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
18th Century Icon, Wax Portrait Giltwood Frame
Located in London, by appointment only
Rare 18th century giltwood framed carved and polychrome wax silver and gold decorated figure of saint Catherine of Alexandria icon, with original gilt frame. The rarity of this piece...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
$2,791 Sale Price
20% Off
18th century, Italian Rococo Lacquered and Giltwood Armchairs
Located in IT
18th century, Italian Baroque Lacquered and Giltwood Armchairs
This elegant armchair was made in the Baroque period in Turin, around the middle of the eighteenth century. The struct...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Turn of the 18th -19th C. Swedish Rococo Style Slant Front Secretary w/ Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A late 18th century-early 19th century Rococo style slant front painted fir Swedish secretary with bonnet top, two doors and multiple drawers. The doors open up on inner shelves, inc...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fir
19th Century French Bronze Fireplace Dogs with Fender in Rococo Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Late 19th century French fireplace dogs set with adjustable fender hand made in bronze in Rococo style.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Ormolu-Mounted Rococo Style Antique Marble Urn
Located in London, GB
This exuberantly designed lidded urn is carved in veined green marble. The body of the urn is of canted ovoid shape and mounted with twin acanthus leaf ormolu handles. The body of th...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Allegory of Venus with Cupids. Oil on canvas. Enthroned by BOUCHER, François
Located in Madrid, ES
Allegory of Venus with Cupids. Oil on canvas. Enthroned by BOUCHER, François (Paris, 1703- 1770).
The scene presents, in the background, an idyllic natural landscape, with trees to ...
Category
18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Other
Venetian Rococo Walnut Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With paneled and crossbanded serpentine top over two drawers with oval brass handles, raised on carved cabriole legs.
Category
1780s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Rococo Italian Pewter Lavabo with Dolphin Motif on Wooden Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian period Rococo late 18th century lavabo with dolphin motif, pewter sink and reservoir, mounted on a wooden stand. This Italian lavabo features an...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pewter
Venetian baroque style mirror
Located in Milano, IT
Venezia, oltre che per le arti maggiori, è famosa per la sua decorazione. The mirror is among the most well-known objects of typical use decoration. In the case of mirrors such as th...
Category
1730s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Giltwood
18th Century Swedish Rococo Sofa
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A period 18th Century Swedish Rococo sofa with stylish carving and swept arms and back.
Original paint with a wonderful worn patina.
With its original seating sprung and in good cond...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Louis XV Style Lounge Chairs by Henredon
By Henredon
Located in Chicago, IL
Bring a touch of timeless French elegance to your home with this pair of Henredon Louis XV–style lounge chairs. Each boasts a beautifully cerused oak carved frame, from the graceful ...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Oak
$3,000 / set
19th Century Petite Rococo Style Asian Dry Bar Chinoiserie Hand Painted
Located in Cookeville, TN
Sourced From an Estate in Saint-Malo, France, this is a Stunning 19th Century Petite Rococo Style Asian Dry Bar. It has Chinoiserie Hand Painted Scenes.
This Chinoiserie-Style Liqu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$1,555 Sale Price
74% Off
Single Fusee Mantel clock by Hay London
By HAY
Located in Amersham, GB
An unusual english single fusee mantel clock in a Louis XV style rocaille ormolu case in the french taste. The eight day fusee movement is of superb quality with a pendulum descendin...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Rococo Chinoiserie Decorated Table
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with painted scene of figures at a table with rock work, pavilions and trees within a cartouche and with floral spandrels. Decorated in pale greens, creme , browns an...
Category
1770s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine, Giltwood
20th Century, Rococo Style Silver-Gilded Wall Mirror
Located in Berlin, DE
Delicate wall mirror in Rococo style. Bronze, finely engraved and silver-gilded. Rocaille-formed mirror frame.
Category
20th Century Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$1,117 Sale Price
20% Off
AMAZING Portuguese 18th Century CUPBOARD
Located in Madrid, ES
Portuguese 18th Century CUPBOARD
built with gilded and painted elements from the 19th century. XVIII. With two doors, interior with shelves.
Small defects.
Dim.: 173 x 125 x 44 cm
g...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large French Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in London, GB
Large French gilt bronze wall sconces
French, 20th century
Measures: Height 165cm, width 83cm, depth 63cm
Each twelve-branch sconc...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$76,759 / set
Vintage Venetian Jewelry Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Augusta, GA
Vintage miniature chest of drawers used for storing jewelry
Made in the Venetian Rococo Style
Beautiful gold leaf painted details and colors
Unusual, exquisite piece
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Jumbo Collection Antique Italian Ormolu-Mounted and Lacquered Cabinet
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
An important and richly decorated Italian ormolu-mounted and lacquered cabinet, ca. 1930.
The cabinet structural frame is in hardwood, darkened by painting. The bombé case has its s...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Baccarat Molded Crystal Lamps with Original Fonts and Brass Mounts
By Baccarat
Located in Great Barrington, MA
An original pair of Baccarat crystal lamp bases with molded crystal and original brass fonts and trim. The heavy square footed bases maintain the we...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Painted Bench
Located in San Angelo, TX
Here is an absolutely stunning early 19th century rococo Swedish bench. This beautiful piece has been dry scrapped to the original paint. It features a white color palette throughout...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Meissen Porcelain Group Four Gardener Children Playing Music, J.J. Kaendler 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen piece from the time the model was created:
Four children in festive rural rococo dress on a high, stepped round pedestal, decorated with a leaf wreath and bow festo...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Thomas Webb & Sons Double Overlaid White Over Yellow Etched & Acid Washed Vase
Located in New York, NY
An incredible quality Thomas Webb & Sons cameo double overlaid white over yellow etched and acid washed vase. This particular vase is of a yellow ground with white overlaid flowers, ...
Category
1890s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass
A Large 19th Century French Ormolu Mantle Clock In The Rococo Style
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine 19th century and substantial ormolu clock, of Rococo balloon form, sweeping acanthus swags, scrolls and floral flourishes, which is topped by classical cornucopias. The clock ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Rococo Style Dining Chair Painted Black From 1860s
Located in Lejre, DK
Black painted dining chair in the style of Rococo from the 1860s. The chair is in great vintage condition and with striped upholstery.
Category
1860s Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Bombé Chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This black lacquered vintage Bombé chest with raised gilded fretwork on its front features curvy French Rococo lines. With two roomy drawers, this piece is...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Sèvres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Jardiniere and Vase Garniture
Located in London, GB
This exquisite, three-piece garniture will make a wonderful addition to a mantelpiece, niche or table, where its fine design and craftsmanship can be properly enjoyed.
The garnitur...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Very Large German Porcelain Figural Centrepieces
Located in London, GB
Pair of very large German porcelain figural centrepieces
German, c. 1880
Height 90cm, width 41cm, depth 34cm
This remarkable pair of c...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of French Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
This listing features a pair of Rococo style floral armchairs. These chairs come in a beautiful white and blue color with dainty floral fabric on the cushions and back cushions. Woul...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,680 / item
Rococo Giltwood Demilune Console, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
A highly decorative Italian Rococo giltwood demilune console, likely dating to the 18th century, featuring a dramatic flared form and intricate hand-carved ornamentation. The surface...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Porcelain Wall Sconces by Meissen
Located in London, GB
This exquisite pair of German Rococo style Meissen sconces feature beautifully encrusted porcelain flowers and petals and exceptionally finely hand painted passages. In their unmatch...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$25,121 / set
French Vintage Tapestry Gallant Scene by JP Paris Panneaux Gobelins
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Vintage Tapestry Gallant Scene by JP Paris Panneaux Gobelins from the late 20th century.
A beautiful French tapestry in Aubusson style, within a flower border featuring a gall...
Category
1970s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Cotton
Large Sèvres Style, Mounted and Gilt, Painted Porcelain Vase
Located in London, GB
A large Sèvres style, mounted and gilt, painted porcelain vase
French, Early 20th Century
Height 132cm, diameter 37cm
This exquisite piece is a beautiful Sèvres style porcelain ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Late 18th Century Pair of Swedish Red Painted Rococo Pine Side Chairs
Located in Round Top, TX
Late 18th-century pair of Swedish Rococo pine side chairs retaining an original brick red painted finish that has been gently scraped, allowing areas of natural pine to show through ...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Muslin, Pine, Paint
18th C. French School Oil Painting of Mars & Venus w/ Putti in a Giltwood Frame.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking and theatrical 18th-century French School oil painting on canvas, this large-scale work depicts Mars and Venus, the Roman gods of war and love, surrounded by an ensemble o...
Category
18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage French Rococo Bronze Acanthus Leafy Scroll Fireplace Andirons - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Rococo Style Bronze Acanthus Leafy Scroll Fireplace Andirons - a Pair. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 18" H x 10" W x 9" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Rococo Society at a Pond, France, Late 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Copy of the French artist Francois Boucher, who was the court painter to King Louis XV, this work dates to the late 18th century. It is in its original carved and gilded wood frame a...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Pair of Single-Candle Candlesticks Rome- Italy 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of single-candle candlesticks
in richly chiselled gilded bronze. Depicting Putti, in Baroque style. Rome 19th century.
h 25 x 16 cm
Condition: Small scratches, age-related w...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Superb Pair Early Victorian Gilt Wall Mirrors
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Matching pair of XIXth century wall mirror, each having old mirror plate with some foxing and minor imperfections in shaped gilded frame with floral carvings to four corners, can be ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso
$1,935 / set
Late 18th Century Blue Swedish Bombay Chest of Three Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
It is the bombay curves accented with brass ormolu and saber feet turning gently outwards that draws one to this striking small chest of three drawers.
Later professionally painted i...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry Rococo Gilt Sofa Loveseat
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry Gilt Sofa Loveseat in excellent condition. There is custom protective plastic cover that can be snapped off the seat back, seat and hand...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wool, Silk, Wood
Portuguese Rococo 18th Century Console Table / Side Table
Located in Troy, NY
Portuguese 18th century console or side table, of the Rococo Period, showing Chippendale design influence. The four Cabriole legs are connected on three sides by a wavy profile, cent...
Category
Mid-18th Century Portuguese Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Patinated Bronze Antique French Bacchanalia Sculptural Group after Clodion
Located in London, GB
This dynamic antique patinated bronze sculpture is composed of two female figures and a satyr captured in a moment of frenzied dancing and Bacchic revelry. The women are dressed in f...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Vintage Tapestry Gallant Scene
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Vintage Tapestry Gallant Scene from the mid-20th century.
A beautiful French tapestry in Aubusson style, within a leaf border featuring a gallant scene - a romantic scene in a...
Category
1950s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Cotton
Pair of Victorian Period Amboyna Cabinets with Sèvres Style Porcelain Plaques
By Hobbs & Co.
Located in London, GB
Pair of Victorian period amboyna cabinets with Sèvres style porcelain plaques
English, late 19th century
Dimensions: Height 108cm, width 77cm, depth 47cm
This unusual and superb...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Set of Five Allegorical Porcelain Sculptures by Meissen
Located in London, GB
Set of five allegorical porcelain sculptures by Meissen
German, c. 1975
Measures: Height 15cm, width 10cm, depth 8.5cm
The five figures in this set are allegorical of the senses...
Category
1970s German Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp, 19th century
Located in New York, NY
This brass Hanukkah lamp and Shabbat Candlestick holder was cast and originates from Poland in the 19th Century.
Main body of the backplate is pierced with a vase of flowers flanked...
Category
19th Century Polish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Meissen Porcelain Mythological Group Sculpture- Europe And The Bull
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Meissen Porcelain Mythological Group Sculpture. It depicts a semi nude lady ( Europe- the mother of the continent with the same name ) seated over a bull ( representing the...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Rococo Poudreuse
Located in Ljungby, SE
A Rococo poudreuse made in Stockholm, most likely by Christian Linning the Elder, circa 1760s. The piece showcases extremely high-quality craftsmanship with an advanced construction ...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Jacaranda, Pine
Meissen Porcelain Fall Figural Group
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pair of putti holding symbols of the harvest adorn this Meissen porcelain figural group entitled Fall. Part of the company's Seasons series, these charming characters rest upon a r...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Bureau Bookcase Oak German Serpentine Front Original Brassware Working Locks
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A large, museum quality, 18th century, German, oak bureau bookcase with a serpentine front, original brassware and working locks
As fine an example of this model of German cabinet f...
Category
1740s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Oak
Large Antique French Sèvres Style Porcelain Dessert Service Turquoise Case
Located in London, GB
Large Antique French Sèvres Style Porcelain Dessert Service Turquoise Case
French, Late 19th Century
Smallest (plate): Height 3cm, diameter 23cm
Largest (tureen): Height 17cm, widt...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Small Rococo Style Chest of Drawers or Nightstand, France, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Small Rococo style chest of drawers or nightstand, France 19th century. This beautiful small dresser has a gorgeous kingwood veneer and is decorated with Rococo Style bronze fittings...
Category
1860s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Kingwood
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
18th Century Large South Staffordshire Table Snuff Box
Located in Basildon, GB
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
Category
18th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Meissen Crinoline Group 'The Heart Box Sale', by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, Ca 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite and rare genre group of the 19th century:
Lady in elaborate, magnificent rococo clothing with a sweeping crinoline and an ermine-trimmed cape enthroned on a richly decorate...
Category
1850s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Louis XVI Game Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Louis XVI painted off-white game table with one drawer, it would make a lovely side table. The top is silk covered.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
$10,300
Pair French Gilt Pedestal Stands Rococo Tables
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a pair of Rococo French gilt pedestal stands Opulently hand carved with intricate Rococo designs
Each stand features a carved and gilded wooden base supported by thre...
Category
1930s Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Swedish Rococo Giltwood Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century Swedish Rococo Giltwood Split Mirror, Arched Shaped Mirror Plate Enclosed by Conforming Mirrored Slips Headed by a Rocaille Cresting Issuing Trailing Foliage
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Decorated Fragment Canvas
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragments decorated with aragonite and pyrophyllite with a sculpted canvas, strata of oil paint layers, finished with Italian raw umber glaze and pozzolana (dry ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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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