Louis XV Style

Louis XV panelled room, French, ca. 1735. This room originally stood in the Hotel Herlaut on the Place Vendôme, Paris. Getty Museum, Los Angeles area.

Versailles. Cabinet de la Pendule, ca. 1738. Forms part of the "Petite Appartments" created in the 1730s by Louis XV.

Room designed by Nicolas Pineau for the Hôtel de Varengeville, Paris, ca. 1735. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

Versailles. A boiserie detail in the Dauphine's cabinet. The colors are typical of the kind of Vernis Martin decor introduced to Versailles by Madame de Pompadour, 1721-1764. Jacques Verberckt.

Commode inset with Chinese lacquer panels and crowned with a pink marble top. This bombé and serpentine piece is in the fully developed Louis XV, or rococo, taste. ca. 1755.

Secrétaire, with floral marquetrie in various woods, ormolu mounts, and marble top by Jean Francois Oeben, ca. 1760.

Versailles. Writing desk of Louis XV begun by Jean Francois Oeben but completed and mostly attributed to Jean-Henri Ríesener. ca. 1769. Note tambour top.

This Louis XV fauteuil frame was formed of a series of curves, giving an appearance of ease and comfort.

Duchesse brisée, with gilded wooden frame by Louis Delanois. ca. 1765.

Sevres porcelain inkstand. ca. 1770. J.C. Duplessis. Gift of Louis XV to his daughter-in-law, Marie Antoinette.

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