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.
to
70
487
288
743
43
1
Height
to
Width
to
2,933
2,174
1,496
1,331
958
826
798
787
505
495
465
312
300
248
146
139
124
99
190
476
77
44
36
13
13
8
2
2
2
2
3
479
352
278
141
123
747
626
73
14
8
787
747
747
35
2
1
1
1
Style: Louis XVI
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.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Finely Carved French Louis XVI Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI statuary marble fireplace. The carved frieze with arrangement of fruit and drapery to centre, flanked by finely carved foliage. The jambs with tied f...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
Table with a marble top, France, around 1910.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Table with a marble top, France, circa 1910.
Wood: walnut
dimensions: height 75 cm diameter 48 cm
Category
1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of French Louis XVI Gilt Columns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI gilt swirl column pedestals.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Giltwood
Classic Louis XVI French Bicolor Stone Fireplace From Dijon City Appartement
Located in Beervelde, BE
Classic French Louis XVI style fireplace mantle in multi color hard stone from the Dijon Region.
This is a 19th century period timeless decorative element for authentic interior desi...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Louis XVI Gilded Fernery
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (19/20th Cent) gilded cane round planter/fernery with ram heads and cane stretcher.
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Cane
20th Century Louis XVI Style Pedestal after Jean Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Berlin, DE
Piano black polished veneer on solid pinewood. Sides engraved with wide brass strips. Deck plate with graduated veined marble. Conical body ending in lion's paws, on three sided, ret...
Category
20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Regency Carved Marble Mantel Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Located in New York, NY
Hearth not included. Carved earth tone dark brown and grey marble Louis XVI French Regency mantel from the early 20th century. This petite mantel was one...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of Gilded Wood Half Capitals
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare and very useful in a renovation; but they are so beautiful that they could simply be placed con a bookshelf. I would like them included in the structure of a library or above ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair of Louis XVI Bronze Dore Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze dore andirons with fluted design and cupids on base with scroll back. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Waldorf Astoria Marble Mantel Louis XVI Style Regency Carved Brown Marble
Located in New York, NY
This stunning mantel is carved from deep violet marble with flecks of white, aubergine and gold ochre veining. Long rectangles featuring raised panels rising from a sunken relief, an...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of Louis XVI Bronze Urn Festoon Andirons
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze double urn andirons with festoon design railing and flame finial (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Vintage French Mahogany Ormolou Inlaid Ornamental Louis XVI Pedestal Columns
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
An incredible pair of very large vintage French Louis XVI style highly ornamental pedestal columns.
The pedestal columns are made of beautiful mahogany wood. They're incredibly elega...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Pair of Gold Painted Louis XVI Style Ionic Columns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of nineteenth century Louis XVI style Ionic columns painted gold and white with carved garlands of flowers encircled around their shafts.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Porcelain De Paris Planters
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Porcelain de Paris centerpiece planters. Each planter is ra...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
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.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style Carrara marble fireplace. The frieze with carved foliage and swirling paterae throughout, with winged beasts and urn to centre. The jambs with shaped panel s...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of Bronze Andirons, Large and Impressive
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of bronze andirons. Large and impressive andirons having been polished. Louis XVI in style having a flame top supported by a column center...
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Brass
Statuary Marble French Louis XVI Style Mantel
Located in London, GB
An elegant and good quality 19th century (circa 1840) French Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace, with bowed frieze with guilloche carving. Round paterae above shaped jambs. Shelf le...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
Marble pedestal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pedestal in Allepo breccia marble two colors,elegant and refined ,it can be in any modern and tradition style
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of Pedestals with Urns
Located in Atlanta, GA
NI 407 A very fine pair of pedestals with alabaster bases ( bases 15 1/2" x 15 1/2") shaft is faux Sienna marble price $2750 each,
NI457 A magnificent pair of hand carved alabaster ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Alabaster
1890s Louis XVI Pink French Marble Mantel
Located in New York, NY
This petite mantel was carved in the Louis XVI style. A reaction against the elaborate ornament of the preceding Baroque period, Louis XVI’s design features included the straight col...
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
18th Century Red Stone Chique Classic Vintage Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
A fine French Louis XVI period chimneypiece with marble inlay from the 18th century. The little shade difference on jambs gives it a rustic look.
Measures:
161 cm exterior width ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
19th Century Marquetry Inlaid Pedestal, in the Style of 'Linke'
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century French marble topped classical pedestal, having its original marble top, wonderful elegant gilded ormolu mounts, fine quality marquetry inlaid f...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ormolu
18th Century Fine French Marble Stone Classic Country Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
Stone designed by nature still carrying some nice patina. This original fireplace surround is from Corton, near Dijon; its French Burgundy marble stone is very typical of the region....
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
18th Century French Country Vintage Fireplace in Grez Stone with Patina
Located in Beervelde, BE
This is a museum quality piece! This amazing grez-stone Louis XVI period fireplace surround with rounded corner has unusual patina. This mantel dates from the 18th century. It is spl...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Period 18th Century French Louis XVI Statuary Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 18th century French Louis XVI statuary marble fireplace, the frieze delicately carved with running frieze of foliage and berries with urn centre. Fluted jambs with car...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
Antique Fireback / Backsplash, Woman Holding Mirror
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique fireback / backsplash showing a woman holding mirror.
Nice square cast iron antique fireback displaying a woman holding her mirror.
Great condition, can be used in a real...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
A French Carrara Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A mid 19th century French Louis XVI style Carrara marble fireplace, with panelled frieze delicately carved with quiver, arrow and foliage. The shaped jambs with acanthus leaves, rope...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Two Large 1870s Louis XVI Style Bronze Firedogs
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large pair of chiseled and gilt bronze fire dogs, Louis XVI style.
The upright, adorned with stylized waves frieze, is linked to the front part by a ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Verde Ranocchia Marble pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Verde Ranocchia Marble pedestal. This beautiful pedestal is raised by an octagonal base below a circular mottled socle. The tapered shaf...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Rouge De Verone Marble Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge de Verone marble pedestal column. The pedestal is raised by a square marble base with a beautiful wraparound tied berried laurel ba...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Veined Statuario French Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 19th century, circa 1830 French Louis XVI fireplace in veined Statuario marble. The frieze carved with flutes, exquisitely carved to the centre with fruit, flowers and...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
Fior di Pesco Marble Louis XVI Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style fireplace in attractive Fleur de Pecher marble. The panelled frieze with stop fluted centre, carved square paterae surmounted by breakfront shelf. The shaped bracketed jambs with panels and flutes. Translated as Peach Tree Flower, Fior di Pesco...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Louis XVI Rouge Grey White Marble Mantel 5th Ave NYC
Located in New York, NY
This mantel was reclaimed from a prestigious apartment at 950 5th Avenue NYC which was built in 1926. The serpentine apron is decorated with a slightly arched ...
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Luxury French Louis XVI Carrara Marble Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
A beautiful French antique fireplace in Louis XIV style, made of Carrara marble. A beautiful and elegant antique fireplace that has a luxurious appearance due to its slim lines and b...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair of Gilt Bronze Andirons Signed E. Mottheu, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of gilt bronze andirons signed E. Mottheu, France, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Unusual 19th Century, French XVI Style Carrara Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An unusual and nicely carved 19th century (circa 1840) French XVI style Carrara marble fireplace. The frieze with scrolled foliage. The shaped jambs with ac...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
Sarrancolin French Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A Sarrancolin French Louis XVI style marble fireplace, with finely carved Statuary marble inlaid panels of, classical scene of reclini...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Brèche D’Alep Marble & Ormolu Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. Brèche d'Alep marble and ormolu pedestal column. The pedestal is raised by a fine square base with a most decorative steppe...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Scagliola and Rouge Griotte Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant Italian 19th century Louis XVI St. Scagliola and Rouge Griotte marble pedestal. The pedestal is raised by an octagonal base with a fine mottled border below the wonderfull...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Italian late 19th century Louis XVI st. Giallo Reale marble birdbath/planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant Italian late 19th century Louis XVI st. Giallo Reale marble birdbath/planter. This most handsome birdbath/planter is raised on a square base below the baluster shaped supp...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Carved Giltwood Altar Pedestal
Located in Birmingham, AL
Wonderful 18th century French Louis period XVI carved tabletop giltwood altar pedestal with garland and foliate motifs. Used for the display of a saint...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Giltwood
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Wrought Iron andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Wrought Iron andirons. Each exceptional andiron is raised by a spiral fluted column decorated with...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron, Ormolu
Large Painted and Carved Wood Neoclassical Planter
Located in Pembroke, MA
An unusually large, and deeply sculpted and painted wood planter or jardinière, in the Louis XVI style (late 19th century). The planter appears to have been stripped of some coats of...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Gesso
Pair Carrera Marble Pedestal Stands Urns Ormolu Louis XVI
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous pair of French marble pedestal stands in the Louis XVI manner
Crafted from white Carrera marble, the stands ...
Category
1890s Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
2 Important Cast Iron Garden Vases, End of the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
2 Important cast iron garden vases in the style of Louis XVI,
end of 19th century.
Antique-style vases adorned with female medallions, fluting, Greek-style handles, laurel garlands,...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Pair 19th Century French Louis XVI Neoclassical Bronze Andirons
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th century French Louis XVI neoclassical bronze Andirons will make an exceptional finishing touch to your hearth! Cast in solid bronze, each features a variety of classical motifs that remain truly timeless after three millennia. Most prominent is the egg finials set...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Giltwood and Marble Pedestal Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Napoleon III period giltwood and white Carrara marble pedestal columns. Each pedestal is raised by a square b...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Breccia marble pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most decorative Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Breccia Pernice marble pedestal. This lovely pedestal is supported on a stepped square base with a...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Breccia Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sarrancolin and Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sarrancolin and Gris St. Anne marble fireplace mantel. The mantel retains its original rectangular plinth with three square 'Gris St. Ann...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French early 19th century Louis XVI st. limestone fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by Fine fluted jambs with richly sculpted corner block rosettes. The straight ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Antique Louis XVI Neoclassical Fireplace Mantel in Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
In veined statuary marble with typical straight lines and symmetrical sculptured decoration, French, 18th century.
With rectangular moulded shelf above the frieze which is carved with scrolling, flowering acanthus. The jambs in the form of tapering consoles, with rounded bracket shaped shoulders capped by rectangular blockings delicately carved with more acanthus, symbolic of Imperial Rome...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
18th Century French Black Iron Fireback Depicting King Louis XVI
Located in Dallas, TX
This large, antique fire back was created in France, circa 1760. The square plaque features a before French Revolution scene where King Louis XVI is being arrested at Versailles with Marie Antoinette holding on to him. The fire-back is in excellent condition with wonderful detail work, and would also make a wonderful back splash behind a kitchen stove...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Paloma Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Paloma marble fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by beautiful straight fluted jamb suppor...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Antique French Bronze Rams Head Chenets, a Pair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A pair of fine quality French bronze chenets in the Louis XVI style with small pineapple finials on stylised palm trees above bulbous leaf wrapped...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A decorative and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu andirons. Each finely detailed andiron is raised on a square stepped base displayi...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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.