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 Rococo Swedish Armchair
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Wonderful armchair of mid-18th century Rococo period, circa 1760, Sweden with rocaille carvings on the seat rail and pierced splat, cabriole legs, H-shaped stretcher and slip seat co...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
Dessert Plate with Fancy Bird, Chelsea Gold Anchor, circa 1765
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fabulous dessert plate, molded with swirling leaves highlighted with blue and gilt; the centre with a fabulous bird and insects.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Silk Velvet Bed Pillow w/ 19th C. Appliqué
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This luxurious bed pillow is a richly detailed decorative piece crafted from cream-colored silk velvet. The focal point is an exquisite 19th-century French embroidery applique, featu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Round French Rococo Gilted & White Bronze Wall Mirror
Located in Miami, FL
French Rococo Round Gilt Wall Mirror The Mirror has an exquisite gilt Frame in the Rococo Style, it is elaborately decorated with shells and leaves The large age whitened Round fr...
Category
1880s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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
$400 / set
18th Century Italian Majolica Faience Centerpiece Large Lodi Circular Bowl
Located in Milano, MI
18th century Italian collectible antique painted majolica bowl, a large basin-shaped centerpiece, with vertical ribs, decorated with polychrome flowers. Small chips, felure and minor...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Maiolica
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Gilded Angel and Sunrays on Selenite Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded corona, sunrays, figure of Christ, and angel adorned with baroque pearls mounted on selenite crystal.
This piece is based on Revelation 22:1 w...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold
Classic Grandfather Mantel Clock, Patinated Polished Brass and Calacatta Marble
By Bessa
Located in Oporto, PT
Inspiration:
The grandfather table clock was born from the grandfather floor clock. This is a piece marked by great sentimental value becaus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Travertine, Carrara Marble, Brass, Metal
Fine Florentine Carved Giltwood Mirror
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Florentine Carved Giltwood Mirror.
This impressive carved giltwood mirror has a waisted cartouche shaped bevelled plate, within a conforming...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
French Vintage Set of Three Pewter Candlesticks
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Vintage 20th century pewter candlesticks from France, reflecting Louis XV and rococo tastes. The candlesticks feature an exciting silhouette on the column that gracefully tapers and ...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pewter
Coffee Table Iron Frame Decorations Cast Brass Leg cut Crystal Champagne Finish
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Round coffee table hand made with an iron frame structure with decorations in cast
brass, in a champagne finish.
Top in Onigem Ivory Vetrite and legs with cut crystal inserts.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Iron
Pair of Antique Meissen Two-Light Mirrored Girandole Sconces
Located in Montreal, QC
These sconces are highly decorative and desirable and display many of the qualities that make Meissen porcelain so world famous: the skill with which the wild flowers are applied, the subtle shading of the pink and pale green painting...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Rococo Style Giltwood Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century carved giltwood Rococo style mirror with acanthus leaves and carved shell design.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold
$1,800 Sale Price
52% Off
19th Century French Rococo Carved Giltwood Mirror, circa 1860
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique French Mid-19th century Rococo style carved giltwood mirror, the boarders decorated with stylized scrolling foliage, the bottom decorated with scrolls, flowers and shells.
...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Walnut Hand-Carved Mirror by Nicolas Pineau
By Nicolas Pineau
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century walnut hand-carved large mirror by Nicolas Pineau, in natural color with rich floral decoration. Original crystal glass and very good condition.
France, circa 1750.
...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$7,317 Sale Price
25% Off
Italian 18th Century Rococo Period Giltwood Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality Italian 18th century Rococo period giltwood mirror. The mirror retains its original mirror plate set within the stunning intricately detailed...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Very Fine Ormolu and Sèvres-style Porcelain Calendar Mantel Clock
By Charles Oudin
Located in London, GB
Very fine ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain calendar mantel clock
French, 19th Century
Measures: Height 43cm, width 31cm, depth 16cm
In a similar style to pieces by the famed and leading clockmaking firm of the late nineteenth century, Charles Oudin...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
A Late 19th Venetian Oval Gilt-Inlaid, Coloured Glass and Etched Mirror
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Late 19th Venetian Oval Gilt-Inlaid, Coloured Glass and Etched Mirror
The high shaped crest framed by opposed C scrolls and S scrolls with overlapping leaves above, the glass cent...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass, Mirror
French Rococo Style Side Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th century French Rococo style 2-drawer side table with an old paint finish. Awaiting hardware, 1890
Dimensions:
43 inches (109 cms) wide
23 inches (58 cms) deep
28.5 inches ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Pair of Italian Rococo Style Carved Wood Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Carved Wood, Distressed Paint Finish, Parchment Lamp Shades with Gold-Leafed Trim
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
$1,795 / set
Meissen Figurines Cherubs Allegory of Trading Model C42 by Schoenheit
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous figurine group: Cherubs personifying allegory of trade
The details are stunningly scupltured = finest modelling!
Design:
Johann Carl Schoenheit (1730-1805)
Sch...
Category
1850s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rococo style Wall Light Decor Leaves branches Cast bronze ivory Finish
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Two-light wall sconce in cast bronze in Rococo style, characterised by sinuous interlacements of leaves and branches typical of the Louis XV style.
The patinated ivory finish trans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Finish Boy & Girl Water Fountain Statue
Located in Germantown, MD
Vintage boy and girl water fountain statue.
Boy & girl water fountain statue.
Made out of resin and fiberglass materiel with bronze finish. Some...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Resin
$332 Sale Price
50% Off
Verstellbare Bodenleuchte von Henri Luppens & Cie mit Onyx-Tisch vor 1900
Located in Aachen, DE
Seltene verstellbare Stehleuchte mit Onyx aus dem Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts (ca. 1890).
3-flügeliger Bronzeguss-Stand mir rokoko-ähnlichen Rocaillen, Acanthus-Blättern u.ä. verziert...
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Meissen Porcelain Monkey Musician Figurine
Located in New York, NY
A FIne Meissen Porcelain Monkey Musician Figurine of superb quality. This unusual Monkey figurine is playing the Obo musical instrument dresse...
Category
20th Century German Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Figure 'Street Trader Selling Grapes'
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Figure 'Street Trader Figure Selling Grapes'
Modelled by Peter Reinicke as part of the 'Cris of Paris' group of fi...
Category
1750s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,647 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century French Pair of Small Gilt Wood Hand Carved Consoles in Rococo Style
Located in Sofia, BG
19th Century French pair of small gilt wood hand carved wall mounted consoles in Rococo style. Both made with symmetrical decoration and ornaments all in very good authentic conditio...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Antique Italian Rococo Side Chairs, 18th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique 18th century Italian walnut Rococo side chairs
Additional information:
Materials: walnut
Color: red
Period: 18th century
Styles: Italian, Rococo
Number of seats: 2
...
Category
18th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$2,950 / set
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, 'Piedmontese Bagpiper'
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, Piedmontese bagpiper.
Modelled by J.J. Kändler after an engraving by Jacques Dumont, wearing a black hat with brown feather, fur-lined white...
Category
1740s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$3,843 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen Two Children Seasons Figurines The Fall Model F 24 Acier c.1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Lovely Pair of Children Season's Rococo Figurines - The Fall:
Girl and Boy with Wine Grapes, both supporting themselves on marble column
MA...
Category
1860s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th C. Metallic & Chenille Embroidered Velvet Pillow by Melissa Levinson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite pillow features a 19th century French metallic and chenille embroidered appliqué intricately hand sewn on a contemporary, luxurious golden mohair ground. The ornate ce...
Category
19th Century North American Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
Pair of English Silver Chinoiserie Tea-Caddies, Mid 19th Century Roccoco Style
Located in Montreal, QC
This noble pair are the product of the workshop of Joseph Angell, 1 and II. They are carefully copied from others made in the "tea-picker" pattern by the great Hugenot silversmith Pa...
Category
1840s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
Meissen Mushroom Seller "Pilzverkäufer" with blue eyes, circa 1747
Located in Basildon, GB
Mid 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, Rare blue eyed Mushroom Seller "Pilzverkäufer". Model Number 864, by Johann Joachim Kaendler, circa 1747
Crossed swords mark and model n...
Category
1740s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$6,588 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C. Italian Rococo Style Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C. Italian mirror with a highly ornate and elaborate frame, characteristic of the Rococo style. The frame is gilded and featured extensive carvings with a rich floral motif. T...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint
French Vintage Tapestry Landscape with a Waterwheel
Located in Barntrup, DE
French vintage tapestry, wall hanging, from the second half of the 20th century.
A beautiful French tapestry in Aubusson style, within a leaf border featuring a landscape, a house wi...
Category
1970s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Antique Carved Giltwood Mirror with Shell Form Decoration
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Impressive antique giltwood mirror having carved shell decoration on two sides. Can be oriented vertically or horizontally. Mirror is 22 w x 28 h
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Pair 1960s Painted Plaster Cherub Lamps
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair 1960s Painted Plaster Cherub Lamps
Height to top of socket: 21"
Needs Rewiring
Minor Paint Loss
Category
1960s Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Plaster
$750 / set
Mid-Century Italian Rococo Hand-carved Gilt-wood Looking Glass Mirror
Located in Nashville, TN
Here is featured a large Italian hand carved gilt wood mirror or looking glass in the Rococo style. This mirror was manufactured circa 1950-1960 in Italy for Debarge Mirrors. The fra...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
$1,820 Sale Price
20% Off
Dutch Marquetry Vitrine on Chest Early 18th Century Transitional
Located in London, by appointment only
An 18th century Flemish marquetry vitrine on chest, the shaped crest centred by a finial above two glazed doors opening to a shelved cupboard, the vitrine sits on a serpentine chest ...
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century Oval Giltwood Mirror in the Rococo Style
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th Century oval gilt wood mirror in the Rococo style with inverted C scroll decoration and original glass
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Unusual 19th Century Meissen Figure of a Camel after a Model by J. J. Kandler
Located in New York, NY
A unusual 19th century Meissen figure of a camel with blue under-glaze double crossed swords mark, after J.J. Kandler.
Naturalistically modeled above a rocky outcrop on a scroll-mol...
Category
1850s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Magnificent Pair of Rare 18th Century Venetian Mirrors with Mercury Glass
Located in London, GB
An exceptionally fine and rare pair of Venetian giltwood mirrors or pier glasses. Mirrors of this type, especially those in an original pair are vanishingly rare. Their gilded giltwo...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Antique German porcelain group of Venus with Cupid by Meissen
Located in London, GB
Antique German porcelain group of Venus with Cupid by Meissen
German, c. 1750
Height 20.5cm, width 11cm, depth 12cm
This charming Meissen porce...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figurines Cherubs Allegory of Geometry Model C47, Acier Made circa 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous figurine group: Cherubs personifying Allegory of Geometry
The details are stunningly sculptured = finest modelling!
Design:
Michel Victor Acier (1736-1799) / mo...
Category
1870s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Style Cut Crystal and Glass Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
Elegant Italian Rococò Style Chandelier by Gherardo Degli Albizzi made by blown glass, in transparent color with silvered cups , c...
Category
2010s Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal
Round Ceremonial Table with Lifting Mechanism by Modenese Gastone
Located in PADOVA, Italy
Impress you guests with this ravishing round table featuring an up-down lifting mechanism by Modenese Interiors. Ideal for ceremonies and parties, this piece of furniture is undoubte...
Category
2010s Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century, French, Rococo Dore Bronze Candelabra Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous pair of 19th century French Rococo Dore bronze candelabra lamps.
With all original parts. In perfect condition.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$7,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Antique Porcelain Jars French Hand Painted 18th Century Made by Mennecy
Located in Katonah, NY
These beautiful Mennecy porcelain soft-paste pomade jars were hand-painted in the 18th century, circa 1765. They are rare.
Jars like this would have been placed on the vanity of an ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
Rosewood settee
Located in London, England
Reupholstered French rosewood rococo style two seat settee on cabriole legs. Circa 1890.
H 89cm (SH 47cm) x W 125cm x D 72cm
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
$4,378
Meissen Group of Three Dogs Model 2104, Johann Joachim Kaendler circa 1830-1840
Located in Vienna, AT
MEISSEN MOST LOVELY ANIMAL FIGURINES: GROUP OF THREE DOGS
Stunningly painted in most lifelike manner
(the dogs are painted in dark and bright brown as well as red brown and white & black). Earthen base with Rocaille ornaments existing.
Please note: The modelling of dogs' skin and creation of their lifelike impression were a most difficult procedure for modeler as well as for sculptor: This hard job could be done only by Meissen masters in 18th century.
Designer:
Johann Joachim Kaendler...
Category
1830s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Fortuny Fabric Cushion in the Venezianina Pattern
Located in New York, NY
A Rococo style Fortuny fabric cushion, blue and white color way, taffeta backing material with silk bias edging, the pattern, a Rococo design with scroll and floral motif. Newly made...
Category
2010s American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Silk
Fine 18th Century Swedish Rococo Chair
Located in Bozeman, MT
Fine and unusually large 18th century Swedish Rococo period chair in its original finish with fantastic shape and proportions, circa 1760 Sweden.
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Rococo French Style Carved Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved and gilt, French style large mirror frame, pair available.
Category
1990s North American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
$6,000 / item
18th Century French Faience Carnation Plate Sceaux
Located in Austin, TX
18th Century French carnation plate , Manufacture of Sceaux.
Border déchiqueté.
Sceaux ceramics are presented at The Getty Museum and The MET.
The ceramic manufactory at Sceaux, outs...
Category
1790s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Faience
Meissen Pair of Figurines with Jug Pitcher by Eberlein Models 1234 907 made 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
MEISSEN STUNNING PAIR OF FIGURINES OF VERY INTERESTING APPEARANCE: PEASANT AND PEASANT WOMAN WITH JUG / PITCHER
MODELS 1234 & 907
MEASURES:
PEASANT...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Round Ottoman Wood Structure Fabric or Leather Matching fringes
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Upholstered in high quality velvet in a delicate pastel colour, this pouf has a refined design. The central band, decorated with an intricate geometric pattern reminiscent of the Tri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Wood
Large French Rococo Oval Gilt Wall Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large French Rococo Oval Gilt Wall Mirror
The Mirror has an exquisite gilt Frame in the Rococo Style, it is elaborately decorated with shells, swags and leaves
The large age darke...
Category
19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Viennese Cast Iron Circular Occasional Table
Located in London, GB
This occasional table is a beautiful piece of cast iron furniture. Iron furniture of this kind flourished in Europe in 19th-early 20th century, often referred to as the Industrial Ag...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Meissen Genre Love Group With Drum Beater, by F.E. Meyer, Germany Circa 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain group:
On rock pedestal fixed with large rocailles in the foreground sitting musician with tricorn, frock coat over wide sh...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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.