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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Item Ships From: California
Style: Rococo
Pair of Metallic Appliqued Olive Green Pillows by MLA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom pillows made with 19th century Italian metallic appliques affixed to a contemporary olive green velvet. There is a coordinating silk back and down inserts. Hidden zi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
18th Century Venetian Mirror, Faux Marble, Gilded, Original Mercury Glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exuberant Italian Rococo mirror with parcel-gilt and faux marble and a double mercury plate glass. Minor distressing to faux marble.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Carnavalet Patterned Fortuny Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom Carnavalet patterned Fortuny textile pillows in pink & cream. The 17th Century inspired French design-with magnificent and intricate garden urns abundant with flowers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) Oil on Panel "Dressing for the Ball"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) A very Fine oil on panel "Dressing for the Ball" depicting 18th century interior scene of a young 'High Society' maiden getting dressed for ...
Category
Early 1900s Spanish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Impressive 18th Century Italian Venetian Walnut Secretaire
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressive and unusually tall Venetian black walnut and burled walnut secretary. The mirrored top cabinet doors opening to reveal a multi dr...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Pair of Boucher Patterned Fortuny Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Par of custom pillows made with authentic vintage Fortuny in a discontinued green & silver metallic coloration. True to the Rococo style, BOUCHER is excessively ornamental, filled w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Down
Twelve Light Wood & Iron Painted Chandelier by MLA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We make these fixtures from antique elements we find on our trips to Italy and France. The fixtures are all hand made and each pair are different depending on the client's needs or o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Quatrain for Dessin Fournir Carved Venetian Style Italian Paint Decorated Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Quatrain for Dessin Fournir carved venetian style Italian paint decorated table
Additional information:
Materials: Paint, Wood
Color: Blue
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Category
20th Century Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Neoclassical Style Painted Mirror w/ Wheat Crest C. 1930
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian neoclassical style mirror with rustic elements. The frame is painted in a distressed, light colored finish, giving it a weathered appearance. It features a thin, beaded bor...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
After Fragonard French 19th Century Oil on Canvas Progress of Love-Lover Crowned
By (After) Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large French 19th century oil on canvas (laid down on a masonite) "Les progrès de l'amour dans le cœur d'une jeune fille" The Progress of Love: The Lover Crowned, after Jean-Honoré...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Masonite, Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood
Italian Rococo Style Silver Gilt Mirror C. 1930's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an ornate, Rococo style mirror with an elaborate carved frame. The frame features intricate scrollwork and decorative flourishes, particularly at the top, where a grand, cre...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver Leaf
Italian Painted & Parcel Gilt Cherub Chandelier, circa 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian twelve light painted & parcel gilt Rococo style chandelier with carved wood cherubs. The fixture is made of iron & wood and includes three giltwood cherubs playing musical in...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Italian Rococo Painted and Gilded Console
Located in San Francisco, CA
An Italian giltwood and ochre painted console, with doe foot detail. Fabulous flamboyant carving indicative of the Italian Rococo period. Very good faux
marble top. Consoles of thi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Paint, Giltwood
Pair of Venezianina Patterned Fortuny Textile Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom pillows made with vintage unused Venezianina patterned Fortuny printed fronts and crisp white linen backs with a self welt detail. Down insert...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Down
Italian Style Wood & Iron Painted Chandelier by MLA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom Eight light Italian style wood & Iron Painted Chandelier by Melissa Levinson. Blue, gold, and cream can be seen throughout the chandelier. the fixture is newly wired with drip wax candle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Carnavalet Patterned Fortuny Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom Carnavalet patterned Fortuny textile pillows in pink & cream. The 17th Century inspired French design-with magnificent and intricate garden urns abundant with flowers-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Five Light Italian Crystal Beaded Chandelier C. 1930
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Five light crystal beaded arm chandelier with turquoise and clear drops. It features a central column adorned with garlands of English cut beads and metal...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Pair of French Silvered Gilt Metal Cherubs on Lucite Bases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of silvered gilt metal architectural elements depicting cherubs. The cherubs are mounted on a lucite base and are ready for your home.
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Silver Leaf
Pair of Custom Appliqué Pillows by MLA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom pillows made with 19th century French metallic & chenille floral appliques. The appliques were placed on a vibrant yellow mohair and finished with 19th century metalli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Custom Eight Light Wood & Iron Painted Chandelier by Melissa Levinson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eight arm painted iron & wood Melissa Levinson chandelier. The iron is beautifully scrolled with wood painted bobeches. The paint is purposely weathered to perfection. The fixture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Hendrix Allardyce Rococo Style Lacquered Library Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime rococo style lacquered library table or writing table desk crafted by Hendrix Allardyce Hollywood, California. The desk is fronted by a large storage drawer with a round bras...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th C. French Carved Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C. French ornate wall mirror with a distinctive antique style. The mirror has a round shape, encased in a highly decorative frame featuring intricate floral and leaf motifs. A...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
18th Century Walnut Console from the Emilia
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-18th century walnut console from the Emilia.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Rococo Style Armchair
Located in San Marino, CA
A Rococo style armchair from the 19th century, delicately carved with floral clasps to the crest and seat rails and to the tops of the cabriole l...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Heinz Pinggera, "Music Recital for the Cardinal" Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heinz Pinggera (Italian, b 1900) "A Recital for the Cardinal" oil on canvas within a gilt-wood and gesso frame. The interior 18th century rococo scene depicting a seated Cardinal or ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Bronze Sculpture of Putti on Tortoise
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming figural sculpture of a Putti with trident riding on a tortoise. To the ancient Greeks and Romans, the tortoise was a symbol of love and fertility; the tortoise was...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th century Italian Carved Giltwood Mirrors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of early 19th-century Rococo style gilt wood mirrors with elaborate frames. The frames have a rich, golden color with intricate details, featuring scrolls, acanthus leaves flowe...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Grand Italian Baroque Style Mirror, Late 18th - Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large grand Baroque style carved wood, gessoed and gilded mirror with original faux marble finish. Mirror plate is old but possibly not original.
This is a show stopper of a mirror...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Grand Rococo Style Mahogany Console Table Speckled by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental 20th century mahogany console table or sofa table featuring a speckled lacquer finish by artist Ira Yeager (American 1933-2022) for his gallery in Calistoga, CA. The table...
Category
20th Century American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Italian (12) Light Painted & Parcel Gilt Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian 12 light 1930's Italian Rococo-style chandelier. It features a cream painted finish with gold leaf accents. The chandelier is newly rewired and includes chain & canopy.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Fortuny Textile Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These Fortuny pillows feature an elegant damask-inspired floral pattern in a warm, terra-cotta hue against a soft, neutral beige background. The intricate scrolling foliage and flora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Down
Large Bohemian 12-Light Crystal Chandelier
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a large mid-20th century 12-Light Bohemian Crystal Chandelier. The photos speak to the beauty of this chandelier. The twelve cut crystal candle arms are in good condition wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Late 19th to Early 20th Century Sedan Chair Miniature Table Top Display Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th to early 20th century sedan chair miniature table top display cabinet
Charming custom made and hand painted miniature table top ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Custom Green Velvet Appliqué Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom pair of green velvet pillows made with 19th century metallic & chenille applique flower. Down insert, sewn closed.
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Very Fine French 19th Century White Marble Bust of a Young Beauty by René Rozet
By René Rozet 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century white marble bust of a young beauty, purported to be a young "Marie Antoinette" (Queen of France 1755-1793), by René Rozet...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
Hand Made Wall Mount Garden Lantern Sconce Candle holder Crystal Hurricane Light
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Made Wall Mount Garden Lantern Sconce Candle holder Crystal Hurricane Light.
A Large PAIR of Italian Rococo style Regence candle light wrought iron wall sconces.
The crystal...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Iron
Italian Rococo Serpentine Form 2-Drawer Inlaid Chest with Marble Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
The serpentine marble top above a conforming body having two drawers fitted with foliate bronze hardware all over a scalloped apron. adorned overall with floral and foliate inlaid ol...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Fine Antique Meissen Porcelain Blue Onion Pattern 2 Lobed Serving Dish
Located in Tustin, CA
Very fine, elegant antique handmade and hand painted Meissen porcelain, 2 lobed scalloped serving dish with rocaille handle in the "Blue Onion" pattern. In perfect condition.
The ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Wooden Carved Sarcophagus-Shaped Chest with Reliquary
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An Italian Rococo sarcophagus-shaped wooden chest of bombé rectangular form with richly carved gilt decoration on a distressed ebonized ground. The hinged pagoda top lid is skillfull...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of Well-Carved French Boiserie Swag Appliques
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each hand-carved swag with plump fruit and vegetables nestled among flower heads and foliage.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Pink & White Fortuny Style Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom pillows made with pink & white Fortuny cotton fronts and soft pink lilnen backs. Self welt detail. Zipper closures.
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen
French Crystal Macaroni Beaded Chandelier C. 1930
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite antique crystal chandelier is a fine example of early 20th-century European craftsmanship, featuring an ornate frame draped in delicate macaroni beading and festooned ...
Category
1930s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Antique Italian Giltwood Rectangular Mirror, Late 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
This large Antique Italian Giltwood Mirror has an elegant, decorative design with intricate scrollwork and floral motifs. The gilded frame features a symmetrical arrangement of curve...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
Pair of Gilt Bronze Sconces, French, Circa 1880-1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE SCONCES, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY each sconce of scrolling foliate design with a pair of extended foliate arms.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Ornately Carved French Rococo Gilt-wood Mirror with Exuberant Crest
Located in San Francisco, CA
the lively carved rocaille crest with plump fruit and Hoho bird cascading over the rectangular frame adorned with meandering floral festoons
Category
1750s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Pair 18th Century Portuguese Colonial Carved Palisander Side Chairs Rococo LA CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair 18th Century Portuguese Colonial Carved Palisander Side Chairs Rococo LA CA. Good Period Pair Circa 1700’s Portuguese Colonial carved palisander wood side chairs. Portuguese furnishings of the 18th century are bold, quirky, intensive and unlike those of any other country. They have their own national flavor. The pieces often boast elaborately turned legs and energetic carving, pierced decorations and unpredictable combinations of the other styles.
in 18th century colonial Latin America by way of Portugal, the influence of which lasted from the 1690’s through to the development of neoclassicism in the 1780s. Elements of the chairs’ design can be found in the work of Thomas Chippendale, as published in the three editions of his Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director from 1754.
Portugal and England shared a significant bond during the eighteenth century, brought about by Portugal’s decision in 1703 to fight along side the British in the War of Spanish Succession and its bitter relations with the other leading European nations. A vogue for furniture in the English style thus developed, seeded by the many pieces brought back to Portugal in 1693 by the widowed Catherine of Braganza...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Polychromed Altar Candlesticks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Pair of monumental 18th century Italian prickets made in the Rococo style of carved and polychromed wood. These altar candlesticks feature a three footed base and a floral motif with...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair Large Carved Gitwood Brackets
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an exceptional pair of large Italian carved gold leafed acanthus leaf-form brackets. The generous size of the these brackets allows them to be used as small consoles. The bra...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Italian Breccia Marble Top Giltwood Consoles - Circa 1760
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Southern Italian Rococo giltwood console tables. Each rare ancient Roman "Breccia di Sciro" top of serpentine outline , reclaimed in the 18th Century ( 1760 Circa ) and veneered on p...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Breccia Marble
Pair of Metallic and Chenille Appliqued Linen Pillows by Melissa Levinson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom pillows by Melissa Levinson. 19th century French handmade metallic thread and chenille embroidered appliqués sewn on a contemporary cayenne colored textured linen with...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Metallic & Chenille Floral Appliqued Linen Pillows, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of custom designed pillows by Melissa Levinson. 19th century metallic and chenille embroidered floral textile has been hand applied to a contemporary natural colored linen and...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Venetian Rococo Gilt Painted Faux Stone Console Entry Table Office Desk Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Venetian Rococo gilt painted faux stone console entry table office desk antique. An exceptional large 18th century serpentine front and sides molded...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint, Giltwood
Pair of Two Drawer Side Tables, 18th Century Italian
Located in El Monte, CA
Defined by graceful curves, these Italian 18th century side tables exemplify the restrained elegance of the Italian rococo style. Contr...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Portuguese Provincial Inlaid Fruitwood Console Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
the serpentine top centering an inlaid Maltese Cross, the symbol of protection and a badge of honor, within a diamond and outer inlaid border; over a deeply scalloped apron centering...
Category
1860s Portuguese Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Large Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Giltwood Green Marble-Top Console
Located in San Marino, CA
This very large mid-18th century Italian Rococo giltwood green marble top console having a modern marble top; the frame with pierced Giltwo...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique Brass Art Nouveau Jardiniere Rococo Footed Bowl
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This Antique Brass Art Nouveau Jardiniere Rococo Footed Bowl boasts detailing inspired by the Art Nouveau movement, prominent in the late 19th and ea...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Rococo Gilt-Bronze Wall Lights Sconces, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XV style Rococo style six-light gilt-bronze wall lights - wall sconces. The ornate six-light candelabrum with five scroll...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Palatial French 19th-20th Century Allegorical Figural Cast Iron Group Torchere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th-20th century allegorical figural cast-iron group torchere - sculpture - fountain - representing spring and the harvest, probably cast by Le Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne. The charming four-putti sculpture with a front standing putto holding a pole amongst wheat stalks, another putto kneeling and collecting wheat, a third one wearing a hat and picking flowers for a wreath and the fourth kneeling putto holding a bird's nest, all below an elongated classical stem with a glass globe (Electrified), circa: Paris, 1900.
Overall height: 84 inches (213.4 cm).
Width: 29 1/2 inches (74.9 cm).
Circular base diameter: 24 inches (61 inches).
Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought-iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for outdoor statuary...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Rococo furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rococo 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 decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Interi, Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kändler, and Europa Antiques. 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 $18 and tops out at $425,000 while the average work can sell for $3,793.