The Louis XV style, also called Louis Quinze, is a style of architecture and decorative arts that appeared during the reign of King Louis XV of France. From about 1710 to 1730 (the Regence period) it largely extended the earlier Louis XIV style. From about 1730 to 1750 it grew more original, decorative and exuberant as the Rocaille style, under the influence of the king's mistress Madame de Pompadour, marking the start of the European Rococo movement. From 1750 until the king's death in 1774 it became more sober and ordered, beginning to show the influence of Neoclassicism.
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