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
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Carved Wood Fireplace Surround
Located in Long Island City, NY
Late 19th century Louis XVI style carved wood fireplace surround
The large and hand-carved frieze centered with a plaque depicting th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Veined White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI veined white marble fireplace, with quiver and leaf frieze, carved leaf drops to jambs, surmounted by pateras, circa 1770.
Measures:
Shelf Width: 1...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Iron Chenet/andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Iron Chenet/andirons. Each chenet is raised on a square base supported by squared feet and connected by swaging berried laurel garlands...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Iron, Ormolu
Marble Fireplace of Carrara Marble from 19th Century Style Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Very chic antique fireplace of Carrara marble with gilded gold. An elegant fireplace with beautiful ornaments and decorations in gilded gold in the front part and continuing on the l...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Classical French Antique Fireplace Mantel in Grey-Green Stone With Warm Accents
Located in Beervelde, BE
Classical French Antique Fireplace Mantel in Grey-Green Stone With Warm Accents.
This stone fireplace mantel has a classical and elegant design. It's predominantly grey-green in colo...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Stone, Marble
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Fan Shaped Fire Screen
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large Louis XVI style gilt-bronze fan shaped fire screen with a finely cast mask of Apollo.
French, circa 1880.
Approximate dimensions:
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze
Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Carrara Marble
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Carrara marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The shaped, fluted jambs with carved inlaid husks, surmounted by carved square paterae. The panelled frieze wit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble, Carrara Marble
Louis XVI Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
White Carrara marble Louis XVI style mantlepiece.
Interior dimensions: W 33" x H 32".
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Period 18th Century Louis XVI Stone Mantel with Greek Key Motif
Located in London, GB
An attractive period 18th century Louis XVI stone fireplace. The fluted frieze with Greek key centre panel, beneath moulded shelf. The bracket shaped j...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Stone
18th Century French Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel in Veined Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 18th century Louis XVI French veined statuary marble fireplace. The fluted jambs with tapering, half rounded columns inlaid with carved husks, surmounted by finely car...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Statuary Marble
French Louis XVI St Anne's Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A charming Louis XVI fireplace in Saint Anne des Pyrenees marble with delicate white carvings. The centre panel with hunting scene of wild boar, dogs, birds and flowers. The jambs an...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
A Large Louis XVI Breche Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large and highly variegated Breche de Saint Maximin marble fireplace from the very late 18th century. Rich in colours of purple, creams, white, gold and deep reds. The console jamb...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st Ormolu, patinated Bronze & Granite urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu, patinated Bronze and Granite urns. Each urn is raised by a square Granite base with a foliate wrap around patinated Bronz...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Granite, Bronze, Ormolu
Statuary Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A fine quality Statuary marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The tapering, stop-fluted jambs surmounted by panel carved with grapes and leaf work with swirling rosette paterae ab...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Statuary Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Patinated Bronze Jardinière
By Christofle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and large scaled French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and patinated Bronze Jardinière vase signed Christofle et Cie Orfevres. This unique jardiniere is position...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and very decorative pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. marble urns. Each urn is raised on a circular base with reeded patterns and petal shaped carvings below the mo...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble
Pair of Petite Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chenets
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of petite Louis XVI Style gilt and patinated bronze chenets.
Each modelled as a seated winged putto with outstretched arms raised on a pierced acanthus cast gilt-bronze st...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Onyx and Red Marble Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French 19th century Louis XVI st. onyx and red marble pedestal column. The column is raised by a square base with elegant ormolu feet and a most decorative stepped desi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Onyx, Marble, Ormolu
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
French Louis XVI-Style Bronze Chenets
Located in New Orleans, LA
This wonderful pair of Louis XVI-style bronze chenets features patinated, cloaked cherub figures seated on ornate gilt bronze plateau and keeping t...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze
19th Century Ormolu Mounted Pedestal after Jean Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wall-side gilt bronze mounted pedestal with stepped veined marble top with canted front corners, above the rectangular upper section centred by a Mercury mask and sunburst with crossed lower branches, the angles with an acanthus-cast scrolled volute hung with foliate festoons, the sides inset with foliate swags, above the tapering upright, the paneled front cast with a flower-filled vase flanked by scrolling foliage and floral swags, with paneled parquetry sides, on lion-paw feet and shaped plinth, on toupie feet.
This pedestal is a copy of the celebrated model made circa 1785 by Jean-Henri Riesener...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble, Ormolu
An 18th Century Louis XVI Calacatta Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An 18th century period Louis XVI fireplace executed in Italian Calacatta marble. Compact and attractive with slim tapering ribbon crossed fluted columns with Acanthus leaf corner blo...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
A Pair of Unusually Large Louis XVI Pure Statuary Marble Chimneypieces
Located in London, GB
A pair of unusually large and impressive Louis XVI pure statuary marble chimneypieces
Height 46in (117cm) width 72½in (184cm)
Internal height 36⅝in (93cm) width 54½in (138.5cm)
Foot...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Statuary Marble
French Carrara Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Carrara marble chimneypiece of Louis XVI form. The panelled console jambs on plinths are adorned with stylised acanthus decoration. The simple panelled frieze i...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble
19th Century French Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A finely carved French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The delicately carved frieze with foliage to centre panel flanked by diamond motif with rosette to centre, and end blocks of flo...
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Early 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
White Carrara Marble Louis XVI Mantel circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
White Carrara Marble Louis XVI Mantel circa 1880
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Antique Louis XVI Style Red Marble Fire Surround
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An elegant late 19th century antique Louis XVI style fireplace made from Rojo Bilbao marble. This type of red marble derives from Spain and is typically considered as a high-quality ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
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
Majestic Pedestal in the Louis XVI Style According to J. Henri Riesener
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid coniferous wood ebones. Sides decorated with grid-shaped, perforated wide measuring strips. Cover plate with stepped veined marble. A conical corpus in a lioness, ending on thr...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Beech
Neo Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Imperator and Statuary Marble
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This neo Louis XVI style fireplace was sculpted in the 19th century in imperator and statuary marble. Its front part is decorated in its center with a frieze in statuary Carrara marb...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble, Statuary Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style stone fireplace. The fluted, shaped jambs surmounted by swirling carved paterae, the panelled frieze with moulded shelf above.
Measures: Shelf ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Stone
Pair of French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Giltwood & Patinated Wood Pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 18th century Louis XVI period giltwood and patinated wood pedestals/plant stands. Each pedestal is raised by a circular giltwood base with...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Wood, Giltwood
Antique White Carrara Marble Louis Seize Mantle Piece
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Antique Carrara marble Louis Seize mantle piece from the 19th century. Louis XVI style fireplace in white marble with finely carved laurel and acanthus de...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble
Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A very finely carved French Louis XVI in Carrara marble. The panelled frieze with delicate pearl and string beading, scrolled ionic capitals and leafwork to end blockings. The jambs ...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble
Early 20th Century Bronze Mounted French Louis XV Style Kingwood Column Pedestal
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Early 20th Century Bronze Mounted French Louis XV Style Kingwood Column Pedestal
Dimensions : 45" Tall X 12" Wide X 12" Deep
This stunning pedestal was made in France in the early...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Griotte Marble, Ormolu and Bronze Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XVI St. Rouge Griotte marble, ormolu and silvered bronze pedestal column. The column is raised by an elegant square base with a stepped design an...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Carrara Marble Mantel
Located in New Orleans, LA
Magnificent antique 19th century French Louis XVI style ormolu mounted marble mantel after the Fireplace in Marie Antoinette’s Silver Boudoir i...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Silvered Bronze Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and silvered bronze chenet andirons. Each andiron is raised by striking and most unique spiral flu...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze, Ormolu
Large Louis XVI style mantel in yellow Sienna marble
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This large Louis XVI style mantelpiece was carved in Sienna yellow marble in the 19th century. The lintel is adorned with a rich and delicate low relief sculpture: in the centre, a h...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble, Siena Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Fleur de Pêcher marble and Ormolu pedestal. This exquisitely decorative pedestal is raised on a square marble base with Or...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble, Ormolu
Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Vert De Patricia Marble Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert de Patricia marble pedestal column. The column is raised by an elegant octagonal base with a mottled fillet and fine lightly curve...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Grey and White Marble Antique Louis XVI Full Circulation Fireplace
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
This Antique Louis XVI period fireplace in carrara and gray marble decorated with grapevines and grapes.
This fireplace is in very good condition. With its richness and decoration with hewn grapes and grape branches...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble
21st Century crystal waste-bin with cover
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand-carved clear crystal waste-bin with silver bronze cover and pedal for lid opening.
Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Crystal, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most impressive large scale French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze planter. The planter is raised by a most decorative tripod ormolu support with elegantly curved legs, superb hoof feet and a triangular concave stretcher with fine scrolls. Above each leg are striking richly chased ormolu rams heads...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Sevres Porcelain Mounted Side Table / Plater
Located in Brighton, Sussex
19th century French Kingwood table / jardiniere, having gilded ormolu mouldings and mounts. The lid lifting up to reveal a compartment for plants, flowers or can be used as a cellere...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Porcelain
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Pedestals
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Alabastro Fiorito Antico Pedestal Columns.
The pedestals are of classical form with finely figured Alabastro Foiorito columns and gilt...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Alabaster, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Bronze Adjustable Fireplace Fender Set
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Bronze Adjustable Fireplace Fender Set was designed to put the finishing style touch on your fireplace hearth! Cast in solid bronze to last for eons, i...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze
France Mid-18th Century Pair Gilded Bronze and Iron Neclassical Andirons
Located in Brescia, IT
This magnificent pair of bronze Neoclassical andirons, was crafted in France, in Mid- 18th Century by master artisans. The refined neoclassical shape exudes a timeless elegance and s...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze, Iron
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Vert de Patricia Marble Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine French 19th century Louis XVI St. Vert de Patricia marble pedestal column. The pedestal is raised by an octagonal base below a socle pedestal with an elegant mottled border. T...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Antique Louis XVI-style Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
This exquisite Louis XVI-style fireplace, crafted from warm-hued limestone, captures the timeless elegance of French design. Originating from France, this piece features classical mo...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Limestone
Louis XVI Bronze Chenets
Located in New Orleans, LA
Two little fawns attempt to keep warm by brazier fire in this enchanting pair of French Louis XVI chenets, or fireplace andirons. Crafted of stunning...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze
Fine Antique French Louis XVI Period White Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This small vintage fireplace surround in white statuary marble is a very unique piece. This mantel would perfectly fit in American colonial sty...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Statuary Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style St Laurent Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive 19th century French Louis XVI style 'St. Laurent' marble mantel. The jambs support an important proportioned Bandeau with a fluted design above a moulded opening. The m...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Plaster Columns with a Faux Marble Finish
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of beautiful French 19th Century Louis XVI st. plaster columns with a faux marble finish. Each superb column/pedestal is raised on a circular base with moulded borders. The co...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Plaster
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
Louis XVI Style White and Green Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
18th century Louis XVI style white and green marble fireplace mantel.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble, Granite and Ormolu Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte, Campan Rubané, Brèche de Sicile marble, Granite and ormolu pedestal column. The column is raised by a square Brèche de...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Granite, Marble, Ormolu
Louis Xvi building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.
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