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.
19th-Century Italian Rococo Painted and Giltwood Console Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully timeworn and sculptural 19th-century Italian Rococo console, exquisitely carved in bold, asymmetrical scrolls and pierced floral motifs. This dramatic wall-mount consol...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
18th Century Black Rococo Writing Desk Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A beautifully crafted French Rococo writing desk from the Late 18th Century or Early 19th Century. This desk features hand carved detailing throughout and cabriolet legs. Very versat...
Oak
Vintage Italian Olive Burl Writing Desk with Cabriole Legs, 1960
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Vintage Italian olive burl solid wood writing desk with onr drawer and cabriol legs. The desk is 50" long, 29" wide and 30" high. The legs add about 3" to 4" inches to the total len...
Wood, Olive, Fruitwood
Italian Burl Wood Side Table Rococo Style by Mecchi Ruggero
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, small, Italian burl side, end, or drinks table by Mecchi Ruggero, in the Rococo design style, circa mid-20th Century, Italy. Table has scalloped apron front (both sides)...
Wood, Burl
20th century Rococo carved giltwood and paint Italian consoles with mirror
Located in Casteren, NL
This highly decorative console table with a mirror was made in mid-20th century Italy. The carved wood table and mirror frame were decorated with delicate flowers, acanthus, shell, ...
Gold Leaf
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Demilune Tables Rococo style
Located in Kvidinge, SE
A pair of Swedish Rococo style painted wood demi lune console tables with cabriole legs Made of solid pine in sweden in the 19th century Painted in a beautiful shade of grey/white w...
Pine
Italian Wrought Iron Console Table with Black Marble Top
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage 1960s Rococo style wrought iron wall mount console table with marble top, made in Italy. Stunning console having a black wrought iron body with gold leaf accents and a serpe...
Marble, Wrought Iron
Seahorse Serpent Shell Grotto Black Gold Parcel Gilt Tall Pedestal Table(s)
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful patinated parcel gilt 20th century tall Venetian grotto occasional table featuring seahorse legs and serpent supporting shell table top, all carved in the Rococo style. Two...
Wood, Giltwood
Mid 20th Century Satinwood Inlaid and Marquetry Mahogany Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
20th Century Satinwood Inlaid and marquetry Mahogany Side Table Measure 25.5" in width, 18" in depth and 25" in height
Mahogany, Satinwood
Genuine Antique Northern Swedish Rococo Centre Table with Elegantly Curved Legs
Located in Kramfors, SE
Genuine antique rococo table from northern Sweden. The table rectangular and the same from both sides. From the rococo period around 1770. The table has elegantly surved legs and a b...
Pine
Rococo Giltwood Console Table and Mirror Set A very rare set
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Rococo Giltwood Console Table and Mirror Set A very rare set, complete and still together, the set dates from the late 19th Century The Table and Mirror are richly carved in the Lou...
Giltwood
19th Century Victorian Rococo Style Carved Mahogany Rolling Sewing Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Victorian Rococo Style Carved Mahogany Sewing Table on wheels with a compartmented top drawer and large storage lower drawer. Very good antique condition.
Mahogany
Antique Swedish Rococo Desk with Light Blue Paint, Drawer and Curved Rococo Legs
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish rococo desk from the late 1700s. The desk is a country house furniture in rococo style with a large drawer. Heavily curved rococo legs and also a curved table top and...
Pine
1750 Venezia Wooden Light Blue and Green Lacquered Engraved Console with Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an extraordinary Venetian console in carved, perforated, lacquered and gilded wood with polychrome flowers on the light blue and green background. Some parts of it are in gil...
Wood, Lacquer
19th century Danish carved flame mahogany center table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century danish carved flame mahogany center table circa 1860. Beautifully shaped top surface with striking half matching veneer top. Slightly over-sailing top sits on an apron...
Mahogany
1725 Venezia Italy Giltwood Engraved Console with Onyx Marble Top
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an exquisite gilded and carved console, with the top made in onyx marble. The front and side parts are carved with scrolls that create a delicate carving effects. The onyx to...
Walnut, Giltwood
19th Century Louis XV Style Jardinière or Plant Stand
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 19th century French Louis XV style Rococo bronze mounted jardinière, or planter, on a pedestal stand. Kingwood marquetry veneer. Decorated with two Sèvres hand painted porcela...
Bronze
$1,657Sale Price|42% Off
Late 18th Century Italian Occasional Hall Console Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Hand carved console, hall table or small ladies desk, beautifully restored in warm tones of gray and cream. When you use the charming worn brass knob to open the drawer you will find...
Brass
Exceptional Antique Rococo-Style Gilded Console Table
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
This exceptional 18th-century antique Rococo-style gilded console table from France is a stunning testament to opulent craftsmanship. Featuring an intricately carved wooden base wit...
Marble
Antique French Rococo Carved Giltwood Console Pier Table 18th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine antique 18th C period Rococo carved giltwood marble topped console table, circa 1770 in date. This finely carved giltwood console table is surmounted with an exquisite shaped...
Marble
Antique Italian Venetian Style Paint And Gilt Decorated Wall Console
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An exaggerated serpentine shaped wall console in the Venetian manner in cream paint with gilt details. The frieze with a gilt ruffled center motif. Raised on tall scrolled legs with...
Wood
Louis XV Style Wall Mounted Console
Located in Barntrup, DE
Solid walnut wall-mounted console with beautiful beaded and Louis XV style bronze decors. Dimensions: Height 82 cm / 32.28 in; Width 97 cm / 38.18 in; Depth 44 cm / 17.32 in.
Bronze
Antique Handmade Swedish Rococo Country Farm Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish handmade table in rococo style. The table is a country furniture with neat proportions and gently curved legs. The table is rococo which is explained by the fact that...
Pine
A mid 18th century Rococo Giltwood Console, Naples Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 18th century Neapolitan Rococo Giltwood Console with Green Faux Marble Top, dating from the mid 1700's and Italian in origin. The serpentine faux painted green marble top rests...
Giltwood
$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
$38,430
Goodison Fox Console
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A polished limestone top supported by a seated stylised fox to each corner, flanking scrolling acanthus and oak-leaf swags, centred by a female mask above a scallop shell. This impre...
Limestone
Antique Ornate Baroque Style Gold Gilt Wrought Iron Hanging Console Table Glass
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Thick polished scalloped edge glass top wrought iron base ornate hanging console entrance hall table.
Wrought Iron
19th Century Rococo Walnut Six Drawer Desk from Denmark
Located in Round Top, TX
19th-century rococo desk crafted in walnut with veneer and darker trim detailing along the desk top edge. The desk is freestanding, with finished presentation on the reverse; there a...
Walnut
An Italian faux marble top console table, 18th C.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The green painted and gilt carved frame boasts a faux marble decorated top above a ornately carved frame with overall rococo and foliate motifs to the apron and the four shapely cabr...
Wood, Paint, Giltwood
Vintage French Rococo Style Mahogany Nesting Side Tables - Set of 3
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Rococo Style Mahogany Nesting Side Tables - Set of 3. Item features 3 nesting tables, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, nicely carved details, cabriole le...
Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Rococo Card Table
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
18th Century Swedish Rococo card table with decorative carved cabriolet legs and pull out trays used for candlesticks. Repainted in soft grey.
Wood
$1,440Sale Price|40% Off
19th C. French Painted & Parcel Gilt Table w/ Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century French Rococo style white colored painted & parcel gilt table. The Rococo style flourished in Europe, particularly in France, during the early to mid 18th century. ...
Marble
18th Century Swedish Rococo Tilt-Top Table with Original Black Back
Located in Atlanta, GA
An authentic 18th-century Swedish Rococo tilt-top table, notable for its sculptural form and original construction. The round scalloped top rests on a baluster-turned pedestal, suppo...
Wood, Pine
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
19th Century Victorian Rococo Style Walnut Serpentine Fold-Top Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Victorian Rococo Style Walnut Serpentine Fold-Top Tea Table. Measures 34" in width, 33.5" in depth open 30" in height.
Walnut
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
Italian Rococo Style Carved Giltwood Table Top Display Console, Circa 1960
Located in Rochester, NY
18th century style Italian rococo hand carved giltwood free standing table top size console / display shelf w/ original marbleized wood top in beautifully aged original color patina...
Wood, Giltwood
Antique Rococo Style Marble Top Table Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An elegant Antique French Gilt wood Parlor Table with extensive carving and fine striated Rose Marble Top. The table with pronounced Cabriolet legs and fine pierced and carved open ...
Marble
A Blue Rococo 18th Century Writing Table With Drawer, Finland
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful 18th Rococo writing table in absolutely original condition. The table features a single drawer and a beautiful vintage patina with the original...
Pine
18th Century Norwegian Rococo Centre Tray Table
Located in Allerum, SE
Fine 18th century Norwegian Rococo centre tray table in a great finish and proportions. Ca 1770 Norway.
Wood
PAIR Antique French Round Side Table Grotto Rococo Cast Iron Plant Stand c1880
Located in Shreveport, LA
PAIR Antique French Round Side Table Grotto Rococo Cast Iron Plant Stand c1880. Direct from France, a superb pair of antique French cast iron tables. Their stunning Rococo styling features high-relief casting, in a naturalistic detail to simulate a “grotto” effect, with an abundance of leaves and florals around the circular table tops and continuing throughout the pedestal. Lower table features more ornate florals continuing through the tripod base and scroll feet. A rare pair, excellent as side tables for any room, at home in a garden room or formal dining, and obviously excellent for displaying beloved plants, antique cache pots...
Iron
$1,837Sale Price|25% Off
20th Century Mariano Garcia Spanish Round Side Table with Burl Top
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian Rococo style round side table with burl top over a richly carved base from the 20th century. The apron is adorned on all sides with typical Mariano Garcia motifs. The tab...
Marble
Italian Venetian Walnut Serpentine Desk
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian (18th Century) walnut serpentine shaped desk with 2 side doors and 2 narrow front doors above a drawer with a pull out front interior chair having a left arm.
Walnut, Upholstery
18th Century Louis XV Giltwood Wall Console with Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XV period giltwood wall mounted console table with pierced apron, serpentine shape with conforming original marble top. Originati...
Giltwood
Antique Swedish Rococo Rustic Charming Pine Drop-Leaf Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Rococo drop-leaf table from Sweden, crafted around 1770. The table has one leaf, originally the table most likely had two but one has disappeared during the passage of time. ...
Pine
Large Glass Console Table Vintage
Located in Buxton, GB
This Vintage Glass and Metal Console Table is a stylish and elegant piece of furniture, perfect for any indoor room. Made in Italy in the 1970/80s, this fully assembled console table...
Metal
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
20th Century Italian Serpentine Baroque Rococo Style Faux Marble Console Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th century Rococo style console or hall table. Features a serpentine form with faux marble top, a scalloped and pierced giltwood frieze and scal...
Marble
$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th Century French Carved Oak Table
Located in Savannah, GA
This is a fabulous quality, very highly carved table made in France, circa 1920. The table has extremely Fine quality carvings throughout. The side...
Oak
Portuguese Rococo Carved Painted Console Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid-18th Century Portuguese Carved and Painted Rococo Console Table made of Brazilian Rosewood. The serpentine top rests above a shaped frieze carved on all sides with scrolling moti...
Wood
Vintage Monumental 20 Seat Venetian Rococo Gilded Hand Painted Capodimonte Style
Located in Chicago, IL
Bring unmatched grandeur and European artistry into your home with this monumental, custom-made-in-Italy, 20-seat Venetian Rococo–style dining set. Designed on a truly spectacular sc...
Wood
Pair Petite Venetian Polychromed Giltwood Console Tables
Located in Houston, TX
Pair petite Venetian polychromed giltwood console tables: gold and silver parcel gilt wood with a faux-painted marble top. The wood has been carved to resemble beautiful branches wit...
Wood
Vintage French Provincial Style Carved Antique White Writing Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage French Provincial Style Carved Antique White 3 Drawer French Mahogany Inlay & Book Matched Satin Writing Desk Vintage French Provincial 3-drawer writing desk with an ant...
Mahogany
Rococo 18th Century Writing Table with Drawer, Origin: Sweden, Circa 1760
Located in New York, NY
Fantastic Rococo 18th century writing table with single drawer with accentuated cabriole legs, origin: Sweden, circa 1760 with all original green color. The purity of the design lac...
Pine, Paint
Antique French Pair Rococo Louis XV Style Gilt Cast Iron Marble Console Tables
Located in London, GB
Antique French Pair Rococo Louis XV Style Gilt Cast Iron Marble Console Tables French, Late 19th Century Height 82cm, width 160cm, depth 64cm This impressive pair of console tables...
Carrara Marble, Iron
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
$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
18th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Rococo Desk/ Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
18th century Swedish Antique Rustic provincial rococo table/ desk from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden. A very rustic rococo desk with incred...
Pine
$480Sale Price|78% Off
Chippendale Queen Ann Style Carved Wood Coffee or Cocktail Table
Located in Plainview, NY
An elegant Chippendale Queen Ann style coffee or cocktail table. The table is finely carved showing beautiful scrolls and leaves design and raised by four cabriole leg with acanthus ...
Glass, Pine
Italian Gold Gilded Rococo Console Table with Rosso Verona Marble Top
Located in Casteren, NL
Beautiful Italian Rococo console table with inserted top of rosso verona marble. This console table has a pierced skirt centered by a rococo foliate ornament with complex volute fl...
Gold
Swedish Rococo Style Console Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Rococo Style Console Table, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
Wood