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: New York
Style: Louis XV
French Louis XV Style Silver Plate Dressing Table / Vanity Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) silver plate rectangular dressing table / vanity mirror with scroll design and cupid at the top.
Category
19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Metal, Silver
Pair of 19th Century Louis XV-Style Fruitwood Benches with Upholstered Seats
Located in New York, NY
A pair of French Louis XV-Style benches having hand carved Fruitwood cabriolet legs and frame. Fruitwood has a medium walnut finish. As is printed cotton fabric upholstery. Circa 1950.
Category
20th Century European Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Fruitwood
Louis XV-Style Blue and White Ceramic, Ormulu Mounted Cache Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Louis XV-Style Blue and White Ceramic, Ormulu Mounted Cache Pot
Category
20th Century Unknown Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Large Pair of French Rococo Style Five-Light Ormolu Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A large pair of French Rococo and Louis XV style five-light Ormolu sconces
Maker: Attrib. François Linke (1855-1946)
Origin: French
Date: 19th century
Dimension: 38 x 20 3/4 x ...
Category
19th Century American Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Bronze Dore Urn Candelabras
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore urn shaped 9 arm candelabra with scroll design arms and 2 cupids holding garlands. (PRICED AS...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$35,500 / set
Vintage Pair of Elaborate French Louis XV Style Wall Sconces
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage pair of 19th century French doré bronze and crystal wall sconces are in the style of Louis XV. Each of these stunning sconces features five doré bronze & crystal extende...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French Louis XV Tulipwood Cabriole Leg Side Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV (18th Century) tulipwood side table featuring a scalloped shaped frieze containing one drawer with inlaid parquetry top and sides and having a central brass keyhole e...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pairs of French Louis XV Style Bronze and Crystal Candelabras
Located in Queens, NY
2 PAIR of French Louis XV-style (20th Century) bronze and crystal 4 arm candelabra with finial tops (PRICED PER PAIR)
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Cream Serpentine Commode
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style serpentine commode that contrasts a smooth, scalloped beige faux marble top with a wooden, cream-painted body of undulated drawers with brass pulls and petite, ...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Monumental Louis XV Style Giltwood Mirror Exquisite Details
Located in Manhasset, NY
Monumental Louis XV style giltwood mirror. The pierced rocaille crest decorated with a stylized shell and winged animal surmounted by a crown, above a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Ship in Harbor Seascape Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a seascape painting of a ship in harbor at sunrise
Category
Late 20th Century American Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Paint
French Louis XV Bronze Dore Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore table lamp with Neptune & dolphins at base holding glass globe with etched stars fabricated from a c...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style Bronze Wall Sconces with Green Shades
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) bronze wall sconces with three scroll arms, a centered lion head with swags, and green pleated fabric shades (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Early 18th Century tall French Louis XV Carved Oak Eagle Lectern
Located in Troy, NY
Magnificent, tall floor lectern of outstanding quality, superbly carved and detailed. Double sided lectern supported by a finely detailed eagle, on carved stem and tripod base ending...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Oak
Fine Quality Louis XV-Style Gilt Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
The 8-day time and strike movement with silk thread suspension, dial signed "Raingo Freres, A Paris”.
Origin: French
Date: Mid/late 19th century
Dimension: 23 in. x 27 in. x 12 in.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Finely Carved Wood and Caned Settee
Located in Hudson, NY
This three-seat sofa or settee is made of hand-carved wood with many fine details and retains its original painted finish. Done in the Louis XV style and made in France with the time...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Cane, Wood
Set of 12 French Louis XV Walnut Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 12 French Louis XV style walnut side chairs with cane seat and back (19th Cent.)
Category
19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$28,000 / set
Pair of Louis XV Bronze Chenet Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze chenet / andirons featuring two bound male figures on a gilt base. (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$18,500 / set
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Veneer Desk with Leather Top and Brass Hardware
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style 19th century kingwood inlaid veneer desk with inset brown leather top with gilt embossed edge design with a brass top border and brass fluted trim legs and feet.
Category
19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Style Bronze Cartel Clock, 19th C.
Located in Astoria, NY
French Louis XV Style Bronze Cartel Clock, late 19th century, the porcelain dial hand-painted with Roman numeral indices, the strike on bell movement struck "CB / 241 / 3614".
23" H...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Walnut 3-Fold Screen with Upholstered Panels
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19/20th Century) walnut 3 fold screen with carved floral top and pink upholstered panels.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of French Louis XV Style Leather Armchairs
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A pair of French Louis XV style, leather bergere armchairs with nailhead trim to the leather, carved cabriole legs and slate blue and ivory check patterned fabric seat backs. Some s...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fabric
$3,200 / set
Landscape showing a Couple Dancing
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a vertical landscape painting showing a couple dancing al fresco
Category
Late 20th Century American Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Paint
French Louis XV Kingwood Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) kingwood 2 door vitrine display cabinet with shaped glass sides and rust marble top
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Five-Light Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Petite five-light gilt bronze chandelier in the French Louis XV style with four flower petal shaped frosted glass shades and socket at center with pomegranate shaped glass shade. R...
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Style Bronze 5-Arm Electrified Black Candle Candelabras
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Louis XV-style (20th Century) electrified foliate design bronze candelabras (wired for electric) with black metal candles extending from fiv...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Metal
19th Century French Giltwood Wall, Console, Pier Mirror, Full Length, Floor
Located in Manhasset, NY
19th Century French Giltwood Wall, console, Pier mirror, Carved.
Finely carved and detailed beveled mirror. Mid to Late 19th Century with a bullet carved rectangular frame leading to an ornate...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) kingwood 2 door vitrine display cabinet with bronze trim and shaped glass sides
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Parcel Paint and Gilt Decorated Faux Marble-Top Console Tables
Located in Manhasset, NY
A pair of Italian parcel wonderfully paint and gilt decorated demilune faux marble-top console or sofa tables, late 19th or early 20th century these finely carved cabriole leg freest...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Louis XV Child Arm Chair
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Cent) painted child's arm chair with tapestry upholstered seat and back.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Tapestry
$3,950
Four French Louis XV Style Fauteuils / Office Chairs, Cane and Leather
Located in Manhasset, NY
Four French Louis XVI Style Fauteuils / Lounge or Office Chairs, Cane and Leather
A stunning set of four chairs, can purchase only a pair if only a pair are required. Each having c...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique French Louis XV Style Needlepoint Tapestry Lady’s Chair C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Louis XV Style Needlepoint Tapestry Lady’s Chair Unsigned C1890
Measures - 34.75"H x 19.5"W x 24"D
This antique chair is crafted in the Louis XV style, dating to circa...
Category
19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV-Style Gilt Bronze Cylinder Desk by François Linke
Located in New York, NY
A stunning cylinder desk with roller shutter in the style of Louis XV, plum pudding mahogany, modeled by Jean-Henri Riesener, signed François Linke. The upper structure fitted with t...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 18th Century Chinese Porcelain Vases with French Doré Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
An incredible pair of Louis XVI style 18th century Chinese porcelain vases with 19th century French doré bronze mounts. The porcel...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Maison Jansen Coffee Table, Gilt, Mahogany, Leather Top
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XVI style Maison Jansen Coffee or Low Table. A mahogany and gilt base coffee table supporting a leather tooled table top in the hollywood re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
3-Piece French Louis XV Bronze Dore Mirror and Brush Set
Located in Queens, NY
3-Piece French Louis XV style (19th cent) bronze dore vanity set composed of 2 brushes and 1 hand mirror with handles (priced as set).
Category
19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Gilt Water Faucet
Located in Queens, NY
2 French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) gilt bronze water faucet with fluted design spout and wood handle (PRICED EACH)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$300 / item
Pair of J Robert Scott French Louis XV style Chinoiserie Style Black Armchairs
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of French Louis XV style black lacquered armchairs with chinoiserie decoration and soft beige leather upholsterd seat and back (PRICED AS PAIR) (SALLY SIRKIN LEWIS for J. ROBERT...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
An Important Rare 18th C. Ormolu Mounted Meissen Porcelain Putti Clock Grouping
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Quite Important 18th Century Ormolu Mounted Meissen Porcelain Putti Clock Grouping. The composition is enriched with two putti positione...
Category
18th Century German Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Tulipwood and Amaranth Table De Toilette, circa 1760
Located in Spencertown, NY
A ladies dressing table with adjustable mirror, compartments on either sides and writing slide in center.
Category
1760s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Tulipwood
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Houdon Bust
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th Century) bronze bust of two lovers on bronze square shaped base (signed HOUDON).
Category
19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Gilt Lyre Center Table
Located in Queens, NY
19th century French Louis XV style gilt rectangular center table with lyre design on stretcher and a fruitwood top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood, Giltwood
French Louis XV Style Bronze Dore and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (20th Century) bronze dore and crystal 8 arm chandelier.
Category
20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of French Louis XV Small Walnut and Marble End Tables
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (20th Century) provincial small walnut end tables with stretcher and beige marble top.
One of the end table has small chips along the edge of the marble.
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Figural Candelabra, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Figural Candelabra, late 19th century, each richly gilded, with three scrolled lights upheld by a draped cherub, on a lobed base, with four feet. 14...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Metal
French Style Bombe Commode
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Petite chest of drawers in a bombe shape, with masterful design and detail. Inlay woods and parquetry patterns, along with brass scrolling hardware, and marble top. Three sides of an...
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
Marble Top Louis XV Style Kingwood Commode
Located in Locust Valley, NY
This graceful Louis XV-style three-drawer commode features a gracefully serpentine shape, adding a touch of elegance to any room. The commode is crafted from rich Kingwood, showcasin...
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Kingwood
Large Antique French Louis XV Bureau Plat Desk After Charles Cressent
Located in New York, NY
Monumental antique bureau plat (desk) in the French Louis XV style after the original design by Charles Cressent (1685-1768), 80 by 38 by 32.5 inches, finely crafted with kingwood an...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Fine Louis XV Style Marquetry Bureau Plat Attributed to François Linke
Located in Montreal, QC
A fine and Important Louis XV style Bureau plat attributed to François Linke (1855-1946) after a model by Jean François Oeben. Typical of the work by François Linke, this desk featur...
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Beige Upholstered Bench
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV Style Walnut Bench with beige upholstery.
Antique condition
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Louis XV Style Giltwood Framed Beveled Mirror
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Giltwood Framed Beveled Glass Mirror, trapezoidal form with pierced floral motif cresting. Mirror plate: 26.25" H x 16" W; frame: 41" H x 23.5" W x 8" D. Provenance: F...
Category
20th Century Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Louis XV Gilt Scroll Pedestals
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style (19th Cent) large gilt triple scroll leg pedestals with shell motif and round top.
Category
19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
$28,500 / set
Pair of French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XV style gilt bronze urns with cupid in relief and twig and grape design handles with cupid finial top (19th Century).
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$39,500 / set
French Louis XV Style 19th Century Walnut Loveseat
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Cent) walnut loveseat with 3 paneled cane back.
Antique condition
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Cane, Walnut
French Louis XV Filigree Carved Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV (18th Century) filigree carved giltwood wall mirror with an elaborate pediment frame featuring a vine design with two satyrs playing flutes with a small sunburst top.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mirror, Giltwood
Louis XV Style, Block Front French Commode, Kingwood, Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XV Style, Refinished Block Front Commode or Chest of Drawers, Kingwood Inlay, Bronze, France, 19th C.
A French commode or chest from the late 19th to early 20th century, featu...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV-Style Demi-Lune Desk with Carved Legs, Leather Top and Hidden Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
This exquisite Louis XV-style demi-lune desk is a masterpiece of late 19th-century Dutch Colonial craftsmanship, defined by its elegant curves, intricate carvings, and luxurious mate...
Category
Late 19th Century Indonesian Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Pair of French Louis XVI Flame Lyre Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of French Louis XVI style bronze andirons with a flame top design torch column and a lyre in front
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,200 / set
19th Century Bureau Plat Desk in Kingwood Att. to Francois Linke
Located in New York, NY
A sublime Bureau Plat Desk in Kingwood with crisp ormolu mounts in the Louis XV style. A set of four female caryatids ornament each of the curved legs, with shields mounted on the fo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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 Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Louis Xv furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include François Linke, Baker Furniture Company, La Maison London, and Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $1,353,646 while the average work can sell for $4,763.
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