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
Vintage Italian Wood Painted Nightstand, circa 1960’s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fabulous nightstand with painted floral pattern in creams, reds and blues. This table is a very versatile piece that can be used as a side table in a living room, foyer or next to a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Meissen Porcelain Figures of Parrots Standing on Branches W/ Cherries
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent and large pair of antique meissen porcelain figures of colorful parrots, each standing on a tree branch with cherries and beautiful foliage after a model by J. J. Kandl...
Category
1870s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Blue and White Delft Plates or Dishes Hand Painted Netherlands, circa 1800
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of blue and white Delft plates were hand painted circa 1800 in the Netherlands.
At the center of this lovely pair of dishes is a traditional Dutch Delft view of a garden in...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Delft
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
Italian Rococo 1770s Framed Still-Life Painting Depicting a Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Rococo period framed still-life oil on canvas painting from the late 18th century, depicting a colorful bouquet. Created in Italy during the third quarter of the 18th cent...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Edwardian Rococo Style Satinwood Marquetry Cocktail Table with Protective Glass
Located in Germantown, MD
An Edwardian Rococo Style Carved Satinwood Marquetry Fruitwood Cocktail / coffee Table with Protective Glass top.
Measures 36" in width, 23" in in depth and 16" in height.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood, Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut
$1,676 Sale Price
30% 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 scrol...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Sevres Ceramica chest Rococo style 19th century 1870 hand painted
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres Ceramica chest
Rococo style
19th century 1870
hand painted
origin France
Perfect unrestored condition
natural wear.
The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the most important and well-known European madame-de-pompadour porcelain...
Category
1870s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Style Rococo Gold Mirror with Bevel Glass
Located in Toronto, CA
18th Century Style Rococo Gold Mirror with Bevel Glass and deep gold finish. Good proportions
Elevate your home with this exquisite Gold 18th Cent...
Category
20th Century American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso
Antique Italian Rococo Style Giltwood Florentine Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Great antique carved Rococo style giltwood Italian mirror. Distressed original mirror glass as shown in photos. Good overall condition . Measures 30" x 17". Inset mirror is 15.5" x 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Nymphenburg Porcelain Figurine of the Disturbed Slumberer/Der Gestörte Schlummer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of two Arm Rococo Style Wall Sconces in Bronze Italy, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Pair of nice Sconces. Each fixture requires two European E14 candelabras bulbs, each bulb up to 40 watts. These wall lights have a beautiful patina and gives each room an eclectic st...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Sèvres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This beautiful mantel clock has been designed in an 18th century Rococo style, which was popularised by the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. The clock has been expertly cast in bronze a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
1750 Venezia Italy Green Light Blue Lacquered and Shaped Wooden Box with Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a refined lacquered and shaped wooden box, with polychrome Chinese figures and fine floral decoration on green and light blue background.
The curved shape of the box, on the front, on the sides and of the feet, the rich carving, are the result of the high level craftemanships of the Venetian master cabinetery.
This magnificent piece hails from the Mid-18th Century in Venezia and masterfully shows the lacquered Venetian style.
Its carefully considered proportions, refined carvings, magnificent color of the lacquer, and premium materials culminate in this wooden box that shows sophistication and grace.
This is a little jewel, a case to contain jewels.
One of the distinctive characteristics of Venetian Baroque and Rococo furniture is the skilful use of lacquers. Lacquer is a natural resin that was very rare in the past, imported from the East and used to create smooth and colored surfaces on furniture, ready to be finely decorated with refined floral designs or exotic animals.
Venetian artisans became masters in lacquer processing which required time and patience because it was made with many steps.
The Venetian style deeply influenced furniture design throughout Europe, but none reached the Venetian level in terms of beauty. The skillful use of lacquer and carvings defined Venice's unique style during the Rococo period, its Golden Age.
The iron little key is not working. Inside are visible some scribbles.
The piece is in very good state of maintenance and guaranteed original in every parts. The surface was only cleaned not restored and it is original.
The wooden light blue lacquered...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Crucifix with Selenite Sunrays and Apophyllite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian crucifix with selenite in matrix and adorned with gem beading around the cross. The selenite in matrix creates the sunrays around the crucifix. The pi...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal
Niche. Carved and polychrome wood. Possibly Spanish school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Niche. Carved and polychrome wood. Possibly Spanish school, 18th century.
A table niche made of carved, polychrome, and gilded wood. It features a front door with a key lock and gi...
Category
18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Other
Frederick Cooper Gorgeous Rococo Italian Porcelain Lamp Pair! Floral Louis XV
Located in Peoria, AZ
Magnificent Pair!
Frederick Cooper
Italian Porcelain
Floral Table Lamps
Rococo Louis XV Style!
Dimensions: 39" tall by 18" wide
These lamps are simply GORGEOUS! An excellent p...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century Italian Ecclesiastical Embroideries on Mercury Mirrors
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian ecclesiastical, hand-embroidered decorations mounted on antique mercury mirror.
The intricate ecclesiastical decorations are hand-embroidered with four ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Fabric, Thread, Beads
Venetian Blue Leather and Wood Chair
Located in Houston, TX
18th century blue-gray painted Venetian side chairs with leather seats. Chairs have a heraldic style cross maker's mark engraved on backs of chairs. Features hand carved stretchers a...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
$1,750 / item
Antique Painted and Parcel Gilt Porcelain Vase by Meissen
Located in London, GB
This beautiful vase was created by the world-famous Meissen porcelain factory. Meissen was established in the early 18th century, making it the first producer of hard-paste porcelain...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Swedish Black Painted Pine Secretary
Located in Round Top, TX
This pine secretary reflects the understated grace of Swedish styling in the late 1700's.
The original black painted finish has been scraped, revealing the warm aged pine patina bel...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Antique French Baroque Rococo Style Scroll Carved Wood 65" Gold Wall Mirror
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Baroque Rococo Style Pierce Carved Wood Large 50 x 65 Gold Mirror. Item features a remarkable pierce carved wood fra...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Antique French Rococo Vernis Martin Lacquer Clock by Planchon - Paris
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning antique French Vernis Martin style lacquer clock, Circa 1890. The exquisite waisted, lacquered eau de nil case is decorated with delicate floral swags and mounted with gil...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
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
Pair of Meissen Figures Mounted as Rococo Ormolu Candelabras
By J.J. Kändler
Located in New York, NY
A pair of original Meissen figures circa 1765 modeled by J.J. Kändler. Depicting a young couple holding baskets with bright pastel glazes. Later mounted on cast in rococo style Frenc...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
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
18th Century Danish Chest of Drawers
Located in Charleston, SC
18th century Danish chest of drawers in richly carved bleached oak with curvaceous serpentine drawer fronts with handsome original bronze hardwares and shaped top, handsome original ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Swedish 18th Century Rococo Oil Painting Portraits
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of two noble male and female oil paintings in period delicate ornate Rococo wood frames. This pair of highly detailed portraits were purchased at a Swedish estate in the 1970's.
...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Berlin KPM Guild Royal Blue Porcelain Vase
Located in Guaynabo, PR
Berlin KPM pedestal vaulted vase. It is hand painted on the front with a scene of Kronprinzepalais building redesigned by Johann Heinrich Strack for Prince Frederick William of Pruss...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$14,400 Sale Price
52% Off
Italy Late 18th Century Pair of Lacquered and Gilted Wooden Carved Torches Lamps
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an exceptional pair of wooden torch holders sculpted, carved, painted and lacquered to imitate marble in shades of green and red, highlighted in...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Large Italian Gilt Florentine Round Beveled Mirror (Diameter 27)
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Italian circular wall mirror of carved giltwood, in the Rococo or Florentine style, featuring a round beveled mirror plate surrounded by pier...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Pottery Fountain Presumably for an Apothecary
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
18th century Italian pottery fountain presumably for an apothecary. Liguria white star mark. Splendid mascaron spout to frighten away evil...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Walnut Rococo Chest of Two Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
Large Italian walnut rococo chest of two drawers resting on raised cabriolet legs.
Simple carving outlines the large brass pulls and key escutcheons on each drawer in addition to the...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Sèvres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Jardinière and Vase Garniture Suite
Located in London, GB
Sèvres style porcelain and gilt bronze jardinière and vase garniture suite
French, late 19th century
Measures: Vases: height 72cm, width 36cm, depth 22cm
Urn: height 53cm, width 5...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Venetian Rococo Lacquer Cabinet
Located in Lymington, GB
An antique Venetian rococo japanned (or 'lacquer') cabinet.
This rare and sophisticated antique cabinet separates in two, with bombé and serpentine profiles.
The particularly fine ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Italian Rococo Fruitwood Cupid Crib
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Rococo style (18/19th Cent) carved fruitwood cupid design crib on rustic carved wood base.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Fine French Art Deco Oval Mirror with a Solid Brass Frame
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rococo style, the semi-oval solid brass frame is adorned with floral decorations, and the original passementerie / tassel.
Category
1930s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Meissen Porcelain 'Elements' Ewer Emblematic of Water
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen porcelain 'Elements' ewer emblematic of water. Blue crossed swords mark. The present ewer, representing water,...
Category
1870s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Large Antique Dutch Delft Lidded Jars Blue and White Circa 1880
By Delft
Located in Katonah, NY
This beautiful pair of large antique Dutch Delft jars was made circa 1880 and features classic blue and white decoration.
The decoration presents a continuous garden scene with styli...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Delft
Japy Freres Antique French Ormolu Rococo Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning original antique French Rococo clock by Japy Frères. It is beautifully sculptured with finely finished scrolls, curves and acanthus leaves in finely gilded bronze. To the ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Italian Borghese Rococo Baroque Gilt Wood Mirror
By Borghese
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Rococo Baroque style gilt wood framed mirror
Italy, Circa 1940s
Measures: 15"W x 2"D x 26.25"H
Very good original vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of George II Style English Giltwood ‘Rococo’ Wall Mirrors
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Magnificent Pair of George II Style English Carved Giltwood ‘Rococo’ Wall Mirrors After A Design By Thomas Johnson.
Of large proportions, each mirror having a cartouche-shaped plate within a profusely carved and pierced branch-entwined frame with stylised acanthus foliate rocaille and ‘C’-scroll decoration, architectural motifs and running dogs, surmounted by an asymmetrical pagoda form cresting with rockwork spires and a seated rustic couple holding a basket, flanked by confronted Ho-Ho birds, with a conforming asymmetrical apron of acanthus and waterwork icicles centred by a perching bird.
This magnificent and ornate pair of English wall mirrors or ‘pier glasses’ are refined and reduced from a design by Thomas Johnson (1723–1799) first published in 1756 and included in his ‘Collections of Designs’ (1758), plate 4, and republished in his ‘One Hundred and Fifty New Designs" (1761) as plate 22.
Pier Glasses were designed to be placed on the wall or 'pier' between windows; as well as forming part of a decorative scheme they provided an important functional use, creating a reversal of dynamic with the windows at night, reflecting and maximising the light given off by candles or oil lamps. Johnson’s asymmetrical design creates a sense of fluidity and lightness to the mirrors, employing ‘contraste’ in the placing or absence of elements, to create a stylised form, which through the dynamic tension of its constituent parts instils the mirrors with a sense of playfulness and vitality.
In London throughout the 1740s and 1750s there developed a great enthusiasm for the whimsical Rococo style, and it rapidly became the height of fashion, popularised, and disseminated throughout the country and further afield by cabinetmakers’ 'Books of Prices', and 'Directories'. The second half of the 19th century saw a revival of the Rococo style in England and many designers and furniture makers turned once again to Chippendale’s ‘Director’ and designs by Matthias Lock and Thomas Johnson for inspiration, with fine examples based on modified designs or specific plates.
Thomas Johnson’s designs, executed in a vigourous picturesque manner, are often inspired by the work of earlier French designers, transposing motifs taken from engraved ornament by Jean Bérain, Daniel Marot, William de la Cour, J. B. Toro and Francis Barlow...
Category
19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain 'Elements' Ewer Emblematic of Air
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen porcelain 'Elements' ewer emblematic of air. Blue crossed swords mark. The present ewer, representing water, i...
Category
1880s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Rococo Fireplace Mantel In Reddish-Brown or Porphyry-Like Stone
Located in Beervelde, BE
18th century ornate Rococo fireplace mantel made of reddish-brown stone or porphyry-like marble-stone.
This exceptional decorative architectural element featuring intricate carvings,...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Stone, Marble
Large Glass and Gilt Bronze Hanging Hall Lantern
Located in London, GB
This hall lantern has been exquisitely crafted from glass and gilt bronze (ormolu). The piece will look wonderful placed in a grand entrance hall, living or dining room. The light it...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Meissen Porcelain Mirror
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lavish Meissen porcelain serves as the extraordinary frame for this mirror. Exquisitely hand-painted in polychrome with gilt accents, the bountiful fr...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Mirror
$74,500
Rare Pair 18th Century Venetian Paint Decorated Marble Top Commodes Nightstands
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is an extremely rare pair of original hand-painted Venetian paint decorated pair of nightstands. They are in good condition with some minor finish as to be expected for their ad...
Category
1790s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Iron
$4,360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rococo Style Steinway Centennial Concert Grand Carved Rosewood
Located in Leeds, GB
Rococo style, 1874, Steinway & Sons Centennial concert grand piano with a rosewood case, filigree music desk and ornately carved, reverse scroll legs. Piano is rebuilt.
The piano cheek features a carved, Classical meander and acanthus in high relief. The two-pedal piano lyre features carved inverted fish, c-scrolls and a central cartouche. The music desk in an openwork arabesque design and a central lyre motif. A sinuous wave pattern double moulding surrounds the cabinet base.
At the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there were several manufacturer's competitions, including a piano competition. The Steinway company sent two grand pianos displaying their latest developments, demonstrating the firm's innovative and markedly improved piano quality. Their determined pursuit of quality was rewarded at the world exhibition with a gold medal. Steinway won the competition against several established, well-known American piano makers, including Chickering and Sons and Weber. This Steinway concert grand...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Dining Chairs Set of 6 Swedish Rococo Period 18th Century Brown Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A set (assembled) of six dining chairs made during the Rococo period 1750-1775 in Sweden. Beautiful raw patina with stunning carvings. Cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet.
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Pair of Transomed Louis XV Doors
Located in Houston, TX
Large pair of transomed Louis XV doors: Régence period exterior doors, hand carved in oak with original transom. Dated to the first half of the 18th century. These doors and transom originally belonged to a home in Paris. They include original, or extremely early, hardware. Hand carved scroll and rocaille motifs adorn both doors and transom. Doors, transom and architectural surround...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
$10,000 / set
Mid Century Italian Tole Chandelier
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Chandelier from the 1950s in iron and painted with a natural vintage patina. It has six candle lights surrounded with flowers and leaves in different shapes and colors. The lightbulb...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Iron, Tôle
$1,795 Sale Price
25% Off
Italian Old Venetian Miniature Wall Shelf, Gilded Carved Acanthus, Rococo Style
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Offered is an absolutely stunning, 1950s Italian gilt wood miniature wall shelf or wall console. Minor patina and paint lost gives this piece a classy statement. Made of hand carved ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Mid-Century Florentine Gilt Wood Wall Mirror, 1950s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Florentine Gilt and Painted Wall Mirror from Italy With amazing patina front and back. Charming classic style Italian gilded Florentine gold and cream wood mirror with painted flower...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
18th Century Danish Rococo Console with Original Italian Marble Top
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rococo console crafted from pine, meticulously stripped by a conservator to reveal its original, beautiful gray-marbled finish with natural patina.
The console is topped with its or...
Category
18th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
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
Berlin Porcelain Tureen, by KPM, Beautifully Decorated
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Konigliche Porcelain Manufactur of the 18th Century was finaced by
Friedrich II. The fabrication of porcelain was stricktly controlled as far
as productivity as well as quality w...
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$3,395 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Clock Garniture with Sèvres Style Porcelain and Ormolu
Located in London, GB
This fantastic porcelain clock garniture contains three vases, one of which has been mounted with a ormolu clock dial with jewels surrounding it. The vases are decorated in the style of the Sèvres Porcelain manufacturers, with cartouches to the front and back. The panels on the front depict ladies and putti in a landscape, while the reverse sides depict riverbanks. The vases are set on ormolu bases with canted angles, and feature twin ormolu handles which take the form of masks. The central vase is surmounted by an ormolu putti...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This magnificent five-piece clock set is designed in the style of 18th century porcelain produced by the famous Sèvres Manufactory in France. The set is comprised of a mantel clock, a pair of flanking vases—which double-up as candelabra—and two candlesticks. The five items are crafted from ‘bleu Sèvres’ (navy) colored porcelain, which has been finely parcel gilt, jewelled and painted, and mounted in gilt bronze (ormolu).
The mantel clock is composed of a circular porcelain dial, with a central painting of cherubs in flight, encircled by black Roman Numerals within white medallions. This is set within a gilt bronze bezel, crowned by a porcelain lidded urn, fitted with gilt bronze satyr head handles, draped with flower swags, and topped by a gilt bronze grape cluster finial. The clock case is supported on four porcelain columns, which are surmounted by a gilt bronze pinecone-tipped staff, draped with tasselled fabrics. A gilt bronze sculpture of a dancing Maenad (also called a Bacchante)—a female follower of the classical god of wine and ecstasy, Dionysus (or Bacchus). The woman plays the tambourine and is accompanied by a putto. The clock is placed on a shaped gilt bronze base, with two projecting scrolled wings, decorated with gilt bronze acanthus leaves and porcelain patera. The base is mounted with porcelain paintings of classical trophies, and putti within a gilt bronze cartouche frame. It is set on two gilt bronze feet, which are decorated with pointed porcelain covers and gilt bronze rosettes.
Depending on personal preference, the vases that accompany the clock can be left as they are or made to serve as candelabra. When vases, they are topped by porcelain domed lids, with gilt bronze grape finials. To turn the items into candelabra, these lids are replaced by gilt bronze covers. Each cover is fitted with six gilt bronze branches—five of which are scrolling and decorated with acanthus leaves, and one extends upwards in a straight line. These terminate in wide drip-pans and urn-shaped capitals. The porcelain vase bodies feature fine paintings of couples courting in garden settings, and they are fitted with gilt bronze cherub head...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$90,192 / set
Blue and White Delft Charger Hand-Painted, Netherlands, 18th Century, Circa 1760
Located in Katonah, NY
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...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Delft
Pair of Giltwood Chairs, Shabby Chic Swedish Antique Farmhouse Style, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is a beautiful pair of antique Swedish giltwood chairs, circa 1920 in date.
The giltwood is beautiful in color, each chair features a shell carved crested toprail with acanthus...
Category
1920s Swedish Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood
$487 Sale Price / set
50% Off
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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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