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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
A Statuary White Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Statuary white marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The fluted jabs with carved husks, surmounted by panels carved with ribbons and foliage. The panelled fr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary 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...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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

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Bronze, Ormolu

pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Faux Painted marble pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Faux Painted marble pedestals. Each wonderful square tapered pedestal is supported on a square mottled faux pain...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Paint

18th or 19th Century White Marble Bust of a Young Woman
Located in Berlin, DE
The marble bust facing frontal with her eyes looking to her right. The hair fastened in a skillfull knot behind, the drapery covers her shoulders and breasts, with another section un...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

A French Marble Fireplace in Breche Rose de Lez Marble
Located in London, GB
A fine quality French marble fireplace in Breche Rose de Lez marble. The bowed frieze and jambs carved with flowers, fruit and leaf work throughout. Bowed shelf above. The outgrounds with original antiqued brass vents...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Antique Louis XVI Carrara Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A antique French Louis XVI style Carrara marble fireplace, nineteenth century, with rope-twist frieze and scrolled jambs (sold without hearth). Dimensions: 106cm (41¾") High, 125cm ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Nineteenth Century French Carrara Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A nineteenth century French Carrara marble fireplace, in the Louis XVI style, with stop-fluted console jambs (hearth not included). Dimensions: 107.5cm (42¼") High, 135cm (53¼") Wid...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Pair Of French 19th c. Louis XVI St. Rouge Griotte & Ormolu Pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine and very elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. White Carrara, Rouge Griotte, Campan Rubané Marble, and Ormolu pedestals. This lovely and impressive pair of pedesta...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French Gilt-Bronze Neoclassical Andirons
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of nice quality French gilded-bronze andirons or chenets, with neoclassical detailing, including urns, and swags of roses and acanthus leaves, with old forged iron bars to suppo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Iron

Louis XVI Fireplace In Gray Saint Anne And Statuary White Marble Circa 1800
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI fireplace mantel, in Sainte-Anne gray marble and statuary white. Fireplace dimensions: 91 x 119 cm
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

French Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style fireplace in veined brown/grey marble. The stop fluted jambs surmounted by carved swirling paterae to end blocks. Panelled frieze surmounted by moulded shelf...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Fine Antique Louis XVI Saint Remy Marble Fireplace Mantle Hand Made in Paris
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely rare and very collectable, circa 1840-1860 Louis XVI style Saint Remy Marble fireplace. This fireplace is one of three I have purchased, they originate from Paris France, made in Saint Remy marble, there are two large mid-19th century examples and one extra-large 18th century piece. They came from a friend and colleague who specialises in architectural salvage from Chateaus Castles and generally places of distinction in Belgium, France, Switzerland and the surrounding areas The piece has been carefully transported and is in very fine order throughout, it breaks down into four easy to transport and install pieces as you can see in the pictures. The mantle top...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Statuary Marble Louis XVI Style Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality statuary marble antique fireplace in the Louis XVI manner. The panelled jambs surmounted by carved rosette paterae, the frieze with swags, drapery and foliage to centr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

Antique Early 19th Century French Style Grey Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Ware, GB
This impressive antique French-style Louis XVI fireplace surround has been expertly carved and crafted from grey marble with delicate statuary marble details to the jambs and frieze. The well-figured shelf has stepped and canted corners. Each end-block delivers statuary marble floral patterae with a large carved garland that rests beneath. The frieze is ornately decorated with scrolling leaf and guilloche, also in statuary marble. Striking and rare, this marble chimneypiece offers a handsome feature for an interior renovation. The French fire surround...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Limestone mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and finely detailed French 19th century Louis XVI st. Limestone mantel. This beautiful mantel displays fluted jambs supported on block plinths below fine chandelles. Above...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

18th Century French Louis XVI Brocatelle Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century (circa 1770) French Louis XVI Brocatelle marble fireplace with panelled frieze with circle to centre, fluted jambs surmounted by s...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

French Louis XVI Statuary Marble Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A particularly fine quality late 18th French Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace. The frieze delicately carved with leaves and foliage, full round tapered and carved columns to jambs...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

Pair of Italian Turn of the Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Faux Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of Italian turn of the century Louis XVI st. patinated faux marble pedestals. Each pedestal is raised by a square base with a most decorative black Antico like faux p...
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20th Century Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

A French Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Statuary White Marble
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style fireplace in Statuary white marble. The shaped jambs with fluting carved with husks, surmounted by rosette paterae. The bowed frieze with fine c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

French Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
An elegant 19th century French Louis XVI fireplace in Statuary marble. The tapering stop-fluted columns surmounted by carved end blockings, the panelled frieze with carved leaves to ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

Italian 19th Century XVI Style Marble Pedestal with a Swivel Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome Italian 19th century XVI st. Verde Antico marble and black Belgian marble pedestal with a swivel top. The pedestal or column is raised by a squa...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Italian Statuario Marble Fireplace with Carved Rams Heads
Located in London, GB
An 18th century Italian fireplace in white Statuario marble. The panelled jambs with carved cascading foliage, surmounted by finely carved rams heads...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

An Italian Arabescato French Louis XVI Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style Italian Arabescato marble fireplace. The finely carved guilloche frieze with rosettes, acorns and foliage throughout, flanked by carved square p...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Rustic Louis XVI Style Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The frieze with centre patera to panelled frieze, the tapering panelled jambs with carved leaf and berry decoration with flower to centre. Sun...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. marble pedestal column. The most decorative pedestal is raised by an octagonal base below a circular mottled border. The circular centra...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Vert Patricia marble pedestal columns. Each striking column is raised by a square marble base with a bottom ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

18th Century Antique Fireplace of Gray Marble Stone in Style of Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Very exclusive antique fireplace made of gray marble stone! This fireplace has an authentic look due to the color scheme and shape. The fireplace dates from the 18th century and is i...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Other

19th Century Louis XVI Limestone Fireplace
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel, dating from the 19th century. Inside dimensions : 109cm wide x 86cm high
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. Faux Painted marble pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most handsome Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. Faux Painted marble pedestal. This impressive faux marble wooden pedestal is supported on a square stepped base...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Paint

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

Early 19th Century Louis XVI Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Louis XVI limestone fireplace mantel, dating from the beginning of the 19th century. Inside dimensions : 108cm wide and 92cm high
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

French Carrara Antique Marble Fireplace Mantel, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Carrara antique marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The panelled, stop fluted jambs surmounted by carved square paterae to end blockings. The panelled frie...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara 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

Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble Fountain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble fountain. The fountain displays a charming half round basin with a finely sculpted foliate...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Pair Exceptional France Bronze Andirons, Fire dogs
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
Pair of exceptional French antique andirons. This pair is in perfect condition. The details both on the front and the side of the andirons are...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble Bird Bath / Planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble bird bath/planter. The planter is raised by a square base with ha...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Late 18th Century Louis XVI Statuary Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An elegant late 18th century period Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace. The panelled frieze and jambs with trailing vine leaves, the frieze with centre motif of scrolls and leaves, ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

19th Century Louis XVI Limestone Fireplace
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Louis XVI 'Parisienne' Fireplace Inside dimensions : 98cm wide & 90cm high
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

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

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

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

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

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 column is raised by a square Rouge Griotte marble base with an Ormolu upper edge wit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

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

Beautiful 19th Century Louis XVI Antique Fireplace from Chateau de la Gesse
Located in Made, NL
Important early 19th Century antique fireplace in Statuary Carrara marble with quiver-shaped columns and gilt bronze ornaments. Its original provenance is Chateau de la Gesse - Boul...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Antique Louis XVI Style Fireplace Mantle in Blue Turquin & Statuary Marbles
Located in London, GB
A 19th century Louis XVI style chimney piece of blue turquin and white statuary marbles. The white frieze with a central vase of flowers flanked by suspen...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone, Marble, Statuary Marble

Louis XVI Marble Mantel with Fluting and Gargoyle Motif
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a beautiful Louis XV Mantel origins from France, circa 19th century. Firebox measurements: 34" x 34"   
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Fireplace of Arabescato Marble from the 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
Antique 19th century fireplace Arabescato marble in the Louis XVI style. This fireplace dates from the 19th century and has beautiful ornaments in the top and on the legs. A beautifu...
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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 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

Pair Of German 19th Century Louis XVI St. Dresden Porcelain Planters
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and exquisitely detailed pair of German 19th century Louis XVI st. Dresden porcelain planters, signed Dresden. Each circular planter is raised by a mottled edge pedestal a...
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19th Century German Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Porcelain

Pair of French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Ormolu Fireplace Chenets/Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 18th century Louis XVI period ormolu fireplace Chenets/andirons. Each Chenet is raised by a square base with a wrap around acanthus leaf border. At the ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Ormolu

Pair of French Brass and Wrought Iron Lion and Foliage Urn Andirons, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French brass and wrought iron andirons with flanking ribbon and foliage urns, hand chased floral beading, squared plinths with figural lions head, circular corner medallions,...
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass, Wrought Iron

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

Ornately Carved French Limestone Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
An unusually ornately carved French limestone fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The panelled jambs with gently shaped acanthus leaves surmounted by square carved end blockings. The f...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

19th Century French Breche Fireplace
Located in London, GB
19th century French Breche fire surround, in the Louis XVI style, the paneled frieze centred by foliate boss, the paterae corner-blocks above stop-fluted console...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Breccia Marble

French Louis XVI Style Spanish Brocatelle Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
19th century French Louis XVI style Spanish Brocatelle marble fireplace, with plain moulded panelled frieze and side blockings, fluted jambs. Breakfr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Good Quality Period French Louis XVI Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality period French Louis XVI fireplace. The shaped, stop-fluted jambs surmounted by square carved paterae. The frieze with panels ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

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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