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Louis XV Cupboards

LOUIS XV STYLE

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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Style: Louis XV
Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Mid. Hammered Brass by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

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Metal, Sheet Metal

Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Fine Hammered Brass by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

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Metal, Sheet Metal

Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Fine Hammered Antique Bronze by P Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

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Metal, Sheet Metal

Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Mid. Hammered Copper by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

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Metal, Sheet Metal

Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Fine Hammered Copper by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

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Metal, Sheet Metal

Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Mid. Hammered Antique Bronze by P Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

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Metal, Sheet Metal

Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Mid. Hammered White Bronze by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

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Metal, Sheet Metal

Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Fine Hammered White Bronze by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

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Metal, Sheet Metal

Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Smooth Antique Bronze by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

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Metal, Sheet Metal

Antique French Louis XV Style Cabinet Cupboard w Drawer Carved Oak Tall 1920s
Located in Tyler, TX
BEAUTIFULLY Carved Antique French Oak Louis XV Style Cabinet Cupboard with Drawer~~c. 1920s Perfect statement piece that can accommodate any number of storage needs in today...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Cupboards

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Oak

Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Smooth White Bronze by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

Materials

Metal, Sheet Metal

Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Smooth Copper by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
Category

2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

Materials

Metal, Sheet Metal

Louise Credenza Art Deco Cupboards in Smooth Brass by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louise Credenza from our Louise Collection. The renowned designer Paul Mathieu chose the name “Louise Credenza” when he created his more feminine version of Louis XV (1730-1760) furn...
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2010s American Louis XV Cupboards

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Metal, Sheet Metal

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Style Oak Hutch Dresser
Located in Doylestown, PA
Louis XV style solid oak hutch dresser, France circa early 20th century. Wonderful slim cupboard crafted in France for Bloomingdale's. It features a lar...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Cupboards

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Oak

French Provincial Walnut Buffet À Deux Corps, Early 19th Century
Located in Free Union, VA
A large and very handsome buffet à deux corps, traditional French two part cupboard. The cabinet below is fitted with one sturdy shelf while the multi-compartmented top portion is fi...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Walnut

19th Century Oak Confiturier Cabinet from Normandy, France
Located in Dallas, TX
This 19th-century oak confiturier cabinet from Normandy, is an excellent display of the fine craftsmanship of regional French woodworkers of the 1800s. The thick molding to the door...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Wood, Oak

18th Century French Glass Patinated Louis XV Style Armoire
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice 18th century French glass patinated Bourguignonne Louis XV style Armoire. Inside painted in light purple. Removable cornice. Beautiful piece, high quality.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Glass

French Walnut Provençal Confiturier with Carved Vase and Foliage, 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French walnut confiturier from Provence with single drawer and single door, carved floral décor with vase. Embrace the charm of Provence with this delightful French walnut confitur...
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20th Century French Louis XV Cupboards

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Iron

Antique French Inlaid Walnut Cocktail Drinks Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and impressive inlaid walnut drinks cabinet in the antique French style, dating from around the 1930's period. The quality is amazing, this is extremely well made with m...
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1930s British Vintage Louis XV Cupboards

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Walnut, Satinwood

French Louis XV Style Bonnetiére or Display Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Country French Louis XV style bonnetiére, or display cabinet, from Normandy made of solid oak. Beautiful hand carved decoration with a flower basket beneath the crown and musical i...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Cupboards

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Glass, Oak

19th Century Louis XV Style Bonnetiére or Display Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Louis XV style bonnetière, or display cabinet, from Normandy made of solid oak. Beautiful hand-carved decoration with a pair of lovebirds beneath the crown, rib...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Iron

19th Century French Cupboard with Dish Rack or Vaiselier in Oak
Located in Miami, FL
A lovely early 19th century country French buffet in oak with open dish rack above cabinet housing two drawers and two doors with interior shelves. With mort...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Oak

French Provençal Vitrine or Display Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Louis XV style French Provençal vitrine, or wall display cabinet made of solid walnut with glass paned doors and a dovetailed drawer. Interior has one shelf with decorative spindle...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Cupboards

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Glass, Walnut

18th Century French Provincial Louis XV Confiturier
Located in Forney, TX
A charming Provincial Louis XV period confiturier with beautifully aged rich patina. Hand-crafted of solid fruitwood, likely cherry-wood case and a thick walnut slab top with front and side serpentine shaped molded edge, over a rectangular solid wooden case with quality pegged joinery, a single key locking large cabinet door adorded with raised panel, ornate escutcheon plate and original iron lock, opening to a spacious interior fitted with later added shelf, flanked by paneled sides, a plank boarded back, over gently curving scalloped apron, rising on shaped bracket feet. circa 1770 As warm and attractive as it is functional, originally used to house confit pots, which were clay vessels for jams and preserves, this versatile piece is the ideal size and proportions for a variety of different uses in today's contemporary interiors, including use as a side cabinet, kitchen pantry cupboard...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Fruitwood, Walnut

Antique French Inlaid Marquetry Cabinet
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and impressive antique cabinet. I would say it’s French and dates from around the 1930-50’s period. It has gorgeous inlaid floral designs and nice ormolu mounts througho...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Cupboards

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Ormolu

19th Century French Vaisselier or China Hutch
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Louis XV style Country French vaisselier, or hutch, from Normandy made of solid oak with beautiful hand carvings. The plate rack has three shelves with railings of tur...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Brass

Solid Oak French Carved Two Piece China Cabinet Bookcase circa 1870s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
2 drawers. 3 shelves on top with 2 glass doors. 2 doors at bottom. 90 3/4" h x 51 7/8" w x 21" d. Condition Chips in wood. Scratches. Finish loss. Missing wood.
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1870s European Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Oak

19th Century Bleached Oak Buffet Deux Corps from Haute-Normandie, France
Located in Dallas, TX
A handsome and robust storage piece, this buffet deux corps was hand-carved in Haute-Normandie (“Upper Normandy”), France during the 19th century. The underside of the flat crown has...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Iron

18th Century French Carved Walnut Panetiere
Located in Norwood, NJ
An antique 18th Century French Provincial panetiere, bread safe. Walnut with iron hardware. Features decorative carvings to cornice, door & apron, turned sp...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Iron

18th Century French Provencal Verrio or Wall Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 18th century Louis XV style French Provençal verrio, or wall display cabinet from Nîmes. Made of solid walnut with beautifully carved details including a three dimensional bas...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Iron

Circa 1730 Bleached Oak Buffet Deux Corps from Laval, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved in Laval, France, circa 1730, this oak buffet deux corps has been bleached, allowing the motifs of the Louis XV cabinet to gain promi...
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1730s French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Oak

18th Century French Walnut Louis XV Cupboard with Original Marble Top
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Small Cupboard made from beautiful French Walnut with a magnificent Marble Stone Top. With a ton of character and charm, we are proud to offer this extra deep 18th cen...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Marble, Steel

19th Century French Marquetry Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is an elegant Louis XV style walnut cabinet. The gray variegated marble top rests over a single door with satinwood marquetry in the form of a floral arrangement in an urn. The ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Marble, Metal

French 18th Century Louis XV Buffet Two-Part High Cupboard Sideboard Provencal
Located in Milan, IT
Late 18th century French walnut two-tiered cabinet, with the top cabinet being shallowing than the bottom cabinet, an antique hand-carved two-door buffet from Provence, total height ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Oak, Walnut

A French 18th-19th C. Provincial Louis XV Style Walnut Vaisselier Hutch Buffet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French 18th-19th century Provincial Louis XV style carved walnut Vaisselier hutch buffet. The rectangular body with twin apron drawers with hammered silvered-metal hardware, center...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Metal

Antique French Rosewood Vitrine with Brass, circa 1900 mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Delicate French vitrine rosewood on solid wood. High-rise, one-door, cambered and three-sided glazed body. On curly feet scalloped out. Three-sided glazed vitrine. Slightly protrudin...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Mahogany

French Provençal Vitrine or Display Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century Louis XV style French Provençal vitrine, or display cabinet made of solid walnut with beautiful dark waxed patina and nice proportions. Glass paned door with decorati...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Iron

19th Century French Elm Buffet with Flower & Urn Carving
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century French elm buffet with flower & urn carving, shaped apron, & cabriole feet.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Elm

French Pine Buffet a Deux Corps, C. 1800
Located in Doylestown, PA
A nicely carved French buffet a deux corps in pine, from the Normandy region circa 1800, carved with floral motifs, wire grill doors in the upper cabinet and the interior lined with ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Pine

Louis XV Deux Corps/ Buffet/Cupboard in Oak from the 18th Century, Picardie
Located in Brussels, Brussels
A fine Louis XV Deux corps or buffet in oak from the 18th century from Picardy-France A fine buffet composed of 4 doors and three drawers on the front. Elegant medallions on the two...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Oak

20th Century French Showcase According to Paul Sormani in Transition Style
Located in Berlin, DE
French cabinet according to Paul Sormani in transition style. Piano black polished veneer on solid beech. High-rectangular, one-armed, cambered and three-sided glazed corpus on high...
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20th Century French Louis XV Cupboards

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Beech

French Country Oakwood Carved Cabinet/Sideboard, circa Late 18th Century
Located in Houston, TX
Rustic and handsome oak cabinet with original lock and keys having Three drawers and two doors that open for great storage. Original Finish with lovely patina. Hand carving with fo...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Oak

French 1750s Louis XV Walnut Floral Buffet à Deux-Corps from the Loire Valley
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period mid-18th century walnut buffet à deux-corps from the Loire Valley with bonnet top. Born in the exquisite Loire Valley region that shelters some of the most a...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Walnut

French Louis XV Period 18th Century Painted Buffet à Deux-Corps with Scrolls
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period painted buffet à deux-corps from the 18th century, with scrolls, fluted accents and molded doors. Born in France during the reign of King Louis XV nicknamed ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Wood

Antique French Walnut Wood Standing Plate Rack or Estanier from Provence
Located in Dallas, TX
This charming antique French walnut wood estanier or standing plate rack is in the Louis XV style. These would have originally been used to holder pewter dishes and utensils, and the...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Cupboards

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Walnut

18th Century Buffet à Deux Corps in Pine with Brass Chicken Wire on Panels
Located in Miami, FL
A lovely French Louis XV "buffet à deux corps" or cupboard in French pitch pine with chapeau de gendarme top, brass chicken wire on upper door panels, o...
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Late 18th Century European Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Brass

Early 19th Century Louis XV Style French Provincial Pear Wood Tall Buffet
Located in Middleburg, VA
A beautiful Louis XV style French Provincial tall buffet made of deeply patinated pear wood retaining the original deep lustrous color. Four doors with sh...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Steel

French Louis XV Period 1750s Cherry Buffet à Deux-Corps with C-Scroll Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period cherry buffet à deux-corps from the mid-18th century with original hardware. This French cabinet features a bonnet top surmounting two doors with carved pane...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Cherry

18th Century French Buffet Á Deux Corps Polychrome
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Beautiful buffet Louis XV with a slight influence of Louis XVI polychrome in oak Beautiful polychrome with slight shades of blue Very beautiful ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Oak

20th Century Antique Louis XV Style Black Polished Salon Vitrine Cupboard
Located in Berlin, DE
Petite French vitrine in the style of Louis XV Rococo Piano black polished veneer on solid beechwood high-octagonal, one-armed, curved body, three-sided t...
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20th Century French Louis XV Cupboards

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Beech

18th Century Louis XV Buffet a Deux Corps in Carved Oak from Normandy
Located in Miami, FL
A lovely French buffet a Deux Corps (in two parts) from Normandy, France. Offers carved embellishments of cornucopias, flowers and foliage on the upper and lower cabinet doors, with ...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Oak

Very Large Painted 18th Century Estate Cupboard
Located in Jesteburg, DE
An impressive large painted cupboard with partly original paint. Found in a castle, where it had been installed in the dining room as part of th...
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18th Century Antique Louis XV Cupboards

18th Century French Cherry Buffet a Deux Corps
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is an early French Louis XV provincial cherrywood buffet a deluxe corps with an arched cornice over a carved conforming frieze above two glazed doors situated on a bottom sectio...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Cherry

Impressive French Provincial Walnut Buffet-a-Deux-Corps/Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
In two pieces, the dramatic arching crest above a two-door cabinet resting on a base fitted with two short drawers over 2 doors.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Walnut

French Wild Cherry "Fougère" Armoire
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Louis XV style wild cherry ("merisier") armoire with the veneered door panels in a chevron pattern (also called a "fougère" pattern, after the French word for "fern"). The side panels are oak. The centre of the armoire features a nicely carved column spanning its height, with book-matched cherry inlay...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Brass

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Cherry Bonnetière with Intricate Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French early 19th century cherry wood Louis XV style bonnetière from the Charente Region. This French cabinet was born in the Southwestern region of Charente (think Angoulême) , fa...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Wood, Cherry

18th Century Oak French Louis XV Normandy Buffet Deux Corp
Located in Hudson, NY
This nice and compact-sized buffet with glazed doors comes from the Normandy region in France and was made, circa 1770 during the reign of Louis XV. Created using dark stained oak a ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Glass, Oak

French "Garde Manger Avec Tiroir" Cupboard in Cherry, circa 1760
Located in Miami, FL
Cherry "Garde Manger avec Tiroir", Brittaney France, circa 1760. This Provincial Louis XV cupboard would have been used to store food much in the same way...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Cupboards

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Cherry

Louis Xv cupboards for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XV cupboards for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage cupboards created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV cupboards made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for cupboards differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $23,885 while the average work can sell for $5,530.

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