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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
Period: 19th Century
Six Rococo Sèvres Style Porcelain Plates
Located in London, GB
Each porcelain plate in this set of six features a navy-blue ground, distinctive to works produced in the style of Sèvres, and gilded rims with ornate patterns inscribed. The centre ...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

Six Rococo Sèvres Style Porcelain Plates
Six Rococo Sèvres Style Porcelain Plates
$13,241 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Fine Pair of Gilded Brass Chenets/Fire Dogs
Located in Folkestone, GB
A very fine pair of late 19th century, opulent gilded brass fire chenets in the rococo taste. Depicting seated baby fawns holding candles within fancy scrolls. Highly decorative exa...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Brass

Fine Pair of Gilded Brass Chenets/Fire Dogs
Fine Pair of Gilded Brass Chenets/Fire Dogs
$2,151 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Italian Giltwood Centre Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Stylish early 19th Century centre table. The simulated marble top with shaped moulded edge and acanthus carved frieze, raised on a shapely giltwood triform base with exaggerated scro...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Giltwood

Pair of George III Giltwood Wall Brackets
Located in Essex, MA
Each with rocaille galleried shelf over a pair of phoenix birds over trailing icicles and C-scrolls.
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1860s British Antique Rococo Furniture

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Pine, Giltwood

Unusual 19th Century Meissen Figure of a Camel after a Model by J. J. Kandler
Located in New York, NY
A unusual 19th century Meissen figure of a camel with blue under-glaze double crossed swords mark, after J.J. Kandler. Naturalistically modeled above a rocky outcrop on a scroll-mol...
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1850s German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

Meissen Splendour Clock With Gardener Figures On Pedestal by Leuteritz, Ca 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
The clock and the pedestal were designed by Leuteritz using old forms in the Rococo style: The clock case rises on a rock base with gold heightened rocailles, richly decorated with d...
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1880s German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

19th Century Italian Beaded Crystal Chandelier With Six Lights
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large and stunning 19th century Italian beaded and crystal chandelier with six (6) lights. The lovely, curved base is covered in beads among a multitude of dangling prisms, some in t...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Crystal, Metal

Porcelain Clock in the Louis XV Style by Jacob Petit
Located in London, GB
This antique porcelain mantel clock demonstrates the 19th century nostalgia for the delicately elegant decorative arts under King Louis XV, also known as the Rococo style. Crafted by celebrated porcelain artist Jacob Petit, this exquisite clock is particularly notable for the way in which the porcelain has been shaped so as to give the clock such a whimsically free-spirited, scrolling shape. The clock is formed as a clock case upon a lower base, which are both decorated as a though a singular piece with green glaze on a white ground, accented with painted floral panels and extensive gilt highlights all over. The clock case, which is particularly exuberant in design, features a central, circular clock dial. The white enamelled dial is bordered with beaded ormolu, and features black Roman numerals and the inscription 'Scherer'- the name of the 19th century Parisian clock...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

18th Century Swedish Rococo Slant Front Desk
Located in Huntington, NY
A Swedish Rococo slant front desk. Front opens to reveal a large work surface, ten pull out drawers, seven cubbies and two pull out document holders. A sliding cover at the base open...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Brass, Iron

Pair of French 19th Century Jacob Petit Porcelain Green-Ground Pot-Pourri Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Large Pair of French 19th Century Jacob Petit Porcelain Green-Ground Pot-Pourri Vases and Covers, Marked 'JP' on Bottom of Each. Each is of square form with a fantastic green ground. The covered vases are decorated with elaborate panels of village scenes, one either side of each vase, and also floral scenes independently to them. The vases are complete with pierced gilded relief frieze...
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1850s French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

Early Meissen Porcelain, Singerie Style Monkey Musician Figurine
Located in New York, NY
An early Meissen Porcelain Singerie style Monkey Musician Figurine. Dressed in full male noble attire and wig the monkey merrily plays the trumpet assu...
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19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

19th Century French Pair of Small Gilt Wood Hand Carved Consoles in Rococo Style
Located in Sofia, BG
19th Century French pair of small gilt wood hand carved wall mounted consoles in Rococo style. Both made with symmetrical decoration and ornaments all in very good authentic conditio...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Giltwood

Tall Gold Gilt Mirror, Denmark circa 1820-40
Located in Round Top, TX
This striking gold gilt 6' mirror has rococo carved flourishes including elaborate ribbons with flowers. Burnished gold and red accent the beautiful carving. Sold in as is, used cond...
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Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Mirror, Wood, Paint

Pair of Porcelain Wall Sconces by Meissen
Located in London, GB
This exquisite pair of German Rococo style Meissen sconces feature beautifully encrusted porcelain flowers and petals and exceptionally finely hand painted passages. In their unmatch...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

Pair of Porcelain Wall Sconces by Meissen
Pair of Porcelain Wall Sconces by Meissen
$19,862 Sale Price / set
20% Off
A French Louis XV Brass Fireplace Screen in the Rococo Form
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XV brass fire screen in the Rococo form. The finely shaped frame with foliage, scrolls and grape detailing supported on four leaf-form feet. Central urn with flame a...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Brass

PAIR Antique French Cast Iron Jardiniere Large Footed Cache Pot Planter c1880
Located in Shreveport, LA
PAIR Antique French Cast Iron Jardiniere Large Footed Cache Pot Planter c1880. Direct from France, a rare, matched pair of antique French cast iron jardiniere’s, richly detailed in ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Iron

Thomas Webb & Sons Double Overlaid White Over Yellow Etched & Acid Washed Vase
Located in New York, NY
An incredible quality Thomas Webb & Sons cameo double overlaid white over yellow etched and acid washed vase. This particular vase is of a yellow ground with white overlaid flowers, ...
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1890s English Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Glass

19th Century Italian, Rococo Style, Walnut Side Table with Serpentine Front
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rococo style walnut side table with drawer, serpentine front and shaped apron. William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for antique interiors since 1956.
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Walnut

19th Century Viennese Enamel Candlesticks
Located in New Orleans, LA
Splendid continuous hand-painted scenes adorn these graceful and rare Viennese silver and enamel candlesticks. Adorned with scenes of gods and goddesses from classical mythology, these lights are executed with exceptional detail and artistry. A fantastic testament to the skilled artisans of Austria, they exemplify remarkable design and craftsmanship. Enameling is one of the oldest forms of decorative art with examples dating back almost 3,000 years to Mycenaean Greece. The methods used in the enameling process have changed very little since that time. Enamel is actually glass colored with metallic pigments that are fused to metal by firing. Because different colors fire at different temperatures, it was essential that the artist paint the colors that required the highest heat first, adding the others in descending order of their firing temperature. The forte of the Viennese enamellers...
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19th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture

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Silver

Outstanding Large 19th Century Bronze & Porcelain Jewelry Casket Box
Located in Long Branch, NJ
​Outstanding Large 19th Century Bronze & Porcelain Jewelry Casket Box Dimensions : 14" Tall X 16" Wide X 11" Deep This gorgeous Antique jewelry ...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu

19th Century French Bronze Jewel Box
Located in Bronx, NY
This sturdy 19th century French dore’ bronze hinged ladies jewel box is designed with wonderfully detailed panels. Additionally, a beautifully designed lid cover is dominated with a ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

Small Oak Painted Rococo Chest of Three Drawers, Denmark circa 1800
Located in Round Top, TX
A small oak rococo chest of three drawers with brass key escutcheons. The scalloped edge is carried down through the 3 drawer fronts and bottom apron resulting in an elegant chest al...
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Early 19th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Brass

19th C Meissen Porcelain Covered Openwork Filigree Centerpiece w/ Watteau Scenes
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Covered Openwork Filigree Centerpiece with Watteau Cartouches and Village Scene Cartouches. This 19th-century Meissen porcelain covered centerpiece ...
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1870s German Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century French Silver Écuelle by Delaire
By Emile Delaire
Located in London, GB
Pair of 19th century French silver écuelle by Delaire French, c. 1890 Height 13cm, width 31cm, depth 18cm This superb pair of écuelles is crafted in the playful Rococo style popula...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Silver

Pair of Italian Venetian Style Patinated Iron Floor Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Venetian style (19/20th Century) wrought iron painted and decorated floor lamps with a 6 sided parchment shade with finials supported by 3 scroll legs (PRICED AS PAIR...
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19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture

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Iron, Wrought Iron

French Rococo Style Giltwood Cartouche Form Mirror, Late 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
French Rococo style giltwood cartouche form mirror, late 19th century.      
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Giltwood

Antique Porcelain Group of Bacchus and Attendants by Meissen
Located in London, GB
This piece is a superb example of the work of the Meissen porcelain manufactory. Modelled by E. A. Leuteritz in the 19th century based upon earlier models, it is a group piece, showi...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

19th Century Gilded Ormolu Comport
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century French gilded Ormolu comport, having scrolling and pierced Rococo influenced decoration. Batch 37 57015 CEKZ
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair of Tall French Louis XVI Porcelain Mounted Cabinets
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A wonderful tall pair of French Louis XVI kingwood cabinets with outstanding oval Sevres style porcelain plaques depicting cherubs, covered with gilt ormolu mounts, each with a singl...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Tulipwood

Meissen Porcelain, Pair of "Neu-Ozier" Molded Plates, 19th Century
Located in CH
Meissen Porcelain, pair of "Neu-Ozier" molded plates, 19th century. Spirally molded and decorated with various flower bouquets and different kinds of insects. Blue crossed swords...
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19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Diminutive Antique French 19th Century Gilt Mirror
Located in London, GB
Diminutive Antique French 19th century Gilt Mirror. Of small proportions, the bevelled plate framed by scrolling foliate decoration. Original mercury mirror. A handsome example.
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Brass

Gilt Bronze Figurine Young Lady with Love Letter at Fountain 19th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Step back in time with this stunning hand-chased cast bronze figurine, reminiscent of the beautiful Rococo era. Sculpture depicting a beautiful young lady in a garden by a fountain, ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture

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Gold Plate, Bronze

Pair of Italian Venetian Blue Tufted Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Venetian style (19th Cent) silver gilt dolphin side chairs with carved back and blue tufted upholstery
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Silver Leaf

Magnificent Louis XV Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Urn
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A magnificent large French XV rococo style patinated and gilt bronze urn. The fluted body of the urn, (almost ewer shaped) is of patinated bronze, the flutes inset at the top and bot...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

Charming Italian 19th Century Carved Marble Group "Playful Putti with Goat"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and charming Italian 19th century carved Carrara Marble Group "Playful Putti with Goat" depicting two young children, one riding the goat whose two front legs are in the ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Carrara Marble

Four Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Three Light Parrot Sconces
Located in New York, NY
 Set of Four Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Three Light Sconces with Parrots and Rock Crystal teardrop ornamental accents  French Circa 1900 26.75" H x 13" Wx 6.5" D
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Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Rock Crystal, Bronze

A Fine Pair of Italian Rococo Gilt Wood Candelabras
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Rococo style (3rd qtr 19th Cent) urn-shaped three scroll and filigree arm candelabra resting on a square base
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Giltwood

Dutch Mahogany Bombe Petit Chest of Drawers
Located in Essex, MA
With a serpentine top and conforming bombe form case section with three drawers with brass bail handles, raised on bracket feet.
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture

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Mahogany

Meissen Tea Solitair, Bird & Insect Painting and Gold, Germany, Circa 1820
Located in Vienna, AT
Tea solitaire set of six pieces made of porcelain with a white background and elaborate overglaze painting and gold decoration. Quatrefoil presenter with a teapot, milk jug, sugar bo...
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1820s German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

Antique French Japy Freres Gilt Bronze Rococo Clock 19th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Very good condition, repairs to dial, minor age and usage wear, gold finish well preserved, movement is running only with pendulum off and not striking at all as needs service.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Brass, Bronze

Pair of Victorian Period Amboyna Cabinets with Sèvres Style Porcelain Plaques
Located in London, GB
Pair of Victorian period amboyna cabinets with Sèvres style porcelain plaques English, late 19th century Dimensions: Height 108cm, width 77cm, depth 47cm This unusual and superb...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu

Small Rococo Style Chest of Drawers or Nightstand, France, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Small Rococo style chest of drawers or nightstand, France 19th century. This beautiful small dresser has a gorgeous kingwood veneer and is decorated with Rococo Style bronze fittings...
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1860s French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Kingwood

Rococo Louis XV Style Pair of Heavy Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Rococo Louis XV style pair of gilt bronze wall sconces. Their main body is made of three short bronze arms at the top embellished with clear pressed crystal rosettes and pendalogues over a cut crystal urn shaped tower that cover a gilt pipe. This crystal tower...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of Large Antique Sevres Porcelain And Bronze Urns
Located in New York, NY
important Pair of Sevres porcelain urns, each featuring a porcelain body and foot mounted on a gilt bronze base and adorned with gilt bronze, foliage form trimmings and handles. Each...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

Armchair 19th century France
Located in New York, NY
An armchair made in France during the 19th century. Made from polished oak and leather upholstery.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Leather, Oak

Rococo Style Parcel-Gilt and Painted Three-Fold Screen
Located in London, GB
Painted to the front and rear with outdoor scenes of nature, with courting couples and winged cherubs, in the typical Rococo style.
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Giltwood

Antique French Walnut Jardinière with a Metal Liner From the Late 1800's
Located in Chicago, IL
Jardinières, the French word for Planter and this is an unusual Antique French Planter or Jardinière, looks great in a front entry, as we have u...
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1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Metal

19th Century Venetian Octagonal Cut and Etched Glass Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Venetian cut glass mirror with etched floral decoration. The outer and inner moldings with piecrust borders and mini convex circles all joined by individual florets and ...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Glass

Antique Altona Rococo Chest of Drawers, by Irwin
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional antique English style altona chest of drawers made by Irwin. Features gilded gold accents with Burl and walnut throughout the surfaces.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture

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Walnut

Pair of Italian Rococo Style, 1860s Walnut Stools with X-Form Cross Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian Rococo style walnut stools from the mid-19th century, with cabriole legs, Saint-Andrew cross stretcher and new upholstery. Each of this pair of Italian Rococo style...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Eight plates by dresden manufactory porcelain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very beautiful suite of eight plates by dresden porcelain .A scalloped edge and openwork, a reticulated border with panels of garlands of flowers and a paited center with a very beau...
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1890s German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

Antique Meissen Group of Commedia Dell"arte, Harlequin and Columbine Dancing
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen Porcelain Group of Commedia Dell"arte, harlequin and columbine dancing. This example depicts Harlequin dancing...
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1850s German Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Swedish Black Rococo Armchair
Located in San Angelo, TX
A stunning late 18th century/early 19th century Swedish Rococo armchair featuring black paint with natural worn patina coming through showcasing the original wood color with also dee...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Pine, Paint

Gaetano BATTAGLIA (Naples-Italy-Active 1850 and 1885) Large Circular Plate
Located in Madrid, ES
Gaetano BATTAGLIA (Naples-Italy-Active between 1850 and 1885) Large circular earthenware plate in the style of Italian majolica with polychrome historiated decoration on the basin, t...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Majolica

Large Rococo Style Ormolu and Marble Pedestal after Caffieri
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in London, GB
Large Rococo style ormolu and marble pedestal after Caffieri French, Late 19th Century Height 136cm, width 65cm, depth 41cm This exquisite antique pedestal is inspired by the desig...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Japy Freres Rococo Bronze Table Clock, Music
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A superb original antique French Rococo clock by the famous maker Japy Freres, circa 1890. Beautifully detailed bronze case with C scrolls, acanthus and shell motifs. A charming cherub is seated to the top plays pipes. Fretted sound panels...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

Early 19th Century Gold French Mercury Plate Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
Early 19th century french mercury plate mirror Gilt gesso over wood, with an incredible foxed silver/grey mercury glass, it barely reflects and is a tru...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Wood

Gilt Wood Antique Mirror, French Louis XV-Style, 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
French Louis XV-style; carved giltwood wall mirror; Antique; Rococo; Giltwood antique mirror from the 19th century. A very remarkable piece of craftsmanship made in France. In the ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Giltwood

19th C Meissen Porcelain Grouping of a Mother & her Daughter at Tea-Time w/ Lace
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Grouping of a Good Mother and her Daughter at Tea-Time. This finely crafted 19th-century Meissen porcelain grouping depicts an intimate scene of a mother and her daughter during tea-time. The composition features a seated woman dressed in an elaborate floral-patterned gown with lace trim, a bonnet with a delicate pink ribbon, and a sheer veil draping over her shoulders. She holds a letter in one hand while gently placing the other on her daughter's head, creating a tender moment between the two figures. The young girl, clad in a striped blue and white dress...
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1870s German Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Large Meissen porcelain Rococo style centrepiece
Located in London, GB
Large Meissen porcelain Rococo style centrepiece German, Late 19th Century Height 42cm, width 40cm, depth 25cm According to a design by E. A. Leuteritz,...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

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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