French Louis Xv Marquetry
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Cabinets
Kingwood
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Wardrobes and Armoires
Steel
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood, Kingwood
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Kingwood
Antique Early 1900s French Belle Époque Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Marble, Ormolu
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Card Tables and Tea Tables
Ormolu
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV End Tables
Bronze
Antique 1790s French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Ormolu
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Desks
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Walnut
Antique 1850s French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Desks
Ormolu
Antique 18th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Bronze
20th Century French End Tables
Beech, Rosewood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Kingwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Amboyna
Antique 1830s French Louis XV Secretaires
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Side Tables
Walnut
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Secretaires
Walnut
Antique 18th Century European Louis XV Desks
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Belgian Black Marble, Brass, Bronze
Vintage 1940s French Louis XV Night Stands
Hardwood, Walnut
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Side Tables
Brass
Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Vitrines
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Cabinets
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Cabinets
Gold Plate, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Gueridon
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
Amboyna
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vitrines
Bronze
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Desks
Kingwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Dutch Colonial Side Tables
Ormolu
Antique 1880s French Louis XV Side Tables
Kingwood
Antique 19th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Ormolu
Antique 1740s French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Pedestals and Columns
Breccia Marble, Ormolu
Vintage 1950s French Louis XV Vitrines
Fabric, Glass, Wood
Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Console Tables
Hardwood
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century French Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1720s French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Beds and Bed Frames
Wood, Walnut
Antique 1870s French Louis XV Card Tables and Tea Tables
Walnut
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A Close Look at Louis-xv Furniture
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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