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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
Louis XVI Mahogany Console, 18th century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI Mahogany Console, 18th century
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Mahogany

Louis XVI White & Gray Veined Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in New York, NY
Antique Louis XVI style fireplace mantel made of white marble with gray veins and tan modeling throughout. The mantel features curved flutes and carved four leaf flowers on each top ...
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Iron

Louis XVI style curved mantel in Breche violette decorated with a Greek frieze
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This Louis XVI-style fireplace is characterized by its violet Breche marble and its combination of antique and rural motifs, typical of the Louis XVI style. The band is composed of a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Breccia Marble

19th Century Grey Marble Mantel
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome 19th century French Louis XVI grey marble mantel. Adds a real touch of elegance! Circa 1880 57w x 15d x 43.5h
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Yellow Sienna Marble Mantel circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI Style Yellow Sienna Marble Mantel circa 1880 Dimension of the heart : 92 x 106 cm
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Siena Marble

Louis XVI Style Fireplace In Very Finely Carved Oak Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI style fireplace in very finely carved oak circa 1900 Dimensions of the hearth: 88 x 96 cm
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Oak

Louis XVI Fireplace In Gray Ardennes Marble, 18th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI fireplace in gray Ardennes marble, Restored shelf : see pictures Dimensions of the hearth: 96.5 x 140 cm
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Half-moon Louis XVI Style Fireplace In Turquin Blue Marble Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI style half-moon fireplace in turquin blue marble Hearth dimensions: 94 x 96 cm
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Fireplace In Statuary White Marble Circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI style fireplace in statuary white marble. Chips and 5 repairs See photos under lintel 4 and one on shelf corner Dimensions of fireplace: 97 x 91 cm
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Fireplace In Carrara Marble Circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI style fireplace in Carrara marble circa 1880 Dimensions of hearth 86 x 105 cm
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Carrara Marble

Louis XVI Fireplace In White Carrara Marble Circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI Fireplace In White Carrara Marble Circa 1880 Hearth measurements: 77.5 x 107cm
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Carrara Marble

Louis XVI Style Fireplace In Yellow Siena Marble Circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI Style Fireplace In Yellow Siena Marble Inner dimensions : 99 x 78 cm
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Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Siena Marble

Louis XVI Style Fireplace In White Carrara Marble Circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI style fireplace in white Carrara marble circa 1880 with cast iron interior Dimensions of the cast iron hearth: 66 x 74.5 cm Marble fireplace hearth...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble, Iron

Louis XVI Fireplace In Gray Ardennes Marble 18th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI fireplace in Ardennes Gray Marble Hearth dimensions: 81 x 84 cm
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18th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Fireplace In Royal Red And White Carrara Marble Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI Style Fireplace In Royal Red And White Carrara Marble Dimensions of the hearth: 94 x 98 cm
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Wood Paneled Room with Trompe L'oeil Library Decoration, Late 20th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This piece of woodwork was made at the extreme end of the 20th century, around 1985 and comes from a Parisian mansion. It presents a grey paneled decoration enhanced with gold, composed of empty shelves surmounted by cupboards opening with a leaf, or filled with trompe l'oeil books by great authors with old bindings. The shelves are punctuated by protruding ionic columns on rudent pedestals. Three doors give access to the room, two of which are trompe l'oeil, taking up the library decor...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

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

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

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

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

Paneled Room with a Neo-Classical Decor, Louis XVI Period
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This beautiful paneled room is composed of elements from the Louis XVI period on a pine tree structure, some elements have been put on more recent frame from the 20th century beginning. It shows a white painted paneled decor...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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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 Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Plaster

Marquetry parquet. Late 19th century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This very beautiful parquet flooring of about 9 m² is covering a rectangular surface of 4 meters by 2.62 meters. It is from a private domestic house from the late 19th century. It is...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Mahogany, Oak

Louis XVI Fireplace in Carrara Marble
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Carrara marble fireplace, early 19th century fireplace dimensions: 96 x 141cm.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Fireplace In Turquin Blue Marble Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI style turquin blue marble fireplace Fireplace dimensions: 92.5cm x 90cm
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Fireplace Louis XVI Style Marble Campan
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Campan marble fireplace Louis XVI style interior dimensions: 101x 85cm.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Antique Red Marble, France, circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI style fireplace in antique red marble, hearth dimensions: 81 x 93 cm.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Period Giltwood Three Graces Planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational Italian 18th century Louis XVI period giltwood plater with the three graces. The planter is raised by a triangular base with concave sides below beautiful scrolled supp...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Giltwood

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Fleur de Pêcher marble and Ormolu pedestal. This exquisitely decorative pedestal is raised on a square marble base with Or...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

Italian 19th Century XVI Style Marble Pedestal with a Swivel Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome Italian 19th century XVI st. Verde Antico marble and black Belgian marble pedestal with a swivel top. The pedestal or column is raised by a squa...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Faux Marble and Giltwood Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive French 19th century Louis XVI st. faux marble and giltwood pedestal. The pedestal is raised by a square base below two decorative circular giltwood bands. The maste...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Giltwood

18th Century French Louis XVI Gilded Bronze Fireplace Chenets or Urn Andirons
Located in Miami, FL
Exquisite French Louis XVI gilded bronze andirons or chenets with centered urn having festoons (flowers, foliage and fruit) through each side with a flame finial tops. This pair of ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of Bronze Andirons, Large and Impressive
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of bronze andirons. Large and impressive andirons having been polished. Louis XVI in style having a flame top supported by a column center...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Metal, Brass

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

Antique French Louis XVI Limestone Fireplace with Geometric Carvings
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful French fireplace is carved from hard limestone. The frieze is decorated with an ancient geometrical Greek Meander pattern. Meander of mean...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

18th Century, Pair of French Gilt Bronze Fireplace Chenets
Located in IT
18th century, pair of French gilt bronze fireplace chenets This valuable pair of fireplace chenets was made circa end of the 18th century in ...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of Bronze Mounted Louis XVI French Boulle Marquetry Style Planters
Located in Toledo, OH
An elegant pair of Bronze mounted Louis XVI French Planters. The black lacquer planters have beautiful bronze mounts and boulle style marquetry ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

18th Century Louis XVI French White Marble Fireplace with Porphyry Insert
Located in Rome, IT
A fine French Louis XVI white marble fireplace shaped frieze paneled with porphyry marble.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Two 18th Century Architectural Fragment Panels With Putties
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of 18th Century painted architectural fragment panels with putties, one of the panels has Louis Seize decorations The panels were ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Pair of Ornate French Patinated and Gilt Bronze Figural Chenets or Andirons
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
These very large and substantial pair of figural patinated and gilt bronze chenets are unsigned, but presumed to have been made in France in circa 1850 in the Louis XVI style. These ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

19th Century Marquetry Inlaid Pedestal, in the Style of 'Linke'
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century French marble topped classical pedestal, having its original marble top, wonderful elegant gilded ormolu mounts, fine quality marquetry inlaid f...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Ormolu

A Pair of Louis XVI Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chenets
Located in Norwood, NJ
A pair of Louis XVI style gilt and patinated bronze Chenets/Andirons. Fine quality pair of 19th century Louis XVI Style French chenets. Doré and patinated bronze. Fine casting. Found...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Gold Plate, Bronze

Louis XVI Gilded Fernery
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (19/20th Cent) gilded cane round planter/fernery with ram heads and cane stretcher.
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Cane

Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Pendulum Mantel Clock with Flowery Decor
Located in Lisse, NL
Good size and wonderful quality, heavy bronze clock. This late 19th century work of time telling art is in very good condition and the design is both elegant and stylish. We have cl...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Enamel, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Fire Place Chenets
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of classical Rococo style 19th century French gilded ormolu chenets, each with scrolling foliate decoration with a young boy and girl seated.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Ormolu

French Copper Lavabo with Brass Accents on Later Board, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
18th century French copper lavabo with brass accents on later board.  
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18th Century Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Copper

Large Painted and Carved Wood Neoclassical Planter
Located in Pembroke, MA
An unusually large, and deeply sculpted and painted wood planter or jardinière, in the Louis XVI style (late 19th century). The planter appears to have been stripped of some coats of...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Gesso

19th Century French Wrought Iron Andirons or Firedogs
Located in Casteren, NL
This is a beautiful pair of wrought iron French firedogs forged, circa 1860. These andirons are perfectly suited for a large fireplace. They stand upon a tripod with forward arched...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wrought Iron

Louis XVI Style Wall-Side Pedestal, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
A Louis XVI style wall-side veneered wood pedestal, mounted with fine gilt-bronze ornaments. Topped with “Brèche” marble.
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Brass / Bronze Flame Finial Pair of Andirons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI brass / bronze flame finial pair of andirons with adjustable fender. Item features pair of urn and flame finial andirons, pi...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass, Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI Bronze Cupid Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze dore flame top andirons with winged cupid. (PRICED AS Pair)
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Carved Giltwood Oval Fireplace Screen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunning French Louis XVI style antique carved giltwood oval fireplace screen. The piece is richly carved with floral accents, and three Greek key and a...
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Late 18th Century Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Antique Dore Bronze and Green Marble Bronze Louis XVI Style Chenets/Andirons
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite pair of antique chenets/ andirons was realized in France in the late 19th century. They represent an excellent example of the period. Created in a lustrous dore bronze, they feature rococo designs throughout and immaculately polished Italian green marble orbs at the center. The faces of two Greek revival female faces adorns the center panel between the two legs. Flanked by two scroll forms, she wears a pearl headpiece...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI Style White Carrara Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XVI style white Carrara marble mantel (fireplace) with semi columns and olive palm motifs. Interior dimensions: H 33...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

Pair of Louis XVI Bronze Urn Festoon Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze double urn andirons with festoon design railing and flame finial (PRICED AS Pair)
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI Style '19th Century' Bronze Doré Urn and Festoon Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style '19th Century' bronze doré urn and festoon andirons with small urn at one end with ring handles.  
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

18th Century Louis XVI French White Marble Fireplace with Porphyry Insert
Located in Rome, IT
A fine French Louis XVI white marble fireplace shaped frieze paneled with porphyry marble.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

French Louis XVI Style Pine and Etched Glass Door
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (19/20th Century) stripped pine framed door with etched glass medallion (Related Item: 041738A).
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Pine, Glass

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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