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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19th Century French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
19th century French Louis XV style ormolu mounted writing desk French, Late 19th Century Height 100cm, width 121cm, depth 66cm Crafted in the late 19th century, this writing desk i...
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Dining Table Hand-Carved in Solid French Walnut
Located in London, Park Royal
A classic reproduction of a Louis XV style dining table, hand-carved in solid French walnut by La Maison London made in the spirit of Jansen with a lightly aged/distressed patina. T...
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century antique Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Writing Table bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
Castle worthy desk, solid wood. Rosewood veneer edged by finely engraved brass fittings. On angled, with four looking forward, imposing female busts on curly legs, on all sides scalloped, dreischübige frame with slightly recessed and elevated knee compartment. Protruding, profiled and curved writing...
Wood
Antique French Louis XV Rococo Style Shell Carved 68" Marble Top Console Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique French Louis XV Rococo Style Finely Carved 68" Travertine Marble Top Console ...
Marble
Rare Francois Linke signed Marble Top Carved Louis XV End Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This rare François Linke–attributed Louis XV–style occasional table is the sort of object that doesn’t just sit quietly in a room—it clears its throat first, then tells you a story w...
Walnut
$48,950Sale Price / set|42% Off
Pair French 19th Century Ormolu & Malachite Pedestal Side Tables, Attr F.E. Piat
By Frédéric - Eugène Piat 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Palatial very fine and rare pair of French 19th century Louis XV style Ormolu and Malachite Pedestal side tables, attributed to Frédéric-Eugène Piat (French, 1827-1903), the bronze...
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
A 19th-Century Louis XV-Style Refraîchissoir Wine Cooling Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is the item you didn’t know you needed. But stay with us here. On offer is a 19th-century French walnut rafraîchissoir, French for a wine cooler or literally a “refresher”—the e...
Siena Marble, Metal, Brass
H. Nelson, Writing Table, France, Circa 1880
By Henri Nelson
Located in PARIS, FR
Stamped H. Nelson Charming Louis XV-inspired scalloped-shaped writing table decorated with a fine gilded and chiseled bronze mount. The tray, surrounded by a gilded bronze mold, is ...
Porphyry, Bronze
Italian Walnut Portefeuille Dining Table, Extendable, Circa 1840-1860
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Italian Louis XV style portefeuille dining table made of solid walnut. This space-saving, extendable table is characterized by a clever flip-top or fold-over mechanis...
Iron
19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Louis XV Style Boulle Desk. Our outstanding antique French Louis XV style Boulle inspired bureau plat, desk or writing table was expertly crafted in the mid 19th ...
Brass, Bronze
French 19th Century Transitional St. Kingwood, Tulipwood and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. Rosewood, Kingwood, Tulipwood, ormolu, and Incarnat Turquin marble desk. The three drawer desk is raised by slender cabriole legs with fin...
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Consoles with Original Mirrors
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and palatially scaled pair of Italian 18th century Louis XV period giltwood and marble Neapolitan consoles with their original matchin...
Siena Marble
French 19th Century Bonheur Du Jour Mahogany Lady Writing Desk
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant French 19th century , gilt bronze-mounted Mahogany Bonheur Du Jour , lady writing desk. The shaped rectangular top and fitted with three drawers to the undulating frieze...
Bronze
A Fine French 19th/20th Louis XV Style Two-Tier Tea-Dessert Table, Linke, Attr.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Belle Époque (19th/20th century) two-tier satinwood and ormolu-mounted parquetry and marquetry tea or dessert table. The diamond-shaped parquetry upper and lower t...
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Bonheur du Jour Desk, Fully Restored Shellac Finish
Located in SEDLEC-PRČICE, CZ
Restored Louis XV style marquetry desk featuring a new hand-applied shellac finish and exquisite ormolu mounts. This exceptional antique writing desk, historically known as a bonheur...
Mahogany, Walnut
Pair of Italian Louis XV Style Walnut Console Tables with Serpentine Fronts
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian Louis XV style walnut console tables with serpentine fronts, cabriole legs and single drawers. This exquisite pair of Italian Louis XV style walnut console tables c...
Walnut
Barbara Barry for Baker Furniture French Regency Dark Mahogany Side Table
By Barbara Barry, Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful French Regency or Louis XV style console, sofa table, or side table By Barbara Barry for Baker Furniture USA, Circa Late 20th Century Measures: 38"W x 22"D x 26"H. Ve...
Mahogany
$2,694Sale Price|23% Off
Louis XV Style Side Table with Marquetry and Brass Accents, Circa 1890
Located in Darmstadt, DE
Beautiful side table in kidney shape with intricate marquetry work. The top can be folded up and underneath are three compartments. The top can also be closed. The feet finish with b...
Brass
Small Louis XV Style Fruitwood Side Table, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charming Louis XV–style miniature side table crafted in fruitwood during the early 20th century. The piece reflects the elegance of 18th-century French design through its graceful pr...
Wood
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Marquetry Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
French Perfection! A most impressive and very fine quality vintage Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry inlaid bureau plat. Exquisitely hand-crafted in the manner of important...
Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Bronze Ormolu Mounted Malachite Top End Table Attributed Linke
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Introduce refined neoclassical elegance into your interior with this exceptional French malachite top and bronze-mounted end table, crafted in the manner of the celebrated cabinetmak...
Malachite, Bronze
Pair of Louis XV style giltwood and marble console tables
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pier of small giltwood wall mounted console tables with marble tops. Minor scratches and wear to the gilding.
Marble
A Louis XV Style Console Table By François Linke, Paris
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Console Table, With Marble Top, By François Linke, Paris. Surmounted by a serpentine-shaped Brèche de Saint-Maximin marble top. The fri...
Marble, Bronze
Beautiful 19th Century French Game Table
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful 19th century French game table, Louis XV style.
Walnut
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal and Kingwood Bureau Plat
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XV Style Gilt Metal Mounted Kingwood Bureau Plat, 20th century, the rectangular inset leather top above a frieze drawer on masque head mounted cabriole legs and hairy paw feet....
Metal
Antique French Louis XV Side Table or Desk with Inlaid Embossed Leather Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French Louis XV walnut side table or petite desk with a graceful serpentine silhouette and delicate cabriole legs that terminate in subtle scroll feet. The shaped top is inse...
Leather, Walnut
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Bureau Plat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and very high quality French 18th century Louis XV period Tulipwood, Kingwood, and ormolu Bureau Plat desk. The desk is raised by elegant cabriole leg with exquisite pierced fitted ormolu sabots with fine foliate designs and hoof feet below a delicate ormolu chute leading upwards to impressive richly chased ormolu masks of handsome bearded men. The apron displays three drawers separated by impressive curved foliate gadroon designs each displaying superb quarter veneered Kingwood...
Ormolu
French Louis XV Style 1900s Oak Side Table with Drawer and Scalloped Apron
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style oak side table from circa 1900 with single drawer, scalloped apron, curving legs and scrolling feet. This exquisite French Louis XV style oak side table, circ...
Oak
Louis XV Style Dressing Table Attributed to François Linke. French, circa 1910
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted mahogany dressing table attributed to François Linke. Two lock plates stamped 'Ch. Leidenroth Paris ALF. Schmidt Suc'. François Linke ...
Bronze
Antique Country French Louis XV Walnut Nightstand ~ End Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French Louis XV Walnut Nightstand ~ End Table will make the perfect accompaniment to any seating group, reading area, wall accent, or as a bedside companion. Crafted...
Brass
Hollywood Regency Italian Marble Commode or Chest of Drawers Louis XV Style
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A great Italian regency cabinet circa 1960's. It features a heavy marble top, two drawers with brass accents.
Marble, Brass
Carved Giltwood Louis XV Style Console Table In the Manner of Nicolas Pineau
By Nicolas Pineau
Located in London, GB
A Louis XV style console table In the manner of Nicolas Pineau Carved from solid wood, the console table displaying its original water gilding and highlighting the virtuosity of ...
Marble
$3,060Sale Price|55% Off
Late 19th Century Italian Rocco Hand-Carved Giltwood and Painted Console Table
Located in North Fort Myers, FL
An exquisite late 19th century Italian hand-carved giltwood and painted console table in the Rococo Revival style, richly detailed with scrolling acanthus leaves, shell motifs, and c...
Wood
$4,800 / item
Louis XV Demilune Marble Top Server Table
Located in Dallas, TX
This listing features a Louis XV demilune Louis XV style server table with a marble top. Demilune comes from the French word for "half-moon." These table feature a rounded front and ...
Marble
Mid Century Louis XV Bombe Hand-Carved Paint Decorated Marble-Top Desk & Chair
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful five-drawer desk with hand carvings (see thumbnail photos) and paint decorated in the Louis XV style. Top quality workmanship in every phase. Original matching chair with this desk that is finished on all sides and can be placed in the middle of a room, bombe on all sides. Serpentine marble top...
Marble
W & J Sloane Louis XV Style Tooled Leather Inset Top Walnut Coffee Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1942 W and J Sloane New York Louis XV Style Tooled Leather Inset Top Walnut Coffee Table in very good vintage condition. Measures 36.5" in Width, 21"...
Leather, Walnut
19th Century French Chinoiserie Louis XV Style Bureau Plat
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French chinoiserie Louis XV style bureau plat writing desk composed of ebonized wood, brass ormolu, an embossed leather top, glass top and three drawers. The center draw...
Brass, Ormolu
Venetian mid 18th century Louis XV Period Giltwood and Gris St. Anne marble cons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality Venetian mid 18th century Louis XV Period Giltwood and Gris St. Anne marble console. This stunning Giltwood console is raised on four scrolled legs dec...
Marble
French 18th Century Louis XV Marble Top Console
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Fabulous Louis XV period console table of intricately carved frame paired with a stunning marble top. The gray marble slab is elegantly shaped to a bowed front that aligns perfectly ...
Marble
Louis XVI Style Dining Room Set, Walnut, 19th Century, 8 Chairs
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Dining room in Louis XVI style. Late 19th century. It includes a sideboard, a sideboard, a table and eight chairs. All made of American walnut wood. In good condition except for a ch...
Nutwood
Louis XV Cherry Side Table or Writing Desk, Hand-Crafted, Circa 1780
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century Louis XV side table or small writing desk made of solid cherry with scalloped apron and curved legs. Single dovetailed drawer with brass pull. Restoration on top. Cir...
Brass
Louis XV Style Giltwood Console with Marble top, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
This refined Rococo-style console table embodies the elegance and artistic craftsmanship of the 19th-century French tradition. Fashioned in giltwood and supported by four graceful ca...
Marble
Elegant Louis XV Period French Secretary Desk with Hidden Compartment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period Rococo secretary with hidden compartment, circa 1760. This antique French writing desk features a slant-leaf front...
Wood
Louis XV Work Table With Marquetry Inlay and Swivel Top
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid-19th Century Louis XV Work Table with Marquetry Inlay. Table features a swivel top with a center circle that opens for storage, as well as two storage compartments on either sid...
Wood
$11,220 / item
French Louis XV Style Parquetry Writing Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
The desk shows the elegance and decorative detail of mid-18th-century French rococo design. Made from light satinwood, it has a graceful curved shape, gently rounded edges, and flowi...
Brass
Imposing French 19th Century Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Rome, IT
A fine French 19th century Louis XV style , gilt bronze-mounted Mahogany bureau plat. The shaped rectangular top inset with a tooled leather writing panel and fitted with three dra...
Wood
Signed Pair Zwiener Bronze Oak Breche D' Alep Marble Console Tables
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This signed pair of Zwiener bronze-mounted oak console tables exemplifies the height of French craftsmanship and design, blending regal elegance with masterful detailing. Attributed ...
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Italian 18th Century Louis XV St. Wrought Iron, Gilt Metal, and Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative Italian 18th century Louis XV st. wrought iron, gilt metal, and marble console. The wall mounted console is raised by a fine scalloped base from w...
Marble, Metal, Wrought Iron
Antique French Louis XV Parquet Walnut Library Table ~ Center Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XV Parquet Walnut Library Table ~ Center Table will add grace and elegance to any room! Featuring an impressively contoured and beveled parquet top, it is suppo...
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Regence Style Marble Top Side Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Topped by a lovely light green and white marble top, this Regence style side table was hand carved in France during the late 1800s. The circular marble is inset into the wood base an...
Marble
18th-C. French Louis XV Style Carved Oak Tooled Leather & Bronze Writing Desk
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a special piece! It is a late 18th century carved oak and gilt bronze writing desk. It has two drawers and two identical faux drawers. Each foot is capped in bronze. The felt...
Bronze
Venetian Painted Side Table, 18th c
Located in valatie, NY
This beautiful hand-painted Venetian table has a yellow ground with green scrolls and red foliate decoration. It has a scalloped apron and stands on cabriole legs. The top has a pain...
Canvas, Pine
French LXV Style Dressing Table Finished in Antique White
Located in London, Park Royal
Made in the French LXV style, this dressing table has been hand carved in solid wood by La Maison London featuring the ornamental shell, scroll and S curve of the Rococo period and h...
Hardwood
Vintage French Louis XV Style Walnut Coffee Table with Hand Painted Floral Top
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage French Louis XV Style Walnut Coffee Table with Hand Painted Floral Top. Item ...
Brass
$3,182Sale Price|20% Off
French Louis XV style white painted center table with gilt accents, marble top
Located in Houston, TX
The fine carving and unique shape make this center table especially desirable. It is beautifully finished on all sides so that it may be placed in the center of A room. The marble i...
Marble
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Brass Mounted Inlaid Burl Fruitwood Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Brass Mounted Inlaid Burl Fruitwood Side Table. Measure 17.25W x 13 x 30.75H. Drawers are 12.5"W x 9"Dx 3.25"H
Brass
20th Century Lacquered and Painted Wood Marble Top Louis XV Style French Console
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French console from the second half of the 20th century. Furniture in wood and plaster in the Louis XV style, carved, lacquered and gilded (bronze tint) of beautiful line and pleasan...
Marble
$9,544
Giltwood Low Round Table
Located in London, Park Royal
Hand-carved, giltwood round low end table. we can supply a marble top on quotation if required. gilded with 23.75K gold
Giltwood
Pair of Italian Parcel Paint and Gilt Decorated Faux Marble-Top Console Tables
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of Italian parcel wonderfully paint and gilt decorated demilune faux marble-top console or sofa tables, late 19th or early 20th century these finely carved cabriole leg freest...
Wood
19th century Louis XV influenced inlaid card table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Louis XV influenced inlaid card table circa 1860. We are pleased to offer this stunning french 19th century games table on the louis xv style. Profusely inlaid marquet...
Brass, Ormolu