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.
Antique French Lantern Chandelier Louis XVI Style Brass and Glas Gold Handmade
Located in Berlin, DE
A classic lantern chandelier with a clear form and refined decorative details. The cylindrical structure is enclosed by a glass body, allowing the light to spread evenly and softly....
Brass
$1,926Sale Price / item|46% Off
Cylindrical Lantern in Louis XVI Style Brass Glass Pendant Lighting
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant Louis XVI Style Brass Lantern: Illuminate in Style Discover our exquisite collection of large cylindrical lanterns in the timeless Louis XVI style, a harmonious fusion of br...
Brass
Wonderful Pair Louis XVI Large Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Lantern Light Fixtures
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of Louis XVI Style Large Gold Gilt Lantern Cylinder Shaped Light Fixture, With 4 Interior Candelabra Lights, They Have Been Rewired, These Lantern Fixtures Come With...
Glass
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Lantern
Located in Houston, TX
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Lantern. Offered is a superb large scale antique French Louis XVI style bronze lantern with curved glass panels and three interior lights (candelabra so...
Bronze
$12,950Sale Price|28% Off
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Cut-Glass Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze and cut-glass beaded Cascade ten-light chandelier with garlands and a crown top with a floral canopy, circa 1900, Paris. ...
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Glass Hanging Lantern
Located in Kastrup, DK
French glass hanging lamp from the late 19th century, executed in the Louis XVI style. The mouth-blown glass shade is decorated with fine vertical fluting. It is supported by a bron...
Brass, Bronze
Rare Pair of French Luis XVI Bronze Lanterns with Cupids and Garlands of Flowers
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Pair of French Louis XVI Style Doré Bronze and Curved Glass circular shaped Lanterns with Cupids and Floral Garlands Presented as a pair, these French Louis XVI style lantern...
Bronze
Large French Louis XVI Style Bronze Etched Glass Four-Light Lantern
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Very large Louis XVI style four-light hexagonal lantern, France, 1920-1930. The lantern is made of solid brass with integrated cast bronze details, six curved sides with curved cut g...
Brass, Bronze
Large French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Crystal Four-Light Lantern, 1920-1930
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A very elegant gilt bronze and brass mounted cylindrical lantern with a central four-light candelabra cluster, France, 1920-1930. Finely handcrafted, clean lines and modern design in...
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
$3,158Sale Price / item|30% Off
Large Cylindrical Lantern in Louis XVI Style Brass Glass Pendant Lighting XXL
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant Louis XVI Style Brass Lantern: Illuminate in Style Discover our exquisite collection of large cylindrical lanterns in the timeless Louis XVI style, a harmonious fusion of br...
Brass
Large Cylindrical Lantern in Louis XVI Style Brass Glass Pendant Lighting
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant Louis XVI Style Brass Lantern: Illuminate with Distinction Explore our exquisite collection of large cylindrical lanterns crafted in the timeless Louis XVI style, a harmonio...
Brass
Fine Louis XVI Style Brass And Glass Four Light Chandelier
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine brass and glass chandelier with French Regency styling, lavishly designed with foliate relief flourishes and torch-like finials on arched supports over an openwork chain moti...
Brass
$1,045Sale Price|44% Off
French Triple Light Hall Lantern in Bronze Louis XVI Style
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
French Triple Light Hall Lantern in Bronze Louis XVI Style This attractive French Hall Lantern in bronze hangs from a floral decorated ceiling ro...
Bronze
Large Carved Giltwood Lantern from a Gilded Age Mansion.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Giltwood Square Shaped Lantern featuring a center dome and four shields flanked by garlands. Glass Panels. Removed from Whitemarsh Hall. France, circa 1910. 4 lights. Di...
Glass, Giltwood
French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Hanging Lantern
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (20th Century) gilt bronze lantern with a 3 light center within 4 bent glass panels having scroll forms above and below with an acorn finial bottom.
Bronze
Wonderful French Louis XVI Dore Bronze Blown Glass Regency Lantern Light Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Vintage French Louis XVI Style Dore Bronze And Blown Glass Panel, Regency Lantern Light Fixture With 3 Candelabra Internal Lights Accompanied By Chain And Canopy
Bronze
A French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu & Carved Alabaster Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular French Louis XVI style gilt bronze and carved alabaster chandelier. The chandelier is suspended from a domed gilt bronze canopy with acanthus leaf motifs and a heavy ch...
Alabaster, Bronze
Wonderful Louis XVI Large Gilt Bronze Baroque Hexagon Lantern Light Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Louis XVI Style Large Gold Gilt Bronze Lantern Hexagon Shaped Light Fixture, On The Interior 6 Candelabra Light Center Shaft That Has Been Rewired, This Lantern Fixture C...
Bronze
Massive Antique French Bronze Six Light Lantern Fixture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Magnificent and fine Antique French bronze hanging lantern. From Christies Catalog: "Duvaux delivered a lantern of this model in 1758 for the Salon ...
Bronze
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern. The lantern is modeled off an antechamber lantern still situated in the Palais de Versail...
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair French Patinated Copper & Tole Wall Lanterns with Ball Finials
Located in Litchfield, CT
Pair French patinated copper and tole wall lanterns with ball finials. Each with a front door that opens to reveal a single light socket with mottled mirror back plate. Foliate flour...
Metal
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Five-Light Chandelier
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A fine Louis XVI style five-arm chandelier of gilt bronze and parcel patinated, extremely ornate with great details, France, 1880-1890. This wonderful piece is in its original condi...
Bronze
19th Century French Copper Lantern
Located in Chireno, TX
19th century French copper lantern with glass panels. Lanterns can be wired for electricity or fitted for use with gas for an additional co...
Copper, Iron
A Palatial and Exceptional Large 19th Century Baccarat Cut Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A palatial and large 19th century Baccarat cut crystal chandelier composed of tiered crystal elements, hand-cut prisms, and acid-etched glass shades. The chandelier features a centra...
Crystal
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern. The lantern is modeled off an antechamber lantern still situated in the Palais de Versail...
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Large 19th/20th Century French Louis XVI Style Hand Wrought Lanterns
Located in Chicago, IL
An exquisite pair of French 19th/20th century Louis XVI patinated wrought-iron and glass lanterns, with a warm reddish brown hue. This style was inspired by the last King of France, ...
Wrought Iron
French Turn of the Century Louis XVI st. Wrought Iron lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative French Turn of the Century Louis XVI st. Wrought Iron lantern. The octagonal four arm four light lantern consist of an eight sided cage with bottom spheres below each corner. Along the top edge is a scalloped Iron band below a pierced band. Above the glass panel top is the top crown which is composed of circular and curved pressed bands with diamond and rounded decorations. Inside the curved and pressed bands forming the crown shape are palmette designed movements below a pierced spherical dome topped by a draping foliate decoration. Available with matching set of four...
Wrought Iron
Antique French Maison Baguès Attributed Beaded and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Antique French Maison Bagues attributed beaded and crystal chandelier. Unusual French Maison Baguès attributed Louis XVI style bronze and wood beaded and crystal chandelier. This stunning French nine-light beaded and crystal chandelier has been newly wired and dates to the 1920s. Dimensions as is: 31" H and 24" D. Our Baguès attributed chandelier would work well in a home with limited ceiling...
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Brass Lantern in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
A good hall lantern in the Louis XVI Manner. Of circular form, the frame in patinated bronze, cast and chased with a pattern of imbricated laurel leaves, with stud finials below, ...
Brass, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Hanging Lantern Pendant Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze dore 4 arm hanging lantern / pendant lamp with festoon design and 4 glass panels
Bronze
Bronze Lantern, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze lantern, circa 1950 Need new electric system. Original glasses missing. Bronze signed.
French Louis XVI Bronze Dore and Glass Hanging Lantern
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (20th Century) bronze dore round tapered shaped hanging lantern with 4 glass panels and 8 arms.
Bronze
$8,495Sale Price|32% Off
A French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier, Six-Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Charming French Louis XVI style gilt bronze six-light chandelier. Each candle arm conjoined with garlands above a cartouche ending with an acorn. The center stem with a floral loop...
Bronze
Monumental Versailles Style Lantern Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine bronze & gilt bronze Versailles style lantern featuring beveled crystal panels. France, circa 1900 Louis XVI Versailles style nine li...
Crystal, Bronze
Spectacular Antique French Silvered Bronze and Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular antique French silvered bronze and rock crystal chandelier of large scale. The chandelier is constructed in a tiered pyramidal form, descending in multiple levels of ca...
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Style Bronze D'Oré & Curved Glass Lantern, Circa 1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Bronze D'Oré & Curved Glass Lantern, Circa 1890's.
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Dore Bronze and Glass Figural Seven-Light Lantern
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous antique 19th century Louis XVI style French dore bronze and glass figural seven-light lantern. Beautifully cast, hand-chassed and hand-chiseled with the finest quality of ...
Bronze
Wonderful Large Doré Bronze Louis XVI Lantern Fixture Curved Glass Panels Bows
Located in Roslyn, NY
An elegant doré bronze five-light lanterns with etched ribbed bronze trim on top and bottom of the lantern are fluted reed trim with cross bows around a curved glass panel accented w...
Bronze
Wonderful Large Doré Bronze Louis XVI Lantern Fixture Curved Glass Panels Bows
Located in Roslyn, NY
An elegant doré bronze five-light lanterns with etched ribbed bronze trim on top and bottom of the lantern are fluted reed trim with cross bows around a curved glass panel accented w...
Bronze
Unique Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Cut Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A unique antique French Louis XVI style ormolu and cut crystal chandelier. The chandelier is designed in a tent and bag form, with strands of faceted cut crystal beads descending fro...
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of French Louis XVI Baguès Style Rock Crystal and Bronze Chandeliers
Located in New York, NY
A large and spectacular pair of French Louis XVI-style rock crystal and bronze chandeliers. Each chandelier is structured with a central gilt bronze frame composed of scrolling branc...
Rock Crystal, Crystal, Bronze
A Very Fine Gilt Bronoze Cylindrical Lantern
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Vrey Fine & Elegant Gilt Bronze Lantern in the Louis XVI taste featuring laurel garlands, curved glass panels and bottom pierced gallery. 4 lights. France, circa 1910. Dimensi...
Bronze
Louis XVI Bronze d’Ore Chandelier, French 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
This French Louis XVI chandelier is made of bronze d’ore, dates back to the 19th century, and is elegant in simplicity. The piece features ...
Bronze, Gold
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Crystal Lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern. The lantern is modeled off an antechamber lantern still situated in the Palais de Versail...
Crystal, Ormolu
Large Louis XVI style Hall Lantern
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Magnificent Large Lantern in the Louis XVI Neoclassical Taste, having a curved bronze on bronze - tone metal frame, pinecone finials, laurel swags, all of great quality. Conforming...
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Gilt and Silvered Bronze Figural Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French Louis XVI style gilt bronze and silvered bronze figural chandelier embellished with four figures of soldiers. The chandelier featur...
Bronze
$19,000 / set
Pair of Lanterns Crystal and Bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very beautiful pair of lanterns Louis XVI style, crystal and bronze finely executed, very rare in this shape and surely executed by a very great parisian bronzier of his time.
Crystal, Bronze
French Baguès Style Cage Form Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Parrot Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
French Baguès Style Cage Form Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Parrot Chandelier This chandelier is composed of a gilt bronze cage-form frame adorned ...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Exceptional Wrought Iron Castle Lantern circa 1930 Very Nice Work of Ironwork
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Exceptional wrought iron castle lantern circa 1930 Very nice work of ironwork and bolts Provenance chateau in the center of France.
Wrought Iron
Fine Antique French Baguès Style Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An unusual and delicate antique French chandelier in the Baguès style, composed of gilt bronze and rock crystal. The chandelier is arranged with a central stem from which radiate eig...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Wonderful Doré Reeded Bronze Louis XVI Lantern Light Fixture Curved Glass Panels
Located in Roslyn, NY
An elegant doré bronze three-light lantern with etched ribbed bronze trim on top and bottom of the lantern are fluted reed trim around a curved glass panel. The fixture has three can...
Bronze
$27,960Sale Price / set|20% Off
Large Pair of French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and impressive pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze two-light wall sconces, each lumière with a circular foliate backplate suspended by a ribbon tied o...
Bronze
Antique Baguès French Louis XVI St Gilt Bronze and Cut Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A superb antique French Louis XVI style chandelier attributed to Baguès, composed of gilt bronze and cut rock crystal. The chandelier is arranged in a tiered form with scrolling gilt...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
$2,250 / item
Painted and Giltwood Six Sided Lantern
Located in Atlanta, GA
Painted and giltwood six-sided lantern. Three lights.
Wood
Pair of Fine Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Figural Chandeliers
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite pair of fine antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze figural chandeliers. Each chandelier is structured around a central baluster-form body, richly cast and finished ...
Bronze
A Fine Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze & Cut Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze & Cut Rock Crystal Chandelier. The chandelier is composed of a circular gilt bronze frame supporting eight candle-form lights...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Fine French Bagues Style Silvered and Cut Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A fine French Baguès style silvered copper, cut rock crystal, and glass multi-light chandelier of great detail, embellished with cut rock crystal prisms and glass beads. The overall ...
Rock Crystal, Copper
$4,160Sale Price|20% Off
1900's lantern crystal and bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful crystal and bronze lantern that can mixed with any style in a house, very refined and when it is lit it illuminates the room
Crystal, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Crystal Lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern. The lantern is modeled off an antechamber lantern still situated in the Palais de Versail...
Crystal, Ormolu
palatial lantern in bronze and glass louis XVI style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent palatial lantern louis XVI style in gilded bronze ,four arm hanging lantern lamp four glass panels
Bronze