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.

Item Ships From: England

Style: Rococo

Slim French Gilded Wall Mirror

Located in Whaley Bridge, GB

J00 Turn of the century gilt mirror, having finely carved cartouche to centre and original bevelled edge mirror plate with some foxing in carved frame. This antique mirror retains it...

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1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture

Slim French Gilded Wall Mirror

Large Louis XV Style Ormolu Mantel Clock

Located in London, GB

The central circular dial surmounted by two love birds, the lower section with two cherubs on either side, and decorated with garlands of flowers and scrolling features throughout.

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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Enamel, Ormolu

Large Louis XV Style Ormolu Mantel Clock

George II Rococo Chimneypiece in White Statuary and Verde Antico Marble

Located in London, GB

A large, rare and imposing late George II English Rococo chimneypiece with strong Palladian influences carved in white statuary marble and inlaid with panels of Verde Antico marble. ...

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Mid-18th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture

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Marble

George II Rococo Chimneypiece in White Statuary and Verde Antico Marble

19th Century Giltwood Rococo Chandelier

Located in London, GB

A six-arm elaborately carved and gold giltwood Rococo style chandelier. Rewired and in very good order, late 19th century Italian.

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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Giltwood

19th Century Giltwood Rococo Chandelier

Antique pair of gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain cachepot vases

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in London, GB

Antique pair of gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain cachepot vases French, 19th Century Height 24.5cm, width 17cm, depth 15cm...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu

Antique pair of gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain cachepot vases

Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Rococo Pedestal Clock, after Riesener

By Paul Garnier, Jean-Henri Riesener

Located in London, GB

This exquisite gilt bronze-mounted pedestal clock is the creation of the famed French clockmaker Paul Garnier (1801-1861). Garnier worked in Paris during the first half of the 19th C...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu

Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Rococo Pedestal Clock, after Riesener

Ornate 19th Century French Cast Iron Fireplace

Located in London, GB

An ornate 19th century French cast iron fireplace. The large shell to centre with leafwork and scrolls to either side, the legs draped with festoons of foliage and fruit with intrica...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Iron

Ornate 19th Century French Cast Iron Fireplace

19th Century Italian Rococo Style Mirror in Giltwood

Located in London, GB

This exceptional antique mirror in the Rococo style is carved from giltwood. The Rococo style was revived in the 19th century, and this mirror demonstrates key features of the style ...

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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Mirror, Giltwood

19th Century Italian Rococo Style Mirror in Giltwood

Louis XV Style Antique Rococo Fireplace in Fleur de Pecher Marble

Located in London, GB

A charming and imposing Louis XV style antique Rococo chimneypiece in Fleur de Pecher Marble with exceptional ormolu mounts by Francois Linke (1855-194...

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Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Louis XV Style Antique Rococo Fireplace in Fleur de Pecher Marble

Very Large Antique French Sevres Style Porcelain Vase

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in London, GB

Very large antique French Sèvres style porcelain vase French, Late 19th Century Height 154cm, diameter 41cm This fantastic vase is the work of J. Pascault, a famed porcelain artist of the late 19th Century who specialised in the production of Sevres-style pieces. It is beautifully executed, and especially impressive given its large size of one and a half metres (almost 5 feet) in height. The vase is tall and slender in shape, set on a gilt bronze plinth, and surmounted by a cover with a pinecone finial. Its ovoid body is decorated around its exterior in the Rococo taste: showing a female figure and winged putti in a landscape...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu

Very Large Antique French Sevres Style Porcelain Vase

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Marquetry Card Table

Located in London, GB

This fine antique table is crafted in the Louis XV style, which is synonymous with grace, elegance and exuberance of design. Made from luxurious materials and exhibiting fine marquet...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu

Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Marquetry Card Table

Large Antique Rococo Georgian Cast Iron Register Grate

By Carron

Located in Manchester, GB

Large antique ornate Georgian cast iron register grate in the Rococo manner. Most likely produced by the Carron Foundry, circa 1820.

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Early 19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture

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Iron

Large Antique Rococo Georgian Cast Iron Register Grate

Polished Cast Iron Firebasket in the Rococo Manner

Located in London, GB

A polished cast iron Rococo style firegrate with bowed front and shaped decorative back, 20th century. Measures: Width at front 597 mm 23 ½ in Width at back 527 mm 20 ¾ in Hei...

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20th Century Rococo Furniture

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Iron

Polished Cast Iron Firebasket in the Rococo Manner

Large Bronze Chandelier in the Rococo Manner

Located in London, GB

A large ornate bronze chandelier in the Rococo manner with a highly ornate bulbous stem terminating in a large flattened orb and from which the twelve scrolling, acanthus clad branch...

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Mid-20th Century English Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

Large Bronze Chandelier in the Rococo Manner

Pair of Antique 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Crystal Candelabra

Located in London, GB

This pair of antique French candelabra are in the Rococo style, and are masterfully cast in gilt bronze and hung with crystal droplets. Each candelabrum holds scrolling branches for ...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of Antique 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Crystal Candelabra

Antique Irish Fireplace Mantel, circa 1750

Located in London, GB

A rare, Irish, mid-18th century, statuary marble chimney piece originally from 44 Stafford Street, now 44 Wolfe Tone Street, owned by Theobold Wolfe Tone (1763-1798), the father of Irish Republicanism, circa 1750. Originating from a basic, English Palladian...

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1750s Irish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Statuary Marble

Antique Irish Fireplace Mantel, circa 1750

American 19th Century Bronze Lantern, Attributed to Hooper & Co. Boston

By Hooper of Boston

Located in London, by appointment only

A Rococo Revival brass chandelier, of square tapering form with lush scrolls enriching each face. Possibly American and attributed to Hooper and Co of Boston USA, circa 1850. ...

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Mid-19th Century American Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

American 19th Century Bronze Lantern, Attributed to Hooper & Co. Boston

Ormolu-Mounted Rococo Style Antique Marble Urn

Located in London, GB

This exuberantly designed lidded urn is carved in veined green marble. The body of the urn is of canted ovoid shape and mounted with twin acanthus leaf ormolu handles. The body of th...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Ormolu-Mounted Rococo Style Antique Marble Urn

Fine 19th Century Clock Set Garniture by Jacob Petit

By Jacob Petit

Located in London, GB

An elegant Rococo garniture by Jacob Petit, Paris, circa 1860. The clock is elaborately hand-painted with flower cartouches, as are the matching vases and a pair of Meissen style figurines, depicting gardners adorn the foot of the clock. The clock and its matching vases with their lattie-edged rims rest on bases rather than on porcelain feet.

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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

Fine 19th Century Clock Set Garniture by Jacob Petit

18th Century Italian Walnut Sofa

Located in London, Park Royal

Beautiful 18th century Italian sofa in carved walnut. Has the detail of an impish sprite in the carving at the centre of the backrest which, ...

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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Wood, Walnut

18th Century Italian Walnut Sofa

Impressive Rococo Fireplace Mantel in Statuary Marble

Located in London, GB

A very impressive French Rococo fireplace carved in statuary marble. The panelled frieze and bracketed jambs delicately carved with trailing fl...

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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Statuary Marble

Impressive Rococo Fireplace Mantel in Statuary Marble

Patinated Bronze Antique French Bacchanalia Sculptural Group after Clodion

By Claude Michel Clodion

Located in London, GB

This dynamic antique patinated bronze sculpture is composed of two female figures and a satyr captured in a moment of frenzied dancing and Bacchic revelry. The women are dressed in f...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

Patinated Bronze Antique French Bacchanalia Sculptural Group after Clodion

Set of Four Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Antique Wall Lights

Located in London, GB

These fine, antique wall lights each have an oval-shaped backplate which is cast in patinated bronze and mounted with a contrasting gilt bronze gro...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze

Set of Four Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Antique Wall Lights

Antique William IV 19th Century Cast Iron Rococo Hob Grate

Located in Manchester, GB

Ornate antique William IV 19th century cast iron hob grate in the Rococo manner. Removed from a property in Brighton, Sussex.

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Early 19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture

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Iron

Antique William IV 19th Century Cast Iron Rococo Hob Grate

Antique Ormolu and Cut-Glass Rococo-Style Chandelier

Located in London, GB

Antique ormolu and cut-glass Rococo-style chandelier French, 19th Century Height 130cm, diameter 90cm This Rococo-style chandelier is filled with the opulent details that characte...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

Antique Ormolu and Cut-Glass Rococo-Style Chandelier

18th Century Antique French Rococo Limestone Fireplace Mantel

Located in London, GB

A French Rococo antique fireplace mantel in the Louis XV manner, carved in limestone. The serpentine shelf is integral with the similarly formed frieze, carved from the solid and dec...

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Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Limestone

18th Century Antique French Rococo Limestone Fireplace Mantel

Quality 18th Century Antique Italian Fireplace in Statuary Marble

Located in London, GB

A fine quality 18th century Italian fireplace in statuary marble. The elegantly shaped jambs with scroll to top, the carved frieze with shell to centre and shaped rectangular motif t...

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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Statuary Marble

Quality 18th Century Antique Italian Fireplace in Statuary Marble

Small Italian Carrara and Rosso Levanto Marble Chimneypiece Mantel

Located in London, GB

A petite Italian Carrara and Rosso Levanto marble fireplace. The moulded jambs surmounted by shaped frieze featuring carved classical Anthemion leaf to centre. Moulded shelf above. U...

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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Marble

Small Italian Carrara and Rosso Levanto Marble Chimneypiece Mantel

An exceptional pair Bronze wall lights of a Merboy riding a mythical Dolphin

Located in London, GB

An exceptional pair of early English Bronze wall lights, depicting a Merboy riding a mythical Dolphin. The casting is of the very finest and suggests a top foundry at work. Stamped n...

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1890s English Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

An exceptional pair Bronze wall lights of a Merboy riding a mythical Dolphin

Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set by Gleizes

By E. Gleizes Paris

Located in London, GB

Gilt-bronze and Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer set by Gleizes French, 19th Century Height 115cm, width 30cm, depth 7cm In the Louis XV style, t...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu

Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set by Gleizes

Four Antique French Girandoles in the Rococo-Style

Located in London, GB

Four antique French girandoles in the Rococo-style French, 19th Century Height 75cm, width 35cm, depth 10cm This set of four girandoles re...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Mirror, Giltwood

Four Antique French Girandoles in the Rococo-Style

19th Century Rococo Soft Blue Desk

Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Period Rococo desk from Dalarna Sweden. With decorative curved legs and one single drawer. Repainted in soft light blue.

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19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Wood

19th Century Rococo Soft Blue Desk

Swedish Rococo Table in Original Paint

Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire

18th Century Swedish Rococo table. Dry scraped to original colour with retouches.

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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Wood

Swedish Rococo Table in Original Paint

Meissen Shephard and Shephardess

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in Altrincham, GB

Meissen Shephard and Shepherdess collecting fruit next to large ewer First modelled by Meyer in 1760. Circa 1860 Model number is 1776 and 1774. Underglaze Blue crossed swords

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Mid-19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

Meissen Shephard and Shephardess

Early English Giltwood Rococo Mirror C.1760 in the Manner of John and William Li

Located in Benington, Herts

A Very Fine and Early English Giltwood Rococo Mirror with Carved with Fronds and Green Bullrushes very much in the manner of John and William Linnell. English Circa 1760 Provenance...

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1760s English Antique Rococo Furniture

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Giltwood

Early English Giltwood Rococo Mirror C.1760 in the Manner of John and William Li

Fine and Large Antique French Ormolu Rococo Clock

By Samuel Marti

Located in Belper, Derbyshire

A substantial and very fine quality ormolu Rococo clock by Samuel Marti. Formed in finely gilded bronze, bold, sinuous scrolls and curves form the case with delicately modelled flora...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu

Fine and Large Antique French Ormolu Rococo Clock

Bronze and Swarovski Crystals End Table by Mark Brazier-Jones UK 21st Century

By Mark Brazier-Jones

Located in London, GB

Mark Brazier-Jones, Beluga end table, 2009, Bronze and Swarovski crystals, 40 x 40 x 88cm The Beluga end table is inspired by the sheer opulence of Russian 18th Century faceted m...

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21st Century and Contemporary British Rococo Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

Bronze and Swarovski Crystals End Table by Mark Brazier-Jones UK 21st Century

Japy Freres Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock

By Louis Japy

Located in Belper, Derbyshire

A stunning antique French Rococo clock, circa 1880. Beautifully made in finely gilded bronze and mounted with exquisite Sèvres style porcelain. The case is of a waisted design with p...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

Japy Freres Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock

19th C. Italian Rococo Style Giltwood Headboard Upholstered in Tassinari Damask

Located in London, Park Royal

A late 19th century, Italian, Rococo style headboard featuring deeply scrolled, hand carved, acanthus leaves which reflect the warmth and brightness of their original water gilding with the addition of an overall naturally time aged patina. The headboard has been upholstered in a luminous damask rose Tassinari & Chatel fabric. The headboard is large for its period and can take a mattress size up to - From the Antique Collection...

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1890s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Giltwood, Wood

19th C. Italian Rococo Style Giltwood Headboard Upholstered in Tassinari Damask

Large Antique French Rococo Clock by A D Mougin

By A.D. Mougin

Located in Belper, Derbyshire

A large, superb and very decorative original antique French clock dating from circa 1900. It is boldly modelled in the Rococo style in finely gilded bronze. Waisted shaped case, deco...

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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

Large Antique French Rococo Clock by A D Mougin

Rococo furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

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