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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Antique French Louis XV Style Crystal & Bronze 6 Arm Chandelier
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a petite French Louis XV style crystal and bronze six arm chandelier. It has been re-wired and newly cleaned. The canopy is 5.5 inches in diameter. The chain is 25 inches, an...
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Gilt Metal and Beaded Crystal 18-Light Two-Tier Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Antique gilt metal and hand-beaded crystal chandelier with 18 lights in two tiers. A cascade of light and cut crystal, gilded and hand-beaded, the kind of piece a room organizes its...
Crystal, Metal
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Four-Light Porcelain Flower Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Graceful and highly decorative, this antique floral chandelier combines delicate porcelain blossoms with an airy scrolling metal frame inspired by the elegance of the Louis XV period...
Metal
Louis XV Style Crystal Chandelier, Brass Frame, Six Lights, Circa 1940
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Louis XV style six-light chandelier with an assortment of crystal prisms and pendalogues with rosettes, ribbed center column, and large cut crystal sphere. Solid brass frame...
Crystal, Brass
Large Louis XV Style Chandelier with Murano Glass Crystals and Iron, Italy
Located in New York, NY
This large Louis XV style chandelier is handcrafted in Italy with heavy and large Murano glass crystals. Crystals are hand-knotted and...
Iron
Vintage French Louis XV Style Crystal Chandelier In the Manner of Maison Jansen
Located in Chicago, IL
This French Louis XV-style crystal chandelier is a hand-cast gilt bronze piece, featuring a combination of bronze for the body and arms, and brass for the bobeches, crafted in the st...
Crystal, Bronze
French Louis XV Rococo Style Brass and Glass Lantern Chandelier
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 42in W: 22 1/2in D: 21in This vintage French Rococo style brass lantern chandelier is perfect for you and your home! This would be a wonderful addition to your entryw...
Brass
French Retro Louis XV Style Brass and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite vintage French Louis XV-style chandelier is a testament to Rococo elegance and craftsmanship. Crafted from brass, the chandelier features four ascending, delicately cu...
Crystal, Brass
$3,450Sale Price|30% Off
A Charming French Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Charming French early 20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass three-light chandelier. The elongated gilt-metal body with cut-glass pendants, surmounted with three scr...
Metal, Bronze
Louis XV Style Crystal Chandelier, Brass Frame, Early 20th Century
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century French Louis XV style six-light chandelier with an assortment of crystal prisms and pendalogues, large ribbed center columns, and cut crystal sphere. Solid bras...
Crystal, Brass
Vintage Louis XV style Brass and Glass Chandelier circa 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Lous XV style mid 20th Century vintage chandelier in very good, original, clean, working and ready to use condition. The fixture features a brass structure with cut glass pri...
Brass
1920s Italian Giltwood Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
1920s Italian eight arm Louis XV style gilt wood chandelier.
Wood
$4,180Sale Price|20% Off
1950s French Louis XV style Baccarat Chandelier w/ Turquoise Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1950's French Gilt Bronze Louis XV style Chandelier by Baccarat France. This is a stunning high quality chandelier and is signed on the crystal and on the rare turquoise bobesche.
Crystal
$2,284Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 19th-Century French Brass Rococo or Louis XV Chandelier with 7 Lights
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful compact chandelier was made in France in the late 19th century. The pendant features 6 asymmetrical shaped arms decorated with scroll...
Brass
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
6-Arm Italian Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exquisite Italian Murano glass chandelier features six gracefully curved arms, each supporting a hand-blown glass bobeche in the form of a scalloped tulip blossom. Crafted by sk...
Art Glass
12-Light Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier in French Louis XV Style
Located in New York, NY
Fine gilt bronze chandelier in the French Louis XV style with 12 electrified candles and dozens of crystal glass pendants including pendeloques, octagon chains, spheres and spires. ...
Crystal, Bronze
French Louis XV Style Crystal Chandelier
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Louis XV style eight-light crystal chandelier. Brass frame with dark bronze painted patina. Cut crystal prisms with rosettes and ribbed glass center columns at the top. Rewi...
Brass
Pair Of 19th Century French Louis XV Gilt Bronze And Crystal Chandeliers
Located in Norwood, NJ
Magnificent pair of late 19th century French gilt bronze and cut crystal chandeliers, executed in the Louis XV (Rococo) taste, with design elements historically associated with Versa...
Crystal, Bronze
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Hexagonal Hall Lantern
Located in Rome, IT
A Louis XV style gilt bronze hexagonal hall lantern with three lights.
Bronze
Venetian Rezzonico chandelier in multicolored Murano glass, around 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Rezzonico Venetian chandelier in multicolored Venice glass, around 1900, newly electrified
Glass
Pair Louis XV Style 16-Light Bronze & Cut-Glass Chandeliers, Manner of Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze and cut-glass sixteen-light chandeliers. The solid bronze frames surmounted with pendants, molded towers, fleur de lis and a central suppor...
Crystal, Bronze
Louis XV Style French Crystal Chandelier with Brass Frame
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Louis XV style six-light chandelier with an assortment of crystals with rosettes, including French pendalogues and large faceted prisms, a ribbed column at the top, and cut crystal ball...
Crystal, Brass
$5,320Sale Price|22% Off
19thc French Rococo Louis XV Gilt Bronze with Cut Crystal Chandelier by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in Opa Locka, FL
19thc French Antique Louis XV Bronze with Cut Crystal Chandelier by Baccarat. This is a rare original example, unelectrified but we will electrify for you if you wish. The cut crysta...
Bronze
Bronze and Baccarat crystal French chandelier in the style of Louis XV
Located in Eindhoven, NL
A beautiful French chandelier with 8 lights around the chandelier. With original dark patina. 'Cage' form; With 12 scrolled candle arms and 4 main 'cage' arms. On the 'cage' arms the...
Crystal, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
A wonderful high quality Louis XV gilt bronze and cut- crystal chandelier, France, 1840-1880s. This beautiful chandelier is made of gilt bronze suspended with big crystal prism in t...
Crystal, Bronze
Mid Century French Louis XV Verdigris & Gilt Wrought Iron Eight-Light Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring French elegance and sculptural character to a breakfast room, dining room, foyer, wine cellar, or powder room with this striking antique-style chandelier. Crafted in France cir...
Iron
Multicolored Venetian Murano glass chandelier, 8 light arms and three levels
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Multicolored Murano glass Venetian chandelier, 8 light arms and three tiers of flowers and leaves, around 1880 newly electrified
Glass
French Style Bronze 18 Light Chandelier By Mariner Model 18430 Royal Heritage
Located in Long Branch, NJ
French Style Bronze 18 Light Chandelier By Mariner Model 18430 Royal Heritage Dimensions : 42" Wide X 42" Tall X 41" Deep This chandelier is made by Mariner and is the model 18430 ...
Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Hexagonal Hall Lantern
Located in Rome, IT
A Louis XV style gilt bronze hexagonal hall lantern with three lights. French Antique Gilt-Bronze Lantern, 19th Century Elegant French antique lantern in finely worked and gilded br...
Bronze
Palatial 19th Century French Louis XV Gilt Bronze & Crystal 16-Light Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, 19th century. This palatial antique Baccarat style chandelier is adorned with tremendous cut crystal prisms sizes ranging from 3.5-8.5” in clear and smokey glass. Large cryst...
Crystal, Bronze
Louis the 15th Style Cristal and Bronze Chandelier with 6 Arms
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice and decorative 6 arms chandelier is made of bronze with crystal pendants. This is a French work in the style of Louis the 15th. Circa 1900
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV-Style Bronze & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-Style bronze and crystal chandelier with various style crystal drops & finials and 8 candlestick holders & 8 light sockets. Missing 1 circular fan crystal fi...
Crystal, Bronze
$3,960Sale Price|20% Off
French Louis XV Style Gilt-Metal and Cut-Glass 'Crystal' Ten-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XV style gilt-metal and cut-glass ten-light chandelier. The caged body surmounted with ten scrolled candle-arms, each fitted with molded glass wax-holders, with two in...
Metal
French Louis XV St. Fifteen-Light Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French Louis XV st. fifteen light Baccarat crystal chandelier. With nine impressive double S scrolled ormolu arms opulently decorated with amethyst and clear crystal lyre and kite shaped...
Crystal, Ormolu
$99,850Sale Price|31% Off
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Crystal Chandelier, Baccarat Attr
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and Palatial French 19th century Louis XV Style gilt bronze, crystal and cut-glass Twenty-Four-light chandelier, probably by Baccarat. The central molded cut-glass stem s...
Crystal, Bronze
Custom Large Crystal and Gilded Iron Handmade Italian Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Italian crystal and gilded iron chandelier of impressive size. Handcrafted by a second generation chandelier maker in Italy with large and heavy Murano glass crystals. Crystals are i...
Iron
Antique Country French Wrought Iron & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French wrought iron & crystal chandelier combines the best of both design worlds! A casual elegance has been created from hand-forged wrought iron by an obviously cap...
Crystal, Wrought Iron
Louis XV Style Italian Crystal Beaded Arm Chandelier, Circa 1940s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental Italian 24 light crystal beaded arm chandelier adorned with garlands of crystal swags, crystal spheres, and crystal pendants throughout. The fixture is wired with new drip...
Crystal, Metal
$4,675Sale Price|44% Off
Antique French Doré Bronze Exquisite Chandelier Set Up for Candles Mid-1800s
Located in Highwood, IL
What at first looked to be your ordinary French Crystal Chandelier that no one bothered to wire for lightbulbs, turned out to be something quite special. Our first hint was the hand-...
Crystal, Gold, Bronze
Antique Country French Painted Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French painted wrought iron chandelier is a magnificent example of elegant and skilled craftsmanship in the finest traditions! The contoured oval frame serves as the ...
Wrought Iron
French Louis XV Style Crystal Chandelier, Brass Frame, Circa 1900-1920
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century French Louis XV style 12-light crystal chandelier with a variety of crystal pendalogues with rosettes. Solid brass frame with scrolled arms, brass bobeches and decorative elements. Large crystal spike in center and hollow glass columns at the top. Rewired and in working condition. New candle covers, canopy and two foot chain...
Crystal, Brass
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, Brass, Bronze
Bronze, Brass and Crystal Chandelier, Early 20th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
This elegant early 20th-century chandelier features six gracefully curved arms of light, crafted from a refined combination of bronze and brass. Richly adorned with hanging crystal d...
Crystal, Bronze
Louis XV Style Eight Arm Chandelier with Hanging Crystals
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Elegant Louis XV style crystal chandelier featuring a gracefully scrolling brass frame adorned with an abundant assortment of hanging crystal prisms and drops. he crystals offer beau...
Crystal, Brass
Rock crystal pendants Louis XV style Cage Chandelier with 64 arms
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, IDF
Chandelier Louis XV, In bronze, 64 arms lights, antique fuinish done on top of an 18 carats gold electrolyse. Dimensions : Height 260 cm x 190 cm diameter. Very important Louis XV style chandelier in gilt bronze with rock crystal pendants. Made in the form of a cage, the central shaft of “baluster” shape is surrounded by sixty-four arms of light ending in foliage and decorated with faceted rock crystal pendants. We have this one in stock however we can reproduce it in an other finish or in an other size with rock crystal pendants or clear crystal pendants. Price will change depending on finish and crystal types. We manufacture most of our orders bespoke : from models of our collection that we can adapt to required dimensions, from antiques models which will allow often to get a set or more of identical models, or we can create from scratch the model of our clients. We work from pictures, drawings, designer’s sketches...
Rock Crystal, Bronze, Gold
Italian FBAI Gold Gilt Bronze & Crystal 12 Light Louis XV Style Chandelier
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Italian FBAI Gold Gilt Bronze & Crystal 12 Light Louis XV Style Chandelier Dimensions : 34" Tall X 32" Wide X 32" Deep An impressive and beautifully ornamented gilt bronze chan...
Bronze
$2,275 / set
Louis XV Bronze Hall Lanterns
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a classic "near pair" of Louis XV-style hall lanterns. These bronze lanterns are both in very good condition. They differ slightly in that one of the lanterns is in gilt bron...
Bronze
Vintage French Bronze & Etched Crystal Crown Ceiling Mount Chandelier
Located in Perkasie, PA
Vintage French Bronze & Etched Crystal Crown Ceiling-Mount Chandelier – F68910 An elegant vintage French ceiling-mount chandelier featuring a distinctive crown-shaped etched crystal...
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Fine Antique French Bagues Gilt Bronze & Rock Crystal Chandeliers
Located in New York, NY
A unique and exquisite Pair of Fine Antique French Baguès Gilt Bronze & Rock Crystal Chandeliers. Each chandelier is constructed with a central gilt bronze frame, scrolling outward t...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
$8,434Sale Price|20% Off
Six Candle Holder Chandelier Louis XV, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A french Louis XV style chandelier with various pendants and finials, six candlestick holders fully rewired and six light sockets. A magnificent light bringer for any grand room. T...
Metal, Brass
Late 19th c. large French bronze and crystal chandelier in the style of Louis XV
Located in Eindhoven, NL
A wonderful French chandelier with 9 lights around the chandelier. With original old brown patina. 'Cage' form; With 9 scrolled candle arms and 3 'cage' arms. On the 'cage' arms ther...
Crystal, Bronze
$2,558Sale Price|20% Off
Louis the 15th Style Cristal and Bronze Chandelier
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and decorative chandelier. is made of cristal and bronze. This is a French work in the Louis 15th style. Circa 1900
Crystal, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Verdigris and Gilt 12-Light Iron Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a dining room or grand entry with this impressive antique chandelier, crafted in France circa 1920. Executed in hand-forged iron, the fixture is designed in the elegant Loui...
Iron
$5,600Sale Price|37% Off
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Style Crystal Chandelier
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A Classic Louis XV style chandelier of birdcage design having nine arms; the gilt metal frame heavily laden with various sized crystal plaquettes; originally candle lit...
Crystal
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
$34,229Sale Price|20% Off
Louis XV Style Crystal Gilt-Bronze Twenty Six Light Oversized Chandelier
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Classic Louis XV style large chandelier having 6 arms and 26 lamps (18 in the arms, 6 below, 1 central light, 1 on the top). The gilt metal frame is heavily laden with various siz...
Crystal, Metal, Brass, Bronze
French Rococò Style Gilt Bronze Lantern by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This finely chiseled French Rococo style gilt bronze lantern by Gherardo Degli Albizzi has six-light and it shows classical features of that period such acanthus leaves and vegetal d...
Bronze
Palatial French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze 39-L Cherub Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Palatial French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Figural Thirty-Nine Light Chandelier. The scrolled arm candle-arms designed with acanthus and floral wreaths protruding from...
Bronze, Ormolu
Six Light French Crystal Chandelier Maison Bagues
Located in London, GB
Very Desirable Eight Branch Maison Bagues Gilt and iron Chandelier Louis XV style French Rewired
Crystal
Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu Candelabras by Barbedienne
Located in Tarzana, CA
A superb quality pair of French Louis XV style ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble seven arm candelabras by Ferdinand Barbedienne. Each is raised by a square Rouge Griotte marble base ab...
Griotte Marble, Ormolu