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Louis XVI Building and Garden 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.

Find a collection of antique Louis XVI seating, tables, cabinets and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Louis XVI
John Jacob Astor III Headstone from Newport Chetwode Mansion
Located in New Haven, CT
A fine example of incredible craftsmanship of a bygone era and full of historical importance. This hand carved French sandstone sculpture of Summer Goddess of the four seasons, was c...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Sandstone

Historical stone Venus from Astor Newport home
Located in New Haven, CT
A fine example of incredible craftsmanship of a bygone era and full of historical importance. This hand carved French sandstone sculpture of Venus with a halo of an oyster shell, was...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Sandstone

Late 19th Century Brass Andirons
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A smartly styled pair of andirons, brass, late 19th century, Louis XVI style, torchieres with flame finials. 20" h., 8 1/2" d. Whitehall Antiques is a family business that has been ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

French Carrara Marble Bolection Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A super simple and very stylish French carrara marble fireplace, in the bolection style. Unlike English bolections, this fireplace has the useful addition of a shelf making it a prac...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

19th Century French Bronze Fireplace Screen in Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
19th Century French fireplace screen hand made in bronze with exquisite decoration in Louis XVI style. Very good authentic condition with no restorations. The piece is standing very ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Bold Belgian Black Fireplace with Ormolu
Located in London, GB
A large and imposing fireplace in Belgian black marble. This striking fireplace has a very deep shelf which rests on freestanding fluted columns which are mounted with ormolu capital...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Belgian Black Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Louis XVI Style Figural Brass and Iron Ribbon Decorated Andirons
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Louis XVI Style Figural Brass and Iron parcel Ebonized and Ribbon Decorated Andirons Measures 7.5" in width, 25.5" in depth and 16.5" tall.
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass, Iron

21st Century white porcelain and decorated porcelain tooth-brush holder
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century white decorated porcelain glass. This tooth-brush holder is simple and elegance in the same time. It's avaible to combine this glass with its dispenser, soap holder and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Porcelain

Stunning Pair of 19th century Cast Iron Verdigris Garden Urns
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Impressive pair of 19th century cast iron garden urns. Urns have amazing verdigris coloring and patina. Adorned with medallions and fruit, sitting on equally impressive pedestal ba...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Waldorf Astoria Brown Louis XVI Regency Marble Mantel
Located in New York, NY
Hearth not available. Exquisite Louis XVI Regency carved marble mantel, exuding timeless elegance. Originally imported from France, this magnificent mantel was destined for the Waldo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

An Antique French Louis XVI Style Carrara Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A petit antique 19th century Carrara Marble fireplace in the Louis XVI manner The console jambs twin fluted terminating in classical square Patarae corner blocks. The bow fronted fri...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Pair of Large Antique Louis XVI Style Bronze Door Handles, circa 1890
Located in Barntrup, DE
A pair of large antique Louis XVI-style bronze door handles, from the late 19th Century. These impressive and large French Louis XVI-style bronze push-and-pull door handles are richl...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair Of French Wrought Iron Garden Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair Of French Wrought Iron Garden Chairs. These stylish and shapely French iron garden chairs are stunning from every angle and most...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wrought Iron

An Italian Arabescato French Louis XVI Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style Italian Arabescato marble fireplace. The finely carved guilloche frieze with rosettes, acorns and foliage throughout, flanked by carved square p...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

19th Century Large Distressed Cast Iron Garden Urn
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A 'pot-bellied' garden urn in grey-lacquered cast iron, and decorated with egg and dart mouldings round the lip, and classical gadrooning below. This eye-catching antique planter sit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Large Louis XVI style mantel in yellow Sienna marble
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This large Louis XVI style mantelpiece was carved in Sienna yellow marble in the 19th century. The lintel is adorned with a rich and delicate low relief sculpture: in the centre, a h...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Siena Marble

21st Century Golden Bronze Fireguard
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century Patinated golden bronze Fireguard. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this Fireguard is contempor...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

French Louis XVI Empire Style Ornate Brass Fireplace Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
Exceptionally beautiful French Louis XVI Empire Style Ornate Brass Fireplace Screen in great vintage condition.
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Late 20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Metal, Brass, Wire

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 Building and Garden Elements

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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 Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

A 19th century, Louis XV style Statuary marble rococo chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A 19th century, Louis XV style Statuary marble rococo chimneypiece. Each canted jamb is festooned with carved foliage ranging from great curls of acanthus to prim flowers. It is likely this chimneypiece is a celebration of conjugal love and unity, the bearded bust...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

19th Century Italian Louis XVI Style Carved Wood Planter
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian Louis XVI style carved wood planter. Our elegant antique Italian Louis XVI style carved painted and parcel gilt planter, jardiniere or cachepot has a lovely dra...
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1870s Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Pair 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Chenets
Located in Houston, TX
A highly stylized pair of 19th Century Louis XVI style gilt bronze chenets featuring torchier, arrow quivers, and rose garlands.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Plaster

Pair French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Figural Chenets, by Henry Dasson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style Ormolu Figural Chenets, by Henry Dasson (French, 1825-1896). The finely chased satin and mercury gilt bronze andirons...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Enamel, Ormolu

Fireback from the 18th Century with a Vase of Flames Framed by Sphinges
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Fireback from the end of the 18th century with a vase of flames framed by sphinges.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

21st Century Golden Bronze Woodholder
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century patinated golden bronze woodholder . Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this woodholder is contem...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of 18th Century French Louis XVI Carved Wood Column Pedestals
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 18th century French Louis XVI carved wood column pedestals. This gorgeous pair of carved wood with gesso Neoclassical style fluted columns or pedestals are great stand alone ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

French Empire Gilt Bronze Ormolu Mottled Marble & Satinwood Pedestals, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
An elegant pair French 19th century Empire style ormolu mounted with marble top inset and 4 side corner mounted veined green marble columns over conforming tapered base and fine chis...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Monumental 18th Century French Louis XVI Terracotta Urn
Located in Houston, TX
Monumental 18th century French Louis XVI terracotta urn. This stunning 18th century French Louis XVI terra cotta garden urn, garden ornament, jardiniere or planter has a Grecian feel...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Terracotta

Pair of Large French Antique Garden Urns "Chambord"
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An imposing pair of antique Chambord garden urns, in reconstituted stone, with a nicely weathered appearance in keeping with their age and outdoor use. These exquisite garden piece...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

Dramatic Belgian Black Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An imposing and striking large fireplace in highly polished Belgian Black Marble. The wide and deep moulded shelf sits above a panelled frieze with a crisply carved central tablet, which is flanked by two lion mask endblocks over wide panelled...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Belgian Black Marble

Louis XVI Period Fireplace with Detached Columns
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This beautiful fireplace was made at the end of the 18th century in breche de Sienne marble and carrara marble and shows an exceptionnal sculpted decor of delicacy. It shapes imitates the antique architectural model...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble

Fine Antique Louis XVI Saint Remy Marble Fireplace Mantle Hand Made in Paris
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely rare and very collectable, circa 1840-1860 Louis XVI style Saint Remy Marble fireplace. This fireplace is one of three I have purchased, they originate from Paris France, made in Saint Remy marble, there are two large mid-19th century examples and one extra-large 18th century piece. They came from a friend and colleague who specialises in architectural salvage from Chateaus Castles and generally places of distinction in Belgium, France, Switzerland and the surrounding areas The piece has been carefully transported and is in very fine order throughout, it breaks down into four easy to transport and install pieces as you can see in the pictures. The mantle top...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden 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 Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Antique Fireback, Showing Poseidon "God of the Seas"
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Beautifully detailed and square antique cast iron fireback. This fireback shows Poseidon standing on a big shell in between of his sea horses while holdi...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Antique Mantel from Breche d'Alep Marble of France, Louis XVI Style
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace of the marble type Breche d'Alep. A fireplace with a warm color scheme, sleek lines with fluting on the front part and legs. This mantle dates from the 19...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Antique French Louis XVI Styled Ebonized Jardinière Table with Inset Plaque Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique jardinière table is unmarked, but presumed to have been made in England or France is circa 1890 in a Louis XVI style. The table is composed of wood which has been painte...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

Pair of 19 Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Cherub Motif Figural and
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19 century French Louis XVI style gilt bronze cherub motif figural andirons / chenets.
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Late 19th Century Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Waldorf Astoria Marble Mantel Louis XVI Style Regency Carved Brown Marble
Located in New York, NY
Hearth not included. This mantel, original to the M Suite on the 28th Floor of the Waldorf Astoria Towers is carved in a Louis XVI Regency style from earth tone brown marble. Floral ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Amazingly Original, Late 1800s Handcrafted Bronze & Brass Fireplace Coal Bucket
Located in Lisse, NL
Exceptional workmanship bucket for fireplace decoration or otherwise. Exceptional is the only word that comes to mind when looking at the design, the quality of the workmanship, the...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass, Bronze

Wall Sconces with Two Lights, Louis XVI Style Golden Bronze or Brass Pair
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
The price for the lot Pair of midcentury brass wall sconces Louis XVI style with two lights. Brass and gold trimmed glass. Bathroo...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

A French Marble Fireplace in Breche Rose de Lez Marble
Located in London, GB
A fine quality French marble fireplace in Breche Rose de Lez marble. The bowed frieze and jambs carved with flowers, fruit and leaf work throughout. Bowed shelf above. The outgrounds with original antiqued brass vents...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Dutch Jardiniere Marqueterie 1850
By Thomas Chippendale Jr.
Located in Den Haag, NL
Circa 1850, neat-sized Dutch inlaid mahogany jardinière. The square top with canted corners, containing its original brass liner. The sides with chevron inlay, banding, shell inlays,...
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1860s Dutch Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Antique French Limestone Fireplace, Style Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Very beautiful antique limestone fireplace in the style of Louis XVI, 19th century! The front part has two rosettes and one round element in the middle. The two surfaces in the front...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

19th Century Louis XVI Belgium Marble Fireplace Surround Pompadour
Located in Surrey, BC
This simple yet elegant Belgium marble fireplace surround/mantel was found in Paris in the 1980s but dates from the 19th century. Pe...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden 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 Building and Garden Elements

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Gesso, Walnut

19th Century Louis XVI Lion Paw Fireplace Mantel, French circa 1850
Located in London, GB
An Antique Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel finely carved in elegantly veined light green Campan marble, with richly carved Lion Paw feet, acanthus leaf scrolled tops and sided, French Cir...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

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 Building and Garden Elements

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Belgian Black 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 Building and Garden 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 Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

18th Century Louis XVI Style Anne's Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Southall, GB
Rare 18th century antique French Louis XVI fireplace mantel. Hand-carved in desirable St Anne's marble. Delicately carved recessed Jambs and Frieze; with elegantly carved centre shel...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Fine Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Chenets, Andirons by Bouhon et Cie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style finely chased gilt and patinated bronze chenets (Andirons) by Bouhon et Cie. Each with a patinated and gilt-bronze urn with pa...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Italian Neoclassical Style Painted and Giltwood Architectural Pilaster Columns
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Neoclassical style painted and giltwood architectural pilaster columns. Lovely pair of 19th century Italian Louis XVI style hand carved, paint...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Giltwood

Louis Xvi building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI 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 stone, marble and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI building and garden elements made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy 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 Oggetti D'Arte, Henry Dasson, François Linke, and Bouhon Frères. 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 $3 and tops out at $500,000 while the average work can sell for $9,909.

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