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Louis XVI Garniture

LOUIS XVI STYLE

Reflecting the final era of royal opulence before the upheaval of the French Revolution, antique Louis XVI furniture features more angular shapes than the Rococo curves of the Louis XV style, harkening back to the imposing grandeur of Louis XIV.

Dating between 1750 and 1800, an era that overlapped with the last king of France whose reign was cut short by the guillotine, Louis XVI furniture, known as the goût grec, is emblematic of the neoclassical revision that French furniture underwent during the second half of the 18th century.

Authentic Louis XVI furniture characteristics include clean lines and carved details such as scrolls and acanthus flourishes that were inspired by ancient Greece and Rome. This was informed by a burgeoning interest in antiquity in the 18th century, owing to new archaeological excavations at sites including Pompeii and Herculaneum. It largely eclipsed the more East Asian–influenced ornamentation of Louis XV for something more geometric and symmetrical.

The Louis XVI style was defined by what was being created for the palatial rooms at Versailles and Fontainebleau, particularly for the queen, with cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener being a favorite of Marie-Antoinette’s for his luxurious pieces accented with gilded bronze and marquetry. Furniture maker Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené was also a major designer of the period, with his pieces for the royal residences adorned with giltwood and neoclassical touches like tapered columns for chair legs and laurel leaf carvings. Cabinetmaker Adam Weisweiler occasionally incorporated into his furniture porcelain panels produced by Sèvres, a popular manufacturer of European ceramics that served the crown with serveware, vases and other decorative objects.

Find a collection of antique Louis XVI seating, tables, cabinets and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Louis XVI
Louis XVI Style, Three Piece Clock Garniture, Gilt Bronze, Marble, France, 1920s
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XVI Style, Three Piece Clock Garniture, Gilt Bronze, Marble, France, 1920s A finely cast bronze and marble clock set depicting Leto and her Children Apollo and Diana. The set ...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Garniture

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Marble, Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XVI Bronze + Ormolu + onyx 3 piece Centerpiece w/urns
Located in New York City, NY
An exquisite French 19th-century Louis XVI-style surtout de table featuring a centerpiece and two urns in patinated, gilded bronze and onyx, circa 1880. The oval centerpiece in am...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Onyx, Bronze

Tiffany & Co, French Louis XVI, Clock, Garniture Set, Bronze, Marble, France
Located in Stamford, CT
Tiffany French Louis XVI Clock Garniture Set, Bronze, Marble, 19th/20th Century A French Louis XVI style three-piece gilt bronze and w...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Pair Gilt Bronze / Rouge Marble Garnitures / Urns
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Large pair of baluster form gilt bronze-mounted marble decorative garnitures / urns, in the manner of Pierre Gouthiere (French, 1732-1813). Each footed urn / garniture features a fruiting finials above verde antico marble caps...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Rouge Griotte Marble Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI style ormolu and rouge griotte marble clock set French, 1867 Clock: height 67cm, width 46cm, depth 28cm Candelabra: height 81cm...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Griotte Marble, Ormolu

Set of Louis XVI Urns in the Sevres Style
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish set of two porcelain vases are in the Louis XVI style of the late 18th century, and are very much in the manner of pieces created by Sevres. Note: The two pieces vary ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Porcelain

Fine Pair of Signed Antique Baccarat Crystal and Bronze Compotes or Centerpieces
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of antique French Louis XVI style, signed Baccarat hand diamond cut crystal and bronze doré, first quality, footed compotes or centerpieces. The cut crystal is in excelle...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Crystal, Bronze

19th Century French Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Porcelain Urns, a Pair
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptional matching pair of exhibition quality bisque porcelain urns / vases, very fine French work, elegant Louis XVI style, finished with luxurious Neoclassical taste, the magn...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Ensemble of Sèvres Porcelain Decorated with Putti
Located in Paris, FR
Ensemble composed of a cup and two vases in Sevres porcelain with a blue background. The elements are mounted in gilded and chased bronze with handles decorated with grotesque masks and scrolls. The background is decorated with interlacing and enamelled pearls. The two vases are painted with decorations of putti in clouds...
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Porcelain

Pair of Louis XVI Style Covered Vases in Ceramic
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of turquoise blue ceramic covered vases in the Louis XVI style with twisted decoration. They have a gilded bronze mount. It takes the shape of a laurel wreath on the foot. The r...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Ceramic

Antique French 19th C Pink Ground Sevres Style 3-Piece Pot-Pourri/Candelabra Set
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary and fantastic quality antique French Louis XVI style and sevres style pink ground three piece pot-pourri and four arm candelabra garniture set. This unusual and quit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Porcelain

Antique French Ormolu Clock and Candlesticks Set with Rouge Marble, Circa 1880's
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French exquisite quality Ormolu clock and candlesticks of Vatican rouge marble, circa 1875-1885 Clock measures 15” H x 10” W x 4 1/2” D Candlestick measures 13” H x 7” W ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Urns on Marble Bases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th century French Louis XVI mantel urns on marble bases were intended for decorative appeal alone, and feature classic designs inspired by ancient Greek amphora...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Marble, Spelter

Pair of French Malachite and Gilt Bronze Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Malachite and gilt bronze vases French, 20th century Measures: Height 63cm, width 40cm, depth 31cm Each vase in this pair is ...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Garniture

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Malachite, Ormolu

Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Clock Garniture
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain clock garniture French, 19th century Measures: Clock height 46cm, width 29cm, depth 24c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Garnitures
Located in Norwood, NJ
French 19th Century Louis XVI gilt bronze garnitures mounted on fluted white Carrara marble and black marble bases with ram's head and flame moti...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Marble, Carrara Marble, Gold Plate, Bronze

Pair of lapis and gilt bronze krater vases
Located in London, GB
Each krater form vase in this pair is made of gilt bronze mounted lapis lazuli. The vases stand on square gilt bronze bases which attach to the feet of the vases with acanthus leaf g...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Garniture

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Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu, Bronze

Gilt-Bronze and Cloisonné Garniture. France, 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt-bronze and cloisonné garniture, France, 19th century. Clock works.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Bronze, Enamel

Pair of Mid-19th Century Vases in Ural Granite and Gilt Bronze, Louis XVI Style
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Ural granite and gilt bronze ornamental vases in Louis XVI style. Young women in gilt bronze sit on the shoulders of the granite vases to form the handles, their backs bent s...
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1850s Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Granite, Bronze

Antique Pair of Decorative Vases in Royal Blue Porcelain and Gilt
Located in London, GB
A pair of gilt bronze and porcelain vases. Rising from a rounded cut-corner square marble base, the miniature blue de roi-glazed porcelain ewers dressed with gilt bronze mounts; t...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Clock Garniture, Gilt Bronze Marble, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Two cups on pedestals and a clock. The French style known as Louis XVI is characterized by its inspiration in classicism and covers approximately from 1760 to 1789. In the 19th cent...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Louis XVI Clock Garniture with Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu
Located in London, GB
A Garniture de Chemineé in the Louis XVI taste By Arnold & Lewis (late Simmons) The mantle clock, and its two matched vases, are constructed in jewelled 'Sèvres' style porcelain, hand and polychrome decorated, with gilt highlights and finely gilt bronze. The clock, rising from toupie feet, supports a rectangular base frame with rounded ends, set with cast stiff leaf decoration, and having inset Roi de Bleu and gilt work panels; over, the circular porcelain dial, signed by the maker (qv) has Roman numerals and blued steel hands, and is set over a central porcelain panel with a bucolic scene, and flanked by elliptical female portraits; the ends are curved and conformingly polychrome and gilt decorated; the whole is surmounted by a decorated twin handled urn, having a pine cone finial, set on an addorsed acanthi gilt bronze base. The two train clock...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Bronze

Late 19th Century Sevre Style Porcelain and Ormolu Assembled Ganiture
Located in London, GB
The bodies of the three pieces delicately painted with scenes of romantic courtship signed by the artist on a background of raised gilt and royal blue.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Porcelain

French Marble Clock and Garniture Set, Louis XVI Style
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
French marble clock and garniture set, Louis XVI style. Crystal regulator clock with marble base and pillars, surmounted with cast bronze panthe...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

Barbedienne Bronze Centerpiece after Germain Pilon on Red and Black Marble Base
Located in Norwood, NJ
19th Century Signed Doré bronze Belle Époque Barbedienne centerpiece of large scale, in the Renaissance style, on a red and black marble base. Three graces gilt bronze figural sculpt...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Garniture

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Marble, Gold Plate, Bronze

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Located in Bronx, NY
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