Louis XV Architectural Elements
LOUIS XV STYLE
The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.
Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.
Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.
During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.
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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Style: Louis XV
Antique Fireback / Backsplash Showing Poseidon
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Lovely tall and decorative fireback with a depiction of Poseidon holding trident, the sea, four horses and cherubs holding trumpet.
Bottom is rough and has a repair, overall great...
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Early 19th Century European Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
Antique Grey Marble Fireplace
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Beautiful French grey marble Louis XV style fireplace mantel.
The serpentine breakfront shelf rests above a paneled freeze centered by a large...
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
19th Century Rouge de Mazy Marble Louis XV Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
19th century Rouge de Mazy marble Louis XV fireplace mantel. Opening measurements: 34.6 x 39.8 inch (height x width).
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique French Louis XV Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A very nice and unusual shaped French Louis XV fireplace.
Executed in beautiful warm bi colored limestone, this lovely decorative mantel adds true style and French class to any inte...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Antique Mantle of gray marble stone in style of Louis XV
Located in Made, NL
A beautiful antique mantelpiece, made of gray marble stone from the 19th century in style of Louis XV, exudes timeless elegance and historic charm. This antique fireplace mantelpiece...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Other
Beautiful Cast Iron Fireback or Backsplash
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
This nice and tall cast iron fireback is beautifully decorated and in great condition.
It fireback can be used in a real fire or as a beautiful backsplash.
Our vast collection of an...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
Tall Antique Fireback or Backsplash
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A large French fireback or backsplash, man and women around a well.
This fireback has been used and this shows, parts of the base are gone. H...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
A 19th Century French Carrara Marble Fireplace in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Carrara marble fireplace in the Louis XV style. The shaped, fluted jambs surmounted by panels and scrollwork, with carved leaves above. The shaped frieze with c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
19th century fireplace made of Rouge Royal marble in the style of Louis XV
Located in Made, NL
Elegant mantelpiece made of warm Rouge Royal marble in the style of Louis XV from the 19th century! This charming and graceful mantelpiece has a beautiful scallop in the center and b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful elegant antique marble mantelpiece of Carrara marble in style of Louis XV with graceful elements such as a scallop in the middle o...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace mantelpiece made of Carrara marble from the 19th century in the style of Louis XV. Equipped with a beautiful ornament in the middle and also beautiful orn...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique Fireplace of Carrara Marble in Style of Louis XV from the 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace of white Carrara marble from the 19th century. The fireplace is in Louis XV style and has a scallop in the middle and on the sides, also called 'trois sca...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble, Carrara Marble
Antique Chateau Column Base or Architectural from Dijon, France, Circa 1750
Located in Dallas, TX
Truly a one-of-a-kind offering, this chateau column base was hand-carved in Dijon, France, circa 1750, making it a Louis XV period architectural. Carved from a single block of limest...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Stone, Limestone
French Carrara Marble Louis XV Style Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A very well carved Carrara marble Louis XV fireplace, the panelled frieze with carved shell and scrolls to centre with trailing foliage and rosettes. Shaped panelled jambs with carve...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
Antique Marble Fireplace, Louis XV Style, Kind of Marble Is Saint-Anna
Located in Made, NL
A very exclusive antique fireplace of Sainte-Anne belge marble from Belgium. The fireplace is in the style of Louis XV.
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19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique Garden, Architectural Salvage Stones, French Limestone 18th Century
Located in Forte Dei Marmi, IT
Antique Garden, Architectural Salvage LimeStones, Reclaimed 18th Century,
This Is the Perimeter of Reclaimed Garden from Antique Villas of the 18th Century, height 12 cm ( 4.5 inc ) ...
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18th Century European Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Stone
French Louis XV Stone Mantelpiece, Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XV antique stone fireplace. The tapering, stop-fluted jambs with shaped panel above. The frieze with carved cartouche to centre ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Stone
Highly Carved 18th Century Rocaille Overdoor from France
Located in Dallas, TX
With its elaborate Rocaille style, this period Louis XV overdoor was hand-carved in France during the 1700s. Rocaille pieces featured dramatic movements that drew inspiration from na...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Wood, Oak
French Louis XV Style Fireplace in Italian Carrara
Located in London, GB
A Carrara marble fireplace in the Louis XVI manner. The shaped, stop fluted jambs surmounted by swirling carved paterae. The bowed frieze with matching flutes and moulded shelf above...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
Set of 3 ornate gilt bronze curtain hooks in the Louis XV style
Located in London, GB
A set of three late 19th century French very ornate gilt bronze curtain hooks in the Louis XV style.
Foundry Mark: GH
Projection from wall: 7 inches.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Brass, Bronze
Antique Black Marble Fireplace, Noir de Mazy, Louis XV, 19th century
Located in Made, NL
Antique Noir de Mazy fireplace from Belgium. Very nice with the coquille in the middle of the front and on both sides of the legs.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Belgian Black Marble
French Louis XV Style Ciel de Lit or Bed Canopy, 19th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XV style 19th century Chapeau de gendarme bed canopy, was formerly the top of a Provencal armoire.
This beautifully carved piece has...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Wood
19th century Fireplace of Carrara marble - Louis XV style
Located in Made, NL
Very beautiful fireplace of white Carrara marble from the 19th century. Carrara marble originally comes from Italy, from the town of Carrara. This city is also called the city of mar...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Fireback from the 19th Century with a Shield Decorated with a Sunflower
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Fireback from the 19th century with a shield decorated with a sunflower.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
Fireback with the Coat of Arms of France from the 17th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Fireback with the coat of arms of France from the 18th century reproduced in the book "Plaques de Cheminées" by Henri Carpentier, page 206.
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17th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
Antique Marble Fireplace of Breccia Violetta Marble from the 18 Cent. - Louis XV
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful colorful antique fireplace of the exclusive marble type Breccia Violetta. This fireplace dates from the 18th century and is in the style of Louis XV. A special mantle with ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Louis XV Style Fireback Representing the Queen of France Marie Leczinska
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
19th century Louis XV style fireback depicting the French Queen Marie Leczinska. Three similar firebacks are reproduced in Henri Carpentier's book "Plaques...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
Black Marble Louis XV Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique French fireplace in deep black Belgian marble
Lovely petite Louis XV style fireplace great deep black coloring and friendly decorations.
Nice sculpted shelf...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble, Belgian Black Marble
Noir De Mazy Marble Mantle Surround, Fireplace in Style of Louis XV, 19th Cent
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace of Noir de Mazy marble, also called the 'black gold'! This beautiful fireplace is in the style of Louis XV and dates from the 19th century. A very chic ma...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique Marble Fireplace Carrara Marble 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful compact and antique fireplace of Carrara marble from Italy! This fireplace is in the style of Louis XV and has 'trois coquilles', a large shell in the middle of the front p...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
Fireback from the 18th Century Featuring a Love Playing with a Goat
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Very unusual and rare 18th century fireback, figuring a love playing with a goat..
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
19th Century French Iron Fireplace Plaque with Putti, Vertical Orientation
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This 19th century iron fireplace back channels a Classic romantic motif featuring putti with scrolling filigree in asymmetrical decoration. One putti carries a staff with two serpents...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
"The Tea", Fireback After François Boucher, 18th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This fireback is 18th century period. A Chinese character serves tea with a small monkey. The decoration is inspired by a drawing by François Boucher (1703-1770).
A fireback of the ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
Antique Louis XV Fireplace
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Very nice French Louis XV style fireplace in brown and black "Stinkal" Marble.
The profiles top sits on a paneled frieze with a stylish central cartouche, the frieze rests on pane...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Small French Louis XV Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Small French Louis XV Fireplace Mantel.
Unique little Louis XV Fireplace mantel in Corton Violine limestone from the area of Burgundy in France. The soft and warm tones makes this...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Limestone
18th Century Antique Marble Fireplace in Fleur de Pecher.
Located in Made, NL
Very special antique fireplace of Fleur de Peche marble. A type of marble that stands out because of its color and therefore belongs to the unique fireplaces! This fireplace dates fr...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Fireback with Atlantes Supporting an Entablature with Fire Vases, 18th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Fireback of the 18th century with two atlantes supporting an entablature with fire vases.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
Antique Marble Fireplace Arabescato Marble 19th Century Monumental
Located in Made, NL
Exceptional, impressive and monumental 19th century antique fireplace surround in beautiful Arabescato marble.
The carving is in superb quality showing the high standard and exceptional craftsmanship of its sculpturer. This unique antique chimneypiece mantle is a one in its kind
The style of this antique mantle...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
A French Carrara Marble Fireplace in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Carrara marble fireplace in the Louis XV style. The shaped jambs surmounted by shells and scrollwork. The shaped frieze with carved cartouche to centre flanked ...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
French Marble Fireplace in the Louis XV Manner
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French marble fireplace in the Louis XV style. The panelled frieze with shell to carved centre, with scrollwork throughout, the carved jambs with stiff acanthus leaves...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
Period French Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A transitional Louis XIV/XV French marble fireplace. The jambs carved with stiff acanthus leaves above footblock and foliage to scrolls. The ar...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique Marble Fireplace Surround Rouge Royal Belge Marble 18th century
Located in Made, NL
Very impressive antique marble fireplace in the style of Louis XV. The size is exceptionally large for a marble fireplace, 203 cm wide! The fireplace has a beautiful scallop in the m...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
French Louis XV Antique Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XV antique stone fireplace with panelled console jambs supporting the carved scrolled entablature with central shell over scroll...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Stone
Extraordinair French Louis XIV Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Very happy to offer this amazing French louis XIV fireplace mantel.
The mantel is made from striking Italian Bardiglio grey marble, this ni...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Black Marble Louis XV Fireplace Mantel, 19th Century
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Black Marble Louis XV Fireplace Mantel, 19th Century
Beautiful decorative piece, nice proportioned with serpentine breakfront shelf above a fi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble, Belgian Black Marble
Louis XV Fireplace from the 19th Century of Saint Anna Marble
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace of Sint Anna marble from Belgium! This fireplace has a warm color scheme and is in the style of Louis XV, with ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique Marble Fireplace Paonazzo Marble 19th Century One of a kind
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful unique and exclusive fireplace of Paonazzo marble from the 19th century! This antique French fireplace is in the style of Louis XV and has a scallop in the middle and on th...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble
White Marble Louis XV Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique Louis XV fireplace mantel in Carrara white marble
Beautiful antique Louis XV fireplace mantel.
Very fine carved 19th century Louis XV mantelpiece from Paris.
Beautiful decorative piece, nice proportioned with serpentine breakfront...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble, Carrara Marble
Monumental One of a Kind 19th Century Architectural Fragment Wall Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A strikingly large and ornate fantastic 19th century one of a kind architectural fragment from a French monastery having red painted weathered background and sculptural 3 dimensional...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Wood
19th Century Fireplace of Burgundy Marble Stone in Style of Louis XV
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace of Burgundian marble stone. This fireplace is in the style of Louis XV and dates from the 19th century and features a beautiful scallop in the middle of t...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Other
Classic French Louis XV Period Fireplace Surround in Limestone
Located in Beervelde, BE
Grand 18th century French Country style hard limestone fireplace surround. Exceptional proportions for this kind of time period. Country style without being too rustic.
Measures:
1...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Fine 18th Century Period French Antique Decorative Fireplace in Limestone
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is very small French country limestone fireplace surround from the Louis XV period. A delicate surround with great authentic patina and which was installed in a wood pannel...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Antique Fireback or Backsplash with Coat of Arms
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Beautiful antique cast iron fireback / backsplash.
Great condition very detailed.
The lion in the crest is a common charge in heraldry. It traditionally symbolises bravery, valou...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
Louis XV Fireplace with a Beautiful Patina, 19th Century of French Limestone
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace of French limestone with beautiful ornaments and patina. The color scheme and decorations make this fireplace a very unique piece. This fireplace dates fr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Pair of Large French Antique Garden Urns "Chambord"
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An imposing pair of antique Chambord garden urns, in reconstituted stone, with a nicely weathered appearance in keeping with their age and outdoor use.
These exquisite garden piece...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Stone
Antique Marble Fireplace with Cast Iron Stove
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Amazingly colorful French Louis XV fireplace mantel from Paris, France.
This bright and friendly pompadour style mantel comes with cast iron stove and...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Marble, Breccia Marble
Impressive Antique French Louis XV Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Beautiful soft toned sandstone Louis XV fireplace mantel from mid- France.
Subtle decorated frieze combined with perfectly executed elegant swooping lines make this 18th century mas...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Sandstone
Antique Fireback / Backsplash "Winter"
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique French Louis XV fireplace fireback / backsplash showing "Winter" by an old bearded man who is trying to heat up to a nice little fire.
The cast iron fireback has been prop...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Architectural Elements
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Iron
Louis Xv architectural elements for sale on 1stDibs.
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