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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French Louis XV Style Marquetry Two-Drawer Kidney Shape Nightstand, Brass Rail
Located in Plainview, NY
An elegant French Louis XV-style marquetry nightstand or side table, featuring a graceful kidney (bean) shaped top edged with a delicate pierced brass gallery rail. The top is beauti...
Brass
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
Refinished French Louis XV style Carved Walnut and Marquetry Side or Lamp Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Refinished French Louis XV style carved walnut side or lamp table featuring an intricate marquetry and inlaid top. From the late 19th century to Early 20th Century, this table is ch...
Wood, Mahogany, Satinwood, Walnut
19th Century Louis XV Style Side Table, Rosewood & Brass, Circa 1800s
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
Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Polychrome, Giltwood and marble side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Polychrome, Giltwood and Pietra Dura marble side table. The stunning table is raised by four slender and elongated cabriole legs endi...
Marble
$5,525Sale Price|35% Off
Louis XV Parquetry Occasional Table, Circa 1760
Located in Huntington, NY
Louis XV parquetry occasional table, Circa 1760.
Bronze
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
French Cabriole Leg Nightstands or Bedside Tables - Sold as a Pair
Located in Austin, TX
A fine pair of French bedside end tables or nightstands of wonderfully patinated cherrywood - each stand featuring a scalloped edge gallery over a serpentine frieze of three drawers ...
Metal, Brass
20th Century Louis XV Style Cream Painted Marble Top Carved Oval Side Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage 20th century Louis XV style painted carved side table with dark green marble top. It is painted in a bisque color carved in classic French design on elegant cabriole legs. Th...
Wood, Paint
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
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
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
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
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
18th Century Louis XV Walnut Bedside Commode with Marble Top
Located in Queens, NY
Louis XV style walnut bedside commode with a rouge shaped marble top over single drawer over a cabinet with a carved floral door front having a white porcelain insert,
Marble
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
$539Sale Price|39% Off
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
Fine French Giltwood side table in oval shape
Located in Houston, TX
This gilt wood side table s excellent carving and the gilding has original patina in a Lovely hue of gold. The marble top is in shades of cream and gold and is also original. The ov...
Marble
French Louis XV Revival Painted Side Table, Belle Époque, Circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A refined French Louis XV revival side table, circa 1880. A hand-painted tabletop with a coveted craquelure effect adds to the romantic appeal of the pastoral scene. This side table...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
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
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Style Hand Carved Oak Side Table
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This early twentieth century French Louis XV style oak side table features deep relief hand carved shells on all four sides and corners as well as scrolling leaves and a floral motif...
Oak
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
Pair of Marquetry Side Tables with Gilt Metal Mounts
Located in Bradenton, FL
Unique pair of 19th century Marquetry side tables with gilt metal mounts. Raised on four elegant legs with feet ending in brass amulets. There are two drawers in front of each table ...
Wood
19th Century France Rich Walnut Brown Shaped-Apron Walnut Side Table
Located in High Point, NC
Shaped-apron walnut side table in Rich Walnut Brown. The rich walnut brown surface highlights serpentine apron, slender tapered legs, characteristic of France furniture making in the...
Walnut
Vintage Italian Venetian French Louis XV Style Painted Marble Top Lamp Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Venetian/French Louis XV Style Hand Painted Floral Green Marble Top Side Table. Item features an inset marble top, hand painted floral details, green and cream finish...
Marble
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
Early 20th Century France Weathered Honey Oak Carved Oak Side Table
Located in High Point, NC
Carved oak side table in Weathered Honey Oak. The weathered honey oak surface highlights cabriole legs, heart-shaped apron cutout, characteristic of France furniture making in the lo...
Oak
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
Pair of French Louis XV Style Marble-Top Nightstands or End Tables, C 1950
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Of elegant bombe form, these tables feature shaped, galleried marble tops above a finely crafted burlwood cases with contrasting banded veneers, displaying the graceful curves and re...
Marble, Metal
20th Pair of 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 oak bedside tables from the early...
Walnut
19th Century Louis XV Style Country French Side Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century Louis XV style Country French side table with a cherry wood base and a walnut top. Two dovetailed drawers, scalloped apron and curved legs. Repairs on legs. Wax...
Cherry, Walnut
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
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
19th Century Louis XV Style Marquetry Side Table in Walnut & Mahogany
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Louis XV style two-drawer side table, or nightstand with inlaid marquetry veneers of walnut and mahogany. Cast bronze hardware. Nice proportions with curved cor...
Bronze
Louis XV Side Table, Hand-Carved with Gilt Finish and Marble Top
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
Vintage French Louis XV-style Small Liquor Cabinet/ Occasional Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
This embellished piece with a glass-front door is a vintage French Louis XV style kidney-shaped vitrine-table or a cellarette. While large display cabinets are called curio cabinets ...
Brass
Louis XV Oak Side Table, Early 20th Century, French Design
Located in High Point, NC
A Louis XV oak side table with gracefully curving cabriole legs and a simple, warm toned top that together capture the essential elegance of the style without excess ornamentation. I...
Wood
Small Louis XV Style Fruitwood Side Table, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charming Louis XV–style miniature side table crafted in fruitwood during the early 20th century. The piece reflects the elegance of 18th-century French design through its graceful pr...
Wood
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
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Style Occasional Side Table with Marble Top
Located in Chicago, IL
A finely made Louis XV–revival guéridon (occasional side table), late 19th century, crafted in mahogany with gilt‑bronze (ormolu) detailing and standing on slender cabriole legs term...
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Brass Mounted Inlaid Burl Fruitwood Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Brass Mounted Inlaid Burl Fruitwood Side Table. Measure 17.25W x 13 x 30.75H. Drawers are 12.5"W x 9"Dx 3.25"H
Brass
20th-C. Maitland-Smith French Louis XV Style Marble Top Fruitwood Center / Side
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 20th century French Louis XV style heavily carved fruitwood and gilt marble top table by Maitland -Smith. The cabriole legs slope down into classic hooves. The top is not a...
Fruitwood
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
Louis XV Style Ebonized Side Table with Faux Marble Top, 1950s France
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Louis XV style side table with faux marbleized top and brass sabots on cabriole legs. Asymmetrical, scalloped serpentine silhouette. Rare ebonized black lacquer finish with go...
Brass
Vintage French Tabouret Side Table or Plant Stand with Gilt Fleur-de-Lis
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage French tabouret side table or plant stand, France, 1960's. This beautiful petite table from the Île-de-France region is adorned with a fleur-de-lis gold gilt center appliqué...
Oak
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
19th Century French Louis XV-Style Marquetry Side Table
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is an elegant 19th century French Louis XV-style mahogany side table featuring exceptional marquetry throughout. The circular top is richly inlaid with an intricate floral bouqu...
Marble, Brass
$1,312Sale Price|30% Off
19th Century French Louis XV Style Mahogany Marquetry Side Table
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French Louis XV style marquetry side table with two elegant side drawers, resting on long legs. There is a small hidden writing shelf right under the top on the other si...
Mahogany
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 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
French Louis XV Marble Top Side Table with Inlaid Wood Apron and Brass Gallery
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French Louis XV accent table that may be used as a side table or small coffee table or cocktail table. Exquisite chevron parquetry inlay on the apron on all four sides, with ...
Marble, Brass
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
Vintage French Louis XV Style Satinwood Inlay Mirror Top Lamp Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style Satinwood Inlay Mirror Top Lamp Side Table. Item features A beautifully carved base, satinwood inlaid lower tier, round mirrored top tier, brass gallery...
Mirror, Wood
$19,880Sale Price|20% Off
Fine French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Marquetry Side-Table, 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 attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The rect...
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Marble-Top Side Table
Located in New York, NY
A fine Louis XV-style French Ormolu-mounted mahogany marble-top side table with a side drawer and foliate inlay on cabriole legs.?? Origin: French? Date: circa 19th century? Dim...
Marble, Bronze
Mid 20th Century Distressed Louis XV Style Side Tables, a Pair
Located in Morristown, NJ
A quality pair of 20th c. Louis XV style side tables, faux crackled and distressed finish, unmarked. Decorative yet practical, this pair of tables shows very well. Dimensions: 26...
Wood, Paint
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
Antique Pair of French Marble Top Stands or Tables
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Refined pair of antique French Louis XV style stands with rouge marble tops having a brass gallery over a three drawer case with brass hardware, c...
Marble, Brass
Louis XV Provincial Walnut Writing Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a rectangular top with shaped edge over a single drawer and raised on cabriole legs. Rich nice nut brown colour.
Wrought Iron
$636Sale Price|59% Off
Louis XV Style J.B Van Sciver Co., Walnut Low Table with Marble Top
Located in Lomita, CA
The black variegated marble with its tan and gray veins make this Louis XV style low table stand out. The antique vintage provincial walnut marble-top low table was made in Camden, N...
Walnut