rests on four arched legs and has two sinuous armrests. Three of t...
Category
1770s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Silver Plated Metal Planter in Louis XV Style
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Silver plated metal planter in Louis XV style, early 20th century.
Measures: H 14 cm, L 37 cm, D 12 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Metal
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
17th Century Pair of 6-Light Gilt Bronze Wall Lights Inspired by J.Caffieri
By OMBRES ET FACETTES, Jacques Caffieri
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This wall lamp is inspired by a very famous model of the XVIIIth century, enormously copied, made by Jacques Caffieri.
Many bronze and goldsmiths participated in the fame of the mod...
Category
17th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Secretary furniture in precious wood, stamped J. Popsel, Louis XV - 18th century
By Jean Pöpsel
Located in HÉRIC, FR
A rare and beautiful Louis XV writing desk, stamped Popsel, inlaid with precious wood.
This commissioned piece of furniture is a unique and extraordinary model, specially crafted by ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of “cabriolet” armchairs in walnut and canework. Louis XV period. LS5209325
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
F.L., stamped.
Pair of “cabriolet” armchairs in walnut, decorated with ribbons at the top of the back and in the center of the belt. Cane seat and back, the seat covered with a leat...
Category
1760s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Six-light gilt bronze cage Chandelier with cut crystal pendants and daggers
Located in Paris, FR
Large six-light cage chandelier, with its gilded bronze frame, richly adorned with tassels and cut crystals as well as glass daggers. It ends with a faceted ball. This Louis XV-style...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style Buffets in Kingwood, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Louis XV buffets in kingwood standing on four cabriole legs opening by to leaf doors on a compartment with a shelf. Cabriole-shaped apron. Straight tray. Beveled angles. Cart...
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Kingwood
Terracotta Representing a Child and a Bird in the Hand
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Terracotta representing a child and a bird in the hand, signed, early 20th century, Louis XV style.
Measures: H: 24 cm, W: 32 cm, D: 15 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century European Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Barometer Regulates and Base in Semi-Precious Stone Representing a Cello Player
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Barometer regulates and base in semi-precious stone representing a Cello player in antique.
Measures: H 20cm, W 10cm.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,601 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid-19th Century Limoges Enamel Flask
By Limoges
Located in Paris, FR
Small flask in Limoges enamel and silver mounts with its original stopper. All of its surfaces are decorated with figures set in a gallant landscape. On the body, a couple of young l...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
18th Century Louis XV Ceiling Light in Black Bronze and 18K Gilt Bronze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This ceiling light is composed of an inverted glass pyramid, whose birth is set with a bronze line.
It is punctuated at the base of its edges by four f...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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
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
Chandelier in Hand Carved Gold Giltwood from the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chandelier in hand carved gold giltwood from the 19th century. Originally used with candles.
Category
19th Century French 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
$1,067 Sale Price
40% Off
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
Antique Exquisite 20 lights Baccarat Crystal Chandalier
Located in Doha, QA
Very fine and exquisite gilt bronze crystal chandalier with 20 lights , beautiful large edged crystals up to 15cm high and 2,5 cm thick. Parameters are 110 cm hight and 85 cm diamete...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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
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
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
Carle Van Loo, La Halte De Chasse Oil on Canvas, 19th Century French School
By Charles-André van Loo
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
After Carle Van Loo, La halte de chasse (1737) (in english « The hunting halt »).
Large oil on canvas with a black lacquered frame with gilt molded hi...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Canvas
19th Dragon Pair of Wall Lamp in Bronze Oxidized Silver and 24K Gold
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Faithful to the fashion of Japaneseism at the end of the 19th century, this model is inspired by the works of Edouard Lièvre (1828-1886), a major contributor to this movement within ...
Category
19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze
Louis XV Style Bouillotte Table in Kingwood, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Circular Louis XV style bouillotte table in kingwood marquetry standing on four cabriole legs.
Four apron leaves with a curved frontal edge covered with brown leather hit with gilt irons with a decor of foliage scrolls and opening by a small gilt brass button. Ornamentation of kingwood marquetry sole sliced.
Scalloped Medici Breche marble top.
Removable top with scalloped edges and with a kingwood marquetry tray, plank side sliced on the back and sole sliced on the front, organized in a sun shape centred by an Amboina veneered circle.
Chiselled and gilt bronze ornamentation in stick shapes on the exterior edges of legs, foliaged for shoes, an acanthus leaves shape on the apron and in a moulded and curved frame around the removable tray.
Work realized in the late of the 19th century...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Queille & Soufflot - 37pc. Antique French 19th Century Dessert Flatware Set !
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris, a stunning 37pc. 19th century, dessert flatware set by two of France’s premier silversmiths “Pierre Queille” and “Henri Soufflot” in excellent condition and includ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
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
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
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
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
$5,458 / set
Crystal Beverage Service by Maison Boin-Taburet
By Boin-Taburet
Located in Paris, FR
Cut-crystal beverage service with silver-gilt mounts by Maison Boin-Taburet. It is composed of an ewer and 8 glasses highlighted with twisted flutes. ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Silver
$5,458 / set
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
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
Paul Duboy, Bisque Statue Young Girl in a Ball Gown
Located in Paris, FR
This porcelain bisque statue depicts a young woman in a ball gown, holding a mask and a fan, in 18th century taste. She is wearing an elegant dress à la ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
Fireback with the Coat of Arms of France from the 17th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Fireback with the coat of arms of France from the 18th century reproduced in the book "Plaques de Cheminées" by Henri Carpentier, page 206.
Category
17th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
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
Curiosity Watercolor "Enema" in the style of 18th Cenutury
Located in Marseille, FR
The enema of Louis XVI style amazing subject treated to the watercolor erotica or curiosa in the style of the 18th century illegible signature.
Category
Early 20th Century European Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Paper
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
$7,712 / set
Tetard Freres - 115pc. French Sterling Silver Flatware Set + Storage Chest
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris, a Magnificent 115pc. French Sterling Silver Flatware Set + Storage Chest by one of France’s Premier Silversmiths “Tetard Freres” in Near New Condition. Tetard Frè...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Pair of Vase in Porcelain with Ormolu Bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of porcelain with ormolu bronze. Probably did by the very famous manufacture of samson porcelain.
Category
1930s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$6,900 / set
20th century Louis XV style Bronze Fireplace Tools, 1900s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Nice Louis XV style bronze fireplace set consisting of an ash shovel, an ash tongs and the tool holder. Twisted bar connecting a handle.
Nice quality.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$617 Sale Price
20% Off
Fireback from the 18th Century Featuring a Love Playing with a Goat
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Very unusual and rare 18th century fireback, figuring a love playing with a goat..
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
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
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
Louis Xv furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
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