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.
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Style: Louis XVI
A Statuary White Marble Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A Late 18th century Louis XVI Statuary White marble fireplace. The tapering scrolled console jambs with finely carved acanthus leaf to tops, with a twin fielded and fluted front pane...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Statuary Marble
French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Mahogany and Ormolu pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Epoque Period Mahogany and Ormolu pedestal. This beautiful pedestal is supported on squared topie shaped Mahogany l...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Ormolu
Louis XV - XVI Transitional Style Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XV - XVI Transitional style white Carrara marble mantel
Interior dimensions: W: 40.5" H: 33"
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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
A Spectacular Pair of 19th Century Italian Painted and Gilt Columnar Pedestals
Located in New York, NY
A Spectacular Pair of 19th Century Italian Painted and Gilt Columnar Pedestals. This pair of Louis XVI-style painted and gilt wooden columns features rounded, fluted tops with gilt f...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Wood
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
Louis XVI Period Fireplace with Detached Columns
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This beautiful fireplace was made at the end of the 18th century in breche de Sienne marble and carrara marble and shows an exceptionnal sculpted decor of delicacy.
It shapes imitates the antique architectural model...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara 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
French Beige and Rouge Marble Fire Surround
Located in Manhasset, NY
French Louis XVI style Brèche de Sicile marble mantel surround with white veining, the serpentine shelf above a swept frieze with cental paterae...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Early 20th Century Bronze Mounted French Louis XV Style Kingwood Column Pedestal
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Early 20th Century Bronze Mounted French Louis XV Style Kingwood Column Pedestal
Dimensions : 45" Tall X 12" Wide X 12" Deep
This stunning pedestal was made in France in the early...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze
Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble pedestal. This exquisite circular pedestal is raised by a three level stepped plinth. The shaft is wonderfully desi...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Louis XVI Mantel Waldorf Astoria Hotel Marble French Regency
Located in New York, NY
1890s French Regency Louis XVI style burgundy marble mantel with heavy gray and white veining and decorative carvings along the header. This mantel was one of a group of antique mant...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Louis XVI Style Wooden Carved Fireplace Mantel
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
18th Century hand carved wooden fireplace mantel that will bring a cozy ambiance to your sitting room.
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18th Century Spanish Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Breche Violette Fireplace with Decorative Ormolu
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style fireplace in Breche Violette marble. The scrolled, stop-fluted jambs adorned with acanthus leaf Ormolu, surmounte...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Breccia Marble
Regulateur after antique Jean-Henri Riesener in the Style of the 18th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Piano black polished veneer on solid pinewood. Exceptionally fine floral, bronze. It takes place in a magnificent gilt decor of three winged children playing with garlands on clouds.
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20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Beech
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Adjustable Bronze Fireplace Fender
Located in Sofia, BG
French mid-19th century Louis XVI style adjustable bronze fire fender with rich decoration.
France, circa 1870.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze
Very Rare Exceptional Statuary Clear White Marble Antique Fireplace Surround
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
This exceptional Statuary marble fireplace is an absolute gem.
This Statuary is an Italian marble type. This particular piece of marble is totally whit out veins.
The same marble ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Statuary Marble
French Carrara Marble Bolection Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A super simple and very stylish French carrara marble fireplace, in the bolection style. Unlike English bolections, this fireplace has the useful addition of a shelf making it a prac...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Carrara Marble
A Louis XV Statuary Marble Rococo Chimneypiece with Highly Unusual Grotto Work
Located in London, GB
A 19th century, Louis XV style Statuary marble rococo chimneypiece. Each canted jamb is festooned with carved foliage ranging from great curls of acanthus to prim flowers. It is likely this chimneypiece is a celebration of conjugal love and unity, the bearded bust...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Statuary Marble
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
Impressive Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Pedestal
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive good quality 19th century marble topped, marquetry inlaid pedestal, having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts of scrolling foli...
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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 Faux Marble and Giltwood Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive French 19th century Louis XVI st. faux marble and giltwood pedestal. The pedestal is raised by a square base below two decorative circular giltwood bands. The maste...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Wood, Giltwood
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
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
18th Century French Louis XVI Dove Grey Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI dove grey marble fireplace, with carved husks to flutes, fluted jambs surmounted by pateras, and carved egg and dart moulding under shelf.
Measure:
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Louis XVI Fireplace In Gray Ardennes Marble 18th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI fireplace in Ardennes Gray Marble
Hearth dimensions: 81 x 84 cm
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18th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
19th Century Louis XVI Belgium Marble Fireplace Surround Pompadour
Located in Surrey, BC
This simple yet elegant Belgium marble fireplace surround/mantel was found in Paris in the 1980s but dates from the 19th century.
Pe...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most decorative French 18th century Louis XVI period patinated faux painted marble and giltwood pedestal column. The column is raised by a circular base with a finely...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Wood, Giltwood
Louis XVI Style Patinated Bronze and Marble Jardinière after Clodion, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style patinated bronze and marble jardinière, cast in relief with Bacchanalian Scenes Of Putti at Play, After Clodion.
French, circa 1870.
The body of the jardiniè...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fireplace Louis XVI Style Marble Campan
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Campan marble fireplace Louis XVI style interior dimensions: 101x 85cm.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
French Carrara Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A French Carrara marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The stop-fluted jambs surmounted by carved square paterae. The panelled frieze with leaves and berries. Moulded shelf above....
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
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
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
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
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
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
Materials
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
Materials
Marble, Breccia Marble
Antique Marble Mantel
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique mantelpiece made of black marble, called Noir de Mazy. This beautiful type of marble comes from Belgium, but is becoming increasingly rare, because the quarries whe...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French Mid 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Patinated Bronze Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and large scaled French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and patinated Bronze centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by topie shaped feet below a richly decorated ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
An Exquisitely Executed Louis XVI Style Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
An exquisitely executed Louis XVI style chimneypiece in Italian Bardiglio marble, the running guilloche frieze flanked by filled fluted column jambs capped by Acanthus capitals.
Hei...
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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 Onyx and Ormolu Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. onyx and ormolu pedestal column. The pedestal is raised by a square base with a stepped design and decorated with a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Onyx, Ormolu
19th Century French Inlaid Pedestal After Francoise Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century Breche Violette marble top, bombe shaped pedestal, with wonderful scrolling foliate gilded ormolu mounts, Marquetry inlaid classical decoration to th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Mahogany
Exclusive Portoro Marble Black and Gold Antique Louis XVI Fireplace
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
Very Exclusive circulation fireplace executed in Portoro marble. This unique fireplace exudes luxury and grandeur. Not only the overwhelming luxury stone type but also the beautifull...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
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
Period Louis XVI Fireplace Surround in Bicolor Hard Stone For Eclectic Design
Located in Beervelde, BE
This exceptional period Louis XVI fireplace surround, meticulously sculpted in bicolor hard stone, embodies the refined artistry of the late 18th century.
Its harmonious blend of con...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Stone
Antique French Louis XVI Mottled Rouge Marble Mantel, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI Mottled Rouge Marble Mantel, Circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
Quality French Louis XVI Directoire Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A fine quality Louis XVI Directoire limestone fireplace. The fluted frieze with carved rosette to centre, flanked by finely carved end paterae. The fluted jambs with diamond motif be...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Stone
Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI Style Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Royale, St. Maximin and Sienna marble pedestal columns. The columns are raised by f...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
A Pair of Louis XVI Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chenets
Located in Norwood, NJ
A pair of Louis XVI style gilt and patinated bronze Chenets/Andirons. Fine quality pair of 19th century Louis XVI Style French chenets. Doré and patinated bronze. Fine casting. Found...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Gold Plate, Bronze
Rustic French Limestone Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A rustic and imposing limestone fireplace in the French Louis XVI style. The frieze with carved centre urn and beaded side panels with foliage decoration. The carved, panelled jambs ...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Limestone
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Fan Shaped Fire Screen
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large Louis XVI style gilt-bronze fan shaped fire screen with a finely cast mask of Apollo.
French, circa 1880.
Approximate dimensions:
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Bronze
A Large Louis XVI Breche Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large and highly variegated Breche de Saint Maximin marble fireplace from the very late 18th century. Rich in colours of purple, creams, white, gold and deep reds. The console jamb...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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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
Classical French Antique Fireplace Mantel in Grey-Green Stone With Warm Accents
Located in Beervelde, BE
Classical French Antique Fireplace Mantel in Grey-Green Stone With Warm Accents.
This stone fireplace mantel has a classical and elegant design. It's predominantly grey-green in colo...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Stone, Marble
18th Century French Louis XVI Veined White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI veined white marble fireplace, with quiver and leaf frieze, carved leaf drops to jambs, surmounted by pateras, circa 1770.
Measures:
Shelf Width: 1...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Marble
A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Iron Chenet/andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Iron Chenet/andirons. Each chenet is raised on a square base supported by squared feet and connected by swaging berried laurel garlands...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
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Iron, Ormolu
Louis XVI Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
White Carrara marble Louis XVI style mantlepiece.
Interior dimensions: W 33" x H 32".
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble Original Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
A fine original antique fireplace surround in the Louis XVI style of the 19th century. In perfect condition from Paris and executed in Skyros de Grèce Marble
Measures:
145 cm Exterio...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel in Veined Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 18th century Louis XVI French veined statuary marble fireplace. The fluted jambs with tapering, half rounded columns inlaid with carved husks, surmounted by finely car...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
Louis Xvi building and garden elements for sale on 1stDibs.
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