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
Fine Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and beautiful pair of 19th century French Louis XVI gilt bronze sconces.
Category
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...
Category
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...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Complete Set of Six French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality complete set of six French 19th century Louis XVI St. ormolu sconces. Each three arm sconce is centered by a lovely bottom floral acorn finial b...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
French Silvered Bronze Ewer Table Lamp Retailed by Tiffany
Located in Essex, MA
After a model by Clodion. Stamped Tiffany And Co on the base.
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Two Arm Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. two arm ormolu sconces. Each sconce is centered by a fine foliate bottom finial below richly scrolled acanthus leaves and a stri...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Bronze Ram Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style (19th Century) bronze and gilt trimmed table lamps with ram heads and festoon (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
"Cage" Crystal and Bronze Chandelier attr. to Maison Baguès, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Louis XVI style « cage » shaped chandelier in gilded bronze and cut crystal, with four lights. Many cut crystal pendants, daggers, prisms and flowers adorned the whole, connected with garlands of pearls. An indirect lighting...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$5,718 Sale Price
30% Off
Louis XVI Style Bronze Candelabra Mounted as Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Louis XVI Style Gold Painted Bronze Five Light Candelabra Mounted as Lamp, two putti on tree form support, on red marble base. 40" H x 11" W x 11" D. Provenance: From a New York City...
Category
20th Century Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Ormalu & Rouge Marble Lamp
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Antique French Ormalu & Rouge Marble Lamp. purchased in France in 2024. Beautifully ornate and great condition with age appropriate wear. See detail...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Gilt Louis XVI Style Sconces
Located in Buchanan, NY
This pair of French 1940s gilt bronze two armed sconces exudes the elegance and sophistication of the neoclassical Louis XVI style. These small scale sconces boast a double arm light...
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Ormolu Figural Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Outstanding opposing pair of 19th century French Louis XVI style ormolu lamps with rouge marble bases.
With parcel gilt and paint decorated faux parchment shade.
Each ormolu lamp...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
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
Gilt Carved Wood Six-Arm Chandelier
Located in Washington, DC
A Gilt Carved Wood Six Arm Chandelier
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Wood
Gilt Bronze & Marble Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine and Rare Gilt Bronze & Marble Chandelier in the Louis XVI taste.
France, circa 1910.
Dimensions: Height 32" Diameter 26"
CW5178
Category
1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$8,000 / item
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Silvered Bronze Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and silvered bronze lamps, signed by Victor Paillard. Each lamp is raised by elegant square bases with...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Fine 19th C French Louis XVI Crystal and Gilt Bronze 8 Light Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine large 19th century French Louis XVI gilt bronze and crystal 8 light chandelier.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of antique, French, Louis XVI style, bronze sconces. Circa early 1900s
Located in CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, FR
Sourced in the heart of the Mayenne department, within the Pays de la Loire region of France, these quintessentially French, solid bronze, 3 position, antique wall sconces show wonde...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Gilt Bronze Double Arm Louis XVI Style Sconces
Located in Locust Valley, NY
These Louis XVI style gilt bronze double arm sconces, exude timeless elegance and opulence. Crafted with attention to detail, these sconces epitomize the grandeur and refinement of t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Metal Lamp Directoire in Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century lamp Directoire in metal argente,
Louis XVI Style
France, circa 1860.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal
$905 Sale Price
44% Off
Two Silver Plated Candlestick Conversions to Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Two silver plated candlestick conversions to lamps, 19th century, antique decoration.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal
$1,513 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Pair of French Gilt Bronze and Figural Jasper Ware Two Arm Wall Sconces, C. 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French gilt bronze floral ribbon two arm wall sconces with decorative figural and graduated bell flower oval jasperware, Late 18th Century. Pair are candle powered and can be...
Category
1790s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Antique Neoclassical Spelter Table Lamp ~ Girandole With Bronze Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Neoclassical Spelter Table Lamp ~ Girandole with Bronze Finish will make a charming accent light for your favorite room! Depicting three playful cherubs dancing around in a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Spelter
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal 5-Arm Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
Elegant French Louis XVI style gilt bronze and cut crystal five-arm chandelier of Baccarat quality with faceted cut crystal prisms, chains and faceted cut crystal shaft.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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.
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
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 ...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$5,000 Sale Price
42% Off
Pair of Wall Lights made of Bronze, Patinated Metal and Porcelain Flowers
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of wall lights is made of Bronze and Patinated Metal with Porcelain Flowers. This is a French work. Circa 1940
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pair of Lamps in Celadon Porcelain, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Louis XVI style baluster-shaped lamps in celadon porcelain. Body adorned with a medallion in a frame with floral motifs realized in white enamels. Mount in gilt bronze figurating a frieze of laurel leaves and a high-cut base in the corners.
French work realized circa 1880.
New and functional electric system.
!The price doesn’t include the lampshade price. However, our workshop can advise you with pleasure and realize it with your size and color choices!
Celadon designates both a color and a type of ceramic specific to China and the Far East. "Celadon Green": it's a color name designating a shade of green. Celadon is particularly appreciated in Asia, because it allows to obtain the color of jade, the sacred stone. The name celadon is today almost always associated with porcelain, usually Chinese. In French, the origin of the word comes from Honoré d...
Category
19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
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
Pair of Louis XVI Style Giltwood Fruit Basket Sconces
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of Louis XVI style French carved giltwood fruit basket two-light sconces. Large sculptural baskets overflowing with persimmons, pomegranates, clusters of grapes, leaves, figs ...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal
Bag Of Pearls chandelier, Cut crystals About 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Bag Of Pearls chandelier, Cut crystals About 1900
Category
20th Century Italian Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Bronze Chandelier with Two Crystal Roses in Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
19th Century French bronze chandelier in Louis XVI style, with two hand made crystal roses and a black putty holding them. The piece is in very good authentic condition hard wired wi...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$2,396 Sale Price
25% Off
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu chandeliers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu chandeliers. Each stunning six arm, six light chandelier is centered at the bottom by a charming inverted...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
A fine and large 19th century French Louis XVI marble and gilt bronze vase lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Louis XVI style very large gilt bronze mounted vase made into a lamp. Verde marble custom wired and shaded
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Porcelain Urn Tables Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19/20th Century) white parian porcelain urn shaped table lamps with ram heads and handles (PRICED AS Pair).
...
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Tall French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Sconces, C. 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
This large pair of wall sconces is made of gilt bronze and dates to the late 19th century. The design of the sconces is in the Louis XVI taste, as evidenced by the lyre-form body, t...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Parrot Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze and cut rock crystal multi light cage form chandelier of fine detail embellished with a central gilt bronze parrot and further embellish...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Pair of FrenchCharles X Bronze Dore Urn Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Charles X (19th Century) bronze dore urns mounted as table lamps with side handles (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$18,500 / set
Fine Carved Giltwood Sconces
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine pair of Louis XVI carved giltwood wall sconces with bowknots, arrows, quivers and carved acanthus and tassels.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Wood
$7,500 / set
Pair Large Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt & Blue Patinated Bronze Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair of very large, antique (late 19th to early 20th century) blue enameled and gilt bronze sconces (wall lights) in the French Louis XVI style with three electrified candles, with m...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Gilt and Blue 'Sevres' Porcelain Lamps
Located in London, GB
Constructed in ormolu and ‘Sevres’ porcelain; rising from square ormolu bases with re-entrant radiused angles, the stepped platforms adorned with stiff leaf castings, having pearl ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French 1950s Frosted Flame Torch Ceiling Pendant Lights
Located in London, GB
Elegant French 1950s brass ceiling pendant lights Featuring Frosted Flame Style Shades.
Ornate detailing covers the brass work.
These elegant light...
Category
1950s Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Brass
French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze, Marble and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze, Marble and Ormolu screen lamp. This wonderful adjustable lamp is raised by four toupie shaped feet sup...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Gilt Bronze & Cut Crystal Pendant/Plafonnier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Gilt Bronze & Crystal Pendant/Plafonnier featuring hand cut crystal dome centered in the bottom by a hand cut round oculus.
2 lights. France, circa 1900.
Dimensions: Hei...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Magnificent French Dore Bronze Rock Crystal Louis XVI Fine Gilt Huge Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
This majestic eight-light doré bronze chandelier has multi layers of clear and rock crystal encircling each section. There is a large crystal shaft in the center and wonderful spires...
Category
1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Bronze
$19,500 Sale Price
33% Off
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI-style (19/20th Century) bronze dore wall sconces with two scroll arms and a torch design (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
19th Century Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Metal
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...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$27,960 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Suite Of 3 Large Candlesticks In Golden Wood, Early 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Set of 3 large Italian gilded wood candlesticks: placed against a wall, they are gilded only on the visible part, "from the front"
Traces of use, some gaps in the gilding and cracks...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Monumental Pair French Bronze Louis XVI 19th Century Henry Dasson Vian Thomire
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful pair of gilt and patinated bronze sconces beautifully designed in Louis XVI style. These monumental size and opulent sconces, have 2 candelabra lights each with composed tw...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th C Important Rock Crystal And Gilt Bronze Russian Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
19th c Russian finest quality bronze dore and rock crystal chandelier
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
19th Century French Chandelier in Gilt Bronze Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Bright bronze chandelier with four lights Louis XVI style,
France, circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Bronze Dore Wall Sconce
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style 19th century bronze doré scroll 2-arm wall sconce with cupid head and urn top.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
20th century French Louis XVI style Bouillotte Dual Lamp, 1950s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice brass lamp dating from the 50s in Louis XVI style.
Duo lamp, with two lights. Pink silk lampshades sold with.
Ideal on a small bedside table. Very...
Category
1950s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Pair of Hand Carved Giltwood Sconces in Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
This antique French Louis XVI style hand carved and giltwood sconces is adjusted and wired for two bulbs each one.
France, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Louis XVI style Bronze Knot and Tassel Sconces, France 1940s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a pair of Louis XVI style sconces done in bronze. They feature 2 lights and a beautiful knot and tassel design. Made in France in 1940s.
Very good vint...
Category
1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Porcelain and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. porcelain and ormolu Pâte sur Pâte lamps. Each lamp is raised by a fine ormolu base with mo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
French Gilt Bronze and Crystal Sixteen Light Foliage Baccarat Chandelier, C 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
French Baccarat gilt bronze and crystal sixteen light chandelier with a scrolled foliage canopy, exterior intertwined crystal floral beading, original scrolled floral candle bobeches...
Category
1810s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Silvered Bronze & Cut-Glass Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style silvered bronze and cut-glass (Crystal) ten-light chandelier, in the manner of Baccarat. The elongated body surmounted with strands of...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$6,875 Sale Price
27% Off
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu, Meissen Porcelain, Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most charming French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, Meissen porcelain, crystal and rock crystal chandelier. The chandelier is centered by an elegant cut crystal b...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French Gilt Bronze Floral Sconces, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French gilt bronze single-arm four-candle cup sconces with decorative floral and scrolled motif. Candle powered and can be electrified, Early 19th Century.
Category
1810s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
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.