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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Style: Rococo
Place of Origin: French
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
Pair Louis XV White Painted Bergeres, circa 1755, stamped Jean-Baptiste Gourdin
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A pair of Louis XV white painted Bergeres en corbeille, circa 1755. Each with padded back and seat with channelled frame and foliate-carved rails and cresting, with padded arms, on c...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large French Faience Jardinière with Jesters
Heads by Nevers
Located in Pembroke, MA
Impressive, large hand painted French faience jardinière with jesters' heads as handles. Each side feature a different painted scene of putti playing in the woods inset into a backgr...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Musicians of Jacob Petit Scenes from Parisian Life, 19th Century
By Jacob Petit
Located in Paris, FR
This is an exquisite and happy subject, the hand-painted porcelain realized by the master is signed with his well-known blue initials "J.P." as his monogram mark.
From 1834, Jacob Pe...
Category
1840s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Very Fine Ormolu and Sèvres-style Porcelain Calendar Mantel Clock
By Charles Oudin
Located in London, GB
Very fine ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain calendar mantel clock
French, 19th Century
Measures: Height 43cm, width 31cm, depth 16cm
In a similar style to pieces by the famed and leading clockmaking firm of the late nineteenth century, Charles Oudin...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Very Large Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Lantern
Located in London, GB
Very large Louis XV style gilt bronze lantern
French, 20th century
Dimensions: Height 160cm, diameter 62cm
This magnificent lantern is crafted from gilt bronze in a wonderfully ...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Large 19th Century Mahogany and Silver Butler
s Tray
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
Large late 19th Century French butler's tray, composed of an exceptional silver plated border of Rococo design with a pair of bold carrying handles, centred with a superb piece of fl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
18th Century French Rococo Gaming / Console Table with reversible top
Located in Münster, DE
convertible console rococo around 1750
Richly inlaid rectangular top on delicate walnut base with carved buck hooves. Elaborate frame construction with reversible top with interned ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Mme Pompadour french alabaster bust circa 1850
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible bust in alabaster representing Mme Pompadour circa 1850
Category
1850s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
18th Century French Rococo Armchair Fauteuil à la Reine around 1760
Located in Münster, DE
Armchair, so called "Fauteuil à la reine", France, rococo around 1760, dark stained beech, carvings with rocaille motifs, upholstered armrests, new upholstery, height: 91 cm, width: ...
Category
1760s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Beech
Ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain three-piece garniture suite
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
Ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain three-piece garniture suite
French, Late 19th Century
Vases: height 44cm, width 21cm, depth 16cm
Urn: 38cm, width 33cm, depth 29cm
Attributed to Pi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
FRENCH PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
FRENCH PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS 19th century
in carved and gilded wood.
Upholstered seats.
small defects.
Dim.: 71 x 69 x 53 cm
good conditions
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
$4,164 / set
Albert Carrier-Belleuse "Allegory" from the 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Albert Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887)
"Allegory".
French sculpture from the 19th century
In rotating gilt bronze.
Stands on a marble base.
Signed. Alt.: (sculpture) 50.; Height: (t...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This Sèvres style clock is an elegant piece of late 19th century design, which will make a wonderful addition to a mantelpiece. It has been beautifully cast in bronze and gilded (orm...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Napoleon III Rocaille-Style Ormolu Bronze Fireplace Andirons
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of gilt bronze andirons with rich rococo decoration such as acanthus leaves, pierced ova and exuberant scrollwork. They are topped by two majestic winged women. Andirons, or chenets, are decorative and practical objects placed in front of a fireplace to protect priceless rugs and flooring from rolling logs. Intricately detailed, these antique andirons in Rocaille style...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Crystal and Bronze Chandelier attr. to Maison Baguès, France, circa 1880
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
Crystal and Bronze Chandelier attr. to Maison Baguès, France, circa 1880
Category
1880s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$3,632 Sale Price
20% Off
French Rococo Style Side Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19th century French Rococo style 2-drawer side table with an old paint finish. Awaiting hardware, 1890
Dimensions:
43 inches (109 cms) wide
23 inches (58 cms) deep
28.5 inches ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Rococo Style Patinated Bronze Figural Group after Clodion
Located in London, GB
This exquisite Rococo style sculpture depicts a moment of revelry, showing a woman with two infants. She is shown holding one of them on her lap, and with another below. The naturali...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique French Louis XV Style Rococo Gilt Bronze Chenets
Located in Montreal, QC
This pair, while originally for the fireside, would serve equally as bases for a pair of table lamps. They are exquisitely modelled with sinuous, scrolling acanthus and beautifully f...
Category
1880s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Wall Mirror
Located in London, GB
A charming eighteenth century wall mirror with an ogee shaped giltwood frame, surmounted by a foliate and floral crest comprising oak leaves and roses. These trail over the scrolled ...
Category
1760s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of French 19th Century Jacob Petit Porcelain Green-Ground Pot-Pourri Vases
By Jacob Petit
Located in New York, NY
A Large Pair of French 19th Century Jacob Petit Porcelain Green-Ground Pot-Pourri Vases and Covers, Marked 'JP' on Bottom of Each. Each is of square form with a fantastic green ground. The covered vases are decorated with elaborate panels of village scenes, one either side of each vase, and also floral scenes independently to them. The vases are complete with pierced gilded relief frieze...
Category
1850s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Rococo Carved Giltwood Mirror, circa 1860
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique French Mid-19th century Rococo style carved giltwood mirror, the boarders decorated with stylized scrolling foliage, the bottom decorated with scrolls, flowers and shells.
...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Meissen Porcelain Revelry Groups
Located in New Orleans, LA
This charming pair of Meissen porcelain figures celebrates the essence of Revelry. First modeled by the renowned Johann Joachim Kändler on bases by Peter Reinicke, circa 1767, these joyous groups depict musicians making merry by playing the French horn, flute, guitar and hurdy-gurdy, and gardeners carrying flowers in baskets and aprons. Two almost identical groups are featured in Meissen: Collector’s Catalogue by Laurence Mitchell.
Figures by Kändler were especially popular and served as table decorations at courtly banquets. He took the reigns of the Meissen factory in 1733 and over the following 40 years created more than 900 models, many of which were considered the most important and beautiful ever produced. Many of his designs were so timeless and classic that they continued to be used well into the 19th century. Kändler was highly regarded especially for his allegorical representations and he was certainly at his best when designing the Four Continents...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rococo Style Side Table with Porcelain Plaques
Located in London, GB
This beautiful side table was designed in France in the 19th century in the fashionable Rococo, or Louis XV, style. The piece has been crafted from kingwood and decorated with painte...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
"The Gallant Pastor" after François Boucher, 19th century
Located in Paris, FR
This painting is a copy of the "Gallant Shepherd" painted by François Boucher for the audience room of Prince Hercule-Mériadec, Duke of Rohan, on the first floor of the Hôtel de Soub...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Pair of Tall French Louis XVI Porcelain Mounted Cabinets
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A wonderful tall pair of French Louis XVI kingwood cabinets with outstanding oval Sevres style porcelain plaques depicting cherubs, covered with gilt ormolu mounts, each with a singl...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Tulipwood
$20,608 / item
Gilt Bronze Table Lamp in the Rococo Style
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze table lamp in the Rococo style
French, late 19th century
With shade: Height 65cm, diameter 55cm
Without shade: Height 49cm, width 25cm, depth 17cm
This wonderful Ro...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Chateau 19th Century French Gilded Pier Mirror H111cm
Located in High Peak, GB
K0102 Fine XXth century French giltwood wall mirror, having original mirror plate with minor imperfections is gilded and moulded gesso frame with decorative floral corners to the top...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Charming Neo baroque Chandelier in giltwood circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Charming Neo baroque Chandelier in giltwood circa 1950
some lack of gilding and wear, but the general condition remains very satisfactory
Category
1950s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Rococo Console Table with Onyx Marble Top
Located in Baambrugge, NL
An 18th century Rococo style console table. A beautiful antique carved wood and gesso table with old golden patina and a top from Onyx marble in creme and red / amber tonesen.
Mea...
Category
18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Onyx
French Chandelier in Wrought Iron, Crystal and Glass Style of Maison Baguès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French chandelier in wrought iron, crystal and glass style of Maison Baguès
six lights.
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Wrought Iron
An Ormolu Mounted Mennecy Double Snuff Box in the Form of a Barrel, Circa 1740
Located in Spencertown, NY
The white ground floral decorated snuff box with openings at both ends, one opening revealing painted initials D.V. for Duc de Villroy.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Important 19th Century French Mirror Console with Italian Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
Important 19th century French mirror console with marble
Measures :console: 145cm x 90cm high
Mirror measures: 192cm x 130cm
In total, the c...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Rococo Style Candelabra
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of French Rococo style candelabra after Claudion. Bronze set upon rouge marble base.
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$2,400 / set
Vintage Wall Lighting Made of Bronze, 1970s France
Located in Oirlo, LI
Vintage Wall Lighting Made of Bronze, 1970s France
This is a beautiful lamp to hang on a wall.
Made of bronze in the 1970s with 5 light points.
Also ideal in a narrow room or hall,...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$523 Sale Price
73% Off
French Mid-18th Century Louis XV Guéridon
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A fine ormolu-mounted and rosewood veneered gueridon à écritoire, stamped by the Parisian ébéniste Pierre-François Quéniard dit Guignard (1740-1794), became maître in 1767. He was a ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine
Four Large Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in London, GB
The gilt bronze sconces in this set of four are designed in the beautiful Regency style, the manner of decorative art that most closely aligns with the early Rococo yet betrays the l...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
$34,358 / set
Ceramic, Glass and Brass Chandelier, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic, glass and brass chandelier, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
ANTiQUE FRENCH ROCOCO GOLD GILT BRASS EIGHT BRANCH CHERUB CHANDELIER LIGHT
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite circa 1900 French solid gilt brass Rococo ceiling chandelier de...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Louis XV Style Cut Glass Sconces
Located in London, GB
Pair of Louis XV style cut glass sconces
French, early 20th century
Measures: Height 46cm, width 34cm, depth 21cm
The sconces in this pair are wrought from gilt metal in the Lou...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,649 / set
Pair of Bronze Putti Lamps
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of patinated bronze puttis in the manner of Clodion,
one holding bagpipes, the other a bird; each surmounted on a
fluted red marble col...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$3,600 / set
Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres Porcelain Lamp Bases by Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
Pair of gilt-bronze mounted Sèvres porcelain lamp bases by Picard
French, Late 19th Century
Height 52cm, width 21cm, depth 16cm
These superb pieces are a pair of Sèvres style po...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Rococo Style Bisque Porcelain Female Figures
Located in London, GB
Pair of Rococo style bisque porcelain female figures
French, late 19th century
One figure: Height 19cm, width 14cm, depth 10cm
Other figure: Height...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Garniture
Located in London, GB
Rococo style gilt bronze mounted porcelain clock garniture
French, late 19th century
Measures: Clock: Height 38cm, width 27cm, depth 13...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Antique pair of gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain cachepot vases
Located in London, GB
Antique pair of gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain cachepot vases
French, 19th Century
Height 24.5cm, width 17cm, depth 15cm...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Two 19th Century Limoges Enamel Portrait Plaques
Located in London, GB
These elegant enamel plaques was painted in Limoges, a town in the south-west of France. While Limoges was highly regarded for its painted enamel wares in the 15th Century, in the following periods there was a decline in production. In the mid-19th Century, however, items like this pair began to be created, reviving the techniques of enamel painting that were perfected in the medieval period.
The plaques depict two women, both with wavy blonde shoulder-length hair, and similar facial features. The women may be sisters, possibly even twins. One woman wears a pale pink dress...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$3,848 / set
Louis XV Style Inkwell, Designed by Léon Messagé and Cast By Barbedienne
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Inkwell. Designed by Léon Messagé and Cast By The Ferdinand Barbedienne Foundry, Paris.
Designed in the exuberant Rococo style surmounted by a sea...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Two Rococo Style Gilt and Silvered Metal Girandoles
Located in London, GB
These exquisite girandoles are designed in a graceful Rococo style. This style was fashionable in France in the 18th century, during the reign of Louis XV (1715-1774). Derived from t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
$20,615 / set
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
Two French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Six-Light Sconces
Located in London, GB
This pair of gilt bronze sconces (or wall lights) have been styled in the Rococo manner, being composed of beautiful, scrolling forms inspired by nature.
The six arms of each sco...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
neo-classical bronze wall light, lacquered metal circa 1940/1950
Located in Mouscron, WHT
neo-classical bronze wall light, lacquered metal circa 1940/1950
Category
1940s French Vintage Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Four Antique French Girandoles in the Rococo-Style
Located in London, GB
Four antique French girandoles in the Rococo-style
French, 19th Century
Height 75cm, width 35cm, depth 10cm
This set of four girandoles re...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
$11,681 / set
Pair 19th Century French Gilded Fire Screens
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of late 19th century French gilded ormolu Rococo style fire screens, each with elegant scrolling foliate decoration.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$6,596 / set
A Rare and Highly Unusual Pair of Gilt-Bronze Twin-Light Wall Appliques
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare and Highly Unusual Pair of Gilt-Bronze Twin-Light Wall Appliques.
France, Circa 1870.
Each vigourously modelled in the Louis XV high rococo style as branches of oak leave and acorns suspended from ribbon tied drapes.
Provenance:
Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Bronzina Room at Halton House, Buckinghamshire
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)
Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)
The Trustees of Exbury House
Literature:
Rothschild Archive, London, Manuscript: 000/174/C/3, Christie, Manson & Woods Probate Valuation of 'The Estate of Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. C.V.O. Deceased, Halton House Tring'. 1918. Listed as 'A pair of Louis XV ormolu wall...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
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
French Clock with a Love Scene
Located in Lantau, HK
A French late 19th century gilt-bronze (ormolu) mantel clock in the Rococo style. This trapeze-shaped clock is supported by four scroll feet, the lower part of the piece is symmetric...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
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
Nailsea Style Glass Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
Elegant Rococo style glass & brass oil lamp base, now converted for electricity.
PAT tested and compliant for the U.K.
Can be adapted for worldwide wiring if required. This will ha...
Category
1850s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
A Rococo Gilded Bronze Lamp, Circa 1850
Located in London, GB
With a gilded bronze base decorated with foliage surrounding and supporting a smart cranberry glass column, including a fluted fabric shade. Fitted for electricity.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
18th Century Giltwood Fragment Mounted as Lamp. Amazing Watergilding.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Single 18th century giltwood fragment mounted as lamp. Amazing Watergilding. Great Scale.
Category
18th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
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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