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Rococo Decorative Art

ROCOCO STYLE

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.

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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Rococo
19th Century Unmarked Sevres Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque, Hand Carved Frame
Located in Vero Beach, FL
A circa 1880 masterpiece of a young couple feeding doves. This is a superb example of a 19th century unmarked Sèvres hand painted porcelain plaque. Signed by the artist R. Deniau. Th...
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1870s French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Porcelain, Wood

Antique 19th Century Framed German Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque of a Gypsey
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Frame Dimensions: Height: 10 1/2 in Width: 8 1/2 in Depth: 1 1/2 in Plaque Dimensions: Height: 2 3/4 in Width: 2 1/4 in This framed antique 19th century porcelain plaque of a gyps...
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19th Century German Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Porcelain, Glass, Wood

Swedish 1780s Floral Painting in the Manner of Paulus Theodorus van Brussel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish still life floral oil on canvas painting from the late 18th century, painted in the manner of Dutch artist Paulus Theodorus van Brussel. This exquisite Swedish floral paint...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Canvas, Paint

Canvas Relief with an 18th Century Italian Gilded Molding, Shells, and Pearls
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf fragment with "angel wing" shells and baroque pearls and mounted on stretch canvas as a sculptural wall piece. The natural-forming gold baroque pearl...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Gold Leaf

Sculptural Lava Glass with an 18th Century Italian Fragment and Metal Crown Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded base with a polished green lava glass point and adorned with green mother of pearl with gold highlights and mounted on an antique metal crown base. The g...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Lava, Metal, Gold Leaf

Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment with Phantom Quartz and Raw Agate
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded fragment artifact with phantom quartz and mounted on raw agate. The piece originally comes from a historical church ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Quartz, Agate, Rock Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Gilt Tabernacle Door with Baroque Pearls & Tangerine Quartz
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded and hand-carved wood tabernacle door with natural forming baroque pearls and tangerine quartz crystal points. This door once belonged on a tabernacle whic...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Italian Spolvero Rococo Scroll Print on Canvas with an Fragment Frame
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero rococo scroll pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an fragment scroll frame and adorned with polished fossil agate coral. Spolvero is an artisti...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

Italian Spolvero Rococo Print on Canvas with an Antique Red Frame and Red Rubies
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian spolvero pattern printed onto canvas and framed with a coordinating antique red frame and adorned with polished garnets and red ruby stones. Spolvero is an arti...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Coral, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Handwoven Vintage French Savonnerie Rug or Aubusson Style Tapestry
Located in Miami, FL
This colorful handmade rug was woven in Aubusson, France in the early 20th century. The rug depicts a traditional Aubusson style with floral motifs which began and are often seen in ...
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20th Century French Rococo Decorative Art

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Textile

18th Century Italian Gilded Church Tablet with Faceted Diamante Stones
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded church tablet adorned with faceted diamante stones. It reads, "Tabella dei Signori Amministratori del Santissimo Sacramento" which means, "Table of the Lo...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Crystal, Gold Leaf

19th Century Italian Painting of Jesus & Mary Framed with Amber
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian "Mary with Jesus" painting and framed with amber. The painting original came from Tuscany and depicts Mary sitting with another young child and looking lovingly ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Rock Crystal

Henri Victor Lesur Oil on Panel "The Flower Seller"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Henri Victor Lesur (Roubaix, France 1863-1900) a very fine French 19th century oil on panel titled "The Flower Seller by the River Seine" (Marchand de fleurs, par la Seine, Paris) Depicting an 18th century street scene of a flower stand by the river Seine in Paris, the young flower seller attending to an aristocrat couple buying flowers; within its original ornately carved giltwood carved frame. circa: Paris, 1890. Note: The artist is also known as Henry Victor Lesur. Like many of his contemporaries during the last quarter of the 19th Century, Lesur's works took inspiration from scenes of French 18th century life, romance and every day enjoyment. Victor Gabriel Gilbert, Louis Marie de Schryver, Vittorio Reggianini, Maurice Leloir, Charles Soulacroix...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Wood, Giltwood

Pair of Well-Carved French Boiserie Swag Appliques
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each hand-carved swag with plump fruit and vegetables nestled among flower heads and foliage.
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Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Wood

17th Century Italian Painting of Mary and Jesus with a Gold Leaf Pediment & Gems
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian painting of Jesus and Mary adorned with an 18th century Italian gold leaf pediment and bejeweled with green sapphires, carnelian pebbles, garnet, and fluorite. The painting depicts Christ inside of the Virgin Mary as he is yet to be born while wearing a crown and two angels crown Mary as well. The picture of the Madonna predicting the upcoming birth of Christ is an important work done by an unknown artist. The precious gems perfectly match the colors of the painting. The historic painting...
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17th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Rococo Carved Frieze Wall Panel - Antique Oakwood Door
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Italian frieze panel with flowers, vines and leaves, made of hand crafted Oakwood in good condition. The vertical door features two hand crafted round metal door pulls...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Oak

Framed 18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Angel Head Wall Relief Sculpture
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Framed 18th century Italian gold leaf angel head 'putto' wall relief sculpture with burgundy velvet and adorned with rubies and garnets. There is ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Pair of 18th Century Italian Spolvero Print on Canvas with Fragments & Quartz
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian spolvero patterns printed onto canvas and adorned with 18th century Italian fragments and red fanthom quarts points. Spolvero is an early method us...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Quartz

Pair of Limoges and Royal Vienna Porcelain Portraits Gilt Framed Plates
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of hand painted porcelain plates. One of them is depicting a portrait of Marie Antoinette- the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She is holding a rose. The rim is adorned with bouquets of roses and foliages. Below it, there are some gilt trellis patterns and under it a green band with golden stars. The plate has a large gilt gesso squared frame decorated with acanthus leaves pattern in its corners. The plate is hallmarked GDA Limoges...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Porcelain

Carved Wood and Polychromed Gold Gilded Mirror, 18th Century, Rococo
Located in North Miami, FL
A Palatial and Museum quality Italian 18th century Florentine Rococo gilt wood carved mirror frame. The ornately carved frame with scrolls and a...
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18th Century Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Gold Leaf

Chateau de Tuileries Sevres Style Hand Painted Cabinet Plate
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Chateau de Tuileries Sevres Style hand painted cabinet porcelain plate. It depicts a pastoral scene of a courting couple in the center with a gilt cobalt blue circular rim....
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Porcelain

Large Louis XV Style Colorful Large Oil Painting Manner of Boucher French School
Located in Nashville, TN
Probably a variation of ‘Spring’ After Boucher’s Four Seasons. Highly decorative. Typical rococo frivolity and color palette. Garlands and festoons of flowers with intertwined ribbon...
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1840s French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Paint

Circa 1765, Pair of Rococo 'Chippendale' Gilt Mirrors
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of English 18th century (circa 1765) rococo (Chippendale) gilt mirrors oval shaped framed with elaborate hand-carved frames with c scrolls, acanthus and foliage.  
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18th Century English Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Italian Silver Leaf Sunrays 'Group of 3' with Herkimer Diamonds
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Three 18th century Italian silver leaf sunrays with Herkimer diamonds and baroque pearls. The sunrays were once used as part of a large sunburst or halo motif in an artistic depi...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Rock Crystal, Silver Leaf

Pair of 18th Century Irish Georgian Wall Brackets with Agate Coral and Pearls
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Irish Georgian sconces with agate coral and coordinating gold leaf baroque pearls. Fossil agate coral is Florida's state stone and is known for its unique formation that can take place over 20 million years. It's a natural gemstone that is created when Prehistoric coral is gradually replaced with agate. The pair is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and creative director of Interi. The date of manufacture reflects when she created the pieces and the period shows that the pair of Irish Georgian wall brackets are originally 18th century. The pairs of Georgian sconces...
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18th Century Irish Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf

Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) Oil on Panel "Dressing for the Ball"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) A very Fine oil on panel "Dressing for the Ball" depicting 18th century scene of a young 'High Society' maiden getting dressed for the ball,...
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Early 1900s Spanish Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Wood

Prophet Zachariah, Late 18th Century Painted on an Ornate Solid Slab of Wood
Located in North Miami, FL
18th Century Russian Orthodox icon of the prophet Zachariah painted on an ornate solid slab of wood with an incorporated gold gilded frame that has been c...
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18th Century Russian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Gold Leaf

18th-19th Century Italian Walnut Rococo Carved Wall - Antique Ceiling Panel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large dark brown Italian ceiling panel made of hand carved walnut, enhanced with caryatid and acanthus scrolls, in good condition. The antique wall relief, décor represents the Rococo time period...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Walnut

"Royal Vienna" Plate Painted with Two Ladies and a Bird at a Tiled Watering Hole
Located in Boston, MA
This is a very charming "Royal Vienna" cabinet plate with a painting of two beautiful ladies and a bird next to a tiled watering hole. One lady is lounging next to her tiled watering hole while her lady in waiting is pouring water for the bird to drink. Look at all the pictures, so you can see how beautifully this Royal Vienna plate...
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1890s Austrian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Porcelain

"The Solo Violinist" a Fine Oil on Canvas by Luigi Da Rios
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian oil on canvas titled "The Solo Violinist" by Luigi Da Rios (Italian, 1844-1892), depicting an interior 18th century room scene of a single violinist player; withi...
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Gesso, Canvas, Wood

After Fragonard French 19th Century Oil on Canvas Progress of Love-Lover Crowned
By (After) Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large French 19th century oil on canvas (laid down on a masonite) "Les progrès de l'amour dans le cœur d'une jeune fille" The Progress of Love: The Lover Crowned, after Jean-Honoré...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Masonite, Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood

Huge Carved Italian Heraldic Crest over Door with Angels by Randy Esada Designs
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Huge carved Italian heraldic crest over door with angels by Randy Esada. ​Note: Custom orders require a deposit and cannot be canceled. All custom o...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Rococo Decorative Art

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Giltwood, Walnut

Painting, Oil on Canvas of Aristocracy, by Johann Heinrich Tischbein
By Johann Valentin Tischbein
Located in Miami, FL
A studio portrait of aristocracy, half-length, wearing a cream and pink lace-trimmed dress, holding a folded hand fan.Painted by Johann Heinrich Tisch...
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18th Century German Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Canvas

Flower Bouquet Relief Sculpture with 18th Century Italian Fragments
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A matching pair of 18th century Italian gold leaf distressed fragments with sculpted linen canvas flowers, plaster, oils, wax, ash on wo...
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18th Century American Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Terracotta, Canvas, Plaster, Wood, Ash

After Boucher , Diana and Nymphs by Pond , Rococo Style
Located in Nashville, TN
After Boucher. In overall very good shape. Minor scattered losses. Later frame but well carved and with an antique gilt finish. Good colors and detail ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Canvas

18th Century French Rococo Painting Circle of François Boucher
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th century French Rococo Painting Circle of François Boucher This idyllic pastoral oil painting shows Boucher’s impact on this f...
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Canvas

Pair of 18th Century Venetian Views of the Grand Canal
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Drawings, one representing San Geremia on the Grand Canal, the other La Salute on the Grand Canal. Both drawings are in a style evocative of Francesco Guardi (1712-1793) specialist o...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Paper

Large Red Chalk Drawing, 18th Century Italian School
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Nude male academy. Red chalk on paper. While the artist who drew this drawing is not known, the confidence in the trait along with the fascinating perspect...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Paper

Twelve Exceptional Cobalt Cauldon Plates Each Painted with Different Roses
Located in Boston, MA
Set of twelve exceptional rose plates, each painted with different roses Artist-signed Harrison. The paintings of roses are surrounded by a gold decorative border on a cobalt blue ba...
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Early 20th Century English Rococo Decorative Art

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Porcelain

Drawing of Children Playing, Circle of Francois Boucher
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Drawing of children playing besides a basin of water. Framed in a Louis XVI giltwood frame. Typical of the style and subjects of Francois Boucher. Chalk and pencil on paper.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Paper

18th Century Italian Decorated Fragment Canvas
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragments decorated with aragonite and pyrophyllite with a sculpted canvas, strata of oil paint layers, finished with Italian raw umber glaze and pozzolana (dry ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Charles Edouard Edmond Delort Oil on Canvas "Game for the Cardinal"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charles Edouard Edmond Delort (French, 1841-1895) oil on canvas "Game for the Cardinal", depicting a seated cardinal behind an ornate French Louis XV roll-top Bureau du Roi, after the model by Jean-François Oeben currently at Versailles, a young boy delivering a game bird as a gift, all inside an ornately paneled and upholstered wall room with parquet floors and centred with a white bear skin rug...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Canvas, Wood

Jean Antoine Watteau, Circle of, 18th Century Large Old Master Painting, France
By Jean-Antoine Watteau
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) circle of. 18th century old master painting, France. With great pride we offer an extremely rare masterpiece from the 18th century, France. This painting is unsigned as most of his works. It has no provenance, but carries with it all the earmarks of the great Rococo style school of Watteau. It pictures one of his famous outdoor parties with a group of frolicking young people. In the background is a reference to a swing, a favored subject in his paintings. The composition of the painting, colors, brushstrokes (especially in the fabric) is clearly Watteau’s studio. This large 18th century canvas...
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Canvas

After Boucher Large Rococo Styled Pastoral Scene Possibly of a Series
Located in Nashville, TN
Probably inspired by the earlier Boucher's Spring (of the 4 Seasons series), shepherdess with her flock and baskets of flowers. Colorful in an antique (possibly original) frame (with...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Canvas

Heinz Pinggera, "Music Recital for the Cardinal" Oil on Canvas
By Heinz Pinggera
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heinz Pinggera (Italian, b 1900) "A Recital for the Cardinal" oil on canvas within a gilt-wood and gesso frame. The interior 18th century rococo scene depicting a seated Cardinal or ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Decorative Art

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Canvas, Giltwood

Large 18th C. Bucolic Painting Garden Nature Scene Landscape Dog Flowers Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Large 18th C. Bucolic Painting Garden Nature Scene Landscape Dog Flowers Antique . A Beautiful Hand painted bucolic " Bucolique " painting in the spir...
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Pair of 18th Century Italian Fragments with Sculpted Linen Canvas
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian fragments decorated with sculpted linen canvas flowers, fossil agate coral, and Venetian plaster roses. ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Marble

Hans Zatzka, Austrian Oil on Board Titled "Springtime" Maidens Picking Flowers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hans Zatzka (Austrian, 1859-1945) a superb quality oil on board titled "Springtime" depicting two young maidens in the forest collecting flowers by a river...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Gesso, Wood

Henri Victor Lesur 19th Century Oil on Panel "Park Poetry"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Henri Victor Lesur (Roubaix, France 1863-1900) A fine French 19th century oil on panel titled "Park Poetry" (Poésie dans le parc) depicting an 18th century park scene with a standing young gentleman reciting poems to a couple of ladies and a gentleman seated at the 'Jardin des Tuileries', the garden for the 'Palais des Tuileries' built by Catherine de Medicis, Paris, circa 1890. Note: The artist is also known as Henry Victor Lesur. Please click here to view another painting by Henri Victor Lesur (Roubaix, France 1863-1900). Measures: Panel height: 18 inches (45.7 cm). Panel width: 22 inches (55.9 cm). Frame height: 25 inches (63.5 cm). Frame width: 29 inches (73.7 cm). Like many of his contemporaries during the last quarter of the 19th century, Lesur's works took inspiration from scenes of French 18th century life, romance and every day enjoyment. Victor Gabriel Gilbert, Louis Marie de Schryver, Vittorio Reggianini, Maurice Leloir...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Gesso, Wood

Italian Rococo 1770s Framed Still-Life Painting Depicting a Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Rococo period framed still-life oil on canvas painting from the late 18th century, depicting a colorful bouquet. Created in Italy during the third quarter of the 18th cent...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Canvas, Paint

Swedish Rocaille Giltwood Wall Clock
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Surmounted by a pierced foliate cresting, flanked by glazed panels to the sides and below, the white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, inscribed Nils Berg Stockholm, t...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Metal

Large Drawing in the Style of Guardi, Italian School
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Venetian Capriccio, after Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793) Unsigned, with a label from Wandenberg Freres (Paris) affixed to the back of the mat.
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Ink

Pair of 18th century Italian Silvered Wood Carvings, ca. 1760
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Pair of Italian Silvered Wood Wall Carvings originating during the second half of the 18th century. Each carving centered by a female mask flanked by pierced C scroll designs and ...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Decorative Art

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Silver Leaf

Rococo decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Rococo decorative art for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative art created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo decorative art made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative art, popular names associated with this style include Interi, Aubusson Manufacture, Chateau des Tuileries , Coduri of Lyon, and France. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative art differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $395 and tops out at $125,000 while the average work can sell for $3,600.

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