Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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
A Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Models of Bolognese Dogs, J.J. Kandler
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Antique 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Model of Bolognese Dogs, After J. Kirchner. A finely modeled pair of 19th-century Meissen porcelain figures depicting Bolognese dogs...
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1880s German Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Porcelain, Meissen
Pr. 19th C. English Ormolu Mounted Hand-Diamond Cut Crystal Two-Arm Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Early 19th Century English Ormolu Mounted Hand-Diamond Cut Crystal Two-Arm Candelabra. Each candelabra features finely hand-diamond cut crystal elements mounted with ormolu...
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1810s British Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Louis XVI Period Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Clock
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI period gilt bronze mounted malachite clock
French, late 18th century
Measures: Height 50cm, width 34.5cm, depth 13.5cm
This fine mantel clock was produced during the e...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
Clock set 3 pieces marble and bronze with cherub
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent clock set three pieces executed by Prosper Roufoel working 26 place Vendome a Paris, one of the most pretigious place in paris where is the great jewwelers and the ritz ...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Cupid and Satyr Candelabras
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) gilt and patinated bronze candelabra with a cupid/satyr figure holding 2 foliate arms and raised on rouge marble bases (PRICED AS Pair)
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu statue titled: "Au Clair De La Lune" and signed BOURET. T...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Gilded Bronze Bust of Louise Brongniart by Houdon.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilded bronze bust of Louise Brongniart by Houdon.
Sculpture of a bust of Louise Brongniart by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), reproduction of the XIXth century.
h: 23cm , w: 1...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Granite Ewers by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Miami, US
An exquisite pair of French Louis XVI-style gilt bronze mounted granite ewers, created by the esteemed French ébéniste Henry Dasson (1825-1896), and stamped "HD" on each piece. Craft...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Granite, Bronze
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and White Marble Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style ormolu mounted white marble urns hung with berried floral garlands (early 20th Cent) (PRICED AS Pair)
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20th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Ormolu & Green Marble Jardinière in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
An Ormolu-Mounted Marble Jardinière
In the Louis XVI Style
Constructed from green marble and mounted with gilded bronze mounts; the rectangular jardinière with paired hoof feet to t...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and large scale pair of French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Brèche Violette marble and ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a thick square mottled base with ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Long Case Clock, 1860, by Balthazar, Paris
By André Balthazar 1
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Pendulum clock "Regulateur de parquet" after Jean-Henri Riesener Napoleon III, Paris, circa 1850-1880.
Balthazar, Paris.
This fine quality late...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Gilt Bronze and Malachite Louis XVI Clock
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and malachite Louis XVI clock
French, late 18th century
Measures: Height 69cm, width 36cm, depth 13.5cm
This fine Louis XVI mantel clock is wrought from malachite and gilt bronze. The malachite veneer is a later, beneficial refinishing. The clock features a plinth-form malachite base supporting four malachite columns, each with a gilt bronze capital. The columns raise an ornately shaped top, which is inset with a circular white enamel dial and is surmounted by urn-form finials. Beneath the dial is suspended an ornately cast and finished gilt bronze drapery...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Bust of Menelaus
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu bust of Menelaus. The bust is raised by a square ormolu base below a fine mottled socle pedestal. The richly ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
An Unusual 19th Century French Dore Bronze Mounted Orange/Red Crystal Box
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
An Unusual 19th Century French Dore Bronze Mounted Orange/Red crystal box. The box is composed of two sections of French orange/red crystal which are m...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th C French Dore Bronze Mtd Snake Handle & Faux Porphyry Porcelain Centerpiece
Located in New York, NY
A Fabulous 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Dore Bronze Mounted Snake Handle and Faux Porphyry Porcelain Centerpiece. This piece is beautiful and so well made that the hand-painte...
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Pink Porcelain Clock with Cupid & Romantic Emblems
By Japy Frères
Located in London, GB
A Symbolic clock in the Louis XVI style
By Japy Fréres et Cie.
The finely chased ormolu case encompassing pink porcelain panels decorated with beads to the face and sides; the wh...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI Allegorical Figurative Clock Depicting Venus Being Crowned by Amour
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine and rare model of a period Louis XVI white marble and gilt bronze mantel (fireplace) clock, the dial signed Dhemant A Paris. The clock features two large gilded classically dr...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt and Burnished Bronze Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This Louis XVI Style Gilt and Burnished Bronze Sconce by Gherardo Degli Albizzi two-arm sconce is centred by burnished bronze rod decorated with a spiral v...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Turning Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique French gilt bronze mounted malachite turning mantel clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 75cm, width 28cm, depth 25.5cm
The malachite mantel clock case is st...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI St. Bréche Violette Marble Cassolettes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality pair of mid 19th century French Louis XVI st. Bréche Violette marble and ormolu cassolettes with removable lids. Each urn is raised by a square base with a laurel...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Small Inkwell in Porcelain and Silver-Gilt in Sevres Style
Located in Paris, FR
Small inkwell crafted in porcelain, the paunch and lid decorated with a frieze of polychromatic floral motives highlighted with gold. The lid topped by a pine cone finial features a ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Silver
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Brèche Verte Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Bréche Verte marble and ormolu urns. Each is raised on a square marble base with ormolu trim and ormolu laurel wreath above. The bo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Marble Urns, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and White Marble Urns, late 19th century, each with applied ram's head mounts. 23" H x 9.5" W x 7" D. Keywords: French Art, Cassolettes, Ormolu, L...
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Early 19th Century Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Marble, Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Gilt Bronze And Marble Garnitures
Located in Norwood, NJ
French 19th Century Louis XVI gilt bronze garnitures mounted on fluted white Carrara marble and black marble bases with ram's head and flame moti...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble, Marble, Bronze, Gold Plate
Baccarat Crystal Prismic Pattern Centerpiece and 4-Light Candelabra Set
Located in New York, NY
An unusual 19th century French Baccarat Prismic pattern crystal centerpiece and four-light dore bronze candelabra set. The centerpiece bowl is French Baccarat crystal, the finest cry...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair Of French 19th Century Belle Époque Period Ormolu And Marble Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu and Vert Campan marble lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a square Vert Campan m...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Sevres Style Gilded Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful French 19th century gilded ormolu mantel clock, having a putti mounted to the top holding garlands of flowers, draping down the case, Rams heads and urns of flowers. The ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Ormolu
Antique French Base for Statue
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare antique base for statue: useful and very elegant. I'm selling it now because I'm closing the business.
Sizes fot statue: cm. 33 on base x depth cm. 12/14 .
ref. item O/8087.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Fruitwood
Pair Sevres style lidded vases, C19th
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Pair of elegant 19th Century French Sevres style porcelain lidded vases. Each depicting classical semi clad maidens with cherubs above. signed; Rochette, gilded ormolu lids, handles ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Ormolu
Pair Sevres style lidded vases, late C19th
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative fine quality pair of late 19th century French Sevres style porcelain lidded vases. Each with a Cobalt Blue ground, gilded scrolling foliate decoration, ormolu finia...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Bronze wall clock, Louis XVI style with a mask
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Bronze wall clock, Louis XVI style with a mask
Beautiful bronze clock from the late 19th century decorated with laurel wreaths on the sides, a mask of a woman at the bottom and a ter...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Faux Lapis Wall Sconce By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
On this Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Faux Lapis Wall Sconce By Gherardo Degli Albizzi it's possible to appreciate the handcrafted work of gilt bronze decorations such as branch's ...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
19th Century French Louis XVI Porcelain Gilt Bronze Putto Tazza Centerpiece
Located in Berlin, DE
19th Century French Louis XVI porcelain and gilt bronze Putto figure Tazza
Standing on a circular base featuring neoclassical Louis XVI ornamentati...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Baccarat Ormolu Mounted Crystal Centerpiece
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Marvelous 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Baccarat Ormolu Mounted Crystal Centerpiece with Crystal Columns and Lions Paw Feet. The Bronze is marv...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Crystal, Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze cartel clock
Located in London, GB
Antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze cartel clock
French, late 19th Century
Height 63cm, width 28cm, depth 10cm
This elegant cartel clo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Ormolu
A Fine 18th Century Continental German Porcelain Decorated Urn
Located in Queens, NY
Continental German (Berlin, late 18th Cent) porcelain pink and white decorated urn with a finial top cover and ram head sides, signed on bottom
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Late 18th Century German Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th century French marble and gilded ormolu urns, each with classical Rans head mounts, supported by three out-swept supports, terminating in hoof feet a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Marble, Ormolu
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Ormolu and Silvered Bronze Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 18th century Louis XVI period ormolu and silvered bronze clock, signed Pfeñinger, Zurich. The clock is centered by a striking f...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Silvered Bronze and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. silvered bronze and ormolu lidded urns, attributed to A. Ermane. Each urn is raised by a square silvered br...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze Soldier on His Horse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze soldier on his horse. The statue rests on its original double column marble pedestal. The pedestal is raised by the thic...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Boulle Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century French Boulle inlaid mantel clock. Having a gilded ormolu figure of father time to the top, beautiful brass inlaid decoration to the sides and front. T...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Brass
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Patinated Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu, and white Carrara marble clock signed H Luppens & Cie. The clock is raised by five topie shaped feet with f...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Louis Seize Candelabra, attr. to François Rémond, France c. 1785
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of candelabra made of fire-gilt and burnished bronze. The female figures are depicted in ancient dress and carry cornucopias that develop into projecting candelabra and end in a...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Granite, Bronze
Pair of Louis Seize Fire Gilded Candlesticks France 1800 by F. Barbedienne
Located in Salzburg, AT
Pair of strict classicistical fire gilded candlesticks France 1840, signed Barbedienne.
Strict classicist design with square base, flowers and leaf ornaments in different finish. Decorated and smooth elements in alternation create otically balanced object.
The widest part of the stem is 4.0cm
Ferdinand Barbedienne (* August 6, 1810 in Saint-Martin-de-Fresnay, Calvados department, France; † March 21, 1892 in Paris) was a French sculptor, bronze ware manufacturer, and gallery owner. One of the most important and popular Éditeurs d'art, or publishers of art articles, he had most of the French sculptors of his time under contract.
Life and work
Ferdinand Barbedienne was the son of a farmer. At the age of 13, he learned the Craft of saddlery.
In 1822 he moved to Paris, where he first worked as a clerk in a wallpaper shop. He received start-up capital from his employer to open his own store, which he set up on Rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in 1834. He pursued the idea of exhibiting bronze statues in addition to his core business and mass producing them in small format.
In 1838, he joined forces with the mechanic Achille Collas, who had developed the machine á reduction (réducteur for short); a device based on the principles of the pantograph that could reproduce three-dimensional objects in any size - reduced or enlarged. On November 29, 1838, both signed the founding contract for the company Société Ferdinand Barbedienne et Achille Collas, which aimed to commercially exploit the mechanized production of sculptural works for an initial 20 years. Barbedienne took care of the commercial management of the company, while Collas contributed the patent on his invention and seven existing machines, and with his profound knowledge of machinery was responsible for the production processes. Together they decided on the subject matter of the objects, the selling prices, and all other financial matters.
In 1841, they produced casts of the Apollo of Belvedere, the Spinario, and 21 pieces with the motif of a bas-relief of the Parthenon. These were followed by versions of the Laocoon group, the Venus of Arles, and the Borghese Fencer, among others. Special interest was initially shown in works from antiquity, for which casts from the Atelier de Moulage in the Louvre served as models. The company continued to produce works by representatives of the Renaissance such as Michelangelo, Donatello, Giovanni Bologna or by French sculptors such as Jean Goujon, Jean-François Flamand, Pierre Puget, François Girardon, Antoine Coysevox...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze
Mantel Clock 18th Century Styl Boulle by Josue Panier À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
This magnificent mantel clock is a testament to the exquisite craftsmanship and refined aesthetic of 18th-century French horology. Attributed to Josué Panier, a renowned clockmaker o...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze
Pair of Candelabra 19th Century Louis XVI
Located in Warsaw, PL
A Pair of Sumptuous Gilt Bronze Candelabras by Ferdinand Barbedienne
This magnificent pair of candelabras exemplifies the grandeur and refined aesthetic of 19th-century French crafts...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Brèche Violette Marble Statue
By Rancoulet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Brèche Violette marble statue of L'Automne signed by Rancoulet. The statue is raised by a striking and uniquely shaped Brèche ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Marble, Ormolu
Large 19th C. Bohemian Amber-cut-to-clear Crystal Punch Bowl W/ Hunting Scenes
Located in New York, NY
A Spectacular and Quite Large 19th Century Bohemian Amber-Cut-to-Clear Crystal Punch Bowl with Hunting Scenes and Underplate. This marvelous three-piece punch bowl is complete with a...
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19th Century Czech Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
A Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Marble Clock Garniture
By Jollet & Cie
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Marble Clock Garniture, Comprising a 'Pendule à Cercles Tournants' Modelled with the Three Graces and a Pair of Cherub Four-Light Cand...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair Sevres Style Porcelain Vases, circa 1920
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of early 20th century French Sevres style porcelain vases, each with cobalt blue ground, scrolling gilded foliate deco...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Large Early 20th C Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Malachite Urn
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine large early 20th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted malachite urn.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Malachite
18th Century Louis XVI Period Figurative Bisque Clock
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century French Louis XVI bisque shepherdess mantel clock. The tableau modelled in bisque porcelain (unglazed porcelain), showing a shepherdess on the left holding her sho...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
French Neoclassical Style Lyre-Form Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in London, GB
French neoclassical style lyre-form gilt bronze clock
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 50cm, width 19cm, depth 13cm
This wonderful mantel clock, crafted entirely from gilt bronze, is a magnificent example of the Louis XVI style. The clock is designed about the motif of the lyre—a popular form for Louis XVI style clocks. The clock features a stepped plinth-form base, raised on four bun feet. The base supports the clock case itself, which is wrought to resemble a lyre: the dial is set into the body of the lyre, while the twin lyre arms spring from the shoulders of the case. The arms are joined above by a garland held by scrolled swan’s head finials, between which is situated an Apollo sunburst mask. The gilt bronze surrounding the dial is richly moulded with scrolled forms and grasping acanthus leaves. The dial itself, with a pierced centre, features Arabic numeral hour marks on individual circular enamel cartouches.
The movement is signed ‘Le Roy a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century French Portico Clock with Bone Inlay
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
French portico clock with bone inlay, 19th century, Georgian.
Ebonized French portico mantel clock on matching base with highly detailed bone i...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Louis XVI Style Clock Garniture, Gilt Bronze Marble, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Two cups on pedestals and a clock.
The French style known as Louis XVI is characterized by its inspiration in classicism and covers approximately from 1760 to 1789. In the 19th cent...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis Xvi decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI decorative objects 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 decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with bronze, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Oggetti D'Arte, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Alexandre Vossion, and Baccarat. 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 decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $289 and tops out at $9,217 while the average work can sell for $1,658.
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