Louis XV Furniture
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.
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Item Ships From: France
Style: Louis XV
Transition Commode Stamped Jean-baptiste II Tuart
By Jean-Baptiste I. Tuart
Located in BARSAC, FR
Jean-Baptiste II Tuart is the son of Jean-Bapstiste I Tuart, one of the cabinetmakers supplying the Court under Louis XV. Trained by his father with whom he worked for a time, he the...
Category
1760s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Style Samson Porcelain Ginger Jar Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Style Samson Porcelain vase and cover, ormolu-mounted in lamp
Polychromed design of flowers and foliages and branches and vases, the ginger jar on...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$2,307 Sale Price
40% Off
Polychrome porcelain candlestick on a patinated bronze mount, circa 1900
Located in NICE, FR
This rare piece captivates with the poetry of its composition. At the center stand two Chinese figures, rendered with great softness; their finely executed faces express serenity and...
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Philibert-Benoît de La Rue France, 18th century Sanguine on paper
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
An important mounted battle scene, depicted with particularly expressive energy: cavalry in full frontal clash, overturned horses, and combatants intertwined in the foreground, in ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of Paintings “The Swing” and “The Archery” France, 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on canvas mounted on wood
A beautiful pair of paintings, one depicting Cupids playing on a swing on a tree trunk, and the other representing Cupids shooting bows and setting tra...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Louis XV Style Cage Chandelier In Gilded Bronze And Baccarat Crystal
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent cage-shaped chandelier in the Louis XV style with a gilded bronze frame and decorated with very rich Baccarat crystal ornamentation such as plaques, pendants, cups, dagge...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Silver Plated Metal Planter in Louis XV Style
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Silver plated metal planter in Louis XV style, early 20th century.
Measures: H 16 cm, L 44 cm, D 14 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,041 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Of Large Rocaille Wall Lights In Gilt Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
Imposing pair of large Louis XV Rocaille style sconces in very finely chiseled gilded bronze decorated with acanthus leaves and mistletoe branches.
Superb Parisian work from the end...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Large Gilded Bronze Lamp in Louis XV Style
Located in NICE, FR
We present you this grand desk lamp, designed in the transition Louis XV style. This kind of lamp is often referred to as a 'bouillotte' lamp due the fact that it contains three ligh...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th century French Louis XV Style Painting Fire Screen, 1900s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Elegant Louis XV-style firescreen dating from the early 20th century, featuring a beautifully hand-painted oil scene depicting a couple in period costume within a charming winter set...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Sellette or Plant Holder Waltnut, Three Legs
One Drawer, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
This plant holder or sellette was made in France circa 1920.
A little tray is encrusted between the curved feet typical of the Louis 15 style.
The drawer butt...
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Cherry
$615 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Large Two-Light Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces in Louis XVI Style, Circa 1900
Located in NICE, FR
This pair of Louis XVI–style wall sconces, each with two lights and measuring 47 cm in width, was made in France around 1900. Crafted in gilt bronze and brown-patinated bronze, they ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Period Sauteuse Commode
Located in Charmes, FR
veneered wood chest of drawers opening with three drawers in two rows, gilded and chiseled bronze ornamentation, marble top generally in good house condition
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Oil on Canvas, french Portrait from A Dignitary Gentleman
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A nice portrait in a gilded wooden frame, from the 19th century. Bought in a castle in the south of France.
Quite often nowadays, the lords and ladies have to sell some of their f...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Small 18th Century Lorraine Dresser
Located in Charmes, FR
pretty little two-door dresser in light oak, 18th century from the Lorraine region, iron hardware, has two keys in very good condition
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century, Pair of Laquered Armchairs, Louis XV Period
Located in Beaune, FR
Pair of laquered armchairs Louis XV period, 18th Century. Covered with a nice fabric un good condition.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Rare 4 lights gilt beaten wrought iron lantern with curved glasses. French work.
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful and rare 4 lights lantern is made of gilt beaten wrought ironwith curved glasses. This is a French work. Circa 1940
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Iron
$4,355 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair Of Rocaille Wall Lights In Gilt Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
Large pair of Louis XV Rocaille style sconces in very finely chiseled gilded bronze, with two light arms.
Parisian work of very fine workmanship, end of the 19th century, magnificen...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Monumental French Mirror Gilded with Gold Leaf Louis XV Style, Xixth France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Magnificent very large carved wooden mirror / looking-glass gilded with gold leaf.
Mantelpiece, overmantel, bedroom mirror, wall mirror, e...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mirror
$3,786 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Lorraine Wardrobe Early 19th Century In Light Oak, Elm Region
Located in Charmes, FR
small Lorraine cabinet from the beginning of the 19th century in light oak with fine sculptures and the tree of life between its two doors Elm region and city two doors two drawers
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Style Meuble d
Appui In Marquetry And Gilt Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
Lovely little Louis XV style sideboard in marquetry of violet wood trellis and Rio rosewood frames, rich ornamentation of very finely chiseled gilded bron...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Gilded Bronze Rocaille Lamp
Located in BARSAC, FR
Rococo style lamp in gilded and chiseled bronze with two light arms and featuring a beautiful oblong lampshade in beige silk.
French work from the end of the 19th century and very e...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Small Smoking Table In Transitional Style Marquetry
Located in BARSAC, FR
Elegant small living room table called a smoker's table in rosewood and palisander marquetry in the transitional style.
Opening 2 side drawers and 2 retractable shelves revealing...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Louis XV style Gilt Armchairs with Surrealist Iconography Upholstery
Located in NICE, FR
This original and unique pair of 19th-century Baroque-style carved and gilded armchairs, has been reimagined by the australian designer Wesley Smith for contemporary collectors and a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood
Pair of Candelabras Bronze with Putti
By Henri Picard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of candelabras louis XV style attributed to Henry Picard skilled of bronzier who found the maison picard and also supplied the work for the fr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$38,000 / set
Louis XV Solid Oak Commode, Late 18th Century – Loire Valley
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-LA-PLACE, FR
Louis XV Solid Oak Commode, Late 18th Century – Loire Valley
This superb solid oak commode, dating from the late 18th century, perfectly embodies the refinement of the Louis XV styl...
Category
1780s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Oak
Large Louis XV Style Lamp Made of Marble and Decorated with Decorative Bronze
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This Important marble lamp is decorated with a bronze crown at the base, large handles made of shells and acanthus leaves and finished with a decorative floral element. This is a ver...
Category
1850s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$3,313 Sale Price
20% Off
Lorraine Two-body Buffet And Dresser
Located in Charmes, FR
two-piece sideboard, from the Lorraine region, made at the beginning of the 20th century, based on a model exhibited at the Lorraine Museum, solid oak, in good condition
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Painted Canvas, Figures At The Fountain, Late 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large painted canvas, decorated with a fountain or waterfall where several figures and goats are drinking.
Canvas painted in the style of 17th century tapestries, with a floral bo...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Pair of Chiseled Bronze Andirons in the Style of Louis the 15th
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of andirons is made of chiseled bronze and wrought iron. This is a French work in the Louis the 15th style. Beginning of 19th century
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$2,319 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Sauteuse Commode In Rosewood Marquetry
Located in BARSAC, FR
Lovely little Louis XV commode scurved on all sides in rosewood marquetry in curling in scrolled reserves, highlighted with light wood fillets on a rosewood background.
Opening three...
Category
1840s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Large Louis XV Mahogany Screen
Located in BARSAC, FR
Large four-leaf screen in molded and french-varnished Cuban mahogany, topped with a gendarme's hat, upholstered in lilac Jouy-style fabric depicting park scenes and ancient ruins in ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XV Tomb Commode Marquetry Red Marble and Bronze - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful Louis 15 style tomb chest of drawers opening with four drawers. This elegant piece of furniture in native wood marquetry with a geometric pattern and points has bronze orna...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
$2,272 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Period Cabriolet Armchair "à la Reine", 18th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful Louis XV period armchair covered with a flower patterned tapestry. The armchairs have a sober and elegant movement of its accotoires as well as its arched feet.
France
ci...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Tapestry, Wood
$1,798 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Louis XV Style Wall Sconces in Gilt Bronze, 1950s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Louis XV style wall sconces in gilt bronze with three fires. Agrafe decor on which are fixed three scroll shape branches. Cups and bobeches decorated with acanthus leaves.
...
Category
1950s European Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Double-Sided Desk with Brass Inlay and Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant French double-sided writing desk in the Louis XV–Transition style, France circa 1880.
This refined model features five drawers on each façade – four small drawers and one cen...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Louis the 15th Style Bronze Wall Sconces, French, circa 1920
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice pair of Louis the 15th style wall sconces is made of bronze. This is a French work, circa 1920.
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Baroque Louis XV Rococo Style Mirror Cabinet in Walnut with Putti
Located in Marseille, FR
19th Baroque Louis XV Rococo style mirror cabinet in walnut with putti with 2 richly carved doors dimension height 265 cm for a width of 165 cm and depth of 55 cm. Part of a set including a wardrobe a bed a pair bedside tables...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Louis XV Style 3-Light Bronze Sconces, French, circa 1960
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of Louis XV style wall sconces is made of bronze sconces. These wall lights have 3-light. They were made in France, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV style Gilt Armchairs with Baroque gothic Iconography Upholstery
Located in NICE, FR
This exceptional and entirely unique pair of 19th-century Baroque-style carved and gilded armchairs has been masterfully reinterpreted by Australian designer Wesley Smith, offering a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood
H. Nelson, Writing Table, France, Circa 1880
By Henri Nelson
Located in PARIS, FR
Stamped H. Nelson
Charming Louis XV-inspired scalloped-shaped writing table decorated with a fine gilded and chiseled bronze mount. The tray, surrounded by a gilded bronze mold, is ...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
Louis XV Style Painted Chest Of Drawers
Located in Beaune, FR
Superb chest of drawers in painted wood with floral decorations on a black background. It is decorated with gilded wood moldings, opens with three drawers with gilded bronze handles....
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Magnum Wine Cooler or Champagne Bucket Louis XV Style with Solid Silver
Located in Paris, FR
This elegant tulip-shaped champagne bucket a magnum fits, it is resting on a molded bate, edge outlined with bypassed threads. Decor with curved cut sides separated by large grooves,...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Silver
Terracotta Bust Of Young Girl Signed Fernand Cian
Located in BARSAC, FR
Fernand Cian (1889-1954)
Bust of an elegant young woman wearing a bun, in the style of the 18th century.
Patinated terracotta on a sea green marble pied...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chair Louis XV Style in Wood and Cannage
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Charming Louis XV chair in wood and cannage. The back and openwork and decorated with scrolls, rocaille, flowers and acanthus leaves.
The seat is covered with white and grey cannag...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
$880 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Louis XV style gilded wood firescreen, 19th century
Located in NICE, FR
Louis XV style gilded wood fire screen, 19th century
Carved gilded wood fire screen decorated with a tapestry with original stitches representing the abduction of Europa.
The surro...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Giltwood
Large 18th Century Golden Wood Statue Of A Holy Bishop Removable Miter
Located in Charmes, FR
Statue in gilded wood with its removable miter or bare head Minimal losses reported and patina of time Accident to one hand (he must have been holding a stick)
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Framed Engraving, View Of Gray Franche Comté, 18th Century?
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large framed engraving titled "View of the town of Gray Franche-Comté"
It bears the following notes: "is distributed in Paris by the author, in the hostel of the royal manufactur...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Paper
20th century Louis XV Style Silver Plate Champagne Cooler, 1950s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very beautiful Louis XV style silver plate champagne cooler in very good condition.
Medici shape with two handles.
Nice quality.
Category
1950s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of Three Grey Nesting Tables Louis XV Style
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Charming set of three Louis 15 style nesting tables. The set has been patinated in gray with a beige rechampis on the top giving them a Gustavian or shabby chic look that will go per...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
$710 Sale Price
20% Off
Buffet With Green Re-edged Support Height. Late 18th/early 19th Century
Located in Charmes, FR
furniture at support height in carved wood re-lacquered green, opening with two leaves carved with scalloped reserves, fluted uprights, curved crowbars, wear and damage to the paintw...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th century French Louis XV Style Walnut Provençale Salt Box, 1890s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice Louis XV style Provençal walnut salt box dating from the end of the 19th century.
Top tray that lifts and small drawer at the bottom. Artisanal work.
Good condition.
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Louis XV Style Silver Plated Bronze Jardinière, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XV style silver plated bronze jardinière, 19th Century.
A large 19th century silvered bronze jardinière in the Louis XV style, with fine chasing.
H: 18.5cm, W: 69cm, D: 30cm
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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 Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Large Rococo Style Mirror in Carved and Gilded Wood, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Rococo style mirror in carved and gilded wood, 20th century.
A Rococo style Louis XV mantelpiece mirror from the 20th century in carved and gilded wood.
H: 160 cm W: 91 D: 7 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Louis XV Style Golden Basket Bench, Late 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pretty bench in gilded and carved wood, Louis XV style, with double caning back
Good general condition, some cracks on caning, wears at guilding
Period XIXth century
H 90 cm seati...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair Of Louis XV Andirons In Gilded Bronze With Black Patina
Located in BARSAC, FR
Pair of bronze andirons with double patina depicting a couple of characters in a festive posture, displaying a jug of wine and a cup, in a rocaille decoration of acanthus leaves and ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Clodion, Pair of Ewers in Bronze with Two Patinas, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
After Clodion.
Pair of bronze ewers with two patinas representing bacchanalia scenes after Clodion. Circular base with gadroon piedouche decora...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Commode Louis XV Stamped Gosselin
By Antoine-Louis Gosselin
Located in BARSAC, FR
Superb Louis XV chest of drawers with all curved sides, in crimped kingwood marquetry in satin frames underlined by boxwood fillets.
Opening four drawers in three rows.
Beautiful g...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Commode, Crowned C Bronzes
Located in BARSAC, FR
Very beautiful Louis XV chest of drawers in marquetry of violet wood treated in frieze, opening with four drawers in three rows and presenting a very rich ornamentation of gilded and...
Category
1740s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Louis Xv furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
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