Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
LOUIS XVI STYLE
Reflecting the final era of royal opulence before the upheaval of the French Revolution, antique Louis XVI furniture features more angular shapes than the Rococo curves of the Louis XV style, harkening back to the imposing grandeur of Louis XIV.
Dating between 1750 and 1800, an era that overlapped with the last king of France whose reign was cut short by the guillotine, Louis XVI furniture, known as the goût grec, is emblematic of the neoclassical revision that French furniture underwent during the second half of the 18th century.
Authentic Louis XVI furniture characteristics include clean lines and carved details such as scrolls and acanthus flourishes that were inspired by ancient Greece and Rome. This was informed by a burgeoning interest in antiquity in the 18th century, owing to new archaeological excavations at sites including Pompeii and Herculaneum. It largely eclipsed the more East Asian–influenced ornamentation of Louis XV for something more geometric and symmetrical.
The Louis XVI style was defined by what was being created for the palatial rooms at Versailles and Fontainebleau, particularly for the queen, with cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener being a favorite of Marie-Antoinette’s for his luxurious pieces accented with gilded bronze and marquetry. Furniture maker Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené was also a major designer of the period, with his pieces for the royal residences adorned with giltwood and neoclassical touches like tapered columns for chair legs and laurel leaf carvings. Cabinetmaker Adam Weisweiler occasionally incorporated into his furniture porcelain panels produced by Sèvres, a popular manufacturer of European ceramics that served the crown with serveware, vases and other decorative objects.
Find a collection of antique Louis XVI seating, tables, cabinets and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Louis XVI
French Early 19th Century Louis XVI St. Gris St. Anne Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Gris St. Anne marble fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by straight fluted jambs with mottled block feet. Above each jamb are r...
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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 'Rosso Merling' Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rosso Merling marble fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by fine block supports below the straight jambs with most decorative mottled ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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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
Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI Style Patinated Wood Pedestal Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated wood pedestal columns. Each octagonal pedestal is raised by a fine mottled band with an elegant stepped design ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Wood
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Fire Place Chenets
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of classical Rococo style 19th century French gilded ormolu chenets, each with scrolling foliate decoration with a young boy and girl seated.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and exceptional quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu andirons. Each fire-gilded andiron is raised by most decorative fanciful scrolled supports with p...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chenets Allegorical of Winter
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chenets Allegorical of Winter.
Each chenet is formed as seated putto clad in drapery, on shaped gilt-bronze plinth bases wit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Brocatelle D’Espagne Marble Mantle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Brocatelle d'Espagne marble mantle. The mantle is raised by two straight jambs, with a carved recessed decorative fillet extended across ...
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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
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
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
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
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
A French Brocatello Marble Chimneypiece of Distinctive Tone & Elegant Proportion
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Brocatello marble chimneypiece of good color of Louis XVI style. With rectangular shelf above the plain inset frieze, flanked by square blockings carved and dec...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
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
$12,500 / set
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
An Exquisitely Executed Louis XVI Style Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A very elegant Louis XVI style fireplace carved in Carrara marble, the running guilloche frieze flanked by paterae cornerblocks, supported by filled fluted column.
Height 43¾in (111...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Good Quality French Limestone Louis XVI Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality French limestone Louis XVI fireplace of small scale. The jambs with tapering raised-and-fielded panels and beading, the fr...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Architectural French Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An architectural French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The breakfront shelf of stepped form, solid legs and plain frieze. A copy of an original 18th century piece. Could be antiqued ...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Limestone
Carved Louis XVI Style Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A well-proportioned French Louis XVI style fireplace carved in Portland stone. The carved frieze of guilloche and paterae, shaped jambs of reeded form with carved rope moulding, surm...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Rustic French Louis XVI Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A quality 18th century French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The fluted jambs surmounted by carved end blocking with rosette. The paneled frieze with carved shell to centre. Breakfro...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Limestone
Louis XVI Style Arabescato Marble Fireplace with Brass Ormolu Enrichments
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style Arabescato marble fireplace. The frieze enriched with ormolu guilloche, the jambs with ormolu acanthus leaves leading to laurel leaf centre moul...
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19th Century British Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Gris St. Anne Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French 19th century Louis XVI st. Gris St. Anne marble mantel. The jambs are both fluted below richly detailed rosettes. The bandeau is decorated with a central bulls e...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
French Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu-Mounted Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most attractive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Lumachelle de Lourdes marble and ormolu fireplace mantel. The mantel is raised by handsome jambs with a fine mottled ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Fireplace Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Brèche d'Alep marble and ormolu fireplace mantel. The mantle is raised by fine block feet below elegant straight jambs. ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble, Ormolu
Antique 18th Century Louis XVI Marble Fireplace Surround with Ormolu Mounts
Located in London, GB
An antique 19th Century French Empire statuary marble fireplace of unusual design, decorated with Ormolu mounts. The rectangular shelf with rounded corners, the frieze with an inset ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble, 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.
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