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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Louis XV Style Bar Cart in Oak with Mirror Top and Glass, Italy 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Louis XV style serving bar trolley in curved oakwood with mirrored top. This charming piece was designed in Italy in the 1930s. This cart of outstanding quality features a...
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Oak
Antique French 19th Century Cherrywood Sideboard Server Console
Located in London, GB
An Antique 19th Century French Solid Cherrywood Sideboard Server A three drawer server with an attractive scalloped apron, rising on cabriole legs. A beautiful example In excellent...
Fruitwood
19th Century French Louis XV Marble Top Carved Walnut Server Desserte Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an entry or breakfast room with this elegant antique desserte table. Crafted in France circa 1880, the console with serpentine sides stands on four cabriole legs decorated ...
Marble
A 19th-Century Louis XV-Style Refraîchissoir Wine Cooling Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is the item you didn’t know you needed. But stay with us here. On offer is a 19th-century French walnut rafraîchissoir, French for a wine cooler or literally a “refresher”—the e...
Siena Marble, Metal, Brass
French 19th century patinated Wood and Faux marble center/serving table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Wood and Faux Painted marble center/serving table. This wonderful rectangular table is raised on four slender ...
Wood, Paint
$4,800 / item
Louis XV Demilune Marble Top Server Table
Located in Dallas, TX
This listing features a Louis XV demilune Louis XV style server table with a marble top. Demilune comes from the French word for "half-moon." These table feature a rounded front and ...
Marble
A French Louis XV Style Gilt Wood Carved Center Table Marble with Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Wood Carved Center Table with Veined White Marble Top. Circa: Paris, 1920. Height: 30 1/2 inches (77.5 cm) Width: 48 inches (121.9...
Marble
Louis XV period Marble Top Console Table in Walnut, France c. 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant Louis XV period Console Table, with Rouge Languedoc Marble top, and containing a single sliding drawer in the serpentine-edged frieze. Dating from the third quarter of the...
Marble
Antique Louis XV Oval Center Table, Light Grey Wood, Belgium, 1940s
Located in Stamford, CT
Grand light grey painted three-tiered oval center table with two large drawers. Original ormolu has been replated in a silver tone.
Bronze
19th Century French Inlaid Kingwood Serving Table
Located in Essex, MA
19th century kingwood parquetry and marble top serving table with rare dropfront secretary interior. Ormolu mounts and original galleried mar...
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Two-Tier Mahogany and Ormolu Serving Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A French 19th century Louis XV style two-tier mahogany and ormolu serving table. The table is raised on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots and top ormolu mounts. A parquetry lattice de...
Ormolu
Italian Design Mid-Century Bar Cart, 1950s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare 1950s Italian desgin serving bar cart. Made of beech wood equipped with two glass shelves and brass wheels for convenient movement. Perfect for serving drinks to your guests. Vi...
Glass, Beech
Midcentury Chrome Glass and Marble Bar Cart
Located in Houston, TX
A midcentury two-tiered chrome, glass, and marble bar cart on casters.
Marble, Chrome
19th Century Mahogany Serving Tray
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century mahogany serving tray Hand made serving tray from solid mahogany with brass hardware. The oval tray has four handles along four drop-down sides. The tray sits a...
Mahogany
Henredon Aston Court Flip Top Mahogany Server
By Henredon
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Henredon Aston Court mahogany server with two drawers having brass hardware above 2 inlaid cabinet doors. The doors with contrasting light wood cross banding. The server top wings ex...
Brass
$4,800
H 32.25 in W 23 in D 13 in
French Louis XV Provencal Style, 19th Century Marble-Top Console Table
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XV Provencal style, 19th century marble-top console table. The richly sculpted, hand-carved wood base is supported by a graceful single cabriole leg. This wall console i...
Marble
19th Century Iron and Marble Top French Pastry Table
Located in San Angelo, TX
A gorgeous 19th century French marble top pastry table featuring old white painted patina on the iron base. This beauty features decorative brass hardware with patina and a white vei...
Marble, Brass, Iron, Wrought Iron
$7,700
H 32 in W 71.5 in D 33.5 in
19th C. Spanish Table W/Drawers & Geometric Carved Apron Has Wonderful Colors
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish carved and painted wood table with drawers from the 19th century (possibly older). This antique table from Spain is very unique and ...
Wood
Italian Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Woodbury, CT
This handsome neoclassical table in cream paint and parcel-gilt has a fluted apron with foliate carvings while the rose marble top has a cream marble beaded edge. Perfectly sized for...
Marble
$1,016Sale Price|43% Off
H 28.35 in W 29.14 in D 16.93 in
Italian Chromed Metal and Glass Bar Cart, 1980s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
we offer you this refined bar cart made in Italy around the 80s. Characterized by a chromed metal structure and two glass shelves. In the lower part a divider in the top allows the s...
Metal
John Widdicomb Rolling Flip Top Server Serving Cart Table
By John Widdicomb, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice Mid-Century Modern rolling server cart.
Walnut
$537Sale Price|75% Off
H 36 in W 35 in D 22.5 in
Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Marble Top Desserte Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Louis XVI style ormolu mounted carved mahogany marble top desserte early 20th century, the brass galleried, oval Breche d’alps tan marble top on four reeded cabriole supports ...
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
$1,185
H 29.53 in W 27.56 in D 18.51 in
Italian Midcentury Serving Bar Cart or Trolley with Teak Trays, 1970s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Classic serving cart, bar or trolley from the Italian mid-century, 1970s of great quality. The base of the trolley is made of black metal with two beautiful teak wood veneer shelves....
Metal
Sold
H 28.25 in W 70.5 in D 31 in
French Wooden Pétrin Table with Original Dough Bin and Baluster Legs, circa 1750
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French wooden pétrin table with removable top, original dough bin and single side drawer from the mid-18th century. Born during the reign of King Louis XV, this French kneading table...
Wood
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H 28.75 in W 23.63 in D 18.12 in
19th Century Walnut Cooler Table in the Transition Louis XV Style
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with this superb transition Louis XV-style walnut cooler from the late 19th century. It contains two removable coolers set within the marble slab, complemented by a lo...
Marble
Antique French Rafraichissoir / Champagne Table in Louis XV Style
By André Mailfert
Located in Ross, CA
Antique rafraichissoir / champagne table made in France in the 1930's. The design, attributed to André Mailfert after a model by Joseph Canabas,...
Walnut
Antique Gilt Bronze Louis XVI Two Tier Tea Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Gilt Bronze Louis XVI Two Tier Tea Table
Bronze
20th Century French Louis XV Style Wine Serving Cart
Located in Doylestown, PA
Exquisite French Louis XV style mahogany three-tier wine tasting table or rafraichissoir on brass casters with marble top. This exceptional serving table features an original fitte...
Marble, Brass
Louis XV Style Tea Table Two Tier with Parquetry Inlay
Located in Houston, TX
The parquetry inlay is fine quality workmanship and the Bronze mounts have beautiful castings and the gilding Is exceptional. This table has two tiers and works well As a tea tabl...
Mahogany
Tables Gigognes in Marquetry And Gilded Bronze End XIXth Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Tables Gigognes in marquetry and gilded bronze end xixth century " A very beautiful set of nesting tables resting on cambered legs with sabots and orna...
Wood
Antique French Inlaid King Wood Server Table / Canteen of Cutlery
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French style server table with the added bonus of being fitted out with a beautiful and complete canteen of silver plate cutlery. The table dates from around the 1950’s. The 121 piece set of silver plate canteen...
Kingwood, Walnut
Antique French Style Walnut Server Table
Located in London, GB
A superb antique French server side table in walnut & dating from around the 1920-1930’s period. The quality is amazing, this is extremely well made and beautifully designed. Ther...
Walnut
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H 40 in W 45 in D 19.25 in
19th Century French Louis XV Provençal Carved Walnut Server with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Provence, France circa 1880, the tall serving table stands on straight legs with scrolled feet over a scalloped apron. The table features...
Marble
Vintage Italian Brass & Marquetry Drinks Trolley
Located in London, GB
A stunning vintage drinks trolley, beautifully made from inlaid walnut and brass. This was made in Italy, it dates from around the 1930-50’s. The quality is superb, with an except...
Walnut
Louis XV Style Two-Tier Serving Table Attributed to Auffray
Located in Astoria, NY
Auffray attributed Louis XV manner two-tier serving table, 20th century, with single drawer, the sides with star and lattice motif carving centere...
Wood