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Louis XVI Boxes

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
21st Century, Hand-Carved Amber Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Amber crystal box with opaque cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated gold finish. Each ...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Amber Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI
21st Century, Hand-Carved Amber Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI

21st Century, Hand-Carved Amber Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Clear crystal box with opaque cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated gold finish. Each object is handcrafted and the car...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI
21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI

21st Century, Hand-Carved Green and Amber Crystal and Bronze Box
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Amber and green crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated silver finish. Each object is handcrafted and th...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Green and Amber Crystal and Bronze Box
21st Century, Hand-Carved Green and Amber Crystal and Bronze Box

21st Century, Hand-Carved Green and Amber Crystal and Bronze Box

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Clear crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated gold finish and the semiprecious stones (Malachite). The c...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Boxes

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Crystal, Malachite, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI
21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi XVI

Gold box of Louis XVI period
Located in Paris, FR
Three-tones gold oval snuff box. The hinged lid is decorated with a country trophy medallion. The medallion is framed by a garland of green gold foliage and roses. The medallion is d...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Gold

Gold box of Louis XVI period
Gold box of Louis XVI period

Gold box of Louis XVI period

21st Century, Hand-Carved Amethyst Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi xvi
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Amethyst crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated gold finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care fo...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Amethyst Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi xvi
21st Century, Hand-Carved Amethyst Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi xvi

21st Century, Hand-Carved Amethyst Crystal and Bronze Box in Style of Luigi xvi

21st Century, Hand-Carved Pink and Light Blue Crystal and Bronze Box
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Pink and light blue crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated silver finish. Each object is handcrafted an...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Pink and Light Blue Crystal and Bronze Box
21st Century, Hand-Carved Pink and Light Blue Crystal and Bronze Box

21st Century, Hand-Carved Pink and Light Blue Crystal and Bronze Box

Late 19th Century French Sevres Style Porcelain Casket
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative late 19th century French Sevres style porcelain, hand painted casket. Having a Burgundy colour ground, with an inset pa...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Porcelain

Late 19th Century French Sevres Style Porcelain Casket
Late 19th Century French Sevres Style Porcelain Casket

Late 19th Century French Sevres Style Porcelain Casket

French Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opalescent and Dore Bronze Finial Covered Box
Located in New York, NY
A French dore bronze mounted blue opalescent and dore bronze finial covered box. This round form box is very unusual with a blue opalescent color and dore bronze mount. The top is fi...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

French Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opalescent and Dore Bronze Finial Covered Box
French Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opalescent and Dore Bronze Finial Covered Box

French Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opalescent and Dore Bronze Finial Covered Box

19th C Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Keepsake Box W Brass Footing
Located in Van Nuys, CA
One-of-a-kind 19th century Limoges hand-painted porcelain keepsake box with brass footing for your consideration. This delightful porcelain jewelry keepsake box is decorated with ha...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Boxes

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Brass

19th C Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Keepsake Box W Brass Footing
19th C Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Keepsake Box W Brass Footing

19th C Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Keepsake Box W Brass Footing

Early 18th Century Louis XVI Kingwood Small Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
A Louis XVI kingwood small chest with brass mounts. Opens to a metal lined interior and two velvet working lower drawers. Circa 1700, France.
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Early 1700s French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Metal, Brass

Early 18th Century Louis XVI Kingwood Small Chest
Early 18th Century Louis XVI Kingwood Small Chest

Early 18th Century Louis XVI Kingwood Small Chest

Very Rare 19th C. Cobalt Blue Ground Sevres Porcelain Jewelry Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A very large and unusual 19th century French Louis XVI style dore bronze mounted Sevres cobalt blue ground box signed Sarat. This box is truly a masterpiece. Sevres boxes...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Bronze

Very Rare 19th C. Cobalt Blue Ground Sevres Porcelain Jewelry Box
Very Rare 19th C. Cobalt Blue Ground Sevres Porcelain Jewelry Box

Very Rare 19th C. Cobalt Blue Ground Sevres Porcelain Jewelry Box

Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Mounted Jewellery
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and sèvres style porcelain mounted jewellery box. Of rectangular for this charming jewellery box has a hinged lockable lid above silvered column...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Bronze

Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Mounted Jewellery
Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Mounted Jewellery

Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Mounted Jewellery

French Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Box
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19/20th century) bronze dore rectangular shaped jewel box with round plaque of lady and man.     
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Bronze

French Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Box
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Box

French Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Box

French Original Black Painted Portable 18th Century Writing Desk
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An original black painted portable desk from the end of the 18th century. With owner initials, the desk has a French hand-written address on the inside. ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Wood

French Original Black Painted Portable 18th Century Writing Desk
French Original Black Painted Portable 18th Century Writing Desk

French Original Black Painted Portable 18th Century Writing Desk

Louis XVI Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1778
Located in Paris, FR
Oval snuff box in three tones of gold. The hinged lid is decorated with an intricate scale pattern surrounded by a frieze of roses, ribbons, and pink, green and white gold leaves. Th...
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1770s French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Gold

Louis XVI Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1778
Louis XVI Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1778

Louis XVI Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1778

French Louis XVI Bronze Dore Box
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze dore rectangular shaped box with onyx inset top.   
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Bronze

French Louis XVI Bronze Dore Box
French Louis XVI Bronze Dore Box

French Louis XVI Bronze Dore Box

Italian Parquetry Louis XVI Style Two-Drawer Miniature Commode
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This petite Louis XVI style miniature commode is a gem with beautiful patina and maturity, early 19th century. The two drawers, the sides and the top are adorned with bands of two co...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Brass

Italian Parquetry Louis XVI Style Two-Drawer Miniature Commode
Italian Parquetry Louis XVI Style Two-Drawer Miniature Commode

Italian Parquetry Louis XVI Style Two-Drawer Miniature Commode

French 19th Century 'Sevres' Porcelain Mounted Casket
By Tahan Paris
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century gilded ormolu and Sevres style porcelain mounted casket, the hinged lid opening to a silk lined interior (needing repair) and raised on ormolu melon ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Porcelain, Walnut

French 19th Century 'Sevres' Porcelain Mounted Casket
French 19th Century 'Sevres' Porcelain Mounted Casket

French 19th Century 'Sevres' Porcelain Mounted Casket

Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain Louis XVI style casket on stand This magnificent Louis XVI style ormolu casket is supported by a mirror-topped table stand, which sits on four tapered, fluted legs connected by a curving X-form stretcher. In the centre of this stretcher is an ormolu urn decorated with rams heads, four hoof feet and birds on the top. The legs of the table are also ornately decorated with draped garlands and scrolled detailing. The apron is inset with Sèvres style porcelain plaques depicting scenes of cherubs and children in landscapes as well as decorative floral detailing, and is surmounted with laurel leaf mounts. The casket itself is of oval architectural form, and is set on fourteen small feet. It features further porcelain plaques depicting cherubs, musical instruments and a central oval portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette within a crowned gilt cartouche. Her portrait is flanked by two cherubs and is sat within a decorative royal blue border, matching the turquoise colored borders of the other plaques. The reverse of the casket is similarly decorated and features a painted plaque of her husband King Louis XVI. The plaques are separated by mounted ormolu columns decorated with crowns and draped laurel leaves, and each column is surmounted by floral crowns. Each curved side of the casket features an ormolu mask of a female figure, and the hinged lid is surmounted by two reclining female figures wearing draped dresses and holding a central crown. The casket opens at the lid to reveal a velvet interior. There is an inscription below the portrait of Marie Antoinette which spuriously reads ‘This casket formerly property of Marie Antoinette, presented to my beloved wife as souvenir of our European tour / Sept 8th 1886 / Louis L...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Ormolu

Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand
Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand

Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand

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19th Century French Louis XVI Aubusson Ladies Purse with Brass Strap and Lock
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant ladies purse was handwoven in France, circa 1860. The small, antique purse is handmade using colorful Aubusson tapestry. The tapestry features two different scenes. On o...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Brass

19th Century French Louis XVI Aubusson Ladies Purse with Brass Strap and Lock
19th Century French Louis XVI Aubusson Ladies Purse with Brass Strap and Lock

19th Century French Louis XVI Aubusson Ladies Purse with Brass Strap and Lock

19th Century French Polychrome Enamel and Bronze Jewelry Box Casket
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This is an exceptional, fine and impressive antique French enamel polychrome painted casket. Each panel of the box is painted in the 18th century manner with charming landscape motiv...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Bronze

19th Century French Polychrome Enamel and Bronze Jewelry Box Casket
19th Century French Polychrome Enamel and Bronze Jewelry Box Casket

19th Century French Polychrome Enamel and Bronze Jewelry Box Casket

18th Century French Louis XVI Ring Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A STUNNING little French Ring Box from the 18th Century, namely a French Louis XVI Brass and MOP Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady. Box inlaid wi...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Brass

18th Century French Louis XVI Ring Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady
18th Century French Louis XVI Ring Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady

18th Century French Louis XVI Ring Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady

Enamel Coffer with Mythological Scenes Signed Klein in Paris, 19th Century
By A. Klein
Located in Paris, FR
Small, rectangular, enamel coffer decorated with mythological scenes that are framed with spiraling lines of ormolu and attached with flowers at the corners. The Rape of Proserpina by the god Pluto adorns the lid. The front and back of the box are decorated with images of Diana being woken by her nymphs and the Rape of Europa. The sides have images of Mercury educating Cupid and a bath scene...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze

Enamel Coffer with Mythological Scenes Signed Klein in Paris, 19th Century
Enamel Coffer with Mythological Scenes Signed Klein in Paris, 19th Century

Enamel Coffer with Mythological Scenes Signed Klein in Paris, 19th Century

18th Century Gold Sewing Box with Wax Case, Scissors, Seal
Located in Paris, FR
A 18th century set presented in trapezoidal case made of light wood and inlaid with marquetry. The vanity case includes a gold wax case decorated with fl...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Gold

18th Century Gold Sewing Box with Wax Case, Scissors, Seal
18th Century Gold Sewing Box with Wax Case, Scissors, Seal

18th Century Gold Sewing Box with Wax Case, Scissors, Seal

Louis XVI Style Sèvres-Style Porcelain Mounted Octagonal Table Box, circa 1890
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze and Sèvres-style porcelain mounted octagonal table box. French, circa 1890. This fine porcelain and gilt bronze-mounted box has an octagonal ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Sèvres-Style Porcelain Mounted Octagonal Table Box, circa 1890
Louis XVI Style Sèvres-Style Porcelain Mounted Octagonal Table Box, circa 1890

Louis XVI Style Sèvres-Style Porcelain Mounted Octagonal Table Box, circa 1890

Louis XVI Gilt-Tooled Leather Box
Located in Kittery Point, ME
With a domed cover, the interior with red silk lining, the whole with gilt iron mounts and lock box.
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XVI Boxes

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Leather

Louis XVI Gilt-Tooled Leather Box
Louis XVI Gilt-Tooled Leather Box

Louis XVI Gilt-Tooled Leather Box

Louis Xvi boxes for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI boxes for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage boxes created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with bronze, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI boxes made in a specific country, there are Europe, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original boxes, popular names associated with this style include Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, and Limoges. 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 boxes differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $165 and tops out at $26,000 while the average work can sell for $2,880.

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