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Louis XVI Panelling

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
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 Panelling

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Wood

Louis XVI Style Panelling with Fireplace and a Marine Scene, Oil on Canvas
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This paneled room is composed of a stone fireplace, a large glass door with four leaves, a single door (both with their frame) and a large oil on canv...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Panelling

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Stone

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 Panelling

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Wood

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 beginni...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Panelling

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Wood

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 Panelling

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Wood, Plaster

Antique Walnut Paneled Room Louis XVI Style
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Beautiful antique Louis XVI style paneled room, circa 1900. Mirrors are not available. Dimensions of the room are: width 198''; depth 218' 1/2; height 147''. The total length of the...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Panelling

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Walnut

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 Panelling

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Giltwood

Pair of Carved Louis XVI Midcentury Door Panels
Located in New York, NY
A pair of custom carved Louis XVI style parcel-gilt door panels carved on both sides.
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20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Panelling

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Wood

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 Panelling

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Marble

Grand 19th Century French Louis XVI Hand-Carved Oak Panel, over 9 Feet Tall
Located in Dallas, TX
This grand 19th century French Louis XVI hand-carved oak panel is over nine feet tall! Makes is a great choice for dramatic adding a touch of style to any narrow space! Hand-sculpted...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Panelling

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Oak

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Large and Unique Antique French Boiserie with Covered Alcove, 17th Century
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This beautiful section of boiserie has been carved from softwood in the 17th century (upper section pieces only). It has been completely cleaned (stripped) and clear waxed at some point in it's history, and about 15 years ago, the previous owners added the base section (one piece), and backing. The motifs are acanthus leaves in various forms, discs, scrolls and beading. To the sides of the center open section are crowns with ribbons. The one on the left is over an arrangement of irises while the one on the right is over an arrangement of roses. Beneath each is a draped cartouche with roses hanging from the center. Both of these sections are slightly curved inward to the central covered alcove. The opening is curved at the top with the ceiling being flat. Different motifs described above are at the back and the front. A bracket is above this blending into the ceiling molding...
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Copper Wall Panelling Cladding by Edit Oborzil, 1971 Art Object Panel
Located in Rome, IT
Striking copper wall cladding designed by Edit Oborzil and Tibor Jeney, cca. 1968 for the Hotel Helikon - Balaton Keszthely, Hungary. Artistic r...
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1970s Hungarian Vintage Louis XVI Panelling

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Louis XVI Style Wooden Carved Fireplace Mantel
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
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Exceptional 18th Century Oak Boiserie Panel from Chateau Saint-Maclou, Normandy
Located in Dallas, TX
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19th Century Mantel in Style of Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace made of Arabescato marble! Arabescato is a type of marble extracted from the Apennines mountains north of Carrara, Italy. Arabescato marble has always bee...
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19th Century Mantel in Style of Louis XVI
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19th Century Moorish Revival Bronze Architectural Model Panel
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Pair of Large Gio Ponti Elm Boiserie Panels from Hotel Royal, Naples 1955
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18th Century White Carved Wood Trumeau Louis XVI Period
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Carved Giltwood and Painted Boiserie Overdoor Panel
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The architectural frieze fragment (Supra porta) removed from paneling. A decorated panel of Louis XVI style . The neoclassical styled panel with gilded leaf garland intertwined with ribbon surrounding a colorful oil inset of four cherubs or putti dancing around a Bacchian mask, probably an allegory to spring. The panel now a worn ivory-cream. Lower undecorated strip panel probably a structural board to secure behind the room paneling...
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Set of Three Bas Relief Overdoor Panels from France, circa 1860
Located in Dallas, TX
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Panelling

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Swedish Over Door Palatial Carved Wood Panel Painted White, French, 19th Century
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Italy Set 3 18th Century Painting on Canvas Louis XVI Style
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a set of three hand painting on canvas dated 18th century. The neoclassical style drawing are fine and elegant: in the past were put over the doors as decor Their conditions...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Panelling

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Italy Set 3 18th Century Painting on Canvas Louis XVI Style
Italy Set 3 18th Century Painting on Canvas Louis XVI Style
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H 16.93 in W 56.3 in D 0.12 in
Pair Louis XVI Style Overdoor or Supraporta Boiserie Fragments
Located in Nashville, TN
Can hang vertically or horizontally or in plate stands (for chest or tabletop) . Probably oak (maybe beech) with carved scrolls and rosettes. The paint and gilding now charmingly wor...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Panelling

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Carved Wood Architectural Polychrome Painted Overdoor Fragment Panel
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Architectural Plaster and Wood Overdoor Panel from Provence, France
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This beautiful panel is a parcel paint plaster bas relief from France. The framed plaster overdoor depicts classic scrolling rinceau growing from a central vase. Originally, these were placed over doors in French paneled rooms...
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2010s French Louis XVI Panelling

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Carved Giltwood and Painted Boiserie Overdoor Frieze Panel with Cherubs Inset
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The architectural frieze fragment probably removed from panelling (boiserie). The neoclassical styled panel with leaf garland intertwined with ribbon surrounding a central oil inset ...
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Louis XVI Neoclassical Style Paint and Giltwood Boiserie Overdoor Panel
Located in Nashville, TN
With floral festoons hung in garland form. Wear to paint and gilding as shown in photos. Centre panel (with the garlands) has a bow, more obvious from the back. Probably from a ballr...
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Carved Giltwood and Painted Boiserie Overdoor Frieze Panel with Cherubs Inset
Located in Nashville, TN
The architectural frieze fragment probably removed from panelling ( Boiserie ). The neoclassical styled panel with leaf garland intertwined with ribbon surrounding a central oil inse...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Panelling

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Architectural Plaster and Wood Overdoor Panel from Provence, France
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful panel is a parcel paint plaster bas relief from France. The framed plaster overdoor depicts classic scrolling rinceau growing from a central vase. Originally, these were placed over doors in French paneled rooms...
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2010s French Louis XVI Panelling

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Louis Xvi panelling for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI panelling for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage panelling created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, oak and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI panelling made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Unknown pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for panelling differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $850 and tops out at $500,000 while the average work can sell for $37,228.

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