Jardinière, Sterling Silver, Prestige Louis XV

The Louis XV style, or Rocaille, pushes the fanciful opulence of the Regency period even further. This style is one of the most imaginative in the history of the decorative arts and has, over the centuries, been recognised as the most perfect, defining embodiment of French taste. It is typified by plant motifs, shells, flowers and leaves, arranged with a pleasant asymmetry and the lines of the compositions entwined in convoluted arabesques.