Louis XV Side Tables
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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Mid-20th Century European Louis XV Side Tables
Wood, Paint
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Marble
1860s European Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Other
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Marble
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Metal
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Rosewood
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Ormolu
Early 20th Century Louis XV Side Tables
Brass
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Marble
20th Century French Louis XV Side Tables
Paint
20th Century Louis XV Side Tables
Wood, Beech
1890s French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Satinwood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Marble
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Gold Leaf
20th Century French Louis XV Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Side Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Marble
1860s French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Side Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Side Tables
Ormolu
20th Century French Louis XV Side Tables
Wood
1930s American Vintage Louis XV Side Tables
Satinwood, Walnut
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Ormolu
20th Century American Louis XV Side Tables
Marble
1940s European Vintage Louis XV Side Tables
Griotte Marble
1860s French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Ormolu
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XV Side Tables
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Side Tables
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XV Side Tables
Cherry
20th Century European Louis XV Side Tables
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XV Side Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Breccia Marble, Ormolu
1990s American Louis XV Side Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Cherry, Walnut
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Side Tables
Brass
20th Century Unknown Louis XV Side Tables
Bronze
Early 1900s Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XV Side Tables
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Side Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Side Tables
Bronze
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Fruitwood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XV Side Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Louis XV Side Tables
Metal
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Marble
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Oak
1950s French Vintage Louis XV Side Tables
Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Wood
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Wood, Oak
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Marble, Ormolu
1890s French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Walnut
1760s French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Side Tables
Walnut