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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
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Pedestal Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Brèche marble pedestal columns. Each pedestal is raised by a square base with a fine mottled border. The circular flut...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

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

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Wood, Pine

Elegant Mid-19th Century Stamped Gilt Bronze Andirons, France, Around 1850
Located in Brussels, BE
Fine gilt bronze andirons both stamped "Sechers -Castelle" and the number 754. France around 1850.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

French Louis XV XVI Style Bronze Verdigris Figural Garden Planters, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis XV XVI style bronze Verdigris 43" Figural Garden planters - a Pair. Item features heavy cast bronze construction, green verdigris weathered finish, maiden heads...
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Late 20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Grand Louis XVI Period French Vintage Stone Fireplace
Located in Beervelde, BE
Exceptionally grand 18th century period fireplace surround. The structure of this stone out of the French Ardêche area is so special that it is fit for a high-end interior design. ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone, Marble

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

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Metal, Bronze

Antique French Country Limestone Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
A French country in limestone original antique fireplace mantle. It has remains of the original patina. The Greek key carving is from The Louis XVI period, 18th century. The shelf ca...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

1970s Vintage Carved Fruitwood Tripod Planter on Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
1970s Vintage Fruitwood tripod planter on stand. Carved fruitwood. Hand woven wood planter. Measures 16 inches in diameter and stands 36 inches tall. Op...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Fruitwood

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

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Stone

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

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

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze and Ormolu Cherub Busts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu cherub bust on their original Coquiller de Bilbao marble ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Ormolu

Louis the 16th Style Brass and Grilling Fireplace Screen, French Work
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and decorative Louis the 16th style 4 panels folding fireplace screen is made of brass and grilling. This firewall is decorated with bows...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

Vintage French Country Style Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This original rustic French grey fireplace surround with straight lines comes from the Beaujolais region and is from the Louis XVI period. The stone is ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Vert Patricia Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert Patricia marble pedestal. The pedestal is raised by an octagonal base below a circular mottled socle pedestal. The central support d...
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19th Century French Antique 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

Antique French Louis XVI Bronze D'Ore Chenet Andirons, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Magnificent Antique French Louis XVI Bronze D'Ore Chenet Andirons, Circa 1880.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

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

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Marble

19th Century Fireplace of Belgian Bluestone in Style of Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Beautifully decorated fireplace of Belgian bluestone from the 19th century with a width of no less than 208 cm. This fireplace is in the style of Louis XVI. A beautiful striking fire...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Other

Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara And Marble Pedestal Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most impressive Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara and Vert Maurin marble pedestal columns. Each column is raised by an elegant and unique stepped mottle...
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19th Century Italian 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

Grey Marble Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Happy to offer this wonderful French Louis XVI in grey marble. The shallowness and subtle decoration make this mantel suitable for a variety of applications. The rectangular tops...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

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 Marble Fireplace Surround Carrara Marble Louis XVI 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
Very exclusive mantel of Carrara marble from Italy! A beautifully decorated fireplace in the style of Louis XVI with various ornaments in the front part of the fireplace and on the l...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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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...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Antique Reclaimed stone floors, Antique dalle de Bourgogne limestone flooring
Located in Forte Dei Marmi, IT
Antique Dalle De Bourgogne, Reclaimed Limestone Flooring, From France, Age 17th Century Antique Dalle de Bourgogne, ( Rare )French stone flooring, Opus Roman, 17th century.Great Stock of Antique Dalle de Bourgogne, cut to 3 cm thickness ( 1.2 inc ) Large Random Size, Reclaimed from French farm Houses, Vintage Stone Floors, Antique Dalle de Bourgogne, Antique Stone Flooring...
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1850s European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

Pair of French Louis XVI Gilt Columns
Located in New York, 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

Pair of Louis XVI Style French Gilt Bronze Lyre Chenets/Andirons, Signed V.B.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Louis XVI style French gilt bronze Lyre chenets/andirons, Signed V.B. France, Circa 1890s A fine pair of Louis XVI Neoclassical style Chenets/Andirons, Each one with fine...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Bronze Fender
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style bronze fender cast with ignipotent putti. French, circa 1860.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

19th Century Monumental Black Marble Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Made, NL
Monumental Louis XVI black marble mantle in excellent condition. A true masterpiece. The carving is of such a high quality showing the true art of ...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Belgian Black Marble

19th Century Fireplace in Style of Louis XVI of Blue Fleuri Marble
Located in Made, NL
A beautiful 19th century Blue Fleuri marble fireplace in the style of Louis XVI. A straight model with many fluting in the front part and continuous on the legs! The dimensions are a...
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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. Ormolu and Rosso Levanto Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Rosso Levanto andirons. Each andiron is raised by ormolu topie shaped legs below the rectangular base w...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

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

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century Pair of Louis XVI Bronze Dore Urn Andirons
Located in New York, 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

Elegant Louis Xvi Style Fireplace Surround, French, Mid 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An Elegant Louis Xvi Style Fireplace Surround, Finely Carved In White And Pink Marble, Adorned With Scrolling Foliate And Floral Ormolu Decoratio...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Brass

Superb Antique Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Spectacular French Louis XVI style fireplace mantel in beautiful Italian Carrara white marble. This mantel is decorated with exquisite and exuberant carvings. It is in a lovely cond...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Louis XVI Antique Regency Chimneypiece in Griotte Rouge Marble
Located in London, GB
Louis Xvi Antique Regency Chimneypiece in Griotte Rouge Marble External width: 57? – 144.7 cm External height 42” – 106.6 cm Depth 12 3/4? – ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Griotte Marble

Antique French Louis XVI Gold Bronze Fire Screen, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI gold bronze fire screen, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Antique Fireback / Backsplash, Coat of Arms Dated 1603
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique fireback / backsplash, coat of arms dated 1603. Nice cast iron antique fireback displaying the coat of arms. Great condition, can be used in a real gas or log fire. Very...
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15th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

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

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Limestone

Pair of Andirons with Lions in Gilded and Chiseled Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Large pair of gilt and finely chiselled bronze andirons in the Louis XVI style. They are surmounted by laying lions on a drape decorated with trimmings facing fire pots...
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Style Dore Bronze Lyre Form Andirons/Chennets
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of antique Louis XVI style French dore bronze lyre form Andirons/Chennets. Each is exceptionally cast, hand-chased, and chiseled with great precision and quality. The...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Set of Louis XVI Style Bronze Chenets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish set of Louis XVI revival bronze chenets date to the latter part of the 19th century. Note: On each Chenet one of the bronze mounting screws is a darker patinated colo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI Style Campana Urns on Pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish pair of hand-carved wood campara urns on stands date to the 1930s and were acquired from a home decorated by the iconic interior designer and antiuqe dealer John Regas. ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Pair of Mid-Century English Louis XVI Style Walnut Cachepots or Planters
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This pair of mid-century English walnut square planters or jardinières is in the classic Louis XVI style. They feature brass pine cone finials at the corners and a drop ring handle o...
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Mid-20th Century English Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass, Zinc

18th Century Pair of Tall Louis XVI Style Doors
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Set of two 18th century tall doors in pine. The given dimensions are for each door. Together the two doors are 92cm / 36 inches wide. Please note! Because S...
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1790s Swedish Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Pine

Italian Wood Pedestal
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Mid-century Italian gold painted finish wooden pedestal in the style of Louis XVI.
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1960s Italian Vintage Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

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

Antique French Louis XVI Style Bronze D' Ore Firescreen, circa 1880's
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI style bronze d' ore fire screen, Circa 1880's.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of Gilt Bronze Chenet Louis XVI Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of louis XVI french chenet in giltbronze of exquisite workmanship embellished by a magnificent vase on the top of each chenet.  
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1930s French Vintage Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Vintage French Louis XVI Style Carved Ribbon Drape Wooden Column Pedestal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XVI style carved ribbon and drape wooden 39" column pedestal. Item features a ribbon and drape design, green painted finish, rectangular shape, great style and f...
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Mid-20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Onyx, Ormolu, and Cloisonné Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. onyx, ormolu, and Cloisonné pedestal. The column is raised by a square base wi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Onyx, Ormolu

Good Quality Statuary Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Manner with Insert
Located in London, GB
A good quality Statuary marble fireplace in the Louis XVI manner. The tapering, fluted jambs surmounted by end blocks carved with stiff acanthus leaf, the frieze with cartouche to centre flanked by foliage. Moulded shelf above. With its original decorative cast iron contracoeure insert...
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Adjustable Bronze Fireplace Fender
Located in Sofia, BG
French mid-19th century Louis XVI style adjustable bronze fire fender with rich decoration. France, circa 1870.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

19th Century French Inlaid Pedestal After Francoise Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century Breche Violette marble top, bombe shaped pedestal, with wonderful scrolling foliate gilded ormolu mounts, Marquetry inlaid classical decoration to th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Mahogany

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Onyx and Cloisonné Pedestal and Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. onyx, ormolu, and Cloisonné pedestal and matching centerpiece. The column is r...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Onyx, Ormolu

Louis XVI Antique Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A period piece from the late 18th century, unusual in design with raised carved fluted panels with a classical urn to centre of the frieze and fluted end blocks. The flute jambs whic...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Important LXVI Style Pedestal, France Late 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Rare and important stand in the shape of a column, LXVI style, in copper-plated and patinated metal. Decor of asparagus, scrolls, grooves etc. It can support a very heavy object...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Copper, Iron, Zinc

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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