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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
Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and very decorative pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. marble urns. Each urn is raised on a circular base with reeded patterns and petal shaped carvings below the mo...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara 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

Marble Fireplace of Carrara Marble from 19th Century Style Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Very chic antique fireplace of Carrara marble with gilded gold. An elegant fireplace with beautiful ornaments and decorations in gilded gold in the front part and continuing on the l...
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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 Onyx and Red Marble Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French 19th century Louis XVI st. onyx and red marble pedestal column. The column is raised by a square base with elegant ormolu feet and a most decorative stepped desi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Onyx, Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Limestone Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. limestone mantel. The mantel is raised by fine block supports with elegant straight jambs, decorative mottled recessed panels and bea...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

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

19th Century French Louis XVI Bronze Adjustable Fireplace Fender Set
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Bronze Adjustable Fireplace Fender Set was designed to put the finishing style touch on your fireplace hearth! Cast in solid bronze to last for eons, i...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st Ormolu, patinated Bronze & Granite urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu, patinated Bronze and Granite urns. Each urn is raised by a square Granite base with a foliate wrap around patinated Bronz...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Granite, Bronze, Ormolu

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

Pair Antique French Louis XVI Gold & Patinated Bronze Animal Andirons Circa 1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Museum Quality Antique French Louis XVI Gold Bronze and Patinated Bronze Animal Andirons, Circa 1860-1880. Louis XVI models of a dog (poodle) and a cat.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

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. Ormolu And Patinated Bronze Jardinière
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and large scaled French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and patinated Bronze Jardinière vase signed Christofle et Cie Orfevres. This unique jardiniere is position...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Ormolu

Statuary Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A fine quality Statuary marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The tapering, stop-fluted jambs surmounted by panel carved with grapes and leaf work with swirling rosette paterae ab...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

Majestic Pedestal in the Louis XVI Style According to J. Henri Riesener
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid coniferous wood ebones. Sides decorated with grid-shaped, perforated wide measuring strips. Cover plate with stepped veined marble. A conical corpus in a lioness, ending on thr...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Beech

A Pair of Unusually Large Louis XVI Pure Statuary Marble Chimneypieces
Located in London, GB
A pair of unusually large and impressive Louis XVI pure statuary marble chimneypieces Height 46in (117cm) width 72½in (184cm) Internal height 36⅝in (93cm) width 54½in (138.5cm) Foot...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

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 Andirons with Lions in Gilded and Chiseled Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Large pair of gilt and finely chiselled bronze andirons in the Louis XVI style. They are surmounted by laying lions on a drape decorated with trimmings facing fire pots...
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

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

French Louis XVI Style Sarrancolin Marble Mantel
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style Sarrancolin marble fireplace, with shaped fluted frieze and jambs, and nicely carved round statuary paterae to end blocking...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

21st Century crystal waste-bin with cover
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand-carved clear crystal waste-bin with silver bronze cover and pedal for lid opening. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Crystal, 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

Fine Antique French Louis XVI Period White Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This small vintage fireplace surround in white statuary marble is a very unique piece. This mantel would perfectly fit in American colonial sty...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Statuary Marble

Neo Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Imperator and Statuary Marble
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This neo Louis XVI style fireplace was sculpted in the 19th century in imperator and statuary marble. Its front part is decorated in its center with a frieze in statuary Carrara marb...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Statuary Marble

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

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

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

21st Century silvered brass liquid soap dispenser
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century silvered brass Liquid soap dispenser. This dispenser is simple and elegance in the same time. The fusions in the base are in lost-wax casting : "Flowers". Each object...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Brass

Pair of French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Giltwood & Patinated Wood Pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 18th century Louis XVI period giltwood and patinated wood pedestals/plant stands. Each pedestal is raised by a circular giltwood base with...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Wood, Giltwood

Antique French Country Limestone Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
A French country in limestone original antique fireplace mantle. It has remains of the original patina. The Greek key carving is from The Louis XVI period, 18th century. The shelf ca...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

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, Ormolu, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Silvered Bronze Andirons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and silvered bronze chenet andirons. Each andiron is raised by striking and most unique spiral flu...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Carrara Marble Mantel
Located in New Orleans, LA
Magnificent antique 19th century French Louis XVI style ormolu mounted marble mantel after the Fireplace in Marie Antoinette’s Silver Boudoir i...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

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

Monumental Black Marble Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Monumental black marble Louis XVI fireplace mantel Very impressive 19th century Louis XVI fireplace mantel in Belgian black marble....
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Belgian Black Marble

Large Louis XVI style mantel in yellow Sienna marble
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This large Louis XVI style mantelpiece was carved in Sienna yellow marble in the 19th century. The lintel is adorned with a rich and delicate low relief sculpture: in the centre, a h...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble, Siena Marble

France Mid-18th Century Pair Gilded Bronze and Iron Neclassical Andirons
Located in Brescia, IT
This magnificent pair of bronze Neoclassical andirons, was crafted in France, in Mid- 18th Century by master artisans. The refined neoclassical shape exudes a timeless elegance and s...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Iron

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

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style stone fireplace. The fluted, shaped jambs surmounted by swirling carved paterae, the panelled frieze with moulded shelf above. Measures: Shelf ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Stone

Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A very finely carved French Louis XVI in Carrara marble. The panelled frieze with delicate pearl and string beading, scrolled ionic capitals and leafwork to end blockings. The jambs ...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Grey and White Marble Antique Louis XVI Full Circulation Fireplace
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
This Antique Louis XVI period fireplace in carrara and gray marble decorated with grapevines and grapes. This fireplace is in very good condition. With its richness and decoration with hewn grapes and grape branches...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Vert De Patricia Marble Pedestal Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert de Patricia marble pedestal column. The column is raised by an elegant octagonal base with a mottled fillet and fine lightly curve...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most impressive large scale French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze planter. The planter is raised by a most decorative tripod ormolu support with elegantly curved legs, superb hoof feet and a triangular concave stretcher with fine scrolls. Above each leg are striking richly chased ormolu rams heads...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Pedestals
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

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

French Carrara Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Carrara marble chimneypiece of Louis XVI form. The panelled console jambs on plinths are adorned with stylised acanthus decoration. The simple panelled frieze i...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Carrara Marble

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

Antique Louis XVI-style Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
This exquisite Louis XVI-style fireplace, crafted from warm-hued limestone, captures the timeless elegance of French design. Originating from France, this piece features classical mo...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Limestone

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 mantel surround of Griotte de Campan rouge marble, style Louis XIV
Located in Made, NL
This antique fireplace is a remarkable example of 19th-century craftsmanship. It was made in Paris, France, between 1860 and 1880 and follows the elegant proportions of the Louis XIV...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

Pair of Petite Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Chenets
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of petite Louis XVI Style gilt and patinated bronze chenets. Each modelled as a seated winged putto with outstretched arms raised on a pierced acanthus cast gilt-bronze st...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Ormolu

Louis XVI Bronze Chenets
Located in New Orleans, LA
Two little fawns attempt to keep warm by brazier fire in this enchanting pair of French Louis XVI chenets, or fireplace andirons. Crafted of stunning...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze

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

Antique French Louis XVI Washbasin Cabinet, brass & bronze
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique Louis XVI Directoire style Chest of drawers with brass and bronze details. Fluted uprights, three dovetailed drawers, the first of which accommodates a drain. Practical beca...
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1950s French Vintage Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Ceramic, Wood

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style St Laurent Marble Mantel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive 19th century French Louis XVI style 'St. Laurent' marble mantel. The jambs support an important proportioned Bandeau with a fluted design above a moulded opening. The m...
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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 Plaster Columns with a Faux Marble Finish
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of beautiful French 19th Century Louis XVI st. plaster columns with a faux marble finish. Each superb column/pedestal is raised on a circular base with moulded borders. The co...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Plaster

19th Century Pair of Kingwood Porcelain-Mounted Pedestals in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A pair of pedestals in the Louis XVI manner Constructed in kingwood, and dressed with ormolu gilt bronze mounts; rising from stepped rect...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Bronze, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style White and Green Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
18th century Louis XVI style white and green marble fireplace mantel.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements

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Marble

18th Century Louis XVI Hand-Carved Rouge Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Southall, GB
Beautifully understated, hand-carved Louis marble fireplace, late 18th century French rouge marble fireplace. A very rare serpentine shaped frie...
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Late 18th 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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