Rococo Furniture
ROCOCO STYLE
Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.
The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.
When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.
The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.
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Style: Rococo
Fine 18th Century Swedish Rococo Desk
Located in Helsingborg, SE
Fine 18th century Swedish black painted Rococo desk with four drawers and great proportions and shape. Ca 1760 Sweden.
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Sculpture of a Saint, Village Madonna, Linden Wood, 19th Century, South Tirol
Located in Basel, BS
Sculpture of a saint, "Bauern-Madonna", linden wood, 19th century, South Tyrol.
Half-plastic figure made of linden wood depicting Mary with a crown, holding the Christ Child on h...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Rococo Parcel Gilt Armchair
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century large Rococo style armchair recovered in white Terry Towelling with a feathered cushion seat. The parcel gilt frame of scrolls, foliate and shells. with original ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Large Pair 19th Century Gilded Mirrors
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully impressive pair of 19th century Rococo style carved gilt gesso wall/pier glass mirrors. Each with scrolling 'C' scroll, foliate and pierced trellis decoration. Measure:...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso
17th Century Italian Vase with a Chesapecten Shell & Crystal Point
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian vase with a chesapecten shell, crystal point, and fossil shells on a petrified wood base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved f...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal
Pair of Rococo Style Ormolu Wall Lights
By Henry Dasson
Located in London, GB
Pair of bronze wall sconces exceptionally well modelled, each naturalistically formed with three-branches with lamp holders, formed from leaves and flowers.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Dutch Rococo Marquetry Miniature Desk
Located in Essex, MA
With curved lid opening to a fitted interior with three drawers below and bracket feet. Beautifully crafted in a bombe form. Much time and skill went into making this piece. Sometime...
Category
1740s Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Pink Vintage Fortuny Textile Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom pillows made with vintage printed Fortuny textile fronts and cream velvet backs with self cording. Down inserts, sewn closed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Down
Pair of Pink & Cream Fortuny Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom pillows made with vintage pink & cream Fortuny cotton fronts and cream colored velvet backs. Self cording, down inserts, sewn closed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Velvet, Down
Meissen Hand Painted Porcelain Set of Six Cabinet Plates
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a set of six Meissen cabinet round plates. The background of the plates are white with gilt details. The plates are reticulated in the borders and hand painted with different...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rococo Style Carved Gold Giltwood Mirrors with Sconces, a Pair
Located in West Hartford, CT
Magnificent pair of ornate giltwood shaped mirrors feature a surmounted carved phoenix bird with floral and foliage decoration enclosing a beveled mirror. Each has a projected two ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Swedish Painted Oval Pedestal Base with Scrolled Legs Side Table
Located in London, GB
A circa 19th century painted Swedish side or end table with an oval top.
This useful table has been painted later.
Turned pedestal base with three scrolled legs.
Please note it is...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Sevres Style French Porcelain Trinket Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a porcelain trinket box hinged lid depicting a hand painted 18th century pastoral scene of a young boy learning to play a guitar while his teacher is teaching him the musical no...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Figure of Neptune with a Dolphin, 1765-1830
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous porcelain figure of Neptune with a dolphin, shaped by Derby possibly as early as around the year 1765, and finished by Bloor Derby in 1829 or 1830. The figure is i...
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Superb French Brass Rococo Fire Screen
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A superb French brass Rococo fire screen
The Fire screen is a superb quality piece, it is has a very unusual shape with curves and a carrying handle to the top.
The frame is ver...
Category
Mid-20th Century Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Sevres Style Hand Painted Porcelain Small Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Sevres style hand painted porcelain hinged small rectangular box. The background of the box is painted cobalt blue. It’s featuring in the front lid, a scene of some soldier...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Viennese Enamel Table Clock with Fire-Gilding and Watteau Painting
Located in Vienna, AT
Finest Viennese Enamel work from around 1880:
Body in the form of an elliptical cylinder, designed like an advertising column: stepped base, faceplate and all covers made of fire-gi...
Category
1880s Austrian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rosenthal Classic Rose Coffee Service for Six People in Hand Painted Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, Denmark
Rosenthal Classic Rose coffee service for six people in hand painted porcelain with romantic scenes,
Mid-20th century.
Consisting of six coffee cups with saucers, coffee pot, sugar...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Pair of Rococo Ormolu Wall Lights by Henri Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally well modelled, each naturalistically formed with three-branches with lamp holders, formed from leaves and flowers. Wired for electricity
A set of four wall lights of...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Carved French Painted Louis XV Style Mirror, C. 1900's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved wood & painted French mirror with beautiful worn patina. Newer mirror inset.
Category
Early 1600s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Chest Sevres Very Good Condition
By Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chest sevres very good condition
without repairs or restorations
signed Libertem on the cover
decorated on its 5 sides.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Louis XV Style Italian Painted Console
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Louis XV style Italian painted console with acanthus leaf motif.
Category
20th Century Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Exceptional Pair of Very Fine Late 18th Century Venetian Open Armchairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A pair of early Venetian armchairs with exceptional form. Of heavy construction, carved and painted off-white with parcel gilt details. The shaped crest rails with carved leafy cente...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
White Painted and Carved Wood Rococo Mirror
Located in Washington, DC
A white painted and carved wood Rococo mirror.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Paint, Wood
Sevres Ceramica Chest Rococo Style
By Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres Ceramica chest
Rococo style
19th century 1870
hand painted
origin France
Perfect unrestored condition
natural wear.
Category
1870s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Wonderful French Rococo Gilt Bronze Garland Cage Crystal Basket Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French Rococo gilt bronze garland cage & crystal basket chandelier with 6 candelabras light, completely rewired with new sockets and comes with chain canopy and mounting ...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Rococo Style Carved Oak-Wood Barometer with Thermometer
Located in Barntrup, DE
This barometer features a beautifully carved oak-wood frame with Rococo or Louis XV style leaf and rocaille details. Above the barometer, there is a thermometer in Celsius degrees. E...
Category
1920s European Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
Parian Bust of Mme, Adelaide
Located in Woodbury, CT
Marie Adelaide de France, was a French princess, the sixth child, and the fourth daughter of King Louis XV of France and his consort, Marie Leszczynska. As the legitimate daughter of...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Majolica Monkey Pianist Humidor Tobacco Jar Sarreguemines
Located in The Hills, TX
Amusing Majolica monkey pianist tobacco jar signed Sarreguemines, circa 1880.Rarely found complete with his lid the chimpanzee wear a costume of Oriental style, he play piano and two...
Category
1880s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
18th Century Italian Mecca Candlestick with Phantom Quartz & Chalcedony Rosettes
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian mecca gold leaf candlestick with a red phantom crystal quartz point encased in Italian antique metal petal drip pan tray. The candlestick is decorated with chalc...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Marble, Metal, Gold Leaf
Large Louis XV Serpentine Shape Period Commode
Located in Nashville, TN
A Rococo commode or chest with very fine original mercury fire gilt mounts. Nice faded cognac color. Simple clean lines and design. Marble top probably original and hand hewn (see r...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal
Italian Carved Wood Figural Card Stand, Receiver, Late 18th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique Italian carved wood figural card stand or server. Life-sized figure in the form of a young cavalier holding a round tray, on a small pedestal base.
1EXA.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Console Table
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century Italian console table. Painted and parcel-gilt with pierced frieze on fluted stretched supports with St Anne’s veined grey marble top. Salvaged from an English mano...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique Porcelain Mounted Gilt Metal Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This wonderful clock set displays many of the characteristics of the 18th century Rococo style. These include gracefulness, asymmetry, and the use of curved forms. The set, which inc...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Italian Rococo Giltwood Mirrors
Located in Essex, MA
With original gilding in cleaned restored retail condition. Arched open crest with scroll and flower decoration over a mirror plate set in a conforming frame with open carved ear cor...
Category
1760s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Meissen Potpourri Vase Wine Grapes Monkey Model 1002 by Eberlein Made circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen nice Potpourri vase: Monkey eating wine grapes / lady with boy
The details are stunningly scupltured = finest modelling!
Design:
Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1696-1749) / ...
Category
1860s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Italian Diminutive Giltwood Mirror Back Wall Shelves
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of diminutive giltwood mirror back wall shelves. The giltwood frame having a single shelf for small nick knacks. Each having opposing column-form and carved sides and floral and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Faience Asparagus Bundles, France, 18th
Located in Bamberg, DE
France, c. 1775
Faience, marked on the base with the heraldic lily, the manufactory mark of Sceaux. The manufactory was especially known for its japonising decorations. But such ori...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Faience
Botanical Mezzotint of "Amaranthus" by Johann W. Weinmann-c. 1737-45
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Botanical by Johann Wilhelm Weimann (1683-1741) published this print "Amaranthus hybridus, L.15, ruber" pl. #90 in "Phytanthoza Iconographia" between 1737-1745. This work covered mos...
Category
1730s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This Sèvres style clock is an elegant piece of late 19th century design, which will make a wonderful addition to a mantelpiece. It has been beautifully cast in bronze and gilded (orm...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Italian Giltwood Wreath Shaped Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian carved giltwood wreath shaped mirror with clear mirror inset.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
19th-C. French Wrought Iron Draped Floral and Marble Top Console Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely French wrought iron and marble top console table that could work in an interior setting to a covered garden patio. The black and white veined marble top is in very g...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Iron
Pair of 1750s Italian Piedmontese Rococo Blue-Painted and Parcel-Gilt Stools
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A pair of Italian Piedmontese Rococo period mid-18th century painted and parcel-gilt stools from the collection of designer Gary Tisdale-Woods, with cabriole legs and upholstery. Bor...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Massive Neoclassical Terracotta Garden Urn Campana-Form Depicting Goddesses
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental Italian neoclassical terracotta Campana-form garden urn . An extremely fine molded figural group of goddesses in back and front to the urn.
Being exposed to the outdoor e...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
French Louis XV Period Carved Wood Console Table with Marble Top, circa 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period carved wood console table with marble top from the mid-18th century. This French console table, circa 1760 features a shaped veined marble top sitting over a...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Large Italian Rococo Style Pine Trumeau Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Italian Rococo style pine trumeau mirror.
William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for antique interiors since 1956.
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Pair of gilt bronze Rocaille style candlesticks, circa 1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of chiseled and gilt bronze Rocaille style candlesticks mounted in lamps and standing on an asymmetrical base with guilloche. The central support is made of curved volutes toppe...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Fruitwood Venetian Style Carved Settee Canape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Italian fruitwood settee or canapé carved in the Venetian style. Features an interlocking design on the back decorated with small scrolls and quatrefoils. The arms measure 2...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood, Fabric
Portuguese Colonial Brazilian Solid Rosewood Slant Lid Writing Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Made in Brazil and purchased as an antique in Rio De Janeiro in the 1950s. With slant lid top opening to a finely fitted compartment with drawers and cubbys and hidden compartments o...
Category
1760s Brazilian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Romantic Very Fine 19th Century Bronze Figure with Putti on Marble Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A gorgeous very fine 19th century heavy bronze statue in a dramatic pose having a cherub by her feet and a rouge marble base. Title is Crepuscule or Twilight by Hippolyte Francois Mo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Inlaid Box by Alphonse Giroux & Cie
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular box in ebony veneer inlaid with star patterns, all sides and the cover adorned with finely openwork and chiseled hinges in gilded bronze set with hard stone cabochons, si...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ebony
Antique French Louis XV Style Ormolu Rococo Clock Set
By Charles Hour
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A very fine ormolu Rococo clock set by Charles Hour, circa 1880. It is beautifully modelled in the Rococo style of Louis XV in Ormolu (finely gilded bronze). Beautiful balloon shaped...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Meissen Wife of Tailor on Goat Model 155 by Eberlein, circa 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen stunning figurine: Wife of tailor riding on goat
Manufactory: Meissen
Dating: 19th century / made circa 1850
Material: white porcelain, glossy finish, finest painting ...
Category
1850s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Pair of Italian Maiolica Flower Pots Milano, circa 1770
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna”
decorated with trompe l’oeil
Pasquale Rubati Factory
Milan, circa 1770
Measures: each 4.7 in (cm 12) x 5 in (cm 12.8) x 8.7 in (cm 22.4)
lb 1.76 e...
Category
1770s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Maiolica
Derby Porcelain Figure of Female Ranelagh Dancer, Rococo 1759-1769
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a sublimely made porcelain figure of the female "Ranelagh Dancer", made by Derby between 1759 and 1769, which was the Rococo era. The figure would originally have had a male ...
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Barometer with Original Mercury Mechanism, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
A very fine and palatial French 19th Louis XV style green painted with polychrome flower decor and gilt bronze-mounted barometer in the manner of La Maison Cam Opticien. Surmounted w...
Category
1860s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Rococo Giltwood Wall Mirror, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Italian Rococo giltwood wall mirror, 18th century; large open work crest. Small etched mirror panel above main mirror panel.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Pair Blue and White Delft Jars Hand-Painted 18th Century Netherlands circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of 18th-century Delft jars has a lovely distinctive style, taken from nature. The rich cobalt blue designs are hand-painted. We see curving and scrolling floral patterns. T...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Delft
