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Louis XV Vanities

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
Italian Louis XV Style Gilded and Inlaid Walnut Bombay Dressing Table
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Superb dressing table for bedroom. Particular convex shape moved line with slender feet in perfect Louis XV style. Made of fine walnut burl with refined small inlaid decorations. The...
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1930s Italian Vintage Louis XV Vanities

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Mirror, Burl, Wood, Walnut

Romweber French Provincial Louis XV Burl Wood Vanity, Circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Provincial Louis XV style vanity or writing desk By Romweber USA, Circa 1920s Stunning book-matched exotic burled Narra wood, with carved cabriole legs, and ...
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1920s American Vintage Louis XV Vanities

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Brass

French dressing table from the mid-1800s, Louis XV style, with ivories and silve
Located in Barletta, IT
Coiffeuse française de la mi-1800, style Louis XV, en bois de palissandre. Elle présente de riches motifs d'incrustation en ivoire et métal argenté, des applications en bronze égalem...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Rosewood

LXV Style Dressing Table
Located in London, Park Royal
Made in the French LXV style, this dressing table has been hand carved in solid wood, featuring the ornamental shell of the Rococo period. The design integrates a large adjustable mi...
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2010s British Louis XV Vanities

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Wood

Vintage John Stuart White Painted French Louis XV Kidney Shaped Vanity and Bench
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage John Stuart White Painted French Louis XV Kidney Shaped Vanity and Bench. Item features hand painted purple flower and green vine accents, 5 d...
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Vanities

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Wood, Paint

French Oak Dressing Table with Mirror
Located in Evergreen, CO
Get ready to start your day or night out at this stunning, oak dressing table from France. Crafted in the early 20th century, it has a wealth of detail in its elegant design. Its thr...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vanities

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Oak

Etched Gold Mirror Marble Top Kingwood Vanity Circa 1920
Located in Long Branch, NJ
This stunning marble top vanity was made in France in the early 20th century and has a stunning etched gold mirror! The kingwood has stunning grain and the inlay is excellent!
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vanities

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Kingwood

Finest Linke Style Antique Ladies Vanity with Porcelain Plaques Bronze Figures
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is ann absolutely incredible well designed and luxuriously appointed French ladies vanity in the manner of Francois Linke. The vanity has a beautiful contratsinting rosewood and...
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1890s French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Tulipwood, Kingwood And Ormolu Vanity Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood, Kingwood and Ormolu vanity table, attributed to François Linke. The vanity is raised by elegant a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Marble, Ormolu

Louis XV Revival Parquetry Vanity or Coiffeuse
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV Revival parquetry lady's vanity circa late 19th century, with shaped rectangular top in three sections, one lifting to reveal a mirror, two chambers and two short drawers. T...
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Late 19th Century Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Metal

19th Century French Neoclassical Mahogany Vanity / Ormolu Mounts
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Elevate your interior with the exquisite allure of this french neoclassical style vanity desk. Crafted from rich mahogany wood, its timeless beauty is accentuated by meticulous craft...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Vanity or Poudreuse, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
This gorgeous Louis XV style vanity or "poudreuse" dates back to the mid 19th century and comes from France. The woman's dressing table has a very pretty walnut veneer pattern. The m...
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1850s French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Walnut

Louis XV Marquetry Mirrored and Galleried Bonheur Du Jour Ladies' Bureau Vanity
Located in Germantown, MD
A Louis XV Style Tiered Mahogany and Kingwood Marquetry, Mirrored and Galleried Bonheur Du Jour Ladies' Bureau, Vanity or dressing table with brass mounts. Measures 25" in width, 17...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Vanities

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Brass

White Distressed Painted French Louis XV Style Ladies Vanity Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautifully done shallow depth French Louis XV style American made ladies vanity or writing desk. The piece can be used as a desk because the...
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1980s American Vintage Louis XV Vanities

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Walnut

Louis XV Style Dressing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic dressing table is in the Louis XV style, and was fabricated sometime in the 1920s-1930s. The center opens up to reveal a dressing mirror, and just beneath that ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XV Vanities

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Brass

Very Fine Louis XV Style Dressing Table With Swirl Stone Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very well made, large and sumptuous French Style Dressing Table having an all wood construction, several lovely bronze mount accents, pro...
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20th Century Louis XV Vanities

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Stone, Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Lady's Secretary Desk, Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very fine French 19th century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Fruitwood Parquetry Kidney-Shaped secrétaire de dame (Lady's Desk) with an enamel dial clock and...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Ormolu, Bronze

Attributed Paul Sormani French Late 19th Century Podreuse Dressing Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Brass label on one drawer- Paul Sormani, Paris. A fine Louis XV style podreuse, the shaped top with tall side drawers, an adjustable cartouche form mirror, and flour scrolling brass ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Bronze

Dressing Table, France Second Half of the 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XV style dressing table, France second half of 19th century, kingwood and rosewood marquetry on oak, in very good refinished condit...
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1860s French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Kingwood, Rosewood

French Louis XV Style Marquetry Side Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A Louis XV style French marquetry side table made of inlaid veneer of mahogany. Open niche in front and finished back. White marble top with polished bronze gallery. Elegant slender ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vanities

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Marble, Bronze

Elegant French Burled Walnut Dressing Table Vanity with Beveled Mirror
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French burled walnut dressing table with beveled mirror - in great shape! Beautifully turned reeded legs and marquetry detail. Measures: H desk...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XV Vanities

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Walnut

Louis XV Style Writing Desk with Serpentine Legs Painted with Gold Highlights
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XV style writing desk made by La Maison London. Painted in a French grey with gold highlights. mounted on Serpentine legs with decorative bronzes ornaments . there is two dr...
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2010s British Louis XV Vanities

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Bronze

French Louis XV Style Demi-lune Mahogany Jewelry Chest or Vanity Side Table
Located in Plainview, NY
A lovely and very rare side end or side table converting to to a vanity and jewelry chest. The demi-lune shaped side table offers four drawers with compartments to nicely display and organize all type of jewelry and two side cabinet doors opening to reveal hangers for chains and any other accessories that need to be hanged. The top of the table opens up to show a mirror converting the table to a small vanity table...
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Late 20th Century Louis XV Vanities

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Mahogany

19th C Louis XV Style Coiffeuse or Table de Toilette
Located in Hanover, MA
French nineteenth century Louis XV vanity dressing table, poudreuse or coiffeuse standing on four slender tapering cabriole legs. The to...
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1850s French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Kingwood, Tulipwood

20th Century French Louis XV Vanity Table with Triple Mirror and Front Drawer
Located in Sofia, BG
French vanity table in kidney shape made of solid wood hand painted in light green and decorated with floral accents. The table is raised on four l...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vanities

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Wood

A large Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry table vitrine by Linke
Located in London, GB
A large Louis XV style ormolu mounted marquetry table vitrine by Linke French, Late 19th Century Height 76cm, width 108cm, depth 67cm In the Louis XV...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Ormolu

Vintage Provincial Patent Leather Top Vanity With Matching Stool
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Unique vintage piece. Louis XV style carved table with patent leather top. Both sides of the table are carved. The matching stool is tufted with covered buttons. Patent leather is a ...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XV Vanities

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Patent Leather, Wood

19th Century French Bonheur Du Jour Writing Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pretty French Louis XV style writing desk or ‘bonheur du jour’, the serpentine case veneered in book-matched Kingwood and raised on elegant cabriole legs and accented with gilt tri...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Kingwood

19 C Louis XV Style French Country Poudreuse
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely stunning 19 C Louis XV Style French Country Poudreuse. Made in France (probably South of France) circa 1860-80 in the Louis XV Style. It is made of the mos...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Ormolu

18th Century French Marquetry Louis XV Dressing Table or So-Called Coiffeuse
Located in Berlin, DE
18th century French Louis XV marquetry dressing table or so-called Coiffeuse 18th century Louis XV vanity dressing table or coiffeuse...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Bronze

Antique Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mounted Dressing and Writing Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Antique gilt bronze and porcelain mounted dressing and writing cabinet French, late 19th century Measures: Height 100cm, width 44cm, depth 38cm This elegant cabinet functions as both a vanity and a writing table. The cabinet features a rectangular upper section finished with fine veneered wood. Each side of the top is centred with an oval porcelain plaque portraying flowers, while the corners feature gilt bronze figure mounts. The top of the cabinet hinges...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Ormolu

Fine Louis XV Style Dressing Table by Maison Giroux
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted marquetry inlaid dressing table by Maison Giroux. The underside of the drawer with a stencil mark and paper label for 'Alphonse Giroux &...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Bronze

19th Century Louis XV Style Tulipwood Parquetry Sewing Table
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century Louis XV style tulipwood parquetry sewing table Ladies small sewing table with a lift-up lid. The interior has the original velvet inset. Beneath is a tray containing compartments for sewing accessories...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Tulipwood

Restored 19th Century Alfred Beurdeley French Louis XV Coiffeuse Dressing Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this exquisite fully restored Alfred Beurdeley attributed 19th century French Louis XV Kingwood Coiffeuse dressing table This is the best example of a Coiffeuse table I have ever seen. The marquetry inlay can only really be the work Alfred Beurdeley, it is sublime, musical and floral, all things he was well known for. Additionally the timber is King and tulip wood, walnut and mahogany, all materials he used when creating his marquetry masterpieces This table has been fully restored as mentioned, there were over 50 pieces of veneer missing, they have all been timber matched, replaced, stained and then the whole thing French polished from the ground up Dimensions Height:- 70cm Width:- 82.5cm Depth:- 46.5cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point Alfred Beurdeley, 1847-1919 Nationality: French Date of Birth: 1847 Place of Birth: Paris Place of Death: Paris Identity: Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley was a collector who came from a family of cabinetmakers, antique dealers and collectors. He was the illegitimate son of Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley (1808–82). His grandfather, Jean Beurdeley (1772–1853), who served in Napoleon's army, opened a small antique shop in the Marais district of Paris. In 1830 he bought the Pavillon de Hanovre, 28 Boulevard des Italiens, which became the Beurdeley firm's principal gallery until 1894. L.-A.-A. Beurdeley dealt in antiques and works of art and was also a cabinetmaker specializing in reproductions of seventeenth and eighteenth century furniture. His clients included Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie. Life: In 1875 E.-A. Beurdeley took over his family's gallery and workshops and until 1894 concentrated on continuing the line of luxury furniture sold by his father. He was one of the most important Parisian cabinetmakers, and won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1878. He was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1893 following the Universal Exhibition in Amsterdam. In 1895 he closed the Pavillon de Hanovre and retired to his hôtel in the Rue de Clichy. The rest of his life was spent acquiring and selling enormous collections of furniture, Chinese porcelain, paintings and drawings, including an extraordinary group of eighteenth century French drawings by François Boucher, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Nicolas Lancret and Antoine Watteau in 1905. He also owned JW's La Dormeuse...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Hardwood, Walnut

Louis XV Rosewood Veneered Parquetry Design Dressing Table
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An elegant Louis XV rosewood veneered parquetry design dressing table (coiffeuse) with folding looking-glass, compartments and drawers, France, mid-18th century.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Rosewood

French Louis XV Style 19th Century Marquetry Dressing Table with Floral Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV style marquetry dressing table from the 19th century, with floral motifs and cabriole legs. Born in France during the 19th century, this exquisite marquetry table f...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Brass

Louis XV Tulipwood and Amaranth Table De Toilette, circa 1760
Located in Spencertown, NY
A ladies dressing table with adjustable mirror, compartments on either sides and writing slide in center.
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1760s French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Tulipwood

18th C. Lavabo Wall Fountain Pewter Basin sink on Hand Carved Wood Stand Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
18th century Lavabo Wall Fountain Pewter Basin sink on Hand Carved Wood stand Antique . Imposing 18th century Louis XV of the period Lavabo in Hand Carved walnut with original pewter basins...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Metal, Pewter

French Louis XV Style Bleached Dressing Table
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) bleached dressing table with 3 drawers.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Wood

French Louis XV Style Marquetry & Gilt Bronze-Mounted Secretary Desk with Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style tulipwood and mahogany marquetry gilt bronze-mounted petit-bureau de dame (secretary). The bombe´ structure surmounted by a pair o...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Bronze

Exceptional Louis XV Design Kingwood Dressing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4037, stunning continental kingwood dressing table of serpentine design, having tulipwood and rosewood parquetry inlaid panel and brass decorated edge to hinged top which opens to ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Brass

French Rococo Louis XV Distress Paint Dressing Table Vanity Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV / Rococo style hand-carved and distressed dressing table / ladies writing desk. Item features a shaped turtle top with diamond sunburst veneer, single hand do...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Wood

French Louis XV Style Kingwood Desk with Sèvres Plaques
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) kingwood lady's desk with Sevres porcelain panels and bronze trimmed gallery.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Bronze

Rare 19th Century English Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Bonheur du Jour of exhibition quality, in the Louis XV manner attributed to Holland & Sons Lovingly constructed in Bois Citronnier, and Purpleheart woods, with exten...
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1860s English Antique Louis XV Vanities

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Ormolu

Louis Xv vanities for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XV vanities for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vanities created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables, case pieces and storage cabinets, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV vanities made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vanities, popular names associated with this style include La Maison London, François Linke, Maison Giroux, and Paul Sormani. 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 vanities differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $850 and tops out at $160,336 while the average work can sell for $5,000.

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