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
French Silver Gilt Nickel and Bronze Six Arm Crystal Chandelier, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
French silver gilt nickel and bronze crystal chandelier with six candle arms, electrified crystal central column, six fitted interior lights, and intertwined crystal bead work. Late...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Silver, Bronze
Pair Of French 19th Century Gilt Bronze Louis XVI Wall Sconces
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of nice quality Louis XVI style gilt bronze original candlelight wall sconces. Five(5) arm with outside wiring and beeswax candle covers. Urn...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$2,456 Sale Price
25% Off
A Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Patinated 6-Light Chandelier "aux Termes"
By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley, François Rémond
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A very fine French Ormolu and patinated metal nine-lights figural chandelier "aux Termes"
In chiseled, gilded and patinated bronze, the shaft consists of an ovoid-shaped vase in blued patinated bronze...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal, Bronze
$15,978 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of 20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Five Lights Wall Sconces
Located in Madrid, ES
A pair of large Louis XVI style wall sconces, they come from a house decorated in the 50s in Madrid, the sconces have all the usual decorative motifs in this Louis XVI style, the sco...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century, Pair of French Git Bronze Candlesticks with Vestals
By Auguste a Paris
Located in IT
19th century, pair of French git bronze candlesticks with Vestals
These two chiselled and gilt bronze candlesticks were made at the beginning of the 19th century and are inspired...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps. Each cut Crystal lamp is raised by an elegant square Ormolu base with concav...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
18th Century Gilt Bronze and Blue Glass Russian Chandelier
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautiful Russian chandelier from the Louis XVI period c. 1790 in gilt bronze and with cut-glass crystals. The center with baluster shaped blue glass. The lower main drapery shaped...
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1790s Russian Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19thc French Louis XVI style Gilt Bronze Oil Converted Chandelier attrib. Bagues
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Please look at picture number two as that shows the top tassel detail that is not showing on the main picture. On offer 19thc French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Gas Converted...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$3,000 Sale Price
20% Off
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style bronze dore 3 arm wall sconces with torch design and arrow top (19th Century).
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$6,500 / set
Wonderful French Large Louis XVI Bronze Three-Arm Bouillotte Lamp Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful French large Louis XVI bronze three arm bouillotte table lamp with feather handle adjustable black metal tole shade and acorn finial, flut...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
18th Rambouillet Pair of Wall Lamp in Bronze Nickel and Gold with Rock Crystal
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This sconce skillfully blends several motifs and influences of the great goldsmiths of the eighteenth century.
The mirror on the one hand, which is a reminder of the evolution of ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Rock Crystal, Gold, Bronze, Nickel
Italian Louis XVI Style Giltwood 2-LT Sconces
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian Louis XVI style giltwood standing lamp, 20th c., fluted and turned standard ending in single large faux candle fitted with three light fixtures, rising on round gadrooned base.
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
$712 Sale Price
20% Off
Substantial Pair of French Louis XVI Antique Black Slate Urn Lamps, 43” H
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A VERY FINE AND SUBSTANTIAL PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK SLATE URNS, NOW FITTED AS LAMPS
Paris, France circa second half of the 19th century unmarked
Item # 403PUW1...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Slate, Brass, Ormolu
Pair Large Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Jasper Porcelain Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique (19th century) French Louis XVI style gilt bronze sconces (wall lights) with oval shaped white and forest green jasperware porcelain plaques depicting putti and a dan...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
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....
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Palace Size Louis XVI Style Cage Form Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A monumental and impressive French Louis XVI style gilt bronze 12-light chandelier with amethyst colored and clear crystal pendants and amethyst colored finials.
Stock number: L360.
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu candelabra lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and monumentally scaled French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu electrified candelabra. This palatial candelabrum is raised by a cast Limestone t...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Limestone, Bronze, Ormolu
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...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Sconces Bronze Louis XVI wall lights with two lights
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
Wonderful pair of 19th century gilt bronze wall sconces in the “Louis XVI” style, richly chased, all decorated with palm trees, acanthus and scrolls.
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
1920's Gilt Bronze Caldwell Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1920's gilt bronze Caldwell sconces with two lights
Category
1910s American Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$4,800 / set
Chinese Yellow Monochromatic Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Lamp, Attb. E. F. Caldwell
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Chinese Yellow Monochromatic Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Lamp, Attributed to E. F. Caldwell. Of baluster form, the porcelain has a gorgeous bright yellow monochromat...
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1880s American Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Pair French 'Verde Antico' Marble Table Lamps
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Pair French 'Verde Antico' Marble Table Lamps in the Louis XVI style with applied ormolu mounts of floral swags, ribbons and acanthus leaf detailing. The pair sit atop s...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
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
Gilt Wooden Frieze as Wall Sconce
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique gilt wooden frieze Louis XVI, mounted as a wall sconce.
Size: cm. 23 x h.15,5 + light attack 15 = cm. 30,5. Deep cm. 10,3.
If you want, it can be easily dismantled and Yo...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Fruitwood
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
Pair of Caldwell Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Wall
Lights
Located in Spencertown, NY
The two-arm wall lights with urns and swags above a rosette and ending with fluted tapering columns. The branches with fluted candleholders and conforming swags. Edward F. Caldwell &...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$3,960 Sale Price / set
47% Off
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
Antique French Louis XVI Bronze Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI style bronze chandelier is a spectacular design, inspired by ancient Greek and Roman architecture! The original canopy survives, cast to depict a laurel rose...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
1920's Caldwell Gilt Bronze Double Lights Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1920's gilt bronze Caldwell sconces.
Category
1910s American Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Fine French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp With Tole Shade
Located in Bridgeport, CT
French Louis XVI style gilt bronze bouilotte lamp with two adjustable lights having pull chain operation. The lamp with three scrolling arms with bobeche and removable wax cups emitt...
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20th Century Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Torch Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) bronze dore wall sconces with three arms with torch designs and arrow tops. (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
19th Century Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal, Bronze
19th Century Pair of Table Lamps Made of French Electrified Bronze Fire Dogs
Located in Sofia, BG
Pair of 19th century French table lamps in Louis XVI style made of bronze fireplace fire dogs that were lately electrified.
France, cir...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of Silvered Bronze Torch Form Sconces With Cut Glass Shades
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of silvered bronze wall sconces in the Louis XVI style. Ruby cut to clear torpedo shaped cut glass shades. Sconce in the form of a ribbon with a bow knot a rosette and tassels a...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,931 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of Jardinieres-Candelabras by Boin-Taburet, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Boin-Taburet à Paris and numbered 34369 and 34370
Lovely pair of Louis XVI style planters with three light arms. Each jardiniere, with their liners in form of a basket based on a three leafy feet and a lobed base. The inner liners are removable.
The two French goldsmiths George Boin and his son-in-law Emile Taburet created around 1875 in Paris the company Boin-Taburet. They made many silver pieces inspired by the beautiful services of the eighteenth century. At the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878, Georges Boin presented a “service de toilette” inspired by the work of François-Thomas Germain (1726-1791), and then at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, several epergnes, including one of them executed after drawings by the famous artist Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695-1750), as well as tea sets of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. Boin-Taburet firm also exhibited a tureen and platter after Pierre Germain...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Monumental Gilt Bronze Louis XVI Style Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Monumental Gilt Bronze Louis XVI Style Sconces.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and complete set of four French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu sconces. Each three arm sconce is centered by a lovely bottom foliate finial below the beautiful scro...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Huge Carved Italian Paladin Giltwood Lamp by Randy Esada Designs
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Huge carved Italian Paladin giltwood lamp by Randy Esada.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
1920's Caldwell 2 Lights Bronze Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1920's Caldwell gilt bronze double light sconces
Category
1910s American Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$5,800 / 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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style (19th century) bronze doré 2 scroll arm wall sconces with torch and drape design and bow knot top and fluted bob...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$7,500 / set
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Faux Lapis Wall Sconce By Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
On this Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Faux Lapis Wall Sconce By Gherardo Degli Albizzi it's possible to appreciate the handcrafted work of gilt bronze decorations such as branch's ...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
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...
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Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$2,456 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of Louis XVI Style Maison Bagues Three Branch Wall Sconce, circa 1900
Located in Berlin, DE
A pair of Louis XVI style Maison Bagues three branch wall sconce or wall lights, each with splays of flowerheads on top, its back plate issuin...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
19th Century Louis XVI Bronze and Marble Figural Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
Finely chased and modeled 19th Century garniture mounted as a lamp. Beautifully patinated winged cupid holding a cup overhead as if a torch raised on a gilt bronze mounted fluted mar...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,406 Sale Price
25% Off
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze 7-Light Chandelier with Children, After Gouthière
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XVI style gilt-bronze figural seven-light chandelier with Figures of Putti (Children), after the model by Pierre Gouthière in the Cabinet doré for Marie-Antoinette at ...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$24,750 Sale Price
36% Off
19th C French Iron and Tole Birdcage Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century hand-wrought birdcage chandelier with seven arms, foliate styling and crystal prisms. This piece was recently French wired for electricity.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Iron, Tin, Wrought Iron
French Antiques Bronze 19th Century chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very beautiful louis XVI style bronze chandelier with seven lights, the central light is top with a magnificent globe .the quality of the carving of the bronze is remarkable
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19thc French Louis XVI Carved & Sculpted Wood Figural Candelabra / Table Lamp
Located in Opa Locka, FL
19thc French Antique Louis XVI style Hand Carved & Sculpted Wood Figural Table Lamp. Stunning male mask figural clear and detailed carving on both sides. This is a unique and very de...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Malachite and Gilt Bronze Table Lamp by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
Louis XVI style malachite and gilt bronze column table lamp by Gherardo Degli Albizzi.
This lamp has a very refined design featured by a classic vegetal motif capital and masks inscr...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Malachite, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Brass Cornucopia Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-Style (20th Century) brass chandelier with 4 cornucopia form arms emanating from a fluted center post with a finial bottom and canopy.
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Brass
Brass Louis XVI Style 1930s Crystal Pendant Chandelier with Crystal Spires
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a nice chandelier that looks like a 90000.00 Baccarat crystal chandelier at a fair price. The chandelier does have some chips, missing prisms and very minor issues, but is es...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$5,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Silver and Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of very fine quality French Louis XVI style silver and gilt bronze Sconces.
Category
1920s French Vintage 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 French 19th century Louis XVI st. candelabra lamps, signed H. Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu, patinated Bronze and Rouge Griotte marble candelabra lamps, signed H. Picard. Each stunning electrif...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
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 ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Brass Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
5 French Louis XVI-style (late 20th Century) brass wall sconces with three scroll arms and urn shaped tops. (PRICED EACH).
Category
20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
$1,650 / item
French Louis XVI Style Black Porcelain Table Lamp with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
A 19th century French gilt bronze mounted black porcelain lamp base in the Louis XVI style. The bronze fittings are very fine quality and scale. This is a beautiful lamp that would w...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Regency Foliage Gilt Bronze and Crystal Twelve Light Chandelier, C. 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
French Regency gilt bronze and crystal twelve light chandelier with decorative scrolled arms, foliage filigree banding and lower pineapple finial. Originally candle powered and has b...
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Magnificent wall lamp in Louis XVI style, 24 karat gold plated.
Located in Warsaw, PL
The wall sconce is made of intricately chiseled brass plated with 24-carat gold, featuring natural elements such as olive branches and an angel holding a torch that lights the candle...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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.