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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
French Louis XVI Fireplace Carved in White Statuary Marble Vintage Circa 1940
Located in London, GB
A very attractive Vintage French Louis XVI Chimney piece nicely carved in White Statuary marble. The shaped frieze finely carved with oak leaf and acorn decoration. The jambs very fi...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

18th Century Stone antique Fireplace Mantel Built in the Louis XVI Period
Located in Beervelde, BE
This original fireplace surround is in very good condition. It has some wonderful carving including a very pretty medallion on the front; it would look splendid in a paneled room. ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

18th Century French Country Vintage Fireplace in Grez Stone with Patina
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a museum quality piece! This amazing grez-stone Louis XVI period fireplace surround with rounded corner has unusual patina. This mantel dates from the 18th century. It is spl...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

18th Century Fine French Marble Stone Classic Country Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
Stone designed by nature still carrying some nice patina. This original fireplace surround is from Corton, near Dijon; its French Burgundy marble stone is very typical of the region....
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

Timeless French Antique Fireplace Surround in Limestone
Located in Beervelde, BE
This refined Louis XVI period antique fireplace mantle from the Burgundy region has been built in hard stone with Brêche Violet marble inlay. Measurements: 145 cm EW 57.08", 105 ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone, Marble

18th Century Fine French Antique Fireplace Surround in Marble and Stone
Located in Beervelde, BE
Fantastic vintage fireplace mantle in deep red burgundy hard stone with statuary marble inlay. Very fine details on the fronton. Perfect for a warm and cosy interior. Elegant and chi...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone, Statuary Marble

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

Chiseled Bronze Andirons Representing Mars Holding Helmet and Vulcan an Anvil
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
These Beautiful chiseled bronze andirons are representing Mars holding helmet and Vulcan an anvil. These are listed in the french national furniture inventory...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Iron

Cozy Moody Louis XVI French Antique Stone Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
French antique Louis XVI stone fireplace mantle to create a homy cozy moody interior. Straight minimal lines from the late 18th century fits different interior design concepts. Measu...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

Diminutive Pair of Chenets
Located in New York, NY
Pair late 19th C chenets, original condition, finish shows some cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age. Classical design, ready to use antique andirons in cast brass, or bronze.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

Antique Fireback / Backsplash, Louis XVI "Louis The Last"
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique fireback / backsplash, Louis XVI "Louis The Last". Nice square cast iron antique fireback displaying the last king of France, Louis XVI, also known as Louis The Last. Gre...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Fine French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Fireplace Screen Urn Bow Instrument Medallion
Located in Roslyn, NY
A fine French Louis XVI gilt bronze fireplace screen with urns and bow / instrument center medallion.
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20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Bronze Door Handles
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of French Louis XVI style (19/20th Century) bronze oval door handles (PRICED AS PAIR).
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Verde Ranocchia Marble pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Verde Ranocchia Marble pedestal. This beautiful pedestal is raised by an octagonal base below a circular mottled socle. The tapered shaf...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Rustic French Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel in Limestone
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Rustic French Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel in Limestone. This lovely mantel, made from an open structured French limestone, has an r...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

Antique French Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique French Louis XVI fireplace Mantel A nice wide and decorative French Louis XVI executed in grey Saint Anne marble with Carr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Carrara Marble

Antique fireplace of Noir de Mazy marble, 19th century, Louis XVI style
Located in Made, NL
This timeless elegant 19th century fireplace is made of the rare marble Noir de Mazy marble, the deep black Belgian marble known for its luxurious appearance. Executed in the refined...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Pair of Twisted Wrought Iron Andirons with Finials, French, circa 1920
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of wrought iron andirons is made of a twisted central part with ribbons on the base and a large finial on top. They are French, circa 1920.
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wrought Iron

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

Antique Sandstone Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique Sandstone Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel A nice soft toned French Louis XVI Fireplace mantel in a Fine quality sandstone. The paneled frieze is ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Sandstone

Tall, Elegant Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Tall, elegant Louis XVI fireplace mantel. This lovely mantelpiece wears its patina with grace, the leftover paint, missing chips and minor dings all add to it. Perfect to be buil...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

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

Antique Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Chenets
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th c. France, a pair of cast gilt bronze chenets/andirons modeled as a footed urn strung with a draping laurel and topped with a bowl of piled fruit. The larger urn is stationed beside a smaller flaming urn, both on a shaped plinth cast with architectural elements. Chenets, or andirons, were a staple in well-appointed homes, and were placed in front of a fireplace to protect priceless rugs and flooring from rolling logs...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Rare Pair of Louis the 16th Style Bronze & Wrought Iron Andirons, 19th Century
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare pair of Louis the 16th style andirons are made of chiseled bronze and wrought iron. This is a nice and Fine French work, from 19th century.
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wrought Iron, Bronze

Pair Of French 19th c. Louis XVI St. Rouge Griotte & Ormolu Pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine and very elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. White Carrara, Rouge Griotte, Campan Rubané Marble, and Ormolu pedestals. This lovely and impressive pair of pedesta...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

1920s Ferguson Bros Louis XVI French Carved Mahogany Plant Stand with Gallery
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare 1920s Ferguson Brothers Furniture (1878-1945) French Louis XVI Carved Mahogany Plant Stand with Gallery. Measures 9 inches in diameter at...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Metal

Golden Bronze Andirons, Louis XVI Style, France, 19th c.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of antique French Louis XVI golden bronze andirons. The casting and chasing on this pair is superb. The unusual egg shaped finials with a beaded border supported by vertical leaves...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Louis XVI Rouge Grey White Marble Mantel 5th Ave NYC
Located in New York, NY
This mantel was reclaimed from a prestigious apartment at 950 5th Avenue NYC which was built in 1926. The serpentine apron is decorated with a slightly arched ...
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

19th Century French Louis XVI Rococo Bronze Dore and Mesh Fireplace Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate your fireplace with this elegant antique Parisian screen. Crafted in France circa 1870, the rectangular shaped screen sits on scroll feet decorated with acanthus leaf motifs over a carved and pierced floral apron. With mesh wire on the facade, the fire place essential features Louis XVI style motifs including and a center medallion decorated with the traditional Louis XVI ribbon bow and decorated with foliage and torch motifs. The bronze dore screen is further embellished by an intricate handle at the top decorated with leaves flanked with symmetrical urn and garland finials at the pediment. The decorative Rococo screen...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Louis XVI Gilded Fernery
Located in Queens, 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 Empire Louis XVI Style Bronze Urn Acorn Fireplace Andirons - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Empire Louis XVI Style Bronze Urn and Acorn Fireplace Andirons - Pair. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 16.5" H x 8.5" W x 17.5" D.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

21st Century silvered brass jar
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century silvered brass jar. This box is simple and elegance in the same time. The fusions in the base and on the cover are in lost-wax casting : ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

Antique French Louis XVI Style Urn Flame Brass Bronze Ormolu Andirons - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Urn Flame Brass Bronze Ormolu Andirons - a Pair. Item features an urn tassel and flame form, cast iron fire dogs, classic French design. Circa Early 20...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

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

French Wrought Iron Marble Top Pedestal stand
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a wonderful wrought iron Marble top pedestal table. It features a braided or twisted form of wrought iron work with piercings throughou...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Wrought Iron

21st Century silvered brass box
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century silvered brass box This box is simple and elegance in the same time. The fusions in the base and on the cover are in lost-wax casting : "Flowers". Each object is han...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

21st Century silvered brass soap dish
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century silvered brass soap dish. This soap dish is simple and elegance in the same time. The fusions in the base are in lost-wax casting : "Flowers". Each object is handcraf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

Pair Louis XVI Pilasters 19th c
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Louis XVI style (19th Century) off-white and gold painted fluted corner pilasters (PRICED AS PAIR)
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19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Paint

A Louis XVI Ornate Chimneypiece in White Marble
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI chimneypiece composed of S-scrolled jambs and a running guilloche frieze and projecting shelf. The carving in White Marble is brisk and dynamic, yet the delicacy and exte...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

French Louis XVI Pine 3 Panel Transom Window
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (19/20th Century) stripped pine framed 3 panel transom window with etched glass (Related Item: 043731A).
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Glass

Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19/20th Century) gilt bronze andirons with a lyre centered between two acorn finials (with a double iron shank) (PRICED AS Pair)
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Gold Leaf, Bronze, Iron

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

Antique Noir de Mazy marble mantel surround in style of XVI, the 19th century
Located in Made, NL
This exceptional 19th century mantelpiece, made from the rare Noir de Mazy marble, exudes the refined elegance of the Louis XVI style. With its rich black glossy surface and refined ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Antique fireplace of carrara marble, Louis XVI style, 19th century
Located in Made, NL
This antique mantelpiece from the 19th century is made of high-quality Carrara marble from Italy. The Louis XVI-style design is characterized by sleek lines, graceful details and a c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Petite and Fine French Louis XVI style Carrara Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style Carrara marble fireplace, mid-nineteenth century, well-carved throughout, the frieze centred by oval paterae flanked by panels with beaded borders, with furt...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Pair of Small Scale 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of small scale French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte marble and ormolu columns. Each column is raised by a fine square base with stepped...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

20th Century Louis XVI Style Pedestal after Jean Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Berlin, DE
Piano black polished veneer on solid pinewood. Sides engraved with wide brass strips. Deck plate with graduated veined marble. Conical body ending in lion's paws, on three sided, ret...
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20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Brass

19th century French inlaid pedestal after Francoise Linke
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Rare and Beautiful 19th century French inlaid pedestal after Francoise Linke around 1900 very good conditions
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Ormolu

21st Century Golden Bronzeand Crystal Fireplace Tools
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century patinated gold bronze fireplace tools. The handles of the fireplace tools are in handcut clear crystal. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes e...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Crystal

Nineteenth Century French Carrara Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A large nineteenth century French Carrara marble fireplace, the moulded, breakfront shelf above frieze with a central tablet carved with flutes and foliate paterae, the stop-fluted q...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

1890s Louis XVI Pink French Marble Mantel
Located in New York, NY
This petite mantel was carved in the Louis XVI style. A reaction against the elaborate ornament of the preceding Baroque period, Louis XVI’s design features included the straight col...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Waldorf Astoria Marble Mantel Louis XVI Style Regency Carved Brown Marble
Located in New York, NY
This stunning mantel is carved from deep violet marble with flecks of white, aubergine and gold ochre veining. Long rectangles featuring raised panels rising from a sunken relief, an...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. ebonized Fruitwood pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. ebonized Fruitwood pedestals. Each handsome pedestal is raised by an elevated square plinth supporting a circular socle lead...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Fruitwood

18th Century French Black Iron Fireback Depicting King Louis XVI
Located in Dallas, TX
This large, antique fire back was created in France, circa 1760. The square plaque features a before French Revolution scene where King Louis XVI is being arrested at Versailles with Marie Antoinette holding on to him. The fire-back is in excellent condition with wonderful detail work, and would also make a wonderful back splash behind a kitchen stove...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

19th Century Pair of Louis XVI Bronze Dore Urn Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze dore urn and festoon andirons with small urn at one end with ring handles. (PRICED AS PAIR).  
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Iron

19th Century Pair of Putti Andirons in Gilt Bronze
Located in NICE, FR
We present you this wonderful pair of 19th-century andirons in gilt bronze. They represent cherubic figures, also known as putti, gazing at each another. These andirons have been met...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Carved Wood Wall Bracket, Patina In Shades Of Green, 18th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Carved Wood Wall Bracket, Patina In Shades Of Green, 18th Century
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Pair of French Louis XVI Gilt Columns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI gilt swirl column pedestals.  
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Giltwood

Louis XVI Painted Tole Lavabo
Located in Essex, MA
Urn form with a ball finial with domed cover flanked by scrolled handles, square base with brass spigot.
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1760s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Tin

Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI Style Patinated Wood Pedestal Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated wood pedestal columns. Each octagonal pedestal is raised by a fine mottled band with an elegant stepped design ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

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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