Louis XVI Garniture
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.
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Style: Louis XVI
A Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Sèvres Porcelain Clock Garniture Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Royal Louis XVI Style Three-Piece Sèvres Gilt and Cobalt-Blue Ground Ormolu-Mounted Porcelain Urn and Clock Garniture Set. The finely decorated figura...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
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Bronze, Ormolu
Magnificent Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Pink Chinese Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, 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 Garniture
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of lapis and gilt bronze krater vases
Located in London, GB
Each krater form vase in this pair is made of gilt bronze mounted lapis lazuli. The vases stand on square gilt bronze bases which attach to the feet of the vases with acanthus leaf g...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
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Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary and fantastic quality antique French Louis XVI style and sevres style pink ground three piece pot-pourri and four arm candelabra garniture set. This unusual and quit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
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Antique Pair of Decorative Vases in Royal Blue Porcelain and Gilt
Located in London, GB
A pair of gilt bronze and porcelain vases.
Rising from a rounded cut-corner square marble base, the miniature blue de roi-glazed porcelain ewers dressed with gilt bronze mounts; t...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
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French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze & Lapis Lazuli Garniture Set
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Antique French Louis XVI Style Figural Gilt Bronze and Lapis Lazuli three piece garniture set of exquisite craftsmanship featuring a central figural clock and a pair of candelabras. The central superb gilt bronze clock is embellished with two cherubic gilt bronze figures, large gilt bronze...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted White Marble Cassolettes
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted White Marble Cassolettes
All original, finely chased gilt-bronze with removable acanthus leaf tops, the three legs with satyr heads at the top...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Marble Clock and Garniture Set, Louis XVI Style
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
French marble clock and garniture set, Louis XVI style.
Crystal regulator clock with marble base and pillars, surmounted with cast bronze panthe...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
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 Garniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Clock Garniture
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain clock garniture
French, 19th century
Measures: Clock height 46cm, width 29cm, depth 24c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Tiffany & Co, French Louis XVI, Clock, Garniture Set, Bronze, Marble, France
Located in Manhasset, NY
Tiffany French Louis XVI Clock Garniture Set, Bronze, Marble, 19th/20th Century
A French Louis XVI style three-piece gilt bronze and w...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
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 Garniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Marble, Bronze, Gold Plate
Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Rouge Griotte Marble Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Louis XVI style ormolu and rouge griotte marble clock set
French, 1867
Clock: height 67cm, width 46cm, depth 28cm
Candelabra: height 81cm...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Griotte Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French Malachite and Gilt Bronze Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Malachite and gilt bronze vases
French, 20th century
Measures: Height 63cm, width 40cm, depth 31cm
Each vase in this pair is ...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Clock Garniture with Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu
By Arnold & Lewis 1
Located in London, GB
A Garniture de Chemineé in the Louis XVI taste
By Arnold & Lewis (late Simmons)
The mantle clock, and its two matched vases, are constructed in jewelled 'Sèvres' style porcelain, hand and polychrome decorated, with gilt highlights and finely gilt bronze. The clock, rising from toupie feet, supports a rectangular base frame with rounded ends, set with cast stiff leaf decoration, and having inset Roi de Bleu and gilt work panels; over, the circular porcelain dial, signed by the maker (qv) has Roman numerals and blued steel hands, and is set over a central porcelain panel with a bucolic scene, and flanked by elliptical female portraits; the ends are curved and conformingly polychrome and gilt decorated; the whole is surmounted by a decorated twin handled urn, having a pine cone finial, set on an addorsed acanthi gilt bronze base. The two train clock...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of Signed Antique Baccarat Crystal and Bronze Compotes or Centerpieces
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of antique French Louis XVI style, signed Baccarat hand diamond cut crystal and bronze doré, first quality, footed compotes or centerpieces. The cut crystal is in excelle...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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 Garniture
Materials
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Pair Of Antique Red Marble Tripod Vases In The Louis XVI Style Circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Pair Of Antique Red Marble Tripod Vases In The Louis XVI Style Circa 1880
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Ormolu Clock and Candlesticks Set with Rouge Marble, Circa 1880's
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French exquisite quality Ormolu clock and candlesticks of Vatican rouge marble, circa 1875-1885
Clock measures 15” H x 10” W x 4 1/2” D
Candlestick measures 13” H x 7” W ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century Sevre Style Porcelain and Ormolu Assembled Ganiture
Located in London, GB
The bodies of the three pieces delicately painted with scenes of romantic courtship signed by the artist on a background of raised gilt and royal blue.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Mid-19th Century Vases in Ural Granite and Gilt Bronze, Louis XVI Style
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Ural granite and gilt bronze ornamental vases in Louis XVI style. Young women in gilt bronze sit on the shoulders of the granite vases to form the handles, their backs bent s...
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1850s Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Gilt-Bronze and Cloisonné Garniture. France, 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt-bronze and cloisonné garniture, France, 19th century.
Clock works.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Garniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
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Markings:
Pendulum stamped "R" "1721" ormolu on clock & garnitures stamped "1321"; possibly attributed to R. Freres / Raingo Freres.
Dial signed by French enameller "F. Lapointe, Paris"
Movement stamped by the firm of well-known French clockmaker Samuel Marti et Cie, Paris, second half of 19th century.
Dimensions: (approx)
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18.5" High, 36" Wide, 5.5" Deep; 27.5 lbs total.
Clock:
18.5" High, 13" Wide, 5.5" Deep;
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12" High, 8" Wide, 4.25" Deep;
Condition:
Presents splendidly. Great original unrestored antique condition. Currently not operating as it's lacking a suspension spring. Retaining bell, pendulum, and key. Losses to decorative elements. Wear consistent with age and use.
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Louis Xvi garniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI garniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. 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.