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
Louis XVI Style, Candelabras, Gilt Bronze, Crystal, France, 1930s
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XVI Style, Candelabras, Gilt Bronze, Crystal, France, 1960s
Each having four lights one wired and one not wired. The base strong and sturdy with hanging crystals. The pair in ...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Tall French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Electrified Wall Sconces
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A very elegante pair of tall Louis XVI style gilt bronze wall sconces, France, early 20th century. Two light-arm richly decorated with scrollwork foliage, bottom ending in Tassel & R...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair French Gilt Bronze Wall Candelabra Louis XVI Style
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Pair French Gilt Bronze Wall Candelabra Louis XVI Style
A matching pair of French Gilt Bronze Wall Candelabra featuring elegant swags, ribbons and floral motifs, characteristic of ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Spritzer & Fuhrmann Tableware Sterling Silver Five Arms Candelabra
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Indulge in the refined elegance of this exquisite five-light Sterling Silver Candelabra, meticulously designed by Spritzer & Fuhrmann. The candelabra is a true work of art, showcasin...
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1930s English Vintage Louis XVI Candelabras
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Sterling Silver
Pair of Tall Empire silver plate Candelabras by JG Galle - early 19th century
By Gérard-Jean Galle
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Rare pair of silver plate bronze candelabras, early 19th century production (Empire period).
Beautiful Louis XVI style model, elegant proportions, 2 to 3 lights each (you can turn the center piece over to get a third light).
They are composed of 17 independent parts each (the more there are, the higher the quality).
The bottom part looks exactly like an ormolu pair of candlesticks exhibited at chateau de Fontainebleau, listed in a book dedicated to bronze items that came into the castle under Emperor Napoleon's reign (last picture, the left candlestick). This books testifies that the ormolu pair has probably been delivered there by Claude Galle in 1807.
Our pair is a variant of this pair of candlesticks :
- silver plate instead of gilt bronze
- the candelabra part on top
Early 19th century work attributed to Gerard Jean Galle...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze, Silver Plate
Pair of Gilt-Metal Marble Candelabra, Louis XVI 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Candle
Located in Hampshire, GB
A Pair of Louis XVI 19th Century Gilt-Bronze and Gilt-Metal and Marble Candelabra Art Deco-style candlesticks and candelabra pressed cast ...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XVI Candelabras
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Gold, Gold Leaf, Sterling Silver, Silver, Gold Plate
Pair of Louis XVI Style Bronze and Marble Four-Light Candelabra, Jeweled
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Metal and White Marble Four-Light Candelabra
Each with a 'jeweled' urn-form standard continuing to hoof feet, raised on a circular base, on squat toupie...
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1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
18thc French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Musical Cherub Baby Candelabrum
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Quite Impressive 18thc French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Musical Cherub Baby Candelabra. Rare piece! and a lovely candelabrum.
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
French Pair of Louis XVI Style Girandoles
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This dazzling pair of French girandoles or table chandeliers are in wonderful antique condition. Each fixture is centered with a gilt bronze Louis XVI style candelabra base with six ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair 19thc French Grand Louis XVI Gilt/ Gold Spelter Cherub Candelabras
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 19thc Grand Louis XVI style Gilt Spelter Seraphim Cherub Candelabras. Very highly detailed and beautiful. These candelabras command presence as they are stunning and large.
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1880s Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Spelter
Pair of Gilt Bronze Ormolu and Sèvres Style Porcelain Candelabras
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An absolutely stunning pair of late 19th century Louis XVI style two-light candelabras in Sèvres- style porcelain and gilt bronze ormolu. These magnificent candle holders feature pea...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Double Branched Silver Candlestick
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Double branched silver candlestick
Dimensions: 15.5” H x 10.5” W x 5.5” D
Base diameter 5.5”.
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Silver
Pair 19th Century Gilt Bronze Two-Light Candelabra in Louis XVI Style
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique (19th century) gilt bronze two-light candelabra in the Louis XVI style.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
21st Century, Hand Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Candelabra
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze candelabra. This candelabra is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. This Candelabra has got 3-flames....
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Silver-Plated Chrysalia 3 light Candelabras
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A lovely pair of antique silver-plated candelabras, each with three upward curling branches to hold three lights. The branches themselves are decorated with a foliate motif, and extend from a smooth central column topped...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
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Bronze, Silver Plate
21st Century, Hand Carved Ambert Crystal and Silver Bronze Candelabra
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved amber crystal and silver bronze candelabra. This candelabra is in hand carved amber crystal and the dial is in black porcelain decorated in platinum. On requ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze Girandole & Matching Lusters with Cast Noble Figures
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique girandole with matching lusters set are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1890 and done in a Louis XVI style. The arms and ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
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Marble, Bronze
Pair Antique French Louis XVI Parcel-Gilt Bronze & Marble Putti Candelarbra 1870
Located in Portland, OR
A very good pair of antique French Louis XVI bronze, parcel-gilt and marble putti candelabra, circa 1870.
Each candelabra having twin candle holders and each bobeche in gilt bronze with fruiting swags...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI 19th Century Gilt-Bronze and Gilt-Metal and Marble Candelabra
Located in Seattle, WA
Pair of Louis XVI Style 19th century gilt-bronze and gilt-metal and marble candelabra.
Dimensions: 11W, 4D, 13H.
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1880s Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Marble and Bronze Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) white marble and bronze 2 arm candelabras (PRICED AS PAIR).
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Candelabra 18th Century in Lacquered and Gilded Wood
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
This wood candelabra is in lacquered and gilded wood: beautiful and perfect, despite its age. It's coming from Faenza.
The small imperfection are acceptable because it is so elegant...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair of 19th Century Doré Bronze 7-Light Marble Base Candelabras Mounted as Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 19th century doré bronze 7-light marble base candelabras mounted as lamp. Each having bronze sabots leading to a white Carrara marble pedestal...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Candelabra
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of French Louis XVI style bronze candelabra, mid 20th c., fluted standard issuing four scrolled arms, each ending in beaded bobe...
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Mid-20th Century European Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Marble and Gilt Bronze Candelabra By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This beautiful Louis XVI style marble and gilt bronze column candelabra by Gherardo Degli Albizzi has got a very refined design featured by a classic vegetal motif capital and masks ...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Malachite, Bronze
Brass Marble Crystal and Acrylic 4-Arm Candelabras Louis XV or XVI Style, Pair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Set of two marble, acrylic and brass candelabras. This pair of candelabra feature round brass footed bases topped with white marble. The bodies are encircled in transparent diamond cut acrylic. The curled arms are detailed with fern and vines in brass. Candles insert into brass cups, with acrylic circular discs. Glass crystals dangle from each arm. Unmarked and sourced from an estate in southern Oklahoma.
How we would style them:
Imagine sitting in the Venice home of Dodie and John Rosekrans. 17th century furniture...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Metal, Brass
Sterling Silver Candlestick / Candleholder, Spain, 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
1940s Spanish Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver Candlestick
Louis XVI sterling silver candleholder.
Stamps: Star-940.
Dimensions: Height 22.5 cm x diameter: 11 cm
Spain, 1950s-1960s.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Bronze Dore and Porcelain Candelabras
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a dining room table or a mantel with this elegant pair of antique bronze candleholders. Crafted in France circa 1870, each candelabra stands on a tripod base with curved fee...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Figural White Bisque Candelabra
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of figural bisque porcelain (unglazed porcelain), candelabra each featuring a partially draped nude cupid sitting on a tree trunk holding aloft an urn which supports two curve...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Porcelain
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
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Four-Light Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Bronze four-light candelabra, 19th century. A finely cast bronze candelabra with a bronze plaque in the center flanked by a pair of cobalt blue columns.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Three-Light Candelabra
Located in London, GB
A pair of French Louis XVI style ormolu three-light candelabra with beaded decoration throughout, having garland swag decorated fluted stems ending on flut...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
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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