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.
Handmade Louis Seize Brass Crystal Chandelier Rare French Style Ceiling Lamp
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant Louis XVI Style Chandelier – Handcrafted Masterpiece with Crystal Drops This exclusive chandelier is a true work of classical craftsmanship, inspired by the refined elegance...
Crystal, Brass
Ornate 19th Century Louis XVI French Crystal and Brass Chandelier with 12 Lights
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional 19th century ornate French brass and glass chandelier, in very fine, original, clean and working condition. This outstanding chandelier features 12 candle lights, each...
Brass
$1,946Sale 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
21st Century, 3 Lights Billiard Chandelier in Golden Bronze
Located in Calenzano, FI
3 Lights billiard chandelier in patinated gold bronze. The metal parts are in patinated gold bronze. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique ...
Bronze
A beautiful pair of French Baccarat Crystal chandeliers with 16 lights
By Baccarat
Located in London, GB
This is a pair of large Baccarat crystal chandeliers are exceptionally refined examples. Each chandelier has a two-tier composition. A tall, tapering upper canopy formed from cascad...
Crystal
Rare 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Copper and Bronze Lampe Bouillotte
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Called a "lampe bouillotte" in French, this late eighteenth century Louis XVI period lamp was originally used for the card game of the same name, la bouillotte, which became popular ...
Bronze, Copper
21st-Century, 12-Lights Porcelain and Bronze Chandelier
Located in Calenzano, FI
12-lights chandelier in light-green porcelain and bronze in burnished. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The lampshades are...
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
Antique French Porcelain & Gilt Bronze Serves Style Scenic Vase Table Lamp
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique French Porcelain & Gilt Bronze Serves Style Scenic Vase Table Lamp Additional information: Materials: bronze, porcelain Color: bronze Styled After: Manufacture de Sevre...
Bronze
Italian Versaille Style Brass and Glass Hall Lantern, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Elegant Italian hall lantern crafted in solid brass with faceted glass panels, dating to the 1930s. The lantern features a finely proportioned octagonal body composed of individually...
Brass
Exquisite Antique French Baccarat Crystal Louis XVI Style Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This magnificent antique French Baccarat chandelier, crafted in the elegant Louis XVI style, is a testament to Baccarat’s renowned mastery of fine crystal artistry. Featuring twelve ...
Crystal, Brass
$10,500 / set
Large Pair of French Brass & Crystal Girandole Lamps
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A massive pair of French 19th century brass and crystal girandoles also known as table chandeliers, now electrified as lamps. This fine pair of glittering light fixtures have brass s...
Crystal, Brass
Elegant Gilt Bronze Table Lamp – Louis XVI Style, Early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Gilt Bronze Table Lamp – Louis XVI Style, Early 20th Century A stately gilt bronze table lamp inspired by the French master Claude Galle and the refined elegance of the Lo...
Bronze
$2,779Sale Price / set|20% Off
Napoleon III Pair of gilt bronze ormolu wall sconces France
Located in Valladolid, ES
Elegant pair of large gilt bronze wall sconces, late Napoleon III period. Late 19th-early 20th century. The central front is ornamented with a large bow with cascading ends and divi...
Ormolu
$3,996Sale Price / set|40% Off
Pair of Monumental Early 1900s Era French Dore' Gilt Bronze Sconces with Figures
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exceptional pair of monumental French gilt bronze sconces from the early 1900s captures the opulence and grandeur of Belle Époque design. Cast in finely detailed dore’ bronze, e...
Bronze
Fabrication Française, Louis XVI Style Spelter Cassolette Lamp, circa 1915
Located in Chatham, ON
Fabrication Française (Consortium of French Foundries - Active 1892-1915) - Antique Louis XVI style Cassolette lamp - medium size - verdigris finish - ...
Spelter
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze chandelier exhibiting the finest casting, with 12 candle arms suspended by four chains with numerous rock crystal pendants and sphere at the ...
Rock Crystal, 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
Antique Louis XVI Style Bronze Desk/Table Lamp with Blue Iridescent Glass Shade
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An elegant antique desk or table lamp in Louis XVI style. The lamp is made of copper and casted bronze. With a blue iridescent glass lampshade. The foot has inside a stone weight for...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Bronze & Crystal Sconces
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of Louis XVI style two-light cast bronze sconces with scrolled arms and a variety of crystal prisms and pendalogues and faceted bead chains. Good heavy casting. Rewired with n...
Crystal, Bronze
Large Louis XVI Style Chandelier In Crystal And Gilded Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
Very beautiful chandelier in the Louis XVI style in the shape of a hot air balloon with 6 light arms and 6 light points in the center. Rich crystal ornamentation in the form of gar...
Crystal, 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
Antique French Louis XVI Style Crystal, Cut Glass, and Bronze Ceiling Light
Located in Barntrup, DE
Antique French Louis XVI Style Crystal, Cut Glass, and Bronze Ceiling Light, circa 1900 An elegant French ceiling light in the Louis XVI Revival style, dating to circa 1900. Crafted...
Crystal, Bronze
Basket Chandelier In Green Lacquered Metal Foliage & Meissen Porcelain Flowers
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice important basket chandelier is made of green lacquered metal foliage and very nice and fine Meissen porcelain flowers. This is a French work in the Louis XVI style. Ci...
Brass
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
Antique 1900 French Louis XVI Chandelier, Iron & Crystal Design
Located in Austin, TX
French chandelier in the Louis XVI style. The fixture features a hand hammered gilt iron structure boasting a rich array of mouth blown crystal teardrops. This fixture has been newly...
Crystal, Iron
Pair Antique Louis XVI Style Bronze Wall Sconces / Wall Lights Torches
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A pair antique large wall sconces / lights, made of cold gilded bronze. The torch-shaped lamps have molded satin glass lampshades in the shape of fire torches...
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Sconces After Pierre Gouthière (1732 - 1813)
Located in Toronto, CA
An exquisite pair of Louis XVI style bronze and ormolu sconces after a model by Pierre Gouthière (1732 - 1813). French, early nineteenth century. These beautifully cast sconces are i...
Bronze
Pair of Antique French Classical Urn Style Table Lamps with Cherubs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Antique French Classical Urn Style Table Lamps with Cherubs Country: France Materials: Painted Bronze, Carrara Marble Condition: Newly Rew...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) gilt bronze chandelier with 8 scroll form arms emanating from a solid center shaft with a tapered finial bottom (with original chain)
Bronze
$967Sale Price|50% Off
Large Pair of Bronze Wall Lamp French Louis XVI Style 20th Century
Located in La xara, VC
Pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze sconces from the first half of the 20th century. This model of sconces of great class has an illuminated handle. Model of the Grand Hotels and lar...
Brass, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Palm Frond Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Palm Frond Chandelier. Offered is a stunning early 20th century French gilt bronze palm frond chandelier featuring two tiers, each with a total of ...
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th century French gilt bronze and beaded crystals chandelier with 12 lights
Crystal, 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
Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
Vintage gilt bronze and tole 2-light bouillotte lamp. Round bronze base and oval gilt and painted tole adjustable shade with two arm candle lights and wreath finial.
Bronze
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
Pair of French Louis XVI Style White Marble & Gilt Bronze Swan-Handle Urn Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of French Louis XVI Style White Marble & Gilt Bronze Swan-Handle Urn Lamps A grand pair of French Louis XVI-style urns, dating to the late 19th century and later mounted as...
Marble, Ormolu
Signed Baccarat Gilt Bronze And Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This beautifully proportioned 19th Century signed Baccarat chandelier, originally candle powered has been electrfied. The gilt bronze frame ...
Crystal, Ormolu
Early 20th century Gilt Bronze & Patinated Metal Louis XVI Style Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This exquisite five-arm candelabra lamp, crafted in the early 20th century, embodies the opulent Louis XVI style. Adorned with lavish gilt bronze mounts, the lamp features floral and...
Metal, Bronze
French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and small scale French late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier. This stunning chandelier showcases an upside down umbrella shape centered at the bott...
Crystal, Ormolu
$5,665Sale Price / set|39% Off
Louis XVI Style French Majestic Pair of Crystal and Bronze Girandoles
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Monum...
Crystal, Bronze
Large French Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Grapevine chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An elegant and finely cast Large French late 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu grape chandelier, beautifully blending grapes and grapevines with the classical symmetry of Louis XVI...
Ormolu
21st Century, 6-Lights Chandelier in clear Crystal and Bronze
Located in Calenzano, FI
6-Lights chandelier in clear crystal and gold patinated bronze, with clear and red pendants in murano glass. The parts in crystal are hand-carved. Each object is handcrafted and th...
Crystal, 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
French Bronze Chandelier, circa 1900s
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
A large Louis XVI style six-light massiv bronze chandelier, France, circa 1900s. Socket: 6 x e14 for standard screw bulb (newly rewired).
Bronze
Pair of Italian Gilt Wood Wall Sconces Appliques Lights
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of Two Giltwood Wall Candle Sconces, 1960's Italy. Elegant wall sconces with beautiful detail throughout, including bows and ribbons as well as leaves and tassels. The hand-paint...
Giltwood
French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Torchiere Floor Lamp
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Louis XVI style gilt wood torchiere floor lamp. Turned pole with dark aged patina and bright tôle uplight shade. Rewired with new cord. Circa 1890-1900. Dimensi...
Giltwood
Pair of Italian Genovese Empire Chandeliers in Crystal and Gilded Wood 1780s
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of Antique 1780 Genoese Empire Chandeliers in Crystal, also colored, authentic, finely carved in gilded wood, original and perfectly restored and re-electrified. This unique pa...
Crystal, Brass, Wrought Iron
Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Style Knot & Tassel Appliqué Wall Candle Sconces
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing matching pair of gilt bronze sconces in the shape of knotted ribbons holding two candle arms. These amazing set were produced in the 19th-century in France. Both remarkable ...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of Gilt Bronze and Crystal Sconces, French 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Magnificent large French 19 century pair of Louis XV style ormolu mounted and cut crystal Five light sconces. Meticulous attention has been given to every details, the sconces are b...
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
20th Century French Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite 20th-century French chandelier epitomizes the grandeur of Louis XVI-style design, blending neoclassical elegance with ornate craftsmanship. Crafted from gilded wood an...
Metal
Wonderful French Rock Crystal Gold Gilt 8 Light Bird Cage Baguès Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful rock crystal and gold gilt Baguès / Louis XVI style 8 candelabra light, bird cage form chandelier, completely rewired with new sockets.
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Antique French Louis XVI Style 6-Light Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Antique (19th century) bronze chandelier in the French Louis XVI neoclassical style with reticulated central ring with guilloche motif and long faceted crystal pendants, six candle a...
Bronze
21st-Century, Hand Carved Crystal and Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Calenzano, FI
2-lights table lamp in handcut clear crystal and golden bronze. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this table l...
Crystal, Bronze
18th Century French Fire-Gilded Bronze Electried Church Chandelier
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A very fine, large fire-gilded bronze church chandelier in Louis XVI style, France, late 18th century. This wonderful piece is finely elaborate in precise detail decorated with elega...
Bronze
$5,000Sale Price|42% Off
Wonderful French Dore Bronze Crystal Basket Cherub Putti Louis XVI Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French dore bronze & patinated & graduating crystal strand basket chandelier with cherub / putti each holding a garland wreath in the manner of Louis XVI, chandelier has ...
Crystal, Bronze
21st Century, Desk lamp in golden bronze with porcelain base
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century desk lamp in golden bronze and with porcelain base decorated with sky with clouds and pure gold decorations. The metal parts are finely chiselled. The joint on the bar a...
Bronze
Pair Bagues-Style Girandoles, Early 20th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a finely detailed small pair of French Bronze Girandoles that date to the beginning of the 20th century. The numerous swags are composed of cut crystal beads. The swags are s...
Crystal, Bronze
Gilt Bronze Louis XVI Style Chandelier by Maison Mottheau
Located in New York, NY
Finest quality 19 century French gilt bronze and blue cold paint Louis XVI Style 12 light chandelier by Maison Mottheau with Churib Motif.
Bronze
French Louis XVI, Chandelier, Dore Bronze, Crystal, France, 19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
French Louis XVI, Chandelier or Pendant Light, Dore Bronze, Crystal, France, 19th Century An outstanding quality Dore bronze chandelier from the 1860s, having four tiers of fine cut...
Crystal, Bronze