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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
French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze and Ormolu Statue by Schoenwerck
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu statue of a maiden, signed by Alexander Schoenwerck. The bronze is raised by an impressive Black Belgium ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Statue of a Maiden
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu statue of a beautiful maiden, attributed to Pierre Louis Detrier. The statue is raised by a lovely scallo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Lapis Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and large-scaled pair of early 19th century French Louis XVI st. ormolu and Lapis Lazuli four arm candelabras. The pair with all original gilt is raised by a triangular...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu

Pair of Military Bronzes by Etienne Henri Dumaige
Located in London, GB
Representing two separate moments in the French Revolution, the uprising against Louis XVIth, and the fall of the monarchy in 1792. One subject being a drummer, marked a^??Avant le c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Lyre Clock Garniture, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style cobalt blue porcelain and gilt-bronze lyre clock garniture, with jewel set pendulum. French, circa 1900. The candelabra bearing a paper label to the und...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Statues, Signed Carl Kauba
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu statues, signed Carl Kauba. Each patinated bronze winged cherub is dated 1...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Brèche Verte d'Egypte and ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a square ormolu base with cut rounded corners and a fine fitt...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Red Granite Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and red granite urns. Each urn is raised by an elegant square base with a fine mottled border and a wrap around palmette des...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Granite, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Patinated Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu and white Carrara marble statue. The statue is raised by a beautiful square white Carrara marbl...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu, Bronze and Marble Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Vert de Patricia marble statue of drummer boys. The statue is raised by a rectangular Vert...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Bronze Signed J. Gautherin
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze signed J. Gautherin. The statue is raised by a circular mottled patinated bronze base where a stamp of th...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabras. Each candelabras is raised by fine mottled bun shaped feet below the square white Carrara marble base. The bases display charming intertwined ormolu plaques at the fronts fitted within fine recessed panels while the elegant circular central supports display lovely fluted designs with finely detailed fitted ormolu foliate chandelles. Above, each of the richly chased ormolu Puttis...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French Early 19th Century Louis XVI St Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French early 19th century Louis XVI style with white carrara and black Belgian marble and ormolu two light candelabras. The pair are raised by a square white Carrera marble...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Carrara and Ormolu Ewers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. white carrara marble and ormolu ewers attributed to Henry Dasson. Each ewer is raised by square ormolu bases with fine block feet...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Crystal and Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. crystal and ormolu vases. Each circular tapered shaped crystal vase displays beautiful thick cut crystal with diamond shaped de...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu statues. Each statue is raised by a square base with a Fine ground like design. Abov...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Rouge Griotte Marble Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and extremely charming French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble statue. The statue is raised by an elegant circular Rouge Griotte marble base ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Petite Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Fluorspar Cassolettes
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of petite Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted fluorspar cassolettes. Each cassolette having an ovoid form fluorspar body surmounted by a gilt-bronze stiff-leaf cast neck, ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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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 Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Bronze Seven-Light Candelabra After Clodion Cast, Suse Frères French circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of gilt and patinated bronze seven-light candelabra, after a model by Clodion, Cast by Suse Frères. Stamped 'Susse Fres'. The candelabra are in the form of patinat...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Pair of French Late 18th century Louis XVI Ormolu Candlesticks
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very fine pair of Louis XVI period candlesticks of unusual form. Each with an ovoid white marble body issuing a floral spray with a flower head nozzle, supported by three curved mo...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of silver plated Louis XVI style candlesticks, Napoleon III period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Louis XVI style two fires candleholders in chiseled and silvered plate. Oval tapered base standing on four decorated with a laurel wreath torus and cartouches. Central struct...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Pair of Late 18th Century Louis XVI Cassolettes Candleholders
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A fine pair of Louis XVI white marble and gilt bronze cassolettes in the form of atheniennes. Each with a domed and pierced cover to reveal the candleholder, the egg ovoid shaped whi...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI Style Marble Vases in the Manner of Pierre Gouthière
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of gilt-bronze mounted Incarnat Turquin marble vases in the manner of Pierre Gouthière. Each vase is mounted with finely cast gilt bronze fema...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze

19th C. Louis XVI Style Jardinière in the Manner of Henry Dasson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century French, King Louis XVI style wood jardinière. Hand painted porcelain plaque with five ormolu mounts, in the manner of Henry Dasson.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Wood

A pair of Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. etched Crystal and Ormolu vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and finely detailed pair of Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. etched Crystal and Ormolu vases. Each vase is raised by a triangular mottled Ormolu base with squared en...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of Cast Bronze Candelabras in Louis XVI Style Signed Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of cast bronze candelabras in Louis XVI style signed Ferdinand Barbedienne, France, late 19th century.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze

pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte marble and Ormolu busts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and small scale true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Rouge Griotte marble and Ormolu busts. These wonderful Ormolu busts depict 'Jean qui rit et Jean qui pleure'...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Griotte Marble, Ormolu

Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Pink Granite And Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and extremely decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. pink Granite and ormolu lidded urns. The pair are raised on circular ormolu bases below the mottled G...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze And Alabaster Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze and Alabaster statues. Each wonderful statue is raised on a circular Alabaster base with a fine mottled band. Th...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze

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 Decorative Objects

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI Rouge Griottle marble candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality and elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Patinated Bronze, Ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble two arm candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by a square...
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

A French 19th Century Pair of Louis XVI Style Candelabras, circa 1870
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French XIXth Century Pair of Louis XVI Style Candelabras Two candelabras in bronze very finely chiseled and gilded with two fluted branches, the twisted barrel from which escapes...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Brèche Violette Marble and Ormolu Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Brèche Violette marble and ormolu urns. Each urn is raised by fine circular fluted mottled ormolu feet below a rectangular Brèch...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Ormolu

French, 19th Century, Belle Époque Period Bronze and Ormolu Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning large scale French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze, silvered bronze and ormolu urn. The urn is raised by a square base below a fine circula...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Elle Époque Period Ormolu and Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble candelabras. The two arm candelabra are raised by beautiful...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu, and Notre Dame marble statue signed Clodion. The statue is raised on an elegant Notre Dam...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Statue Signed Machault
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and wonderfully executed French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu statue signed Machault. The statue is raised by a square base with an elegant mottled border where the si...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Tazzas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu tazzas. Each tazza is raised by a most elegant triangular shaped ormolu base with beautiful scrolled ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze, Ormolu

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, signed 'Rougelet'. The statue is raised by a circular base with a wonderfully execut...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. candelabras. Each candelabra is raised on a a white Carrara marble support with ormolu beaded trim at the base. The reeded colum...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Terra Cotta and Giltwood Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and finely detailed true pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. terra cotta and giltwood statues. Each statue is raised by an elegant circular mottled base where each ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Terracotta, Giltwood

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Statue of a Lady by Moreau
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb and high quality French 19th Century Louis XVI st. ormolu statue of a lady sitting by the sea, signed by Mathurin Moreau. The beautiful statue is raised by a circular mottle...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marble Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming small scale French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and marble statue. The statue is raised by a square marble base below a fine ormolu terrain design. The lovely winged ...
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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, 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 Decorative Objects

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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 Decorative Objects

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Onyx, Ormolu

Set of Three French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Garniture Compotes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. garniture set of three Porcelain de Paris compotes. The set consists of two circular and one oblong oval urns tha...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Porcelain

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and White Carrara Marble Candelabra
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabra, modeled after Clodion. The two arm candelabra is raised by fine topie shaped feet below the...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Onyx Statue of a Maiden
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and onyx statue of a maiden in the forest. The statue is raised by a lovely circular onyx base with a m...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Onyx, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Statue of Pierrot
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu statue of Pierrot singing. Pierrot is standing on a square base all dressed in his pantomime outfit playing his ukulele and singin...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze Sculptures
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze statues depicting Parisians during the Belle Epoque. One bronze is of a courting scene with a gentleman and a la...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Cherub Signed Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu cherub signed statues. The pair are raised by ormolu bun feet below a square Rouge Griotte marble base with mottled border...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Ormolu and Marble Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI style Belle Époque period ormolu and fleur de Pêcher marble statue. The most charming small scale statue is raised by its o...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Ormolu

Fannières Frères Desk Clock "Time Allegory" circa 1860
By Fannière Frères
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Fannières Frères Desk Clock Time Allegory Chased gilt and silvered bronze Desk Clock With an allegorical theme of Time in the form of a cherub suppor...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Ebony Three-Light Desk Stand, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze and ebony three-light desk stand. French, circa 1820. This elegant desk stand has an ebonized rectangular base with drawer, supporting a re-...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Decorative Objects

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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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