Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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.
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Style: Louis XVI
Parisian Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Delightful French Louis XVI "Demi Lune" style fireplace mantel.
This Parisian Louis XVI fireplace mantel is the perfect mix of simple and strong profiled elements.
Executed in a lo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Hand Carved Stone Limestone Simple Rustic Fireplace Mantle Surround Antiques CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Stone Limestone Simple Rustic Fireplace Mantle Surround Antiques CA. A nicely Hand finished carved simple white and off white limestone fireplace mantel (fireplace) surro...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone, Limestone
Amazing Antique Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Spectacular and Amazing French Louis XVI style fireplace mantel in beautiful Italian Carrara white marble.
This mantel is decorated with exquisite and exuberant carvings, with a b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble, Carrara Marble
Blackie's Restaurant Bronze Louis XVI Figural Balcony Railing
Located in New York, NY
This incredibly decorative double sided solid cast bronze railing is one of many reclaimed architectural treasures that once decorated Blackies Restaurant in Washington DC. Obtained ...
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20th Century Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Bronze
French 19th Century Panel In Louis XVI Style
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful wooden panel depicting a vase with flowers in Louis XVI style with beautiful old color.
France circa 1850. Weathered.
Measurements include the wooden base..
H:35,5cm W:21c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Wood
Antique Fireplace Mantel Chimneypiece
Located in Made, NL
This antique fireplace is a rare piece in Breche Médicis marble, crafted in the 19th century.
It features an elegant design in the Louis XVI style and comes with its original cast ir...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Grey Marble Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Happy to offer this wonderful French Louis XVI in grey marble.
The shallowness and subtle decoration make this mantel suitable for a variety of applications.
The rectangular tops...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique French Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique French Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel.
A nice style correct Louis XVI Fireplace from Paris in France.
The profiled topshelf h...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Small Marble Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Small and elegant white marble Louis XVI fireplace mantel.
Lovely original conditions with some dicoloring in the topsheld.
Would be perfect for a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
Monumental Dutch Black Marble Fireplace Mantel with Green Details
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Monumental Dutch mantelpiece from the 19th century.
Beautiful deep black Belgian marble with green ("vert de mere") details, very decorative.
Great usable dimensions.
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19th Century Dutch Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Belgian Black Marble
Grey Marble Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
An early 19th/ late 18th century Dutch fireplace mantel in the Louis XVI manner.
The nice mantel has great proportions and is wonderfully decorated in "V.O.C." style.
It superbly c...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique Fireback / Backsplash, Coat of Arms Lions
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique fireback / backsplash, coat of arms lions.
Nice square cast iron antique fireback displaying a the coat of arms with two lions.
Great co...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Iron
19th Century Monumental Black Marble Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Made, NL
Monumental Louis XVI black marble mantle in excellent condition. A true masterpiece.
The carving is of such a high quality showing the true art of ...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Belgian Black Marble
Monumental Black Marble Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Monumental black marble Louis XVI fireplace mantel
Very impressive 19th century Louis XVI fireplace mantel in Belgian black marble....
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Belgian Black Marble
Superb Antique Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Spectacular French Louis XVI style fireplace mantel in beautiful Italian Carrara white marble.
This mantel is decorated with exquisite and exuberant carvings. It is in a lovely cond...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
- Monumental - Antique French Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel in Carrara White Marble
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A beautifully carved and unique French Louis XVI style fireplace in Carrara white marble, 19th century.
Perfect, pristine condition. Ready to be installed.
Opening measurements: ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
Antique 19th Century French Chateau Oak Paneled Salon Room "Boiserie" circa 1865
Located in New Orleans, LA
A complete boiseries from the French country estate: "Chateau de Quatres Barbes." The antique 19th century French Louis XVI style grand oak paneled salon room...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Louis XVI Style Paneling with Louis XVI Period Mantel and Trumeau
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This Louis XVI style paneled room is composed of two shelves and cupboards with double doors made of wood painted in light green in the 20th century.
They frame a Louis XVI period mantel sculpted in Saint-Anne grey marble with a fluted decor on the header and the jambs. The mantel is accompanied by its trumeau also from the same period, made of sculpted woodn painted in the same colors as the rest of the room. The decor are risen up with gold painting such as the beautiful Love allegory recognizable thanks to the kissing birds...
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1950s French Vintage Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Wood
French Louis XVI Style Carrara Marble Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style fireplace in Carrara marble. The moulded jambs with acanthus leaves and scrolled returns, the frieze with carved oval paterae, moulded panels and square pate...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
Louis XVI Style Woodwork, End of the 20th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Cette importante boiserie de style Louis XVI à été réalisée à la fin du XXe siècle. Les panneaux de couleurs jaune clair présentent un décor en stuc à l’an...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Wood, Plaster
18th Century French Louis XVI Dove Grey Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI dove grey marble fireplace, with carved husks to flutes, fluted jambs surmounted by pateras, and carved egg and dart moulding under shelf.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Wood Paneled Room with Trompe L'oeil Library Decoration, Late 20th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This piece of woodwork was made at the extreme end of the 20th century, around 1985 and comes from a Parisian mansion.
It presents a grey paneled decoration enhanced with gold, composed of empty shelves surmounted by cupboards opening with a leaf, or filled with trompe l'oeil books by great authors with old bindings. The shelves are punctuated by protruding ionic columns on rudent pedestals. Three doors give access to the room, two of which are trompe l'oeil, taking up the library decor...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Wood
Large Period Louis XVI French Painted Overdoor or Headboard, circa 1790
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally an overdoor from a boiserie room at a French chateau, this large architectural was hand-carved during the Louis XVI period, circa 1790. The overdoor is roughly rectangular, with the exception of the stepped bottom molding, which would have been necessary to fit over the door frame.
In the center of the overdoor is a classical urn adorned with imbricated disks and gadrooning and topped with a pinecone finial. The vessel is surrounded by an ovate border embellished with bead and reel, an oval floret, scrolls, and foliage. Two bundled leaf swags emanate from the top of the medallion, flowing in opposite directions, with crinkled ribbon loosely twirled around the greenery. An additional crinkled ribbon is wrapped around the garland just before the swag feeds through a hoop and turns downwards.
Prominent molding with several thick layers surrounds the low-relief carvings, providing a nice border to the architectural panel. The wood has been painted a grayish-green color, sometimes referred to as “French gray”, which is a very neutral color that can be paired with many interior color palettes. Our Louis XVI painted overdoor...
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Wood, Paint
Grand Vintage Fine European Antique Fireplace Surround in Grey Marble
Located in Beervelde, BE
A state of the art antique mantle in Gris St-Anne marble from the Louis XVI period transition, 18th century.
The fronton and jambs are decorated with its original bijouterie in bras...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble, Brass
18th Century French Louis XVI Musical Trophy Boiserie Panel in Carved Oak Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand carved during the reign of Louis XVI, this linden wood and oak plaque was originally a boiserie panel that would have adorned the wall of a French manor...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Wood, Oak
Two 18th Century Architectural Fragment Panels With Putties
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of 18th Century painted architectural fragment panels with putties, one of the panels has Louis Seize decorations
The panels were ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Wood
Long Giltwood Turned Rope Giltwood Dentil Fragment
Located in Nashville, TN
Just shy of 5 foot, this carved wood room dentil fragment is matte gilt and water gilt. Probably salvaged from a paneled room boiserie in very good physical condition. Presents very ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Giltwood
Grand Louis XVI Period French Vintage Stone Fireplace
Located in Beervelde, BE
Exceptionally grand 18th century period fireplace surround.
The structure of this stone out of the French Ardêche area is so special that it is fit for a high-end interior design.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone, Marble
18th Century French Classic, One of Kind Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
Exceptional original French chimney mantel in perfect condition. The fronton is one solid piece of marble. decorated with macarons and an amazing movement. a very raffinated piece. I...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
18th Century Statuary White Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is another one of a kind original fireplace surround in White Statuary Marble. The marble of the mantle has a nice patina. Very fine details in the carving. A great condition of...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Statuary Marble
Antique fireplace in style of Louis XVI, 19th century, carrara marble
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace from the 19th century in Louis XVI style, made of high-quality Carrara marble. This antique fireplace is straight in shape, characterized by its straight ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble, Carrara Marble
Antique Black and Red Marble Fireplace
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Nice sized and decorative Dutch mantel.
The deep polished black "Noir de Mazy" marble combined with striking red "Griotte" marble makes this stylish mantel really stand out.
This could work really well in a modern, contemporary and a Classic interior. Prefect usable dimensions.
Great original condition, can be sold with black marble flooring...
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Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Belgian Black Marble, Griotte Marble
Antique Fireback, Small and Decorative
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A nicely decorated gem of a fireback or backsplash, displaying a monkey and cat playing in a fireplace mantel.
Hollow casted so its relatively light, would make a great wall decor...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Iron
18th Century French Country Chique Limestone Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a perfect fireplace surround for a paneled room. The mantel (fireplace) has a nice patina and very deep jambs. It is in great condition and not broken. A different element fo...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
Exquisite Classic French Antique Limestone Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This fine Louis XVI antique fireplace surround in French limestone is in great condition.
Original and one of a kind mantle, a real work of art, with floral details on the front of ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
19th Century Fireplace of Portoro Marble in Style of Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful unique fireplace of Portoro marble. Portoro marble has its origin in Italy and is a very nice warm marble of dark brown/black with beautiful flam...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Pair of Carved Giltwood Sphinx and Griffin Form in Neoclassical Caricature
Located in Nashville, TN
Probably Mdme. Pompadour and Mdme. DuBarry caricatures, popular motif in the 19th century. On coral colored marble bases, and probably of architectural origin. Great color contrast b...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Wood
19th Century Elegant Antique Fine French Hard Stone Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
This Louis XVI style fireplace is in burgundy hard stone; it has a very nice patina and is in top condition. It has a wood acajou look. The hardness and the polish of the stone refle...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
Antique Marble Chimneypiece
Located in Made, NL
A monumental 19th Century Louis XIV-style Paonazzo marble fireplace, exquisitely carved with acroterion details. This antique chimneypiece, i...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
18th Century Louis XVI Burgundy Blue-Grey Stone Antique Fireplace
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a 18th century original antique fireplace surround made out of a blue-grey Burgundy hard stone. It was built in the Louis XVI period. It consists of three solid blocks of sto...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
Antique Marble Fireplace Noir De Mazy Marble 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
Very nice antique fireplace of the 'black gold' Noir de Mazy marble. Noir de Mazy fireplaces are one of the most popular styles of fireplaces. The quarries in Belgium where this marb...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique Marble Fireplace Surround Carrara Marble Louis XVI 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
Very exclusive mantel of Carrara marble from Italy! A beautifully decorated fireplace in the style of Louis XVI with various ornaments in the front part of the fireplace and on the l...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Beautiful 19th Century Louis XVI Antique Fireplace from Chateau de la Gesse
Located in Made, NL
Important early 19th Century antique fireplace in Statuary Carrara marble with quiver-shaped columns and gilt bronze ornaments.
Its original provenance is Chateau de la Gesse - Boul...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Architectural Corinthian Columns, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style carved walnut and gilt-cast Gesso Architectural Corinthian columns. The slender carved walnut column resting on a square plin...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Gesso, Walnut
Louis XVI Style Carved Giltwood Panel or Overdoor Fragment
Located in Nashville, TN
Rope turned pattern with water and matte gilding .Nicks , chips and minor losses and subsequent touchups. Red bole bleeding through gilding in places.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Wood
Pair of Large Wooden Blue and White Louis XVI Style Trophy Panels
Located in Dallas, TX
Carvings with a military, musical, hunting, or agricultural theme, known as trophies, became popular during the period of Louis XVI. This pair of large trophy panels have Neoclassica...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Wood, Paint
Paneled Room with a Neo-Classical Decor, Louis XVI Period
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This beautiful paneled room is composed of elements from the Louis XVI period on a pine tree structure, some elements have been put on more recent frame from the 20th century beginning.
It shows a white painted paneled decor...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Wood
Antique Marble Fireplace Arabescato Marble 19th Century Style Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace of Arabescato marble from the 19th century in style of Louis XVI. This fireplace has a beautiful ornament in the middle of the front part and at the top o...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Veined Grey Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style veined grey and white marble fireplace mantel surround, surmounted with a pair of cylindrical marble columns and an edged frieze, Pari...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
19th century fireplace in style of Louis XVI of Noir de Mazy marble
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique mantelpiece made of Noir de Mazy marble with beautiful curves and ornaments. This mantelpiece dates from the 19th century and is in the style of Louis XVI. A black ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Pair of Louis XVI Grey Marble Column Pedestals
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style (19/20th Cent) grey marble fluted column pedestals with square top.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Very Fine Louis XVI Breche Violette Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A very fine Louis XVI Breche Violette marble fireplace. The carved frieze with c-scrolls throughout, with carved bellflower to centre. The ja...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Fireback Depicting a Vase with Fire Framed by Two Chimeras, 19th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Fireback of the 19th century depicting a vase on a tripod with fire framed by two chimeras supporting baskets of fruit.
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1760s French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Iron
French Louis XVI St Anne's Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A charming Louis XVI fireplace in Saint Anne des Pyrenees marble with delicate white carvings. The centre panel with hunting scene of wild boar, dogs, birds and flowers. The jambs an...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Carved White Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine French 19th century Louis XVI style carved white marble fireplace mantel surround. The apron with carvings of musical instruments and allegorical to abundance with fruits and ri...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Fine Quality Breche Violette Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A mid-19th century French Louis XVI style fireplace in Breche Violette marble. The shaped, stop-fluted jambs surmounted by carved square paterae...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Breccia Marble
Period 18th Century Louis XVI Stone Mantel with Greek Key Motif
Located in London, GB
An attractive period 18th century Louis XVI stone fireplace. The fluted frieze with Greek key centre panel, beneath moulded shelf. The bracket shaped j...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
Antique Marble Mantel
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique mantelpiece made of black marble, called Noir de Mazy. This beautiful type of marble comes from Belgium, but is becoming increasingly rare, because the quarries whe...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
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