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
Period: 19th Century
1860 Meissen Porcelain Figurine Waiter
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale in this ad you can find the prettiest little porcelain figurine. It was manufactured by Meissen Porcelain in the 1860s. The figurine depicts a water carrying a tray with foo...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate
Set of Ten 19th C. Italian Dining Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of Ten Italian Rococo style dining chairs with hand carved floral urn at tops of chairs. The urns are flanked by two scrolls. The chairs stand on four straight legs with intric...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
English Rococo Style 1880s Carved and Bleached Oak Console Table with Deer Heads
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Rococo style carved and bleached oak console table with deer heads and hoofed legs from the late 19th century. This late 19th-century English Rococo-style console table is...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Oak
Antique French Gilt Wood Window Seat With Carved Floral Motifs & Damask Silk
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique French Gilt Wood Bench Window Seat With Gilt Carved Floral Motifs, Befitted With Damask Floral Gold Upholstery, Finished With Brass Stud Detailing 1800's
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
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
19th Century Black Painted Rococo Pine Chest of Three Drawers, Sweden
Located in Round Top, TX
This lovely rococo pine chest of drawers has elegant lines that reveal its Swedish country style with gently curved serpentine front and a carved element along the skirt.
Restored, l...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Circa 1880 French Marble Top 3-Drawer Commode
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 French Marble Top 3-Drawer Commode. Handsome serpentine form with rouge de fer marble top, in the Rococo taste. Parquetry veneers of kingwood & mahogany. Bronze mounts & h...
Category
1880s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Rococo Style Ormolu and Marble Pedestal after Caffieri
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in London, GB
Large Rococo style ormolu and marble pedestal after Caffieri
French, Late 19th Century
Height 136cm, width 65cm, depth 41cm
This exquisite antique pedestal is inspired by the desig...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Italian Rococo Sofa
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautifully carved sofa with original cream and yellow paint finish. Rococo detailing. New upholstery.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric
19th Century French Ormolu Candelabra Lamp With Tole Shade
Located in Farmingdale, NJ
Exceptional casting. Truly stunning 19th century French candelabra converted to lamp with a great tole shade.
Tole shade is showing paint losses but free from dings or damage other...
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1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Venetian Lacquered Rococo Style Chairs with Fornasetti Upholstery
Located in Firenze, IT
Indulge in the lavish charm Venetian craftsmanship with this exquisite pair of lacquered Rococo-style armchairs.
Likely used as fireside seats, this charming seating set showcases th...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Multicolored Floral Rococo Style French Porcelain Vases, Jacob Petit
By Jacob Petit
Located in Madrid, ES
This pair of striking 19th century porcelain vases, though unmarked, were almost certainly produced by Jacob Petit (1797-1868), the French pottery manufacturer well-known for his idi...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Six Arm French Rococo Bronze Louis XV Style Chandelier
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique Louis XV style bronze chandelier with Rococo influence. A graceful French Rococo style five arm gilt bronze chandelier recentl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th-Century Italian Giltwood Mirror
Located in New Orleans, LA
The exquisite details of this hand-carved Italian giltwood mirror are matched in grandeur by its notable size. Nearly 3 feet tall by 3 feet wide, this mirror is an extraordinary feas...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Rococo Style Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century French gilded ormolu Rococo influenced mantel clock, having wonderful scrolling foliate decoration, the clock face having enamel Roman numerals, an e...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Rococo Style Armchair
Located in San Marino, CA
A Rococo style armchair from the 19th century, delicately carved with floral clasps to the crest and seat rails and to the tops of the cabriole l...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Rectangular French Giltwood Carved Mirror
Located in Miami, FL
19th Century Rectangular French Giltwood Carved Mirror
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Pair Of French Ormolu Pink Sevres Vases, (19th Century)
Located in Lisbon, PT
A beautiful antique pair of decorative pink porcelain Sèvres Style urnes with a hand-painted background of a lovers scene.
In the back there is a scene of a bouquet of flowers. Mounted Bacchus/ Dionysus bronze...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Swedish Rococo Long Case Clock, with Original Clockwork
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish classic Rococo long case clock from the first half of the 19th century, circa 1820-1830. The clock has a good size and the clas...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Fine Antique French Ormolu Rococo Clock - Cupid
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A very fine and substantial ormolu clock by the clockmaker Vincenti. Stunning Rococo balloon form of sweeping acanthus swags, scrolls and floral flourishes. To the top of a beautiful...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional Singerie-Themed Rosewood Commode by Zwiener
Located in New York, NY
Maker: Attributed to Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Date: Late 19th Century
Dimension: 39(H) x 62(W) x 24(D) inches
Inspired by Charles Cressent, this darling rosewood commode showcases the increasingly favored theme of hilarious monkey antics. Named "commode aux enfants balançant un singe," the style is beloved by many. One is showcased in the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, and another located within the Linsky Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; two reside in the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, and another is part of the collection at the Louvre.
Singerie — from the French for "Monkey Trick" — is a genre of art in which monkeys are depicted apeing human behaviour. Adorned with cast gilt bronze, the commode features a delightful scene on its front and sides where two children playfully swing a monkey on a rope amidst a lavish display of cast acanthus leaves. The central monkey ornament...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
4 Antique Meissen Porcelain Footed Frauenkopf Salt Cellars with Puce Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine set of 4 antique Meissen porcelain salt cellars.
Modelled after salts originally designed for the Sulkowski service by Johann Frie...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Motto Child by Acier Vintage Je Les Ramène, circa 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen very lovely figurine: Motto Child By M.V.acier / Je Les Ramène (= I'll Get Them Back).
Manufactory: Meissen
Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark (underglazed).
First qu...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
After Boucher , Diana and Nymphs by Pond , Rococo Style
Located in Nashville, TN
After Boucher.
In overall very good shape. Minor scattered losses. Later frame but well carved and with an antique gilt finish. Good colors and detail
...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Musician Lovers on Sofa, After J.J. Kandler
Located in New York, NY
A 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Musician Lovers seated on a Sofa with a Pug Dog, After J.J. Kandler. The piece depicts a man and a woman seated on an ornate sofa, each engaged in a musical performance. The woman is elegantly attired in a gown adorned with delicate floral motifs, playing a lute, while the man is dressed in fine blue and gold attire, playing a flute. Their facial expressions reflect concentration and grace as they engage in a shared musical moment. The intricate detailing in their clothing, including the delicate folds of the fabric and the fine detailing of the lace and ribbons, the 24k Gold...
Category
1860s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Splendour Clock With Gardener Figures On Pedestal by Leuteritz, Ca 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
The clock and the pedestal were designed by Leuteritz using old forms in the Rococo style:
The clock case rises on a rock base with gold heightened rocailles, richly decorated with d...
Category
1880s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Italian Gold Gilt Wall Brackets
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Pair of Italian Rococo Style Gold Gilt Wall Brackets. Brackets feature impressive gold scrolling with floral motif. Top of shelf is painted black. Hangers in place on reverse side....
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Resin
SILVER children's rattle 1900 English made Silver Rattle with Red Coral, 1900
Located in Oirlo, LI
A very beautiful old special silver children's rattle,
Made in England around the turn of the century 1900
With a piece of red coral on it,
A ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century Italian Gold Gilt Venetian Wall Sconce
Located in Sheffield, MA
Fabulous giltwood seven-arm Italian wall sconce. Great as a wall decoration, above a bed or in any room.
Backplate measures: 25" w x 18" h
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large French Strasbourg 19th Century Faience Tall Floor Candle Holder w/ Ormolu
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large French Strasbourg 19th Century Faience tall floor candle holder with Ormolu
19th century French Strasbourg faience floor candle holder in R...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Faience
Clock Garniture Mantelpiece, Impressive 21 inches tall, Gilt Bronze
Located in Kingston, NY
Antique 19th-century gilt bronze clock and candelabra set featuring ornate scrolls and acanthus leaf designs. The set includes a central clock with an enameled dial and two matching ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Venetian Rococo Style Bombe Chest Commode
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th Century Venetian Rococo Style Bombe Chest Commode is richly hand-painted with bouquets of vibrant flowers, centered on ochre yellow surroun...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Set of 16 19th Century Coalport Plates Each Hand-Painted with Magnificent Scenes
Located in Boston, MA
I want to offer you this rare exquisite set of sixteen Coalport plates Each plate is painted with beautiful scenery of different castles, churches, palaces, lochs, valleys and bridge...
Category
1870s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Rococo Style Porcelain Chandelier by Meissen
Located in London, GB
Large Rococo style porcelain chandelier by Meissen
German, late 19th Century
Height 118cm, diameter 97cm
This magnificent chandelier is an exceptional example of the Rococo styl...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th c. Swedish Rococo Settee or Sofa Bench in Original Paint
Located in Wichita, KS
A richly carved, 19th century Swedish sofa bench in the Rococo style. A rare piece found in northern Sweden. This beautiful settee has been hand-scra...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Victorian Era White Carrara Marble Fireplace Surround Rococo Style
Located in Beervelde, BE
19th century fireplace frame of Carrara marble with unusual beautiful side panels.
An ornamental fireplace in perfect condition with extremely fine sculptural work.
This is an exampl...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Set of Eight Minton Plates Each Beautifully Hand Painted With a Different Scene
By Minton
Located in Boston, MA
Look at the gorgeous hand painted scenes on this set of English Minton luncheon or dessert plates. The miniature paintings of the wonderful landscapes are painted by an extremely tal...
Category
1880s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain Rococo Style Figural Candlesticks, ca. 1850
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair of Porcelain Rococo style figural candlesticks ca. 1850
This pair of large and lovely candle holders is hand painted in exquisite detail and highlighted in gold. The enamel d...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Hutch
Located in Portland, OR
Absolutely Stunning! This French antique hutch is tres magnifique. The lovely carved embellishments and sweet cabriole legs supporting the top giv...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Large Louis XV Style Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
The central circular dial surmounted by two love birds, the lower section with two cherubs on either side, and decorated with garlands of flowers and scrolling features throughout.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
A Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Models of Swans, After J.J. Kandler
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Models of Swans, After J.J. Kandler. The models are based on designs by Johann Joachim Kandler, the chief modeler at Meissen in the mid-18th ...
Category
1840s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Ormolu Rococo Clock Set - Cupid
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful antique French ormolu clock set in the Rococo style. It features cupid as a cherub, seated to the top with torch and quiver of...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair French 19th Century Louis XV Rococo Style Silvered Bronze Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Silvered bronze candelabra in French Louis XV rococo style by Eugene Hazart of Paris. Inscribed siganture, Eug. Hazart, Paris. Casting of th...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Austrian Silver and Glass Garniture by Schwarz & Steiner
By Schwarz & Steiner
Located in London, GB
Large antique Austrian silver and glass garniture by Schwarz & Steiner
Austrian, Late 19th Century
Centrepiece: Height 29cm, width 70cm, depth 29cm
Candelabra: Height 39cm, width 2...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
19th Century Rococo Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This superb 19th century giltwood wall mirror, with its curvaceous violin shape and exuberant Rococo style decoration, would ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
19th C. French Carved Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C. French ornate wall mirror with a distinctive antique style. The mirror has a round shape, encased in a highly decorative frame featuring intricate floral and leaf motifs. A...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Antique French Gilt Bronze Rococo Clock
By A.D. Mougin
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A large, superb and very decorative original antique French clock by the famous maker A.D. Mougin. It is boldly modelled in the Rococo style in finely gilded bronze. Asymmetric waisted case, decorated profusely with sweeping acanthus leaves, 'C' scrolls and floral swags. To the top is a large elaborate final of a stylised flaming lamp...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare 19th C. Meissen ‘Schneeballen’ 'Snowball' Covered Bowl & Plate W/ Birds
Located in New York, NY
A Rare 19th Century Meissen Porcelain ‘Schneeballen’ (Snowball) Covered Bowl and Underplate with Encrusted Flowers, Vines, Leaves, and Birds. This piece is very rare and extremely hi...
Category
1850s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Gilt Bronze & Malachite Guéridon Table
Located in London, by appointment only
Important 19th Century Rococo Gilt Bronze & Malachite Guéridon. This magnificent table is designed and made in the most superb sculptural of rococo form, this finely cast polished & ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Antique Rococo Armoire
Located in Portland, OR
Antique French Louis XV Rococo Armoire. This cabinet is in remarkable condition considering its considerable age. Beautifully carved pediment adorns the bon...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Early 19th Century French Carved Giltwood Figural Winged Putti Table Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
A fabulous French Empire period giltwood figural candlestick, early 19th century, now professionally electrified and fashioned as a single-light table lamp.
Exquisitely hand carve...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
Small Blue Painted Rococo Chest of Three Drawers, Sweden circa 1850-70
Located in Round Top, TX
A small pine rococo chest of three drawers with brass key escutcheons. The scalloped edge is carried down through the 3 drawer fronts and bottom apron resulting in an elegant chest a...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Early Dutch Bombé Marquetry Display Cabinet for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Restoration required. Dutch marquetry cabinet, large angular form with shaped cornice with a floral basket marquetry panel over double glazed d...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
French Sterling Silver Spoons Set of 12, Antique Tea, Coffee or Dessert Spoons
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine quality set of 12 antique sterling silver tea, coffee or dessert spoons.
Stunning design and craftsmanship. The handles have sophisticated Art Nouveau Pattern different decor, flowers, vine leaves, bunch of grapes, foliage, decor dahlias. Presented in its original box.
Prestigious silversmith: A La Gerbe...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th C Meissen Porcelain Allegorical Group of Three Putti with Musical Motifs
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful 19th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical grouping of three putti with musical Motifs. One putti is seen with a trumpet in his hand, the other putti is seen playing a ly...
Category
1870s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Portuguese Provincial Inlaid Fruitwood Console Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
the serpentine top centering an inlaid Maltese Cross, the symbol of protection and a badge of honor, within a diamond and outer inlaid border; over a deeply scalloped apron centering...
Category
1860s Portuguese Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Victorian Fire Basket Grate in the Rococo Style
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A completely original 19th century Victorian polished cast iron and mounted polished brass fire basket grate in the Rococo style. A shaped high back ...
Category
1880s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
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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