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 Century French Louis XV Style Walnut Chevet Table Signed G. Durand
Located in Houston, TX
19th-Century French Louis XV style walnut chevet table signed G. Durand, featuring marquetry, brass ormolu, a single drawer, and elegantly curved legs.
Brass
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite French occasional table from the 19th century made of rosewood with ormolu mounts and a red marble top to project a taste for luxury in a compact design. The inset marble to...
Brass
18th Century Louis XV Walnut Side Table from France
Located in High Point, NC
18th century period Louis XV walnut side table from France. The top is made from a single plank and has beveled edges, following down to a simple apron, which contains a single draw...
Walnut
Louis XV Parquetry Occasional Table, Circa 1760
Located in Huntington, NY
Louis XV parquetry occasional table, Circa 1760.
Bronze
Elegant Louis XV Side Tables with Marble Tops and Brass Accents - A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
Elegant Pair of French Louis XV SIde Tables with Marble Tops. Each table features a bombe facade that flows seamlessly into slender cabriole legs, creating the quintessential French ...
Marble, Brass
18th Century French Louis XV Table
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century French Louis XV Table. Offered is a lovely late 18th century French Louis XV oak table with a single drawer, leather top and paw feet. This beautiful table will work wel...
Leather, Oak
18th Century French Louis XV Side Table or Writing Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century Louis XV side table or small writing desk made of solid pear wood with raised gallery on three sides and sturdy slender cabriole curved legs. Hand carved scalloped ap...
Brass
French 19th Century Mahogany Rafraichissoir
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French, Louis XV-style mahogany rafraîchissoir table from circa 1870. Functioning like a dry bar, this side table is adapted to keeping beverages cold–and you refreshed–by placing ...
Marble, Aluminum
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Needlepoint Tea Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This captivating French 19th century Louis XV-style tea table or side table features a surface covered with an exquisite needlepoint tapestry in shades of ochre and gold on a backgro...
Wool, Oak, Paint
Antique carved LOUIS XV style Side Table, France ca. 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1900 / Side Table / wood / Louis XV / Antique Antique side table with elegantly curved legs and a gracefully finished table top in Louis XV style. The table was beautifull...
Wood
Antique French Louis XV Mahogany Side Table by A. Chevrie, Paris
Located in SEDLEC-PRČICE, CZ
This antique French Louis XV style mahogany side table by Antoine Chevrie is an exquisite masterpiece of late nineteenth-century Parisian cabinetmaking. This exceptional furniture pi...
Mahogany
Antique French Provincial Louis XV Style Mahogany Tea Table, circa 1900
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique French Provincial Louis XV style mahogany side or tea table with a single drawer, circa 1900. A special table exuding elegant simplicity featuring a rectangular plank top su...
Mahogany
18th Century Louis XV Side Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
A French provincial Louis XV period writing table in walnut, circa 1770, the original conforming top over a scalloped apron with one drawer, on cabriole legs. Older finish, nice pati...
Walnut
20th Pair of Marquetry Walnut Nightstands Tables with Drawer and Open Shelf
Located in Miami, FL
A pretty pair of French, inlaid kingwood, one drawer nightstands with open shelf , circa 1910. Pair of French Louis XV style walnut bedside...
Fruitwood
Louis XV Style Painted Italian Commode, Petite Side Table, Circa 1960s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Small painted Louis XV style painted commode/side table.
Wood
Louis 15 Style Mahogany Console Game Table Napoleon 3 Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful mahogany flip top card table forming a console when folded. The board in playing position is covered with a green felt finished with a braid and rests on an elegant Louis X...
Mahogany
Pair of Fine French Louis XV Side Tables After Francois Linke
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of magnificent fine quality vintage French Louis XV style gilt bronze ormolu mounted mahogany side tables after celebrated master Parisian ébéniste Francois Linke (b.1855-1946...
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Ca. Early 20th Century French Vitrine Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fine jewel like Vitrine Table in Louis XV style. Shaped square form with hinged glass inset top and glass sides. The inside lined in a dusty blue herringbone fabric. The top with bra...
Brass
French Nightstand Bedside - Gray patina- painted - Louis XV Style - 1950 France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Vintage patina nightstand in gray, dating from the 1950s. This night table is in the Louis XV style, recognizable by its curved legs. The waist is ca...
Wood
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze-Mounted Marble-Top Nightstands, C. 1950
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely crafted with richly figured wood inlaid surmounted by shaped marble tops, each cabinet is enhanced with finely cast gilt bronze mounts, including corner mounts, escutcheons, a...
Marble, Bronze
French Side Table Louis XV Ormolu Mounts
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Brass, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Walnut Corner Side Table with Drawer
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this elegant antique corner table, or encoignure, in a living room, hallway, or bedroom for a refined French accent. Crafted in France circ...
Walnut
French Louis XV Satinwood Inlay Triple Drop Leaf Side Table with Bronze Ormolu
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis XV Style Satinwood Inlay Drop Leaf Triangular Side Table with Bronze Ormolu. Item features floral satinwood inlay, bronze ormolu, three drop sides, cabriole legs, qualit...
Bronze
French Carved Fruitwood Louis XV Style Side Table
Located in Norwood, NJ
Provincial French carved fruitwood Louis XV style side table. Country French styling with raised tray form top panels and carved elements on apron and cabr...
Wood, Fruitwood
20th Century French Side Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming and elegant early 20th-century side table is crafted from solid walnut, showcasing a warm, rich grain. It features three drawers on the front arranged in two rows, each...
Brass
Fine Antique French Figured Maple And Stone Top Console Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fabulous little accent table the perfect size for a variety of uses, well crafted with great Louis XV style. The table features a shapely duck egg blue stone top with flared front ...
Stone, Brass
French Gilt & Painted Louis XV Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A lovely petite Louis XV-style marble-top table with gold gilt finish and beautiful hand-carved details. A shaped white marble top with subtle veining sits atop a painted and gilt ba...
Marble
French Louis XV Style Walnut Side Tables / Chests - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of French walnut side tables with Louis XV styling. Their have cabriolet legs with one drawer over open space and two additional drawers. They have dovetail constructi...
Brass
Antique French Ledet et fils Louis XV Ladies Sewing Work Table Dressing Vanity
Located in Forney, TX
Refined country French elegance and sophistication at its finest, this Provincial Louis XV style lady's sewing stand work table or coiffeuse by Ledet et fils exudes refined grace and functionality. Born in Bordeaux Region of Southwestern France in the mid-19th century, exceptionally executed in sophisticated King Louis Fifteenth (1715-1774) taste, hand-crafted of warm mellow solid mahogany, having a rectangular serpentine shaped hinged top opening to reveal the original flat mirror plate, over a removable divided tray, faux drawer front with wooden escutcheon, above a sewing / work bin, gently curved scalloped apron, all rising elegantly on long cabriole legs adorned with finely carved shell acanthus leaf knee ending in whorl feet, terminating on casters. circa 1850s Signed, retaining the original ébéniste (cabinetmakers) makers mark to the underside, reading: Ledet Fab de Meubles Bordeaux Dimensions: (approx) 29.25" High, 24" Wide, 16.75" Deep Versatile: As warm and attractive as it is useful, having the ideal size and proportions for a variety of different uses, including as a side table, accent table, hall console, sofa table, bedside nightstand, rolling lamp...
Wood, Mahogany
French Louis XV Bedside Tables Nightstands A Pair
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on "Read More" or "View More Details" below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing is from 1st Dibs and they normally s...
Bronze
Antique French Quality Louis XV Style Kidney-Shaped Side / Lamp Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine antique French Louis XV style kidney-shaped occasional table of elegant, refined form. The shaped top is beautifully veneered in well-chosen mahogany with satinwood crossband...
Brass, Ormolu
Antique Louis XV Style Inlaid Walnut Side Table, French, Circa 1880
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Small 19th Century Louis XV style French side / drinks table. Diamond shaped inlaid top and one drawer and curving legs.
Wood, Walnut
20th Century Two-Drawer Bedside Commode Nightstand with Marble Top
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
20th century two-drawer bedside commode nightstand with marble top Drawers open and close with ease, gilt highlighted carvings on the face of the drawers. Measures: 19" W x 11.5" D...
Marble
18th Century Style French Louis XV Marquetry Side Table or Nightstands, a Pair
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Louis XV French Style side tables or nightstands with elegant marquetry work, all original restored. This sumptuous side tables have a distinctively shaped rectangular ma...
Oak
Louis XV Style Side Table with Bronze and Marquetry Work, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The four cabriolet legs have been joined in their inferior part with a square shelf of concave edges and they have been decorated with vegetal elements in golden bronze, like the wai...
Bronze
Fine Roman Mid-18th Century Giltwood Rococo Console Table with Marble top
Located in Rome, IT
Roman mid-18th century gilt-wood Rococo consoles with a Yellow Siena veneered marble top within a black marble surround, above a pierced frieze centered by a foliate cartouche, on ...
Giltwood
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Provençal Walnut Side Table with Drawer
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique bedside table, crafted circa 1820 in Provence, offers a refined and practical form with graceful proportions. Raised on slender cabriole legs, the piece features...
Walnut
Fine French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Side-Table by François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French Louis XV Transitional Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted, Marquetry and Æil de Vermeil Parquetry single-drawer side-table by François Linke (1855-1946). The rectangular top...
Ormolu
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 ...
Breccia Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Country French Louis XV Style Carved and Painted Marble Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
Country French table 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 having variations o...
Wood, Paint
French Louis XV Style Side Table in Kingwood a gilt bronze Attributed To Zwiner
Located in Kastrup, DK
French side table crafted from gilt bronze mounted Kingswood. Slightly raised top in Rosso Levanto marble in shades of red, green and grey. France c. 1890. This exquisite quality sid...
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Oakwood Nightstand or Side Table
Located in Barntrup, DE
Charming French Louis XV-style nightstand or side table made of oak. The scalloped top shelf above the open recess with a single drawer. Raised on graceful cabriole legs. Dimensions:...
Bronze
18th Century Louis XV Provencal Center Table, Hand-Carved Walnut
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Louis XV table from Provence. Made of solid walnut with deep hand-carved apron and thick cabriole legs. Two dovetailed dr...
Iron
Vintage Pair French Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Occasional Tables 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of vintage French Louis Revival ormolu mounted side tables, mid 20th century in date. The oval shaped top tables are framed with decorative ormolu borders a...
Ormolu
Pair Of French Marble Topped Lous XV Night Stands
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Of French Louis XV Style Beige Marble Top Night Stands Beautiful Shape With Molded Edges, Gilt Metal Mounts, And Elegant Legs With French Bracket Feet.
Marble
20th Pair of French Nightstands Tables with Drawer and Open Shelf
Located in Miami, FL
A pretty pair of French one drawer nightstands with open shelf , circa 1910. Pair of French Louis XV style walnut bedside tables from the e...
Fruitwood
20th Pair of Dark Walnut Nightstands Tables with Drawer and Open Shelf
Located in Miami, FL
A pretty pair of French one drawer nightstands with open shelf , circa 1910. Pair of French Louis XV style walnut bedside tables from the e...
Fruitwood
Venetian Painted Side Table, 18th c
Located in valatie, NY
This beautiful hand-painted Venetian table has a yellow ground with green scrolls and red foliate decoration. It has a scalloped apron and stands on cabriole legs. The top has a pain...
Canvas, Pine
Pair Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted Parquetry Mahogany Side Tables
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted mixed Fruitwood Parquetry Mahogany Side Tables Measures 17.5" in width , 17.5" on depth, 29.50" in height.
Brass, Ormolu
Antique French Style Kidney Side Table
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous antique French style inlaid kidney side table, dating from around the 1950’s period. This has a beautiful and useful design, it is a nice petite size. It is predominantly...
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th‑century Walnut side table in the Louis XV style, France
Located in Meulebeke, BE
A late‑19th‑century French side table in the Louis XV style, crafted in walnut. This table brings together the elegance, fluidity, and decorative refinement that defined the Rococo r...
Walnut
18th Century French Louis XV Walnut Bow-Front Side Table Desk with Drawer
Located in Dallas, TX
This refined period antique French side table or small desk was crafted during the Louis XV period, circa 1760. Expertly constructed from solid walnut, the piece features an elegant ...
Walnut
French Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted and Marquetry Gueridon Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany and tulipwood marquetry gueridon side-table. The circular top inlaid with a floral design marquetry and sy...
Bronze, Ormolu
Barbara Barry for Baker Furniture French Regency Dark Mahogany Side Table
By Barbara Barry, Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful French Regency or Louis XV style console, sofa table, or side table By Barbara Barry for Baker Furniture USA, Circa Late 20th Century Measures: 38"W x 22"D x 26"H. Ve...
Mahogany
Louis XV Style Side Table with Marquetry and Brass Accents, Circa 1890
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful side table in kidney shape with intricate marquetry work. The top can be folded up and underneath are three compartments. The top can also be closed. The feet finish with b...
Brass
Pair French 19th Century Ormolu & Malachite Pedestal Side Tables, Attr F.E. Piat
By Frédéric - Eugène Piat 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Palatial very fine and rare pair of French 19th century Louis XV style Ormolu and Malachite Pedestal side tables, attributed to Frédéric-Eugène Piat (French, 1827-1903), the bronze...
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Louis XV Side Table or Desk with Inlaid Embossed Leather Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French Louis XV walnut side table or petite desk with a graceful serpentine silhouette and delicate cabriole legs that terminate in subtle scroll feet. The shaped top is inse...
Leather, Walnut
French Louis XV Style 1900s Oak Side Table with Drawer and Scalloped Apron
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style oak side table from circa 1900 with single drawer, scalloped apron, curving legs and scrolling feet. This exquisite French Louis XV style oak side table, circ...
Oak
Fine French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Porcelain Side Table Pair
By Martin Carlin, François Linke
Located in Forney, TX
A fine quality pair of vintage French Louis XV style kingwood floral marquetry bronze doré and porcelain mounted tables. Francois Linke (1855-1946) taste, in the manner of famous Par...
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Cherry Side Table or Writing Desk, Hand-Crafted, Circa 1780
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century Louis XV side table or small writing desk made of solid cherry with scalloped apron and curved legs. Single dovetailed drawer with brass pull. Restoration on top. Cir...
Brass