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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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Style: Louis XV
Mirror, Italian Manufacture, 1700s
Located in Baranzate, IT
Antique gilded mirror with wooden frame and gilded porporin. Italian manufacture. 1700.
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Mirror, Giltwood

French Louis XV Period Game Table With Original Red Leather Top, 18th C.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a wonderful French Louis XV, 18th C. Game Table With Original Red Leather Top This table is a rectangular Regence game table of Piquet, circa 1780 from Provence Four elegant ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Important pair of Louis XV-era bowed and walnut-root dressers
Located in Cesena, FC
Pair of Italian (Venetian) Louis XV dressers. Important pair of Lombardy Venetian dressers from the Louis XV period (mid-1700s). Of wavy, rounded shape on front and sides, entirely ...
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1750s Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Nutwood

French Louis XV Style Kingwood Marble Top Commode Dresser Chest of Drawers
Located in Long Branch, NJ
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Marble Top Commode Dresser Chest of Drawers Dimensions : 45" Wide X 31.5" Tall X 20.25" Deep This gorgeous kingwood marble top commode was made in Fr...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Kingwood

Italy, Tuscan center table or writing table from the XVIII century
Located in Vicenza, IT
This precious center table/desk in walnut root with maple wood inlay on a black background was made in Tuscany (Italy), around the mid-18th century. Its rectangular shape has a so-ca...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood, Walnut

Oak Buffet a deux Corps
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
French first quarter 19th C. Carved Oak Buffet a deux Corps. Circa 1820 French country buffet à deux corps. Oak from Normandy. Louis XV Rococo style. Extensively carved - grapes a...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Oak

Pair Of French 19th c. Louis XV St. Light Green Fire Glazed Porcelain Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and finely detailed pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. light green fire glazed Porcelain, Ormolu, and Giltwood lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square Giltwood platf...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

Black Lacquered Marble Top Table
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Charming Louis XV style black lacquered side table with raised edge, polished marble top. One drawer. Gilded bronze drawer pull and sabots.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Louis XV Style Gilt Carved Mirror
Located in Long Branch, NJ
​19th Century French Louis XV Style Gilt Carved Mirror Measures 60 Inches H x 34 Inches W
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1840s Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood, Mirror

Louis XV Period Secretary At Doucine by Denis Louis Ancellet - 18th Century
By Denis-Louis Ancellet
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Oven secretary in walnut and other european woods, opening with two leaves a flap and a drawer. The decor is composed of three medallions containing inlaid floral arrangements. Open...
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1760s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

French Mid 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and grand scaled French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat crystal chandelier. The thirty light chandelier with a striking crystal central fut is surrounded by six central supporting scrolled arms which split at the bottom into three arms. Flanking the supporting arms are six single arms. The three levels of lights are joined by swaging garlands of faceted crystal beads in various sizes. Each arm is elegantly decorated by most impressive and thick crystals of various shapes and cuts. Each saucer below the candle cups are decorated by elongated cut...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Crystal

19th Century French Porcelain-Mounted Occasional Table in the Louis XV/XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A Porcelain-Mounted Occasional Table in the Transitional Manner Attributed to Edward Holmes Baldock Constructed from kingwood and tulipwood, with ormolu mounts in the Louis XV/XVI transitional style, supported on cabriole lefs with sabot feet, the frieze decorated with eight 'Sevres' style porcelain painted panels with birds...
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19th Century English Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

Louis XV Period Chest Of Drawers - Amaranth & Violet Wood - 18th
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Exceptional Louis XV period chest of drawers in amaranth and violet wood. This high chest of drawers opens with 4 drawers spread over 3 rows. It is inlaid with sycamore fillets and t...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Louis XV Limestone Fireplace Mantel, early 19th Century
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Charming Louis XV Limestone Fireplace Mantel, dating from early 19th Century Inside dimensions : 124cm wide & 94cm high
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Limestone

A French late 19th cent Louis XV st. wrought iron, gilt metal and marble console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French late 19th century Louis XV st. wrought iron, gilt metal and marble console. The console is raised by scrolled legs above the gilt ball feet and joined by a scro...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Metal, Wrought Iron

A small French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A small French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier. The six arm chandelier displays a central fut decorated with foliage amidst a twisted ribbon. The fut...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

Gilt Bronze & Crystal Pendant
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Gilt Bronze & crystal pendant. Dimensions: Height 14 1/2" Diameter 18" CW602.
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1910s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

French, 19th Century, Louis XV St. Ormolu and Alabaster Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most unique French, 19th century, Louis XV St. Ormolu and Alabaster lamp. The lamp is raised by a beautiful pierced scrolled foliate ormolu base with richly chased...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Ormolu and Brèche D'alep Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, ormolu and Brèche d'Alep side table. The one drawer rectangular side table is raised by slender cabriole legs w...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Bookcase
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XV walnut bookcase is a masterpiece of the cabinetmaker's art! The luxurious nature of the coveted French walnut exudes a sophistication unmatched by any ot...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

Louis XV Style Cut Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, France, circa 1890
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 19th century French Louis XV style chandelier with bronze frame and cut crystal pendants.
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of American 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Chandeliers Stamped Caldwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of American 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood chandeliers, stamped Caldwell. Each Italian inspired six arm chandelier is stamped 'C' for Edward F. Caldwell, and is c...
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19th Century American Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

19th Century French Louis XV Bronze-Mounted Linke Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century. French. Bronze-mounted. Signed Linke. Original marble top.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century Chinese Cobalt Blue Porcelain Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very decorative 19th century Chinese cobalt blue porcelain centerpiece adorned with finely chased Louis XV st. ormolu mounts. The centerpiece is ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu, Bronze and Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very unique French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu, patinated bronze, and Baccarat crystal centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by a stunning pierced base with supe...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu

Giltwood Low Round Table
Located in London, Park Royal
Hand-carved, giltwood round low end table. we can supply a marble top on quotation if required.  
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2010s British Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

Pair of Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Corner Wall Brackets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and white Carrara marble corner wall brackets. Each wall bracket displays a mag...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Carrara Marble

Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Giltwood and Alabastro Fiorito Marble Co
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive Italian 18th century Louis XV period giltwood and Alabastro Fiorito marble console. The freestanding console is raised by beautiful elegant cabriole le...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Giltwood and Aubusson Tapestry Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive and unusually wide French 18th century Louis XV period giltwood and Aubusson tapestry eight legged bench. The bench is elegantly raised by elongated 'S' scrolled ca...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Tapestry, Giltwood

Large Antique Gilt Metal Flagon Lamp
Located in London, GB
Large antique gilt metal lamp in the form of an embossed flagon with many fine details & sitting on an onyx base with gilt feet. The gilding has a soft gold color & has been clean...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Brass

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Bergères À Oreilles Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood Bergères À Oreilles armchairs. Each armchair is raised by elegant cabriole legs with scrolled feet and finely carved sea...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

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...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

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...
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18th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Rock Crystal, Gold, Bronze, Nickel

Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Patinated and Giltwood Stools
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming pair of Italian 19th century Louis XV st. patinated and giltwood stools. Each square stool is raised by elegant patinated cabriole legs with fine giltwood acanthus leaf feet and most decorative scrolled foliate corner carvings. The arbalest shaped frieze displays scrolled...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most important and large scale Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood center table. The rectangular shaped table is raised by four 'S' scrolled legs with most impressive ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Carrara Marble

Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful Italian 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood mirror. The original mirror plate is framed within a striking and uniquely shaped giltwood reeded border with elegant C scrolle...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Mirror, Giltwood

Pair of Swiss, French Armchairs, Louis XV Style, Rococo, Silvered, Brown-Red
Located in Ettlingen, DE
This pair of armchairs came to us from a friend, descendant of a traditional familiy in Geneva, Switzerland. Her grandfather was a renowned doctor in the city. Geneva was a very honorable christian-calvinistic place that time. When the first brothel opened in the 1920ties, it became an immediate huge scandal. The cathouse had to close on the next morning. The doctor, father of our friend aquired some of the furniture, amongst them this lovely pair of armchairs. The armchairs are restored, stable, and ready to use. The velvet is a linen by Maison Charles Burger...
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Early 20th Century Swiss Louis XV Furniture

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Silver Leaf

Pair of Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Three-Arm Giltwood Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. three-arm giltwood sconces. The sconces with an oval back plate are decorated with richly carved acanthus leaves amidst scrolls. At ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu and Crystal Twelve-Light Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and crystal twelve light chandelier. The chandelier is centered by an exceptional crystal fut with ormolu sprays and a lower crystal ball pendant. The ormolu arms are decorated with crystals pendants and crystal daggers. The top crown is adorned intricately beaded crystal supports, rosettes and tear shaped pendants...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

French Walnut Serpentine Ormolu & Marble Top Chest of Drawers , Circa 1760
Located in Hollywood, SC
French Walnut serpentine graduated chest of drawers with exquisite decorative inlays, original ormolu mounts , original greenish white vane marble top, and terminating on french spl...
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1760s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

French Louis XV Style Caned Grey Patinated Bench with Entretoise
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XV style caned grey patinated bench with Entretoise. Lovely versatile model. Four benches in store. Price per one bench. Shell detail, delicate carvings on entretoise ...
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20th Century French Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Exotic Wood And Ormolu Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and very high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, exotic wood, and ormolu center table. The rectangular table signed BURY is raised by impressive cabriole legs with fine fitted wrap around ormolu sabots and lovely scrolled foliate designs with an ormolu chute which leads to stunning richly chased foliate corner mounts in a superb satin and burnished finish. The striking arbalest shaped apron displays an exceptional array of wonderfully executed inlaid exotic wood floral and foliate designs with a charming and most decorative cube...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Tulipwood, Ormolu and Marble Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, ormolu, and Gris des Ardennes marble cabinet. The two door cabinet is raised by cabriole legs with bea...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood and Jaune De Valence Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning Italian 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and Jaune de Valence marble console. The wall mounted console is raised by outstanding scrolled tapered legs with charming feet ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood and Faux Painted Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and large scale Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and faux painted marble console. The freestanding console is raised by elegant impressive cabriole leg...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Rouge Royal Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 18th century Louis XV Period Rouge Royal marble mantel. The volute jambs support a swept frieze with an extremely well carved central Rocaille shell reserve within ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Late 19th Century Country French Wrought Iron and Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Country French late 19th century Louis XV st. wrought iron and rock crystal chandelier. The eight arm chandelier is centered by a charming bottom foliate finial centered ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Rock Crystal, Wrought Iron

Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XV St. Patinated Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative set of four French 19th century Louis XV st. patinated armchairs. Each chair is raised by lovely cabriole legs with fine scrolled feet attached by beau...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mirrored Venetian Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely decorative true pair of Italian 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu mirrored Venetian sconces. Each four arm sconce is centered by a beautiful finely detailed p...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair of French Mid 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning true pair of French mid 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu sconces. Each three arm sconce is centered by a fine pierced scrolled foliate backplate with lovely richly chased ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine three door French mid 19th century Louis XV st. buffet. The whole raised on cabriole legs and has three doors on both sides. With a quarter veneer of Tulipwood framed within a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality Italian 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood chandelier. The six arm chandelier is centered by an impressive and finely detailed bottom acorn finial with l...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

Set of Four Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive set of four Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. patinated off white and Mecca armchairs. Each chair is raised by ‘S’ scrolled cabriole legs with large carved Me...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

French Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood and Marble Rectangular Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and marble rectangular side table. The table is raised by cabriole legs with hoof feet and most decorative carvings with a ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Pair of French Mid 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of French mid 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu sconces. Each three armed sconce is centered by a fine pierced scrolled foliate back plate with lovely richly chased le...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Twelve-Light Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu twelve light chandelier. The chandelier is centered by a striking inverted bottom acorn finial below four richly chased dolphins. B...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Patinated and Giltwood Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality Italian mid 18th century Louis XV period patinated, giltwood and Sienna marble console. The freestanding rectangular console is raised by handsome cabr...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Siena Marble

Set of Four Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood and Mirrored Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most unique set of four Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and Saxe porcelain mirrored sconces. Each charming sconce retains its original mirror plate se...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Metal

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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