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
Italian Rococo Carved and Gilded Console with Marble Top, circa 1750
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary Northern Italian Rococo period gilded wood and hand-carved console with shaped grey marble top. The curved shape of the body, on the front, on the sides and of the f...
Category
1750s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique French Louis XV Style Carved Painted Scroll Arm Bench Newly Upholstered
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XV Style Carved Painted Scroll Arm Bench Newly Upholstered in a Patterned Teal & Gold Velvet
This stunning French Louis XV style scroll arm bench has a richly d...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Giltwood
Italian Rococo Gilt Round End Table
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Rococo (18th century) gilt round end table with a floral carved design and eagle figure resting on a triangular base with an apron supporting a round green marble top.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Large Rococo Silvered Italian Console with Sienna Marble, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Italian silvered Rococo console with sienna marble top with serpentine form, carved frieze with pierced shell, acanthus leaf detail and cabriole legs.
William Word fine Ant...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Silver Leaf
Pair Dutch Delft Hand Painted Imari Dishes 18th Century Circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
These Dutch pancake plates are adorned with a beautiful hand-painted scene in bold Imari colors of cobalt blue and iron red, enhanced by forest green and bright yellow, which replace...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Delft
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Demilune Tables Rococo style
Located in Kvidinge, SE
A pair of Swedish Rococo style painted wood demi lune console tables with cabriole legs
Made of solid pine in sweden in the 19th century
Painted in a beautiful shade of grey/white w...
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Sculptural Canvas Relief with a 17th Century Florence Fragment by Elena Rousseau
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural canvas relief with a 17th century Italian Florence fragment by Elena Rousseau.
The sculpted canvas is molded together with fresco plaster, g...
Category
17th Century American Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Paste, Paint, Ash, Wood, Canvas, Gesso
Vintage French Rococo Style Gilt Floor Lamp with Adjustable Height
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful French Rococo style gilt Floor Lamp with a fluted stem, scrolled feet and height adjustable too. The Vintage French Floor Lamp was been modified for US electrical outlets. ...
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1930s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Steel, Iron
Queen's Armchair made of Carved Walnut Upholstered in Black Leather with Iron-Gi
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful and decorative Queen's armchair is made of carved walnut upholstered in black leather with iron-gilded border and decoration. This is a French work in Louis XV style. ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Rococo Chest Of Drawers Made In Walnut, Southern Germany From 1780s
Located in Lejre, DK
This Rococo chest of drawers, crafted from walnut and originating from Southern Germany around the 1780s, is a magnificent example of 18th-century European furniture design. The ches...
Category
1780s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Asnaghi “Eubea” Dining Table and 12 Chair Suite in Harwood, Gilt and Silk
Located in Barrowford, GB
Asnaghi make pieces of furniture that are far more than just that. They create real works-of-art of intrinsic value, Peerless in design and execution, and expected to become heirloom...
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2010s Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Rococo Pierce Carved Giltwood Frame with Shell Decoration
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Rococo style pierce carved giltwood frame with shell decoration, probably Italian in origin, dating to the 17th/18th century, in very good condition, with minor gilt rubs, imp...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
1760s Period Rococo Swedish Cabinet with Glass Doors, Bonnet Top and Cabrioles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish period Rococo painted wood cabinet with bonnet-shaped pediment, glass doors, lower drawers and original hardware from the mid 18th century. Our eye is immediately attracted...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Extra Large Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Original Lid: Hollandia, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Delft
1760 – 1790
Workshop unknown
A large blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lid.
The jar is inscribed Hollandia in a cartouche ornated wi...
Category
1760s Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
Chinoiserie Toile Hangings Curtains French Blue & White Rococo
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Exceptionally rare pair of large, Rococo Chinoiserie blue & white cotton bed curtains. Measures: 4ftwide 7ft9"hig.
- Chinoiserie was the height of fashion during the Rococo and these hangings would have been a luxury item, making a exotic statement in the bedroom. They have been used as wall hangings for the last 35 years.
- From a private collection, purchased 35 years ago from a set of six removed from a Chateau in France. One was purchased by Nina Campbell...
Category
1750s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Large Water Gilt Austrian Rococo Style Mirror with Winged Lion, circa 1900
Located in Houston, TX
Large Rococo Revival or Second Empire style mirror from France, circa 1880. Expertly handcrafted and in great condition. Hand carved mirror accompanied by water gilt accents on plast...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Plaster, Wood
18th Century Rococo Cabinet of Masterpiece Quality
Located in Ljungby, SE
An extraordinarily high-quality Rococo cabinet crafted to the standard of a master’s piece. Painted in Rococo style, the cabinet has never been veneered. It features double front leg...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Bleached Walnut Serpentine Front Commode / Chest of Drawers
Located in Carmine, TX
Chest of drawers hand-made in Italy in the mid 1700s using walnut and decorated by satin wood inlay. This is a gorgeous chest that has almost an etherea...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Meissen, Germany. Antique lidded tureen hand-painted with polychrome flowers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Antique lidded tureen hand-painted with polychrome flowers.
Branch-shaped handles.
Approximately 1800.
In good condition with several chips on the raised flowers an...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Swedish Rococo Long Bench
Located in New Orleans, LA
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...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Complete bible bound in green leather morocco with silver clasps, 18th century
Located in Gorssel, GE
La Sainte Bible qui contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament edited by: Z.CHatelain & Fils, Arkstee & Merkus, Marc Michel Rey. A.D. 1770.
Subtitle: 'Le nouveau Testament, cést à di...
Category
18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
18th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' with Fossil Coral and Lemon Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" with fossil agate coral and natural lemon quartz crystals and mounted on a coral base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was f...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Coral, Rock Crystal, Quartz
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.
Category
1860s British Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine, Giltwood
Large Oval Wall Mirror and Rococo Wall Brackets
Located in Reepham, GB
Sold as a set.
A dramatic and distinctive 19th Century large oval wall mirror, the assured carving and decoration of the flower-studded foliag...
Category
19th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Hand Carved Italian Rococo Style Ebonized and Antique Gold Mirror
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Dramatic ebonized and gilded super chunky heavily carved mirror having a stylized fleur de lis motif. Mirror 17 w 24 h
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
18th Century Italian Rococo Painted Canape au Chasse
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinoiserie painted triple back canape in hues of red, gold, and turquoise with removable upholstered seat and back panels, 18th century, Italy.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th -C. Italian Rococo Style Burl Walnut And Satinwood Inlaid Two Part Cabinet
Located in Kennesaw, GA
Wow! This is gorgeous. It is a 19th century inlaid burl walnut and satinwood two piece cabinet. It does have keys, and the upper portion is lined with fabric. It has a demilune form....
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Satinwood, Walnut
18th Century Meissen Turkish Pair holding sweetmeat / table salt bowls
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain, Pair of Turkish figures holding sweetmeat / table salt bowl. These sweetmeat figures were made around 1745, the original models being done by J F Eber...
Category
1740s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
1750 Venezia Black Lacquered Wooden Engraved Figures Vases Holders Side Tables
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a pair of refined Venetian wooden sculpted figures, carved and lacquered in polychrome.
The sculpetd shape of the body, the rich carving of the bases, are the result of the ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Antique English George IV Sheffield Plate Rococo Round Base Candlesticks
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Pair of superb quality George IV Rococo border round base candlesticks
Exceptional applied Rococo borders; removable bobeches, no plate wear noted.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Antique Dutch Rococo Cabinet with Writing Desk, ca. 1750
Located in Antwerp, BE
This rare and impressive Dutch Rococo cabinet, made around 1750, is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and elegance. The cabinet is made of oak and finished with a luxurious mahogany ven...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Brass and Red Velvet Chiavari Chair, circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This Chiavari chair is all made of brass with a red velvet on the seat. The quality of this chair is a very nice. This is a French work, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Bow Porcelain Figure of Juno with Eagle 'Jupiter', Rococo Ca 1765
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and impressive large figure of Juno with an eagle, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. This figure formed part of a series of the Four Elements, with...
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
1870s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Figurine of a Lady
Located in Basildon, GB
A good 18th Century Meissen Figurine of a Lady, circa 1740, modelled by Peter Reinecke wearing a hat with a ribbon, floral dress and holding a bouquet of flowers and standing on a fl...
Category
1740s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Fireplace Surround In Bicolour Stone From French Demeure
Located in Beervelde, BE
Very unusual hard stone chimney piece. Fronton in arbalette. This fireplace surround is definitely a statement objet for the connoisseur. Amor central motif, made on special request....
Category
18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Stone
18th Century Swedish Rococo Sofa
Located in Huntington, NY
A Swedish Rococo sofa from Lindome. The raised sofa back crowns and undulating s-shaped front edges are exquisitely hand-carved in the form of shel...
Category
Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Herend Porcelain Reticulated Potpourri / Bombonniere Lidded Box
By Herend
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Herend Porcelain reticulated round lidded potpourri bombonniere box. It is hand painted with colorful flowers and pink ribbons scrolls. Its lid and bowl borders are gilded....
Category
20th Century Hungarian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Small 18th Century French Rococo Brass Planter Flower Pot
Located in Copenhagen, K
French Rococo Planter or Flower Pot in Brass, Circa 1780
Period French flower pot with beautiful large Rococo decorations.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair, Swedish Rococo Style Arm Chairs, circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
Filled with curves and graceful lines, this pair of Rococo style Swedish arm chairs have a soft gray painted finish.
Distress to the dove gray painted finish is seen throughout, in p...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
Italian Rococo Walnut Commode
Located in Essex, MA
A good clean chest with a serpentine top with banded edge over three conforming drawers with brass handles and escutcheons. Nice brown patina. Cabriole legs.
Category
1760s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Striped Gold Upholstery Fine Deep Carved Mahogany Frame Lounge Chair Solid Frame
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Striped Gold Upholstery Fine Deep Carved Mahogany Frame Lounge Chair Solid Frame.
Upholstery is in Slightly as is condition as pictured.
Category
20th Century American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
18th Century Rococo Chairs Sweden
Located in SE
A pair of rococo chairs made in Sweden about 1765. The model are provincial and unique. The carvings on the top is typical for the Rococo period ...
Category
1760s Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Birch
1750 Venezia Italy Polychrome Lacquered and Wooden Engraved Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a rare wooden sculpted man figure carved and lacquered in polychrome. This elegant piece hails from the Mid-18th Century, Venezia.
The curved shape, on the front and on the s...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Extremely Rare Dutch Delft Tobacco Jar with Ships and Original Lid, 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Delft
1760 – 1800
Workshop: De Vergulde Bloempot (The Gilded Flowerpot)
A rare blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco with an original brass lid.
The jar is decorated...
Category
1780s Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Delft, Faience
A Mid-century Single Italian Wall Sconce Rococo Style
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A grand Italian wall sconce in rococo style made from iron during the mid-century with as many as seven lightbulbs which have black fabric lampshades.
The sconce is made on an iron base and decorated with curled metal...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
18th-century First Period Worcester Porcelain Rococo Botanical Blue-Scale Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
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...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Mariano Fortuny Textile Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These elegant pillows feature a sophisticated blend of textures and patterns. They are crafted from high-quality linen fabric, which serves as a neutral and subtly textured backgroun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Dutch Marquetry Chest of Drawers or Commode, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Dutch marquetry chest of drawers. Century XVIII.
Requires restoration.
Chest of drawers with four front drawers with key lock and ...
Category
18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Other
Rococo Crystal Chandelier, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This beautiful chandelier boasts a Florentine Rococo style and is handmade in Florence, Italy circa 1950. The gilded iron frame is adorned with an array of crystals, which exude a so...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Wrought Iron
Exceptional Pair of 19th century Capodimonte polychrome cache pots
By Capodimonte
Located in RUEIL-MALMAISON, FR
Exceptional pair of 19th century polychrome enameled porcelain planters with rotating decoration in light relief of antique scenes, fountain, castle and river.
Discover this excepti...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Tall Italian Wood Gilded Gold Candlestick
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Carved wood gold gilded alter candlestick with original patina. This tall candlestick is carved from wood and has a flat top to hold a pillar candle. Wonderful addition as a stand al...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
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
18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with Elestial Quartz and Ecphora Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" vase with an elestial quartz point, chalcedony rosettes, and ecphora shells on a petrified wood base. The elestial quartz has an additional c...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Italian Table Painted Finish in Rococco Style
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful side table
Hand painted with landscapes
Category
1820s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
20th Century Georgian Style Cast Iron Rococo Fire Basket Grate
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A period 20th century cast iron fire grate in the ornate 18th century English Georgian Rococo style of Thomas Chippendale. The tall "C" scrolled densely hatched cast iron back compli...
Category
1920s English Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Decorative Carved Wood Element on a Marble Base. Italian work. 18th Century
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This decorative that can be mounted into a lamp is made of a patinated carved wood element on a Carrara marble base. This is an Italian work. 18th Century
Category
18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Serpentine Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 18th century English mahogany serpentine fronted chest with fluted canted corners, the well figured top with segmented under edge molding over three short drawers, the center on...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
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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