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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
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19th Century Cast Iron Garden Urn
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A 'pot-bellied' garden urn in grey-lacquered cast iron, and decorated with egg and dart mouldings round the lip, and classical gadrooning below. This eye-catching antique planter sit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Classical French Fire screen, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Late 19th Century French gilded ormolu fire scree, having classical scrolling foliate, motif and ribbon decoration. the central mount of musical instruments and an arrow quiver, rais...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Ormolu

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

Pair Of Classical Style Silvered Metal Garden Urns
Located in Essex, MA
Each baluster form with lions heads and cherub handles.
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Early 20th Century European Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Metal, Silver Plate

French Cast Iron Fireback
Located in Pembroke, MA
Nice French cast iron fireback with King's crown, fleur de lis on shield and Maltese cross framed by laurel leaves. Please note that since th...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Louis XVI Style Fireplace In White Carrara Marble, Circa 1980
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI style fireplace in white Carrara marble. Cut in the tablet instead of a fireplace body possibility of reducing all the depth to 24 cm. Diimensions of the hearth 82 x 96cm
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20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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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
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1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

21st Century Golden Bronze Woodholder
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century patinated golden bronze woodholder . Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this woodholder is contem...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Large Period Louis XVI French Painted Overdoor or Headboard, circa 1790
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally an overdoor from a boiserie room at a French chateau, this large architectural was hand-carved during the Louis XVI period, circa 1790. The overdoor is roughly rectangular, with the exception of the stepped bottom molding, which would have been necessary to fit over the door frame. In the center of the overdoor is a classical urn adorned with imbricated disks and gadrooning and topped with a pinecone finial. The vessel is surrounded by an ovate border embellished with bead and reel, an oval floret, scrolls, and foliage. Two bundled leaf swags emanate from the top of the medallion, flowing in opposite directions, with crinkled ribbon loosely twirled around the greenery. An additional crinkled ribbon is wrapped around the garland just before the swag feeds through a hoop and turns downwards. Prominent molding with several thick layers surrounds the low-relief carvings, providing a nice border to the architectural panel. The wood has been painted a grayish-green color, sometimes referred to as “French gray”, which is a very neutral color that can be paired with many interior color palettes. Our Louis XVI painted overdoor...
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1790s 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

Spectacular Breche Violette Louis XVI Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI fireplace in a boldly veined breche violette marble. The simply moulded shelf rests above a panelled frieze and square endblocks, over simple volute jambs. A celebration ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Breccia Marble

Louis XVI Style Marble Mantel Circa 1880 With Gilded Bronze
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI style marble mantel circa 1880 inner dimensions 81 x 108cm
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

1900s Large Louis XVI Bronze Door Handles Set of 2
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Large Louis XVI Bronze Door Handles, 1900s, Set of 2. Fabulous pair of large antique Louis XVI-style bronze door handles, from the late 19th early 20th Century. These impress...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Three-Piece Fireplace Suite
Located in Dallas, TX
20 century assembled Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Three-Piece Fireplace Suite.
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20th Century European Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Ormolu Mounted Floral Marquetry Pedestal
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Ormolu Mounted Floral Marquetry Pedestal Stand Circa 1890 Dimensions H 54” W 19” D 14”
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Chenets
Located in Houston, TX
A highly stylized pair of 19th Century Louis XVI style gilt bronze chenets featuring torchier, arrow quivers, and rose garlands.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Monumental 6 Piece Louis XVI Bronze Fireplace Tools Stand and Tools Set
Located in Germantown, MD
A monumental Louis XVI set of fireplace tools with stand. Extraordinarily crafted bronze stand will stand out in your fireplace decor. Comes with a complimentary primitive cast iron...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Iron

Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Style Walnut Jardiniere or Planter, Zinc Liner
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This French Louis XVI style planter or jardiniere from the mid twentieth century is constructed of solid walnut and features its original remov...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Zinc

Large Louis the 16th Style 4 Panels Brass and Grilling Folding Fireplace Screen
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This large folding fireplace screen with 4 grilling panels and framed by an embossed brass and bronze frieze is decorated with macaroons and garlands dec...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

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

19th Century Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Ram Andirons, Set of 2
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
Pair of gilt and patinated bronze andirons. Depicting a fluted and patinated bronze firepot, supported by ram's heads and connected to the base by 4 feet with foliated hoofs. Beautif...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Gold Plate, Bronze

Antique French Louis XV Cast Brass Fire Screen, Circa 1880
Located in Germantown, MD
Antique French Louis XV Cast Brass Fire Screen, Circa 1880. Measures 28" in width, 5" in depth and 27" in height.
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Wire

Louis XVI Fireplace In Gray Marble Saint Anne, Eighteenth Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI fireplace in Saint Anne gray marble dimensions of the hearth: 99 x 145.5 cm
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

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

19thc French Pair of Over Sized Bronze Louis XVI Chenets
Located in Pasadena, CA
PAIR OF BRASS LOUIS XVI-STYLE CHENETS. Wonderful design with rams on the top portion were the bronze flames tower over the chenets. The ivy flows down to the main area of the bronze ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge de Languedoc marble pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and impressive pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge de Languedoc marble pedestal columns. Each column is raised by a square base with a fine mottled b...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Antique French Marble Louis XVI Style Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI style fireplace surround carved in Northern Red French marble, highly variegated in colours of reds, greys, brown and white. The jambs with flute console legs surmounted by carved patarae corner blocks, flanking a simple fielded frieze. All beneath a stepped shelf...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Yellow Siena Marble and Gilt Bronzes
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI style fireplace in yellow Sienna marble garnished with gilt bronze dimensions of the hearth 87x122cm.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A tall and elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany pedestal.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Mahogany

Impessive Louis XVI Limestone Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
An impressive French Louis XVI limestone chimneypiece, eighteenth century, with stepped carved cornice, leading to the trumeau section centred by carved frame, flanked by long carved...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

1920s Ferguson Bros Louis XVI French Carved Mahogany Plant Stand with Gallery
Located in Germantown, MD
Rare 1920s Ferguson Brothers Furniture (1878-1945) French Louis XVI Carved Mahogany Plant Stand with Gallery. Measures 9 inches in diameter at...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Metal

18th Century French Louis XVI Musical Trophy Boiserie Panel in Carved Oak Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand carved during the reign of Louis XVI, this linden wood and oak plaque was originally a boiserie panel that would have adorned the wall of a French manor...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Oak

Small Marble Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Small and elegant white marble Louis XVI fireplace mantel. Lovely original conditions with some dicoloring in the topsheld. Would be perfect for a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Small 19th Century Wood and Bronze Sculpture Stand
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small 19th century Wood and Bronze Sculpture stand. Nineteenth-century sculpture display stand, Louis XVI style, gallery, foot and bronze ornament. dimensions: H: 17cm, D: 21cm.
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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

Pair of Louis XVI Style Marble and Giltwood Pedestals
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Pair of Louis XVI Style Marble and Giltwood Pedestals. It depicts a round beige marble tops framed with giltwood over a tripod made of cabriole legs decorated with hand car...
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20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Antique Cast Iron Fireback / Backsplash
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Beautifully detailed and large antique cast iron fireback. This fireback shows very well detailed architectural columns with decorative finials. Excellent condition, very usabl...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

21st Century Golden Bronze Fireguard
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century Patinated golden bronze Fireguard. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this Fireguard is contempor...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

21st Century Golden Bronze Wood Holder
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century Patinated golden bronze woodholder . Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this woodholder is contem...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

21st Century Golden Bronze and Porcelain Fireplace Tools
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century patinated golden and burnished bronze fireplace tools. The handles of the fireplace tools are in white porcelain . Each object is handcrafted and the care for every det...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

21st Century Golden Bronze Fireguard
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century Patinated golden bronze Fireguard. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this Fireguard is contempor...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

21st Century Golden Bronze and Crystal Fireplace Tools
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century patinated gold bronze fireplace tools. The handles of the fireplace tools are in handcut clear crystal. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes e...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century Chromed Bronze Woodholder
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century Chromed bronze woodholder. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this woodholder is contemporany sty...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

21st Century Golden Bronze and Porcelain Fireplace Tools
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century Patinated golden bronze fireplace tools. The handles of the fireplace tools are in decorated porcelain . Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes ...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

21st Century, Chromed Bronze Fireplace Tools
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century Chromed bronze fireplace tools. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this fireplace tools is contemp...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Fireplace In Red Marble From Languedoc
Located in BARSAC, FR
Beautiful Louis XVI style fireplace in red Languedoc marble with sheathed legs decorated with rudent grooves, lintel with large grooves and square spandrels, the whole topped with a ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Pair of Large Wooden Blue and White Louis XVI Style Trophy Panels
Located in Dallas, TX
Carvings with a military, musical, hunting, or agricultural theme, known as trophies, became popular during the period of Louis XVI. This pair of large trophy panels have Neoclassica...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Paint

21st Century, Golden Bronze Fireplace Tools
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century patinated gold bronze fireplace tools. The handles of the fireplace tools are in cut clear crystal. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each i...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Crystal, Bronze

Carrara Marble French Fireplace in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
A good Carrara marble French fireplace in the Louis XVI manner. The panelled frieze with fluted detailed centre plaque and foliate corner blocks sits on shaped fluted jambs on simple foot blocks...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Parisian Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Delightful French Louis XVI "Demi Lune" style fireplace mantel. This Parisian Louis XVI fireplace mantel is the perfect mix of simple and strong profiled elements. Executed in ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Silvered Bronze Chenets, circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of brightly silvered bronze chenets are from France (circa 1900), in the style of Louis XVI, as noted by the presence of laurel leaf festoons and pots au feu finials. They were used in well-appointed homes, not only to decorate the front of the fireplace, but to prevent burning logs from rolling onto priceless rugs, should they break free of the fire. Often seen in natural wrought iron, or gilded in gold (in finer homes), it is unusual to see them in silvered bronze. Each finial has two pots au feu of different sizes and orientation adorned with a laurel swag. The larger fire pot...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

21st Century, Golden Bronze Fireplace Tools
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century patinated gold bronze fireplace tools. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this side table is conte...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Vert Antique Marble and Ormolu Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert Antique marble and ormolu pedestal columns. Each pedestal is raised by a hexagonal base with a decorativ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style 19th Century French Mahogany Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A Louis XVI style 19th century mahogany fireplace surround painted in French Grey. The breakfront shelf rests above a lambs tongue beaded f...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Mahogany

21st Century Golden Bronzeand Crystal Fireplace Tools
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century patinated gold bronze fireplace tools. The handles of the fireplace tools are in handcut clear crystal. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes e...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Crystal

Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Pedestals
By Pierre Gouthiere
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

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

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Marble, Ormolu

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

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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