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.
510
39
1
to
35
316
222
550
514
514
2,318
1,256
966
917
731
653
565
550
400
347
339
275
234
206
130
117
115
76
94
358
58
40
25
11
8
7
3
1
2
1
Height
to
Width
to
304
245
221
118
92
520
426
60
5
4
29
3
1
1
1
Style: Louis XVI
Returnable Items Only
Statuary Marble French Louis XVI Style Mantel
Located in London, GB
An elegant and good quality 19th century (circa 1840) French Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace, with bowed frieze with guilloche carving. Round paterae above shaped jambs. Shelf le...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
Carved French Fireplace with Guilloche Frieze
Located in London, GB
A fine quality French Louis XVI style statuary marble fireplace. The guilloche frieze with carved rosettes, flowers and berries throughout, flanked by square paterae to end blocks. T...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of Louis XVI Style '19th Century' Bronze Doré Urn and Festoon Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style '19th Century' bronze doré urn and festoon andirons with small urn at one end with ring handles.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Veined Statuario French Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 19th century, circa 1830 French Louis XVI fireplace in veined Statuario marble. The frieze carved with flutes, exquisitely carved to the centre with fruit, flowers and...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
18th Century French Limestone Fire Surround
Located in Sheffield, MA
Unusual classical Louis XVI hand-carved limestone fireplace mantel, surround chimneypiece with carved urn and rosettes at the top of pilasters, tapered fluted jam supports that will ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
19th Century Veined Statuary Marble Mantel Piece
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style fireplace in veined Statuary marble. The jambs with half rounded column, surmounted by carved acanthus leaf capitals. The frieze with beaded pan...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
French Louis XVI Style Pine and Etched Glass Door
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (19/20th Century) stripped pine framed door with etched glass medallion (Related Item: 041738A).
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pine, Glass
Petite Louis XVI Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A rustic yet charming French Louis XVI stone fireplace. The delicately carved frieze and jambs with foliage throughout. Directoire period, early 19th c...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
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.
Category
20th Century Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Beech
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:
...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French Louis XVI Style Rouge Royale Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI Rouge Royale and inlaid dark green marble fireplace, with panelled tapering jambs, surmounted by scroll capitals and mould...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Mantel Fireplace in Light Pavonazza Marble
Located in London, GB
A petite French Louis XVI style marble fireplace in light Pavonazza marble. The panelled jambs with finely carved bell drops with intertwined foliage, surmounted by scaled brackets. ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of Louis XVI Bronze Urn Festoon Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze double urn andirons with festoon design railing and flame finial (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Carved Louis XVI Style Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A well-proportioned French Louis XVI style fireplace carved in Portland stone. The carved frieze of guilloche and paterae, shaped jambs of reeded form with carved rope moulding, surm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
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...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Beech
A Fine 18th Century Continental German Porcelain Decorated Urn
Located in New York, NY
Continental German (Berlin, late 18th Cent) porcelain pink and white decorated urn with a finial top cover and ram head sides, signed on bottom
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style Carrara marble fireplace. The frieze with carved foliage and swirling paterae throughout, with winged beasts and urn to centre. The jambs with shaped panel s...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French Louis XVI Style Spanish Brocatelle Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
19th century French Louis XVI style Spanish Brocatelle marble fireplace, with plain moulded panelled frieze and side blockings, fluted jambs. Breakfr...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French Louis XVI Style White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style white marble fireplace. The panelled frieze with oval centre patera. Half round tapering columns surmounted by matching fluted blockings, with moulded shelf ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Quality Carrara French Louis XVI Style Fireplace Mantel Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style Carrara marble fireplace. The panelled frieze with torch and quiver to centre, carved wreaths and draped flowers. ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
Belgian Black and Italian Siena Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A striking French Louis XVI style marble fireplace in Belgian black and Italian Siena marble. The solid, shaped jambs surmounted by arched frieze with inlaid Siena panels. Moulded sh...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Statuary Marble Antique Fireplace in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
An elegant Statuary white marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The shaped jambs with carved rope moulding t0 centre, surmounted by carved swirling paterae to end blocks. The pane...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace with Tapering Columns
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style fireplace in white marble. The carved frieze with leaves bound by ribbons, the jambs with half rounded columns with delicate carving to flutes, ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Statuary Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An elegant late 18th century period Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace. The panelled frieze and jambs with trailing vine leaves, the frieze with centre motif of scrolls and leaves, ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
Fine French Louis XVI White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style white marble fireplace, with carved frieze of interlocking leaves, berries and ribbons. The jambs with tapered half round columns with flutes and husks surmo...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Unusual 19th Century, French XVI Style Carrara Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An unusual and nicely carved 19th century (circa 1840) French XVI style Carrara marble fireplace. The frieze with scrolled foliage. The shaped jambs with ac...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
An elegant 19th century French Louis XVI fireplace in Statuary marble. The tapering stop-fluted columns surmounted by carved end blockings, the panelled frieze with carved leaves to ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
French Stone Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style limestone fireplace. The shaped, stop-fluted jambs surmounted by carved square paterae. The frieze with carved handed C-scroll surmounted by bre...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
French Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Bourgogne Stone
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style Bourgogne stone fireplace with white marble carved centre and side blockings.
Measures:
Shelf Width: 1355 mm 53 3/8 in...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Rustic, 18th Century French Louis XVI Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI stone fireplace with sunburst centre blocking, and shaped fluted jambs.
Measures:
Shelf Width: 1550 mm 61 in
O...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Petite Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A petite Louis XVI style fireplace in a variegated sienna marble. The shaped jambs with flutes inlaid with brass ormolu, surmounted by square ormolu paterae. The frieze with fluting,...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Siena Marble
Ornately Carved French Limestone Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
An unusually ornately carved French limestone fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The panelled jambs with gently shaped acanthus leaves surmounted by square carved end blockings. The f...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Diminutive Pair of Chenets
Located in New York, NY
Pair late 19th C chenets, original condition, finish shows some cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age. Classical design, ready to use antique andirons in cast brass, or bronze.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Finely Carved French Louis XVI Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI statuary marble fireplace. The carved frieze with arrangement of fruit and drapery to centre, flanked by finely carved foliage. The jambs with tied f...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
North Italian Walnut Door, Dated End of the 18th Century
Located in Sacile, PN
All original parts, except for the lock, which, however, has the same style and period.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Louis XVI Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XVI style white Carrara marble mantel.
Interior dimensions H: 32" W: 33"
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Louis XVI Style Fireplace Mantel in St Anne Des Pyrenees Marble
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI fireplace in St Anne des Pyrenees marble. The stop-fluted jambs surmounted by carved Statuary marble rosette paterae. The panelled fr...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
French Carrara Antique Marble Fireplace Mantel, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Carrara antique marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The panelled, stop fluted jambs surmounted by carved square paterae to end blockings. The panelled frie...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
Rustic French Louis XVI Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A quality 18th century French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The fluted jambs surmounted by carved end blocking with rosette. The paneled frieze with carved shell to centre. Breakfro...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Pair of French Gilt-Bronze Neoclassical Andirons
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of nice quality French gilded-bronze andirons or chenets, with neoclassical detailing, including urns, and swags of roses and acanthus leaves, with old forged iron bars to suppo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Pair of French Provincial Carved Walnut Doors
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Provincial (18th Century) walnut doors with 2 small rectangular panels under a large one with carving in corner and wrought iron hardware, finished back. (PRICED AS Pa...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
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...
Category
19th Century French 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...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
Louis XVI Rouge Griotte Marble Mantel 'FR-NY53'
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI with Laurel leaf ormolu banding carved in Rouge Griotte marble. Opening Dimensions: 43" W x 32.5" H.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Griotte Marble
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Louis XVI Style Arabescato Marble Fireplace with Brass Ormolu Enrichments
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style Arabescato marble fireplace. The frieze enriched with ormolu guilloche, the jambs with ormolu acanthus leaves leading to laurel leaf centre moul...
Category
19th Century British Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of Gold Painted Louis XVI Style Ionic Columns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of nineteenth century Louis XVI style Ionic columns painted gold and white with carved garlands of flowers encircled around their shafts.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Louis XVI Statuary Marble Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A particularly fine quality late 18th French Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace. The frieze delicately carved with leaves and foliage, full round tapered and carved columns to jambs...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Statuary Marble
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
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...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
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 ...
Category
Late 17th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Carrara Marble
Louis XVI Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
White Carrara marble Louis XVI style mantlepiece.
Interior dimensions: W 33" x H 32".
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of Louis XVI Gilt and Patinated Bronze Sphinx Chenets
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each with a recumbent winged sphinx with scrolling foliate arabesques to their back, upon a bow-ended rectangular gadrooned plinth, the frieze with a panel applied with entrelacs, on fluted toupie feet.
Several models of chenets with sphinx exist, dating from the 1780s. An example with winged sphinxes with headresses and with female mask centering the frieze, attributed to either Pierre Gouthière or Pierre-Philippe Thomire, exists in several versions in the Louvre, Versailles and the Cleveland Museum of Art (see H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol.I, p.276, fig. 4.11.14.). This model is based on a drawing by the architect François-Joseph Bélanger in the Bibliothèque Nationale, illustrated op. cit., fig. 4.11.13. Another type of sphinx chenet...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Marble Mantel
Located in Montreal, QC
White Carrara marble Louis XVI style marble mantel
Interior dimensions: W: 40" H: 33.5"
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Large French Louis XVI Style Marble Mantel Piece
Located in London, GB
An elegant French Louis XVI style Saint Anne des Pyrenees marble fireplace, with carved capitals in Statuary marble. The jambs with half round columns surmounted by carved acanthus l...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair of Louis XVI Bronze Dore Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze dore andirons with fluted design and cupids on base with scroll back. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Pair of Louis XVI Style Filigreed Bronze Dore Andirons
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style bronze dore double urn and festoon design andirons.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
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.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Vintage White Patio Chairs
Iron Outdoor Patio Chairs
Flat Iron Vintage
Large Size Garden Sculptures
Teak Deck
Antique Garden Tools And Accessories
Small Iron Patio Furniture
19th Century Antique Shovel
Turquoise Garden
Teak Deck Furniture
Retro Wrought Iron Patio Set
Carved Stone Roman
John Salterini Wrought Iron
Retro Outdoor Dining Set
Cast Iron Basket
Castle Stone
Used Cast Iron Outdoor Furniture
Woodard Wrought Iron Patio