Louis XV Building and Garden 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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Style: Louis XV
Color: Gray
18th Century French 'Zeus and Leda' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV fireback with Zeus transforming himself into a swan to seduce the beautiful Leda.
The fireback is made of cast iron and has a black / pewter patina. T...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
18th Century French Rotating Gridiron
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV rotating gridiron made of wrought iron. To prepare small pieces of meat quickly over the fire. Sometimes they were put in the fire or else on a trivet, d...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Wrought Iron
Antique French Wrought Iron Fireplace Tools or Fire Tools, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV fireplace tool set consisting of fireplace tongs and a shovel. The fire irons are made of wrought iron. They are in a good condition and are fully functi...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Wrought Iron
Elegant Louis XV Fireplace Mantel in Limestone
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A nice French Louis XV fireplace in Buxy limestome.
This grayish fossilized stone has a lovely soft toned color suitable for almost every interior.
The elegant lines and simple b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Limestone
Antique French Fireback / Backsplash with the Goddess Venus, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV fireback of Venus with her mirror and torch of Hestia.
Goddess of love, beauty and fertility. The torch is the symbol of Hestia, goddess of fire and mor...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
French Louis XV Style White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XV style fireplace in white marble. The shaped, panelled jambs surmounted by frieze with carved shell and scrolls. Shaped shelf. Modern.
Measures: Shelf width 1524 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Beautiful 19th Century Massive Marble Antique Fireplace Mantel from France
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful exclusive massive marble fireplace from the 19th century. This fireplace is special for its massive marble and perfect proportions. The shell in the middle, the beautiful l...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Large Antique French Louis XV Rouge Royal Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An ornately carved French antique fireplace in Rouge Royal marble. The jambs with scrolled Acanthus, surmounted by beaded C scrolled Acanthus end blocks. The centre cartouche of flow...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Antique French Fireback / Backsplash with the Goddess Venus, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV fireback of Venus with her mirror and torch of Hestia.
Goddess of love, beauty and fertility. The torch is the symbol of Hestia, goddess of fire and mor...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
Statuary Marble Fireplace in the Louis XV Manner
Located in London, GB
A 19th century statuary marble fireplace in the Louis XV manner. The shaped, fluted jambs surmounted by scrolled shells, the frieze with central cartouche flanked by leaf work. Shape...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Statuary Marble
Mantel of White Carrara Marble in Style of Louis XV from the 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
A beautiful antique fireplace in Carrara marble from the 19th century including a plateau of the same marble. This beautifully decorated chimney is in Louis XV style and features 'tr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Louis XV Style White Carrara Marble Figural Fireplace
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A magnificent and highly important Louis XV style white Carrara marble figural fireplace.
This exceptional marble fireplace has a shaped mante...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble
French Louis XV 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
Coat of arms of the house of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. It delivered kings for Spain (Navarra), France, both Sicilies and Parma....
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
18th Century French Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French andirons made of wrought iron. The andirons have spit hooks to grill food. The condition is good.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Wrought Iron
Antique French Louis XV Andirons or Firedogs, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV andirons. The andirons are made of cast iron. They have a natural brown patina. Upon request it can be made black / pewter.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
18th Century Louis XV Caen Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century Louis XV caen stone fireplace. The panelled, moulded frieze with scrolls and shell to centre, the jambs with shaped panels. Shaped shelf. (Photo taken prior to restor...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Stone
Louis XV Style Grey Marble Fire Place Mantel
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
Louis XV style grey marble fire place mantel.
In the 20th century the top surface was replaced with a new piece of 13 x 195 cm (5.11 x 76.7 in).
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
18th Century LXV Classic French Country Antique Limestone Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
This fireplace surround has a very nice central LXV motif and a richly carved front. A classic Louis XV decorative country fireplace. The limestone is a bicolor from the Burgundy reg...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Stone
19th Century French Louis XV Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
19th century French Louis XV style andirons made of wrought iron. The patina of the andirons is brown. Upon request it can be made black. The condition is good.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Wrought Iron
Large Louis XV Style Cast Iron Jardinières
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
Large Louis XV style cast iron jardinières from Chateau de la Brodiere, (France)
Ideal for Parks and large gardens.
Weight: 650 Kg (1433 lbs). It can be dismounted to be send on a s...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
18th Century French Fireback / Backsplash 'Pillars with Medieval IHS Monogram'
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century Louis XV French fireback with pillars of Hercules, an IHS monogram, and the date of production 1780.
The monogram IHS stands for Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jesus the Savio...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
Antique 18th Century Cast Iron French Fireback
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique 18th century cast iron French fireback.
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
French Louis XV 'Pillars of Hercules' Fireback / Backsplash, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV fireback with two Pillars of Hercules. The pillar refers to the club of Hercules and symbolizes strength and the unknown. The date of production, 1780, i...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
French Louis XV 'Pillars of Hercules' Fireback / Backsplash, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV fireback with two Pillars of Hercules. The pillar refers to the club of Hercules and symbolizes strength and the unknown.
The fireback has a natural ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
French Louis XV 'Coat of Arms Fireback / Backsplash, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
Beautiful 18th century French Louis XV fireback with an unknown coat of arms. The coat of arms is flanked by two Pillars of Hercules, which symbolize strength and the unknown. The da...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
18th-19th Century French 'Abduction of Ganymede' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th-19th century French Louis XV fireback depicting the abduction of Ganymede.
Ganymede was the son of King Tros, the founder of Troy, and the shepherd of his father's cattle. H...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
18th Century French Louis XV Period Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV period fire dogs made of wrought iron.
The condition of the andirons is good.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Wrought Iron
19th Century French Marble Chimneypiece in Louis XV Manner
Located in Bagshot, GB
A 19th century French marble chimneypiece in Louis XV manner.
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19th Century European Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
18th Century French Louis XV Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV andirons. The andirons are made of wrought iron. They have spit hooks to grill food. The condition is good.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Wrought Iron
18th Century French 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
French fireback with the arms of France and the date of production 1779.
Coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
Grand 18th Century Grey Saint-Anne Marble Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This phenomenal original and a very rare antique fireplace mantle is one of a kind. Solid blocks of marble. A clean shelf. The side panels are carved in the block. See the proportion...
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Early 18th Century Belgian Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
19th Century Fine French Classic Grey Antique Apartment Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
A fine and small Turquin Bleu marble fireplace surround in perfect condition perfect for a fine bespoke French style Classic room.
Measures:
148 cm EW 58.27".
111 cm EH 43.70".
1...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
19th Century Antique Fireplace in Style of Louis XV
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique marble stone fireplace! A very special item because of the color. This is a color that we don't see often and that makes this antique fireplace unique. This firepla...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Other
18th Century French Louis XV Period Venus Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French fireback with the goddess Venus. Venus is holding her mirror and a bunch of flowers. Goddess of love, beauty and fertility.
The fireback is made of cast iron and...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
Antique Marble Fireplace, 19th century, Louis XV
Located in Made, NL
Very nice and exclusive marble fireplace in the style of Louis XV. The kind of marble is Griotte Rouge from Belgium.
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19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
French Provencale Fireplace in Breche Violette Marble
Located in London, GB
A French Provençale Louis XV style fireplace in Breche Violette marble. The carved, shaped jambs surmounted by panelled frieze with carved cartouche to centre. Moulded shelf above. G...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
19th Century Louis XV Sicilian Marble Chimneypiece
Located in Bagshot, GB
An elegant Sicilian marble Chimneypiece in the Louis XV style. Below an arc-en-arbolette shelf, the serpentine frieze has an elaborate shell cartouche with scrolling acanthus between...
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1820s European Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Other
19th Century French Limestone Chimneypiece in the Louis XV Style
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French limestone fireplace in the Louis XV style. The panelled, carved frieze with cartouche to centre, the shaped jambs with stop-flutes and panels. Shaped shelf. Goo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Limestone
Antique French Louis XV Style Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
19th century French Louis XV style andirons made of wrought iron. The condition is good.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Wrought Iron
18th Century French Louis XV Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV andirons. The andirons are made of wrought iron and are beautifully forged and carved. They have spit hooks to grill food. The condition is good.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Wrought Iron
French Antique Louis XV Carrara Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Udenhout, NL
Very beautiful fireplace to place around the chimney.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble
Antique Dutch Fireplace Grate, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
Fine hand-forged fireplace basket or fire grate made in the Netherlands. 18th century, Louis XV period. The condition is good.
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18th Century Dutch Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Brass, Wrought Iron
Large French Fireback / Backsplash with Pillars and IHS Monogram, Dated 1780
Located in Amerongen, NL
The medieval IHS monogram stands for Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jezus the Savior of Humanity) or In Hoc Signo (In this sign will you win). The pillars stand for the club of Hercules and...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
18th Century German Louis XV 'Nünckirchen' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
German Louis XV fireback with decoration around the name Nünckirchen. It refers to the former foundry at Neunkirchen in Germany which operated since 1593. The date of production, 172...
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Early 18th Century German Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
Antique Fireplace carved in French Burgundy Stone
Located in Made, NL
Very charming antique fireplace of marble stone of the 19th century in the style of Louis XV.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
A French 19th-20th Century Carved White Marble Fountain Sculpture with Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and charming French 19th-20th century carved white marble whimsical group sculpture depicting two putti (Children) playing with a dolphin, fitted for use as a fountain, Paris,...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
French 19th Century Carved Marble Whimsical Figural Urn Fountain with Children
By Joseph Reynés I Gurgui
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine large, rare and charming, French, 19th century. Belle Époque carved white marble whimsical figural urn fountain depicting children climbing on an urn with flowers and garlands, influenced in the Louis XV style, by Joseph Reynés I Gurgui (Barcelona, 1850-1926). Signed: Reynes. Barcelona, circa 1890.
An almost identical Carrara marble fountain also by Josep Reynés carved in 1893 currently at the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona, Spain.
Measures: Overall height: 55 inches (140 cm)
Marble height: 49 inches (124.5 cm)
width: 37 inches (94 cm)
depth: 30 inches (76.3 cm)
Joseph Reynes Gurguí (Barcelona, 1850 - 1926) is a Catalan sculptor, also known as Reynesy-Gurgui, Spanish school.
He studied at the Ecole de la Llotja, studied for a time in Paris, in the workshops of the great French sculptors Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) and Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887). He devoted himself mainly to interior decoration. His works were profoundly marked by a French influence. He exhibited in Paris in 1895 where he received an honorable mention. In 1890 he obtained the first medal in Madrid for "The Violinist".
Literature:
E. Benezit Dictionaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs by Grund - Nouvelle Edition, 1976 - Volume 8, Page 714.
Cristina Mensoza, Ramon Casas...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Heavily Carved French Louis XV Style Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A heavily carved 19th century statuary white marble fireplace in the Louis XV manner. The jambs with stiff acanthus leave to the base, surmounted by bell flowers and scrollwork. The ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Statuary Marble
Beautiful 18th Century French Louis XV 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
Beautiful 18th century French Louis XV fireback with the arms of France and two pillars topped by Fleurs de Lys (French Lillies). The arms of France include the crown (symbolizing ro...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
18th Century French Louis XV 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV fireback with two pillars of Hercules decorated with flower pots and the arms of France. The date of production, 1780, is also cast in the fireback. This...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
18th Century French Louis XV Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV andirons made of wrought iron. The andirons have spit hooks to grill food. The andirons are beautifully carved. The condition is good.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Wrought Iron
Magnificent 18th C. Fireback / Backsplash with Five Coats of Arms of France
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century fireback coats of arms of France. Each coat of arms has a crown and three Fleurs-de-Lys, all indicating royalty. The design of the coats of ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
18th Century French 'Pillars with IHS Monogram' Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French fireback with two pillars, the IHS monogram and the names of the couple who had the fireback casted. The medieval IHS monogram stands for Iesus Hominum Salvator (...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
18th Century Fine European Original Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a original fine European antique fireplace mantel in a French grey marble hard stone. It is robust. The proportions are Royal. The details o...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Magnificent Louis XV 'Arms of France' Fireback / Backsplash, 18th Century
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV fireback with the arms of France. Coat of arms of the House of Bourbon, an originally French royal house that became a major dynasty in Europe. It delive...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
18th Century French Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
Original 18th century French Louis XV firedogs made of cast iron. The condition is good.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
18th Century French Louis XV Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Amerongen, NL
18th century French Louis XV andirons made of wrought iron. The andirons have spit hooks to grill food. The condition is good.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Louis XV Style Chenets, circa 1850
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Louis XV style chenets, circa 1850. Highly ornamental, monumental casting of a young boy and girl.
Measurements:
19.75'' W x 35'' D x 15'' H.
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1850s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Louis Xv building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage building and garden elements created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, iron and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV building and garden elements made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Netherlands pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original building and garden elements, popular names associated with this style include Bouhon Frères, Frédéric - Eugène Piat, Joseph Reynés I Gurgui, and François Linke. 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 building and garden elements differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $158 and tops out at $845,000 while the average work can sell for $4,555.
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