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Louis XVI Candelabras

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
Candelabra 18th Century in Light Bleu Color Lacquered and Gilded Wood
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
This wood candelabra is in light blue color lacquered and gilded wood: beautiful and perfect, despite its age. It's coming from Faenza. The small imperfection are acceptable because...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Fruitwood

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Winged Cherub Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most elegant true pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze, Vert Antique marble candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by an octagonal shaped Vert Antique marble base...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

3-Piece French Louis XVI Mahogany Clock Set
Located in Queens, NY
3-Piece French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) mahogany clock set with Pair of candelabra with fluted design and bronze dore cupids and trim, Candelabra 14" high. (PRICED AS SET)
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Ormolu and Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Fleur de Pêcher marble candelabras. Each four arm candelabra is raised by three ormolu top...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze and Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and very high quality pair of French early 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu, and white Carrara marble candelabras circa 1805. Each five arm candelab...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Gris St. Anne marble and Ormolu candlestick
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Gris St. Anne marble and Ormolu candlesticks. Each stunning vase shaped candle stick is raised by a square stepped marble base w...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Marble, Ormolu

A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI Ormolu white Carrara marble candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabras. Each beautiful three arm candelabra is mounted on a circular marble...
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Sèvres Porcelain Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain and ormolu three arm candelabra. Each candelabra is raised by a mottled square ormolu base with conc...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Bronze Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze candelabras. Each three-arm candelabra is raised on a circular Gris St. Anne marble base with an...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Ormolu

Pair of French Bronze 3-Arm Candelabras with Paw Feet and Etched Glass Base
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Pair of French bronze 3-arm candelabras with paw feet and etched glass base.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Bronze

Pair of French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Five Arm Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and rock crystal candelabras. Each beautiful six arm candelabra is raised by a fine elegantly curved foliate support...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Rock Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Porcelain Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Biscuit de Sèvres porcelain candelabras, signed Sèvres and after a model by Lagneau. Each four a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Ormolu

Pair of Doré Bronze Mtd Rouge Marble 9-Arm Candelabras, Signed by Barbedienne
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic pair of Louis XVI style doré bronze mounted rouge marble 9-arm candelabras with doré Bronze Hercules Masks and doré bronze swirling S-style...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI St. Bronze, Marble, and Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze, and Rouge Royale marble candelabras. Each large scale five arm candelabra is...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI Rouge Griottle marble candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality and elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Patinated Bronze, Ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble two arm candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by a square...
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Malachite Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An outstanding and high quality pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Malachite three arm candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by a square Malachite...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Malachite, Ormolu

Pair of French Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning true pair of French early 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, white Carrara marble and ormolu three arm candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by a square base be...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Sèvres porcelain candelabras. Each five arm candelabra is raised by a stunning pierced scrolled...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabras. Each three arm candelabra is raised by a square ormolu base with a fine wrap aro...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Candelabras, Attributed to Clodion
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Rouge Griotte marble candelabras, attributed to Clodion. Each candelabra is r...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Candelabras Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite pair of 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu candelabras, attributed to F. Barbedienne. Each candelabra is raised on a circular finely chased ormolu base with acanthus leaf...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair Of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Ormolu And Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabras. Each ten arm candelabra is raised by a strik...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabras. Each two arm candelabra is raised by a circular white Car...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Cobalt Blue Glass and Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue glass, ormolu and white Carrara marble three arm candelabras. Each candelabra is raised on a white Carrara ma...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Elle Époque Period Ormolu and Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble candelabras. The two arm candelabra are raised by beautiful...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and extremely elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabras. Each unique four arm candelabra is raised by a circular white...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabras. Each candelabras is raised by fine mottled bun shaped feet below the square white Carrara marble base. The bases display charming intertwined ormolu plaques at the fronts fitted within fine recessed panels while the elegant circular central supports display lovely fluted designs with finely detailed fitted ormolu foliate chandelles. Above, each of the richly chased ormolu Puttis...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Four-Arm Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and green Porphyry, four arm candelabras. Each large scale candelabra is raised by a square ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Porphyry, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Three-Arm Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze three arm candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by four foliate topie shaped feet bel...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze and Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu candelabras. Each four arm candelabra is raised by a square ormolu base with a fine wrap around berri...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. candelabras. Each candelabra is raised on a a white Carrara marble support with ormolu beaded trim at the base. The reeded colum...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Lapis Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and large-scaled pair of early 19th century French Louis XVI st. ormolu and Lapis Lazuli four arm candelabras. The pair with all original gilt is raised by a triangular...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu

Pair of French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI st. Marble and Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and Ormolu candelabras. Each stunning candelabras is raised by a square marble base abo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Mid 19th Century French Louis XVI St. Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of mid 19th century French Louis XVI st. ormolu mounted on white Carrara marble three arm electrified candelabras. Raised by topie feet with acanthus leave capitals. ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and White Carrara Marble Candelabra
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabra, modeled after Clodion. The two arm candelabra is raised by fine topie shaped feet below the...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze and Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze and white Carrara marble candelabras, signed Clodion. Each two arm candelabra is raised by fine top...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Porphyry and Ormolu Candelabra in Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
Pair of Louis XVI style porphyry and ormolu candelabra. Rising from a square base supported by gilt bronze bracket feet, giving way to a stepped stiff-leaf ormolu border; the porphy...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Porphyry, Ormolu, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble and Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabras. Each three arm candelabra is raised by a triangular white Carrara marble base wi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French Early 19th Century Louis XVI St Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French early 19th century Louis XVI style with white carrara and black Belgian marble and ormolu two light candelabras. The pair are raised by a square white Carrera marble...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras

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Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Louis Xvi candelabras for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI candelabras 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 candelabras created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, lighting, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI candelabras 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 candelabras, popular names associated with this style include Susse Frères, Ferdinand Barbedienne, Claude Michel Clodion, and Oggetti D'Arte. 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 candelabras differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $360 and tops out at $152,957 while the average work can sell for $13,300.

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