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
Antique Italian Giltwood Mirror
Located in New York, NY
1920s, Italian giltwood mirror with decorative, carved wood frame. Gold leaf.
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Porcelain Garniture
Located in London, GB
With its exquisite paintings of putti playing sports in Arcadian landscapes, this ‘bleu celeste’ garniture demonstrates the exceptional beauty and high-quality craftsmanship of Sevre...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Swedish 18th C. Period Rococo Painted Wood Linen Press
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 18th century Swedish period Rococo painted wood cabinet or linen press with two doors over four drawers, inner shelves, wonderful pediment and bracket feet.
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Polychrome Faience Lobed Platter
By Paul Hannong
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This early 18th century tin glazed earthenware platter was made by the Hannong ceramics factory in Strasbourg, France. Hannong was founded in 1721 by Charles-François Hannong and re...
Category
1740s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Antique William IV 19th Century Cast Iron Rococo Hob Grate
Located in Manchester, GB
Ornate antique William IV 19th century cast iron hob grate in the Rococo manner. Removed from a property in Brighton, Sussex.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Iron
White Painted Rococo Dining Chair with Striped Upholstery from the 1760s
Located in Lejre, DK
White painted Rococo dining chair with striped upholstery from the 1760s. The chair is in great vintage condition.
Category
18th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Pair of Rococo Style Candle Sconce Wall Decorations
Located in Sheffield, MA
Highly decorative and unusual large pair of Florentine Rococo or Baroque style metal candle sconces for wall decoration.
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2010s Dutch Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
18th Century Rococo Copper Samovar
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very nice, not to large, Rococo samovar in copper with brass lining and nozzle.
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Late 18th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Copper
George IV Gilt Sugar Bowl
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite George IV period silver sugar bowl by the celebrated Benjamin Smith is crafted in an exuberant Rococo style. From the floral and foliate handles to the delicately engraved armorial, this is a work of true genius. A gilt washed-interior adds a sense of majesty. Renowned for his rapidly changing partnerships as much as for his artistry, Smith worked with some of the best craftsmen of the era, including Paul Storr, Matthew Boulton, and Digby Scott...
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19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
White Painted and Carved Wood Rococo Mirror
Located in Washington, DC
A white painted and carved wood Rococo mirror.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Paint, Wood
Two-Tier Silvered Wood and Metal Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two-tier Italian silvered eight-light chandelier caved in wood with metal arms and chain. The fixture is newly rewired with grip wax candle covers. Includes chain and beautiful hand ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Chandelier. Iron Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Six light French Provincial style iron chandelier.
CW4328
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1910s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Gilt and Painted Hanging Pendant Basket Chandelier Uplight Lantern
Located in Nashville, TN
Estate trust directs a sale .The gilt basket weave pendant with overflowing fruit at top and with four hanging garlands. Lights (two full size s...
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Beautiful French Rococo Doré Bronze Six-Light Elegant Chandelier Tassel Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
Beautiful leaves envelope the six candle cups and are gracefully layered throughout this large Rococo doré bronze chandelier with tassel accented center.
Measures: 38" H x 24" W.
Category
1920s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Set of Eight Portuguese Armchairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine set of eight Portuguese mahogany armchairs, original embossed, tooled and nail studded leather seats, 19th century. A rare find
Measures: H...
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19th Century Portuguese Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair First Period Worcester Porcelain Cups and Saucers England Circa 1772
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this pair of 18th century Worcester fluted cups and saucers in the 'Dalhousie' pattern with beautiful hand-painted landscape panels. A turquoise husk border e...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Walnut Jardinière with a Metal Liner From the Late 1800's
Located in Chicago, IL
Jardinières, the French word for planter and this is an unusual antique French planter or jardinière, looks great in a front entry, as we have u...
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Italian Rococo Style Giltwood Wall Mirrors
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Rococo style giltwood wall mirrors with rectangular plate within a scrolling acanthus surround (poss. Florence, 19th century).
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Rare Meissen Miniature Figure after Johann Joachim Kändler, Boy with Falcon
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rare antique Meissen miniature figure after Johann Joachim Kändler in hand painted porcelain. Boy with falcon. Dated 1850-1880. Model Number 286...
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1850s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Pair of Antique Austrian Enamel on Silver and Gold Jeweled Ewers
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of antique Austrian enamel, silver and gold ewers. Each beautifully inset with chunks of semi precious stones. Including amethyst r...
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Early 20th Century Rococo Furniture
Tiffany & Co. Bronze Clock Ensemble, E. Colin & Cie
Located in Bronx, NY
This impressive example of an early 20th century French Rococo palace size clock set comes from the prestigious E. Colin & Cie of Paris foundry. The sculpted ensemble is detailed with crisp elaborate scrolling accented with a full figure cupid with quiver atop the clock. The clock & candelabras are decorated in a brilliant gold doré' finish. The set was commissioned by Tiffany & Co. & featured in the 1900, Paris Exposition. The clock has Roman numerals & bears "Tiffany & Co." on its stunning white enamel face. This face is surrounded by floral scrolls. Beneath is the face of Bacchus, framed by a pair of mythological fish. Complimenting this key wind clock...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
20th Century Bavaria Jaegers Coffee Cup Cobalt Blue/Gold
By Jaeger & Co.
Located in Weiningen, CH
20th century Bavaria Jaegers coffee cup and sauces cobalt blue/gold.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rococo Furniture
Materials
Paint, Porcelain
Italian Rococo Style Serpentine Front Walnut Two-Drawer Commode
Located in Troy, NY
Small Italian (Venice area) Rococo style Serpentine shaped commode, Walnut with thick Radica Veneer and inlay with deep, rich color. Two drawers with ornate, heavy cast brass pulls. ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Italian Console Table
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century Italian console table. Painted and parcel-gilt with pierced frieze on fluted stretched supports with St Anne’s veined gr...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Porcelain Clock in the Louis XV Style by Jacob Petit
By Jacob Petit
Located in London, GB
This antique porcelain mantel clock demonstrates the 19th century nostalgia for the delicately elegant decorative arts under King Louis XV, also known as the Rococo style.
Crafted by celebrated porcelain artist Jacob Petit, this exquisite clock is particularly notable for the way in which the porcelain has been shaped so as to give the clock such a whimsically free-spirited, scrolling shape. The clock is formed as a clock case upon a lower base, which are both decorated as a though a singular piece with green glaze on a white ground, accented with painted floral panels and extensive gilt highlights all over.
The clock case, which is particularly exuberant in design, features a central, circular clock dial. The white enamelled dial is bordered with beaded ormolu, and features black Roman numerals and the inscription 'Scherer'- the name of the 19th century Parisian clock...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japy Freres Rococo Bronze Table Clock, Music
By Japy Frères
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A superb original antique French Rococo clock by the famous maker Japy Freres, circa 1890. Beautifully detailed bronze case with C scrolls, acanthus and shell motifs. A charming cherub is seated to the top plays pipes. Fretted sound panels...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Soup Plate with Hans Sloane Type Painting, Chelsea, circa 1755
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An octagonal soup-plate, decorated in the Hans Sloane style with morning glory, or convolvulus, to give its proper name.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Wall Sconces
Located in New Orleans, LA
This remarkable pair of Meissen wall sconces is crafted with all of the exquisite detail and splendor of the Rococo period. Exquisitely hand-painted with gilt accents, each fixture i...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French Mirror of a Grand Scale with 24KT Gold Leaf Hand-Carved Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
Framed in what we believe to have originally started life out as gilded 19th century French window valances. Beautifully Carved Mirror and detailed in a Rococo Style and trimmed in r...
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of 18th Century style Venetian Commodes
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive pair of Venetian style bombe commodes, having their original marble tops, each having carved Rococo style decoration, two drawers with stylised brass handles, raised on...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Oak
Italian Rococo Gilt Round End Table
Located in New York, 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
Ornamental Top, Polychromed and Giltwood, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Top in carved, polychrome and gilded wood, 18th century.
Painted finish imitating marble decorated with scrolls and vegetal motifs carved and gilded on its front surface. He would be...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Other
Set of 12 Dresden Porcelain Figures and Groups
Located in London, GB
This charming set comprises twelve decorated figures and figural groups that one might encounter on a stroll through an 18th century town. The set includes animals, musicians, dancer...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
18th Century Italian Gold Candlesticks with a Wallpaper Base and Polished Jasper
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf wood candlestick with a coordinating antique wallpaper base decorated with polished jasper stones. The gold leaf cand...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Multi-gemstone
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
Monumental 3-Piece 18th Century Azulejo Mural Panel from Portugal
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a rare and complete antique tiled mural plaque from Portugal, dating to the mid-1700s. It is an astounding 13 feet long and most recently ca...
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1750s Portuguese Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Oval-shaped Silver Tray by Georg Roth & Co. Embossed with a Napoleonic Scene
By Georg Roth
Located in London, GB
Oval-shaped silver tray by Georg Roth & Co. embossed with a Napoleonic scene
German, Late 19th Century
Height 3cm, width 57.5cm, depth 47.5cm, weight 1.87kg
This superb piece of si...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
Walnut Rococo Decorative Carved Barley Twist Step Back Cuboard, Circa 1750
Located in Hollywood, SC
Italian walnut Rococo cupboard with a carved molded edge top, carved corner plinths with flanking barley twist columns, four centered drawers with wood knobs, and terminating on the ...
Category
1750s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair of 18th Century Italian Wood Tassels on a Gold Antique Church Textile Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian wood and papier-mâché tassels on an antique church textile base. The pair of tassels were used to decorate Italian churches during religious feast days. These are mounted onto a base with a coordinating 18th century Italian gold ecclesiastical textile...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Unusual 18th Century Italian Rococo Three-Tier Étagère
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Unusual and very decorative three-tier étagère or guéridon of tapering form supported by three hoof feet. With its original polychrome paint.
This guéridon is very elegant with it...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Rococo Silvered Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine quality and magnificently crafted 19th century French Rococo style silver on bronze chandelier, ornately decorated overall with boldly scrolled acanthus leaves, flower clus...
Category
1880s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Venetian Carved and Giltwood Mirror
Located in IT
18th century Venetian carved and giltwood mirror
The large and finely carved and giltwood mirror was made in Italy, Venetian, in the first half of the 18th century.
It has a cent...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Art Nouveau Mirror with Bronze Putti Cherubs
By Louis Kley
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Exceptionally rare finely executed bronze putti piece of two winged cherubs framing an oval moveable mirror with ribboned bow detail on top and sitting on a red marble base with bronze beading. The piece is signed L Kley...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 18th Century Portraits of Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa
By Martin van Meytens
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of oil portraits of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I of Austria
18th century, in the manner of Martin van Meytens (Dutch/Swedish,...
Category
Late 18th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Paint
Antique Kingwood, Gilt Bronze and Vernis Martin Side Cabinet
Located in London, GB
This kingwood cabinet is an exquisite piece of antique French furniture, which is decorated with beautiful vernis Martin panels. Vernis Martin is a type of imitation lacquer, which f...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Italian Gilt Sterling Blue and Red Enamel 19th Century Picture Frame
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique (gilt) vermeil over sterling silver ornate picture frame with red and blue vitreous enamel, Italy, circa 1890. Has hallmark on front. Oval...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel
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 Rococo style armchairs...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
18th Century Italian Candlestick on Barite Crystals, Copper and Fused Glass
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian candlestick with coordinating natural-forming copper and intertwined with fused glass and baroque pearls. It is on a matrix with tapering barite crystals from El...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal, Copper
Hand Carved 18th Century Venetian Gilded Wood Candle Stand or Spike
Located in Miami, FL
Fine 18th Century Venetian candle stand or spike, hand-carved and gilded wood. Beautiful columnar shape on a square platform base on bun feet.
This g...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
French Rococo Carved Giltwood Palatial Oval Mirror
Located in Barcelona, ES
Outstanding finely carved palatial Rococo style mirror with gold leaf finish in a very big size. France, 1850.
A superb example of gilt Rococo style framework.
The frame has a beau...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Rococo Style 19th Century Giltwood Pareclose Mirror with Carved Crest
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Rococo style giltwood pareclose mirror from the 19th century, with carved crest. Created in Italy during the 19th century, this horizontal pareclose mirror features a rect...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Silver Writing Set, Vicente Roces, Zaragoza, Spain, circa 1760
Located in Madrid, ES
With hallmarks.
The base tray has a square shape with mixtilinear profiles and rests on legs with vegetal motifs. The four containers present helical gallonized feet, and pearl flow...
Category
1760s Spanish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
Two Cut Glass and Silver Claret Jugs, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
These exquisite jugs have been expertly crafted in glass and are mounted with sterling silver necks, spouts, handles and lids.
The broadest part of the glass base, just above the...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
Eight Light Italian Crystal Beaded Chandelier with Smokey Drops
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eight light Italian crystal beaded arm chandelier with scrolled arms ending in drip wax candles. A large smokey crystal hangs from each arm and are combined with clear crystals throu...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with French Rococo Style, Kitchen, Foyer or Entry Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
50996, vintage Turkish Oushak rug with French Rococo style, kitchen, foyer or entry rug. French Rococo Romanticism meets ...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wool
Rococo Style Swedish Round Painted Wood Occasional Table with Seashell Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Rococo style round painted wood table from the mid-20th century. This vintage Swedish table features a circular-shaped top with nicely ...
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20th Century Swedish Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Italian Rococo Fruitwood Cupid Crib
Located in New York, NY
Italian Rococo style (18/19th Cent) carved fruitwood cupid design crib on rustic carved wood base.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
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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