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 Bronze Flanking Winged Cherub & Shell Foliage Fire Place Fender C. 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
French bronze serpentine flanking winged cherub and shell foliage pierced gallery fire place fender. Early 19th century.
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Early 1800s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze, 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
Breche Violette Fireplace with Decorative Ormolu
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style fireplace in Breche Violette marble. The scrolled, stop-fluted jambs adorned with acanthus leaf Ormolu, surmounte...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Breccia Marble
Period Louis XVI Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An attractive petite period Louis XVI stone fireplace. The shaped jambs with stop flutes to base, the panelled frieze with cartouche to centre with carved square rosette end blocks. ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Stone
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
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
19th Century Carrara Marble Fireplace of Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace in Carrara marble from the 19th century! This fireplace is in Louis XVI style and comes from Paris. The mantelpiece has charming ornaments and decorations...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ebony, Ormolu and Marble pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ebony, Ormolu, Hardstone, Brass, and white Carrara marble pedestals. Each truly impressive single d...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Stone, Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Fireplace Screen
Located in Essex, MA
With arched middle section with handle and two hinged ends all with finials.
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze
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
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte marble and Ormolu pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte marble and Ormolu pedestal. This beautiful pedestal is raised on a square marble block supported on an ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Griotte Marble, Ormolu
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
Set of Four Italian 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and monumentally scaled complete set of four Italian 19th century Louis XVI style Sienna and white Carrara marble architectural ionic columns. Each palatially scaled co...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
Impressive Pair of French Glazed Earthenware Urns, Signed 'Emile Muller, Paris'
By Emile Müller
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each of impressive size with short everted laurel leaf mouth flanked by scrolled handles with bold acanthus leaf decoration; the compressed bulbous body with overlapping foliate ring...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Earthenware
Fireplace Bellows in Embossed Brass Representing a Woman
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare fireplace bellows is made of embossed brass on wood; The embossed brass represents a woman. This is a French work in Louis the 16th style. Circa 1900
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Brass
Period French Louis XVI Giltwood Firescreen, circa 1780
Located in Dallas, TX
This Louis XVI period giltwood firescreen is a rather unique find. Typically firescreens from this period (the late 1700’s) were produced with a tapestry or needlepoint body; this particular piece has a solid colored (gold) silk upholstery screen which meshes well with the giltwood frame. Firescreens were used during warmer months to cover the opening of the fireplace.
The detachable crest (which can be removed to replace or reupholster the screen) has bell shaped finials on the shoulders that are connected by a raised carving. These elements are surrounded by slightly spiral gadrooning. Beneath the crest is a repeating laurel leaf motif that runs all the way around the border. The ornamentation is double sided. Louis XVI firescreens...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Silk, Wood
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
Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Rosso Verona marble and Bronze planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most impressive Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Rosso Verona marble and Verdigris Bronze birdbath/planter. This beautiful planter is raised by a squared marble s...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble, Bronze
Pair of Italian 19th Century Scagliola and Black Belgian Marble Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Scagliola and Black Belgian marble columns. Each column is raised by a octagonal Black Belgian marble base below elegant mottled soc...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Set of Tall Antique Louis XVI Style Room Dividing Doors
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
These tall antique Louis XVI style room dividing doors are one of various sets reclaimed from the American Embassy in Paris.
Dating from circa 1870, these antique doors are generous...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Wood, Oak, Pine
French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu fireplace screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and most decorative French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu fireplace screen. This high quality square fire screen is supported on two split feet being held by Gree...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Ormolu
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
Materials
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
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
A fine 19th century French Louis XVI gilt bronze and patinated bronze firebox
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French Louis XVI gilt bronze and patinated bronze firebox. Fine gilt bronze casting .
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze
Antique Louis XVI Style Oak Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A handsome antique Louis XVI style oak fire mantel. At over 130 years old, this antique fireplace has stood the test of time. It displays styling evocative of the Victorian period wi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Wood, Oak
Noir De Mazy Marble Fireplace from the 19th Century in Style of Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace of Noir de Mazy marble! Noir de Mazy marble is an exclusive black Belgian marble that comes from the quarries in Mazy - Belgium. The black marble is also ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Very Fine Quality French Louis XV Style Marble Fireplace in Light Carrara
Located in London, GB
A very fine quality French Louis XV style marble fireplace in light Carrara. The panelled frieze with carved shell to centre flanked by foliage and belldrop below. The shaped jambs w...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble birdbath/planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most elegant Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble birdbath/planter. This impressive birdbath/planter is raised by a circular mottled edge base which...
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19th Century Italian 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
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Marble
French Louis XVI Style Pavonazzo Marble Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality Louis XVI style antique fireplace in Italian Pavonazzo marble. The stop fluted jambs surmounted by carved panels with flowers and tied ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
19th century fireplace in style of Louis XVI of Noir de Mazy marble
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique mantelpiece made of Noir de Mazy marble with beautiful curves and ornaments. This mantelpiece dates from the 19th century and is in the style of Louis XVI. A black ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
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
Materials
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
Materials
Marble
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Bronze Urn Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze andirons/chenets with centered urn having festoons through each side handle with a flame finial top. (PRICED AS Pair)
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
A Fine 18th Century Continental German Porcelain Decorated Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Continental German (Berlin, late 18th Cent) porcelain pink and white decorated urn with a finial top cover and ram head sides, signed on bottom
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Late 18th Century German Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble pedestal. This exquisite circular pedestal is raised by a three level stepped plinth. The shaft is wonderfully desi...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
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
19th Century, Pair of French Gilt Bronze Fireplace Chenets
Located in IT
19th Century, pair of French gilt bronze fireplace chenets.
This valuable pair of Fireplace Chenets was made in France in the early ninetee...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Grey Marble Column Pedestals
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style (19/20th Cent) grey marble fluted column pedestals with square top.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
White and Grey Louis XVI Style Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
White and grey Calacata Louis XVI style marble mantel. Interior dimensions: W: 40.25" W: 33.75"
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Iron Topiary Representing a House Front, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Iron topiary representing a classical style house front. Architectural front with a two floors elevation. Central projection part, welcoming a door topp...
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1970s European Vintage Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Iron
Antique Painted French Timber Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A rustic, French fire mantel in the Louis XVI style.
Additional dimensions
Opening height 83 cm
Opening width 103.5 cm
Width across the foot...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Pine
French Louis XVI Style Carved Wood Pedestal
Located in Dallas, TX
A large French Louis XVI style carved wood pedestal with a faux marble and gilded finish. This is a very decorative piece that can hold a...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu pedestal column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu pedestal column. This stunning pedestal is raised by a square Onyx base with a stepped design and d...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Onyx, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace in Carrara Marble
Located in London, GB
An unusually high mid 19th century French Louis XVI style fireplace in Carrara marble. The delicately carved shaped frieze with floral guilloche pattern, oval patera to centre and sw...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble
19th Century Rich Sculpted Louis XVI White Carrara Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Southall, GB
A rich and beautiful 19th century antique French sculpted Louis XVI white Carrara marble fireplace mantel. Hand carved with a serpentine shelf with, detailed frieze which is powerful...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Maple
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
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Rouge Griotte Marble & Ormolu Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte marble and Ormolu pedestal column. The pedestal is raised by a square base below a mottled border, a superb mirrored Coeur-...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Ormolu Chenets in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A pair of Louis XVI Style Chenets
Constructed from finely cast and chased gilt bronze, these decorative firedogs with attenuated rectangular plinths are supported on oblate toupie feet, the corners dressed with rosettes flanking pierced panels...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Ormolu
Red Marble Demi-Lune Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
19th Century French Louis XVI Red Marble Demi-Lune Fireplace Mantel from Paris
Elevate your interior with the timeless sophistication of this 19th century Louis XVI demi-lune firepl...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Griotte Marble
Pair of French 18th Century Brass and Iron Fireplace Andirons
Located in Buchanan, NY
A handsome pair of late 18th-early 19th century French andirons with double iron polished supports and cast brass or bronze decorative fronts. The andirons have recently been polishe...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Brass, Iron
True Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Bronze Andirons
By Henry Vian
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An adorable true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and patinated Bronze andirons, after a model by Caffieri and signed H. Vian. Each high quality andiron is raised by four topie shaped legs decorated with draping acanthus leaves. The Ormolu support above is decorated with concave sides and a pierced interlocking wrapped around foliate band. Atop the support is the Ormolu dog bed with tassels on each corner and scrolled designs along the edge. Standing on the bed are charming patinated Bronze dogs, one with their paw lifted and both displaying wonderful expressions.
Henry Vian (1860-1905) was a celebrated bronzier who specialized in the production of bronzes in the eighteenth century style, particularly light fittings, cases with bronze mounts and chandeliers of great quality. He participated in the Great Exhibition of 1878, 1889 and 1900 and received a Gold Medal in 1889. His workshop was based at 5 rue de Thorigny in Paris. His wife and son ran the business after his death in 1905 until 1944, when the city of Paris took over the premises for the Ecole des Métiers d'Art.
Philippe Caffiéri...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze, Ormolu
Regulateur after antique Jean-Henri Riesener in the Style of the 18th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Piano black polished veneer on solid pinewood. Exceptionally fine floral, bronze. It takes place in a magnificent gilt decor of three winged children playing with garlands on clouds.
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20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Beech
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
Impressive Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Pedestal
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive good quality 19th century marble topped, marquetry inlaid pedestal, having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts of scrolling foli...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Ormolu
1920s Louis XVI Style Mantel Tan Grey Brown White Shades
Located in New York, NY
This mantel was recovered from a 1926 well heeled apartment at 950 5th Avenue and East 76th Street on the upper east side of NYC. Hand carved stone featuring various shades of tan, g...
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1920s Vintage Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
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