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Louis XV Furniture

LOUIS XV STYLE

The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.

Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.

Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.

During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.

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Style: Louis XV
Pair of Louis XV Style 19th Century Bergere Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Very chic pair of 19th century French Bergere chairs upholstered in an off white cotton / linen fabric with blue & white ticking welt & backs. Frames have a light whitewash finish.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Fabric, Fruitwood

Pair of Hand Carved Giltwood Square Benches Louis XV Style circa 1900
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An Elegant pair of hand carved gilt wood square benches with new fabric. The real gold leaf frames with hand carved details with an X stretcher base. The new upholstery is vintage Fo...
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Early 1900s European Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

Louis XV Style Console on Four Legs, Lacquered Wood, 19th C
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Louis XV style console on four legs. Original piece of furniture from the end of the 19th century in lacquered and gilded wood. This console has rich Rocaille ornaments. It does not ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Antique Louis XV Style Partial Gilt Wall Mirror
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XV style gilt wood mirror, 19th century. With a shell and foliate carved pediment, leaf carved sides, leaf and shell carved base of mirror. A substantial amount of the ...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Gold Leaf

Chateau Dax Dining Chairs Faux Bois Set of 6
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering one of our recent Palm Beach estate fine furniture acquisitions of Set of 6 Chateau Dax Faux Bois Dining Chairs (labeled) Featuring embroidered fabric, and solid wood const...
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1980s Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

18th Century Louis XV Provincial Writing / Occasional Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XV provincial walnut writing / occasional table, 18th century. With an overhanging 3 board top with molded borders, frieze with drawer and scalloped apron, resting on cabriole ...
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18th Century European Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

Palladio Louis XV Giltwood Instrumental Wall Hanging
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage Palladio giltwood wall hanging of multiple musical instruments (violin, flute, horns) crested with large bow. Has metal Palladio name plate on back, along with a Palladio sti...
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

Fireplace in Grey Marble of the Ardennes Louis XV Style Early Xixth Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Fireplace in grey Ardennes marble late 18th century, early 19th century hearth dimensions 96x150cm.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

18th Century Louis XV French Enfilade
Located in San Antonio, TX
An original French 18th-century Enfilade made of fine mahogany wood. This Louis XV-period enfilade has three openings and a beautiful marble top. The mahogany wood classifies this enfilade as a “meuble de port” which refers to pieces of furniture made with precious exotic woods that were delivered at French ports...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Gilt Metal and Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Louis XV st. gilt metal and rock crystal chandelier. The six arm chandelier is centered by a solid bottom crystal pendant below an elegant mottled lig...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Rock Crystal, Metal

19th Century French Louis XV Bronze Doré Rococo Fireplace Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate your fireplace with this elegant antique screen. Crafted in France circa 1870 and made of bronze, the shaped screen sits on four scrolled and leaf form feet; the screen features a central medallion with traditional Louis XV motifs including asymmetrical foliage swaths, love birds, vine and grapes, and a vase with torch lit up in the center. The decorative fireplace essential is dressed with a protective mesh wire on the front, and is further embellished by a center intricate handle for easy handling. The Rococo screen...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Walnut and Caned French Provincial Bergere
Located in Montreal, QC
This shapely corner armchair has unusually positioned legs. The curving arms ,legs and caned sides and seat all contribute a sense of lightness , the carving is excellent.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Cane, Walnut

Carved Giltwood Frame Rectangular Wall Mirror
Located in Germantown, MD
Louis XV style giltwood frame mirror. Good vintage condition. Measures 38.5" x 28.25".
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Furniture

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Mirror, Giltwood

Set of Four Rococo Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in London, GB
These sconces (wall lights) are wonderful examples of the 18th century Louis XV style, which was fashionably revived in the 19th century. The style was characterised by its rocaille ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze

French Louis Philippe Wall Mirror
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
A 19th century giltwood wall mirror with original foxed glass and floral decorated frame. This antique mirror retains its original glass with some foxing original gilt with some ‘tou...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Gold Leaf

Pair Of Bergeres In Molded Wood And Carved With Flowers, France Style XV
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Très belle paire de bergères en bois laqué, mouluré et sculpté à patine mordorée. Le garnissage et le tissus sont à l'état quasiment neuf, le tissus est du coton et de la viscose à l...
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20th Century French Louis XV Furniture

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Giltwood

Hst Virgin before the Instruments of the Passion, Framed, 18th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Oil on framed oval canvas, presenting the Virgin seated near an angel looking at the instruments of the Passion of Christ or Arma Christi: c...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Canvas, Paint

Black Leather Louis XV French Bergere Armchair Finished with Brass Stud Detail
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A black leather Louis XV French Bergere armchair finished with brass stud detailing Measure: Height to seat 47cm.
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20th Century British Louis XV Furniture

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Leather

Antique Marble Fireplace Arabescato Marble 19th Century Monumental
Located in Made, NL
Exceptional, impressive and monumental 19th century antique fireplace surround in beautiful Arabescato marble. The carving is in superb quality showing the high standard and exceptional craftsmanship of its sculpturer. This unique antique chimneypiece mantle is a one in its kind The style of this antique mantle...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

19th Century French Louis XV Style Commode
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite and finely constructed Louis XV style chest of three drawers, with original pink- veined marble top and fabulous floral marquetry inlay...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

18th Century French Louis XV Upholstered Bench
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century French Louis XV upholstered bench Hand-carved in Oak, decorated with floral motif on curving cabriole legs. Aged brass nail heads along perimeter. Grey & White check fa...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Fabric, Oak

Louis XV Kingwood And Parquetry Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With serpentine With serpentine Breche De Alep marble top over a conforming case with two drawers with bronze handles and escutcheons. Raised on cabriole legs ending on sabot. Prove...
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1750s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Breccia Marble, Bronze

Antique French Trumeau Pier Wall Mirror Louis XV Carved Oak 19th Century
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique French Trumeau Pier wall mirror Louis XV carved oak 19th century. Direct from France, another fabulous hand carved mirror, one of a large group in our most recent container ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Mirror, Oak

French Louis XV Style Marble Top Bombe Commode / Chest with Bronze Ormolu
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a French Louis XV style commode with a lovely Sienna marble top. The ormolu appears to be a cast bronze. The red painted finish is not original and is intentionally distressed.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Antique French Louis XV Style Buffet Cherrywood circa Sympathetic Restoration
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XV style buffet constructed from solid French cherrywood, with stylized shell carving on a scalloped apron. Our antique French Louis XV style buffet, was restore...
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1820s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Cherry

Louis XV Style Painted Bed
Located in London, Park Royal
Rocaille Louis XV style bed made by La Maison London, hand carved in solid wood and hand painted in a Provençal yellow ochre with white highlights. Take a 200 x 210 cm mattress (78 inches x 82 inches). We also supply handmade mattresses.  
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2010s British Louis XV Furniture

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Wood, Paint

Antique Cane Corner Chair
Located in Denton, TX
Hand carved curved beechwood French corner chair with blind hole cane and removable cushion. Please see pictures of the fire breathing salamander with crown stamped on the bottom.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Cane, Beech

French Louis XV Style 19th Century Walnut Console Table with Three Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style walnut console table from the 19th century, with three drawers, carved apron and cabriole legs. Created in France during the 19th century, this walnut console...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Brass

French Louis XV Ornately Carved Giltwood Console Table w/ Gold & Red Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV console table with an ornately carved giltwood base with figural designs and topped with a shaped beige, yellow, and blush marble top.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble

Pair of Chased and Gilded Bronze Andirons from the 18th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of chased and gilded bronze andirons, each adorned with a putto girded with a drapery, seated on a moving base, carved with gadrooned foliage. One of the putti is holding a cup ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze, Iron, Wrought Iron

Large Italian Cut Glass Eighteen-Light Chandelier
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Impressive Italian Louis XV-style cut-glass chandelier. With a subtle Eau De Nil iron frame. The many arms are joined by layers of intersecting swags of flat crystals and beads. Wi...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Iron

French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Side Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A French Louis XV style serpentine fronted marquetry and ormolu-mounted side cabinet on stand, having wonderful classical romantic scenes inlaid to the sides and front, a single frie...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Mahogany

Pair Exceptional Antique Boulle Inlaid Side Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The shaped crest rails with inlaid palmette and leaves, the seats raised on serpentine skirt rails with inlaid leafy motifs on the front and scrolls on the sides. The square cabriole...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Brass

Italian Lewis Mittman Carved Walnut Provincial Louis XV Chest Dresser
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Italian Lewis Mittman chest of drawers or bombe style dresser. Made of walnut featuring rectangular serpentine form with carved Provincial / Louis XV styling. Made in Italy. ...
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Late 20th Century Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

19th Century Italian Carved Polychrome and Painted Candlesticks, Set of Four
Located in Dallas, TX
Add an air of drama and elegance to your home with this important suite of tall antique candlesticks. Crafted in Italy circa 1860, each candle holder stands...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Antique French Inlaid Walnut Nest of Three Tables
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique nest of tables in walnut, this was made in France, it dates from around the 1900-1920 period. The quality is superb, this is very well made and it is an extremel...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

Louis XV Style Large Carved Whitewashed Wood Frame
Located in Rochester, NY
Louis XV style large carved wood frame in beautifully aged original whitewashed surface. Circa 1960's. Great decorative frame for a mirror or painting. Look at all pictures and read ...
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20th Century Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Elegant Pair of French Louis XV Gold Slipper Chairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Really lovely pair of French Louis XV giltwood antique slipper chairs with intricate floral carving on the apron and top of backrest. The single ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Upholstery, Giltwood

French Dining Chairs Louis XV Oversized, Set of 10
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Set of 10 Louis XV French Style Oversized Dining Chairs...
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Late 20th Century Louis XV Furniture

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Cotton, Wood

French Louis XV Style Plaster Wall Decor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful French Louis XV style plaster wall decor depicting a n instrument and floral details. Very large scale and can add some French classical a...
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1950s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Plaster, Lacquer

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Side Table Signed By Maison Krieger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Mahogany, Kingwood and ormolu side table/desk signed Krieger. The oval table is raised by elegant cabriole legs...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Ormolu

Fine Gilt Bronze & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine Louis XV style "Cage" gilt bronze & crystal chandelier. Bronze frame ornated with hand cut crystals. Faceted crystal ball at bottom. ...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair 18th Century French Fauteuils in Louis XV Style
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Pair 18th century French fauteuils in Louis XV style with cut velvet upholstery in fawn and green. The cartouche-shaped padded back, arms,...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Upholstery, Wood

Vintage Antique French Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and well made vintage French lamp, dating from around the 1950s. It is of super quality, with ornate gilt metal mounts, it is a large ...
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1950s French Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

Antique French Oval Free Standing Vernis Martin Cabinet Vitrine, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning and rare antique French Vernis Martin free standing display cabinet in the Louis XV manner, circa 1880 in date. The cabinet has a rouge marble top with an ormo...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Louis XV Tulipwood and Parquetry Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With a thick serpentine breche de alep marble top over a conforming case with two conforming drawers with bronze handles raised on cabriole legs with sabot feet. From a Bellevue Avenue Newport Rhode Island estate.
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1750s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Breccia Marble

Large Louis XV Trumeau in Lacquered and Gilded Wood
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent large paneled overmantel in grey/green lacquered wood, generously decorated with foliage, rockeries and flowers in carved and gilded wood. Oil on canvas in the upper p...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Wood

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu Candelabras
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: H: 11in W: 9.5in D: 9.5in This beautiful pair of 19th century French Bronze Candelabras are made from the highest quality Dorè or Ormolu Bronze. The craftsmanship of the...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Vintage Louis XV Style Wall Mirror in Carved Wooden Frame Rectangular Mirror
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage carved giltwood mirror, Mid-20th Century. The rectangular shaped mirror with pierced scrolled acanthus cresting and flanked by pilasters and floral festoons. The frame ...
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1970s Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Mirror, Wood

19th Century French Louis XV Style Painted and Parcel Gilt Children's Chair
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French Louis XV style painted and parcel gilt children's chair. This stunning antique French Louis XV style painted and parcel gilt children's chair has been profession...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Mohair, Giltwood

Fancy Set of Four Italian Venetian Louis XV Chairs with Original Real Gold Gilt
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A set of four richly carved Italian, 19th century Venetian side or dining chairs with original rich gold gilt paint. The chairs stand on lovely reeded legs and skirt and seatback dis...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Paint

Antique German 'Jesus' Fireback / Backsplash, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century German Louis XV period fireback with Jesus. The fireback is made of cast iron and has black / pewter patina. It is in a good condition and does not have cracks.
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18th Century German Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Iron

Antique French Louis XV Style Faux Painted Cameo Demilune Console Table, 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Louis XV style console cabinet offers demilune form with painted faux marble top over case with single door having cameo of a woman and opening to shelved interior,...
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20th Century French Louis XV Furniture

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Metal

18th Century Style French Louis XV Marquetry Side Table or Nightstands, a Pair
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Louis XV French Style side tables or nightstands with elegant marquetry work, all original restored. This sumptuous side tables have a distinctively shaped rectangular ma...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Furniture

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Oak

Baker Collector's Edition Brass Bound Leather Top Louis XV Bureau Plat
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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1980s American Vintage Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

19th Century French Louis XV Walnut Petite Chaise Lounge
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XV walnut petite chaise lounge is the perfect choice for adding incredible French flair in a diminutive, cozy spot! Sculpted fr...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Walnut

Louis XV Mother-of-pearl Snuffbox
By Louis Robin
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Louis XV-period gold-mounted snuff box features lustrous panels of inlaid mother-of-pearl. The whimsical box takes the form of a barrel and features hinged lids on both ends. Di...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Gold

Pendulum Au Rhinoceros De Style Louis XV Xixeme Siecle
Located in SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT, FR
Louis xv style rhinoceros clock of the 19th century The rhinoceros is surmounted by a box containing the clock, the movement engraved "Martin/ AParis"...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Furniture

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Bronze

Louis Xv furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XV 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 case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include François Linke, Baker Furniture Company, La Maison London, and Jean-Baptiste Greuze. 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 $30 and tops out at $1,353,646 while the average work can sell for $4,763.

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