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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
Heinz Pinggera, "Music Recital for the Cardinal" Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heinz Pinggera (Italian, b 1900) "A Recital for the Cardinal" oil on canvas within a gilt-wood and gesso frame. The interior 18th century rococo scene depicting a seated Cardinal or ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture

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Canvas, 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...
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Early 20th Century German Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Louis XV Style Walnut Wood Armchairs
Located in Vienna, AT
Sculpted walnut wood. Made in France in the late 19th century. Upholsery is from the 1970s, chairs are in a good condition. Scratches, use marks, stains.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Swedish Rococo Style Console Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Rococo Style Console Table, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1930s Swedish Vintage Rococo Furniture

Materials

Wood

Pair of English Rococo Style Giltwood Two Light Sconces with Ebonized Eagle Tops
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of English Rococo style carved giltwood two-light sconces with metal arms, ebonized eagle tops and wreath motif. The pair dates to the 20th century and are in very good w...
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20th Century English Rococo Furniture

Materials

Metal

19th Century French Polish Steel Base Table with Glass Top
Located in North Salem, NY
Create a peaceful dining environment in your breakfast room, back patio or dining room with this lovely 19th century French ornate polish steel base table with 1/2" glass top with be...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Steel, Metal

Pair Of Massive And Palatial Rococo Style Gilt Wood Mirrors
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of impressive gilt wood mirrors with an acanthus leaf crest flanked by C-scrolls, the frame with embossed lattice design mimicking a Corinthian capital. The viewer is drawn to t...
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19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Large 19th Century Italian Faenza Garofano Platter
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large 19th Century Italian Faience Serving Platter. Platter in Faenza Garofano Blue Carnation pattern features flora in colors of blue, green, brown on a white background. Solid whit...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Georgian Rococo Gilt Mirrors
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good pair of George III giltwood rococo mirrors having foliate and rocaille carving, and retaining much original gilding.
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1760s English Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Giltwood

Herend Hand-Painted Hungarian Porcelain Figurine Representing a Fruit Vendor
Located in Cagliari, IT
Exquisite figurine representing a tropical fruit vendor. Beautiful details of bananas and pineapple. Modern. Since 1826, Herend's factory has been one of...
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1990s Hungarian Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century Italian Gilded Angel Wings on Calcite Crystals in Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 19th century Italian hand-carved and gilded angel wings on calcite crystal points in matrix. The pair hand-carved gilded and gilded angel wings are originally from a histor...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Fine 18th c Dutch Polychrome Painted Delft Charger
Located in valatie, NY
A fine 18th c Dutch Polychrome painted delft charger, decorated with vibrantly colored stylized tulips and flowers painted in manganese, green, yellow...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Delft

Fine Carved White Painted Decorated Italian Console With Figural Masks
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fantasy of a console table. The lions, masks of elders and incredible cabachon jeweled carved crests are simply extraordinary. The table features its original finish and wi...
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1890s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Walnut

French Fluorspar and Ormolu Clock Garniture
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful French clock garniture, styled in the Louis XV taste, is a charming work of artistry and craftsmanship. Crafted of richly veined and brightly-hued fluorspar mounted wi...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Monumental Pair of Magnificent Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted with scenes of a chateau landscape and courtly couples in a garden, signed 'E. Collot', on a gilt and cobalt ground, gilt-bronze acanthus swag handles, base and foliate ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Huge 19th Century Venetian Grotto Frame, Italy 1780
Located in San Francisco, CA
Monumental 18th Century Venetian Grotto Frame, created circa 1780 in Italy. This frame is impressive as an decorative element or the encasement for a treasured painting, mirror or im...
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1770s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Silver Leaf

Porcelain Chandelier with Flowers and Angels, Germany, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Porcelain chandelier with flowers and angels, Germany, circa 1900.
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Early 1900s German Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Ancient Italian Assortment Coffe Pot and Cups, Lodi, Circa 1765-1770
Located in Milano, IT
A coffee pot and two cups with saucers Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1765-1770 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). They measure: coffee pot: 9....
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1760s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Maiolica

Antique Dutch Rococo Fireplace
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Very fine and decorative Rococo fireplace from Holland. Beautiful decorative piece, nice proportioned with serpentine breakfront shelf above a very decorative and swooping freeze ...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Marble

19th Century Italian Painting of Jesus & Mary Framed with Amber
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian "Mary with Jesus" painting and framed with amber. The painting original came from Tuscany and depicts Mary sitting with another young child and looking lovingly ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Rock Crystal

Pr. 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Covered Potpourri Vases w/ Figural Maiden Handles
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th-Century Meissen Porcelain Covered Potpourri, with Pictorial Landscape Scenes, Lion's Paw Feet, and Figural Maiden Handles. Each urn-shaped vessel rests on three grace...
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1860s German Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Bow Pair of Porcelain Figures, Arlecchino and Columbina, Rococo ca 1758
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful pair of figures of Arlecchino and Columbina, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1758. These figures formed part of a series of the Commedia dell'Arte, a very popular series of theatrical figures that served as decoration at the dinner table in the 18th Century. The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected by Josiah Spode to what is now the universally used "bone china". Bow was the main competitor of the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, but where Chelsea made very fine slipcast porcelain, Bow made a different soft paste porcelain that tended to be softer and could be pressed into moulds. Bow served a larger public generally at lower prices. The factory was only in operation between 1743 and 1774, after which the tradition got incorporated into some of the later famous potteries such as Worcester and Derby. These figures were used to adorn the dinner table when dessert was served; groups of figures served to express something about the host, the guests, or to direct the conversation. The Italian Commedia Dell'Arte, a comical form of masked theatre, was very popular in those days and Bow copied many figures of the German Meissen series that were brought out in the decades before. This pair dates from about 1758, which was at the height of Bow's ability to make beautiful figurines often copied from Chelsea or Meissen. The pair is modelled after a Meissen pair by Kaendler. The porcelain is translucent with a beautiful milky glaze - Bow was probably the first pottery using bone in its porcelain recipe. Arlecchino (Harlequin) is playing the bagpipes, dressed in an odd costume of mismatched chintz and playing cards and wearing a funny black trumpet...
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1750s English Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Small German Rococo Double-Lidded Pewter Saltcellar Ashtray
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Classic Double-Lidded Saltcellar in Pewter. Could also function as an ashtray. This antique piece would make a great addition to your tabletop.
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Late 18th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Pewter

( After ) Raoul Dufy French Etching by Chalcographie Louve DU France
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A medium sized etching by Raoul Dufy ( 1877- 1963 ) of a nude lady in waiting on a balcony overlooking the water . With different types of ships in the back round sailing into the ba...
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1920s French Vintage Rococo Furniture

Materials

Paper

Set of Six North European 18th Century Rococo Dining Chairs
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A set of six North European (Danish or North Germany) parcel-gilt beechwood dining chairs. The pierced back with shaped splat, above a bow-fronted padded seat, on cabriole legs. Seat...
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Mid-18th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Beech

1750 Venezia Italy Yellow Lacquered Carved Wooden Fireplace Bellows with Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a rare fireplace bellows in carved and lacquered wood with polychrome decorations of flowers on a yellow background. It has original leather details and the bronze spout. Th...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Delft Blue and White "St Domingo" Tobacco Jar
Located in Houston, TX
Delft blue and white "St Domingo" tobacco jar with lid, Netherlands, circa 1790-1809. Decorated with floral medallion. Inscribed with "St Domingo," a popular tobacco variety cultivat...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Delft, Faience

Large Bohemian 12-Light Crystal Chandelier
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a large mid-20th century 12-Light Bohemian Crystal Chandelier. The photos speak to the beauty of this chandelier. The twelve cut crystal candle arms are in good condition wit...
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Mid-20th Century Czech Rococo Furniture

Materials

Crystal

French Crystal Beaded 8-Arm Chandelier, 20th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French crystal beaded 8-arm chandelier with faceted almond shaped crystals throughout. The fixture is adorned with garlands of English cut beads throughout as well. The fixture is ne...
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20th Century French Rococo Furniture

Materials

Crystal, Metal

German Rococo Silver Gilt Coffee Pot, Nuremberg, 17th-18th century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A rare and true rococo fantasy coffee pot. Fire-gilded vermeil, gilt silver, repousse with mannerist detailing including lobes, garlands, grotesque masques, scrolls, and rocaille. Ma...
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17th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Vermeil, Silver

Group of Three 18th Century Delft Jars And Lids
Located in Basildon, GB
Group of Three 18th Century Delft Jars and Lids, blue and white, each painted with figural vignettes and bearing bird & ball finialled covers., with maker's marks possibly indicating...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Ceramic, Delft

Fine 19th Century Clock Set Garniture by Jacob Petit
Located in London, GB
An elegant Rococo garniture by Jacob Petit, Paris, circa 1860. The clock is elaborately hand-painted with flower cartouches, as are the matching vases and a pair of Meissen style figurines, depicting gardners adorn the foot of the clock. The clock and its matching vases with their lattie-edged rims rest on bases rather than on porcelain feet.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Custom Appliqué Pillows by MLA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom pillows made with 19th century French metallic & chenille floral appliques. The appliques were placed on a vibrant yellow mohair and finished with 19th century metalli...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Rococo Furniture

Materials

Metallic Thread

Pair of Custom Appliqué Pillows by MLA
Pair of Custom Appliqué Pillows by MLA
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19th Century Antique French Inkwell in Gilded Brass and Porcelain
Located in Bradenton, FL
Beautiful Antique 19th century painted and gilded brass inkwell. Floral motif with pink rose on handle. 'Made in France' on underside.  
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Large Italian Religious Cross
Located in Hastings, GB
This heavy, hand carved wooden cross, with applied gesso and gilding is stunning, Italian and dating to the turn of the 18th/19th centuries. 163cm...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Gesso, Wood

18th Century Italian Sunray on a Blue Celestite Sphere with Blue Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf sunray mounted on a blue celestite sphere and wrapped in perfectly coordinating blue preserved coral. The 18th century gold leaf sunray was once a par...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Coral, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Handcrafted Antique Rococo Full-Length Mirror Belgium, 1900
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
Antique small full-length wall mirror with a hand-carved wooden frame in gilt finish, made in Belgium around 1900. The frame shows subtle Rococo influence with its soft curves and de...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Mercury Glass

19th Century French Provincial Armoire
Located in New Orleans, LA
This fine French provincial double door armoire is beautifully crafted of fine walnut. Adorned with elegant, Rococo-inspired molding and featuring exceptional well-preserved, origina...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Italian Rococo Painted and Gilded Console
Located in San Francisco, CA
An Italian giltwood and ochre painted console, with doe foot detail. Fabulous flamboyant carving indicative of the Italian Rococo period. Very good faux marble top. Consoles of thi...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Paint, Giltwood

18th Century Swedish Original Rococo Table
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A period Swedish Rococo table with two drawers and one short drop leaf. In completely untouched original Salmon pink paint.
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Wood

French Gilt Wall Mirror This is a beautifully Decorative Gold Gesso Frame
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Gilt Wall Mirror This is a beautifully Decorative Gold Gesso Frame Mirror it has an oval shape in the centre with gilded piercings and Scrolls, the gilt finish is very sligh...
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1920s Vintage Rococo Furniture

Materials

Gesso

Carved Giltwood Italian Rococo Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Wall mirror, having a rectangular gadrooned frame, surmounted by a pierced pediment of elaborate foliate scrollwork, accented by coquillage and rosette...
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1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture

Materials

Giltwood

French Antique Silk Bow Pillow Champagne Colour Cushion
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
French Antique Silk Bow Pillow Champagne Colour Cushion A custom made luxury contemporary cushion (pillow) constructed using precious antique fabric. Fab...
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20th Century French Rococo Furniture

Materials

Textile, Silk

Venetian Bombe Commode Polychromed and Painted
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 19th Century Polychromed Venetian Commode with bombe front, creating a rounded, convex shape. Commode features a vibrant blue polychromed paint that has gracefully aged over tim...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Wood

Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of 18th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical figurines of smell and hearing from a set of the senses probably modeled by J....
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18th Century and Earlier German Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Sterling Silver Rococo Candlesticks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a pair of sterling silver candlesticks by Frank W. Smith Silver. They are designed in the Rococo style. With their elaborate work and incredible detail, these cand...
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1880s American Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Ornate 19th Century French Cast Iron Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An ornate 19th century French cast iron fireplace. The large shell to centre with leafwork and scrolls to either side, the legs draped with festoons of foliage and fruit with intrica...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Iron

Pair of Spanish Rococo Mini Sized Mirrors in Giltwood
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of rococo mini sized mirrors, giltwood, gold leaf, Spain, 1930s These two small scale Rococo style round mirrors feature carved gold gilt frames. Unusual pieces due to their si...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Rococo Furniture

Materials

Gold Leaf

Cesare Lapini Alabaster Sculpture Girl and Green Onyx Pedestal
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Take a look at the sensitivity and incredibly well done piece. Loo at the contrast of the creamy alabaster sculpture of a young girl and the beautiful Green and brown onyx base. The ...
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1880s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Onyx, Alabaster, Brass

18th Century Italian Figure of Christ with Smoky Quartz Crystals in Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian figure of Christ on brown, aged coral, adorned with smoky quartz crystals, mounted on a polished agate base. The figure of Christ was originally part ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Quartz, Rock Crystal, Coral

Silver Serving Spoon Antique Pair of Decorative Sterling Silver Gilded Spoon
Located in Wembley, GB
Antique valuable sterling silver serving spoons Decorative tableware pressed, cast and chased, gold gilding on the inside. Oval, domed body on short,...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver

Pair of Italian Capodimonte Porcelain Figural Table Lamps by Pellati, 1970
By Giuseppe Pellati
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of polychrome Capodimonte porcelain figurines, a man with basket of grapes and a girl with a basket of flowers, both with round gil...
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Late 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain, Silk

18th Century French Louis XV Side Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming 18th-century French Louis XV side table beautifully showcases the elegance and fluidity of the Rococo period. Crafted from solid oak, the table features a scalloped apr...
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Oak

Venetian 1810s Rococo Style Painted Wood Armchair with Parcel-Gilt Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian painted wood Rococo style armchair from the early 19th century, with carved splat, scrolling arms, cabriole legs and cross stretcher. Born in Venice during the early years...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Rococo style gilt gesso rectangular wall mirror
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
Rococo style gilt gesso rectangular wall mirror. Mild foxing to the glass which adds character and age. CIRCA Mid 1800's. Very small losses to the gilt frame which are unnoticeable t...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of English Pottery Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
This listing features a pair of Rococo style vases that are a beautiful cobalt color with depictions of two pairs of adorable cherubs. There are so many little details on these vases...
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20th Century English Rococo Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Gilt and Patinated Bronze Andirons with Figures, C. 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt and patinated bronze andirons with figures, circa 1890. With iron log holders behind.
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1890s Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Pair of Italian 19th Century Rococo Style Carved Walnut Upholstered Armchairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian Rococo style walnut armchairs from the 19th century, with carved skirts, cabriole legs and upholstery. Born in Italy during the 19th century, each of this pair of R...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Large Meissen Cupid Group 'Allegory - The Four Seasons', By Leuteritz, Ca. 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
An excellent and rare Meissen group of the seasons with large figures: Four amoretti wrapped in cloths grouped on a rock, representing the four seasons: a female amoretto as spring w...
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1880s German Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

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...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood

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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