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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20th Century Desk Bureau Plat in Antique Louis XV Style Mahogany Veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
In Bois-Satiné veneer, all-round full-length mirror veneer with seed beads. Extremely fine, floral, bronze fittings in the form of chutes, handmade patinated bronze. Rosewood veneere...
Mahogany
French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Louis XV Style Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Napoleon III period exotic wood and ormolu center table. The two drawer scallop shaped table is ...
Ormolu
French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Kingwood and Ormolu center table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A truly magnificent French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Louis XV st. Kingwood, Tulipwood and Ormolu center table, in the manner of Francois Linke. This exceptional table is raise...
Ormolu
Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Giltwood and faux painted marble consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most decorative pair of Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Giltwood and faux painted marble consoles. Each stunning wall-mounted console is raised on two 'S' scrolle...
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood Inlaid Secretary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. Rosewood, ormolu, and Brocatelle d’Espagne marble secretary desk. The two door five drawer secretary is raised by fine cabriole legs w...
Marble, Ormolu
20th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Piano White
Located in Berlin, DE
Bureau plat writing table in the style of Louis XV style, silvered bronze fittings. Piano lacquer white on solid beech wood. Heavily arched, four-sided passively curved tripod frame ...
Beech
Black Lacquered Marble Top Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming Louis XV style black lacquered side table with raised edge, polished marble top. One drawer. Gilded bronze drawer pull and sabots.
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Exotic Wood And Ormolu Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and very high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, exotic wood, and ormolu center table. The rectangular table signed BURY is raised by impressive cabriole legs with fine fitted wrap around ormolu sabots and lovely scrolled foliate designs with an ormolu chute which leads to stunning richly chased foliate corner mounts in a superb satin and burnished finish. The striking arbalest shaped apron displays an exceptional array of wonderfully executed inlaid exotic wood floral and foliate designs with a charming and most decorative cube...
Ormolu
Lovely Vintage French Inlaid Parquetry Nest of Tables
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Lovely Vintage French Parquetry Nest Of Tables. A lovely and elegant French Louis XV style parquetry nest of tables. This has been lightly ...
Wood
English Louis XV Style Table by Town & Emanuel, London
By Town & Emanuel
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XIV-style side table of fruitwood with inlaid top, sides, and legs, ormolu trim around top, on legs and feet, single long drawer at one end, remarkable surviving Town & Emanuel paper label on drawer bottom, England, 1830-1849 LONDON 105 NEW BOND STt. Bo. of Town & Emanuel Manufacturers OF BUHL MARQUETRIE, RESNER & CARVED FURNITURE, TRIPODS, SCREENS &c. OF THE FINEST & MOST SUPURB DESIGNS OF THE TIMES OF LOUIS 14TH. SPLENDID CABINETS & TABLES INLAID WITH FINE SEVRE & DRESDEN CHINA &c. BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY Old paintings, Bronzes, Carvings, Oriental & Other China, Jewelry & Curiosities, Bought & Exchanged, Buhl & Antique Furniture Repaired...
Ormolu
Italian 19th Century Louis XV Style Patinated and Gilt Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning Italian early 19th century Louis XV st. patinated wood, giltwood, Brèche de Médicis and Sienna marble center table. The table is raised by...
Marble
Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Circular Centre Table
Located in London, GB
Louis XV style gilt bronze and parquetry circular centre table French, 19th Century, Height 77cm, Diameter 85cm Made in France in the 19th century, this excellent table is in the ri...
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, and Ormolu side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, and Ormolu side table. This wonderful kidney shaped freestanding side table is raised on four finel...
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood and Marble Wall Mounted Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th Century Louis XV st. giltwood and marble wall mounted console. The console is raised by fine topie shaped feet below elegant cabriole legs adorned with richly ...
Marble
Pair of Small Louis XV Consoles from the 19th Century with Marble
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very nice pair of small Louis XV style consoles from the end of the 19th century in gilded wood Lovely pair in carved wood topped with a breccia marble which has very beautiful curv...
Breccia Marble
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood and Ormolu Desk Possibly by François L
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood and ormolu desk possibly by François Linke. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole legs with handsome ...
Ormolu
French, Early 19th Century, Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most elegant French early 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Rosewood, exotic wood, and ormolu bureau plat desk. The desk is raised by cabriole legs with fine pie...
Ormolu
A Italian 18th century Louis XV st Giltwood patinated Wood Sienna marble console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and very handsome Italian 18th century Louis XV st. Giltwood, patinated Wood, and Sienna marble console, from Naples. This beautiful freestanding console with its orig...
Siena Marble
Continental 18th Century Louis XV Period Rectangular Walnut Centre Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive Continental 18th Century Louis XV period walnut, giltwood and marble rectangular center table. The table is raised by elegant cabriole legs with a fine giltwood filet w...
Marble
Italian 18th century Louis XV Period Walnut, Tulipwood and Bronze side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful Italian 18th century Louis XV Period Walnut, Tulipwood and Bronze side table. This charming table, from the Veneto region, is raised by handsome richly carved square cabr...
Brass
Rare Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Bureau de Dame François Linke, circa 1980
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare and unusual Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted and marquetry inlaid Bureau de Dame by François Linke. French, circa 1890. Signed to the gilt-bronze rim ‘Linke’. Stampe...
Bronze
Italian Mid 18th Century Louis XV Period Center Table/Desk circa 1740
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and very high quality Italian mid 18th century Louis XV period Walnut, Rosewood, Charmwood and bone center table/desk circa 1740. This table from the Piedmont region is...
Bone, Rosewood, Walnut
French Louis XV St. 19th Century Tulipwood Marquetry Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. tulipwood and ormolu side table. The table is raised by slender elegantly curved tapered legs ending in fine fi...
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Tall Standing Desk / Table by Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdley
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XV style Second Empire (Napoleon III) small writing desk / table (lectern, stand, or podium) of fruitwood and kingwood, with an embossed gilt green leather slant-front writin...
Ormolu, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood and Tulipwood Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, ormolu, and marble side table. The three drawer table is raised by four elegant slender cabriole legs with fine foliate...
Marble, Ormolu
Gilt-Bronze Marquetry Inlaid Gueridon, Attributed to Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A gilt-bronze Marquetry Inlaid Gueridon, attributed to Emmanuel Zwiener. This large gueridon or occasional table has a beautiful quarter veneered top which is inlaid with flower s...
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Exotic Wood and Ormolu Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century Louis XV st. Kingwood, exotic wood, and ormolu side table signed by Durand. The three-drawer table is raised by elegant cabriole legs with exceptional ...
Ormolu
Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Tuscan Freestanding Walnut Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of Italian 19th century Louis XV st. Tuscan freestanding walnut consoles. The pair are raised by elegant cabriole legs with a mottled carved trim on both sides and on...
Marble
Italian 19th Century Louis XV St. Patinated Wood, Giltwood, and Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely decorative Italian 19th century Louis XV st. patinated wood, giltwood, faux painted marble, and Brocatelle d’Espagne marble console. The freestanding console...
Marble
Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Polychrome and Giltwood Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Italian 18th century Louis XV period polychrome, giltwood, and Orange Varois marble center table. The rectangular table from Bologna is raised by most elegant polychrome ...
Marble
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Table Vitrine by François Linke, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Table Vitrine by François Linke. French, circa 1900. Linke Index Number 131. The lockplate signed 'F.Linke', the mounts variousl...
Bronze
Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Giltwood and Marble Freestanding Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive Italian 18th century Louis XV period giltwood and Rouge Languedoc marble freestanding console from Naples. The console is raised by four elegant cabriole legs with ...
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Giltwood And Vert Campan Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. giltwood and Vert Campan marble center table. The scalloped table is raised by lovely cabriole legs with scrolled acanth...
Marble
Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Giltwood and Alabastro Fiorito Marble Co
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive Italian 18th century Louis XV period giltwood and Alabastro Fiorito marble console. The freestanding console is raised by beautiful elegant cabriole le...
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Tulipwood, Ormolu and Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. tulipwood, ormolu and Brèche de Galifet marble center table. The circular table is raised by beautiful cabriole shaped legs with pierced f...
Marble, Ormolu
Louise Dining Table Set with 4 Club Chairs in Medium Hammered Brass Over Teak
By Stephanie Odegard Collection, Paul Mathieu (French)
Located in New York, NY
Dining room sets in Louis XV Style with a set of 4 chairs & a Louise Dining Room Table is designed by the renowned designer Paul Mathieu. He chose the name “Louise” when he created h...
Sheet Metal, Brass
19th Century Bureau Plat with Floral and Blue Porcelain Plaques
Located in London, GB
A very fine bureau plat in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock. After a model by C.C. Saunier. English made, in the Louis XVth taste, constructed in kingwood, with purpleheart crossbanding and adorned with bleu celeste porcelain plaques with hand-painted floral decoration and extensive fire gilt bronze mounts; rising from cabriole legs with brass sabots and bronze enrichments, in the apron, the one large central drawer is flanked by two smaller drawers with twenty four ‘Sevres’ porcelain plaques enclosed in symmetrical gilt bronze boss studded frames, chased and with a sand form ground. The serpentine top framed with a conforming bronze guard...
Brass, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Kingwood, Tulipwood and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. kingwood, tulipwood and ormolu desk. The desk is raised by beautiful slender tapered cabriole legs with fine fitted foliate ormolu sab...
Ormolu
Pair of Country French 19th Century Louis XV St. Walnut Consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive pair of country French 19th century Louis XV st. Walnut consoles. The curved shaped brown and white veined, marble top has a moulded border above a carved frieze center...
Marble
A Rare Belle Epoque Parquetry Inlaid Centre Table, By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare Belle Epoque Gilt-Bronze Mounted Parquetry Inlaid Centre Table, By François Linke. The Mounts Designed by Léon Messagé. Signed 'F. Linke'. This opulent centre table has a beautifully patterned onyx top inset within a gilt-bronze moulded surround signed 'F. Linke'. The curved frieze centred to each side by a shell shaped mount. The front fitted with a central drawer. The apron mounted with swept acanthus and trailing hibiscus. The corners with female busts with ribbon-tied bodices. On cabriole legs. France, Circa 1900. Linke, François François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet...
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Kidney Shape Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and charming French 19th century Louis XV style Tulipwood kidney shape table. The table is raised by two 'T' shaped supports and joined b...
Tulipwood
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Two-Tier Mahogany and Ormolu Serving Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A French 19th century Louis XV style two-tier mahogany and ormolu serving table. The table is raised on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots and top ormolu mounts. A parquetry lattice de...
Ormolu
French Kingwood and Gilt Bronze Parquetry Round Side Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A good centre table in the Louis XVth Manner Constructed in Kingwood, with fire gilt bronze mounts of fine colour and quality: rising on cabriole legs, with bronze sabots and guar...
Bronze
Louis XV Style Marquetry Games Table, French, Circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style Marquetry games table. French, circa 1870. A Louis XV style Marquetry games table, the shaped rectangular top, with gilt bound edge, inlaid with delicate folia...
Wood
Louis XV Style Tulipwood Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Louis XV style, 3 drawer tulipwood side table. Gilded bronze locks and sabots, 3 gilded bronze keys. Parcel gilt metal banding.
Metal, Bronze
Fine Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Center Table
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fine Late 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Center Table The circular parquetry top of diapered trellis with gilt bronze edging above a similar frieze wit...
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XV Style Mahogany Gueridon with a Marble Top, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany Gueridon with a marble top. French, circa 1890. The circular marble top within a gilt-bronze band above a frieze with gilt-bronze ...
Marble, Bronze
Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Envelope Card Table, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry inlaid envelope card table. French, circa 1890. This fine card table has a swivel top, with four 'envelope' panels inlaid with m...
Bronze
Marquetry card Game Table, Bear the Mark F.Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The flip top game table in marquetry with ormolu bronze have a drawer ,bear the mark F.Linke ,the felt interior surface is in mint condition this is call in french " table mouchoir ...
Bronze
Louis XV Style Vitrine Table, François Linke and Léon Messagé French, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV Style gilt bronze mounted table Vitrine, by François Linke, the mounts designed by Léon Messagé. Index Number 131. This elegant tabl...
Bronze
Desk marquetry with Ormolu Bronze by F.Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent desk in marquetry and ormolu bronze bear the mark of F.Linke transitional style XV, XVI.
Bronze
Louis XV Style Console Table in the Manner of François Linke. French, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted console table, in the manner of François Linke. This fine console table has a shaped top above a crossbanded frieze centred by a foliate ...
Bronze
Gueridon Marquetry by F.LINKE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gueridon in marquetry with ormolu bronze, marble top. This gueridon with a central motif in the center that connect the four feet of rare elegance .this gueridon can be used both as...
Marble, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Card Tables
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry inlaid card tables. French, circa 1880. Each table has a serpentine-shaped fold over top finely inlaid with marquetry de...
Bronze
18th Century, French wood Coffee Table
Located in IT
18th century, French wood coffee table This elegant coffee table, made in France between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, is finely pa...
Wood
20th Century French Salon Side Table in Louis XV After F. Linke, white
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century French Salon Side Table in Louis XV after F. Linke, white Solid wood side table in Louis XV. Slightly convex and concave, carcass, flanked by solid corner glaciers on h...
Marble
20th Century Luxurious White Bureau Plat / Writing Desk in Louis XV Style
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century luxurious white bureau plat / writing desk in Louis XV style Solid beechwood colored in white. Very fine, floral bronze fittings. Curved ...
Bronze
Small Louis XV Side Table - France, 18th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Charming carved table on cabriole legs, with central drawer.
Oak
Italian 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated, giltwood and marble center table. The table is raised by fine bun feet below elegant circular legs. Each leg displays beauti...
Marble
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Rosewood and Ormolu Side Table Circa 1750
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming French 18th century Louis XV period Rosewood and ormolu side table circa 1750. The small scale table is raised by elegant slender cabriole legs with lovely foliate ormolu ...
Ormolu