Louis XVI Clocks
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 Lion Mask Wall Clock
Located in Warsaw, PL
“A Louis XVI style lion mask wall clock”
This fire gilt bronze Louis XVI style lion mask wall clock was one of the most outstanding masterpieces, which was originally made by Edme-J...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Fine 19th Century Sevres Style Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French Sevres style mantel clock, having a wonderful gilded ormolu case with an urn to the top with cobalt...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Clock, Signed by Deniere
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze clock, signed Denière. The clock is raised by a fine oval shaped ormolu base with a richly chased wrap around berried laurel band and mottled border. The adorable and wonderfully detailed patinated bronze winged cherub is seated with his bow and arrows in a quiver at his side draped in a lovely flowing fabric. He is attentively holding a scroll in his left hand, seemingly reading and taking notes with a pen in his right hand while leaning on the clock with a curious raven at his side. The clock is set in a patinated bronze box...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Neoclassical Style Malachite and Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
French Neoclassical style malachite and gilt bronze mantel clock
French, late 19th Century
Measures: height 42cm, width 22cm, depth 11cm
This fine clock...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
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Malachite, Ormolu
Japanese Woman Fire-Gilt Bronze Clock c. 1800
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French fire-gilt bronze clock with marble base depicting a Japanese woman, Louis XVI or Empire Era, 1790-1815. The silk-thread mechanis...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$2,384 Sale Price
20% Off
Gilt Bronze Marble Clock and Candlesticks, Louis XVI Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilt bronze marble clock and candlesticks, Louis XVI period.
Dial signed: ”Charles Garriots à Paris”
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis Seize Mantel Clock in a Giltwood Case, End of 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Louis Seize mantel clock or pendule, housed in a gold-patinated wooden case featuring intricate openwork rings and a round clock case. The design depicts a young undressed woman lean...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Brass
Large 19th Century Raingo Fres, Paris Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality French 19th Century gilded ormolu and patinated bronze clock garniture, having a pair of seven branch flower like candelabra, being supported by putti, raised on circular plinth bases with scrolling decoration.
The clock having bronze patinated mother and three children, one sculpting, one painting and the other reading. Mounted on this beautiful gilded ormolu base with flowers, shells and foliage.
The eight day duration clock chimes on the hour and half hour and is signed; Raingo Fres...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$13,588 / set
Sevres style porcelain panelled mantle clock, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century French gilded ormolu mantel clock with hand painted Sevres style porcelain plaques, depicting beautiful maidens. Having a porcelain lidded urn to the...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Marble Clock By Charpentier & Cie.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu, patinated bronze and white Carrara marble clock by Charpentier...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Classical French Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French Louis XVI style gilded ormolu and marble mantel clock, depicting a mother and child after harvesting above an eight day duration chiming clock...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Clock, Stamped Vincent, 1855
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze and marble clock, stamped Vincent 1855. The clock is raised by fine ormolu supports below the ci...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu clock. The clock is raised by ormolu topie shaped supports below a marble base with ormolu scrolling foliage and ormolu beaded row. Above is the central fluted marble column...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Annular Dial Clock in the Manner of Lepaute, French, circa 1890
By Jean-André Lepaute 1
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted marble annular dial pedestal clock in the manner of Jean-André and Jean-Baptiste Lepaute, attributed to Dufaud, Paris.
The eight-day twin-train movement with circular plates and lateral lever escapement on a gilt platform, with cut bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring and index regulator, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell.
The dial having twin revolving chapter rings with white enamel cartouches with Roman numerals on a revolving ring, with a revolving minute ring above with Arabic numerals, the time indicated by Cupid pointing with an arrow.
This fine annular dial or ‘cercles tournants’ clock...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Dore Bronze Chinoiserie Figural Clock for Chinese Market
Located in New York, NY
A French 19th Century Dore Bronze Chinoiserie Style Figural clock with a Woman Resting on a Seat. This is a beautiful example of French dore bronze craftsmanship mixed with the Chino...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Rouge Griotte Marble and Bronze Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and high quality French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte marble and patinated Bronze clock. The clock is raised by eight patinated Bronze foliate fluted fe...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. clock signed Le Merle Charpentier Bronzier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte marble and ormolu mounted clock signed Le Merle Charpentier Bronzier, Paris Rue Charlot. The clock is raised b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble, Ormolu
Large French 19th Century Bronze Cherub Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century French gilded ormolu and bronze mantel clock, having a pair of bronze putti entwined around the eight day duration chiming clock with four scrolling fo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French, Louis XVI Style Enamel Clock Set, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style Champleve enamel clock set. The clock having a classical scene of a cherub handing flowers to ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Raingo Fres, Paris. Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French gilded ormolu and white marble mantel clock, having a central urn, flanked by Pan like figures each with hoof feet. Swags and drapes of foliag...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble, Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and large scaled French 19th century Louis XVI st. Brèche Violette marble, ormolu and patinated bronze clock signed Balthazard. The clock is raised by a square Brèche Vio...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Cobalt Blue Porcelain and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue porcelain and ormolu clock. The clock is raised by a square ormolu base with cut corners with fine rosettes ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Late 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze And Ormolu Clock
By Jacob Petit
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu clock. The clock in the shape of the Urn of Prosperity is raised by a square base with concave corners a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Mid 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Clock, by Bardon, Montpellier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu clock, by Bardon, Montpellier. The clock has two love birds on the left looking over to a patinated bronze cupid, standing pro...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century Cut-Glass French Urn Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A beautiful French cut-glass and gilded ormolu Louis XVI style urn mantel clock. Measures: 41cm (16") high. Having 'hobnail cut glass pattern, two scrolling handles with winged lion ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Louis XVI Style Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French gilded ormolu and rouge marble candelabra, depicting two putti each supporting a two branch candelabra.
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$5,163 / set
Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock with Doves and Putti Playing Pipes
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality French gilded ormolu, bronze and rouge marble mantel clock, in the Louis XVI style. Having Doves above the clock face, an enamel dial with an eight day movement, chiming on the hour and half hour. Bronze putti on either side play the pipes and mounted on a rouge marble base.
Maker name; Hamilton and inches...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Three-Piece Onyx and Ormolu Garniture Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome French 19th century Louis XVI st. 3-piece onyx and ormolu garniture set. The three urns, each with a green onyx body are raised on concave c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock, by Grohé Frères
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and exceptional Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and white marble figural mantel clock, by Grohé Frères, Paris.
The dial signed ‘Grohé, A Paris'.
...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Ornate Gilt Bronze-Mounted Sèvres-Style Blue Ground Mantel Clock, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An ornate gilt bronze-mounted Sèvres-style blue ground mantel clock.
French, circa 1880.
An ornate gilt bronze-mounted Sèvres-style blue ground mantel clock, the shaped rectan...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Clock, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt and patinated bronze figural clock.
French, circa 1870.
This fine clock has a waisted body decorated with scrolls and trellis centred by a white ena...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Porcelain Mounted Figural Clock, Allegorical of the Arts
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain mounted figural clock, Allegorical of the Arts.
The dial signed 'Colin, Paris'.
The movement stamped 'Vincenti et Cie'.
...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
French Mid-19th Century, Louis XVI St. Ormolu and White Carrara Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most exquisite French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble clock. The clock is raised by topie shaped ormolu supports, The rectangular marble base is deco...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Rouge Griotte, Ormolu and Bronze Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte, ormolu and patinated bronze signed clock. The clock is raised by fine topie shaped feet below the circular base with a fin...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Louis Xvi clocks for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI clocks 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 clocks created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI clocks 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 clocks, popular names associated with this style include Raingo Frères, Oggetti D'Arte, Ferdinand Berthoud, and Maison Deniere. 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 clocks differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $345 and tops out at $527,473 while the average work can sell for $11,409.
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