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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: Europe
Style: Rococo
19th Century French Antique Large Hand Made Twelve Arm Porcelain Chandelier
Located in Sofia, BG
Exquisite large twelve arm French chandelier made of hand made and hand painted porcelain decorated beautifully with small roses and other flowers and sitting cupids on every single ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ceramic

18th Century Italian Grey Painted Rococo Sofa or Settee
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian late 18th century grey painted Rococo sofa Complimentary delivery to most areas of London, UK.
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Wood

Venetian Rococo Style Hand-Carved Gilt Bed by La Maison London - US King Size
Located in London, Park Royal
An elegant and playful expression of Rococo design, the Venetian Bed by La Maison London features intricate filigree work with flowing ‘S’ curves, acanthus leaf carvings, shell motif...
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2010s English Rococo Furniture

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Wood, Giltwood

Giltwood Carved Capital Pedestal Base, Early 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A four-legged Italian guéridon in carved chestnut, featuring Corinthian-style elements with gilded acanthus leaves, rocaille scrolls, and extravagant foliate detailing. Take into ac...
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture

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Gold Leaf

Large Pair Antique Porcelain Rococo Style Floral Flowers Mirrors
Located in London, GB
Large Pair Antique Porcelain Rococo Style Floral Flowers Mirrors German, Late 19th Century Height 136cm, width 90cm, depth 17/ 20cm This exceptional pair of mirrors, crafted by ma...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain, Mirror

Exceptional Antique Rococo-Style Gilded Console Table
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
This exceptional 18th-century antique Rococo-style gilded console table from France is a stunning testament to opulent craftsmanship. Featuring an intricately carved wooden base wit...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Marble

Black Skull Marble Table by John Bizas limited Edition 1/8
Located in Paris, France
The black Skull table is a limited edition of 8, designed and produced in Italy by the artist John Bizas. Its design following some of the rococo style p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rococo Furniture

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Marble

18th Century Rococo Copper Samovar
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very nice, not to large, Rococo samovar in copper with brass lining and nozzle.
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Late 18th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Copper

Ancient Italian Assortment Coffe Pot and Cups, Lodi, Circa 1765-1770
Located in Milano, IT
A coffee pot and two cups with saucers Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1765-1770 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). They measure: coffee pot: 9....
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1760s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Maiolica

Large Antique Austrian Silver and Glass Garniture by Schwarz Steiner
By Schwarz Steiner
Located in London, GB
Large antique Austrian silver and glass garniture by Schwarz & Steiner Austrian, Late 19th Century Centrepiece: Height 29cm, width 70cm, depth 29cm Candelabra: Height 39cm, width 2...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Silver

18th Century, Italian Rococo Still Life Painting by Michele A. Rapos
By Michele Antonio Rapos
Located in IT
Michele Antonio Rapos (Turin 1733-1819), Still life of flowers and fruits, Oil on canvas frame: cm H 133 x W 124 x D 8 (canvas: cm 108.5 x 108.5) The painting depicts a triumph of ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Canvas, Giltwood

18th Century Period Rococo Swedish Commode
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A period Rococo serpentine front commode with three removal drawers on the top. Featuring original brass hardware with a stamp on the back, a sign of quality furniture, Stockholm ma...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Brass

Walnut Fauteuil or Armchair with Contemporary Upholstery, 18th Century and Later
Located in Madrid, ES
Armchair in carved walnut wood, gilded and in its color. 18th century, with current upholstery. Armchair with light cabriolet legs secured with H-shaped chambras, curved arms decora...
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18th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture

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Other

Large Meissen Flower-Encrusted Potpourri Vase in the Rococo-Style
Located in London, GB
Large Meissen flower-encrusted potpourri vase in the Rococo-style German, 19th Century Height 72cm, width 32cm, depth 29cm Crafted by Meissen, the olde...
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19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

20th Century Peruvian Silver Tea and Coffee Set by Camusso
Located in London, GB
20th century Peruvian silver tea and coffee set by Camusso Peru, Early 20th Century Tray: Height 5cm, width 78cm, depth 45cm Teapot on stand: Height 48cm, width 23cm, depth 21cm...
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20th Century Peruvian Rococo Furniture

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Silver

1920’s French Carved Giltwood Sunburst Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
An exceptional and rare hand carved French sunburst wall mirror, intricately carved sun rays encircle the central mirror plate, a fine layer of applied gesso and gilt paint to the su...
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1920s French Vintage Rococo Furniture

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Mirror, Wood

Spanish Rococo Carved Giltwood Mini Sized Mirror with Crest
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rococo style mirror miniature with a carved giltwood frame and crest, Spain, 1940s. A carved gold gilded foliage frame surrounding an oval shaped glass and a beautiful crest adornin...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Rococo Furniture

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Swedish Rococo Sofa
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A period 18th Century Swedish Rococo sofa with stylish carving and swept arms and back. Original paint with a wonderful worn patina. With its o...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Wood

18th Century Swedish Rococo Chest of Drawers from Northern Sweden
Located in Boden, SE
A beautiful 18th century Swedish Rococo Chest of drawers from Lulea Norrbotten, Northern Sweden. The Chest of drawers has wonderful curvaceous and beautiful Shaped legs. The Chest ...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Pine

Elegant vintage pair of Romeo Rega-style table lamps, Italy circa 1970s
Located in Genève, GE
Elegant vintage pair of Romeo Rega-style table lamps, Italy circa 1970s. Brass base and frame signed JJS. The lampshades are original, and the fabric has been redone. One standard ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture

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Metal, Brass

Very Large Pair Antique French Sèvres Style Porcelain Ormolu Vases
Located in London, GB
Very Large Pair Antique French Sèvres Style Porcelain Ormolu Vases French, Late 19th Century Height 164cm, width 58cm, depth 46cm This remarkable pair of large vases is created in ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu

19th Century Italian Giltwood Centre Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Stylish early 19th Century centre table. The simulated marble top with shaped moulded edge and acanthus carved frieze, raised on a shapely giltwood triform base with exaggerated scro...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Giltwood

Antique Meissen 68-Piece Floral Dinner Service
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service German, c. 1900 Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm Square salad bowl:...
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Early 1900s German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

Late 19th Century Brass Table Mirror - Rococo Style
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique table mirror, made of finely cast bronze. Beautiful gold-colored patina and decorated in Rococo style. Monogrammed with the letters B.P. The mirror glass has a ...
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1880s French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Brass

Large Handmade Bed to order Rococo Style With Gold Highlights by La MaisonLondon
Located in London, Park Royal
Our iconic Cherub Bed was the first bed we created in our venture to achieve beautifully hand-carved furniture with the aim of capturing all the nuances of antique fine-carving. Thes...
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2010s British Rococo Furniture

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Gold Leaf

18th century rococo Swedish mirror with gilt decoration
Located in London, GB
Charming and understated Swedish C18th rococo mirror edged and framed in gilt with faceted border and simple plaster flower decorative detailing, the glass has lovely foxing and wear...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Giltwood

Antique Brooch Gold with Turquoise stones Rococo Revival
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Antique Brooch Turquoise and Gold Rococo revival Brooches were higly fasionable during the 19th century a became a popular item nowadays Design in the manner of: Carlo Giuliano, Ca...
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19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture

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Gold

Large Pair of 19th Century George III Style Giltwood Mirrors
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A very good pair of late 19th Century English carved and gilded mirrors, in the George III Rococo style. The rectangular mercury plates within a pierced frame carved with rocaille, f...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture

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Mercury Glass, Giltwood

Italian Maiolica Pitcher, Ferretti Manufacture, Lodi Circa 1770 - 1780
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica pitcher Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, circa 1770-1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). It measures 8.66 x 8.66 x 4.33 in (22 x 22 x 11 ...
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1770s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Maiolica

Italian Rococo Neapolitan Chest of Drawers, Commode, 18th Century
Located in CH
Italian Rococo Gilt Bronze-Mounted Walnut and Fruitwood Inlaid Commode Naples, Circa 1760 An 18th-century Italian Rococo commode from Naples, c...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

Decorative Carved Wood Element on a Marble Base. Italian work. 18th Century
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This decorative that can be mounted into a lamp is made of a patinated carved wood element on a Carrara marble base. This is an Italian work. 18th Century
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18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Wood

Pair of Very Large French Sèvres Style Porcelain and Ormolu Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of very large French Sèvres style porcelain and ormolu vases French, Late 19th Century Height 151cm, width 45cm, depth 39cm Executed in the style of Sèvres, one of the bes...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu

18th Century Rococo Fragment Of A Copper Fireplace Door
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautiful copper door with Rococo decorations and dated 1783. Could be used for a actual fireplace, or as a Folk Art wall decoration.
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18th Century Scandinavian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Copper

18th Century, Italian Painted with Still Life by Francesco Lavagna
By Francesco Lavagna
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian painted with still Life by Francesco Lavagna. The fine and imposing painting, accompanied by a frame in carved and gilded wood, depicts a sumptuous composition...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Canvas

Antique French 19th Century Rosewood and Marble Oval Occasional Table C1850
Located in London, GB
A French rosewood oval occasional table, 19th century, the white marble top with a moulded edge, over a turned stem, on four scrolling legs, joined by scrolling brackets, terminating...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Marble

Small 1940s Louis XV style bench
Located in SAN PIETRO MOSEZZO, NO
Small 1940s bench in the Louis XV style. The bench has a lacquered and gilded wooden frame. Fabric seat still original to be reupholstered. The lacquering bears obvious signs of ti...
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1940s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture

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Fabric, Wood

Impressive Rococo Fireplace Mantel in Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
A very impressive French Rococo fireplace carved in statuary marble. The panelled frieze and bracketed jambs delicately carved with trailing fl...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Statuary Marble

Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This magnificent five-piece clock set is designed in the style of 18th century porcelain produced by the famous Sèvres Manufactory in France. The set is comprised of a mantel clock, a pair of flanking vases—which double-up as candelabra—and two candlesticks. The five items are crafted from ‘bleu Sèvres’ (navy) colored porcelain, which has been finely parcel gilt, jewelled and painted, and mounted in gilt bronze (ormolu). The mantel clock is composed of a circular porcelain dial, with a central painting of cherubs in flight, encircled by black Roman Numerals within white medallions. This is set within a gilt bronze bezel, crowned by a porcelain lidded urn, fitted with gilt bronze satyr head handles, draped with flower swags, and topped by a gilt bronze grape cluster finial. The clock case is supported on four porcelain columns, which are surmounted by a gilt bronze pinecone-tipped staff, draped with tasselled fabrics. A gilt bronze sculpture of a dancing Maenad (also called a Bacchante)—a female follower of the classical god of wine and ecstasy, Dionysus (or Bacchus). The woman plays the tambourine and is accompanied by a putto. The clock is placed on a shaped gilt bronze base, with two projecting scrolled wings, decorated with gilt bronze acanthus leaves and porcelain patera. The base is mounted with porcelain paintings of classical trophies, and putti within a gilt bronze cartouche frame. It is set on two gilt bronze feet, which are decorated with pointed porcelain covers and gilt bronze rosettes. Depending on personal preference, the vases that accompany the clock can be left as they are or made to serve as candelabra. When vases, they are topped by porcelain domed lids, with gilt bronze grape finials. To turn the items into candelabra, these lids are replaced by gilt bronze covers. Each cover is fitted with six gilt bronze branches—five of which are scrolling and decorated with acanthus leaves, and one extends upwards in a straight line. These terminate in wide drip-pans and urn-shaped capitals. The porcelain vase bodies feature fine paintings of couples courting in garden settings, and they are fitted with gilt bronze cherub head...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze

Parcel Gilded Console Hall Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very good large blue and parcel gilded hall console table,very crisp carvings, in great condition.
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture

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Mahogany

French Super King Size Painted Bed
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A superb painted and upholstered French super kingsize bed, in excellent original parcel gilt and painted condition, comes with new slatted pine bed base.
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

Materials

Paint

Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This large clock set, which is comprised of a mantel clock and pair of flanking candelabra, is designed in the style of Sèvres Porcelain manufactory goods. In the manner of Sèvres Po...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze

Pair of Late 19th Century Venetian Armchairs, Restyled with Dedar Milano Bouclé
Located in Brescia, Brescia
A refined pair of late 19th-century Venetian armchairs, finely hand-carved in solid walnut, fully restored and reinterpreted with a contemporary sensibility. The seats have been reup...
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1890s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Metal

Venetian Chandelier in Transparent Murano Glass, Italy 1950s
Located in Villaverla, IT
Venetian Chandelier in Transparent Murano Glass, Italy 1950s. This beautiful chandelier was entirely hand-crafted in the island of Murano (Italy) during 1950s. This ancient artwork is characterized by an exquisitely decorated framework and 14 curved arms, each holding a pendant with a flower-shaped bobeige and a small bell...
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1950s Italian Vintage Rococo Furniture

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass

Ormulu and Chased Bronze Rocaille Clock, Raingo Frères
Located in Paris, FR
Important Rococo style clock in chased and gilt bronze. This Louis XV style clock has a very fine decoration of moving foliage, flowers and shells. The whole is surmounted by a bouqu...
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1870s French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Bronze

20th Century Spanish Silver Rococo Style Tea and Coffee Service
Located in London, GB
20th century Spanish silver Rococo style tea and coffee service, Spanish, 20th century Kettle on stand: Height 44cm, width 23cm, depth 16cm Milk jug: Height 12cm, width 13cm, depth 9cm Comprising of a solid silver tray, teapot, coffee pot, sugar bowl, milk jug, strainer, and large kettle...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Rococo Furniture

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Silver

Antique Pair Of Rococo Revival Italian Gilt Framed Wall Mirrors 1800 s
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning Pair of Antique Gilt Wood Italian Rococo Style Wall Mirrors Late 19th Century, The Moulded Frames With Foliate Scrolls And Bevelled Plates.
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19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Mirror, Giltwood

19th Century Rococo Cabinet
Located in SE
A rococo cabinet made in Sweden, probably made in Stockholm, about 1770. The secondary color has been removed and left the originally color with ind...
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1770s Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Pine

Pair of Giltwood Chairs, Shabby Chic Swedish Antique Farmhouse Style, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is a beautiful pair of antique Swedish giltwood chairs, circa 1920 in date. The giltwood is beautiful in color, each chair features a shell carved crested toprail with acanthus...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Rococo Furniture

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Fabric, Giltwood

18th Century, Two Still Lifes with Flowers and Fruits by Italian Paintings
Located in IT
Piedmontese painter of the second half of the 18th century Two "Still Lifes with composition of flowers, fruits and mushrooms" Measurements: Frames: cm W 63 x H 74 x D 8.5 frames...
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18th Century Antique Rococo Furniture

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Canvas, Giltwood

Pair of Danish Art Nouveau Easy Chairs in Floral Embroidered Velour, 1920s
Located in Odense, DK
A pair of Danish lounge chairs from the 1920s, featuring a sculptural wood frame and generously upholstered in velour with a bold floral pattern. The upholstery combines beige and gr...
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Early 20th Century Danish Rococo Furniture

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Velvet, Wood

Antique Rococo Style Porcelain Mirror by Meissen
Located in London, GB
Antique Rococo style porcelain mirror by Meissen German, 19th century Measures: Height 94cm, width 66cm, depth 14cm...
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19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain, Mirror

Italian Gilt Bed in Period Red Walnut
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
A rarely found red Italian walnut gilded double bed, the piece was made by the highest quality cabinet maker of the time, hence it survives so well today, the beautifully drawn Itali...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Wood, Walnut

Italian Gilt Bed in Period Red Walnut
Italian Gilt Bed in Period Red Walnut
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A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Mount Parnassus
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Apollo and the Nine Muses on Mount Parnassus. Comprised of sixteen interlocking parts. Apollo standing holding a lyre and with Pegasus besides a tree, atop a rocky outcrop detailed with foliage and waterfalls above nine goddesses: Calliope, seated and shown writing, representing eloquence and epic poetry. Clio, seated with an open book and blowing a trumpet, representing history. Erato, seated and holding a kithara, representing science and the arts Euterpe, seated and holding a flute, representing music. Melpomene, seated holding a knife and with one hand to her head, representing tragedy. Thalia, seated and holding aloft mask, representing comedy and idyllic poetry. Urania, seated with telescope and globe, representing astronomy and astrology, Polyhymnia, standing with one hand raised and holding a book, representing sacred poetry. Terpsichore, standing, representing dance. Each piece exceptionally finely detailed and painted. The base portions with rocaille edges. On a later black polished wooden base. Multiple blue crossed swords marks. Each piece titled to underside. German, Circa 1880. Mount Parnassus, is a spur of the Pindus Mountains in central Greece and was sacred to the ancient Greeks and in mythology to Apollo, the god of music and poetry and of the Sun and light. Mount Parnassus the mythical centre of poetry, music, and learning in ancient Greece was a popular theme in Barqoue and Rococo art, often substitutable with Athena’s arrival at Mount Helicon from the fifth book of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, where she asks the Muses to show her the new spring which gushed forth from the spot where Pegasus “with his hoof of horn opened the earth” (V, 250-260). Here, the mountain, formed from rugged rock cliffs, culminates in a plateau on which the youthful Apollo stands and plays the lyre. The Castalian spring flows from beneath Pegasus’ hoof, representing the source of inspiration and attracting the nine muses, who embody the arts and inspire creation through song, music, and dance. Mount Parnassus was created at the Meissen porcelain manufactory as a table centrepiece and an earlier version, apparently with only five muses, is listed in the inventory of the pastry shop of the Meissen manufactory manager and cabinet minister Heinrich Graf Brühl in 1753. The storage in the pastry shop of approximately 3,000 objects and dishes, including many individual parts for centrepieces, is related to their function as table decorations, replacing decorations previously made by the confectioner from perishable materials such as sugar or wax. The purpose of this table decoration was as a feast for the eyes to accompany the feast of the banquet. The sculptural figurines often depicted a particular theme, with characters drawn from theatre and opera, from classical mythology or pastoral idylls. Allegories and mythological themes, such as the glorification of fine arts, were also popular. Stylistically, Mount Parnassus fits Kändler’s style of the 1740s, and was sold by Brühl in 1762 to Frederick the Great of Prussia who used mythology as a means of self-expression and had already ordered individual figures of Apollo and the Muses as table decorations in 1744. Today it is in the Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt (inv. no. M.L. 41). There is another version of Mount Parnassus, from the collection of Prince Alexander Dolgorukoff, in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg. The present version dates to the second half of the nineteenth century when there was a great revival of Kändler rococo figurines which were reissued and a “Second Rococo”. Another nineteenth century example is in the collection of the Museo Francesco Borgogna, Italy (inv. 1906, XIII, 19-20). These nineteenth century versions were made by the Meissen factory using Kändler's period models. It is recorded that a new version of Mount Parnassus, dating to the 1880s, was part of the Royal Porcelain collection in Dresden: 'In the porcelain collection there is a new version from the 1880s based on the old models, the largest group of this genre, the Parnassus, which shows the named muses all around on the lower part of the rock, each practising their own art, while on the top there is Apollo with the lyre and next to it the Castalian spring rises from the hoofbeat of Pegasus. Each figure is executed individually with its rocky background, and all the pieces are then fitted together, as we have already seen in his earlier, larger compositions. The rock pieces are finished off like a pedestal at the bottom with Rococo ornaments.' (Jean Louis Sponsel, Kabinettstücke der Meissner Porzellan-manufaktur von Johann Joachim Kändler, Leipzig, 1900, pp. 203-204). Kunst und kunsthandwerk; monatsschrift herausgegeben vom Österreichischen museum fuer kunst und industrie, Vienna, 1894, v.7 pt.1, p.133. Kari Berling, Das Meißner Porzellan und seine Geschichte. Leipzig 1900, S. 99, 187-200. Helmuth Gröger, Johann Joachim Kaendler. Dresden, 1956. Peter W Meister, Franz Adrian Dreier, Figürliche Keramik aus zwei Jahrtausenden. Kat Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt. Frankfurt 1964, Nr. 90. Rainer Rückert, Meißener Porzellan, 1710-1810. Kat. Ausst. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München. München 1966. Stefan Bursche, Tafelzier des Barock. München 1974, Abb. 300. "Tafelaufsatz, Der Parnass", Auswahlkatalog, Museum für Kunsthandwerk (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1987, pp. 86-87. Alfred Ziffer, ‘Meissener Porzellanplastik für fürstliches Interieur und Zeremoniell’, Keramos, Issue 241/242, pp. 29–52. MEISSEN The production of Meissen porcelain began in 1710 at the manufactory at Meissen...
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19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

Pair of Venetian Tole Wall Sconces
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A pair of midcentury Venetian tole wall sconces, each with three lights each and decorated with gilded leaves. The candles are original and we have added...
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20th Century Italian Rococo Furniture

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Tôle, Iron

Italy Mid-18th Century White Majolica Duck by Manifattura Pasquale Antonibon
Located in Brescia, IT
Magnificient and surprising soup tureen in white majolica with polychrome shaped as a duck and produced around 1740 - 1770 by the ancient Pasquale Antonibon Manufacture based in Nov...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Majolica

Porcelain Clock in the Louis XV Style by Jacob Petit
Located in London, GB
This antique porcelain mantel clock demonstrates the 19th century nostalgia for the delicately elegant decorative arts under King Louis XV, also known as the Rococo style. Crafted by celebrated porcelain artist Jacob Petit, this exquisite clock is particularly notable for the way in which the porcelain has been shaped so as to give the clock such a whimsically free-spirited, scrolling shape. The clock is formed as a clock case upon a lower base, which are both decorated as a though a singular piece with green glaze on a white ground, accented with painted floral panels and extensive gilt highlights all over. The clock case, which is particularly exuberant in design, features a central, circular clock dial. The white enamelled dial is bordered with beaded ormolu, and features black Roman numerals and the inscription 'Scherer'- the name of the 19th century Parisian clock...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

18th Century Swedish Rococo Period Corner Cabinet
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century original painted Swedish Rococo period corner cabinet in two parts. With original painted exterior and a later repainted interior.
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture

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Pine, Paint

A 19th Century Victorian Rococo Manner Cast Iron Brass Fire Grate Basket.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A 19th Century Victorian Rococo manner cast iron & brass fire grate basket. The high shaped cartouche back plate with scalloped side cheeks, the four barred shaped fire front resting...
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1880s English Antique Rococo Furniture

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Iron

Ornate French Rococo Brass Firescreen
Located in London, GB
An ornate French Rococo brass firescreen. The hoofed feet surmounted by stiff acanthus leaves and guilloche pattern to outer frame, with rope handle a...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture

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Brass

18th Century Italian Capodimonte White Glazez Porcelain Figural Centerpiece
Located in Firenze, IT
This 18th century Italian Capodimonte white glazed porcelain centrepiece is an oustanding sculptural artwork expertly hand carved with finely detailed figurines, putto angels playing...
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18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture

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Porcelain

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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.