Rococo Furniture
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: California
Style: Rococo
Pair of Metallic and Chenille Appliqued Linen Pillows by Melissa Levinson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of custom pillows by Melissa Levinson. 19th century French handmade metallic thread and chenille embroidered appliqués sewn on a contemporary cayenne colored textured linen with...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metallic Thread
$1,920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Italian Rococo Painted and Gilded Console
Located in San Francisco, CA
An Italian giltwood and ochre painted console, with doe foot detail. Fabulous flamboyant carving indicative of the Italian Rococo period. Very good faux
marble top. Consoles of thi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Paint, Giltwood
Three-Light Crystal Beaded and Mirror Sconces, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of three-light crystal beaded and mirrored sconces with almond shaped crystal drops and garlands throughout. The sconces have been newly wired with drip wax candle covers.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal
18th Century Walnut Console from the Emilia
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-18th century walnut console from the Emilia.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
French Art Silverplate: Le Colin-Maillard Etching Jacques Firmin Beauvar
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage French Art Silverplate: Le Colin-Maillard Etching Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet
Artist: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (French, Abbeville 1731–1797)
Artist: After Jean Honoré Fragonar...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Cast Gilt Gargoyle Tower Bronze or Brass Table Lamps with Shades
Located in Lomita, CA
Gold and gargoyles combine to create an elegant lighting opportunity in this pair of lamps made in Canada. The French Rococo influence is apparent in the gilded cast design and the t...
Category
20th Century Canadian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$1,224 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Pair of Carved and Giltwood Italian Architectural Finials
Located in Lomita, CA
Italian details and beautiful acanthus hand carved leaves designed in an upward sweep make this pair of architectural finials stand out. These are circa mid to late 18th century gilt...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
$881 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Mid-century Capodimonte Style Italian Ceramic Floral Table Lamp, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Pair of Capodimonte-style ceramic floral table lamps with flower peddle-like fanned edges and gold flake painted and scrolling. The lamps feature a white base with pastel pink and bl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
$195 Sale Price
40% Off
Lustrous Italian Rococo Style Cage-From Beaded Six-Light Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lustrous and graceful Italian Rococo style cage-form beaded six-light chandelier with crystal pendants, flowers and swags; the delicately beaded frame emanating six scrolled arms; ...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Pair of Midcentury Venetian Style Lacquered Cartouche Mirrors
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous pair of mid-century modern period cartouche wall mirrors crafted in Italy. The carved frames are decorated in the Venetian style with rococo revival C scrolls and shell roca...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Palatial Italian 19th Century Florentine Rococo Giltwood Carved Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An important palatial very fine and rare Italian 19th century florentine Rococo giltwood carved six-candle arms and twenty four-light chandelier, the...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Metal
$78,950 Sale Price
36% Off
Shapely Italian Rococo Style Carved Giltwood Mirror with Openwork Rocaille Crest
Located in San Francisco, CA
With exuberant rocaille crest flanked by foliate scrolls at the corners; with rocaille carving at the base.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Italian Rococo Serpentine Form 2-Drawer Inlaid Chest with Marble Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
The serpentine marble top above a conforming body having two drawers fitted with foliate bronze hardware all over a scalloped apron. adorned overall with floral and foliate inlaid ol...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
$13,480 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Venetian Mirror, Faux Marble, Gilded, Original Mercury Glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exuberant Italian Rococo mirror with parcel-gilt and faux marble and a double mercury plate glass. Minor distressing to faux marble.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Custom Nomi Stenciled Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These stenciled silk velvet pillows by Nomi Textiles exhibit a luxurious and elegant aesthetic. The velvet fabric has a soft, plush texture, with a shimmering quality that enhances t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silk, Velvet
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th to Early 20th Century Sedan Chair Miniature Table Top Display Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th to early 20th century sedan chair miniature table top display cabinet
Charming custom made and hand painted miniature table top ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Elegant Italian Gilt Metal and Crystal Chandelier/ One available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian crystal beaded arm chandeliers with gilt metal frames and fine pendulum style crystals throughout the chandelier. There are also garlands of English cut beads throughout the...
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Wrought Iron
An Italian Rococo Style Butter-yellow Painted Bombe Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
the shaped faux marble top above a bombe-form case fitted with 2 drawers over 2 doors all raised on cabriole legs; the whole painted with foliate vines and floral garlands on a muted...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
$5,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Pair of French Tapestry Gild Carved Gold Wood Arm Chairs Chairs
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonderful pair of French arm chairs prominent in the 19th century, this chairs are known for its elegant curves, Rococo influences, and emphasis on comfort. The chairs' frames are cr...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
"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...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood
Bronze Sculpture of Putti on Tortoise
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming figural sculpture of a Putti with trident riding on a tortoise. To the ancient Greeks and Romans, the tortoise was a symbol of love and fertility; the tortoise was...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Hand Made Wall Mount Garden Lantern Sconce Candle holder Crystal Hurricane Light
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Made Wall Mount Garden Lantern Sconce Candle holder Crystal Hurricane Light.
A Large PAIR of Italian Rococo style Regence candle light wrought iron wall sconces.
The crystal...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Iron
White Gold Leaf Clamshell Form Bow
Located in Palm Desert, CA
PLEASE NOTE ONLY THE SMALLER OF THE TWO SHELLS IS AVAILABLE.
This pair of carved wood Clamshells are gessoed finished in White Gold and then burnished to a warm glow. The price listed is for the pair. Can be purchased separately The larger clamshell...
Category
Late 20th Century American Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,400 / set
19th Century Italian Rococo Style Giltwood Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large scale Rococo style elaborately carved gilt wood mirror. Aged mirror has some ghosting and spotting. The photos do not show well (it is not even close to to being this cloudy)...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair Portuguese Rococo Jacaranda Hand carved Wood Dining Side Chairs Antique LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair Portuguese Rococo Jacaranda Hand carved Wood Dining Side Chairs Antique LA . An important Pair of 18th century Portuguese Rococo Jacaranda Wood High end dining room chairs with ...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
Palatial French 19th-20th Century Allegorical Figural Cast Iron Group Torchere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th-20th century allegorical figural cast-iron group torchere - sculpture - fountain - representing spring and the harvest, probably cast by Le Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne. The charming four-putti sculpture with a front standing putto holding a pole amongst wheat stalks, another putto kneeling and collecting wheat, a third one wearing a hat and picking flowers for a wreath and the fourth kneeling putto holding a bird's nest, all below an elongated classical stem with a glass globe (Electrified), circa: Paris, 1900.
Overall height: 84 inches (213.4 cm).
Width: 29 1/2 inches (74.9 cm).
Circular base diameter: 24 inches (61 inches).
Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought-iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for outdoor statuary...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Iron
$28,950 Sale Price
65% Off
Ornate Bronze Rococo Wall Sconce
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This bronze Rococo wall sconce features three arms. Each of the three arms are entwined with bronze vines and leaves that extend from the ornate wall mount...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
$1,069 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Palatial Italian 19th Century Rococo Carved Giltwood Figural Mirror, circa 1850
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Palatial Italian 19th Century Rococo Carved Giltwood Figural Mirror, the sectional arched mirror plates within scroll and foliate deco...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
French 19th Century Carved Marble Sculpture of a Young Boy Prince on a Pillow
By Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and charming French 19th century carved white marble sculpture of a young prince seated on a pillow with tassels. In the manner of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (French, 1714-178...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
$6,450 Sale Price
46% Off
Rococo Giltwood Console Table with Cabriole Legs
Located in Larkspur, CA
Early 19th century elaborately hand carved Italian giltwood and polychrome Rococo console table. The apron features carved foliate scrolls culminating in a middle shell medallion. Th...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Monumental 19th Century Giltwood Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very unusual. Have never seen one like this. Most likely had a painting inset, but mirror could be placed inside. Stand alone or hang on wall.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
French Gilded Vintage Two Arm Sconce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French Gilded Vintage Two Arm Sconce
Sold individually
9"H x 9"W x 5"D
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
$445 / item
French Louis XV Carved Wood Mirror
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This exquisite 19th-century French Louis XV carved wood mirror embodies the elegance and artistry of the Rococo style. The frame, meticulously crafted from rich wood, features intric...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century Gilt Metal Italian Storage Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind piece.
All hand-forged metal most beautifully suitable for an exterior logia piece and plants to interior. Piece is from Rome.
All the glass is hand-blown to fit the ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
19th Century Swedish Rococo Giltwood Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century Swedish Rococo Giltwood Split Mirror, Arched Shaped Mirror Plate Enclosed by Conforming Mirrored Slips Headed by a Rocaille Cresting Issuing Trailing Foliage
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century Swedish Pine Side Table
Located in San Marino, CA
A lovely painted and gilt Swedish pine table, circa 1810.
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Rococo Sideboard with Gilded Mirror and Carved Figures. Italy, 1920
s.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An opulent Italian Rococo-style grand sideboard from the 1920's, featuring an attached oversized gilded mirror and exquisitely carved detailing throughout. Crafted beautifully, this ...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Carved Wood, Paint and Silver Gilt Console Table circa 1775
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century Italian carved wood, paint and silver gilt console table, circa 1775. Good proportions with carved, embellished, bold cabriole...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Pair of 18th Century Italian Rococo Cream Painted and Parcel Gilt-Pedestal
Located in San Marino, CA
Each of these Italian, 18th century Rococo cream painted and parcel-gilt pedestal stand has a square top over a molded and gilt rim over a rectangular open section with scrolls and r...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Italian Breccia Marble Top Giltwood Consoles - Circa 1760
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Southern Italian Rococo giltwood console tables. Each rare ancient Roman "Breccia di Sciro" top of serpentine outline , reclaimed in the 18th Century ( 1760 Circa ) and veneered on p...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Breccia Marble
19th Century Venetian Figural Pedestal/Plant Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very finely carved Venetian statue of a man holding up a cornucopia. Carved details on clothing, shoes, base and top of pedestal. Mint condition for it...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of 1750s Italian Piedmontese Rococo Blue-Painted and Parcel-Gilt Stools
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A pair of Italian Piedmontese Rococo period mid-18th century painted and parcel-gilt stools from the collection of designer Gary Tisdale-Woods, with cabriole legs and upholstery. Bor...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
18th Century Portrait in Faience Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Highly unusual faience frame with maker mark holds a finely detailed portrait of a woman of importance for the time. Information is listed on back (see p...
Category
18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Faience, Velvet, Paint
19th Century French Gilt Bronze and White Porcelain Three-Piece Garniture Set
Located in Tarzana, CA
A 19th century French gilt bronze, enamel and porcelain three-piece garniture set.
Beautifully shaped with two putties playing the flute under a hand-painted white ground porcelai...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
20th Century French Aubusson Rug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubusson rugs originate from the small town Aubusson on the Creuse River in central France. These rugs can be distinguished by their romantic Rococo style.
This Aubusson was wove...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wool
$6,399 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 19th Century French Andiron Lamps
Located in San Marino, CA
A pair of new electric lamps made from 19th Century andirons. The andirons are in an upswept shape, much like a rising ocean wave. Each of the andirons is topped by a three-sided shade that depicts a classical Greek goddess type of female figure and various leaf and bird illustrations.
Category
1820s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$1,480 / set
Rococo furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rococo 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 decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Interi, Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kändler, and Europa Antiques. 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 $18 and tops out at $425,000 while the average work can sell for $3,793.
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