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
Fine French Louis XV Style Mahogany and Carrara Marble Brass Bound Dessert Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous octagonal Carrara marble two tier top dessert table. This table is fitted with pierce carved brass gallery to make sure your cream puffs and eclairs don't fly off ...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
Antique Country French Louis XV Whitewashed Trumeau Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French Louis XV Whitewashed Trumeau Mirror was sculpted from old-growth oak, and features a subtle rendition of the Rococo flair with a tailored overall effect. The ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Oak
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
Materials
Silk, Wood
Paint Decorated Continental Italian Foyer Cabinet Console Table Buffet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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1950s Italian Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Three-Arm Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming true pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu three arm sconces. Each sconce is centered by a lovely scrolled foliate design in a striking satin and burnished finis...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Baroque Louis XV Rococo Style Mirror Cabinet in Walnut with Putti
Located in Marseille, FR
19th Baroque Louis XV Rococo style mirror cabinet in walnut with putti with 2 richly carved doors dimension height 265 cm for a width of 165 cm and depth of 55 cm. Part of a set including a wardrobe a bed a pair bedside tables...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century French Fruitwood Serpentine Front Commode with 3 Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th century French fruitwood serpentine front commode with 3 drawers, paneled sides, and cabriole feet.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 18th century Louis XV period limestone fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by elegant jambs each displaying fine recessed mottled designs. The arbalest shape...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Louise Credenza in White Bronze by Paul Mathieu for Stephanie Odegard
Located in New York, NY
The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furniture. The characteristic cabriole leg, curving outward at the knee and inward towards the foot in an "S" shape was born during this period. It is during the same era that English furniture makers produced the Queen Anne and Chippendale styles.
The curved legs and side rails of this exceptionally elegant table are hand carved from solid pieces of teak. Pattern makers trace and cut complex forms that will cover the table from thick sheets of copper or silver. Once the table is joined together, it is meticulously encased in a tight-fitting skin of copper or purest silver. The silver used was assayed at 96% purity, which exceeds the minimum standard for sterling of 92.5%. Brass, White Bronze, Antiqued bronze, Silver and Copper are the available options for the metal skin. Both silver and copper will tarnish over time. Regular non-abrasive household metal polishes can be used to restore the original finish.
Louise Credenza...
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2010s American Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Metal
19C Louis XV Style Boudoir Display Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a BEAUTIFUL and ELEGANT 19C Louis XV Style Boudoir Display Vitrine .
From circa 1890 and made in France.
This is a tall legged vitrine and has beautiful ormolu mounts an...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Italian, Savoy, Rococo Period Cherrywood 2-Drawer Farm Table, mid 18th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having a rectangular top with breadboard ends and rounded corners atop a conforming frame housing two side drawers, the apron interestingly shaped, r...
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1750s Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Vintage Louis XV Style Carved Giltwood Beveled Oval Mirror with Shell Cartouche
Located in Dallas, TX
Oval in shape, the mirror features a decorative shell cartouche flanked with foliage decor, discrete engraved floral and rose motifs around the frame and another intricate shell moti...
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Late 20th Century American Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Venetian Set of 6 Dining Chairs Made by La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
A set of x6 hand carved, Venetian style, dining chairs featuring tall backs and overall elegant proportions.
The chairs are finished in a hand painted Gesso white patina which is dis...
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2010s British Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Louis XV Style Tulipwood Rouge Marble Top Commode
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Crossbanded Rouge Marble Top Commode, late 19th century, retailed by A. Mailfert, Orleans, the rounded rectangular molded marble top above an arrangement...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Red À La Reine Armchair, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A armchair, fauteuil à la Reine with back in the style of Jean Baptiste Cresson with headlines of the armrests and seat upholstered and covered with red silk damask, "violonné" backr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Damask, Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Carved Paint Decorated Caned Fauteuils for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XV style in pale taupe paint with carved white painted details and painted caned back and seat. With classic French leafy details and shaped X stretchers on cabriole legs. With...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Cane, Wood
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut Child’s Settee
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming small scale French 18th century Louis XV period walnut child's settee. The settee is raised by eight cabriole legs with fine scrolled feet and attached by a most decorativ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Style Carved and Giltwood Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Elegant large scale 19th century French Louis XV style carved and giltwood mirror. Very fine carvings of leaves and flowers and an elaborate crest at the top. Exquisite!
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Pair Of Early 19Th. C French Louis XV Style Bergère Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Just in!
This wonderful Pair Of Early 19Th. C French Louis XV Style hand carved Bergère Chairs with a Green Velvet upholstery. and nail heads.
The velvet is as found, in very good p...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
French Louis XV Style Cherry Bonnetière with Inlay Decor, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
French Louis XV Style Cherry Bonnetière with Inlay Decor, 19th Century
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Palatial Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved Wall Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An important and palatial pair of French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood carved six-light wall lights "Appliques" (Sconces), the six scrolled candle-arms emanating from a center...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique French Marble Top Wine Tables
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pair of antique French marble top wine tables, dating from around the 1930’s period.
The quality is outstanding and they are a very useful size. The marble tops have gor...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu & Vernis Martin Desk, Attr. Majorelle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Satinwood Parquetry and Vernis Martin Style Lady's Petit Writing Table Desk, attributed to Louis Majorelle (French, 1859...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Louis XV Style French Provincial Pear Wood Tall Buffet
Located in Middleburg, VA
A beautiful Louis XV style French Provincial tall buffet made of deeply patinated pear wood retaining the original deep lustrous color. Four doors with sh...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Steel
Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Hutch
Located in Evergreen, CO
This substantial, quarter sawn oak, hutch has seven shelves with upper glass display comprised of windowed glass panels, floral, leaves and shell carvings in the reliefs with simple ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
Monumental French Mirror Gilded with Gold Leaf Louis XV Style, Xixth France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Magnificent very large carved wooden mirror / looking-glass gilded with gold leaf.
Mantelpiece, overmantel, bedroom mirror, wall mirror, e...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mirror
18th Century French Louis XV 'Fruits of the Summer' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Soest, NL
18th Century French Louis XV period 'Fruits of the Summer' fireplace fireback. With two horns of plenty, a sunflower and other greenery.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century Louis XV Style Brown Lacquer Chinoiserie Bronze-Mounted Commode
Located in Austin, TX
A rare Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted brown lacquer commodes decorated in chinoiserie decoration with marble top, two drawers.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal
French Louis XVI Jansen Style Bergere, Arm / Accent Chair, Velvet, Giltwood
Located in Manhasset, NY
French Louis XVI Jansen Style Bergere,arm / accent chair, velvet, giltwood
Classy and elegant French Louis XVI style arm or lounge chair. Pe...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Vintage French Louis XV Rococo Style Yellow & Green Settee Loveseat Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Rococo Style Yellow & Green Settee Loveseat Sofa. Item features a solid wood frame, nicely carved details, distressed finish, nice vintage item. Circa Mid 20...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
20th Century, French Sofa / canapé in antique Louis Quinze Style
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid beechwood, carved, colored and gilded. Semicircular ascending backrest frame with perforated rocaille crowning. Passive curved frame with richly r...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Beech
18th Century French Transitional Louis XV & Louis XVI Oak Vaisellier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 18th century French Transitional Louis XV & Louis XVI vaisellier in oak featuring plate shelving above buffet cabinet with 3 drawers, 2 carved paneled...
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18th Century European Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Marble-Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XV walnut marble-top buffet features subtly curvaceous naturalistic lines accented with shell and foliate carvings, with an interesting design that includes...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood Marquetry Ormolu-Mounted Desk Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and large French 19th century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Tulipwood floral marquetry and finely chased ormolu-mounted desk, side table, writing table or wall console, raised o...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage French Country Louis XV Style Carved Round Back Walnut Arm Chairs - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Country Louis XV Style Carved Round Back Walnut Arm Chairs - a Pair. Item features ornately carved solid wood frames, cabriole legs, ribbon carved crests, carved round...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century Antique French Oval Hand Carved Extending Table in Painted Wood
Located in Sofia, BG
Antique French 19th century oval extending table with two separate extension leaves. The table is done by solid wood painted in light blue with s...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Giltwood Console Table
Located in Pembroke, MA
Louis XV style giltwood console table with white marble top. Elegant carved details include shell and leaf forms, flowers and other Ro...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique French Crystal Prism Chandelier Murano Glass Red Drop Gold Gilt 4 Arm
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French crystal prism chandelier Murano glass red drop gold gilt 4 arm
~Direct from France~
~Beautiful antique chandelier having a gild...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass
Louis XV Style, French Commode, Kingwood Inlay, Bronze, France, 19th C.
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XV Style, Refinished Commode or Chest of Drawers, Kingwood Inlay, Bronze, Marble, France, 19th C.
A breathtaking French commode chest, featuring exquisite all-over parquetry i...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Very Decorative Walnut Card Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn3822, very attractive French card table in walnut, having finely inlaid swivel top with green leather card surface, satinwood inlaid frieze and turned and reeded legs decorated wit...
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20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV-Style Gilt Bronze Cylinder Desk by François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A stunning cylinder desk with roller shutter in the style of Louis XV, plum pudding mahogany, modeled by Jean-Henri Riesener, signed François Linke. The upper structure fitted with t...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Painted Louis XV Style Canape
Located in London, GB
A French carved and painted Louis XV style canape, in very pale greens and yellows, newly upholstered in navy gingham linen.
Category
1930s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Beech
20th Century French Louis XV Style Bedside Table, 1920s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful small 20th century French Louis XV style walnut and marble bedside table from the 1920s.
Three front drawers and two small tables on the sides.
Very nice marquetry on eac...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Painted Bombe Marble-Top Chests or Commodes by John Widdicomb
Located in Manhasset, NY
John Widdicomb made in England pair of painted Bombe marble-top chests. Each chest with oak secondaries in the Louis XV Fashion having painted leaf, vine and scroll design on an off-...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
French 18th Century Provencal Mirror
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French 18th century Provencal mirror.
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Rare Louis XV Style "Elephant" Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare Louis XV style gilt and patinated bronze "Pendule à l'éléphant" mantel clock , the enamel dial signed: "Mafson" à Paris"
This beautiful example was made in the late 19th century...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood and Kingwood Ladies Writing Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XV St. tulipwood and kingwood ladies writing desk. The desk is raised by four slender cabriole legs with fine wrap-around ormolu sabots, kingwood...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Wall Estanier Shelf from Provence
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautifully carved, antique fruitwood "Estanier" (aka Provencal hanging shelf), was crafted in Southern France, circa 1880. (An Estanier was originally used as a hanging shelf t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Antique French Country Louis XV Victorian Floral Tapestry Arm Chairs, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Country Louis XV Victorian Style Floral Tapestry arm chairs - a Pair. Item features a ribbon and rose carved crest, floral tapestry u...
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Giltwood Console
Located in Houston, TX
18th century French giltwood console circa 1740-1770. Extremely well-executed wall-mounted console hand-carved in giltwood with d...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Louis XV Style 1890s Black Painted and Parcel-Gilt Bench with Cabrioles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted and carved wooden Louis XV style bench from the late 19th-early 20th century. This exquisite French Louis XV style bench features a rectangular backless seat...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Linen, Upholstery, Giltwood, Wood
Luxury Set Antique French Andirons Firedogs
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
Beautiful set of antique French brass firebombs. The details on these items are just stunning.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Chandelier. Baccarat Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant gilt bronze and crystal eight light 'cage style' chandelier by Baccarat
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Louis XV Style Rosewood Inlaid Sideboard, Credenza, Cabinet, Bronze Mounted
Located in Manhasset, NY
Monumental French Louis XV Style Rosewood Inlaid Sideboard, Bronze Mounted
A French Inlaid Louis XV style Sideboard, Credenza, Buffet of Monumental Form having a thick marble top with pink hues supported by a vintage custom French cabinet maker case; the case having five bowed doors all with inlaid floral decoration. Each door having fitted interiors with two shelves and fitted finished sides with mahogany finished reverse interiors. The serpentine front flanked by demilune sides with five top drawers. The whole having finely cast bronze mounts. Simply too much to describe in this large and highly impressive sideboard...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Turquoise Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Covered Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th Century Chinese Turquoise Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Covered Vases with Dragon Decoration. The vases feature a turquoise glaz...
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1870s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
20th Century French Bureau Plat/ Writing Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century French bureau plat/ writing desk
In Bois Satiné veneer, mirror veneer covering all sides with rocaille applications. Edged with extremely finely chiselled, extremely...
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20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style White Washed Oak Bench, 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Louis XV Style White Washed Oak Bench, 20th Century
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Oak
Classy Midcentury Louis XV Style Coffee Table with Stunning Marble Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Mid century French Provincial Louis XV style marble top coffee table having carved molded edge, cream colored painted base with carved acanthus leaves and elegant cabriole legs. Jus...
Category
1950s American Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
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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