Louis XV style
Curved, gilded furniture
Louis XV style is a French decorative and architectural aesthetic from the mid-18th century, characterized by curved lines, asymmetrical ornament, and naturalistic motifs like shells, flowers, and scrollwork.
It favors elegance and intimacy over grandeur, with lighter colors and more delicate proportions than the preceding Louis XIV style.
The term applies especially to furniture, interiors, and decorative arts: a Louis XV commode with cabriole legs, Louis XV gilt mirrors.
- love seatTwo-person sofa
- commodeToilet or storage chest
- chandelierDecorative suspended light fixture
- boiserieOrnate wooden wall covering
- tapestryDecorative woven wall cloth
asymmetry · ormolu · cartouche · marquetry · salons · gilding · pastel colors · pale pink · canapé · curved legs · parquet flooring · pastoral scenes · cornices · porcelain figurines · console table · decorative arts · French court · aristocratic
- furniturebed, beds, chair, chairs, table
- French ArchitectureVersailles, Louvre, Notre-Dame, Notre Dame, Chartres
- French decorarmoire, boiserie, French provincial, Limoges, ormolu
- Rococorococo, Fragonard, pastel colors, scrollwork, boiserie
- Baroque ArtRembrandt, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Rubens, Velazquez
- decorative brassbrassware, brass candlesticks, brass lamps, brass bowls, brass bells
Louis XV styleMinimalism
Art stripped to essentials
Bauhaus · modernism · International Style · brutalism · functionalism
Louis XV styleBauhaus
Influential modernist design school
minimalism · International Style · functionalism · modernism · brutalism