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
19th Century French Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Porcelain Urns, a Pair
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptional matching pair of exhibition quality bisque porcelain urns / vases, very fine French 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 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...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze, Ormolu
Magnificent Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Pink Chinese Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Magnificent Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Pink Chinese Porcelain Vases – A Fusion of East and West
This fabulous and large pair of 19th-century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted Chinese porcelain covered vases / jars is a stunning testament to the opulence and artistry of the era. The exquisite pink ground porcelain, an export creation from late 19th-century China, features vivid hand-painted enamel decorations depicting majestic Chinese roosters...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pill Box Silver Sterling light blue Enamel sliding lid for sweetener Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24carats.
Pill Box Silver has light blue translucent fired enamels on guilloché.
Pill Box Silver has a sliding lid and hole...
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1990s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
A Pair of French Louis XVI Style Bronze Mounted Cut Crystal Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of French Louis XVI style bronze mounted cut crystal urns
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Pair Of Louis XVI Ormolu And Marbe Candelabra
Located in Essex, MA
Cherubs holding three arm candelabra with rose branches and flower head candleholder. Gilt bronze swag mounted circular white marble base. Square bronze plinth.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,650 / set
Japy Freres Louis XVI Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Set
By Japy Frères
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A beautiful, classically designed antique French gilt bronze clock set by Japy Frères. It features oval panels to the sides showing Fortun...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze
French 19th C. Louis XVI Style Cherub Tall-Case Clock After Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th Century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted amaranth, tulipwood, sycamore and parquetry pedestal Régulateur de Parquet Tall Case Clock, Attributed to Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley (French, 1847-1919) After the model attributed to Jean-Henri Riesener, surmounted by a cloud-form case cast with three putti cherubs suspending garlands, centred by a white enamel dial with Roman numerals, on a spreading socle with ribbon-hung garlands, above the square tapering pedestal headed...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze
$84,950 Sale Price
37% Off
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
Vintage Mid-19th Century Palace Size Garniture Clock Set
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage mid-19th century French 3-piece garniture clock set is wonderfully designed in the Louis XVI style. The over size set includes an exceptional gilt bronze clock accented with attached detailed patinated sculpted putti figures on both sides. The clock rests on a platform embellished with elaborate florals and scrolls that complement its white enamel face with Roman numerals and featuring the maker, Raingo Freres, Paris. The clock has a French bell movement. A pair of sculpted gilt bronze candelabra with similar patinated bronze putti figures accompany this beautiful clock. Each of these figures holds an elaborate seven branch lily bouquet...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
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 ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Porcelain
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 (45 ...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Style Patinated and Gilt Bronze Figural Candelabra, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style patinated and gilt bronze figural two-light candelabra after a model by Claude-Michel Clodion (French, 1738-1814), one modeled...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Griotte Marble, Bronze
$9,850 Sale Price / set
46% Off
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu vase/planter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu vase/planter. This stunning vase is raised by a two step Ormolu socle which supports the mottled pink and green Sévres Porcelain...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Ormolu
Antique Louis XVI Marble Gold Ormolu Gilt Bronze Cercle Tournant Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique Louis XVI Marble Gold Ormolu Gilt Bronze Cercle Tournant Mantel Clock
French, Late 18th Century
Height 40cm, diameter 28cm
Dating to the late 1700s, during the reign of Ki...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Figural Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock - Étienne Le Noir, Paris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and Palatial French Louis XVI style figural gilt bronze mantel clock. The vase shaped case surmounted with a pomegranate-cast finial and flanked by large satyr mask handles fitted with intertwined gilt-bronze snakes, amongst floral wreaths, ribbons and acanthus. The rectangular acanthus decorated base flanked on each side with a figure of a cherub holding a globe and a Putti writing a poem, both above a plinth decorated with fruit and floral garlands surmounted with lion-mask-legs. The circular white enamel dial with wreaths of flowers with Roman and Arabic numerals, Signed: Étienne Le Noir...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze, Ormolu
$48,950 Sale Price
41% Off
19th Century Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opaline Cut Crystal Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This classic blue opaline cut crystal box catches the light in such a way as to make it seem as if it’s glowing from within. Note the lean cut and smooth edges of its crystal facets....
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Gilt Gold Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Gilt Gold Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock
French, Late 18th Century
Height 57cm, width 40cm, depth 12cm
A wonderful example of late 18th century ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu and Marble Cercle Tournant Mantel Clock by Lepaute
By Lepaute
Located in London, GB
18th century Louis XVI ormolu and marble cercle tournant mantel clock by Lapaute
French, Late 18th Century
Height 39cm, width 18cm, depth 12cm
Dating from the latter part of the 18...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Marble & Bronze Mantle Clock
By Mellet Hger du Roi
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) white marble mantle clock with gilt bronze trim and a pediment with a wreath & arrows. (Clock face signed: HGER DU ROI, PARIS) (Not working)
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A very fine 19th century French gilt bronze clock
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Louis XVI gilt bronze mantle clock . Signed by the clockmaker
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
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...
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19th Century German Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Porcelain And Gilt Bronze Clock, Napoleon III, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Louis XVI style clock in gilded bronze and porcelain: the base is very richly decorated: putti heads, flower garlands, knots and rosettes and porcelain plates decorated with golden s...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze
Louis XVI Ormolu Cartel Clock
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The circular glazed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, set within a pierced case with ribbon-tied fruiting laurel trails, each side with a ram’s mask capped pilaster, ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze
$14,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Charming Scent Box in silver with gilded crown. Louis XVI from late 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful and charming Scent Box in silver in the shape of a heart with a gilded crown in Louis XVI from the late 18th Century. Probably made in Denmark. Inside in gilded silver. Own...
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Late 18th Century Danish Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Ormolu & Green Guilloche Enamel Picture Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely executed Continental miniature portrait, likely French or Austrian, dating to the late 19th century, depicting an 18th-century noblewoman in powdered coiffure and court atti...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Sterling Silver, Lidded Porcelain Trinket or Snuff Box
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming little sterling silver-lidded porcelain box, possibly used for snoring snuff, or for general trinkets. The silver top is decorated in Louis XVI style, and bears the Minerv...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Silver
Sevres Style Pink Bombe Watteau Motif Ormolu Mounted Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sevres Style Pink Bombe Watteau Motif Ormolu Mounted Table Box Artist Signed J. Perrot
France, circa 1890
An exquisite Sevres-style pink bombe Watteau motif ormolu-mounted table box...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Bronze
$1,196 Sale Price
36% Off
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...
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1840s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Clock by Achille Brocot & Delettrez
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A superb, large and early Ormolu clock, mounted with exquisite Sèvres style porcelain with a Bleu Celeste ground and fine overglaze gilt decoration. The richly chased foliate case is...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Ormolu
18th Century, French or Italian, Faience Brasero Stove
Located in Doylestown, PA
A very nice 18th century faience brasero or portable parlor stove with grotesque mask decoration, blue splash glaze and retaining its original faience lid...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Faience
$2,650 Sale Price
29% Off
Spectacular 18th Century Carved Limestone Garden Vase, France 1780.
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautifully carved with vines, grapes, Bacchus heads, acanthus leaves on a gordon base.
Fine patina -end of 18th century. Probably French.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Limestone
$8,643 Sale Price
25% Off
18th Century French Louis XVI Ring Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A STUNNING little French Ring Box from the 18th Century, namely a French Louis XVI Brass and MOP Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady.
Box inlaid wi...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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-...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Ormolu
$1,356 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Theodore Haviland Limoges Jewelry Box, Limoges Porcelain Trinket Box by Haviland
Located in Miami, FL
Theodore Haviland Limoges Jewelry Box, Limoges Porcelain Trinket Box,
Louis XVI style porcelain jewelry box.
A lovely Haviland Limoges jewelry box or trinket box perfect for storing...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Ormolu and Marble Cherub Clock Set by H Luppens Paris
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A large and magnificent clock set by the renown bronze founder H Luppens of Brussels. Classically modelled in the Louis XVI style, the clock features three ormolu cherubs toiling to ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Rouge Griotte Marble and Ormolu Clock Set
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Large Antique French 19th Century Ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble clock set of exquisite craftsmanship. This spectacular clock set is comprising a pair of very large ni...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Griotte Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Gilt-Tooled Leather Box
Located in Kittery Point, ME
With a domed cover, the interior with red silk lining, the whole with gilt iron mounts and lock box.
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather
A Louis XVI Style Mantel Fine Gilt-Bronze Clock by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Very Fine Gilt-Bronze Clock With A White Marble Base by François Linke.
The case signed 'Linke'.
This rare example of a clock by François Linke has a twin train eight-day mov...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
Circa 1880 Louis XVI Style Green Marble Urn Bronze Dore Mounts
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Unique piece purchased in France.
Gorgeous Green Marble
See detailed photos
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Marble
Antique Wall Double Picture Frame, Louis XVI. Style, France, 5 x 5 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful double brass picture frame for wall installation, France, circa 1880.
Picture size: 4,5 cm x 4,5 cm.
Hanging ring on the top for wall installation, hidden behind a wonderfu...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
French Louis XVI style Clock 2 dials Gilt Bronze w Sèvres Porcelain 19th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Hallmarked "Gantter" at nearly each bronze part. Movement and assembly presumably by Vincent et Cie, Paris, France, circa 1860.* Very rare and authentic giant 19th century clock. Thi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Brass, 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 ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Pair 19th C. French Signed Baccarat Opaline Double Overlay Blue-Cut-White Vases
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Highly Important, Monumental, and Rare Pair of 19th Century French Signed Baccarat Opaline Double Overlay Cobalt Blue Cut-To-White Opaline Vases with Hand-Enameled Floral Designs, ...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
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...
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1770s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu, Enamel
Four Baccarat Crystal Vases, by H. Vian ; H.Dasson & Baccarat, France, C. 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
A very fine and rare set of four baluster-shaped covered vases made of faceted ovoid cut Baccarat crystal and adorned with a bronze mount of exceptional quality and kept with its ori...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Candlestick Rock Crystal and Gilt Bronze the Pair, 18th Century Style
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of rock crystal candlesticks on a Louis XVI style gilt bronze mount. Circular molded base with gilt bronze ornaments such as beads and waterleaves friezes, also visible on the b...
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
$2,593 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt Brass & Ceramic Jardiniere
Located in Firenze, IT
A stunning example of French craftsmanship, this jardiniere features a pierced and chased gilt metal (likely bronze or brass) exterior showcasing the refined aesthetics of the Louis ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Metal, Ormolu, Bronze, Brass
Exceptional French Three Graces Piece Rotary Mystery Clock Set Candelabra Suite
By Henry Dasson
Located in Roslyn, NY
Exceptional 19th century, French 'Three Graces' annular dial clock, bronze and marble clock, with Roi-de-bleu enamel globe surmounted by Cupid. The ...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Dore Bronze Mounted Cut Crystal Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This antique crystal box is a true gem. The cut crystal is mesmerizing, due to its hand-chiseled facets that catch the light reflecting it in a t...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
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Crystal, Bronze
Impressive 19th Century Bronze Ormolu Mounted Cut Glass Covered Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This important pair of Empire period vases, crafted in France during the first half of the 19th century, showcases exceptional artistry and refined elegance. The vases, made from exq...
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1830s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
"Geniuses of the Arts" Gilded Bronze and Marble Clock Set by G. Fabre, c. 1900
By Samuel Marti, G. Fabre
Located in PARIS, FR
Dial signed G. Fabre, 4 rue des Filles du Calvaire, Paris
Clockwork signed Samuel Marti – Médaille d’Or 1900
A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and statuary Carrare marble clock set, consisting of a clock and a pair candelabra...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
pair of Tuscan early 19th century Louis XVI st. Terra Cotta urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and finely detailed pair of Tuscan early 19th century Louis XVI st. Terra Cotta urns. Each attractive Pot Pourri urn is raised on a circular socle shaped base with mottle...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Cobalt blue Porcelain Five-Light Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Origin: French
Date: circa 19th century
Dimension: 23" x 9-1/4".
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Provencal Ceramic Centerpiece, Louis XVI Style
Located in Miami, FL
Traditional 18th century French Louis XVI Provençal table fountain, today's use a lovely centerpiece. This beautiful item is quite tall and will look stunning on any piece of furnitu...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Style set of Gilt Bronze and Enamel Sconces by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
Louis XVI Style set of Gilt Bronze and Enamel Sconces by Gherardo Degli Albizzi. This fine set of wall sconces is crafted entirely of gilded bronze and decorated with elements typica...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Mantel Clock 19th Century Styl Empire by Ferdinand Berthoud À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
Ormolu bronze mantel clock flanked by a troubadour and musical instruments, signed 'Ferdinand Berthoud a Paris'.
The end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century was a crucial time in which new technological advances helped to make watches more accurate and more portable. During the 1790s, the production of gilded bronze increased considerably as working conditions improved. The freedom of trade initiated by the French Revolution allowed many casters to develop large factories. The new factory environment gave them a chance to execute all stages of bronze work including drawing, casting, gilding, assembly, and trade of art objects. While the bronzers took creative liberty in creating all kinds of clocks in contrast to the noble and rigorous structure carried by the movement of neoclassicism. Under the reign of Empire, the case designs started gradually to develop away from a proportionate and strict classicism towards a baroque style and revival style. The rediscovery of medieval civilization was one of the intellectual curiosities of the beginning of the 19th century, with much input from the Ancien Régime and its institutions, rites and the medieval churches in which family ceremonies occurred.
This early nineteenth-century figural mantel clock is surmounted by a medieval musician. To be more precise, it is a french troubadour. Troubadours were known for composing and performing lyric poetry for the nobility back during medieval times. The clock is featuring a chiselled bronze troubadour, dressed in medieval fashion while holding a flute, playing a tune from sheet music called "Du Troubadour" that is resting on top of the rectangular clock case. In addition to that, the clock features a gilt bronze lute or vielle resting on a small stool on the opposite side of the clock’s case. The white enamel dial features the inscription Berthoud and is underlined by a bronze entourage chiselled with palmette motif, plus encompassed by c-scrolls and wreaths. The original hands are in blued steel and encircled by Roman numerals indicating hour next to Arabic numerals indicating minutes.
The small details that adorn the hexagonal plinth are reliefs, depicting two water fountains or basins on both sides with a lyre in between. The sculpted image of a lyre raised above the background features also foliage garlands tied on top with ribbons. The clock rests on seven spinning feet.
The clock was made in the well-known workshop of the Berthoud’s family that was recognized for their excellent work by the King.
Berthoud Clockmakers History.
Ferdinand Berthoud was a horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping as well as a Swiss clockmaker serving the king of France, that produced many marine clocks, including a weight-driven version that inspired the first American sea-going clock. He was born in Plancemont, Switzerland, the son of an architect and judiciary. In 1741 he began a three-year apprenticeship as a clockmaker under his brother, Jean-Henri. He made his first marine chronometer in 1754 (sent for trial in 1761) and in 1764 was appointed a member of the Royal Society, London and Horloger Mécanicien de Sa Majesté et de la Marine ayant l'inspection de la construction des Horloges Marines. In 1769, Ferdinand Berthoud sent for his nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754–1813), commonly known as Louis Berthoud, a talented young watchmaker and clockmaker, inviting him to come to Paris from Couvet, Switzerland, to pursue his apprenticeship. Louis helped Ferdinand manufacture and repair the sea clocks...
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