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.
Maison Jansen Signed Rococo Carved Server Console Table w Serpentine Marble Top
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous carved serpentine console base dark green heavily veined marble. In the Rococo style with fabulous carvings on the legs and apron. Stamped Jansen in the walnut apron inside ...
Marble
$292Sale Price / item|35% Off
Antique French Rococo Tilt Top Serving Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
An antique 1860’s French rococo, mahogany and walnut tilt top serving table having a lovely hand carved four support base.
Brass
$34,850Sale Price|22% Off
Palatial Italian 18th Century Rococo Style Giltwood Carved Console Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial Italian 18th century Rococo style giltwood carved console table with a castracane marble top of serpentine outline, the friez...
Marble
South German White Painted Rococo Console Table, Mid-18th Century
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The grey marble top with a moulded edge above a pierced frieze carved with foliage, flowers and C-scrolls, centred by a male head on channelled cabriole legs, joined by a pierced roc...
Marble
Rare German Rococo 18th Century Period Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very unusual and superb Rococo console table from the mid-18th century. On four carved legs with an X-shaped stretcher, overall with scrolls and dolphin-like sea creatures. This ex...
Marble
Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Two-Tier Table by Edwards & Roberts
Located in London, GB
This beautiful table was created in England in the Victorian period by the acclaimed cabinetmakers, Edwards & Roberts. The company were based in London, where they established a name for themselves creating fine quality, fashionable pieces in 18th and 19th century English and French styles. This two-tiered table — with its elegant cabriole legs and wonderful floral marquetry designs — is a prime example of fine Edwards & Roberts furniture. The table is supported on four curving cabriole legs, which are set on scrolling gilt bronze feet and mounted with gilt bronze grotesque...
Ormolu, Bronze
English Antiqued Serving Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mahogany and reclaimed oak veneered serving table, the galleried top and undertaker with a glass overlay, on spiral turned legs joined by an under tier fitted with two drawers, on ...
Wood
$3,800
H 30.5 in W 72.5 in D 22.5 in
Italian Rococo Style Carved Giltwood Rouge Marble Top Console Table-
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This console table s a mid-century reproduction of an 18th century French antique. The water gilt is exceptional the rouge marble has white veining and some larger almost black areas...
Marble
$3,445
H 31.7 in W 22.45 in D 15.36 in
18th Century Danish Rococo Console with Original Italian Marble Top
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rococo console crafted from pine, meticulously stripped by a conservator to reveal its original, beautiful gray-marbled finish with natural patina. The console is topped with its or...
Marble
$3,285Sale Price|26% Off
H 35 in W 43.25 in D 22 in
Antique English Hand-Carved Mahogany "Adam" Style Serpentine Server or Huntboard
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Fine quality antique English hand-carved mahogany "Adam" style serpentine server, huntboard or hall console Please note superbly hand-carved "Adam" urn and sunbursts along apron a...
Mahogany
Louis XV Style Kingwood and Gilt Bronze Two-Tier Tea Table
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XV style kingwood trellis parquetry two-tier tea table with twin handled rectangular trays, the serpentine borders banded in gilt bronze over ta...
Ormolu
Antique Marble Topped Rococo Console Table
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful carved and painted late Victorian Rococo console table with a Carrara marble top. It is beautifully carved in a hard wood, most likely mahogany, with bold scrolls and aca...
Marble
Danish 18th Century Rococo Console and Gaming Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
Danish 18th century rococo console and gaming table. The top lifts to reveal an interior with candle stands and guinea cups. Table of rectangular form when it is closed with four cabriolet legs and 1 drawer. Table top light...
Oak
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
$15,221
H 33.08 in W 45.28 in D 22.84 in
Gustavian Late 18th Century Neoclassical Swedish, White-Painted Console Table
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Carved wood with original white paint, carved giltwood rosettes, original grey white-veined marble top. The rectangular top above a Greek key frieze with applied rosettes on square t...
Marble
18th Century English Oak Console or Serving Table
Located in High Point, NC
18th century oak console table from England. The top has a beveled edge, following down to a hand carved apron with nulling decoration over h...
Oak
Maison Jansen Style Brass Bamboo Console Table with Brown Marble Top
Located in Essex, MA
Elegant and timeless, this Maison Jansen–style console table exemplifies the refined glamour of mid-century French design. The slender gilt metal base is crafted in the form of styli...
Marble, Brass
Italian Style Serving/Console Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Custom built Italian style three-drawer serving/console table. Reference: 5518 Dimensions 72.5 inches (184 cms) wide 17 inches (43 cms) deep 33 inches (84 cms) high.
Pine
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H 28.5 in W 33 in D 33.25 in
19th Century Northern German Rococo Style Table with Kellinghusen Tile
Located in San Marino, CA
Northern German Rococo style fruitwood table with "Kellinghusen" tiles which date to 1750.
Fruitwood
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H 31.75 in W 52.5 in D 26.5 in
Northern Italian Rococo Walnut & Mixed Veneer 1-Drawer Console Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
likely from the Lombardia region of Italy, this console has a beautifully and elaborately inlaid and veneered top and apron, the veneers are a combination of walnut, olivewood, cherrywood, and pearwood among others, the shape is an exaggerated serpentine with rounded corners and good movement along the sides, the one drawer with two round pulls and an escutcheon all of bronze, raised on long shaped legs with slight decorative carving, the feet are of the drake...
Walnut
French Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Two-Tiered Tea Table
Located in London, GB
Featuring parquetry designs, exquisite curved gilt bronze mounts and a two-tier design, this beautiful tea table is the result of highly skilled craftsmanship. The upper tier of the ...
Ormolu, Bronze
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H 34 in W 45.5 in D 20 in
Antique French Carved Giltwood Console with Carrara Marble Top, circa 1860
Located in Dallas, TX
Phenomenal 19th century French carved giltwood and Carrara marble serpentine fronted console in the Rococo fashion, elaborately decorated overall with leaf sprays and scrolling folia...
Pair of Italian Giltwood Consoles with Faux Marble Tops Exquisite Detail
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of giltwood consoles with faux marble tops. This pair of giltwood console with faux marble top is a Fine representation of Italy design ...
20th Century Rococo Marble Top Console Table
Located in Milford, NH
A great example of a heavily carved Rococo marble top console table with a shaped marble top over a frieze fitted with three drawers all supported by six...
Marble
Italian Carved and Painted Onyx Top Console Table
Located in Manhasset, NY
A spectacular Italian Venetian style console table, the beveled onyx top supported on a green painted and parcel gilt frieze, raised by two vasiform pedestals and the center with a h...
19th Century French Provincial Cast Iron Butcher’s Table .
Located in Middleburg, VA
19th Century French Provincial Cast Iron Butcher’s Table . Ornate cast frieze over gracefully scrolled steel legs with the original brass fittings and finials. Contemporary 2” thick ...
Iron, Steel, Brass
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H 28.38 in W 35 in D 24.5 in
A Shapely Danish Rococo Style Stripped Pine Side Table w/Delft Tile Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
A shapely Danish rococo style stripped pine single-drawer side table with delft blue-and-white tile top; the inset 18th Century delft tile top of pinwheel and geometric design; above...