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 Antique Italian Louis XV Style Natural Walnut Dining Table Ca 1890
Located in Encinitas, CA
19th Century Antique Italian Louis XV Style Natural Walnut Dining Table. Beautiful formal table with solid walnut shaped cabriole legs and ...
Walnut
Louis XV Style Auffray and Co Black Desk with Leather Top and Bronze Mounts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XV French style black lacquered desk from the mid 20th century by maker Auffray and Co, with leather top, gilt accents, bronze mounts and three drawers. Created during the Midcentury period, this black lacquer desk, made by Auffray and Co furniture, showcases the stylistic characteristics of the Louis XV era. The desk features a rectangular serpentine top fitted with black leather and gilt accents, sitting above an elegant apron. Three drawers, with bronze Rococo style hardware and gilded accents, present sinuous lines mimicking the apron's lines. The table is raised on four elegant cabriole legs with bronze feet. One of the drawers conceals the maker's label reading Fine French Furniture by Auffray and Co, inc. 921 Third Ave., NYC. With its Louis XV lines and black and gold colors, this French style desk...
Bronze
$3,280Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Vintage Minton Spidell Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Tables
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair of Vintage Minton Spidell Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Tables Crafted by Minton Spidell at the end of the 20th century, these beautiful square tables stand on elegant cabriole ...
Walnut
$9,200Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Louis XV Style Curio Display Table, Mahogany with Bronze Mounts
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century Louis XV style curio display table, mahogany with bronze mounts French Louis XV style elegant mahogany and bronze decorated display...
Bronze
An Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Giltwood and Breche D’Alep marble console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and grand scale Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Giltwood and Breche D'Alep marble console. This exceptional freestanding console is raised by four richly carved scrol...
Marble
Late 19th Century French Regence Style Marble Top Side Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Topped by a lovely light green and white marble top, this Regence style side table was hand carved in France during the late 1800s. The circular marble is inset into the wood base an...
Marble
Louis XV Work Table With Marquetry Inlay and Swivel Top
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid-19th Century Louis XV Work Table with Marquetry Inlay. Table features a swivel top with a center circle that opens for storage, as well as two storage compartments on either sid...
Wood
French Green Oval Marble Top & Wrought Iron Coffee Table, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
French marble top and wrought iron coffee table. The green marble top is in a very good condition. The use of curved lines for the wrought iron base of the table reveals an inspirati...
Marble, Wrought Iron
$3,650 / set
Pair French Painted Églomisé Mirrored Top Tables
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 1940s French Louis XV style cream painted side tables featuring single drawer and églomisé top.
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
$4,992Sale Price|50% Off
A 19th Century French Heart-Shape Louis XV Style Table
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th Century French Heart-Shape Louis XV Style Table Elegant heart-shaped Louis XV style table Decorated with a beautiful floral marquetry and a gilded ormolu mount. Supported by...
Wood
French Louis XV Style 19th Century Walnut Console Table with Three Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style walnut console table from the 19th century, with three drawers, carved apron and cabriole legs. Created in France during the 19th century, this walnut console...
Brass
Louis XVI Style Marquetry Table A' Ecrire
Located in Essex, MA
Oval top with inlays and brass gallery over a drawer with all around inlays, raised on shaped cabriole legs and a lower shelf, sabot feet.
Other
Louis XV Style Dressing Table Attributed to François Linke. French, circa 1910
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted mahogany dressing table attributed to François Linke. Two lock plates stamped 'Ch. Leidenroth Paris ALF. Schmidt Suc'. François Linke ...
Bronze
19th C. French Provincial Louis XV Style Carved Walnut Side Table with Drawer
Located in Doylestown, PA
French Provincial Louis XV style carved walnut table with drawer, c. 1890. From the Fourques region in the South of France, this beautiful table features a curvilinear top over a si...
Walnut
Magnificent 19th Century French Iron Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Magnificent 19th century French iron table.
Marble, Iron
Majestic French Bureau Plat Desk antique According to Andre C. Boulle bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Root veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-imprinted leather insert, flanked by a grotesque mask on each c...
Wood
Imposing French 19th Century Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Rome, IT
A fine French 19th century Louis XV style , gilt bronze-mounted Mahogany bureau plat. The shaped rectangular top inset with a tooled leather writing panel and fitted with three dra...
Wood
18th Century French Louis XV Giltwood Marble Top Table
Located in Houston, TX
A magnificent 18th century Louis XV center table with original Beccia marble top.
Marble
Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Bois de Bout Commode Stamped Chevallier
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The serpentine molded ‘rouge royal’ marble above two long bombé-shaped drawers ‘sans traverse’ inlaid with bronzes and floral sprays, the sides decorated similarly, on splayed legs, ...
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Louis XV Sewing Table, Kingwood, French Design, Ca. 1880s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Petite Louis XV Style French sewing table. Top lifts up to four section compartment. This section can be removed to allow more storage below. A lovely li...
Kingwood
Antique French Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Vitrine Table
Located in Forney, TX
A beautiful and very fine French gilt-bronze mounted vitrine / display case table with elegant silk tufted interior, having a high quality solid wood frame, exquisitely finished in l...
Bronze
Vintage French Parquet Games Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XV style with serpentine hinged banded top with diamond pattern parquet. With matching patterned brass edge apron panels and center leafy brass mount and matching shaped side p...
Brass
French 19th Century Bonheur Du Jour Mahogany Lady Writing Desk
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant French 19th century , gilt bronze-mounted Mahogany Bonheur Du Jour , lady writing desk. The shaped rectangular top and fitted with three drawers to the undulating frieze...
Bronze
18th Century French Hand Carved Walnut Writing Table with Two Drawers Louis XV
Located in Sofia, BG
18th century French hand carved walnut writing table with two side drawers resting on curved decorated legs. The table is in it authentic condition with no restorations made. The con...
Walnut
$2,850
Louis XV Walnut Table
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular top over a drawer and with slight cabriole legs.
Walnut
19th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
Castle worthy desk, solid wood. Rosewood veneer edged by finely engraved brass fittings. On angled, with four looking forward, imposing female busts on curly legs, on all sides scalloped, dreischübige frame with slightly recessed and elevated knee compartment. Protruding, profiled and curved writing...
Wood
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Bois-Satiné Writing Table
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A fine French kidney shaped bureau plat desk, having an inset beige leather top. Two side drawers over cabriole legs with ormolu mounts.
Ormolu
Fine Louis XV Style Dressing Table by Maison Giroux
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry inlaid dressing table by Maison Giroux. The underside of the drawer with a stencil mark and paper label for 'Alphonse Giroux &...
Bronze
Stripped and Parcel Paint French Rococo Style Center Table with Rouge Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant and beautifully carved wooden center table from France incorporates design elements from two of the most popular French periods. The intricate hand-carved base exhibits aspects of the Rococo style: highly ornamental with asymmetrical carvings, scrolling curves and gilding. Although the wood has since been stripped, the table has a few faint traces of gold remaining in places. The white gesso/paint has been partially left throughout the table base and then glazed over to produce a beautiful and unique finish. This table can also be described as a Louis XIV “table à gibier...
Marble
$2,988Sale Price|35% Off
19th Century Italian Hand Carved Hand Painted Gilt Wood Console Table
Located in Sofia, BG
Italian hand carved and lacquered wood console. Inspired by Venetian style and colours it is decorated with floral elements and gilt wood parts and is beautiful at front as much as a...
Wood
Pair of Louis XV-Style Console Tables with Marble Top
Located in Paris, FR
A pair of Louis XV-inspired console tables crafted of marvelously carved natural elm wood. The naturalistic seashells and scrolling acanthus leaves perfectly illustrate the Louis XV ...
Marble
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted and Porcelain Set Table, circa 1870
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Petite Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted and Sèvres style porcelain set table. French, circa 1870. This elegant table has a shaped rectangular top with gilt-bronze encadre...
Bronze
18th Century, Italian Baroque Wood Lacquered Consolle
Located in IT
18th century, Italian Baroque wood lacquered consolle. This console table in carved and lacquered wood is a fine example of the baroque Venetian decorative repertoire. The four le...
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Parquetry Sewing Table
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century Louis XV style tulipwood parquetry sewing table Ladies small sewing table with a lift-up lid. The interior has the original velvet inset. Beneath is a tray containing compartments for sewing accessories...
Tulipwood
$3,165Sale Price|44% Off
20th Century Dining Table in Lacquered Wood by Maison Jansen Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French dining table with three extencions by Maison Jansen in lacquered wood. There is matching set of six caned chairs and two large cabinets if you are interested. Louise XV styl...
Wood
Console Table, France circa 1760, Style of Andre Charles Boulle
Located in Belmont, MA
Console Table, provincial France circa 1760, in the style of Andre Charles Boulle. Kingwood with brass inlays. This interesting console table is n...
Brass
$2,352Sale Price|20% Off
Exceptional Louis XV Style Marble-Top Gilt Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Exceptional Louis XV style marble-top gilt table, mid 19th c., having shaped inset marble top, over carved apron with foliate and shell motifs, rising on cabriole legs, joined by X-s...
Marble
Louis XV Style Painted Wood and Glass-Top Table, France, circa 1930s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Small rectangular wooden table, painted oxblood red. The top has a thick, frosted glass pane, and is raised on elegant, cabriole legs.
Wood
18th Century, Italian Baroque Wood Lacquered Consolle
Located in IT
18th century, Italian Baroque wood lacquered consolle. This console table in carved and lacquered wood is a fine example of the baroque Venetia...
Giltwood, Wood
Sèvres Porcelain-Mounted Bureau Plat
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
Form and function converge in this exceptional Louis XV-style bureau plat graced with eight elegant Sèvres Porcelain plaques. Framing these delightful, hand painted floral and fowl-themed plaques is a network of exquisite gilt bronze. Supporting the leather-topped table are graceful cabriole legs, a hallmark of fine Louis XV taste, that are crowned by gilt bronze caryatids and terminate in gilt bronze mounts. What makes this desk even more stunning is the inclusion of three concealed drawers that are opened only by the spring-loaded secret release mechanisms located underneath. The first porcelain mounted furnishings appeared sometime in the mid-18th century in the shops of the foremost Parisian art dealers. These furnishings successfully, and quite beautifully, married renowned Sèvres Porcelain with fine furniture to create a new segment of the decorative arts that appealed greatly to the aristocracy, especially women. The Duchesse de Mazarin, Comtesse du Barry, Marie-Antoinette and the Grand Duchess Maria...
Bronze
Antique French Louis XV Style Gold Console with White Marble Top, Ca 1910-1920
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XV style gold console with white & grey marble top, Circa 1910-1920.
Marble
$1,282Sale Price|35% Off
19th Century French Elegant Solid Wood Console in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
An elegant solid wood console, Louis XV style painted in light beige with coral accents. Made from carved wood, France, circa 1870.
Wood
$28,000Sale Price|28% Off
18th C. Louis XV Console Entrance Hunting serving Table Carved Stone & Wood farm
Located in West Hollywood, CA
18th C. Louis XV Console Entrance Hunting serving Table Carved Stone & Wood farm . An exceptional large 18th century Louis XV chateau table console "Table a Gibier...
Stone, Marble
$4,339
Louis XV table
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XV style table in the Rococo style. finely carved details with acanthus leafs and Louis XV Shells. Sitting on Serpentine legs with generous Scrolled feet. painted in a French ...
Wood
18th Century French Painted and Gilded Carrera Marble Top Table, Circa 1760.
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century French Period Painted and Gilded Carrera Marble Top Table. The elegant details on this Louis XV style French table have been highlighted by the hand-applied antique gild...
Marble
French 19th Century Occasional Table in the Louis XV Manner
Located in London, GB
Constructed in kingwood, and dressed with fine quality bronze ormolu mounts; rising from swept cabriole legs adorned with ormolu ‘animal paw’ feet, with ormolu masks of the God Pan...
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Table Vitrine by François Linke, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Table Vitrine by François Linke. French, circa 1900. Linke Index Number 131. The lockplate signed 'F.Linke', the mounts variousl...
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Desk, Rosewood and Ormulu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Antique Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk, rosewood and Ormulu mounts, raised on cabriole legs. Tooled leather top. Dimensions: 43” W x 31.5” H x 25.5” D Side drawers (2): ...
Bronze
French Louis XV Late 18th Century Cherry Table with Drawer from the Rhône Valley
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV cherry table from the Rhône Valley, with long drawer and cabriole legs. Born in France in the later years of the 18th century, this cherry table features a rectangular top with serpentine front, sitting above a long drawer. Raised on four elegant cabriole legs connected to one another through an apron scalloped on all sides, this late 18th century Louis XV cherry table will bring an undeniable touch of French elegance...
Cherry
19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Table in the Louis XV Style by Maison Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
An Elegant Table à Écrire By Paul Sormani Constructed from bois satiné and amaranth, with geometric cubed parquetry inlay, the writing table on slender cabriole legs with ormolu ...
Ormolu
$3,759Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Italian Louis XV Solid Cherry Wood Antique Center Table
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This antique Italian Louis XV table from the mid-18th century is a prime example of the meticulous craftsmanship and sophisticated design that characterized furniture from this perio...
Cherry
20th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Piano Black
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat writing table in the style of Louis XV style, silvered bronze fittings. Piano lacquer black on solid beech wood. Heavily arched, four-sided passively curved tripod frame ...
Beech
Louis XV Style Corner Consoles, Set of 2
Located in Paris, FR
Two Rococo style giltwood corner consoles, carved with naturalistic, voluptuous flowing foliage and scrolls. The console table reached the height of fashion in France during the Loui...
Marble
French 18th Century Giltwood Console Table with Red Marble Top, Louis XV Period
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
A French Louis XV period carved wood console table with marble top from the 18th century. This French console table features a shaped veined marble top sitting over a very fine and r...
Giltwood
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Wrought Iron And Marble Freestanding Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Louis XV st. wrought iron and marble freestanding console. The console has a central reserve of two intertwined serpents below a top reserve in the sha...
Marble, Wrought Iron
Ormolu, Kingwood, Bois Satine and Parquetry Side Table by François Linke
Located in London, GB
Ormolu, kingwood, bois satine and parquetry side table by Linke France, Late 19th/Early 20th century Dimensions: Height 86cm, width 81cm, depth 50cm Designed in the Louis XV st...
Ormolu
An Italian 18th Century Louis XV Giltwood Marble Console
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We present this elegant Italian console table from the Louis XV period, dating back to the 18th century. This console table has a unique historical charm, perfect for enhancing your ...
Marble
20th Century Louis XV Style French Salon Table, Black Gold
Located in Berlin, DE
Majestic French 20th century Louis XV style Salon table, black gold. Table top made from the finest genuine leather with gold embossing....
Bronze
$281Sale Price|52% Off
Antique French Louis XV-Style Oval Gilded Wood Table Base
Located in Rümmingen, BW
"shipping note: If your region or country is not listed under the shipping options please contact us directly" This elegant antique oval table base is reminiscent of Rococo or Louis...
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of English Burr Walnut Card Tables Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, GB
A near pair of card tables firmly attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. Designed in the Louis XV manner, and constructed using a finely grained Circassian burr walnut, with kingwood crossbanding and boxwood stringing, with gilt bronze adornments; rising from swept cabriole legs, dressed with foliate gilt bronze sabots, and female espagnolettes, the hinged and rotating serpentine tops, reveal playing surfaces of inset red baize within gilt tooled morocco...
Ormolu