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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French Gilt-Bronze Chandelier with Exceptional Crystals
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XV style gilt-bronze and crystal chandelier, electrified with six lights. This chandelier features exceptional, large cut crystal pendalogues, stars and rosettes, and a ...
Crystal, Ormolu
Large Late 20th Century Louis XV Style Nickel on Bronze Lantern
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite modern lantern showcases the elegance of the French Louis XV style, crafted from nickel on bronze. Although the exact date of production is unknown, it is believed to ...
Brass, Bronze, Nickel
$7,296Sale Price|20% Off
Louis XV Bronze Crystal Chandelier, Six Lights, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A stunning 19th-century French Louis XV-style chandelier with bronze arms, crystal pendants, and six working lights. Crafted in patinated bronze with a dynamic twisted effect, its ...
Brass, Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze 10 Arms Chandelier, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A gilt bronze Crystal and glass ceiling lamp in the Louis XV Style with ten arms. Recently rewired with ten illuminants. Ready to hang in your selling. Take into account that the ...
Crystal, Metal, Brass, Bronze
Louis XV Crystal Gilt Bronze Nine Light Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Classic Louis XV style chandelier having nine ( 9 ) arms and 10 lamps (9 lamps and 1 central lamp). The gilt metal frame heavily laden with various sized crystal plaquettes. Origin...
Crystal, Metal, Brass, Bronze
$3,752Sale Price|20% Off
19thc French Antique Louis XV style Rococo Bronze Multi Color Crystal Chandelier
Located in Opa Locka, FL
19thc French Louis XV/ Rococo Form Chandelier. Bronze frame with multi color large crystal. Amazing very unique Chandelier attributed to Maison Bagues 19thc.
Crystal
$6,985Sale Price|43% Off
Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Wrought Iron 18-Light Crystal Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Early 20th century Louis XV style wrought iron and parcel-gilt eighteen-light crystal (cut-glass) chandelier. The black painted frame with twelve candle arms and six interio...
Wrought Iron, Metal
Six Holder Gilt Bronze Glass Pendants Chandelier Louis XV, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A French Louis XV-Style ceiling lamp with gilt bronze scrollwork adorned with faceted glass pendants and finials, with six ( 6 ) candlestick holder. Its six lights reflect beautiful...
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Venetian chandelier in green Murano glass, around 1920
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Venetian chandelier in green Murano glass, around 1920 new electrification
Glass
French 1920s Glass and Crystal Chandelier with Six Arms
Located in Buchanan, NY
Add a touch of timeless Parisian sophistication to your home with this elegant French glass and crystal chandelier from the 1920s. This captivating fixture features six gracefully cu...
Cut Glass
A Gilt Bronze Chandelier in the Louis XV Style, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A gilt bronze chandelier in the Louis XV style, highly decorative, 19th century, Napoleon III period. A large gilt bronze...
Bronze
Louis XV Style Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Miami, FL
Superb bronze and crystal chandelier, 8 lights , 60 watts max bulb US rewired and in working condition Totally restored and refinished From A Nice côte D’azur estate.
Crystal, Bronze
Milan Chandelier with 16 Lights in Nickel Bronze and Mother-of-Pearl
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, IDF
This chandelier is a reinterpretation of the Louis XV style (with its three floors in the form of a capped eight) but also of the First Empire style (with the balloon models with met...
Bronze, Nickel
Classic French Louis XV Irion Chandelier with Cut Crystal Prisms and 6 Lights
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Elevate your interior with timeless elegance by incorporating this Classic French Louis XV Iron Chandelier featuring six lights and an abundance of cut crystal prisms. Inspired by th...
Crystal, Metal
$49,850Sale Price|23% Off
French, 19th Century Versailles Style Figural Torchère with Side-by-Side Putti
By Lacarrière, Delatour and Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large Museum Quality french, 19th century Versailles Style Figural Torchère with two side-by-side Putti in a Brown and Parcel-Gilt Patina Holding a Four-Light gilt bronze Candelabrum with Frosted glass flame shades, by Lacarrière Delatour...
Bronze
A French Belle Époque 19th-20th Century 18-Light Gilt Bronze Cherubs Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French Belle Époque 19th-20th century eighteen-Light gilt bronze and alloys figural cherubs chandelier. The scrolled acanthus corona suspending a rope-hung quiver, supporting...
Metal, Bronze
$2,760Sale Price|20% Off
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Cut-Glass Foyer or Bedroom Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming French Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass four-light chandelier. The cage gilt bronze frame surmounted with cut-glass pendants, four candle-arms and a central cup-li...
Brass, Bronze
Antique Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Five-Light Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Petite five-light gilt bronze chandelier in the French Louis XV style with four flower petal shaped frosted glass shades and socket at center with pomegranate shaped glass shade. R...
Bronze
Gilt-Bronze 12 Lights Chandelier Louis XV Style, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A classic chandelier Louis XV style with elegant gilt bronze frame with various sizes of cut glass plaquettes. It has 12 lights — eight arms and four central lamps — originally des...
Crystal, Metal, Bronze
Louis XV style Bronze and Cut-crystal Chandelier, c. 1890
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XV style "Basket" chandelier, with a bronze frame of slender curving bars, supporting a single tier of 8 lights. Dating from the late 1800s, and French in origin. The crystal...
Crystal, Bronze
A Fine & Important Louis XV style Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Fine & Important Louis XV style "Cage" Chandelier, Iron & Crystal Pendalogues featuring 5 hand cut crystal pyramids. France, circa 1940. Dimensons: Height 58" Diameter 44". 15 li...
Iron
$7,044Sale Price|20% Off
Wonderful Italian Cage Form Chandelier with Colorful Porcelain Flowers
Located in Rome, IT
19th century Italian Piedmontese cage form chandelier ornamented with colorful porcelain flowers and hand painted tole leaves. Six arms with six candle holders...
Metal
French Gilt Bronze and Cut-Glass, 14-Light Chandelier, 19th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Exceptional French gilt bronze and cut-glass fourteen-light chandelier, the cage with faceted pendants. Measures: 125 x 100 cm.
Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal Fifteen-Light Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XV style gilt bronze and crystal chandelier with fifteen lights in two tiers, fitted with variegated clear and amber French pendeloques, centered by fluted bellflower from cano...
Crystal, Bronze
Continental Iron and Cut Glass Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 20th century continental iron and cut glass six light chandelier. Chandelier features colorless glass pendants and beads. The iron has a not old mellow patina. Perfect for any ...
Crystal, Iron
$18,750Sale Price|24% Off
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier After Pierre Gouthière
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style gilt bronze seven-light figural chandelier. The elongated and ovoid gilt-bronze frame with six scrolled candle-arms (now electrified) surmou...
Bronze, Ormolu
A French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze & Bleu 6-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French Late 19th–Early 20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Polychrome Six-Light Chandelier. The charming ovoid gilt-bronze urn-form body is decorated with a banded flo...
Metal, Bronze
$14,950Sale Price|39% Off
French Louis XV Style Silvered-Bronze & Cut-Glass Chandelier with Grapes & Fruit
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French Belle Époque 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Eight-Light Silvered-bronze and Colored-Crystal Chandelier with amethyst grape clusters and molded glass pendants of ...
Amethyst, Bronze
Very Fine Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier Louis XV Style "Cage" Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine gilt bronze and crystal chandelier Louis XV style "Cage" chandelier by Baccarat. A rare find, France, circa 1910. 12-ligh...
Crystal, Bronze
18th C. Ormolu Rock Crystal 16-Light Chandelier Hanging Ceiling Light Pendant LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
18th C. Ormolu Rock Crystal 16-Light Chandelier hanging ceiling light pendant LA .A sensational and rare French mid-18th century Louis XV transition Louis XVI period Hand Crafted Roc...
Rock Crystal, Crystal, Metal, Metallic Thread
Early 20th Century French Painted Wood Louis XV Style Eight-Light Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand carved in Provence, southern France circa 1920, this elegant oval chandelier exemplifies traditional Louis XV grace. The openwork frame features carved floral and acanthus leaf ...
Walnut
$6,450Sale Price|31% Off
A French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Wrought Iron & Cut-Glass Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Louis XV style wrought iron and bronze seven-light color cut-glasschandelier. The black painted iron frame with six candle arms and a center light inside a...
Bronze, Wrought Iron
19th Century Louis XV Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous Louis XV style gilt bronze and rock crystal chandelier. This shimmering beauty creates a very elegant look! The fixture comes with a chain and canopy, is wired and ready to ...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Louis XV Bronze Crystal Chandelier, Six Lights, 1800s
Located in Lisbon, PT
Elegant 1800s Louis XV-style bronze chandelier with crystal pendants, six arms with candlestick holders, and six rewired sockets. A refined decorative statement. This exquisite 19th...
Crystal, Metal, Bronze, Brass
Very Fine Gilt Bronze & Crystal Chandelier by Baccarat
Located in Atlanta, GA
A superb gilt bronze & crystal chandelier by Baccarat. Featuring "Fleur de Lis" hand cut crystal Ornaments & Pendalogues. 16 lights. France, circa 1910. Dimensions: Height 70" Diamet...
Crystal, Bronze
$63,200Sale Price|20% Off
Large Carved Gilt Gold Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Large beautiful hand carved gilt gold chandelier. Circa early 19th century, Rewired ready to install, 20 lights.
Giltwood
French Louis XV Style Six-Light Chandelier, Brass and Glass, 1920-1940
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Louis XV style six-light chandelier with clear glass teardrops, rosettes and columns and accented with six turquoise blue glass teardrops. All original, as found. Brass fram...
Brass
$12,450Sale Price / set|36% Off
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Three-Light Gilt-Bronze Wall Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style three-light gilt-bronze wall appliqués (sconces - wall lights). The three scrolled candle-arms, protruding from a gilt-bronze s...
Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century style 6 arms Louis XV Chandelier in antique bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, IDF
Short and delicious Louis XV-style chandelier. Its knotted axis holds six light arms around the center of the piece in a sort of original coat of arms. The finely chiseled mouthpiece...
Bronze
Set of 2 Ceiling Brass Bronze Lights in the style of Louis XV
Located in Roma, IT
Pair ceiling lamps in gilded bronze and brass. This fantastic set was made around the 1970s in the style of Louis XV. In excellent vintage condition...
Brass
Louis XV Style Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine gilt bronze Louis XV style chandelier. C shaped arms at three circles adjoined with hand cut crystal pendalogues and garlands of octagonal a...
Crystal, Bronze
$19,200Sale Price|20% Off
Baguès Louis XVI Style Twelve Light Crystal Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XVI style gilt bronze and crystal twelve light chandelier by Maison Baguès, with nine scrolling arms swagged with crystal garlands. and three downswept lights. The central sh...
Crystal, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Chandelier with Black Metal Frame & Clear Crystals, 1890
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XV style 6-light chandelier with black metal frame, clear crystals & drops, France circa 1890.
Crystal, Metal
French Louis XV Style Cut-Glass, Wrought Iron and Parcel-Gilt 6 Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French Louis XV Style Cut-glass, Wrought Iron and Parcel-Gilt Six Light Chandelier. The scrolled ebonized iron frame surmounted with cut-glass pendants and prisms, the flower ...
Wrought Iron
A French 19th-20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Ten-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze ten-light chandelier, the tapering leaf tip cast and fluted shaft over an urn form bowl issuing scrolling foliage arms uplifting...
Bronze
A very fine bronze and crystal Louis XV style "Cage" chandelier by Baccarat.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine bronze and crystal Louis XV style "Cage" chandelier by Baccarat. France, circa 1930. 6 lights Dimensions: Height 27 1/2", diameter 19" NI896.
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century French Chandelier with Gilt Iron Frame and Crystals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant 19th-century French chandelier featuring a beautifully scrolled gilt iron frame adorned with an array of hand-cut crystal prisms, pendants, and beaded garlands. The multi-...
Crystal, Metal
Fine French 19th C. Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier After Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style gilt and steel six-light figural chandelier after a model by Pierre Gouthière (French, 1732-1813). The finely chase gilt bronze body su...
Steel, Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Crystal Eight-Light Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite Louis XV style gilt-bronze and cut-crystal eight-light chandelier Date: 19th century Origin: French Dimension: 45 in x 22 in.
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Louis XV Style French Chandelier
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique French chandelier of the 18th century. Frequently curled basket rods. In the center rising, multi-articulated baluster-shaped glass shaft with multiple crowns. Brass, chisel...
Brass
$2,712Sale Price|30% Off
Chandelier in the Style of Louis XV with Crystal from the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chandelier in the style of Louis XV with crystal from the 19th century beautiful workmanship and detail with one indirect light. Contact us before ordering to confirm product availa...
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Exquisite 20 lights Baccarat Crystal Chandalier
Located in Doha, QA
Very fine and exquisite gilt bronze crystal chandalier with 20 lights , beautiful large edged crystals up to 15cm high and 2,5 cm thick. Parameters are 110 cm hight and 85 cm diamete...
Crystal, Bronze
Venetian Chandelier In Golden Murano Glass, 6 Arms Of Light Circa 1940
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Venetian Chandelier In Golden Murano Glass, 6 Arms Of Light, Circa 1940, New Electrification
Metal
Antique French Louis XV style Eight-Light Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
This elegant chandelier has come to us in original condition requiring only careful cleaning and regilding the frame. From the swagged crown to the hand-blown ball, it is hung with a...
Crystal, Bronze
French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu chandelier. The twenty arm chandelier is centered by a beautiful bottom acorn finial below wonderful foliate mo...
Ormolu
Highly Important Rock Crystal Chandelier in Louis XV Manner
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A highly unusual silver bronze chandelier constructed with eight scroll leaf arms supporting candle nozzles and drip pans suspended on two spiralled vines from the top crown the cent...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Gilt Bronze Cage Chandelier With Cut Crystal Pendants Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Gilt Bronze Cage Chandelier With Cut Crystal Pendants Circa 1900
Metal
A Fine 10 Light Iron Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Fine & Elegant Iron Chandelier. 10 Lights. France, circa 1880. Dimensions: Height 34" Diameter 34" CW5273.
Iron
Early 20th C. French Green Painted and Gilt Wrought Iron Clock Face Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring a bold touch of French Louis XV style to your home with this striking wrought iron chandelier, crafted in France circa 1920. The sculptural light fixture features a large openw...
Iron
20th Century Bronze Chandelier with Crystal Decorations in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Bronze chandelier with ten lights with crystal decorations. France, circa 1920 Measures: High: 72 cm - Diameter: 65 cm.
Bronze