Rococo Furniture

This 19th Century Venetian Rococo Style Bombe Chest Commode is richly hand-painted with bouquets of vibrant flowers, centered on ochre yellow surroun...

An 18th Century Large South Staffordshire Table Snuff Box, painted with figures and animals by classical ruins on a riverscape. 8.25" wide x 5.5" depth x 3.25" high

19th Century Wooden Venetian Lacquered Tray. Tray features floral decoration and a rural scene with figures depicting Venetian life, all on burgundy background. Tray showcases beauti...

An Italian cane top wood stool / footstool with carving detail and cabriole leg, in the Rococo style, circa mid to late-20th century, Italy. Piece can also be used as a small low tab...

Great vintage 1940's-1950's Rococo style giltwood Italian mirror. Original mirror glass with Italy tag on back. Good overall condition, few rubs to finish from age and use. Measures ...

19th Century Rococo style ladies' desk inlaid with light wood in the form of flowers and foliage, cabriole legs with attached brass fittings, frame with drawer. At the bottom with fi...

A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Apollo and the Nine Muses on Mount Parnassus. Comprised of sixteen interlocking parts. Apollo standing holding a lyre and with Pegasus besides a tree, atop a rocky outcrop detailed with foliage and waterfalls above nine goddesses: Calliope, seated and shown writing, representing eloquence and epic poetry. Clio, seated with an open book and blowing a trumpet, representing history. Erato, seated and holding a kithara, representing science and the arts Euterpe, seated and holding a flute, representing music. Melpomene, seated holding a knife and with one hand to her head, representing tragedy. Thalia, seated and holding aloft mask, representing comedy and idyllic poetry. Urania, seated with telescope and globe, representing astronomy and astrology, Polyhymnia, standing with one hand raised and holding a book, representing sacred poetry. Terpsichore, standing, representing dance. Each piece exceptionally finely detailed and painted. The base portions with rocaille edges. On a later black polished wooden base. Multiple blue crossed swords marks. Each piece titled to underside. German, Circa 1880. Mount Parnassus, is a spur of the Pindus Mountains in central Greece and was sacred to the ancient Greeks and in mythology to Apollo, the god of music and poetry and of the Sun and light. Mount Parnassus the mythical centre of poetry, music, and learning in ancient Greece was a popular theme in Barqoue and Rococo art, often substitutable with Athena’s arrival at Mount Helicon from the fifth book of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, where she asks the Muses to show her the new spring which gushed forth from the spot where Pegasus “with his hoof of horn opened the earth” (V, 250-260). Here, the mountain, formed from rugged rock cliffs, culminates in a plateau on which the youthful Apollo stands and plays the lyre. The Castalian spring flows from beneath Pegasus’ hoof, representing the source of inspiration and attracting the nine muses, who embody the arts and inspire creation through song, music, and dance. Mount Parnassus was created at the Meissen porcelain manufactory as a table centrepiece and an earlier version, apparently with only five muses, is listed in the inventory of the pastry shop of the Meissen manufactory manager and cabinet minister Heinrich Graf Brühl in 1753. The storage in the pastry shop of approximately 3,000 objects and dishes, including many individual parts for centrepieces, is related to their function as table decorations, replacing decorations previously made by the confectioner from perishable materials such as sugar or wax. The purpose of this table decoration was as a feast for the eyes to accompany the feast of the banquet. The sculptural figurines often depicted a particular theme, with characters drawn from theatre and opera, from classical mythology or pastoral idylls. Allegories and mythological themes, such as the glorification of fine arts, were also popular. Stylistically, Mount Parnassus fits Kändler’s style of the 1740s, and was sold by Brühl in 1762 to Frederick the Great of Prussia who used mythology as a means of self-expression and had already ordered individual figures of Apollo and the Muses as table decorations in 1744. Today it is in the Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt (inv. no. M.L. 41). There is another version of Mount Parnassus, from the collection of Prince Alexander Dolgorukoff, in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg. The present version dates to the second half of the nineteenth century when there was a great revival of Kändler rococo figurines which were reissued and a “Second Rococo”. Another nineteenth century example is in the collection of the Museo Francesco Borgogna, Italy (inv. 1906, XIII, 19-20). These nineteenth century versions were made by the Meissen factory using Kändler's period models. It is recorded that a new version of Mount Parnassus, dating to the 1880s, was part of the Royal Porcelain collection in Dresden: 'In the porcelain collection there is a new version from the 1880s based on the old models, the largest group of this genre, the Parnassus, which shows the named muses all around on the lower part of the rock, each practising their own art, while on the top there is Apollo with the lyre and next to it the Castalian spring rises from the hoofbeat of Pegasus. Each figure is executed individually with its rocky background, and all the pieces are then fitted together, as we have already seen in his earlier, larger compositions. The rock pieces are finished off like a pedestal at the bottom with Rococo ornaments.' (Jean Louis Sponsel, Kabinettstücke der Meissner Porzellan-manufaktur von Johann Joachim Kändler, Leipzig, 1900, pp. 203-204). Kunst und kunsthandwerk; monatsschrift herausgegeben vom Österreichischen museum fuer kunst und industrie, Vienna, 1894, v.7 pt.1, p.133. Kari Berling, Das Meißner Porzellan und seine Geschichte. Leipzig 1900, S. 99, 187-200. Helmuth Gröger, Johann Joachim Kaendler. Dresden, 1956. Peter W Meister, Franz Adrian Dreier, Figürliche Keramik aus zwei Jahrtausenden. Kat Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt. Frankfurt 1964, Nr. 90. Rainer Rückert, Meißener Porzellan, 1710-1810. Kat. Ausst. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München. München 1966. Stefan Bursche, Tafelzier des Barock. München 1974, Abb. 300. "Tafelaufsatz, Der Parnass", Auswahlkatalog, Museum für Kunsthandwerk (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1987, pp. 86-87. Alfred Ziffer, ‘Meissener Porzellanplastik für fürstliches Interieur und Zeremoniell’, Keramos, Issue 241/242, pp. 29–52. MEISSEN The production of Meissen porcelain began in 1710 at the manufactory at Meissen...

A Swedish Rococo bow front commode with two small drawers on top and two large drawers below. Base has decorative scroll design and cabriolet legs. Original ornate brass hardware and...

Italian Rococo (18th Century) Giltwood Mirror with carved sides and a center top pediment having a small oval inset mirror

This is a breathtaking 19th century Venetian Rococo style commode. It is hand painted and beautifully done. The piece depicts birds, ribbons and instruments as well as floral swags. ...

Our iconic, Rococo style Cherub Bed, hand carved in solid wood is featured in the bedrooms of Soho House and Crazy Bear. The carving on this bed is in the style of great French maste...

A Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures of a Man and Woman in 18th C. Attire. This pair of figures depicts a man and woman in 18th-century pastoral attire, each standing on a gilt-accented rocaille base. The woman wears a cream-colored tricorn hat with a floral accent, a fitted blue bodice with detailed buttons and ruffled cuffs, and a flowing skirt with a delicate purple floral pattern. She holds a white cloth in one hand while raising the other in an expressive gesture. Her finely painted features, softly curled hair, and light blue shoes...

French Baroque Rococo Style Oval Eglomise Art Glass Top Yellow Dining Table. Item features (2) 12" leaves, gold gilt/ oil drop eglomise glass top & leaves...

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...

With porcelain figures from the original period of origin around 1775: Two electrified bronze lamps with gilding: a profiled pedestal in a triangular shape with beveled corners as a ...

A fine KPM porcelain basket. With reticulated or pierced sides, twin handles, and a hand-painted floral spray to the center. Simply a wonderful porcelain basket! Date: Late 19th or Early 20th Century Overall Condition It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with some very fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age. Maker: KPM Porcelain Marks: Base bears a blue underglaze factor scepter mark, an iron-red orb mark, hand-painted cyphers and numbers, an impressed cyphers, and a cut slash...

A superb quality 19th century Meissen painted porcelain model of a Pigeon, with feathered feet, on a rocky base, with unglazed blue crossed swords mark to the base, incised '827'. C...

Origin: Delft Date: Second half of the 18th century Workshop: De Vergulde Bloempot (The Gilded Flowerpot) A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an o...

A Swedish Rococo painted wood display and storage cabinet from the 18th century. This antique cabinet from Sweden, which stands just over 7 feet in height, features a gracefully arch...

With arched plume top with outer and inner mirror. Originally with candle arms. Original glass and gilding. From a Bellevue Ave , Newport RI Estate.

The entire surface of this blue and white Dutch Delft charger is covered in deep beautiful cobalt blue coloring. The center of the charger is filled with lovely hand-painted peonies...

A set of three coordinating 17th century Italian 'Florence Fragments' all topped with varying collections of selenite rock crystal and naturally free-forming copper. These fragment...

Fabulous three drawer Florentine nightstand with orange/rust colored banded drawers, as well as gold gilded accents and cabriole legs, marked Mad...

Incredible, rare, small size Rococo gold gilt pair of carved wood mirrors. These are so much more impressive in person. The original gold g...

Having a slightly arched crest rail with a carved finial the back curving into the sides with carved detail at handles, the seat rail punctuated by carved squares above the slightly ...

20th century Spanish silver Rococo style tea and coffee service, Spanish, 20th century Kettle on stand: Height 44cm, width 23cm, depth 16cm Milk jug: Height 12cm, width 13cm, depth 9cm Comprising of a solid silver tray, teapot, coffee pot, sugar bowl, milk jug, strainer, and large kettle...

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

Made circa 1780, this 18th century Dutch Delft vase was hand painted with floral decoration of flowers and scrolling vines. A beautiful deep cobalt blue covers most of the surface....

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...

This beautifully crafted Swedish Rococo writing desk is a distinguished piece of Stockholm workmanship from the 1760s-70s. The desk features gracefully curved legs and three finely v...

Having original glass, brass star pins holding center glass plate and glass rosette pins holding the shaped cuts on the boarder of the frame. The etchings are of restrained florals ...

A fine antique Nymphenburg porcelain figurine. Entitled "Der Gestörte Schlummer", which translates to English as "The Disturbed Slumber". After the 18th Century Frankenthal Porcelain model modeled by Johann Friedrich Lück. Depicting a sleeping gallant attended to (and being awakened by) two maidens. The gallant is sleeping on patches of grass that are supported by a stylized Rococo rocaille base. Simply a wonderful antique Nymphenburg figurine...

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 ...

Fantastic TOILET German in ebonized wood and German Dresden porcelain. Polychrome decoration with embossed flowers with puttis and two drawers. 19th Century Dim.: 155 x 54 x 46 cm ...

A Magnificent Rococo Style Gilt-Bronze, Bois Satiné and Mahogany Commode. By Rosel, Brussels, After The Celebrated Model By Johann Melchoir Kambli. Of curvaceous bombé form surmoun...

Antique Rococo drop-leaf table from Sweden, crafted around 1770. The table has one leaf, originally the table most likely had two but one has disappeared during the passage of time. ...

18th Century Italian Venetian Rococo painted commode Chest. Painted With Ochre Ground And Floral And Foliate Sprays, Serpentine Top And Conforming Chest Of Three Drawers. Chest sits ...

Pair of gilt brass Rococo wall lights Gilt brass three arm lights in the Rococo style, a mirrored pair with S-scroll foliate wall plates, bobeche and candle holders. French, circa 19...

As found in France, this charming sandstone statue head captures the essence of a child. This cherub girl is likely of Italian origin. Hand carved, this impressive fiqure portrays a ...

This oil on canvas was executed in the 19th century in the style of Camille Corot. The painting portrays a countryside scene: in the foreground, a few figures are suggested with gen...

The 18th Century First Period Worcester porcelain botanical kidney-shaped dish has a blue-scale ground with four large shaped panels and four smaller vase-shaped panels on the rim, all finely painted with flowers. The vase-form panels each have a single flower while the larger panels are painted with an assortment of flowers, each has a distinctive long stemmed flower...

A fine Meissen gravy or sauce boat. By the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. Having tin handles, two spouts, and an integral undertray. In the Neu Brandenstein...

Pair of weighted sterling silver footed candlesticks mounted as lamps with custom silk shades. The lamps well cast with traditional form, embossed florals and the base with relief fl...

A sparkling ice bucket, still equipped with its specific perforated spoon for ice, certainly made in Europe, between the 60s and 70s. Although it is a mid-twentieth century ice bucke...

A large rare pair of 19th century Meissen Chinoiserie style Nodding Pagoda Figures with Movable Head, Hand and Tongue, known as a "Nodder'. This Unusual...

This 18th-century Swedish Rococo long bench is a refined example of the elegant design characteristic of the Rococo period in Sweden. Crafted from carved wood, it features gracefully...

Fabulous giltwood seven-arm Italian wall sconce. Great as a wall decoration, above a bed or in any room. Backplate measures: 25" w x 18" h

This exceptional 19th-century antique Victorian English sterling silver teapot was crafted by Joseph Angell Sr. & Joseph Angell Jr. in London in 1841. Is a remarkable addition to any...

A fine 18th c Dutch Polychrome painted delft charger, decorated with vibrantly colored stylized tulips and flowers painted in manganese, green, yellow...

The green painted and gilt carved frame boasts a faux marble decorated top above a ornately carved frame with overall rococo and foliate motifs to the apron and the four shapely cabr...

Good pair of George III giltwood rococo mirrors having foliate and rocaille carving, and retaining much original gilding.

This lovely rococo pine chest of drawers has elegant lines that reveal its Swedish country style with gently curved serpentine front and a carved element along the skirt. Restored, l...

A fine pair of late 19th century antique Italian bombe shaped Rococo ormolu & marble topped commodes, circa 1890. Each commode having a serpentine shaped Verde Antico (varigated gree...

Large Rococo style porcelain mantel clock by Meissen German, 19th century Measures: Height 66cm, width 33cm, depth 25cm This superb mantel clock is a truly wonderful example of ...

18th Century, Pair of Rococo Italian Lacquered and Gilt Wood Armchairs Measures: cm W 67 x D 73 x H 106,5. H sitting 45 cm The elegant pair of armchairs was made in Genoa, Italy, ar...

A 19th century Meissen porcelain 'Elements' ewer emblematic of water. Blue crossed swords mark. The present ewer, representing water,...

Italian Rococo (18th Century) silver gilt bracket console with carved scroll form legs conncected with a stretcher and a filigree carved apron supporting a Siena yellow marble top

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 ...