Louis XVI Lighting
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
Pair! FREDERICK COOPER COLUMN MARBLE LAMPS French Louis XVI Style White Gold
Located in Peoria, AZ
EXQUISITE !
PAIR FREDERICK COOPER
COLUMN MARBLE LAMPS
LOUIS XVI STYLE
(DIMENSIONS: APPROX. 31" x 16")
Frederick Cooper lamps have been around for almost a century! A designer by trade he soon began producing some of the most elegant and tasteful lamps for interior decorators to use in their masterpiece interiors!
Here, a magnificent pair of Louis XVI styled marble lamps...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Metal
$7,200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Bronze Two-Light Sconces with Hunting Horns
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XVI style bronze two-light sconces from the 19th century with tied ribbons, foliage motifs and hunting horn arms. This pair of French bronze sconces features a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19thc FrenchLouis XVI style Bronze w/ Amethyst & Clear Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Opa Locka, FL
19thc French Louis XVI style Bronze with Amethyst and Clear crystal Chandelier. Baccarat bobesche. This beautiful chandelier is in the style of Baccarat.
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal
$2,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Multi Tiered Romantic French Bronze Dore & Crystal Chandelier
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning French gilt bronze multi-tiered chandelier. Circa 1920's, this chandelier features 6 candelabra arms in addition to 4 graduating tiers of crystals. The bronze work is beauti...
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Large Twelve Light Crystal and Bronze Chandelier Attributed to Bagues
Located in New York, NY
A very fine twelve light chandelier with amethyst color and clear crystal drops, attributed to Bagues.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Cupid and Bird Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze dore 12 light bow and arrow chandelier with cupid and bird design and torch top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Bronze Candelabra Mounted as Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Candelabra Mounted as a Lamp, late 19th century, four branch candle mounts, two light fixtures, with acanthus leaves and draping garlands, oval base with ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19thc French Antique Rococo Louis XVI Bronze w/ Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1880 French Louis XVI Rococo style Bronze Frame/ Baccarat Crystal Chandelier. In the original unelectrified state. Easily wired for electric. Please note the high quality here. Bacc...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal
$5,588 Sale Price
20% Off
1940s Vintage 2-Light 3-Candle Candelabrum Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare vintage 2-Light , 3-Arms candelabrum Bouillotte lamp. Comes with the Patinated metal tole shade.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Louis XVI Style Bronze Wall Sconces, French, circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice and decorative pair of Louis XVI style wall sconces are made of chiseled bonze. This is a French work, circa 1940.
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Wall Lights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Neoclassical Revival Gilt-Bronze Two-Light Wall Lights (Sconces). The elongated ormolu sconces with a back plate in the form of a torc...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in Baltimore, MD
Pair of 3-arm, continental candle sconces with early electrification. Sconces feature foliate sleeved arm with beaded bobesche rim and a tapered fixture body. Since body is surmounte...
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,595 / set
c1800 French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze/ Porcelain/ Art Plate Candle Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1800 Pair French Louis XVI style Gilt Bronze Frames with Art on Porcelain Plates.Original unelectrified state. I do not know if the art is hand paint...
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
$2,380 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rare Set of Four French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Sconces, Henri Vian
By Henri Vian
Located in Kastrup, DK
A refined set of four French Louis XVI style gilt bronze wall lamps.
Made in France in the late 19th century by Henri Vian.
Very high quality.
Each fitted with two lights held by a ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Louis XVI style dore bronze lantern
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Monumental Louis XVI style dore bronze ram's head and floral motif lantern with blue etched glass panels.
Category
1960s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Chandelier
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Superb chandelier in alabaster and bronze, very much quality.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Pair of French 18th Century Sconces
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Pair of French 18th century sconces.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$2,750 / set
Exceptionally Fine Pair of late 1800s Louis XVI style French Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in Chicago, IL
Exceptionally fine Pair of late 1800’s Louis XVI style French Gilt Bronze large two-light Sconces.
The French refer to this gilding process as “bronze doré ” and of course we say “do...
Category
1870s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 19200 French gilt bronze sconces with 3 lights, beautiful details.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$8,800 / set
Pair Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Sconces, France c. 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Gilt-Bronze wall sconces, with three candle-arms emanating from a Neo-classical design back-plate. The pair crafted after Louis XVI period designs, and dating from the thir...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Precious Italian 18' Century Giltwood and Crystal Chandelier Genova 1760
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant and finely carved gilt-wood central base with 8 "S" scrolled gilt bronze arms decorated with hundreds of precious crystal drops creating garlands joined by different levels ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Cut Glass
Monumental 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Monumental 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bouillotte Lamp.
This stunning antique French Louis XVI style silvered bronze bouillotte lamp or desk lamp with four lights and a black...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Tôle
Pair 1930's French Louis XVI Sconces with Ram Head
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1930's gilt bronze sconces with Ram's head
Category
1930s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair c1800 French Louis XVI Rococo style Gilt Bronze Musical Cherubs - Original
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1800 Pair French Louis XVI Rococo style Gilt Bronze Musical Cherubs. The Cherub sitting un the hovering foliage. Excellent detail, very high quality pair of Sconces. Original unelec...
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$5,800 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1920's Large Caldwell Bronze 3 Lights Sconces Luise XVI style
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1920's Large Caldwell three light sconces Luise XVI style, original finish
Category
1910s American Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Palatial Large French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Ribbon & Bow Swag Lantern Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
Exquisite French Louis XVI style gilt bronze three-light lantern fixture adorned with bronze beaded swags and finished with a center medallion of a bow.
Measures: 36" H x 18" W.
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair 1900's French Gilt Bronze Sconces with Ribbons
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1900's French gilt bronze sconces with ribbon atop
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Bronze & Crystal Prism Girandole Electrified Candelabra Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Bronze & Crystal Prism Girandole Electrified Candelabra Lamp. Item features a bronze frame, large impressive crystal prisms, glass finial, beaded shade...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Wall Lights, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze wall lights, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
Pair of 19th century Louis XVI style wall lights, Napoleon III period, in gilt bronze.
H: 49cm, W...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Marble and Bronze Vases
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of 19th century French marble and bronze vases fashioned into lamps in the Louis XVI style.
They mount important gilded bronze decorations: floral bands, leaf borders, ribbons ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$4,279 Sale Price / set
35% Off
19thc French Antique Louis XVI style Crystal snd Bronze Floral Basket Chandelier
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Stunning 19thc French Antique Louis XVI Bronze & Crystal Floral Basket Chandelier. Weaved basket with cut crystal inlay. 3 interior lights and 6 perimeter lights. Beautiful floral sh...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$3,100 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Louis the 16th Bronze and White Painted Wall Sconces
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of Louis the 16th wall sconces is made of bronze and white painted bronze. This is a French work. Circa 1940
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Antique Louis XVI Crystal Chandelier
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Louis XVI chandelier with crystal Prisms.
Polished brass frame with 6 light arms and reduced rounding with blue glass.
Denmark 1780 - 1800.
Can be electrified.
Category
Late 18th Century Danish Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair 19thc British Louis XVI style Cut Crystal&Bronze Gas Converted Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 19thc British Louis XVI style Rococo Gas Converted to Electric Wall Sconces. Bronze floral, notched crystal, full crystal form. Gas keys present, th...
Category
1850s English Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal
$2,680 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Palatial 19th-20th Century Thirty-Light Crystal and Brass Column Form Chandelier
Located in Manhasset, NY
Palatial 19th or early 20th century thirty-light French crystal and brass column-form chandelier. This spectacular fixture has a central circular sphere that has a myriad of flowing ...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
1920's Large Caldwell Bronze Sconces with Three Lights
Located in New York, NY
A pair of beautiful large gilt bronze sconces with acanthus leaves design
Category
1910s American Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Eight-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze eight-light chandelier with superb quality chasing and gilt, the arms surmounted with floral decorations in the form of a bouquet...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$11,850 Sale Price
32% Off
French Iron and Tole Leaf Lantern with Porcelain Flowers
Located in Pembroke, MA
Petite French cages style lantern constructed of painted iron and tole leaves. The lantern is embellished with twisting vines and colored Paris porcelain flowers, and gilded Fleurs d...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Iron
19thc French Antique Dors Gilt Bronze Porceain Saxe Buillotte Table Lamp Meissen
Located in Opa Locka, FL
19thc French Antique Dore Gilt Bronze San Vincennes Meissen Porcelain Saxe Flowered Table Lamp. Original shade and very good condition.
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$2,388 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Louis XVI Bronze D'ore & Crystal 18-Light Chandelier, Circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI bronze d'ore & crystal 18-light chandelier, circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Gilt Bronze and Crystal Louis XVI Style Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This extra fine quality chandelier attributed to Baccarat, has a matching pair of sconces, also available in my listings. With 12 arms and seventeen lights ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
1930's French Gilt Bronze Sconces with Cherubs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1930's French gilt bronze sconces with cherub atop.
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$4,800 / set
Pair 19th Century Louis XVI Patinated /Gilt Bronze and Marble Figural Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large (19th century) five light candelabra in the French Louis XVI style with standing patinated bronze cherubs set upon carved white marble pedestals...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, 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.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Pair of Bronze Wall Sconces with Quiver, French Work
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of wall sconces is made of bronze. These sconces are in the style of Louis XVI with quivers. This is a French work, circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Gilt Bronze & Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine & Decorative Gilt Bronze & Crystal Chandelier in the Louis XVI taste featuring Eagles heads. 12 lights. France, circa 1920.
Dimensions: Height 38" Diameter 26"
CW5106
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$5,250
1930's French Gilt Bronze Sconces with Rock Crystals
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1930's French gilt bronze sconces with beaded crystal body and rock crystal hanging
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Period French Eight Light Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exceptional period French eight light gilt bronze chandelier having very large thick crystals. These large, thick crystals were used in the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries....
Category
1790s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
1920's Gilt Bronze French Sconces Louis XVI
Located in New York, NY
Circa 1920's French gilt bronze two lights sconces
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$4,800 / set
Pairr c1913 E.F. Caldwell Louis XVI style Bronze Drape with Mirror Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1913 Pair E.F. Caldwell Louis XVI style Bronze Drape with Mirror Center Panel Wall Sconces. Very high quality. I purchased several Caldwell pieces f...
Category
1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$2,568 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Black Marble / Gilt Bronze Single Library Table Lamp By Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Exceptional gilt bronze and black marble base table lamp. Made by the famed maker F. Barbedienne the lamp was crafted from black squared marble base and gilt bronze in the Napoleon III style. The lamp features an amphora urn shape form with two side handle and adorned with a squared marble plinth base. The body is moulded in the round shape with low relief sculpture...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$3,520 Sale Price
20% Off
1920's Caldwell Gilt Bronze Sconces with Ribbons
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful pair of 1920's Caldwell gilt bronze sconces with ribbon atop. Original finish and patina
Category
1910s American Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$5,800 / set
c1910 French Louis XVI Large Wall Mirror / Electrified Sconce by Maison Bagues
Located in Opa Locka, FL
c1910 French Antique Louis XVI style Large Wall Mirror with 3 Electriied "candles. This is an amazing Wall mirror, great size with gilt Iron frame detail. Parisian Estate.
Category
1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal
$1,780 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century French Bronze Lantern
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Early 20th century French bronze lantern.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
1900s French Gilt Bronze Sconces with Twisted Arms
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1900's French gilt bronze sconces with twisted arms
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Bronze Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Louis XVI style six-light candelabras, crystal prisms with a marble bases.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$9,700 / set
Pair Of Gilt And Painted E.F. Caldwell Wall Sconces
Located in Norwood, NJ
Fine quality pair of E.F. Caldwell (marked on back , letter "C" inside diamond) gilt and enameled Louis XVI style wall sconces. Twin arm sconces with top quality bronze chasing mount...
Category
Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Celadon Glazed Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique porcelain celadon glazed vases with gilt bronze mounts in the neoclassical Louis XVI style, originally designed as oil lamps with later sockets and wiring added. Dis...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Five-Light Wall Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze five-light wall sconces. Each lumière with scrolled arms and crowned with a neoclassical urn surmounted with wreaths an...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$9,895 Sale Price / set
23% Off
Louis Xvi lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI lighting 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 lighting created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI lighting made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original lighting, popular names associated with this style include Oggetti D'Arte, Edward F. Caldwell & Co., Alexandre Vossion, and Gherardo Degli Albizzi. 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 lighting differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $212 and tops out at $470,000 while the average work can sell for $7,500.
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