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.
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Style: Louis XVI
Louis XVI Style Bronze and Black Marble Pedestal
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Louis XVI Style Black Marble Pedestal. It depicts a large square black marble top supported by a tridimensional rectangular marble column that is attached to a three steps ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century, French Bronze Planter or Gueridon
Located in IT
19th century, French bronze planter or Gueridon
Measures: cm W 56 x maximum diameter 51 x H 90. H on the floor of the wide 81 cm
This refined planter was made in France towards the end of the nineteenth century in the style of «Retour d'Egypte».
It consists of a tripod structure in finely chiselled gilded bronze and lacquered in tones. Each leg originates with scroll decorations and phytomorphic elements with golden details, supported by a sphinx with hairstyle, tail and golden wings. This sits on a curvilinear and wavy element decorated with golden ramage and a man’s head with a long beard of classic taste. The legs end with an injured foot and rest on a tripartite base that connects them. In the middle of each leg there is a bronze junction with curls and volutes that converges towards the others in the center, where a vertical element contributes to the momentum and gracefulness of the whole.
The basin of the planter is in lacquered tin, with gold edges and reserves. The rising part of the tub has some holes that allow the breathability of the space.
This tripod is inspired, with variations, to a famous model of the brothers Luigi and Antonio Manfredini, active in Milan at the beginning of the nineteenth century, financed by the viceroy of Italy Eugenio de Beauharnais, adopted son of Napoleon Bonaparte, for the opening of the real manufacture of Eugenia.
The Retour d'Egypte style was widely echoed in France and Europe and originated from General Bonaparte’s military campaign in Egypt in 1799. The fashion of the Egyptians had already in Italy found a previous interpreter in the engraver Giovan Battista Piranesi, but the vast diffusion that also had in the furniture the Egyptian ornament...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Vintage French Country Style Limestone Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
A French country limestone original antique fireplace mantle from the Louis XVI period, 18th century. The jambs are straight. Kind of Classic rustic chimney piece.
Measures:
162 cm...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
18th Century Original French Country Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
This original fireplace surround in French Burgundy Rose liseron hardstone, sometimes called French burgundy marble since a lot of historical landmarks carry this kind of hard stone.
Used by Belgian interior decorator Gert Voorjans...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
18th Century Statuary White Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is another one of a kind original fireplace surround in White Statuary Marble. The marble of the mantle has a nice patina. Very fine details in the carving. A great condition of...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Statuary Marble
19th Century Classic Rich French Antique Fireplace Surround in Marble
Located in Beervelde, BE
A wild eyecatcher. The marble is very colored, royal and rich. The fireplace surround is in perfect condition! It is in the Louis XVI style.
Measures:
136 cm EW 53,54"
109 cm EH 4...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
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 beginning.
It shows a white painted paneled decor...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Hand-Wrought Iron Fireplace Fire Screen Circa 1800
Located in London, GB
A large antique hand-wrought iron fireplace fire screen with central-access doors. The stylised flower finial above heavy uprights with twist detail standing on arched feet. The fire...
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Long Giltwood Turned Rope Giltwood Dentil Fragment
Located in Nashville, TN
Just shy of 5 foot, this carved wood room dentil fragment is matte gilt and water gilt. Probably salvaged from a paneled room boiserie in very good physical condition. Presents very ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Original Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is an original antique fireplace surround in Corton hard stone. The corton hard stone comes from a small town in the Burgundy area, Cor...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Pair of French 19th Century Iron Gates
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Pair of French 19th century iron gates.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Two-Tone Bronze Fireplace Chenets
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a fireplace with this elegant pair of neoclassical antique patinated and bronze dore chenets. Crafted in Paris, France circa 1870, each chenet with exquisite ornate neoclass...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Pair Louis XVI Ormolu Patinated Bronze Dog and Cat Chenets
By Jacques Caffieri
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Pair of Large Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Two-Tone Patinated and Dore Bronze Dog and Cat Form Chenets/Andirons Modeled after Jacques Caffieri...
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Limestone Fire Surround
Located in Sheffield, MA
Unusual classical Louis XVI hand-carved limestone fireplace mantel, surround chimneypiece with carved urn and rosettes at the top of pilasters, tapered fluted jam supports that will ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Very Fine Louis XVI Breche Violette Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A very fine Louis XVI Breche Violette marble fireplace. The carved frieze with c-scrolls throughout, with carved bellflower to centre. The ja...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Fine European Original Antique Fireplace Surround in Grey Marble
Located in Beervelde, BE
A fine Gris St Anne marble vintage fireplace mantle with white statuary inlay from the Louis XVI period second half of the 18th century. It was salvaged from a nobles house in the ci...
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18th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
18th Century Country Original Antique Fireplace Mantel in Limestone
Located in Beervelde, BE
Phenomenal limestone antique fireplace surround with remains of original patina. The mantel is waxed and shows at the extremes of the front a diamond point. This mantel is waxed and ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Antique Fireback Displaying Venus, Goddess of Love Beauty and Fertility
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Beautifully detailed cast iron fireback showing Venus the Goddess of love, beauty and fertility.
This fireback is in great condition, to be used an ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Wood and Giltwood pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Wood and Giltwood pedestal. This striking patinated black pedestal is raised on a square base with cut out corn...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood
Tall Set of Painted Louis XVI Style Room Dividing Doors
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
These tall Louis XVI style antique room dividing doors are one of various sets reclaimed from the American Embassy in Paris. This set features an off-white paint finish to one side a...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Oak, Pine, Paint
French Country Original Antique Fireplace Surround in Limestone
Located in Beervelde, BE
This yellow limestone is sometimes called "la pierre d'or". It was used in a lot of French Provence charming interiors. This vintage mantel is from the ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Fireplace Screen
Located in New York, NY
A Fine and Unique Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt bronze fire screen of superb quality embellished with figural masks of roosters, floral wreaths and finally adorned with a gilt ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
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
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A tall and elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany pedestal.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Mahogany
Grand Paladium Antique Fireplace Surround in Rouge Languedoc Marble
Located in Beervelde, BE
A state of the art original antique fireplace surround in Rouge Languedoc and white statuary marble inlay. It was built in a Louis XVI period palace. Reclaimed in Belgium. This chimn...
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18th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
18th Century Louis XVI Burgundy Blue-Grey Stone Antique Fireplace
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a 18th century original antique fireplace surround made out of a blue-grey Burgundy hard stone. It was built in the Louis XVI period. It consists of three solid blocks of sto...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
18th Century Exceptional European Original Antique Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
Exceptional original Louis XVI period, 18th century, antique fireplace surround in a Yellow Italian marble. Exceptional little jewel. Easy on the eye which will catch everyone's atte...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Antique Fireback with Two Cupids in a Circle
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Nice square and decorative cast iron fireback with cupids throwing "lovebirds".
19th century
Excellent condition, to be used in a fireplace or as a backsplash.
Can be supplied...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Campan Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A compact Louis XVI fireplace in richly variegated Campan Grand Melange marble, with semi detached tapering fluted columns in Bardiglio marble, on circular foot blocks with carved ac...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Large French Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A very nice proportioned beige colored Louis XVI fireplace mantel from France.
Rectangular profiled shelf sit above a panelled frieze centred by a red marble elliptical inlay with o...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French Louis XVI Style Fireplace Mantel, 19th Century
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
A very nice and decorative French Louis VI Fireplace mantel in soft toned limestone.
The mantel has a lovely rectangular and profiled top shelf above a panel...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Pair Of French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Pedestal, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A vibrant set of parquetry pedestals showcasing marble tops, parquetry-patterned curving faces and ornate gilt-bronze mounts and short gilt feet.
The decoration is expressive yet re...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Pair of French Provincial Carved Walnut Doors
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Provincial (18th Century) walnut doors with 2 small rectangular panels under a large one with carving in corner and wrought iron hardware, finished back. (PRICED AS Pa...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
Fine European Original Antique Classic Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This fireplace surround has very fine details. Its marble is a Belgian marble from the Ardennes; the details are made out of statuary marble. The front has been very nicely carved. A...
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18th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble, 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
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
18th Century Burgundy Hardstone Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
A fine burgundy honey color hardstone antique fireplace surround.
Measures;
141 cm EW 55,51"
103 cm EH 40,55"
115 cm IW 45,28"
89 cm IH 35,04"
27 cm S 10,63"
55 cm L 21,65"
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Two Pair 19th Century French Louis XVI Painted Interior Doors
Located in Dallas, TX
Two pair 19th century French Louis XVI painted interior doors are a remarkable find, indeed! The set was designed as two distinct pairs, with each pair having a distinct left & right door, and a total of four distinct relief works, one on each door! Three tailored panels define the door architecture, with the relief work appearing on the uppermost panel. One door features a musical instrument theme with various instruments "suspended" by ribbon tied by a bow at top, with a musical score in between. The ribbon and bow motif are continued on the other three panels, but the themes change. The second door depicts subjects involved in fishing, from nets to seaside foliage, even a fish on a pole! The third is a gardening theme, with rake, scythe and more, including a triangular soil aerator. The forth depicts the objects of the hunt, from a flintlock rifle...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pine
Elaborate Set of Tall Antique Louis XVI Style Double Doors
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This elaborate set of tall antique Louis XVI style double doors are one of various sets reclaimed from the American Embassy in Paris.
Dating from circa 1870, these antique doors are generous in size, showcasing the grandeur and opulence of 19th century French interior design. Each door features ornate moulded flower embellishments alongside three raised and fielded panels to both sides. Parts of the original hardware is still present including an elaborate espagnolette handle. Suitable for interior use, these tall double doors...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Oak, Pine
Wooden Panel with Little Ancient Italian Door
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
M/299 - Little ancient Italian door for rustic cabinet: coming from the mountains of northern Italy. Usable for a closet or as little bed headboard.
That'...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Poplar
Antique Square Louis XVI Fireback
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Great square antique cast iron fireback showing a female drinking.
Excellent condition, great dimension.
Can be used in a fireplace or as backsplash.
Category
19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
19th Century Fireplace of Portoro Marble in Style of Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful unique fireplace of Portoro marble. Portoro marble has its origin in Italy and is a very nice warm marble of dark brown/black with beautiful flam...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. Burl Wood, Fruitwood and Ormolu pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and most decorative Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. Burl Redwood, Ebonized Fruitwood and Ormolu pedestal. This stunning pedestal is raised by an Ebonized Fruitwood pl...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Limestone Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. limestone mantel. The mantel is raised by fine block supports with elegant straight jambs, decorative mottled recessed panels and bea...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
French Louis XVI Fireplace in Serravezza Breccia Marble
Located in London, GB
A fine quality French Louis XVI marble fireplace in striking Serravezza Breccia marble. The fluted frieze with carved square paterae to end blocks, the jambs with finely carved acant...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Breccia Marble
Fireback with Two Large Pillars
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Large antique cast iron fireback with two tall pillars.
Excellent condition, can be used in a fireplace or as backsplash.
Can be supplied with stand....
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Waldorf Astoria Louis XVI French Regency Marble Mantel
Located in New York, NY
This Louis XVI style mantel was carved from Rouge Royal marble with striking gray and white veining. A simple recessed panel spans the apron, while classically carved floral motifs s...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Antique Marble Fireplace Noir De Mazy Marble 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
Very nice antique fireplace of the 'black gold' Noir de Mazy marble. Noir de Mazy fireplaces are one of the most popular styles of fireplaces. The quarries in Belgium where this marb...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Chenets with Urn, Swag, & Ram’s Head Detail
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XVI style bronze dore chenets with urn, swag & Ram’s head detail, 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI 18th Century Bardiglio Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A very large and substantial Louis XVI period fire surround from the late 18th century. The wide fluted frieze with end blocks of large well carved square Patarae, supported by confo...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
pair of French 18th century Louis XVI Period white Carrara marble pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely pair of French 18th century Louis XVI Period white Carrara marble pedestals. Each pedestal is raised on a square base adorned on all four sides with two tiers of laurel and ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Antique French Double Interior Doors
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique French double doors, newly painted light grey, though made in the 19th century, the paneling is elaborate in the neoclassical style of the late 18th century. Wonderful French Cremone hardware...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Waldorf Astoria Hotel Regency Louis XVI Marble Mantel Rouge Royal French
Located in New York, NY
Heath not available. 19th Century Louis XVI French Regency marble mantel. This mantel has modest details with classic floral motifs and fluted carvings along the very slightly angled...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
19th century Fireplace of Carrara marble - Louis XVI style
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful authentic fireplace of Carrara marble from Italy. This 19th century fireplace is richly decorated with ornaments and flutes in the front part and on the legs. A colossal ma...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
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
Materials
Marble
20th Century Louis XVI Style Pedestal after Jean Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Berlin, DE
Podest. Sides with paneled parquet engraved with grid forming, broken through, wide brass strips. Conical body, ending in Lion's paws on three sided retracted plinth, ending in “toup...
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20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI style woodwork 16m linear
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Monumental Louis XVI Style Boiserie – 16 Linear Meters
A rare and exceptional Louis XVI style wood paneling ensemble, spanning an impressive 16 meters in length and 3.55 meters in h...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Fine Louis XVI style Arabescato Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
Fine 19th century Napoleon III period Louis XVI style Arabescato marble fireplace mantel fitted with gilt-bronze relief. Dimensions ...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
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