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
A Large 19th Century French Ormolu Mantle Clock In The Rococo Style
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine 19th century and substantial ormolu clock, of Rococo balloon form, sweeping acanthus swags, scrolls and floral flourishes, which is topped by classical cornucopias. The clock ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Delft Blue and White "St Domingo" Tobacco Jar
Located in Houston, TX
Delft blue and white "St Domingo" tobacco jar with lid, Netherlands, circa 1790-1809. Decorated with floral medallion. Inscribed with "St Domingo," a popular tobacco variety cultivat...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Delft, Faience
Pair of Antique Rococo Style Russian Porcelain Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
These exquisite porcelain candlesticks were made in the 19th century by the famous Russian Popov Manufactory.
The candlesticks are Rococo in their style. They feature knopped stem...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Rococo Carved Wood Faux Bois Figural Wall Shelf / Architectural Element
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Rococo-style wooden wall bracket / shelf / architectural element featuring a carved face below an upper shelf with carved and shaped beveled edge, treated with a faux bois pa...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Upholstered Sofa With Musical Motifs, France
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonderful Late 19th Century Upholstered Sofa With Musical Motifs. This sofa embodies the opulent Rococo style, known for its flowing curves, ornate carvings, and asymmetrical, yet ha...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rococo chest of drawers In Walnut, Danish Design from 1880s
Located in Lejre, DK
Bring an antique elegance into your home with this rococo bombé-shaped walnut dresser of Danish origin, dating to around the 1880s. This chest of drawers represents an era of opulent...
Category
1880s Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$3,560 Sale Price
20% Off
6 Antique French Bloch
Bourdois Reticulated Dresden Style Porcelain Plates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of 6 fine French reticulated porcelain plates.
By Bloch & Bourdois.
Decorated throughout with floral sprays, raised gold, gilt highlights, and a reticulated rim.
Simpl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian, Rococo Style, Walnut Side Table with Serpentine Front
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rococo style walnut side table with drawer, serpentine front and shaped apron.
William Word Fine Antiques: Atlanta's source for antique interiors since 1956.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Italian Venetian Gilt Figures
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Venetian (18/19th cent) carved gilt large figures pedestal figures on rocky carved base holding bow and arrow.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
$32,500 / set
Antique French Console Table, circa 1790-1810
Located in Berlin, DE
Baroque console table. Wood, gilded. Frame with openwork cartridge. Two opposing C-rocailles with bracing. Cut red marble slab. France.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
$6,977 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Late 19th Century Italian Hand-Forged Iron Wall Sconces
Located in Middleburg, VA
An enchanting pair of large-scale hand-forged iron wall sconces from Italy, circa 1890. Beautifully crafted in the late 19th century, these Italian sconces feature scrolling arms wit...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron, Iron, Metal
19th C Pair of Carved Marble Organic Decorative Rococo Architectural Elements
Located in Lowestoft, GB
19th century pair of carved marble decorative elements with organic following lines very much in the rococo revival style, previously part of larger interior architectural feature
...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Rare Italian Sicilian Red Scarlet and Polychromed Rococo Style Commode
Located in Sheffield, MA
A rare Italian Sicilian red scarlet and polychromed
Rococo style commode
19th century.
The shaped top over three graduated drawers above a sh...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Paint
Neo Rococo gilded bronse Chandelier
Located in Belgrade, RS
This elegant Neo-Rococo chandelier, crafted from gilt bronze, reflects the opulent and decorative style of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The intricate scrolling arms, floral mot...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
19th Century Swedish Black Rococo Armchair
Located in San Angelo, TX
A stunning late 18th century/early 19th century Swedish Rococo armchair featuring black paint with natural worn patina coming through showcasing the original wood color with also dee...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Sevres Style Porcelain Trinket Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 19 Century Sevres Style Porcelain Trinket Box. The hinged rectangular trinket box is hand painted in the lid. It depicts a sunny costal landscape with the sea, sailboats an...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of George III Giltwood Wall Brackets
Located in Essex, MA
Each with rocaille galleried shelf over a pair of phoenix birds over trailing icicles and C-scrolls.
Category
1860s British Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Pine, Giltwood
$6,800 / set
Floral Painted Antique Glass Vase by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in London, GB
Floral painted antique glass vase by Baccarat.
French, 19th century.
Measures: height 45cm, diameter 18cm.
By the exceptionally highly-regarded ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Glass
Water Gilded Venetian Mirror
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very pretty original water gilded Venetian mirror, in excellent original condition.
19" x 13.5"
3" depth
You are welcome to view this item at our showroom, please phone ahead of ...
Category
19th Century Andorran Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Frideric Rococo Style Display Case/Vitrine, circa 1850 Walnut
Located in Berlin, DE
Frideric Rococo Style display case circa 1850-1870 walnut
Magnificent Frideric Rococo Style display case circa 1850-1870
Massive walnut, finely carved and set. High-rectangular, one...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Late 18th Century Pair of Swedish Rococo Walnut Armchairs
Located in Round Top, TX
Late 18th Century Pair of Swedish Rococo Walnut Armchairs
Pair of 18th-century Swedish Rococo walnut armchairs with a deep, rich brown patina. The sculpted arms and cabriole legs re...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Gaetano BATTAGLIA (Naples-Italy-Active 1850 and 1885) Pair of Large Plates
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Large Plates
Gaetano Battaglia 19th century
made of earthenware decorated with mythological scenes Italy (Naples)
Diameter 35 cm
good cond...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Majolica
French Victorian Monumental Carved Giltwood Cupid Design Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian monumental giltwood vertical wall mirror with cupid and scroll carving.
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Meissen Porcelain Pair of "Neu-Ozier" Molded Bowls, 19th Century
Located in CH
Meissen Porcelain, Pair of “Neu-Ozier” Molded Bowls
19th Century
A pair of 19th-century Meissen porcelain bowls in the “Neu-Ozier” molded style, featuring spirally molded forms with...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Sèvres Style Rococo Painted Gilt Pink Gold Inkstand
Located in Greven, DE
Antique French Sèvres Style Rococo Painted Gilt Pink Gold Inkstand
French
Porcelain
19th Century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 8.5cm x 12cm x 8cm
This charming decorative inkstand d...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Superb Pair Early Victorian Gilt Wall Mirrors
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Matching pair of XIXth century wall mirror, each having old mirror plate with some foxing and minor imperfections in shaped gilded frame with floral carvings to four corners, can be ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso
$1,912 / set
Gilt and Patinated Bronze Andirons with Figures, C. 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt and patinated bronze andirons with figures, circa 1890.
With iron log holders behind.
Category
1890s Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Iron
19th Century Viennese Enamel Candlesticks
Located in New Orleans, LA
Splendid continuous hand-painted scenes adorn these graceful and rare Viennese silver and enamel candlesticks. Adorned with scenes of gods and goddesses from classical mythology, these lights are executed with exceptional detail and artistry. A fantastic testament to the skilled artisans of Austria, they exemplify remarkable design and craftsmanship.
Enameling is one of the oldest forms of decorative art with examples dating back almost 3,000 years to Mycenaean Greece. The methods used in the enameling process have changed very little since that time. Enamel is actually glass colored with metallic pigments that are fused to metal by firing. Because different colors fire at different temperatures, it was essential that the artist paint the colors that required the highest heat first, adding the others in descending order of their firing temperature.
The forte of the Viennese enamellers...
Category
19th Century European Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
$18,850 / set
Antique French Solid Silver Basket / Centrepiece / Bowl Paris c. 1890
Located in London, GB
An impressive Antique French Silver Centrepiece Bowl in a ornate Rococo style design standing on 4 shaped feet. This unusual Silver Basket has a hinged asymmetrical handle. The Rococ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
19th Century Italian Giltwood and Gesso Wall Bracket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nicely detailed. Made of Gesso and giltwood. Hand carved and hand painted.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
Pair of Large French Rococo Style Italian Pillar Candlesticks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of antique plaster candlesticks with large picket for single candle at the top.
They have lots of character with loss/chips/breaks and old paint. Very eye catching with solid...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Plaster
$3,600 Sale Price / set
25% Off
19th Century Pair of Neo-Rococo Style Gilt Bronze crystal glass Candelabras
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of elegant Neo-Rococo Style gilt bronze candelabras with five arms in the shape of sprays of leaves, issuing from an acanthus wrapped baluster stem hung with crystal-cut prism, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Venetian Blue Tufted Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Venetian style (19th Cent) silver gilt dolphin side chairs with carved back and blue tufted upholstery
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver Leaf
$28,000 / set
19th Century Gilded Ormolu Comport
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century French gilded Ormolu comport, having scrolling and pierced Rococo influenced decoration.
Batch 37 57015 CEKZ
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Giltwood Rococo Style Mirror
Located in New York, NY
19th century giltwood Rococo style mirror. Original mirror.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Elegant Giltwood Overmantel Mirror from France
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French giltwood overmantel mirror with a Rococo foliate surmount above a cushion moulded, ogee frame. This encloses the crisp bevelled glass. A very elegant mirror.
F...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
Antique Rococo Large Oak Chest of Drawers Painted Yellow, Denmark, circa 1800s
Located in Round Top, TX
Large rococo oak chest of 4 drawers with serpentine front resting on cabriolet feet.
The four drawers each have 2 brass pulls and key ho...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Oak, Paint
Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Painted Bench
Located in San Angelo, TX
Here is an absolutely stunning early 19th century rococo Swedish bench. This beautiful piece has been dry scrapped to the original paint. It features a white color palette throughout...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Rococo Antique Gilded Bronze Pair of Candelabras
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exquisitely cast in the Rococo style, this pair of French gilded bronze candelabras features scrolling foliate arms, acanthus leaves, and asymmetrical flourishes, epitomizing 18th-ce...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Meissen Tea Solitair, Bird
Insect Painting and Gold, Germany, Circa 1820
Located in Vienna, AT
Tea solitaire set of six pieces made of porcelain with a white background and elaborate overglaze painting and gold decoration.
Quatrefoil presenter with a teapot, milk jug, sugar bo...
Category
1820s German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Group Four Gardener Children Playing Music, J.J. Kaendler 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen piece from the time the model was created:
Four children in festive rural rococo dress on a high, stepped round pedestal, decorated with a leaf wreath and bow festo...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century French Silver Écuelle by Delaire
By Emile Delaire
Located in London, GB
Pair of 19th century French silver écuelle by Delaire
French, c. 1890
Height 13cm, width 31cm, depth 18cm
This superb pair of écuelles is crafted in the playful Rococo style popula...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver
19th Century Swedish Rococo Style Console Table
Located in Huntington, NY
A provincial Swedish Rococo style console table with single drawer. Brass hardware is period but not original to this piece. Wide contoured top sits on a notched skirt and cabriolet ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Faceted Teapot engraved Flowers Joseph Angell, 752g Silver, London 1841
Located in Paris, FR
This exceptional 19th-century antique Victorian English sterling silver teapot was crafted by Joseph Angell Sr. & Joseph Angell Jr. in London in 1841. Is a remarkable addition to any...
Category
19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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 decorated with shells, swags and Leaves with an attractive pattern...
Category
19th Century Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Giltwood Low Centre Table With A Pietre Dure Inlaid Marble Top
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Italian Carved Giltwood Low Centre Table with A Pietre Dure Marble Top.
This impressive giltwood low table has a fine pietre dure inlaid marble top inset within a gadrooned b...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of French Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
This listing features a pair of Rococo style floral armchairs. These chairs come in a beautiful white and blue color with dainty floral fabric on the cushions and back cushions. Woul...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,680 / item
Antique Painted and Parcel Gilt Porcelain Vase by Meissen
Located in London, GB
This beautiful vase was created by the world-famous Meissen porcelain factory. Meissen was established in the early 18th century, making it the first producer of hard-paste porcelain...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Italian Hand Painted Carved Wood and Gesso Pedestal with Marble Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Done in the Rococo style and dating from the mid-19th century, this substantial hand carved and painted gesso over wood pedestal presents with a ball motif decoration cascading down ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Sculpture Panthère rugissant by Thomas Cartier
Located in Ibiza, Spain
An impressive sculpture of Thomas François Cartier (1879-1943), of a lioness, roaring. The sculpture is made of bronze patinated and is signed T. CARTIER on the terrace.
Every item ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Set Of Four Salon/Dining Chairs In Rococo Style, Mahogany
Light Floral Fabric
Located in Lejre, DK
Set of four salon/dining chairs from the 1860s, made of mahogany and upholstered in light floral fabric. Rococo-inspired design with carved details and classic proportions. Elegant c...
Category
1860s Danish Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Set of Ten 19th C. Italian Dining Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of Ten Italian Rococo style dining chairs with hand carved floral urn at tops of chairs. The urns are flanked by two scrolls. The chairs stand on four straight legs with intric...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Wood
$4,800 Sale Price / set
49% Off
White Marble Top Italian Console, Rococo, 18th-19th Century
Located in Southall, GB
An elaborately carved and gilded Italian console in the Rococo taste, the shaped white marble top lies above a flower-filled pattern with trailing blossoms, alongside the gilded deco...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Rococo Style Bronze 8-Light Chandelier with Handcut Crystals
Located in Chicago, IL
19th century French Rococo style bronze 8-light chandelier with hand cut crystals. 19" chain, wired for USA.
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Victorian Period Amboyna Cabinets with Sèvres Style Porcelain Plaques
By Hobbs
Co.
Located in London, GB
Pair of Victorian period amboyna cabinets with Sèvres style porcelain plaques
English, late 19th century
Dimensions: Height 108cm, width 77cm, depth 47cm
This unusual and superb...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Antique English Rococo Style Mirrors with Carved Lobsters and Shells
Located in London, GB
An Unusual Pair of Rococo Style Mirrors
The mirrored plates of waisted and curved form, carefully bevelled on all edges, housed within elaborate carved frames consisting of acanthus...
Category
19th Century English Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Berlin KPM Guild Royal Blue Porcelain Vase
Located in Guaynabo, PR
Berlin KPM pedestal vaulted vase. It is hand painted on the front with a scene of Kronprinzepalais building redesigned by Johann Heinrich Strack for Prince Frederick William of Pruss...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$14,400 Sale Price
52% Off
19th Century Gilt Wood Rococo Console Table with Red Marble Top
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Antique carved and gilded wood console table with red marble top (Incarnat Turquin marble), Rococo, 19th century.
Measures: Height 89 cm x width 124 x depth 53 cm.
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique Bronze Rococo Candlestick from Around, 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique bronze rococo candlestick from around, 1880.
Solidly worked candlestick with 4 candle holders. Heavily ornate and detailed work.
Rococo aro...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$1,077 Sale Price
51% Off
Bronze Andirons, France, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Very decorative Rococo style bronze andirons. Dating back to the 19th century, the pair of andirons comes from France. They are embellished with two putti and curved rocaille and oak...
Category
1860s French Antique Rococo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$2,500 / 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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