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
Period: 19th Century
Large Rococo Ormolu Antique French Clock, Genius of Music
By Vincenti et Cie, Cie Des Bronzes De Bruxelles
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A superb and substantial ormolu clock from a design by the 18th century bronze founder Robert Osmond and made by the famous Compagnie des Bronze of Bruss...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Large Antique Sevres Porcelain And Bronze Urns
Located in New York, NY
important Pair of Sevres porcelain urns, each featuring a porcelain body and foot mounted on a gilt bronze base and adorned with gilt bronze, foliage form trimmings and handles. Each...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Rococo Sofa
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautifully carved sofa with original cream and yellow paint finish. Rococo detailing. New upholstery.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric
19th century German Meissen painted porcelain model of a Pigeon
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb quality 19th century Meissen painted porcelain model of a Pigeon, with feathered feet, on a rocky base, with unglazed blue crossed swords mark to the base, incised '827'.
C...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Sèvres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Jardiniere and Vase Garniture
Located in London, GB
This exquisite, three-piece garniture will make a wonderful addition to a mantelpiece, niche or table, where its fine design and craftsmanship can be properly enjoyed.
The garnitur...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair Of Massive And Palatial Rococo Style Gilt Wood Mirrors
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of impressive gilt wood mirrors with an acanthus leaf crest flanked by C-scrolls, the frame with embossed lattice design mimicking a Corinthian capital. The viewer is drawn to t...
Category
19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Two Splendid Meissen Cups, Cobalt With Watteau Painting
Gold Decoration, 19th
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent pieces from the Meissen manufactory from the 19th century:
Two cups and saucers with cobalt blue background and large reserves with the finest overglaze painting, as well a...
Category
1860s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Painting of Jesus
Mary Framed with Amber
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian "Mary with Jesus" painting and framed with amber. The painting original came from Tuscany and depicts Mary sitting with another young child and looking lovingly ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal
19th Century French Rococo Louis XV Carved Giltwood Trumeau Mirror, 80” H
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED TRUMEAU MIRROR OF SUBSTANTIAL SIZE
In the Louis XV taste ca. late 19th century
Item # 403SHI18X
A very large trumeau mirror in the Louis XV tas...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Pair of Italian rococo style painted and upholstered lounge chairs, 19th century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of Italian rococo style painted and upholstered lounge chairs, 19th century. These tub style chairs having shapely frames including lovely aprons and an old painted finish. Fa...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Verstellbare Bodenleuchte von Henri Luppens
Cie mit Onyx-Tisch vor 1900
Located in Aachen, DE
Seltene verstellbare Stehleuchte mit Onyx aus dem Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts (ca. 1890).
3-flügeliger Bronzeguss-Stand mir rokoko-ähnlichen Rocaillen, Acanthus-Blättern u.ä. verziert...
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Meissen, Germany. Antique lidded tureen hand-painted with polychrome flowers.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany. Antique lidded tureen hand-painted with polychrome flowers.
Branch-shaped handles.
Approximately 1800.
In good condition with several chips on the raised flowers an...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Church Offertory Bag in Purple with Ecclesiastical Trim
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian, hand-made royal purple chiesa borsa (church offering purse) with gold needle-work and ecclesiastical trim. The bag has been decorated...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Trimming, Mother-of-Pearl, Thread
Pair of Italian 19th Century Rococo Style Giltwood Carved Armchairs, circa 1860
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of Italian 19th century Rococo style giltwood carved armchairs; the arched upholstered paneled backs with foliate scroll cresting and similar borders, having padded arm s...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
$14,800 Sale Price / set
20% Off
A Very Large French Rococo Oval Gilt Wall Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Very Large French Rococo Oval Gilt Wall Mirror
The Mirror has an exquisite gilt Frame in the Rococo Style, it is elaborately decorated with shells, swags and Leaves with a neat ro...
Category
19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
An exceptional pair Bronze wall lights of a Merboy riding a mythical Dolphin
Located in London, GB
An exceptional pair of early English Bronze wall lights, depicting a Merboy riding a mythical Dolphin. The casting is of the very finest and suggests a top foundry at work. Stamped n...
Category
1890s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Faience Table Lamp, Converted From Oil-Burning Lamp
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This 19th century faience table lamp is converted from an old oil lamp.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Faience
French Porcelain Inkstand, Sèvres Style, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
This is an exquisite porcelain gilded and enameled inkstand in the Sèvres style, from France. Nineteenth century.
The inkwell features an elongated shaped tray with two covered ink p...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian, 19th Century Rococo Style Walnut Upholstered Armchair with Fine Carving
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian Rococo style tall back walnut armchair from the 19th century with scrolled open arms, cabriole legs on hoofed feet and upholstery. This Italian Rococo style armchair featu...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Walnut
Pair of French oil paintings after Francois Boucher
Located in Houston, TX
This pair has retained excellent color and the canvases are in
Good condition without tears or restorations. They are after
The famous artist Francois Boucher who was known for his
...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Paint
$11,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair 19thc Baccarat attributed Gilt Bronze Cut Crystal Table Lamps/ Girandoles
By Baccarat
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 19thc French Baccarat Attributed Gilt Bronze with Cut Crystal Girandoles/ Table Lamps/ Candelabra. Ultr high quality. Highly detailed. French estate acquisition.
Category
1850s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$8,720 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Sèvres Palace Porcelain Urns
Located in New Orleans, LA
These bronze-mounted Sèvres porcelain urns are monumental in both size and quality and feature the renowned manufactory’s signature deep cobalt blue glaz...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$285,000 / set
Russian Silver and Glass Jardinière, Russia, 1895
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Russian silver and glass jardinière, Russia, 1895.
Category
1890s Russian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
19th C. French Gilt Bronze Basket with Glass Roses, Marie Antoinette Chandelier
Located in Haarlem, NL
19th century romantic French basket-shaped gilt bronze ceiling 'Marie-Antoinette' luster with six flower lights.
From the basket small leave branches and six larges 'branches' stick out, these thicker branches are crowned by glass roses.
The basket hangs by 3 'cloth like' bronze ribbons, attached to a ceiling rosette...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Thomas Webb
Sons Wheel Carved
Rock-Crystal’ Type Punch Bowl, George Woodall
Located in New York, NY
A Rococo style Thomas Webb & Sons wheel carved 'Rock-Crystal’ type punch bowl/ centerpiece, circa 1890, designed by and signed Geo(rge) Woodall. Of tapering bulbous form, wheel-engra...
Category
1890s English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal
The Gilded Granada: A Late 19th-Century Spanish Savonnerie of Regal Splendor
Located in Dallas, TX
73073 Rare Antique Spanish Savonnerie Rug, 06’03 x 08’00. Woven in the late 19th century, this exquisite Spanish Savonnerie rug stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of Europe...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wool
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Fine French 19th Century White Marble Bust of a Young Beauty by René Rozet
By René Rozet 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century white marble bust of a young beauty, purported to be a young "Marie Antoinette" (Queen of France 1755-1793), by René Rozet...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
$59,850 Sale Price
29% Off
Fine Pair of French Rococo Style Ormolu Chenets, circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine Pair of French Rococo style Ormolu Chenets, circa 1900. Each Chenet having pierced Rocaille form. Sometimes beauty needs few words. The Chenets m...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair Of 19th Century Meissen Painted Porcelain Models Of Hoopoes
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning pair of 19th century Meissen painted porcelain models of Hoopoes, standing on tree trunks, with foliate branches, blue crossed swords mark to unglazed base, incised model ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pr. 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Covered Potpourri Vases w/ Figural Maiden Handles
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th-Century Meissen Porcelain Covered Potpourri, with Pictorial Landscape Scenes, Lion's Paw Feet, and Figural Maiden Handles. Each urn-shaped vessel rests on three grace...
Category
1860s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French Brass Rococo Acanthus Foliage Fire Place Screen on Scrolled Feet, C. 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
French Brass Rococo free standing fire place screen with decorative acanthus foliage, crosshatching with beaded motif, and resting on the original four scrolled feet, Early 19th Century
Category
1830s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass, Wire
19th Century Italian Louis XV Style Gilt and Painted Rococo Wall Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an entryway, hallway, or powder room with this exquisite antique wall mirror, crafted in Italy circa 1880. Standing over five feet in height, this refined mirror exemplifies...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Venetian Lacquered Rococo Style Chairs with Fornasetti Upholstery
Located in Firenze, IT
Indulge in the lavish charm Venetian craftsmanship with this exquisite pair of lacquered Rococo-style armchairs.
Likely used as fireside seats, this charming seating set showcases th...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Circa 1880 French Marble Top 3-Drawer Commode
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 French Marble Top 3-Drawer Commode. Handsome serpentine form with rouge de fer marble top, in the Rococo taste. Parquetry veneers of kingwood & mahogany. Bronze mounts & h...
Category
1880s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Rococo Fruitwood Cupid Crib
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Rococo style (18/19th Cent) carved fruitwood cupid design crib on rustic carved wood base.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
19thc French Rococo Gilt Bronze Royal Crown style Crystal Flush Mount Plafonnier
Located in Opa Locka, FL
What a unique fixture this is. Mid 19thc French Louis XV Rococo style "Royal Crown" Form Gilt Bronze Ceiling Flush Mount/ Plafonnier. Tiers and tiers of cascading Cut Crystal.
Category
1850s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$1,960 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Italian Ecclesiastical "Chiesa Borsa" with Black Crystal Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian black and white ecclesiastical "chiesa borsa" (church offering bag) adorned with irradiated black crystal points and a natural forming cross-shaped baroque pearl...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal
Rococo Style Upholstered Open Armchair
Located in Vienna, AT
Rococo style black leather upholstered open armchair and on cabriole legs with balls on the ends, gold plated. Made in Austria in th...
Category
1850s Austrian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
14k Gold
Italian Rococo Style Carved Giltwood Filigree Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Rococo (Florentine, 19th Century) giltwood wall mirror with extensive foliate carved filigree frame with a shell form pediment top.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Porcelain Wall Sconces by Meissen
Located in London, GB
This exquisite pair of German Rococo style Meissen sconces feature beautifully encrusted porcelain flowers and petals and exceptionally finely hand painted passages. In their unmatch...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$24,646 / set
Antique Italian Figural Tufted Sofa and Chair Newly Reupholstered in Leather
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Italian Rococo Style Hand-Carved Finely Detailed Figural Lion Motif Tufted Sofa and Chair Set Newly Reupholstered in a Full Grain Italian Cognac Leather
Antique Parlor Set...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Foam, Wood
Late 19th Century Rococo Doré Bronze and Crystal Large Fifteen-Light Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
This elegant doré bronze and crystal chandelier is beautifully decorated with fifteen-lights, crystal prisms and beautiful crystal beads draped across the arms. The top is decorated ...
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$12,950 Sale Price
21% Off
French Ormolu Mounted Pink Sevres Style Lidded Vase, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A beautiful antique decorative pink porcelain Sèvres Style urn with a hand-painted background of a lovers scene.
In the back there is a scene of a bouquet of flowers. Mounted Bacchus/ Dionysus bronze...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,358 Sale Price
26% Off
Pair of Very Large German Porcelain Figural Centrepieces
Located in London, GB
Pair of very large German porcelain figural centrepieces
German, c. 1880
Height 90cm, width 41cm, depth 34cm
This remarkable pair of c...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Petite Rococo Style Asian Dry Bar Chinoiserie Hand Painted
Located in Cookeville, TN
Sourced From an Estate in Saint-Malo, France, this is a Stunning 19th Century Petite Rococo Style Asian Dry Bar. It has Chinoiserie Hand Painted Scenes.
This Chinoiserie-Style Liqu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
$1,555 Sale Price
74% Off
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Hinged Box with Watteau Scene
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Hinged Box with Watteau Scene Cartouche and the Interior Decorated with Floral Designs.
The box features an ormolu-mounted structure w...
Category
1860s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Rococo Gilt Bracket Shelf
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Rococo Revival (19/20th Cent) carved gilt wood wall bracket shelf with a white marble top.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Marble Fountain with Dolphins and Putto
Located in London, GB
An antique marble fountain in the Baroque style, with a tripartite dolphin base each with a water spout in their mouths, their tails supporting the generous lobed bowl, which is topp...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique Silvered Bronze Pitcher from France, Circa 1890
Located in Dallas, TX
An exquisite example of Rococo style ornamentation, this antique (circa 1890) silvered bronze pitcher comes from France. The pitcher has been adorned with spiral fluting that expand ...
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Meissen Schneeballen and Intricately Ormolu-Mounted Potpourri Vases
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and rare pair of Meissen Schneeballen and intricately ormolu mounted potpourri vases with covers. The vases are supported by finely...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Portuguese Provincial Inlaid Fruitwood Console Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
the serpentine top centering an inlaid Maltese Cross, the symbol of protection and a badge of honor, within a diamond and outer inlaid border; over a deeply scalloped apron centering...
Category
1860s Portuguese Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Rococo style mirror and console table
Located in Lugo, IT
Rococo-style mirror and console table.
Marble top.
Defects
I'm not sure of the production date.
Console table: H 85.5 x 74 x D 22 cm
Thank you
Category
1890s Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
$7,120 / set
Louis XV Style Carved Giltwood Armchair, 19thC
By Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot
Located in Spencertown, NY
The chair is a copy of a suite of chairs by Nicholas Quinebert Foliot made for the Petit Trianon circa 1765-70. An original is in the Musee des Arts Déco...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Italian Venetian Style Monumental Etched Glass Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Monumental Italian Venetian-style (20th Century) rectangular wall mirror with 4 applied etched Roman Neo-Classic oval panels and scroll trim over dark blue glass sections with painte...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Glass, Giltwood
Single Fusee Mantel clock by Hay London
By HAY
Located in Amersham, GB
An unusual english single fusee mantel clock in a Louis XV style rocaille ormolu case in the french taste. The eight day fusee movement is of superb quality with a pendulum descendin...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th C. French Rococo Giltwood Mirror with Carved Floral and Foliate Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
This 19th century French mirror is crafted in the Louis XV Rococo style, with a richly carved giltwood frame that showcases the elegance and fluidity of the period. The surround is d...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Monumental 19th C. French Hand-Painted Majolica Rooster Vase, by Jerome Massier
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental 19th Century French Hand-Painted Majolica Rooster Vase Signed by Jerome Massier. The body is modeled in high relief with a textured surface simulating feathers. The tail...
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Clock Garniture with Sèvres Style Porcelain and Ormolu
Located in London, GB
This fantastic porcelain clock garniture contains three vases, one of which has been mounted with a ormolu clock dial with jewels surrounding it. The vases are decorated in the style of the Sèvres Porcelain manufacturers, with cartouches to the front and back. The panels on the front depict ladies and putti in a landscape, while the reverse sides depict riverbanks. The vases are set on ormolu bases with canted angles, and feature twin ormolu handles which take the form of masks. The central vase is surmounted by an ormolu putti...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Walnut Jardinière with a Metal Liner From the Late 1800
s
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Jardinières, the French word for Planter and this is an unusual Antique French Planter or Jardinière, looks great in a front entry, as we have u...
Category
1890s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Metal
19th Century Italian Gold Gilt Venetian Wall Sconce
Located in Sheffield, MA
Fabulous giltwood seven-arm Italian wall sconce. Great as a wall decoration, above a bed or in any room.
Backplate measures: 25" w x 18" h
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
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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