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.
Vintage Hand Carved Demilune Wall Mount Console Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite vintage demilune console table is a masterclass in hand-carved artistry, drawing deep inspiration from the French Rococo and Baroque periods. The piece features a stun...
Serpentine
Exceptional Norwegian Rococo Tray Table, Origin: Norway, circa 1760
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional Norwegian Rococo tray table, with beautiful, animated, Rococo carving all in original paint, origin: Norway, circa 1760 - 1785.
Wood, Paint
$1,391 / item
Pair of Art Deco Consoles, circa 1930-1950
Located in Mouscron, WHT
pair of Art Deco consoles, circa 1930-1950. Gilded and red lacquered. Marble imitation painted on the top.
Wood
Mid 20th Century Vintage Rococo Gilt Wall Mount Console Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your space with this Vintage Rococo Gilt Wall Mount Console Table. Exuding opulence and charm, this table features intricate gilt detailing and a wall-mount design, bringing ...
Travertine
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
Vintage Chippendale Style Pie Crust Tilt Top Table by Kindel Furniture Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Kindel Furniture Co. Chippendale Style Mahogany Pie Crust Tilt Top Table Gorgeous Tilt-Top Carved Flame Mahogany Claw & Ball Tri-Foot...
Mahogany
18th Century Italian Console Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fabulous 18th Century Italian Piedmontese console table. With original faux marble top and incredible carved wooden legs terminating on hairy hoof feet. With some restoration. Circ...
Wood, Paint
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 Gilt-wood Console with Marble Top, Italy c. 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Gilt-wood console table, the Rococo serpentine frame mounted with a conforming mottled beige marble top. Dating from the mid 1700s, and Italian in Origin. The console has mu...
Giltwood
Small console, or side table in carved wood circa 1950/1960
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Small console, or side table in carved wood circa 1950/1960
Beech
Fine 18th Century Swedish Rococo Desk
Located in Bozeman, MT
Fine 18th century Swedish Rococo desk / console table with one drawer and in Its original colour. Ca 1770 Sweden.
Pine
Antique Italian Carved Giltwood Console
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The serpentine " Bardiglio " marble top over a conforming frieze above a pierced carved scrolling foliate apron centered by a shell , raised on cabriole legs ending in scroll toes .
Marble
$7,600Sale Price|20% Off
High and Low Relief White Marble Pedestal with Floral and Animal Details
Located in New York, NY
Tall Ionic column pedestal made of white marble with carved high relief garlands and low relief floral, foliage and mythical animal details. Square crown and base with scroll capital...
Carrara Marble
C18th Giltwood & Marble Top Pier Table
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A very smart late 18th Century giltwood console/pier table, with its original rare Breccia marble top with pinched moulded edge. The base elegantly carved with rosettes to the frieze...
Marble
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
$8,022Sale Price|30% Off
19th Century French Polish Steel Base Table with Glass Top
Located in North Salem, NY
Create a peaceful dining environment in your breakfast room, back patio or dining room with this lovely 19th century French ornate polish steel base table with 1/2" glass top with be...
Steel, Metal
Pair of Antique Rococo Style Giltwood Corner Console Tables with Shaped Marble T
Located in Miami, FL
An exceptional pair of antique giltwood corner console tables, designed specifically to fit elegantly into the corners of a room. Inspired by the Rococo / Louis XV style, the pair co...
Giltwood
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Marquetry Card Table
Located in London, GB
This fine antique table is crafted in the Louis XV style, which is synonymous with grace, elegance and exuberance of design. Made from luxurious materials and exhibiting fine marquet...
Ormolu
18th Century, Italian Rococo Wood Console Table
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian Rococo Elm Wood Console Table Dimensions: W 92 x D 53.5 x H 71.5 This console table was made in Northern Italy during the Barocchetto period, in the mid-18th ce...
Wood
Original Swedish Rococo Console Table
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is an original Swedish Rococo console table with a stone top.
Birch
Italian 19th Century Rococo St. Giltwood and Onyx Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional Italian 19th century Rococo st. giltwood and onyx console. The freestanding console is raised by elegant tapered cabriole legs with topie shaped feet below beautiful s...
Onyx
Pair French Carved Giltwood Console Tabels, circa 1840
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century French carved giltwood console tables. Each having their original Levanto rouge marble tops, wo...
Giltwood
French 18th Century Louis XV Bureau Plat, Writing Desk
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An imposing Louis XV ebonized writing table with finely chased gilt bronze mounts. The stepped moulded rectangular top inset with the original gilt-tooled leather above three frieze drawers with elaborate ormolu handles and escutcheons, the reverse conformingly organized with three simulated drawers, allowing this bureau plat to be freestanding, the cabriole legs with sabot feet headed by female masks. The iconic Coco chancel lived with a Rococo writing desk...
Bronze
Mid-18th Century Rococo Walnut Console Table, Italy, Circa 1750
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-18th century walnut console from the Emilia.
Walnut
Rococo style Console hand carved solid wood branches flowers Marble top
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Every detail of this extraordinary console has been carefully designed to offer a unique piece of furniture, capable of lending a touch of sophistication and style to any environment...
Marble
18th Century Italian Venetian Console Table with Cream Marble Top
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian (18th Century) cream painted bracket console table with carved & painted floral trim with a shaped filigree apron & stretcher under a brown marble top. (mode...
Marble
German Rococo 18th Century Glass Bead Decorated Centre Table with Exotic Parrot
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very rare 18th century German Rococo table. Oak and pinewood with historical paint in black and decoration in gold color. The rounded rect...
Glass, Oak, Pine, Beads
19th Century Gilt Wood Rococo Console Table with Red Marble Top
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Antique carved and gilded wood console table with red marble top (Incarnat Turquin marble), Rococo, 19th century. Measures: Height 89 cm x width 124 x depth 53 cm.
Marble
18th Century Italian Carved Wood, Paint and Silver Gilt Console Table circa 1775
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century Italian carved wood, paint and silver gilt console table, circa 1775. Good proportions with carved, embellished, bold cabriole...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$6,818Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Console Table, circa 1790-1810
Located in Berlin, DE
Baroque console table. Wood, gilded. Frame with openwork cartridge. Two opposing C-rocailles with bracing. Cut red marble slab. France.
Wood
Pair of Italian Large 19th Century Painted Console Tables With Mirror Panels
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pair of hand carved Italian console tables with the original paint and mirror plates. Made in the 19th century in the Rococo style, characterized by ornate, curving lines and elaborate carved details. Made from carved wood, with the original paint and mirror plates. Each table has intricate carved motifs centered on the apron and cabriole legs with scroll feet, typical of Italian Rococo...
Mirror, Wood, Paint
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Rococo Carved Walnut & Marble Turtle Top Parlor Table Circa 1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Rococo turtle top parlor table offers beveled and shaped marble top over walnut base raised on cabriole legs with carved foliate knees and scroll form stretcher with centr...
Marble
18th Century Rococo Console Table with Onyx Marble Top
Located in Baambrugge, NL
An 18th century Rococo style console table. A beautiful antique carved wood and gesso table with old golden patina and a top from Onyx marble in creme and red / amber tonesen. Mea...
Onyx
Rococo Style Marquetry Inlaid Walnut Coffee Table with Cabriole Legs
Located in Astoria, NY
Rococo Style Marquetry Inlaid Walnut Coffee Table, the top inlaid with scrolling floral motifs and above carved wood cabriole legs. 17.25" H x 38.25" W x 20" D. Provenance: From a ...
Walnut
Rare 18th Century German Glass Bead Decorated Centre Table by Michael van Selow
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Rare Rococo centre table from the famous workshop of Johann Michael van Selow. The rounded rectangular dished top with moulded edge and decorated with a mosaic made of glass beads de...
Wood, Glass
Giltwood Low Centre Table With A Pietre Dure Inlaid Marble Top
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Italian Carved Giltwood Low Centre Table with A Pietre Dure Marble Top. This impressive giltwood low table has a fine pietre dure inlaid marble top inset within a gadrooned b...
Marble
French Table 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
French table XIX century vein marble top the structure is in carved and gilded wood very pretty good condition, measures: 124x80x74 cm Good condition.
Wood
French Rococo Style Gilt & Painted Carved Wood Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Carved Wood w/ Gilt & Painted Finish Style: French Rococo This French Rococo style center table from the 1950s showcases elabor...
Wood
Rococo style Table Bronze legs wax casting Technique Marble top Calacatta Gold
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Rococo style table with legs characterized by a precious decoration of flowers and foliage intertwined with elaborate volutes that create the central cross connection. Made in bron...
Marble, Bronze
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
$6,306 / set
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Demi-Lune Tables
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A beautiful pair of early 19th Century Swedish demi-lune tables in the Rococo style. These tables are perfect as console tables or fitted together as a small round table dining or c...
Wood, Paint
Asnaghi “Eubea” Dining Table and 12 Chair Suite in Harwood, Gilt and Silk
Located in Barrowford, GB
Asnaghi make pieces of furniture that are far more than just that. They create real works-of-art of intrinsic value, Peerless in design and execution, and expected to become heirloom...
Wood
Louis XV Centre Table Marquetry Inlay Desk, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Charming Louis XVI centre table with curved shape top Very distinctive look - could also function as a desk We date this piece to circa 1880 ...
Kingwood
Norwegian Rococo Painted Table, Hand-Carved Pine, 18th Century Design
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A fabulous Norwegian table from the late 18th century, that is a Scandinavian interpretation of Italian Baroque tastes with exaggerated features to feel as if a completely original s...
Iron
Italian 19th Century Faux Marble Painted Consoles - A Pair
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A pair of mesmerizing 19th century Italian painted and giltwood console tables with trompe l'oeil faux marble tops over Louis XVI style frames. Expertly painted, the trompe l’oeil su...
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$11,596Sale Price|20% Off
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
Carved French Rococo Style Pair of Nightstands with Open Shelve, circa 1930s
Located in Miami, FL
Carved French Rococo style pair of nightstands with open shelve and three drawers, circa 1930s. The tables stands on four ornately carved cabriole shaped legs and depicts a basket...
Bronze
$4,116Sale Price|30% Off
Antique 19th C. French Louis XV Rococo Serpentine Carved Mahogany Console Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Louis XV style Rococo console table, circa mid-nineteenth century. Features a solid mahogany frame with serpentine turtle top over a meticulously carved base showcasing pier...
Mahogany
White Marble Top Italian Console, Rococo, 18th-19th Century
Located in GB
An elaborately carved and gilded Italian console in the Rococo taste, the shaped white marble top lies above a flower-filled pattern with trailing blossoms, alongside the gilded deco...
Marble
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
French Mid-18th Century Louis XV Guéridon
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A fine ormolu-mounted and rosewood veneered gueridon à écritoire, stamped by the Parisian ébéniste Pierre-François Quéniard dit Guignard (1740-1794), became maître in 1767. He was a ...
Pine
French Louis XV Rococo Marble-Top Console Table with Gilt Accents
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant decorative console table crafted from carved wood and finished in an aged ivory tone with gilded accents. It features a rectangular top with a white marble surface accented b...
Marble
French dessert table in rococo style .. with marble top..
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unique hand painted marble top dessert table with two lower shelves ,three drawers i and one false drawer .very stylish form and proportions.. exceptional, construction and solid… on...
Marble
Antique Round Dining Table With Extension In Neo Rococo Style From 1920s
Located in Lejre, DK
Antique round dining table in neo rococo style from the 1920s. White painted with decorative details and 4 extension leaves. (We have matching chairs for this table) — Style: Neo r...
Wood, Paint
Italian 18th Century Carved Giltwood Center Table with Marble Serpentine Top
Located in Meer, VAN
Italian 18th Century Carved Giltwood Center Table with Marble Serpentine Top This is a very special and museum worthy 18th century Italian center table in carved and gilded wood wit...
Marble
18th Century Italian Walnut Console
Located in High Point, NC
18th century PERIOD Rococo walnut console table. The top is made from walnut and is banded in satinwood, and has a central lozenge. The top has a beveled edge for added design inte...
Walnut
Italian Rococo Center Table with Faux Marble Top, 18th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Rococo style Sicilian (18th Century) large rectangular center table with a faux marble resting upon a white-painted & gilt carved base & apron supported on four cabri...
Silver Leaf
French Baroque Rococo Style Oval Eglomise Art Glass Top Yellow Dining Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Baroque Rococo Style Oval Eglomise Art Glass Top Yellow Dining Table. Item features (2) 12" leaves, gold gilt/ oil drop eglomise glass top & leaves...
Glass, Wood
Sven Cocktail Table - French White Plaster
By Century Furniture, Tara Shaw
Located in New Orleans, LA
The contemporary Swedish Rococo cocktail table pays homage to the 18th-century Rococo style, known for its ornate and playful design elements. Originating in France and later adopted...
Wood
Italian Marble Drinks Table Rococo Style
Located in New York, NY
**One of two available, each sold separately, as per listing. An Italian marble and wood side or drinks table, in the Rococo style, circa early to mid-20th century, Italy. Table has...
Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass