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: Europe
Style: Rococo
18th Century Italian Naples Inlaid Walnut Chest of Drawers, circa 1750
Located in Cagliari, IT
Exquisite chest of drawers walnut finely inlaid in lighter wood, serpentine front, bracket feet. Naples, half of 18th century.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EXPORT AUTHORIZATION BY THE ITALI...
Category
1750s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Garden Cherubs
Located in London, Park Royal
A pair of stone composition models of reclining putti, in Rococo style, 20th century, probably representing Summer and Autumn, modelled as opposing, each reclining on a foliate mould...
Category
20th Century British Rococo Furniture
Materials
Composition
French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Curtain Tiebacks or Curtain Holders, Set of Four
Located in Barntrup, DE
Antique French Rococo style gilt bronze curtain tiebacks or curtain holders, set of four.
A beautiful and impressive set of four Rococo or Louis XV-style gilt bronze curtain holders ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Gilt Bronze Candleholders, in the style of Ernest Meissonier
By Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with this wonderful and extremely rare pair of candleholders from the late 19th century Napoleon III era, embodying the exceptionally ornamental and dramatic Rococo st...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Votive lamp. Silver in its color. Cadiz, 18th century (1767).
Located in Madrid, ES
Votive lamp. Silver in its color. Cadiz, 18th century (1767).
No hallmarks. Inscribed.
A silver-colored ceiling lamp featuring a deep lower section divided into levels by a series...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver, Other
Pair of 18th Century style Venetian Commodes
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive pair of Venetian style bombe commodes, having their original marble tops, each having carved Rococo style decoration, two drawers with stylised brass handles, raised on...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Oak
Very Large Napoleon III Period Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Lantern
Located in London, GB
Very large Napoleon III period Rococo style gilt bronze lantern
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 176cm, width 80cm, depth 80cm
This exceptional lantern was produced du...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
1750 Venezia Italy Green Lacquered Wooden Tray with Chinese Figures
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a large and exquisite lacquered wooden tray, with floral decoration and polychrome Chinese figures in the garden, on a green background.
The curved shape of the tray, on the ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Vintage French Rococo Style White Ceramic and Glass Hanging Lantern, 1970s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Vintage Rococo style white ceramic and glass hanging lantern, France, circa the 1970s.
This adorable pendant light fixture features a white ceramic lantern and a beautiful canopy wit...
Category
1970s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Antique Porcelain Sconces by Meissen
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique porcelain sconces by Meissen
German, late 19th Century
Measures: Height 57cm, width 38cm, depth 10cm
This fine pair of Ge...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A large modern but antique looking French Rococo Style wall Mirror
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
A large modern but antique looking French Rococo Style wall Mirror. A beautiful ornate frame that fits with any style of decor
H: 150 cm
w: 110 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso
17th Century Wooden Columns
Located in Madrid, ES
17th century wooden columns
Beautiful 17th century columns carved in wood with a geometric drawing of 65 cm tall.
Category
17th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Capodimonte Polychrome Porcelain Incense Burners Vases with Flowers
By Capodimonte
Located in Firenze, IT
An exquisite pair of early 19th century Italian Capodimonte Rocococ style polychrome porcelain incense burners in the form of urn shaped vases with two handles and pierced lids.
The...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1750 Venezia Italy Set 7 Lacquered Puppets Polychrome Wooden and Papier Machè
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an extraordinary set of seven Puppets depicting the characters of the Venetian Art Comedy of Art in the theater, the Doctor, the Miserly, the Captain, the Brother and then ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paper
Louis XV Style Wall Mounted Console
Located in Barntrup, DE
Solid walnut wall-mounted console with beautiful beaded and Louis XV style bronze decors.
Dimensions:
Height 82 cm / 32.28 in;
Width 97 cm / 38.18 in;
Depth 44 cm / 17.32 in.
Category
1920s Belgian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Fireplace Dogs with Fender in Rococo Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Late 19th century French fireplace dogs set with adjustable fender hand made in bronze in Rococo style.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rococo Console with Golden Carvings and Marble Top by Modenese Luxury Interiors
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Decorate your private villa living with a fully customizable rococo console. This particular model features a natural walnut finishing with handmade carvings later hand decorated wit...
Category
2010s Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Crystal, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Danish Rococo Serpentine Oak Chest of Drawers, 1780s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish Rococo Serpentine Oak Chest of Drawers, 1780s.
Exquisite antique Danish four drawer dresser hand crafted in solid white oak made in Denmark in the late 1700s.
Serpentine dr...
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Oak
Mid 20th Century Italian Rococo Olivewood and Burl Walnut Inlaid Bookcase
Located in Casteren, NL
A beautiful 20th century Rococo style bookcase with drawer on top. The whole piece is decorated with intricate inlaid patterns of flowers and leaves. The piece has a serpentine front...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Olive, Walnut, Burl
1750 Venezia Italy Pair of Rococo Carved Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an exquisite gilded and carved pair of armchairs. The front and side parts are carved with scrolls that create a delicate carving effects. This pair hails from Mid- 18th Cent...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
Antique Swedish Rococo Long Case Clock, So Called Mora Clock with Original Paint
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rococo long case clock from from northern Sweden made during the first years of the 19th century. The long case clock, or Mora Clock as they are sometimes known as, is dry scraped to...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
18th Century Swedish Rococo Chest of Drawers from Northern Sweden
Located in Boden, SE
A beautiful 18th century Swedish Rococo Chest of drawers from Lulea Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
The Chest of drawers has wonderful curvaceous and beautiful Shaped legs.
The Chest ...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
SILVER children's rattle 1900 English made Silver Rattle with Red Coral, 1900
Located in Oirlo, LI
A very beautiful old special silver children's rattle,
Made in England around the turn of the century 1900
With a piece of red coral on it,
A ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 19 C. Large Italian Rococo Style Bed Hand Painted with Gilt Work
Located in London, Park Royal
This turn-of-the -century antique bed which was made to take a large mattress size, is from Florence, Italy and is made in the Rococo style. The bed frame features lyrical curves acc...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Rococo Style Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century French gilded ormolu Rococo influenced mantel clock, having wonderful scrolling foliate decoration, the clock face having enamel Roman numerals, an e...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Mirror, circa 1890
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Antique mirror circa 1890 in original condition with signs of usage.
Category
1890s Slovak Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Plaster
Antique Italian Rococo Style Hand-Carved Wood Gilded and White Arched Top Mirror
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A wonderful Rococo style gilded and white carved wood arched top mirror crafted with fine artistic detail, adding beauty and elegance to any roo...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Antique Rococo Style Porcelain Mirror by Meissen
Located in London, GB
Antique Rococo style porcelain mirror by Meissen
German, 19th century
Measures: Height 94cm, width 66cm, depth 14cm...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Mirror
19th Century Sevrès Porcelain Figural Stand Centerpiece Raised Fruit Basket
Located in Miami, FL
Serving piece, fruit bowl center table with 1 plates and 1 high, basfuit basket in enameled porcelain.
This highly decorative footed bowl, reti...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Three-Piece Louis XV Rococo Style Porcelain and Ormolu Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Three-piece Louis XV Rococo style porcelain and ormolu clock set
French, late 19th century
Clock: Height 82cm, width 62, depth 28cm
Candelabra: Height 76cm, diameter 22cm
Compr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Vintage Wall Lamps With Two Sconces in Gilt Bronze Louis XV Style
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage bronze sconces in Louis XV style with voluminous, very beautiful casting.
Support in gilded bronze and handcrafted by craftsmen.
The decor consists of stylized acanthus scr...
Category
20th Century European Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Swedish Antique 1770s Rococo Table with Original Paint in Solid Swedish Pine
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish antique rococo table from the 1770s. The table has a rectangular table top with curved rococo legs and curved, bevelled aprons. Dry scraped by hand down to the original first...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Sculptural shell-shaped ashtray in Rococo style made of gilded bronze, Italy 70s
Located in Roma, IT
A precious ashtray in full Roccoco style, a heavy shell in gilded bronze depicted in the smallest details and its curved ribs become practical cigarette ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
A Pair of Regency Design Acorn Basket Chandeliers With Wire Beaded Sections
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Elegant Matching Pair of Cast Metal Regency Design Rococo Acorn Basket Ceiling Chandeliers
Both Chandeliers Decorated Throughout With Wire Beaded Sections, Each Cross Section Fe...
Category
20th Century British Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Rare German Rococo 18th Century Period Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very unusual and superb Rococo console table from the mid-18th century. On four carved legs with an X-shaped stretcher, overall with scrolls and dolphin-like sea creatures. This ex...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Meissen - figurine of a Bacchant by Kaendler, 1740
Located in DELFT, NL
Early Meissen figurine of a bacchant eating from a grapes, as an allegory of autumn.
Model by Joachim Kaendler.
unmarked, ca 1740-60.
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Two 18th Century Italian Silk Frames with Embroidery and Saints Figures
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of antique embroidered frames, rectangular shape, in ivory colored silk satin with embroidery in cotton and gold lamé of floral elements and love knots. These are devotional monastic Italian...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Paste, Silk
Francke Upright Piano Rococo Style Carved Mahogany High Relief Scroll Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Francke upright piano with a mahogany case. Entire cabinet features Rococo style, ornate carvings in high relief.
The carved, front panel features a central lyre surrounded by flowers, foliage and acanthus. The piano fall has carved latticework and a central plaque carved with flowers and acanthus. Sitting on top of the cabinet is asymmetrical arcading ornately carved with rocailles, flowers, foliage and acanthus. The brass piano pedals feature acanthus scrolls. The intricately, carved piano...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Italian Vintage Salvatore Ferragamo Scarf Backed in Irish Linen Pillow
By Salvatore Ferragamo
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Katie Larmour Studio is the original vintage scarf pillow maker. Gaining notability for her unique idea and creations back in 2013 - featured in the likes of the Financial Times, and first selling here on 1stdibs in 2016 - our creations are of the absolute top most quality, craftsmanship and finesse. Thank-you for looking.
Title:
Rare Italian Vintage Salvatore Ferragamo scarf...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Linen, Silk
Venetian Rococo Style Hand-Carved Gilt Bed by La Maison London - UK S. King Size
Located in London, Park Royal
An elegant and playful expression of Rococo design, the Venetian Bed by La Maison London features intricate filigree work with flowing ‘S’ curves, acanthus leaf carvings, shell motif...
Category
2010s English Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Italian Shell Soup Tureens with 4 bowl in White Glazed Ceramic in Rococo style
Located in Roma, IT
We offer you a consomme set for sale, but who forbids you to use it for a gaspacho? or to separate the tureen and make it a table centerpiece? The shell-shaped bowls can be adapted to a thousand different uses, as a soap dish or as a starter, while the tureen with plate is a stunning decorative element for your home that seems to have come out of a surrealist painting by Pierre Roy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1750 Venezia Black Lacquered Wooden Engraved Figures Vases Holders Side Tables
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a pair of refined Venetian wooden sculpted figures, carved and lacquered in polychrome.
The sculpetd shape of the body, the rich carving of the bases, are the result of the ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Free Standing French Brass Rococo Fire Guard, Spark Screen The Fire guard is a
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Free Standing French Brass Rococo Fire Guard, Spark Screen
The Fire guard is a superb quality piece, it is almost Square in shape with curved corners and large steady feet. The fra...
Category
19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
18th Century Swedish Rococo Sofa
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A period 18th Century Swedish Rococo sofa with stylish carving and swept arms and back.
Original paint with a wonderful worn patina.
With its original seating sprung and in good cond...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Antique 19th century French Louis Quinze Gold Gilt Mirror with Facetted Glass
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is a beautiful antique French mirror in Louis Quinze or Rococo style. It features the asymmetrical ornamentation typical for Louis Quinze and Rococo. The double-arched ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Allegory of Venus with Cupids. Oil on canvas. Enthroned by BOUCHER, François
Located in Madrid, ES
Allegory of Venus with Cupids. Oil on canvas. Enthroned by BOUCHER, François (Paris, 1703- 1770).
The scene presents, in the background, an idyllic natural landscape, with trees to ...
Category
18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Other
A pair of white seashell wall sconces by Michèle Mahé and André Cazenave, France
By Atelier Ade, Andre Cazenave
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Beautiful pair of shell-shaped wall sconces by Michèle Mahé and André Cazenave for Atelier A, dating from the late 1960s. The stunning organic design is crafted from fiberglass.
The...
Category
1970s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass
Patinated Bronze Antique French Bacchanalia Sculptural Group after 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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Kent Dolphin Pier Console Table
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine William Kent dolphin pier console table with scagliola porphyry top. Resting upon an egg-and-dart frieze supported by a trio of stylised Kentian dolphins upon a faux porphyry ...
Category
17th Century British Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porphyry
Antique Gilt Gesso Girandole Mirror
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
A beautiful Antique Gilt Gesso Girandole Mirror in its original condition. Dating back to mid 19th Century. Foliate display around the frame and beaded edging each side with triple s...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
Large Antique Austrian Silver and Glass Garniture by Schwarz & Steiner
By Schwarz & Steiner
Located in London, GB
Large antique Austrian silver and glass garniture by Schwarz & Steiner
Austrian, Late 19th Century
Centrepiece: Height 29cm, width 70cm, depth 29cm
Candelabra: Height 39cm, width 2...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
Baroque Meissen Porcelain Group Four Children Playing Music, J.J. Kaendler, 1770
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen piece from the time the model was created:
Four children in festive rural rococo clothing on a high, tiered round base, decorated with a leaf wreath and ribbon fest...
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Frame, Wood, Late 17th-Early 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Framework. Carved wood, late 17th-early 18th century.
Rectangular frame that presents a "base structure" of straight lines, combining moldings of different widths and finishes (inside, a golden band with Fine plant details towards the corners; then a thin red one, and a wider green one, these two the latter imitating marble; outside, another fine gilt molding), enhanced with a series of carvings of vegetal elements in the corners (symmetrical composition), two ovoid elements on the long sides and a highly elaborate cresting with vegetal elements, rockeries, scrolls, flowers and imitation of fabrics (which are joined with those ovoid elements mentioned).
The combination of red, green and gold is common in certain types of frames (compare, for example, with the terracotta of Salamanca made around the middle of the 16th century by Juan de Juni, which is kept in the Victoria and Albert Museum). On it, a series of carvings with a lot of movement and depth have been added, showing Baroque influence (reminiscent in certain details of works such as the frame of the Immaculate Conception by Alonso Cano...
Category
Early 18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Dutch Rococo Bombe Parquetry Commode, 18th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
Stunning mid 18th century Dutch Rococo Bombe Commode with quality padouk, tulipwood, laburnum and Kingwood parquetry with shaped exceptional origi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Padouk
18th Century Venetian Carved Wood Pierced Mirror
Located in Southampton, GB
An elegent Venetian, Carved Wood Mirror with original foxed plate.
Over time the gesso and paint has worn away to reveal the amazing carved detail.
With foliate scrolls, puncuated wi...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chandelier Porcelain 12 Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very beautifull chandelier in CAPODIMONTE porcelain twelve lights in two tiers
The shaft is entierely in openwork porcelain of remarkable finesse on the top of the chandelier with c...
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Danish Rococo Tray Table, C. 1770
Located in Kastrup, DK
A lovely Danish antique rococo tray table.
The table is finished with a (professional conservator restored) dusty blue base and a soft grey painted faux marble top.
Base with fol...
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Oak
Antique Handmade Swedish Rococo Country Farm Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish handmade table in rococo style. The table is a country furniture with neat proportions and gently curved legs. The table is rococo which is explained by the fact that...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
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.
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