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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Louis XV
Pair French Antique Louis XV Bronze Chenets Cherub Design
Located in New York, NY
Antique French chenets finely cast out of bronze. These feature baby cherubs, floral swags, and torches with flames. Great condition. Priced as a pair. Please note, this item is loca...
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20th Century French Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Set of Pine Etched Glass Doors, circa 1900
Located in Evergreen, CO
This beautiful set of doors is pictured with a black background behind the etched glass to showcase the detail. The glass on the two outer doors features a decanter, glass, and fruit...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pine, Glass
Antique French Louis XV White and Grey Marble Mantel, Circa 1860-1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XV white and grey marble mantel, Circa 1860-1880.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gris St. Anne Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and large scale French 19th century Louis XV st. Gris St. Anne marble mantel. The legs have carved scrolls below the curved molded edge façade with centered by a carving ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of 18th Century French Armoire Doors
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming pair of French Regence/Louis XV pine armoire doors. The doors appear to retain their original waxed surface and steel hardware. The minimally carved doors can be easily adapted or incorporated into custom interior doors.
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1750s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pine
Country French 19th Century Louis XV Style Oak Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very decorative 19th century Country French Louis XV st. hand carved honey colored and patinated oak mantel. The scalloped bandeau with a lattice design and moulded edge has a cent...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Oak
Louis XV Style Antique Upholstered Fireplace Screen
Located in Hopewell, NJ
19th century French beechwood fireplace screen, once used to soften the heat from a roaring fire in the hearth of a grand Maison in France. It can serve a home today as a beautiful d...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
19th Century French Marble and Bronze Fountain
Located in Essex, MA
19th century French marble and bronze fountain. Seated satyr on marble column with marble shell basin. Later cast stone plinth. Wonderful garden ele...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Noir Antique Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. Noir Antique marble fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by elegant straight jambs with a mottled base, cut corners and fine circular or...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Very Fine Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Chenets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze chenets (andirons), each with a scrolled design raised with plinths, Paris, circa 1880-1890.
Measures: Length: 1...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Marble Mantel with Screen and Trumeau
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French 19th century Louis XV st. marble mantel with screen and Trumeau. The exquisite Alicante Rouge marble mantel is raised on its original marble hearth with curved...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of French Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality true pair of French early 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu andirons. Each andiron is raised by beautiful and most decorative scrolled movements with captivating foliat...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Noir Antique Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive French 19th century Louis XV st. Noir Antique marble mantel. The mantle is raised by elegant jambs with finely mottled bases below elegant recessed designs, cabochons, ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Rosso Merlino Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French 19th century Louis XV st. Rosso Merlino marble fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by elegant fluted jambs with fine mottled feet and a most decorative scrolled...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Gold Plated Louis XV Style Andiron Set, Cherub Motif
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French bronze gold plated Louis XV style Andiron set with Cherub Motif.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
French Late 18th Century Louis XV Period Sarrancolin Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French late 18th century Louis XV Period Sarancolin marble mantel. The volute jambs supporting a swept frieze with a heavily carved Rocaille shell central reserve ami...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Antique French Louis XV Gold Bronze Fire Screen, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XV gold bronze fire screen, Circa 1880.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Stone Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very decorative French Louis XV st. marble mantel. The volute and partially fluted legs support a swept frieze with a central shell with a cabochon. On each end of the bandeau is a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
18th C. Lavabo Wall Fountain Pewter Basin sink on Hand Carved Wood Stand Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
18th century Lavabo Wall Fountain Pewter Basin sink on Hand Carved Wood stand Antique . Imposing 18th century Louis XV of the period Lavabo in Hand Carved walnut with original pewter basins...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Metal, Pewter
French 19th/20th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Figural Fireplace Screen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th/20th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze figural fireplace screen. The whimsical ornate ormolu frame with scrolled and rounded corners, detailed with flowers and ac...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chenets by Bouhon Frers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze figural chenets (Andirons), each depicting a classically draped reclining figure, one male holding a Hammer and the othe...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu and Mesh Fire Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu and mesh fire screen. The fire screen is raised by beautiful scrolled foliate legs in the shape of ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Wrought Iron Fireplace Screen with Vine Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a fireplace hearth with this elegant freestanding antique iron screen. Forged in France circa 1950, the decorative screen with serpentine top stands on scrolled feet and is ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
French 19th Century Louis XV Style White Carrara Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent French 19th century Louis XV st. white Carrara marble mantel. This exquisitely carved mantel is raised by volute jambs with r...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Cherub Gilt-Bronze Chenets Andirons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and charming pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style Belle Époque figural gilt-bronze chenets. The finely chased whimsical ormolu andirons, each surmounted with a...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Early 19th Century Louis XV Style Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French early 19th century Louis XV st. limestone fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by beautiful jambs, each decorated with mottled recessed designs. The arbalest shap...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Pair of French Ormolu Andirons Louis XV Style Rococo
Located in Toledo, OH
One pair of gold French ormolu andirons in Louis XV style. Made of bronze with gold dora finish on the ornate scrollwork, iron supports. Each andiron is 16" high x 28" deep x 19" wid...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Other, Iron
Antique Beethoven Faces French Brass Bronze Cannonball Finial Andirons Marked GF
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Beethoven faces French brass bronze cannonball finial Andirons Marked GF - a pair. Item marked, "GF", ornate cast bronze/brass faces to base, large cannonball finials, very n...
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Early 20th Century English Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass, Iron
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Mahogany, Kingwood, Ormolu, and Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative French 19th century Louis XV st. mahogany, kingwood, ormolu, and Rouge Royale marble pedestal column. The pedestal is raised by elegant scrolled feet with impressiv...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Antique French Louis XV Chenets
Located in New Orleans, LA
These are magnificent chenets. The attention to detail and execution is stunning.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Sarrancolin Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and large scale French 19th century Louis XV st. Sarrancolin marble fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by elegant jambs with most decorative recessed designs and rich...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XV & Vernis Martin Style Giltwood Fireplace Screen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very Fine and rare French 19th century Louis XV style giltwood carved Vernis Martin Stylefl fireplace screen. The rectangular carved giltwood panel surmounted with four circular oil paintings...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Grand Antique Marble Mantels
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Grand Antique marble fireplace mantels. Each raised on carved volute jambs with scrolled ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French Mid 19th Century Louis XV St. Sarrancolin Marble Fireplace Mantle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality French mid 19th century Louis XV st. Sarrancolin marble fireplace mantle. The mantel is raised by two elegantly scrolled jambs with mottled feet and beau...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French Late 18th Century Louis XV Pewter Lavabo Mounted on Walnut Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period pewter lavabo on hand-carved walnut stand from the late 18th century, with shell motifs and acanthus leaves. Created in France a...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pewter
Pair of Louis XV Bronze Chenet Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze chenet / andirons featuring two bound male figures on a gilt base. (priced as pair).
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19th Century Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron, Brass, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Rouge Griotte Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely French 19th century Louis XV st. Rouge Griotte marble mantel. The volute jambs support a swept frieze with an extremely well carved central Rocaille shell reserve within a m...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional true pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. ormolu andirons. Each elegant andiron is raised by a wonderfully executed ground and rock like base with a large most dec...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 18th Century French Giltwood Cornucopia
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 18th century French giltwood cornucopia
ALIS-0008.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Gris St. Anne Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most handsome French 19th century Louis XV st. Gris St. Anne marble fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by elegant jambs with a mottled bases and beautiful and most decorative l...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French 18th Century Louis XV Period Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 18th century Louis XV period limestone fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by elegant jambs each displaying fine recessed mottled designs. The arbalest shape...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Pedestals with breche d'alep marble
Located in New York, NY
A Fine Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Marquetry Pedestals with breche d'alep marble inset top
attributed to Theodore Millet, the pedestals of bombe form with female bust...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Louis XV Ormolu Chenets
Located in New York, NY
Each sculpted with a bird perched on foliate C-scrolls.
Provenance: The estate of Samuel P. Reed.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Art Nouveau Sellettes or Tall Pedestals
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of French Art Nouveau Louis XV style sellettes or tall pedestals mounted on very high feet. Made of walnut, with curved legs ending in carved deer hoofs. A dramatic matched pa...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Walnut
Pair of French Burl Wood Bombay Gilt Bronze Louis XV Pedestal Stands
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of french burl wood Bombay gilt bronze Louis XV pedestal stands.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Gray Marble Mantel Louis XV Hand Carved Pompadour Motif
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th century hand carved French Louis XV style marble mantel. Features a pompadour motif and inlaid breche with gray marble. Please n...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut and Pewter Fountain Lavabo on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique fountain was crafted in Lyon, France, circa 1780. In the past, this kind of lavabos was actually used for hand washing. This water fountain is made of pewter with bronze faucets...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pewter
Pair of Figural Louis XV Style Cherub Motif Ormolu Bronze Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French 19th century figural cherub motif Louis XV style Ormolu bronze andirons.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Chenets Andirons with Putti, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted figural chenets. The ornately decorated andirons, each with a figure of a resting Putto (Children) holding a tor...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze
Provençal Louis XV Period 18th Century Walnut Fireplace Mantel with Carved Shell
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XV period Provençal walnut fireplace mantel from the 18th century, with carved shell. Born in Provence during the 18th century, this walnut fireplace mantel features a serpentine top sitting above a lovely scalloped apron adorned with a carved shell surrounded by molded medallions, echoed on the side posts. With its graceful Louis XV lines and lovely walnut patina, this Southern French Provençal fireplace mantel...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Walnut
Pair of French Louis XV Style Gilt and White Painted Doors
Located in New York, NY
4 PairS of French Louis XV style (late 19th Century) parcel gilt & white painted doors with ormolu hardware & steel locks, (PRICED PER Pair).
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Louis XV Mantel with Hand Carved Rouge Royale Brown Marble
Located in New York, NY
18th century oversized French hand carved rouge Royale mantel with very nice colors. This can be seen at our 400 Gilligan St location in Scranton, PA.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Antique French Louis XV Style Firescreen
Located in New Orleans, LA
A firescreen worthy of the Louis XV style, and sure to please.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Fireplace Mantel in Carved Limestone
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful antique French fireplace mantel was carved in stone during the late 18th century. It’s quite an unusual example in that falls into the transitional style of Louis XV and XVI. This was a short period of time in the 1700s when the opulent rocaille forms were transitioning into the Neoclassical of Louis XVI. The fireplace has an impressive, deep stance, with a slightly bowed or “galbee” lintel. The bottom of the lintel is composed of a series of rounded and incurved moldings, shaped in the classic crossbow or serpentine form that was so popular in the early to mid-1700s. What makes this piece stand out from other French Louis XV mantels...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Late 18th Century French Paneled Boiserie Storage Wall Unit
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique Provincial Louis XV period boiserie en chen paneled wall paneling is from a French country chateau. The unit consists of a pair of large doors above 3 drawers, an opening...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
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Oak
Pair of French Louis XV Brass and Iron Andirons
Located in Stamford, CT
A handsome pair of small scale French Rococo style bronze chenets, the base depicting a male face with flowing hair, perhaps a portrait of Louis XV...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron, Bronze
Italian Florentine Style Giltwood Wall Bracket
Located in Sheffield, MA
Ornate Italian Florentine giltwood hand carved wall bracket. With feather plume motif.
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20th Century Italian Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Chenet with Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and charming pair of French 19th century Louis XV style figural gilt and patinated bronze chenets, each surmounted with a seated patinated bronze putto holding on to a br...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
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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