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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19th C. American Empire Mahogany Foldtop Console Table Card Table, Circa 1840s
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th-century American Empire mahogany game or card table, featuring a serpentine flip-top and a harp-shaped base. Style: American Empire Material: Mahogany wood and flame mahogan...
Mahogany
A Country French Louis XV Period Walnut Game Table Mid-18th c
Located in valatie, NY
A Country French Louis XV Period Walnut Game Table Mid-18th c. The shaped top with turreted corners and raised molded edge is cut from 2 boards that mirror each other down a central ...
Walnut
$18,950Sale Price|44% Off
A French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Satinwood 3-Drawer Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted satinwood bureau plat (desk). The gilt banded rectangular top set with gilt bronze acanthus mounts at the corners centering a gilt banded ...
Bronze
19th-Century French Louis XV Style Fold Top Mahogany Game Table / Console Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th-century French Louis XV style Fold top Mahogany game table / Console table. Style and Era: Designed in the ornate Louis XV style, featuring curved "cabriole" legs and intrica...
Mahogany
Louis XV Style Boulle Card Table
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Boulle Gilt Metal Mounted Faux Tortoiseshell and Brass Inlay Card Table, late 19th century, the serpentine shaped fold-over enclosing a green baize lined interior, con...
Metal, Brass
French Louis XV Period 18th Century Game Table with Brown Leather Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period game table from the 18th century with brown leather top, single drawer, carved apron and cabriole legs. This exquisite French Louis XV period game table, crafted in the 18th century, is a testament to the timeless allure of classic French design. Its sumptuous brown leather top, made of high-quality genuine leather, not only exudes opulence but also offers a perfect surface for both gaming and working. The table features a single drawer, discreetly tucked beneath the leather-topped surface, providing convenient storage for cards, dice, or other gaming essentials. The apron, adorned with a carved motif, adds an air of sophistication and craftsmanship to the piece. Elegantly curved cabriole legs, a hallmark of Louis XV design, bestow a sense of graceful movement and charm upon this table. In your home, this Louis XV game table serves as a versatile addition to your living space. It's not just a table; it's a gathering place for entertainment and leisure. You can host friendly card games, chess matches, or enjoy quiet moments of reflection or work at this beautifully appointed piece. Positioned in a living room, library, or a dedicated gaming room, this table becomes a focal point, drawing both attention and admiration. Its rich brown leather top adds warmth to the room, creating an inviting atmosphere for gatherings with friends and family. Whether used for leisure or as a functional and stylish workspace, this French Louis XV game table...
Leather, Wood
Louis XV Style Games Table
Located in Beaune, FR
Elegant games table in solid cherry and veneer with Louis XV style marquetry games. This table has 2 double-sided game boards: Queen game and Chess game. Around 1850. Dimensions ...
Cherry
Early 20th Century Carved French Games Table with Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 20th century carved French games table with leather top, circa 1920 Beautiful games table with a leather top, four corner pull-outs and a single drawer on each side. Dimensio...
Leather, Wood
20th C. French Provincial Louis XV Style Triangular Folding Games Table
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., French Provincial Louis XV style triangular corner games table with a hinged top opening to a green baize gaming surface. The table folds out to a square on four curved corn...
Brass
French Louis XV or Rococo Style Dark Brown Walnut Game Table
Located in Barntrup, DE
A beautifully carved French Louis XV or Rococo-style walnut card table that can function as a narrow console table or open up to seat four people for games or card play. The top open...
Leather, Walnut
Beautiful 19th Century French Game Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful 19th century French game table, Louis XV style.
Walnut
$1,800Sale Price|35% Off
French Louis XV Style Handkerchief Folding Game Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A Classic French Louis XV style handkerchief card table that cleverly transforms from a narrower side table into a square gaming surface with e...
Wood
French Bronze Specimen Marble Bronze Pietra Dura Games Chess Checkers Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
French 19th Century Bronze Serpent Base Specimen Marble Pietra Dura Chess Table, Circa 1890s This extraordinary French bronze and specimen marble chess or checkers table from the 18...
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Louis XV Style Inlaid Convertible Card and Checkerboard Games Table
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 20th C. Louis XV style convertible games table with a floral and checkerboard inlaid tabletop with ormolu bound edge. The tabletop rotates and opens to a green felt lined squar...
Ormolu
French Louis XV Period Tric Trac or Backgammon Table Stamped P. Roussel
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XV period (18th century) "Tric Trac" or Backgammon table stamped by the maker, "P. Roussel," and the guild "JME" (Jurande des Menuisiers et Ebenistes --translated as the...
Ormolu, Bronze
18th Century Louis XV Style Epoque Game Table With Leather Top
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
18th Century Louis XV Style Epoque Game Table With Leather Top Beautiful piece purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.
Leather, Wood
Louis XV–Period Game Table in Rosewood Marquetry, France, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant French game table reflecting the refined craftsmanship of the Louis XV period, dating to the eighteenth century. Executed in richly figured rosewood veneer, the table feat...
Wood
Antique French Louis XV Rosewood Satinwood Inlay Napkin Folding Card Game Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Rosewood and Satinwood Inlay Napkin Folding Card Game Table. Item features ornate bronze ormolu, 4 section "napkin" folding top, floral satinwood inlay,...
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Bronze Flip Top Game or Card Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beautiful French Louis XV Style marquetry inlaid flip top game table. The table has a wonderful floral inlaid pattern on the top and all sides, cast bronze mounts, and a single dov...
Bronze
Vintage French Parquet Games Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XV style with serpentine hinged banded top with diamond pattern parquet. With matching patterned brass edge apron panels and center leafy brass mount and matching shaped side p...
Brass
French Walnut Louis XV Style Game Table with Red Leather Top
Located in Dallas, TX
A walnut Louis XV style game table from France with a red tooled leather top and four drawers and four pull out drink holders.
Leather, Walnut
$4,655Sale Price|30% Off
Rococo Marquetry Game Table, French Origin, Walnut & Oak, Circa 1780
Located in Lucenec, SK
This unique rococo table is a fine example of European craftsmanship from the late 1700s of French origin. Made in the Rococo style, it features a richly detailed marquetry top with ...
Oak, Walnut
Louis XV-Style Fruitwood Games Table
Located in Vista, CA
Louis XV-style fruitwood games table an inset gilt-tooled leather surface, above a conforming frieze with a small drawer to each side, raised on cabriole legs headed by ormolu mounts...
Fruitwood
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
French Game table / middle / cabaret / Side table walnut - Louis XV France 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Magnificent games table, called cabaret table or middle table in solid molded and carved blond walnut from the Louis XV period. The sleepers are scalloped on all four sides. The scro...
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Style Rosewood Marquetry Console and Game Table
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon… Hand-carved in the 1800s in the style of Louis XV, this console and game table features a beautiful marquetry of rosewood. The front apron and the top...
Metal, Brass
19th C.French Louis XV Style Bronze Ormolu Mounted Games Table by Francois Linke
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Measures 23.25 x 23.25 wide x 29.25 tall and 31.5 wide x 31.5 when open. There are tables made for cards, and there are tables made for legacy. This signed François Linke games tabl...
Bronze
Louis XV Style Corner Game Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant and beautiful Louis XV style burled mahogany and kingwood veneer corner games table. Gilded bronze knobs and sabots. 2 drawers. Top opens to 30" x 30". Gilded embosse...
Bronze
$1,138Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century French Hand-Carved Walnut Foldable Game Table in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
20th Century French hand-carved walnut foldable game table in Louis XV style with leather top. Once the piece is folded the measurements are 100 per 50 cm. Good original condition wi...
Walnut
$3,733Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century Louis XV Inlaid Wood Game Table
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare and fine quality Louis XV style 1940s game table in inlay walnut, the legs are long and slender. The decoration is on each side so you can plac...
Walnut
Med. Hammered Copper Louise Card Table – Louis XV Cabriole Leg Side Table
Located in New York, NY
The Louise Card Table is 32 inches square and clad entirely in Medium Hammered Copper metal: four cabriole legs carved from solid teak, the serpentine apron curving between them, and...
Copper, Sheet Metal
Smooth White Bronze Louise Card Table – Louis XV Cabriole Leg Side Table
Located in New York, NY
The Louise Card Table is 32 inches square and clad entirely in Smooth White Bronze metal: four cabriole legs carved from solid teak, the serpentine apron curving between them, and th...
Silver, Sheet Metal
Louis XV Style Walnut Lift Top Game Table
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Walnut Lift Top Game Table, the table top with fish pond depressions at each corner on carved cabriole legs. Closed: 29.5" H x 31.75" W x 15.75" D; open: 28.5" H x 31...
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Inlaid Walnut & Bronze Folding Game Table with Felt
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a game room or a den with this elegant folding card table. Crafted in France circa 1970 and built of walnut wood, the table showcases exquisite craftsmanship with delicate m...
Bronze
Game / Console Table GERVAIS MAXIMILIEN EUGÈNE DURAND
Located in Wien, AT
Console table, Gervais-Maximilien Eugene DURAND, (1839-1920) based on a model model of the ebenist Bernard van Risenburgh in the late 19th centu...
Bronze
Med. Hammered Brass Louise Card Table – Louis XV Cabriole Leg Side Table
Located in New York, NY
The Louise Card Table is 32 inches square and clad entirely in Medium Hammered Brass metal: four cabriole legs carved from solid teak, the serpentine apron curving between them, and ...
Brass, Sheet Metal
Med. Hammered Antq. Bronze Louise Card Table – Louis XV Cabriole Leg
Located in New York, NY
The Louise Card Table is 32 inches square and clad entirely in Medium Hammered Antiqued White Bronze metal: four cabriole legs carved from solid teak, the serpentine apron curving be...
Silver, Sheet Metal
Med. Hammered White Bronze Louise Card Table – Louis XV Cabriole Leg
Located in New York, NY
The Louise Card Table is 32 inches square and clad entirely in Medium Hammered White Bronze metal: four cabriole legs carved from solid teak, the serpentine apron curving between the...
Silver, Sheet Metal
Smooth Antq. White Bronze Louise Card Table – Louis XV Cabriole Leg
Located in New York, NY
The Louise Card Table is 32 inches square and clad entirely in Smooth Antiqued White Bronze metal: four cabriole legs carved from solid teak, the serpentine apron curving between the...
Silver, Sheet Metal
Smooth Brass Louise Card Table – Louis XV Cabriole Leg Side Table
Located in New York, NY
The Louise Card Table is 32 inches square and clad entirely in Smooth Brass metal: four cabriole legs carved from solid teak, the serpentine apron curving between them, and the table...
Brass, Sheet Metal
Smooth Copper Louise Card Table – Louis XV Cabriole Leg Side Table
Located in New York, NY
The Louise Card Table is 32 inches square and clad entirely in Smooth Copper metal: four cabriole legs carved from solid teak, the serpentine apron curving between them, and the tabl...
Copper, Sheet Metal
19th Century French Walnut Hand Carved Square Card Table in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Square foldable card table made of hand carved solid walnut with typical decoration for Louis XV period. Very good condition with dark red le...
Walnut
F. Linke 19th Century Flip Top Game Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Fourth-quarter 19th century Signed to one bronze mount: F. Linke The flip-top game table with floral marquetry inlay, green felt interior surface, and gilt-bronze mounts raised...
Kingwood
$8,401Sale Price|25% Off
Console and Game Table in Boulle Marquetry
Located in Paris, FR
Console in Boulle marquetry with brass background with scrolls, arabesques and flowers, convertible into a game table. The console is richly decorated with gilded bronzes. The top is...
Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Game Table Signed F Linke
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XV game table signed F Linke pictured on page 490 inventory number 278 in the book of Linke Furniture by Christop...
Louis XV Style Marquetry Games Table, French, Circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style Marquetry games table. French, circa 1870. A Louis XV style Marquetry games table, the shaped rectangular top, with gilt bound edge, inlaid with delicate folia...
Wood
Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Envelope Card Table, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry inlaid envelope card table. French, circa 1890. This fine card table has a swivel top, with four 'envelope' panels inlaid with m...
Bronze
Marquetry card Game Table, Bear the Mark F.Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The flip top game table in marquetry with ormolu bronze have a drawer ,bear the mark F.Linke ,the felt interior surface is in mint condition this is call in french " table mouchoir ...
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Card Tables
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry inlaid card tables. French, circa 1880. Each table has a serpentine-shaped fold over top finely inlaid with marquetry de...
Bronze