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
Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Gilt Wood and Alabaster Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood and Alabaster chandelier. The six-arm chandelier is centered by an exceptional and most decorative bottom Alabaster dome showcasing...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Lighting
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Alabaster
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Opaline Glass and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Opaline Glass and Ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a fine circular Ormolu base below the beautifully shaped...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert de Patricia marble and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a fine square Vert de Patricia marble base with concave corn...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
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Marble, Ormolu
Gilt Carved Wood Six-Arm Chandelier
Located in Washington, DC
A Gilt Carved Wood Six Arm Chandelier
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Candelabras Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu candelabras lamps, signed by Victor Paillard and after a model by John Flaxman. Each five ar...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Rock Crystal and Gilt Bronze Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of spectacular French Louis XVI style tall cut rock crystal and gilt bronze lamps embellished with flowers and figural masks.
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20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Chandelier Gilt Bronze Opaline with Figurine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very rare chandelier in gilt bronze with an original green opaline and figurine
which hold the branches, plus you have a light that illuminate the opaline in the middle.
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Early 1900s Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Marble Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Louis XVI style ormolu mounted lamps with baluster form white marble vases on square marble base..
Provenance: Christie's, New York, 2003.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces. Each beautiful sconce is after a model by Pierre Gouthière and displays scrolled arms showcasing berried foliate ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
20th Century Louis XVI Style Five-Flamed-Light Applique
Located in Berlin, DE
Monumental applique in Louis XVI style.
Five-flamed light corpus. Engraved bronze, silvered. Flat wall shield from a relief of Roman battle weapons and mi...
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20th Century Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Fine 19th Century Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Large Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French Louis XVI gilt bronze 12 light Louis XVI chandelier.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Superb Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Chandelier Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A pair of superb and unusual Antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze multi light hanging chandelier sconces embellished with love birds on the top.
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu, Crystal & Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and small scale French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu, Crystal and Rock Crystal chandelier. The six arm chandelier is centered by a fine bottom facetted cut crystal ball below a lovely Crystal fut from where the arm branch out. Each of the elegantly scrolled Ormolu arms are adorned with Crystal rosettes, with three leading to wonderful foliate bobeches below the mottled candle cups and glass...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, 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...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Cage Chandelier Attributed to L'Escalier de Cristal, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and glass cage chandelier with applied porcelain flowers, attributed to L'Escalier de Cristal.
French, circa 1900.
Fitted internally with el...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Asian & French Collaboration 19th Century Louis XVI Style Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and high quality Asian and French collaboration 19th century Louis XVI st. Imari porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by an elegant ormolu base with fine wrap aroun...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
A pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood, Gilt metal sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and very unique pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood, Gilt metal, and Crystal sconces. Each seven light sconce is centered by a gilded sphere which c...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Pair of French Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Caryatid Lamps
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of elegant gilded bronze and patinated bronze candelabra in the form of caryatids on black marble plinths, which have been converted into lamps with custom silk pleated shades.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu, and Vert de Patricia marble candelabra lamps. Each six arm lamp is raise...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu lamps. Each truly stunning lamp is raised by a mottled and stepped Onyx base with a pierced b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Onyx, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And White Carrara Marble Candelabra Lam
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and white Carrara marble candelabra lamps. Each striking candelabra is supported by three ball feet below an Ormo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair Antique French Louis XVI Bronze D' Ore Two-Light Wall Sconces, Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique French Louis XVI bronze D' Ore two-light wall sconces, Circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style giltwood 2-arm wall sconces with fluted oval back, (19th-20th century).
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20th Century Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair Louis XVI Style Gilt-Metal & Champlevé Enamel 5-Light Wall-lights-Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive pair of Louis XVI style gilt-metal and champlevé enamel five-light figural wall lights (sconces - appliques) after the model by Pierre-Philippe Thomire (French, 1751–1843). Each sconce with a ribbon-hung reeded and tapering backplate surmounted with a single cherub bust...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Bronze
Pair Louis XVI, Sevres Style Gilded Candelabra
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Pair of Louis XVI style candelabra, each with bold turquoise ground arrow sheaths with jewelled and gilded decoration, three branch sconces with foliate detail. Raised on triform bas...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Gold Bronze and Cut Crystal Chandelier, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI gold bronze and cut crystal chandelier, circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Vert Antique marble and ormolu four arm candelabra lamps, attributed to Henry Dasson. Eac...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
1960s French Louis XVI Style Bronze Lantern with Curved Glass
Located in London, GB
This very elegant 4-branch French lantern is from the 1960s in the style of Louis XVI and is crafted from bronze and features graceful and delicate ornaments such as garlands, ribbon...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of American Louis XVI Style Silvered Sconces Attributed to E.F. Caldwell
Located in New York, NY
A pair of unique antique American Louis XVI style silvered bronze double light figural wall sconces attributed to E.F. Caldwell.
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20th Century American Louis XVI Lighting
A Pair of Massive Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Second Empire Five Light Wall Sconces
Located in Montreal, QC
A Superb Pair of Massive Second Empire Gilt Bronze five light wall sconces, in the Louis XVl taste, each vase- shaped body applied with mas...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A monumental and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu chandelier. This large scale twelve arm twelve light chandelier is centered by a topie shaped hexagonal bottom ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
French Bronze Louis XVI Style Hanging Lantern, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French bronze Louis XVI style hanging lantern, circa 1950
beveled glass.
hight with chain : 110 cm
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1950s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Bronze D'ore Wall Sconces
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of antique French Louis XVI bronze D'ore wall sconces.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Candelabras Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. silvered bronze, ormolu and marble three arm candelabra lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine ormolu ball feet below a rectangul...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French, 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and crystal chandelier. The three arm six light chandelier is centered by a charming finely detailed bottom acorn fini...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Porcelain and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant pair of French Louis XVI st. 19th century cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square ormolu base with a reeded design on all sides,...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Rare Pair of 19th C Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Chandeliers, Rams Head Design
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine pair of 19th century French Louis XVI gilt bronze rams head designed chandeliers.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Impressive Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Marble Floor Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Impressive Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and marble floor lamp openwork bronze shade with fabric lining; supported by stem with quill and arrow, fluted column and quatrefoil plinth, wi...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Bronze Sconces
Located in Atlanta, GA
A superb pair of 18th century three light gilt bronze wall sconces similar to those at Fontainebleu Palace, featured in the book by Pierre Verlet, "Le bronzes dores Francaise du XVII...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu chandelier. The eight arm chandelier is centered by a striking bottom foliate finial below a reeded design and the elegantly curved body decorated with richly chased reserves of beautiful maidens. Each beautiful scrolled arm branches out adorned with large acanthus leaves leaded to reeded bobeches and lovely curved candle...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality complete set of four French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu sconces. Each large scale three arm sconce is centered by a lovely foliate bottom finial ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Antique American Louis XVI Style Silvered Bronze Multi-Light Lion Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A fine antique American Louis XVI style silvered bronze multi-light double-tier chandelier embellished with figural masks of lions attributed to E.F...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Mounted Foo Dog Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Originally, a candlestick converted to a lamp. 19th century Blanc de Chine Foo dog. Fine French bronze mounts. Converted to lamps at a later time. Custom parchment shade is 7" high x...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
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.
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Porcelain and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue porcelain and ormolu lamps. Each small scale lamp is raised by an elegant circular mottled base with...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Set of Six French, 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare set of six stunning French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu sconces. Each three arm sconce has a handsome backplate with ram heads and ring, inverted finial and cut corner ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
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Ormolu
Pair Of Louis XVI Style Three-Light Vase Candelabra
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair Of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze And Royal Blue Sèvres-Style Porcelain Three-Light Vase Candelabra.
Each baluster-form vase applied with a fruiting swag, flanked by twin entwin...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Gilded Ormolu Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French 19th century gilded ormolu lamps, each having two putti seated on a scrolling foliate base.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Four-Arm Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming French 19th century Louis XVI st. Saxe porcelain, tole and gilt metal four arm chandelier. The chandelier displays a most elegant shape with four lightly scrolled support ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and enameled Bronze chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and enameled Bronze chandelier. The six light chandelier is centered by an inverted Ormolu acorn final leading...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces. Each sconce is centered by a fine foliate bottom finial below the beautiful scrolled c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
A Pair of Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Five-Light Wall Appliques
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Five-Light Wall Appliques.
Each modelled with a quiver-shaped back plat surmounted by an classical urn finial. Issuing five 'S'-scrolled branches.
...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Cut Crystal Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive French 19th century Louis XVI st. cut crystal urn mounted into a lamp. The lamp is raised on a square base with richly chased ormolu pedestal. Above is the wonderfu...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of 18th Century Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Two-Branch Wall Lights Scones
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very decorative pair of late Louis XVI ormolu twin-branch wall-lights in the manner of Jean-Louis Prieur (1759-1795). Each with a tapering reeded backplate surmounted by a flaming ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and stunning pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces. Each beautiful five arm sconce is centered by a richly chased and wonderfully detailed grotesque...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and crystal chandelier. The six light chandelier is centered by a fine solid crystal pendant in the shape of a pear below addition...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Gilt Metal and Giltwood sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. Gilt Metal and Giltwood sconces. Each most decorative seven arm seven light sconce is centered by a gilded sphere which connect...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Iron
French Sevres, Louis XVI style vase / lamp, late 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive late 19th Century French Serves, Louis XVI style Cobalt blue porcelain and gilded ormolu vase / lamp.
Having this wonderful gilded ormolu mounts, two putti on top the o...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Louis Xvi lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
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