Louis XV Center Tables
LOUIS XV STYLE
The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.
Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.
Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.
During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.
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Style: Louis XV
Italy, Tuscan center table or writing table from the XVIII century
Located in Vicenza, IT
This precious center table/desk in walnut root with maple wood inlay on a black background was made in Tuscany (Italy), around the mid-18th century. Its rectangular shape has a so-ca...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Wood, Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Bronze-Mounted Linke Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century. French. Bronze-mounted. Signed Linke. Original marble top.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble, Bronze
Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most important and large scale Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood center table. The rectangular shaped table is raised by four 'S' scrolled legs with most impressive ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Carrara Marble
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Exotic Wood And Ormolu Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and very high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, exotic wood, and ormolu center table. The rectangular table signed BURY is raised by impressive cabriole legs with fine fitted wrap around ormolu sabots and lovely scrolled foliate designs with an ormolu chute which leads to stunning richly chased foliate corner mounts in a superb satin and burnished finish. The striking arbalest shaped apron displays an exceptional array of wonderfully executed inlaid exotic wood floral and foliate designs with a charming and most decorative cube...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Ormolu
French antique Louis XV Style Lounge Table Black Polished, with Bronze Fittings
Located in Berlin, DE
Majestic French Louis XV style saloon table.
Black polished veneer on solid pine. Exceptionally finely engraved decorative broken rocailles inlaid with acanthus and blooming details, on two future-oriented imposing bearded devil masks...
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20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
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Wood
Louis XV Provincial Style Walnut Tea Table with Stone Top, 19th Century
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Louis XV Provincial style walnut tea table with stone top, Early 19th century. Great Scale And Patina. Feel free to call with questions.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Travertine
Louis XV Living Room Table In Rosewood And Amaranth
Located in BARSAC, FR
Louis XV coffee table in amaranth veneer and rosewood reserves presented in chevrons on four sides as well on the top.
Four elegantly arched legs.
Opening 3 drawers on the front, i...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Rosewood
Country French Louis XV Style Carved and Painted Marble Top Center Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
Country French center table or console carved and painted in pale sage green with a rouge marble top and gilt wood accents, c. 1940s.
A stunning table with a serpentine marble top h...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XV Center Tables
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Wood, Paint
Fine Quality French Inlaid Walnut Rosewood Louis XV Bronze Mounted Center Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a spectacular burled walnut, bronze mounted, and satinwood inlaid center table that is just incredibly adorned with majestic inlay of flowers, meticulously and crisply inlaid...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Bronze
Antique French Country Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Center Table
Located in Forney, TX
A large and exceptionally carved 19th century country French table with beautifully aged heavily worn warm rich dark patina.
Hand-crafted in France, circa 1820, carved solid walnut...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Walnut
Gilded bronze glass table Louis XV Inspired, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
Bronze circular gold coffee table, four short legs and mirrored top with encrusted stars in a modern twist of Louis XV style.
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1950s French Vintage Louis XV Center Tables
Materials
Brass
French Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood And Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality French early 19th century Louis XV st. Giltwood and Breccia Nuvolata Rosa marble center table. The console is raised on four richly carved slender cabriole legs adorne...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Marble Top Giltwood Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Marble Top Giltwood Table represents the epitome of the Belle Epoque and the grandeur of a seminal era in interior design! Boasting the graceful lines i...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Carrara Marble
A Louis XV-style table
Located in Cypress, CA
Beautiful 19c French Louis XV-style table gilt bronze mounted center table
circa 1900
The round table with inset pink and grey marble top over a shaped apron with rocaille motif gilt...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Mounted Marble Top Center Table in Louis XV Style
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional 19th century center table in the Louis XV style with parquetry veneer in mahogany and kingwood, gilt bronze mounts including Bacchanal masks on four sides, and variegated...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Bronze
Impressive Solid Salon Table Louis Quinze XV, Gold
Located in Berlin, DE
High quality solid beechwood finely carved down to the last detail. Gold taken. On curved, carved legs, connected with X-shaped, heavily carved gutter. Ornamented frame with garlands...
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20th Century Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
A French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Side or Center Table, Attr. Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Mahogany and Tulipwood Gilt-Bronze Mounted Circular Side or Center Table (Gueridon) Probably by Maison Jansen, Paris. The four cab...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French Side Center Table Louis XV Style by Maitland Smith
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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1950s Vintage Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble, Brass, Iron
Antique French Specimen Wood Louis XV Marquetry Ormolu Round Tilt-Top Table 1870
By Joseph Cremer
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique French Louis XV style, circular tilt-top marquetry pedestal tripod table, with gilt bronze ormolu mounts, attributed to Joseph Cremer circa 1870.
The round rosew...
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1870s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Ormolu
Antique French Adjustable St Louis XV Center Table
Located in Paris, FR
An antique St Louis XV centre table handcrafted with an adjustable foldable, tabletop ; a large central drawer; and brass rollers.
This piece combines practicality and elegance, the rectangular top can be folded down to create a smaller surface area when not in use. Its casters, allow the table to be easily moved around a room. The centre drawer provides convenient storage for small items such as writing materials or table linens...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Wood
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood And Vert Campan Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and Vert Campan marble center table. The scalloped table is raised by lovely cabriole legs with scrolled acanth...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
Fine Pair of French Louis XV Style Francois Linke Attrib. Side Tables
Located in Forney, TX
A very fine pair of antique French Louis XV style gilt bronze ormolu mounted mahogany tiered side tables with breccia violetta marble tops. circa 1900
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
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Breccia Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Salon Table Stamped Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in BARSAC, FR
Beautiful and elegant small center table with curved legs and scalloped top in the Louis XV style forming a writing and working table thanks to a sliding top system revealing a drop-...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Amboyna
Fine Pair French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Floral Marquetry Side Tables
Located in Forney, TX
A fine pair of French Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry inlaid mahogany side tables.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in France, 20th century, fine quality, exceptionally executed in luxurious Louis XV style with Napoleon III Second Empire influences, featuring a round shaped top with protruding squared corners, decorated with elaborate exotic woods floral marquetry work, over frame with gracefully curved scalloped apron, adorned with finely sculpted brilliantly gilded bronze mounts, rising on long elegant cabriole legs, ending in chisled gilt bronze sabots.
Dimensions: (approx)
30" High, 29" wide, 29" deep.
Provenance/Acquisition:
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions...
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20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
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Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th century Louis XV Style gilt-bronze mounted fruitwood floral marquetry center table or desk with drawer, by Ébéniste Louis Gradé, Gr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Bronze, Ormolu
Elegant Center Dressing Table, Rosewood Veneer, D.Genty Stamp, Louis XV
By Denis Genty
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Very elegant center dressing table, curved on all sides in rosewood veneer.
The top opens with a central shutter provided on the back of its mercury mirror and flanked by two shutters.
They unmask two removable lockers also in rosewood veneer.
The belt opens with four drawers, one of which is narrower, they are centered by a sliding writing tablet.
She poses on four high, pinched and arched feet.
A beautiful openwork and foliage fall in chiseled and gilded bronze terminated by a small sheathing shoe, accentuates the slight curve of the front and rear feet.
Fine ornamentation of chiseled and gilded bronzes such as offcuts, clogs, keyholes, as well as fine original brass hinges discreetly adorn this piece representative of small pieces of furniture born under the reign of Louis XV.
Period: Louis XV - Middle XVIIIth
Stamp: D GENTY received, master in 1754
Measures (closed): H: 75 x W: 97 x D: 50cm
This elegant piece has been completely restored, in accordance with the rules of the art, by the TWS workshops (Wimereux).
During the Louis XV period, the new layout of the apartments brought comfort and privacy.
The furniture corresponds in its forms as in its decoration to the evolution of the mores of French society.
Comfort and pleasure are at the origin of the small furniture and the triumph of the curved line.
The “flying” pieces of furniture, creations that adapt to this new way of life, are particularly light, elegant, and not very heavy with bronzes.
They are intended to be moved, from a bedroom to the living room, or to the boudoir.
Among these, we mainly find the writing table, the reading table, a Burgundy table, the standing writing table...
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1750s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Bronze
Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved "Royal" Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood carved "Royal" center table with a Brêche d'Alep marble top. The serpentine front, back and sides aprons of this finely carved...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
French 18th Century Louis XV Walnut Center Table with Variegated Grey Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period walnut center table from the 18th century, with grey marble top, cabriole legs and side stretchers. Created in France during the reign of King Louis XV nicknamed the Bien-Aimé (the Beloved), this center table features a rectangular variegated grey marble top sitting above an apron carved on all sides. The table is raised on four cabriole legs resting on rustic plain side stretchers with petite block feet. With its graceful lines and nice walnut patina, this 18th Century French Louis XV marble top table...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
20th Century Louis XV Style French Salon Table, Black Gold
Located in Berlin, DE
Majestic French 20th century Louis XV style Salon table, black gold.
Table top made from the finest genuine leather with gold embossing....
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20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
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Bronze
French 19th C.Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk Attr. Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Large French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Tulipwood Three-Drawer Bureau Plat - After a model by Joseph Baumhauer (died 1772) - Attributed to Paul Sormani (French-Italian 1817-1877). The serpentine shaped rectangular top enclosing a gilt tooled burgundy leather writing surface (worn) within a molded border above a long central drawer flanked by two drawers, with scrolled ormolu drawer-pulls, ormolu floral encadrements and acanthus corners co-raised on elegant cabriolet legs. (Unsigned - Unmarked). Circa: Paris, 1880.
Paul Sormani (1817-1877): Born in Venice, Paul Sormani set up in Paris in the middle of the 19th century. He specialized in creating furniture and works of art and was known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Bronze, Ormolu
Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood And Brèche Jaune Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking Italian 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and Brèche Jaune marble center table. The scalloped table is raised by most elegant cabriole legs wi...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
French Louis XV Style Carved Painted Center Table
Located in Forney, TX
A elegant vintage French Louis XV style hand carved and painted center table with giltwood accents.
Add a touch of timeless sophisticated elegance and luxurious romantic warmth t...
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20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
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Fabric, Wood, Beech, Giltwood
A Rare Belle Epoque Parquetry Inlaid Centre Table, By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Inlaid Centre Table, By François Linke. The Mounts Designed by Léon Messagé.
Signed 'F. Linke'.
This opulent centre table has a beautifully patterned onyx top inset within a gilt-bronze moulded surround signed 'F. Linke'. The curved frieze centred to each side by a shell shaped mount. The front fitted with a central drawer. The apron mounted with swept acanthus and trailing hibiscus. The corners with female busts with ribbon-tied bodices. On cabriole legs.
France, Circa 1900.
Linke, François
François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Wood
19th Century Régence Napoleon III Ebonized Desk/Bureau Plat Stamped Gros/Paris
By Benjamin Gros
Located in Berlin, DE
Excellent and rare French 19th century Napoleon III ebonized black lacquer Bureau plat or writing desk made in the Régence/Louis XV style made by Benjamin Gros/Paris, ca. 1855.
Rais...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Bronze
Italian Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood and Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and Brèche d'Alep marble center table. The table is raised by spectacular cabriole legs with be...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved Center Hall Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style giltwood carved center gall table with marble top. The rectangular shaped frame intricately carved frame with an "X" stretcher centered...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
Italian Mid-18th Century Louis XV Period Giltwood and Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant Italian mid 18th century Louis XV period giltwood and Brèche Violette marble center table. The rectangular table is raised by slender cabriole legs with ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
French Louis XV Center Table with Drawer, c. 1760
Located in Chicago, IL
This refined Louis XV side table has an airy, lightweight design defined by slightly curving legs that taper dramatically to delicate, pointed feet. Crafted in France in the 18th cen...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Oak
Fine Water-Gilded Rouge Marble Top Louis XV Rococo Center Table Circa 1900
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
Finely Carved Gilded French Verdi Green Marble Louis XV Center Table circa 1890s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Marble Top End Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Marble Top End Table represents the epitome of the style! Gracefully contoured to...
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1870s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
Antique Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Table by L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in London, GB
This superb piece is an antique ormolu mounted Louis XV style table, masterfully crafted with kingwood, tulipwood, and parquetry, by the famed Parisian firm L'Escalier de Cristal. Th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
19th Century Louis XV Large Carved and Painted Wood Center or Dining Table
Located in Berlin, DE
19th century Louis xv large carved and painted wood center or dining table, so-called "Table de Milieu"
Carved and French grey painted massive wood support of curved outline stand...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Wood
French Louis XV Brêche Violette Marble Top Center Table, Marquetry Parquetry
Located in Lomita, CA
Antique Louis XV style round center table produced between 1875 and 1900 is stunning. It is parcel gilt parquetry, marquetry and inlaid satinwood, which is surmounted by a circular Brêche Violette...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Breccia Marble
French Louis XV-Style Tea Table with Cabriole Legs, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in France in the late 19th century, this refined Louis XV-style side table boasts a timeless, lightweight design defined by delicate cabriole legs ending in square hoof feet....
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Oak
Napoleon III Louis XV Style Giltwood Scagliola Top Center Table Dessert Table
Located in Berlin, DE
Napoleon III Louis XV style giltwood scagliola top center table dessert table
Ornamental octogonal table frame with rich, partially openwork carved Louis XV style rocaille decorat...
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1860s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Scagliola, Wood
Stripped and Parcel Paint French Rococo Style Center Table with Rouge Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant and beautifully carved wooden center table from France incorporates design elements from two of the most popular French periods.
The intricate hand-carved base exhibits aspects of the Rococo style: highly ornamental with asymmetrical carvings, scrolling curves and gilding. Although the wood has since been stripped, the table has a few faint traces of gold remaining in places. The white gesso/paint has been partially left throughout the table base and then glazed over to produce a beautiful and unique finish.
This table can also be described as a Louis XIV “table à gibier...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
Quality Antique Louis XV French Marquetry Inlaid Center Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Louis XV French marquetry inlaid centre table having a very attractive quality rosewood serpentine shaped floral marquetry inlaid top with a brass edge, single serpen...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Other
French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Louis XV Style Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Napoleon III period exotic wood and ormolu center table. The two drawer scallop shaped table is ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Rosewood and Ormolu Side Table / Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XV st. Rosewood and ormolu side table/center table signed by Victor Raulin. The table is raised by impressive elegant cabriole legs with exceptio...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Ormolu
Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Polychrome and Giltwood Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Italian 18th century Louis XV period polychrome, giltwood, and Orange Varois marble center table. The rectangular table from Bologna is raised by most elegant polychrome ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved Figural Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood carved figural center or hall table fitted with a Brêche violette marble top. The rectangular frame with four scrolled cabriol...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood and Marble Side/Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and marble side/center table. The beautiful scalloped shape table is raised by slender cabriole legs with fine scrolled feet....
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Onyx
Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood Carved Center Hall Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style giltwood carved center gall table with marble top. The rectangular shaped frame intricately carved frame with an "X" stretcher centered...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
Rare and Important Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Centre Table by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Exceptionally Rare and Important Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Inlaid Centre Table by François Linke, the Mounts Designed by Léon Messagé.
Linke Index No. 930.
Signed 'Linke' to the upper bronze moulding.
Stamped 'FL' to the reverse of the bronze mounts.
Stamped to the carcass 'Made in France’.
Of exhibition quality this magnificent table has a fine marquetry inlaid top and sumptuous gilt-bronze mounts, designed and sculpted by Léon Messagé. The shaped gilt-bronze mounted serpentine top is finely inlaid with scrolling bois de bout floral marquetry, above an undulating frieze set to the front with a long drawer and centred by a female mask, the sides are mounted with exuberant scallop-shell mounts and the angles with lively and emotive female espagnolettes emblematic of Modestie and Coquetterie; the table is raised on cabriole legs terminating in shell-capped scrolled sabots.
A rare example in Linke’s oeuvre, the table is a variation of a larger example index number 930, described by Linke as modèle riche, which included an elaborate stretcher with banner-bearing cherubs based on Léon Messagé's celebrated sculptural group 'La Source' (illustrated C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003; p.172, Pl. 186). Linke workshop's cliché of the larger modèle riche is illustrated in C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003; p.483.
The exceptional sculptural mounts are characteristic of the very finest 19th Century furniture created through François Linke and Léon Messagé’s collaboration. Messagé’s enhanced Louis XV Rococo style embraces the asymmetrical lines of designers such as J.A. Meissonnier, to create lively and emotive figures linked by sinuous encadrement, but cleverly modernised to reflect the surge of popularity of the Art Nouveau.
The female busts, referred to by Linke as Coquetterie et Modestie, although reminiscent of the paintings of François Boucher and Flaconet have moved on in their design from the classical espagnolette, introduced by Charles Cressent in the 18th century, to become something new and vital.
Designed for the celebrated 'Commode coquille: Coquetterie et Modestie' (index 559), presented at his award-winning stand at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, (C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003; p.142-144, pl. 151), Linke was obliged to purchase their design at a tremendous cost from Messagé. First castings began in 1897 and they proved fruitful for Linke, becoming a favourite mount, repurposed by Linke for use on a number of important designs.
The larger version of the current table was intended to be displayed en suite with the commode but was not ready in time for the exhibition. It was first exhibited at the Salon des Industries du Mobilier in 1902, and again in Liège in 1905 (C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003; p. 170-173).
Available in three sizes, 132 cm x 72 cm, 138 x 75 cm and an even larger version (index no. 965) the design proved popular with Linke’s clientele, which included commissions supplied to Elias Meyer in 1909 (Illustrated C. Payne; p.243, pl. 258), Madame d’Astoreca in 1910, Antonio Devoto...
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20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
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Bronze
French 19th Century Table Louis XV Style with Floral Marquetry and Gilt Bronze
Located in Miami, FL
French 19th century table Louis XV Style with floral marquetry and gilt bronze Beautiful violon-shaped side table or center table in marquetry and gilt bronze. French furniture of th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Giltwood and Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and Brocatelle Rose marble center table. The table is raised by most elegant cabriole legs with lovely scrolled feet and beaut...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Marble
Carved French Louis XV Puttu Cherub Inlaid Center Hall Table Attr. RJ Horner
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
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1890s Italian Antique Louis XV Center Tables
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Satinwood, Walnut
Louis Xv center tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV center tables 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 center tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV center tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original center tables, popular names associated with this style include François Linke, L'Escalier de Cristal, Paul Sormani, and Benjamin Gros. 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 center tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $956 and tops out at $198,209 while the average work can sell for $10,500.
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