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.
Pair French Louis XVI Style Sèvres Rose Pompadour Ormolu-Mounted Cabinet Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th-century pair of French Sèvres-style porcelain cabinet vases executed in the Louis XVI taste, circa 1880, with rose Pompadour ground and finely cast ormolu mounts. Petite in ...
Ormolu
Rectangular table frame for oval photo in sterling silver with fired enamels
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame for oval photo cm. 5.5 x 7.2 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel, aqua green, on guilloché, with borders and ornaments in th...
Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Baccarat Crystal urn / vase, gilt bronze frame - Malmaison / Harcourt - signed
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
A fine, tall Baccarat crystal faceted vase set into an ormolu frame, Harcourt / Malmaison pattern. This Medicis-shaped vase is listed in the catalog Baccarat dedicated to Malmaison p...
Crystal, Ormolu
Antique Louis XVI Style French Gilt Bronze Picture Frame, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze picture frame 19th Century Classic elaborate bow motif crest, stylized laurel leaf border with fine beaded details. Black velvet back with ...
Bronze
Imposing Pair of Louis XVI Crystal Gilt Bronze Pinwheel Candelabra
Located in Pistoia, IT
Impressive pair of neoclassical pinwheel candelabra from the Louis XVI era, late 18th century. The wooden base is lacquered in imitation lapis lazuli marble, with gold leaf inserts....
Crystal, Bronze
French Pair 18th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Exceptional quality French late 18th century brass candlesticks, Louis XVI-Directoire taste, like miniature Corinthian columns to add instant glamor to a mantel or table. Neoclassica...
Brass
French Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Style Girandoles
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This dazzling pair of French girandoles are in wonderful antique condition. While technically they are candelabra for wax taper candles, the abundance of crystals draped and suspende...
Crystal, Brass
$1,312Sale Price / set|29% Off
19th Century Pair of Louis XVI Paris Porcelain Cachepots
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A delightful and colourful matching pair of pretty porcelain cache pots, perfect for displaying indoor plants. Dating from the 19th century, the pots have been lovingly hand painted ...
Porcelain
19th Century, Denière à Paris Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock with Japy Frères Movement
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Magnificent gilt bronze mantel clock crafted in Paris circa 1850–1870 by Denière, one of the most celebrated French bronze workshops of the 19th century. The clock is fitted with an ...
Bronze, Enamel
19th Century French Miniature Jewelry Chest of Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This antique wood storage or jewelry box features three drawers with a flip up top with mirror. The box has has lots of character, charm and patina including the brass hardware.
Brass, Bronze
Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Box by Oggetti D'Arte, Italy
Located in Calenzano, FI
Hand carved clear crystal and patinated golden bronze box. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this box is a mod...
Crystal, Bronze
$1,805Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Louis XVI Style Klinex Holder in Crystal and Patinated Bronze
Located in Calenzano, FI
Hand carved clear crystal and patinated golden bronze clinex-holder. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this Kl...
Crystal, Bronze
$1,356Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair Louis XVI Style Cobalt Sevres Style Ormolu Mounted Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair Louis XVI Style Cobalt Sevres Style Ormolu Mounted Vases France, circa 1900s This elegant pair of Louis XVI-style cobalt Sevres-style ormolu-...
Ormolu
A Rare Louis XVI Gold and Enamel Rock Crystal Snuff Box, Rothschild Provenance
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A Rare Louis XVI Enamel and Gold-Mounted Rock Crystal Snuff Box By François-Vincent Garand, Paris, 1760/61 An exceptional and highly refined Louis XVI gold-mounted snuff box, master...
Rock Crystal, Gold, Enamel
19th Century Ormolu Gilt Bronze Picture Frame - Louis XVI Style - France
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique ormolu gilt bronze picture frame. Very fine details, Louis XVI style. France, circa 1880-1890. The picture frame is 15,5 cm tall, the diameter is Ø12 cm. Diame...
Bronze
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Period Bronze Ormolu Mantel Clock with Candelabras
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A finely bronze fire-gilded ormolu mantel clock set with matching candelabras. Rich ornate with typical Louis XVI mounts, floral garlands, scr...
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu, Enamel
19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bronze Clock with Sèvres Porcelain
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine quality Louis XVI style bronze ormolu mantel clock. The case is made of gilt brass and bronze ormolu casted ornaments, Roman numerals in white enameled cartouches. On top of t...
Bronze, Ormolu
Palace Size Louis XVI Style Dore, Patinated Bronze Carrara Marble Figural Clock
Located in New York, NY
Palace size antique Louis XVI style museum quality Carrara marble, Dore and patinated bronze sculptural mantel clock signed Mannheim a Paris 19th Century Centered enamel dial signed ...
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Enamel
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Sevres Biscuit Group of Three Frolicking Puttos
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Sevres biscuit group of three frolicking puttos France, Date Lettered 1884 A splendid example of 19th century Sevres biscuit porcelain...
Ceramic, Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bronze and White Marble Candlestick
Located in Barntrup, DE
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bronze and White marble candlestick An adorable French Louis XVI-style bronze candlestick or candle holder from the late 19th century. Beauti...
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Bisque Porcelain Urn Vases Pair
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptional matching pair of exhibition quality bisque porcelain vasi-form urn garnitures, very fine Parisian work, elegant Louis XVI style, finished with luxurious Neoclassical taste, the magnificent, richly decorated ovoid form antique urns / vases adorned in sumptuous finely gilded, chiseled and chased ormolu mounts. Made in France in the late 19th century, having shaped rope twist handles rising above classical female mask mounts decorating the sides, bands of decadent gold-tone gilded bronze floral garland and ribbon draped laurel swags flanked by exuberant scallop-shell running ornamentation, complementing the matte cream white color of the bisque porcelain. The waisted neck and slightly flared rim with simple decoration, the waisted pedestal base ornamented with stylized acanthus leaves in gilt bronze, leading to a cavetto square white marble socle encircled with stepped scrolling foliate festoon ornamental gilt...
Bronze, Ormolu, Brass
Early 20th-C. French Gilt Bronze And Malachite Desk Pen Inkwell / Inkstand
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an early 20th century highly decorative French gilt bronze, malachite and faux malachite inkstand with dual inkwells. The base is a mix of faux malachite and malachite veneer...
Malachite, Bronze
Large & Impressive 19th Century Sèvres Style Porcelain Gilt Gold Decorated Urns
Located in Tarry Town, NY
An extraordinary and monumental 19th century French Sèvres Style porcelain centerpiece covered urn or vase, crafted in France during the early to mid-19th century. This impressive de...
Bronze
Italian imperial Louis XVI watch triptych 1970s
By Mice di rugiano domenico e c. s.n.c.
Located in Cantù, IT
Italian imperial Louis XVI watch triptych 1970s
Marble, Bronze
$1,187Sale Price|20% Off
Marble Mortar from 18th Century
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice mortar is made of white marble. This is a French work from 18th Century
Marble
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Picture Frame
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined antique photo frame, made of bronze, in Louis XVI style. On top a crest of laurel wreath. The trim is decorated with laurel leaves. Made in France circa 1880-1890. For on t...
Brass, Bronze
$3,325Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Louis XVI gilt bronze - ormolu candlesticks - 19th century - 11" 3/4
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Antique French pair of candlesticks, beautiful finely chiseled ormolu (solid bronze gilt with fine gold) Louis XVI style pattern. Our model is richly ornamented with pearls, gadroons...
Bronze, Ormolu
French Limoges Hand-Painted Porcelain Jewelry Box for Neiman Marcus, circa 1940
By Limoges
Located in Miami, FL
A refined and beautifully executed French Limoges porcelain box, circa 1940, hand-painted with delicate floral and avian motifs in vibrant enamels against a luminous white ground. Th...
Porcelain
Vintage Cobalt Blue Royal Limoges France 22-Karat Gold Trinket Boxes Set
By Limoges
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Elegant vintage round Limoges 22-karat gold trinket jewelry box and e small plates French vintage Limoges porcelain in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor. Marked on base as “Limoges France" Porcelain Limoges Castel...
Porcelain
$10,083Sale Price|25% Off
Monumental Louis XV1 Style French Clock
Located in London, GB
Beautiful italian Clock in the Andre Boulle Style Apollo and his Chariot by the Dial Seated Athena on top Faux Boulle Case
Brass
19th Century Italian Carved Louis XVI Style Giltwood Barometer
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous late 19th century gilt wood barometer thermometer made in Italy in the Louis XVI or baroque taste. The large barometer features a large carve...
Metal, Brass
Vintage Cobalt Blue Royal Limoges France 22-Karat Gold Trinket Box
Pair of brass candlesticks, France, 19th century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Pair of brass candlesticks, France, 19th century, elegant and finely crafted, illustrating the decorative expertise of the period. Their slender silhouette rests on a stable circular...
Brass
Pair of French Paris Porcelain Chinoiserie Gilt and Cerulean Blue Ground Vases
Located in San Francisco, CA
a large and elegant pair of Louis XVI Style urns with hand-painted gilt decoration depicting Chinese figures in a tranquil landscape setting; fitted with gilt pistol handles at the s...
Porcelain
Large French Sevres Style Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Casket Box 19th Century
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Very large 19th century ormolu mounted Sevres Style porcelain casket box , made in France and decorated with the characteristic celeste blue ground associated with Sèvres porcelain, ...
Bronze
Carrara marble jardiniere in Louis XVI style, circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Carrara marble jardiniere in Louis XVI style, circa 1880
Marble
German Group Porcelain Of A Pair of Grapes Harvest Cherubs
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a German Porcelain Group Sculpture of a Pair of Grapes Harvest Cherubs or Putti. It depicts a bisque white porcelain of two semi nude ch...
Porcelain
Pair of Vintage French Wall Candle Sconces in Bronze in the Style of Louis XVI
Located in COLMAR, FR
A beautiful pair of vintage, wall candle sconces in a classic Louis XVI style. These sconses are made of heavy, molded, bronze/copper alloy. They are identical and none of them featu...
Bronze
$780Sale Price|20% Off
Antique 18th C Giltwood Hand Architectural Fragment Sculpture
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique 18th C Giltwood Hand Architectural Fragment Sculpture
Giltwood
Antique Picture Frame, France, Circa 1900, 10 x 13 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful brass picture frame, France, circa 1900. Picture size: 10 cm x 13 cm. Passpartout size: 4 cm x 11 cm. The golden color of the brass with its warm sheen adds a special tou...
Brass
Pair of 19th Century Limoges Monvoisin Porcelain Figurines
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunning pair of mid to late 19th century French Limoges Bisque porcelain figurines from circa 1870. One is of a lady in period dress/attire cradling a Dove. All hand-painted and decorated to the finest quality. The base is marked with the makers initials “C.H.”. She is made of fine bisque porcelain in the Old Paris porcelain style. The other is of a gentleman set...
Porcelain, Paint
Fine Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock Set
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning antique French ormolu clock set, circa 1870, mounted with exquisite Sèvres style porcelain with Rose Pompadour pink ground. Pan...
Ormolu
Early 1900st Tanslucent Milk Glass Box, Handcrafted with Original Brass Mounts
Located in Lisse, NL
All handcrafted glass box, made in France. A beautiful and quietly confident milk glass box, early 20th century. The form is clean and well balanced, with softly edges and a calm, a...
Brass
Capodimonte, Enamelled Porcelain Group, Putti with Flowers After Badessi
By Capodimonte
Located in BARSAC, FR
Capodimonte factory in Italy near Naples. Enamelled porcelain group presenting three putti playing with sheaves of rosebuds, one of them carrying a basket on his head. Signed L...
Porcelain
Pair Louis XVI Style Figural Bronze Oil Lamps After a Design by Louis Boizot
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This pair of gilt and patinated bronze figures are after a design by Louis-Simon Boizot. Modeled as oil lamps, each with the allegorical figures L'Etude and Le Philosophie, both hav...
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Oval Desktop Picture Frame, ca 1900
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Louis XVI style bronze oval photo or picture desktop easel frame from circa the 1900s. This adorable picture frame is made of bronze and brass and has an easel supporting leg ...
Bronze, Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Style "Astronomy" Mantel Clock, circa 1845
By Perrelet
Located in Greven, DE
French mantel clock "Astronomy" Paris Bronze, marble Mid 19th century Dimensions: H x W x D: 38 x 55 x 16 cm Description: A Louis XVI-style figural mantel clock mounted on a two-t...
Marble, Bronze
Fine Pair of Henry Dasson Four-Light Candelabra after Clodion circa 1895
By Henry Dasson
Located in Shippensburg, PA
VERY FINE PAIR OF CANDELABRA WITH SATYR PUTTO EACH RAISING FOUR-LIGHTS Cast by Henry Dasson after the original models by Claude Michel known as Clodion gilt and patinated bronze ove...
Marble, Bronze
Wonderful French Bronze Ormolu Jeweled Interact Bouquet Louis XVI Picture Frame
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French bronze ormolu & jeweled interact mounted picture frame in the Louis XVI style with bouquet crown and pierced swags.
Bronze
Pair Louis XVI Style Mottled Lavender Marble and Gilt Bronze Ormolu Covered Urns
Located in Germantown, MD
A Magnificent pair of French Louis XVI Neoclassical style mottled lavender marble with gilt-bronze mounts, circa early 20th century. Materials: Crafted from polished lavender ...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 18th Century or Early 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Groups.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of 18th century or early 19th century Meissen porcelain groups. A pair of 18th century or early 19th century Meissen porcelain sculpture groups representing the 4 continents. ...
Porcelain
$115,000 / set
Pair of Louis XVI Ormulu Wall Clocks & Barometers
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (Mid-19th Century) ormolu wall clock and barometer set each of banjo form with Apollo mask above putti and ...
Metal, Ormolu
Impressive 19th Century French Sèvres Style Ormolu Mounted Porcelain Covered Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
An impressive and monumental French Sèvres style porcelain covered centerpiece urn, made in France in the 19th century and richly mounted with gilt bronze ormolu. This large decorati...
Gold, Bronze
Important Five Pieces Marble and Gilded Bronze Clock Set, France, Circa 1860
By Henri Picard
Located in PARIS, FR
Marked on the dial Furet & Bon, Hrs du Roy, à Paris Measures: Clock – Height 98 cm (38 1/2 in.), width 70 cm (27 1/2 in.), depth 25 cm (9 3/4 in.) Candelabra – Height 116 cm ...
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI St Gilt Bronze Mt Emerald Green Cut Crystal Box
Located in New York, NY
A superb and richly detailed Large 19th century French green cut crystal and gilt bronze box in the refined Louis XVI style. This exceptional piece is crafted from vibrant emerald gr...
Crystal, Bronze
$19,850Sale Price|47% Off
19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock by Lemerle Charpentier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Palatial French 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze mantel clock by Lemerle-Charpentier bronzier. The large rectangular gilt bronze body surmounted with floral scrolls and acanthus and crowned with an urn with wreath decorations. The circular porcelain enameled clock dial...
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Marble and Bronze Clock Garniture
Located in Essex, MA
The clock with laurel wreath and torch finial over a clock set in a rectangular case, bronze feet. Together with a pair of two light candelabra.
Marble, Bronze
Lenzkirch Bracket Clock in French Louis XVI Style, 19th Century
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
German Lenzkirch mahogany and carved ormolu cased mantel clock. The clock has wonderful carved scrolling feet supporting a rolled ridged stepped base decorated with leaf carved ormol...
French Bulle de Savon White Opalescent Rectangular Shaped Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
French rectangular shaped Bulle de Savon White opalescent jewelry box A “bulle de savon” box formed as a rectangular shaped hinged container with softly rounded edges and a gently d...
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Louis XVI Style Malachite Gilt Bronze Tallcase Clock After Riesener
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent antique tallcase grandfather clock after the original French Louis XVI period design by Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806), with finely cast ormolu gilt bronze mounts and ma...
Malachite, Bronze