Louis XV Center Tables
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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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
Breccia Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Giltwood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Breccia Marble
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Boxwood, Ebony, Rosewood
1870s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Ormolu
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Ormolu, Bronze
1940s French Vintage Louis XV Center Tables
Wood, Paint
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Other
1870s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Breccia Marble
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Fruitwood, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Wood
1870s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Oak
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Stone
1930s French Vintage Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Ormolu
1790s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
1890s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Carrara Marble
1890s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Amboyna
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Fruitwood, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Brass, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze
1880s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Giltwood
19th Century Italian Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Carrara Marble
20th Century Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
1860s French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Scagliola, Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Kingwood
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Marble
19th Century French Antique Louis XV Center Tables
Ormolu
20th Century French Louis XV Center Tables
Wood