Louis XV Lighting
LOUIS XV STYLE
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.
Find antique Louis XV bedroom furniture, seating, tables and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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Style: Louis XV
Elegant Pair of Brass Hunting Horn and Hoof Form Wall Lights
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Louis XV style three horn lights each with oak branch form supports with oak leaves. Bows on the crest and at the center, the terminal with oak leaves and tassels and Hoof form on th...
Category
20th Century Unknown Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style Crystal Chandelier
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Louis XV style six-light chandelier with an assortment of crystals with rosettes, including French pendalogues and large faceted prisms, a ribbed column at the top, and cut crystal ball...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Bouillotte Desk Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Each three arm candelabra; with painted black tin shades and gilt bronze finials, wired for electricity.
From the Collection of Mario Buatta, New York, NY.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Six Candle Holder Chandelier Louis XV, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A french Louis XV style chandelier with various pendants and finials, six candlestick holders fully rewired and six light sockets.
A magnificent light bringer for any grand room.
T...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
$2,395 Sale Price
38% Off
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze D
Oré
Crystal 24 Light Chandelier, c.1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze D'Oré & Cut Crystal 24 Light Chandelier, Circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French, 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Glass Lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style pear-shaped gilt bronze and diamond-cut-bent-glass lantern. The ovoid gilt bronze body with a single light, surmounted with three glass panels centered with a sunburst design. The scrolled gilt bronze body with scrolls, acanthus, rosettes and leaves, each panel crowned with gilt bronze bows and ribbons...
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$9,850 Sale Price
46% Off
Louis XV Bronze Crystal Chandelier, Nine Lights, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
This Louis XV Style bronze chandelier from the 19th Century features a refined design with crystal pendants and finials in tinted glass.
Equipped with nine light sockets and candles...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass, Bronze
$3,138 Sale Price
29% Off
Vintage French Renaissance Louis XV Gold Cherub Candelabra Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Renaissance Louis XV Style Gold Painted Putti/Cherub Candelabra Table Lamps - a Pair. Item features an attractive chalky distressed gesso finish. Circa Mid 20th Centur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of Four French Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Sconces in Louis XV Style
Located in New York, NY
Set of four (4) French gilt bronze two-light wall appliques in the Rococo style with numerous multi-colored porcelain flower heads. May be electrified.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Ten-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze ten-light chandelier, the tapering leaf tip cast and fluted shaft over an urn form bowl issuing scrolling foliate arms upli...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$6,850 Sale Price
62% Off
Louis XV Style Cut Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, France, circa 1890
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 19th century French Louis XV style chandelier with bronze frame and cut crystal pendants.
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
"Rocaille" Bronze Chandelier by E. Colin
Cie , France, circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Louis XV inspired chandelier in chiseled and gilded bronze with nine sconces. It consists of a baluster shaft decorated with a patinated bronze sph...
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Silvered-Bronze and Crystal Fruit Twelve-Light Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
The metal scrolling caged frame profusely hung with clear and colored crystal beads and fruitage including lemons, pears, and apples in amethyst, amber, and ruby; issuing twelve outs...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Bronze "Versailles" Lantern with Beveled Glass Panels
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bronze "Versailles" lantern with beveled glass panels. 1-light
France, circa 1920
Dimensions: Height 18", diameter 8 1/2"
CW4614.
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Rock Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Fine and Massive Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt-bronze-mounted rock crystal three-light sconces.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Bronze Mounted Oxblood Lamps
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Gorgeous Pair of French Bronze Mounted Ox Blood Lamps. Each lamp mounted on a lucite bases. They were converted to lamps in the 1920's and the lucite bas...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Cage Chandelier In Gilt Bronze And Baccarat Crystal
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent Louis XV style cage chandelier in gilded bronze very richly decorated with crystal pendants from the Baccarat crystal factory.
Iluminating with eight arms of light and tw...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze 6-Light Chandelier with Rock Crystals
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV style gilt bronze 6-light chandelier with rock crystals.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Hexagonal Hall Lantern
Located in Rome, IT
A Louis XV style gilt bronze hexagonal hall lantern with three lights.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Wonderful Signed Baccarat French Dore Bronze Eight-Light Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful Signed Baccarat French doré Bronze eight-light crystal chandelier
with crystal bobeche, crystal center finial and crystal drop.
Measures: 46" H x 26" W.
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Three Mid-20th Century Ivory and Gold Lacquered Wood Italian Wall Lights
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A pair of antique ivory and gold lacquered wood hand-crafted in Italy in the first half of 20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Gold
Antique French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze
Porcelain Candelabra Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze & Porcelain Candelabra Table Lamp with various light settings. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 37" H (to finial) x 28.5" H (to light...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Silvered-Bronze
Cut-Glass Chandelier with Grapes
Fruit
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French Belle Époque 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Eight-Light Silvered-bronze and Colored-Crystal Chandelier with amethyst grape clusters and molded glass pendants of ...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Amethyst, Bronze
$14,950 Sale Price
39% Off
Louis XV Style French Crystal and Brass Sconces, a Pair
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of Louis XV style French Art Deco Period cast brass three light crystal sconces a variety of large cut crystal prisms and pendalogues with rosettes. Good quality heavy casting...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Vintage French Louis XV Style Brass
Crystal Urn Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XV Style Brass & Crystal Urn Table Lamps - a Pair. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 37" H (to finial) x 27" H (to light socket) x 5" W x 5" D. (Location: Se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
Beautiful pair of French turn of the century bronze sconces Louis XV style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful pair of solid bronze sconces, the patina is so much nicer in person, I am sorry I realize way after taken the pictures, the glasses are dirty, they will be cleaned
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
pr of French 19 century Bronze Sconces with Fruit Shaped Crystal Pendants
Located in New York, NY
pr of French 19 century Bronze and crystal Sconces with Fruit Shaped Crystal Pendants.
Backed by wooden backplate covered in textile.
Not Wired for electr...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Two Pairs E. F. Caldwell Silvered Bronze and Crystal Winged Putti Sconces
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
These silver and crystal sconces feature winged busts of putti, and feather form backplates.
Category
Early 20th Century American Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Rock Crystal 8 Light Gilt Chandelier, Louis XV Style
Located in Cypress, CA
Impressive large French Louis xv style hand carved rock crystal and hand forged wrought iron eight light chandelier, in the antique gold finish. with carved rock crystal spike in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Gold, Wrought Iron
$9,000 / item
Pair of Regence Ormolu Two-Light Sconces
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each with foliate voluted backplate centered by a Zephyr’s mask, issuing a pair of asymmetric scrolling foliate-cast candle arms, with strap work-cast drip-pans, drilled for electric...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$3,000 Sale Price / set
60% Off
Wonderful Pair of Louis XV Rock Crystal Iron Gold Gilt Filigree Baguès Sconces
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful pair of Louis XV style rock crystal and iron with gold gilt filigree sconces in the manner of Baguès with 2 candelabra sockets each completely rewired and ready to install.
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Iron
$3,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of French Louis XV Bronze Dore Large Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (19th Century) bronze dore monumental wall sconces with 5 arms (LEWISOHN ESTATE) (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV French Chandelier with 24 Lights
Located in Dallas, TX
Impressive 19th century French Louis XV bronze chandelier with 24 lights. Large scale and very fine quality. A stunning fixture!! Circa 1880.
48 h x 32w
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Style Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of French Louis XV-Style (20th Century) bronze 2-arm wall sconces with Chinoiserie figures and scroll design. (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Four 18th Century Italian Giltwood Mirrors or Wall Lights Roma, 1750
Located in Rome, IT
Wonderful rare set of four 18th century finely carved and giltwood mirrors with three candle arms. Roma, 1750.
The Candle arms can also be removed and used as a base for a vase or ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
$26,830 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Continental Iron and Cut Glass Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 20th century continental iron and cut glass six light chandelier. Chandelier features colorless glass pendants and beads. The iron has a not old mellow patina. Perfect for any ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
French Louis XV St. Fifteen-Light Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French Louis XV st. fifteen light Baccarat crystal chandelier. With nine impressive double S scrolled ormolu arms opulently decorated with amethyst and clear crystal lyre and kite shaped...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Fine Set of Four 18th Century Roman Giltwood Mirrors
Located in Rome, IT
A fine set of Four 18' century Roman giltwood Mirrors with three candlearms,
cm 95x45
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Fruitwood
$30,921 Sale Price / set
21% Off
Gilt Wall Sconce with three Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gilt wall sconce with three lights - the wiring looks to be in good condition and metal all in very good shape...a beautiful replica of a period French piece.
Category
20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal
Small Venetian chandelier in colourless and red Murano glass, circa 1950
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Small Venetian chandelier in colourless and red Murano glass, circa 1950
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Glass
Pair of Louis XV Bronze Figural Lamps, 18th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming pair of period 18th century. Louis XV gilt bronze figural chenets that have been mounted on impressive and hefty Lucite plinths and fitted as lamps. The opposing b...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Sevres Porcelain Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) pink and white Sevres porcelain 4 arm chandelier with bronze dore trim.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Louis XV Style Crystal Princess Chandelier
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Crystal Hung Princess Chandelier, with three candlestick form lights. 20" H x 11.5" Diameter. Provenance: From an 880 Fifth Avenue Collection.
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Pair of 19th Century Bronze 24-Carat Gold-Plated Six-Arm Figural Candelabras
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of stunning Louis XVI style 19th century bronze 24-carat gold-plated six-arm figural candelabras. Each having five arms forming a large candelabra supported by a man and the mat...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Carved And Gilded Wooden Chandelier, 18 Light Arms, Italy About 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Carved And Gilded Wooden Chandelier, 18 Light Arms, Italy About 1880
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
French Louis XV Style Sevres Porcelain and Bronze Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) blue and white Sevres porcelain 4 arm chandelier with bronze dore trim.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
A French Belle Époque 19th-20th Century 18-Light Gilt Bronze Cherub Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French Belle Époque 19th-20th century eighteen-Light gilt bronze and alloys figural chandelier. The scrolled acanthus corona suspending a rope-hung quiver, supporting six win...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Metal, Bronze
$48,950 Sale Price
42% Off
Pair of French Louis XV Bronze Dore Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (1940s) bronze dore and green agate table lamps with 3 swans at base (PRICED AS Pair).
Ships without a shade
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Agate, Ormolu
$17,500 / set
French Louis XV Style Painted Wood Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (20th Century) gold painted wood 6 scroll arm chandelier.
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Wood
Monumental French Louis XV Style Chandelier Dore Bonze
Located in Queens, NY
Monumental French Louis XV Style Chandelier Dore Bonze
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century French Louis XV Bronze Single-Light Wall Sconces
Located in Dallas, TX
Elevate your interiors with this elegant pair of vintage bronze wall sconces in the Louis XV style. Crafted in France circa 1950, each single-light sconce features a richly patinated...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chandelier. Louis XV Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exquisite gilt bronze ten-light Louis XV style chandelier, originally for candles, now electrified.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Magnificent 19th Century Lamp Rose medallion with ormolu bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent lamp porcelain rose medailon with ormolu bronze , louis XV style
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
17th Century Style Pair of 6-Light Gilt Bronze Wall Lights
By OMBRES ET FACETTES, Jacques Caffieri
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, IDF
This wall lamp is inspired by a very famous model of the XVIIIth century, enormously copied, made by Jacques Caffieri.
Many bronze and goldsmiths participated in the fame of the mod...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Gold, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved Sconce Mirror and Candelabra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th/20th century Louis XVI style belle epoque gildwood carved sconce mirror (wall-light) Girandle. The elongated carved body decorated with giltwood carved wreaths...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
French Louis XV Style Crystal Chandelier
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Louis XV style six-light chandelier with clear glass teardrops, rosettes and columns and accented with six turquoise blue glass teardrops. All original, as found. Brass fram...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Brass
Carved Wood Piano Leg Table Lamp
Located in Denver, CO
Late 19th century hand carved piano leg fashioned as a table lamp. The primitive yet detailed carving speaks to an era of craftmanship and quality. Striped ...
Category
Late 19th Century Polish Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Gilt-wood Mirrors or Wall Lights Roma, 1750
Located in Rome, IT
Wonderful pair 18th century finely carved and giltwood mirrors with three candle arms, Roma, 1750.
The candle arms can also be removed and used as a base for a vase or porcelain scul...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
French Gilt-Bronze Chandelier with Exceptional Crystals
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XV style gilt-bronze and crystal chandelier, electrified with six lights. This chandelier features exceptional, large cut crystal pendalogues, stars and rosettes, and a ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Monumental and Impressive 60-Light Gilt Chandelier, Paris
1320 Lbs
Located in Berlin, DE
Monumental and impressive 60-light gilt Chandelier, Paris (1320 lbs)
Finely chased and gilded bronze. 60 flames, electrically wired in a bronze frame
Important chandelier bronze ...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis Xv lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV lighting 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 lighting created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV lighting made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original lighting, popular names associated with this style include OMBRES ET FACETTES, Gherardo Degli Albizzi, Baccarat, and Maison Baguès. 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 lighting differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $88 and tops out at $658,829 while the average work can sell for $6,408.
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