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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
Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. Burl Wood, Fruitwood and Ormolu pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and most decorative Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. Burl Redwood, Ebonized Fruitwood and Ormolu pedestal. This stunning pedestal is raised by an Ebonized Fruitwood pl...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Ormolu

Pair of Louis XVI Style Mahogany Pedestals, Attributed to Sormani, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine pair of Louis XVI Style gilt bronze mounted mahogany pedestals, attributed to Sormani. French, circa 1870. The pedestals are of tapering form with finely chiselled...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of French Louis XVI Style, Two-Toned Carrera and Grey Marble Pedestals
Located in New York, NY
Neoclassical pair of palatial antique French Louis XVI style hand-carved Carrera white and grey marble pedestals of unusual form embellished with raised three dimensional neoclassica...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu fireplace screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and most decorative French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu fireplace screen. This high quality square fire screen is supported on two split feet being held by Gree...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Ormolu

Antique French Carrara Marble Mantelpiece
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An antique French Carrara marble mantelpiece in the Louis XVI style. The swags of drapes frieze, centered by a plaque that is carved with a classical urn and arabesques. The square f...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

18th Century, Pair of French Gilt Bronze Fireplace Chenets
Located in IT
18th century, pair of French gilt bronze fireplace chenets This valuable pair of fireplace chenets was made circa end of the 18th century in ...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

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

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

Fireback Depicting a Vase with Fire Framed by Two Chimeras, 19th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Fireback of the 19th century depicting a vase on a tripod with fire framed by two chimeras supporting baskets of fruit.
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1760s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Iron

Antique French Louis XVI Carrara Marble Mantel, Circa 1860-1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI Carrara Marble Mantel, Circa 1860-1880.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Carved Wood Fireplace Surround
Located in Long Island City, NY
Late 19th century Louis XVI style carved wood fireplace surround The large and hand-carved frieze centered with a plaque depicting th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Antique French Louis XVI Style Bronze D' Ore Firescreen, circa 1880's
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI style bronze d' ore fire screen, Circa 1880's.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Dutch Jardiniere Marqueterie 1850
By Thomas Chippendale Jr.
Located in Den Haag, NL
Circa 1850, neat-sized Dutch inlaid mahogany jardinière. The square top with canted corners, containing its original brass liner. The sides with chevron inlay, banding, shell inlays,...
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1860s Dutch Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood

Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Rosso Verona marble and Bronze planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most impressive Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Rosso Verona marble and Verdigris Bronze birdbath/planter. This beautiful planter is raised by a squared marble s...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Bronze

Elaborate Set of Tall Antique Louis XVI Style Double Doors
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This elaborate set of tall antique Louis XVI style double doors are one of various sets reclaimed from the American Embassy in Paris. Dating from circa 1870, these antique doors are generous in size, showcasing the grandeur and opulence of 19th century French interior design. Each door features ornate moulded flower embellishments alongside three raised and fielded panels to both sides. Parts of the original hardware is still present including an elaborate espagnolette handle. Suitable for interior use, these tall double doors...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Oak, Pine

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Fleur de Pêcher marble and Ormolu pedestal. This exquisitely decorative pedestal is raised on a square marble base with Or...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Bronze Mounted Louis XVI French Boulle Marquetry Style Planters
Located in Toledo, OH
An elegant pair of Bronze mounted Louis XVI French Planters. The black lacquer planters have beautiful bronze mounts and boulle style marquetry ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

French Louis XVI style Carrara Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style Carrara marble chimneypiece, nineteenth century, the frieze carved in relief with branches of laurel lied with a ribbon, the curved and stop-fluted jambs sur...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Carved French Louis XVI Style White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style pure white marble fireplace. The shaped frieze with carved garland and ribbon centre with trailing leaves and beading either side, the jambs with carved acan...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Carrara Marble
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Carrara marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The shaped, fluted jambs with carved inlaid husks, surmounted by carved square paterae. The panelled frieze wit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Carrara Marble

Wooden Panel with Little Ancient Italian Door
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
M/299 - Little ancient Italian door for rustic cabinet: coming from the mountains of northern Italy. Usable for a closet or as little bed headboard. That'...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Poplar

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

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

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Wood, Gesso

Exquisite Pair of Antique French Crystal and Dore Bronze Mounted Urns/Lamps
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite pair of very fine Antique French Louis XVI style hand diamond cut crystal and Dore bronze two handled covered urns/lamps. The campagna form dates back to the Greco Roman...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Crystal, Bronze

Very Fine Quality French Louis XV Style Marble Fireplace in Light Carrara
Located in London, GB
A very fine quality French Louis XV style marble fireplace in light Carrara. The panelled frieze with carved shell to centre flanked by foliage and belldrop below. The shaped jambs w...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Fine Pair of Large and Impressive Louis XVI Style Brass and Irons
Located in Manhasset, NY
A fine pair of large and impressive brass and irons in the Louis XVI style. These fine and solid andirons are simply stunning with wreath and vine decorati...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

18th Century French Louis XVI Gilded Bronze Fireplace Chenets or Urn Andirons
Located in Miami, FL
Exquisite French Louis XVI gilded bronze andirons or chenets with centered urn having festoons (flowers, foliage and fruit) through each side with a flame finial tops. This pair of ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Wood Pedestal, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A vibrant set of parquetry pedestals showcasing marble tops, parquetry-patterned curving faces and ornate gilt-bronze mounts and short gilt feet. The decoration is expressive yet re...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

19th Century Ormolu and Specimen Wood Pedestal after Riesener
By E. Kahn, Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
A Pedestal by E. Kahn of Paris After a model by Jean-Henri Riesener Constructed in the Neo-Classical manner in fine specimen woods and high quality ormolu work; the incurved base, ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

18th Century, Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel in Rare Rouge Royal Marble
Located in Southall, GB
An elegant and understated hand carved antique 18th century Louis XVI marble fireplace mantel in a rare rouge royal-Belgium marble. F...
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18th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Breccia Marble

Louis XVI Fireplace in Carrara Marble
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Carrara marble fireplace, early 19th century fireplace dimensions: 96 x 141cm.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Gris St. Anne marble and Ormolu urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Gris St. Anne marble and Ormolu urns. Each beautiful urn is raised by a circular marble column with a square p...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

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

Pair of Italian 19th Century Scagliola and Black Belgian Marble Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Scagliola and Black Belgian marble columns. Each column is raised by a octagonal Black Belgian marble base below elegant mottled soc...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Period 18th Century Louis XVI Stone Mantel with Greek Key Motif
Located in London, GB
An attractive period 18th century Louis XVI stone fireplace. The fluted frieze with Greek key centre panel, beneath moulded shelf. The bracket shaped j...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

19th century Fireplace of Carrara marble - Louis XVI style
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful authentic fireplace of Carrara marble from Italy. This 19th century fireplace is richly decorated with ornaments and flutes in the front part and on the legs. A colossal ma...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

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 Sevres Porcelain Mounted Side Table / Plater
Located in Brighton, Sussex
19th century French Kingwood table / jardiniere, having gilded ormolu mouldings and mounts. The lid lifting up to reveal a compartment for plants, flowers or can be used as a cellere...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century Ormolu Chenets in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A pair of Louis XVI Style Chenets Constructed from finely cast and chased gilt bronze, these decorative firedogs with attenuated rectangular plinths are supported on oblate toupie feet, the corners dressed with rosettes flanking pierced panels...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Vert de Patricia Marble Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine French 19th century Louis XVI St. Vert de Patricia marble pedestal column. The pedestal is raised by an octagonal base below a socle pedestal with an elegant mottled border. T...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

An Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Bréche Violette marble and Ormolu column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most elegant Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Bréche Violette marble and Ormolu column. This wonderful column is raised by a square stepped plinth with a circular...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

Monochrome Beige French 18th Century Fireplace Surround In Limestone Louis XVI
Located in Beervelde, BE
Stunning French Louis XVI fireplace surround in limestone. The monochrome beige teint is timeless. The height is exceptional rare and can be also perfectly used for a BBQ indoor or o...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone, 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

18th Century Louis XVI St Anne's Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Southall, GB
Very rare 18th century antique French Louis XVI marble fireplace mantel. Hand carved in desirable St Anne's marble. Fluted recess pan...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

18th Century Louis XVI Limestone Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
A fine quality period French, Louis XVI style limestone fireplace. The stop-fluted frieze with carved centre panel of urn and foliage with moulding below. The jambs with a pair of ta...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

20th Century Louis XVI Style Pedestal after Jean Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Berlin, DE
Podest. Sides with paneled parquet engraved with grid forming, broken through, wide brass strips. Conical body, ending in Lion's paws on three sided retracted plinth, ending in “toup...
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20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Fruitwood, Ormolu and Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century Louis XVI st. ebonized fruit wood, ormolu and marble pedestal column, signed L'Hoste. The column is raised on a square base with a large molded socle a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

Gilt Bronze Chenets, France, circa 1860
Located in Atlanta, GA
A superb pair of gilt bronze chenets. Very fine detail. France, circa 1860 Dimensions: Height 20 1/4", width 11 1/2", depth 6 1/2" CW4487.
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

French Louis XVI St Anne's Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A charming Louis XVI fireplace in Saint Anne des Pyrenees marble with delicate white carvings. The centre panel with hunting scene of wild boar, dogs, birds and flowers. The jambs an...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Griotte Marble, Ormolu and Bronze Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XVI St. Rouge Griotte marble, ormolu and silvered bronze pedestal column. The column is raised by an elegant square base with a stepped design an...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

18th Century Dark Stone Fireplace Surround From French Chateau
Located in Beervelde, BE
Exceptional antique fireplace surround from France. This 18th century period mantel piece is unique in size, execution and colour of the stone. The stone comes out of the beaujolais ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

19th Century Ormolu Mounted Pedestal after Jean Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wall-side gilt bronze mounted pedestal with stepped veined marble top with canted front corners, above the rectangular upper section centred by a Mercury mask and sunburst with crossed lower branches, the angles with an acanthus-cast scrolled volute hung with foliate festoons, the sides inset with foliate swags, above the tapering upright, the paneled front cast with a flower-filled vase flanked by scrolling foliage and floral swags, with paneled parquetry sides, on lion-paw feet and shaped plinth, on toupie feet. This pedestal is a copy of the celebrated model made circa 1785 by Jean-Henri Riesener...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Ormolu

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

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Limestone

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 ...
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1890s Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Pedestals, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany pedestals. French, circa 1900. Each pedestal is of tapering square section with gilt bronze garlands and acanthus bands.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style White Carrara Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XVI style white Carrara marble mantel (fireplace) with semi columns and olive palm motifs. Interior dimensions: H 33...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

Good Quality Statuary Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Manner with Insert
Located in London, GB
A good quality Statuary marble fireplace in the Louis XVI manner. The tapering, fluted jambs surmounted by end blocks carved with stiff acanthus leaf, the frieze with cartouche to centre flanked by foliage. Moulded shelf above. With its original decorative cast iron contracoeure insert...
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

19th Century French Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A finely carved French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The delicately carved frieze with foliage to centre panel flanked by diamond motif with rosette to centre, and end blocks of flo...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

Antique Louis XVI Style Limestone Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Antique Louis XVI Style limestone fireplace dating back to circa 1900. The cream shade with warm tones works well with the smooth surface and curved inner edges, giving off a classic...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone, Limestone

19th Century Carrara Marble Fireplace of Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace in Carrara marble from the 19th century! This fireplace is in Louis XVI style and comes from Paris. The mantelpiece has charming ornaments and decorations...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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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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