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
19th C. Louis XVI Style Painted and Gilt Bronze Candelabra Lamps with Shades
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c., France, a pair of Louis XVI Style candelabra lamps with patinated and gilt bronze. Each lamp with a seated putto carrying a torch issuing a scrolled foliate 6-arm candelabra...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Amazing Pair of French 19th Century Bronze and Gilt Bronze Candelabras
Located in Rome, IT
A fine pair of French 19th century bronze and gilt bronze candelabras, each with a dark bronze delicious dancing putto figures and parrots holding aloft three scrolled candle-branches with colorful Meissen Porcelain flowers...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$18,000 Sale Price
25% Off
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 decorative six arm six light sconce is centered by a Giltwood sphere which connects the s...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Iron
French Louis XVI Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-Style chandelier with 12 arms supported by a bronze ring with multiple beaded crystal strands converging on a bottom finial and extending to top.
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Magnificent lamps in gilt bronze louis XVI style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Louis XVI style lamps two lights in bronze called bouyotte lamps with its lampshade in painted sheet metal ,bordeaux color. The lampshade can be adjusted to the desired height
the b...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Opaline Glass and Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Opaline Glass and Ormolu chandelier. This most unique six armed chandelier is centered at the bottom by a large and ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Bagues Style Bronze and Rock Crystal Fruit Chandeliers
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Unusual French Bagues Style green patinated bronze and cut rock crystal fruit chandeliers of exquisite detail. This pair of fine chandeliers are embellished with cut rock grapes, amethyst rock crystal grapes, amethyst glass grapes, further adorned with cut rock crystal prisms, purple glass prisms and a unique octagonal form purple rock...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
Gilt Bronze & Frosted Glass Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Elegant Gitl Bronze Chandelier in the Louis XVI taste, featuring frosted glass dome and top funnel shaped cover. France, circa 1920.
Dimensions: Height 30" Diameter 18"
CW4613
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Superb Antique French Empire Ormolu Chandelier Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A pair of superb and unusual French Empire ormolu chandelier sconces. Each sconce is surmounted by a sculptural mount of doves perched on a cascading floral garland, modeled in high ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Palatial and Large Antique French Louis XVI Cut Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A palatial and large antique French Louis XVI cut crystal multi light chandelier of exceptional craftsmanship embellished with hand handcut crystal arms, cut crystal prisms and furth...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and most impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu chandelier. This important fifteen light chandelier is centered by striking and wonderfully executed tied g...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Wonderful French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Three-Arm Bouillotte Lamp Swan Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful large French neoclassical Louis XVI gilt bronze bouillotte lamp with three acanthus leaf arms and fluted center shaft with applied swags and top offed with a swan head gr...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Tôle, Bronze
French late 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Iron and Tole chandeliers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most decorative pair of French late 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Iron and Tole chandeliers. Each most elegant four arm and four light chandelier is centered by...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Iron
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
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
French Louis XVI Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Westwood, NJ
A large French Louis XVI gilt bronze three arm Bouillotte lamp with a large tole painted black adjustable shade, adjustable acanthus wrapped arms, a fluted column with a detailed and...
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Early 1800s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Bronze Three-Light Chandelier with Torch
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style three-light bronze chandelier from the 19th century, with flaming torch, scrolling arms, garlands and floral-shaped shades. Born in France during the 19th ce...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Porcelain Urn Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gold Gilt Bronze White Matte Porcelain Swirling Urn Form Table Lamps - a Pair. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 32" H (to finial) x 24" H (to li...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier. This exquisite Montgolfière shaped twelve arm, nineteen light chandelier is cent...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Large French Blue Porcelain Antique Lamps with Bronze Doré Mounts
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Blue Porcelain Lamps
In the Louis XVI Style
The cobalt blue porcelain vases tastefully mounted with gilt bronze draped swags, ribbon-tied bunches of fruit, ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu chandelier. The six arm chandelier is centered by an elegant bottom acorn shaped and twisted ribbon finial below the dome shaped bod...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pr. Unusual French Baccarat White Opaline & Bronze Mounted Lamps w Elephant base
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Antique French Baccarat Gilt and Patinated Bronze White Opaline Crystal Rectangular Lamps with Enamel Decoration. This pair of antique French Baccarat lamps features recta...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Bakalowits & Sohne Dazzling Gold Plated Chandelier 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A leader in the field of luxury lighting, Bakalowits & Sohne is synonymous with quality and craftsmanship. Employing skilled artisans and using only the finest materials have made t...
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1960s Austrian Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate
Pair of Caldwell Silver Plated Two Light Neoclassical Style Sconces
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This handsome pair of sconces feature oval repousse Classical style reserves, and drapery, bow, and bellflower motifs. The twin arms are hung with clear and pale amethyst crystal drops.
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Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style Cherub Wall Appliques by Baccarat, circa 1890
By Baccarat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Moulded-Glass Three-Light Cherub Wall Appliqués by La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat.
French, circa 1890.
Glass drip pa...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
pair of Chinese 18th century Porcelain and French Louis XVI st. Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and most decorative pair of Chinese 18th century Famille Rose Porcelain and French Louis XVI st. Ormolu mounted lamps. Each most elegant vase mounted into a lamp is rais...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Gilt Candelabra Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style gilt bronze 3-arm candelabra base bouillotte table lamp with green tole shade.
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Tôle
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu & Marble Candelabra Beurdeley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley (French, 1847-1919) A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted and white marble three-light candelabra (now electrified), ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$14,250 Sale Price / set
48% Off
Very Fine Louis XVI Style Bronze Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Louis XVI style bronze chandelier. France, circa 1910. 6 lights
Dimensions: H 31", D 22"
CW2925.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Vintage French Brass Acorn Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
Enhance your living space with the timeless elegance of these exquisite mid 19th-century brass two-arm wall lights.
Skill-fully crafted, these lights are beautifully crowned with a ...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Brass
$1,170 / set
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu chandelier. The eight arm chandelier is centered by a beautiful richly chased bottom floral finial below the elegantly curved ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Wall Lamps / Sconces, Pierre Gouthière , c 1780
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A pair of Louis XVI gilt-bronze wall appliques, attributed to Pierre Gouthière after a design by Jean-Louis Prieur, circa 1780.
A Louis XVI period pair of delicately chiselled gilt ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
A fine and large 19th c French Louis XVI Carrera marble and gilt bronze lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine and large 19th century French Louis XVI Carrera marble and gilt bronze mounted tripod lamp.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Copper Lantern
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French copper lantern with glass panels. Lanterns can be wired for electricity or fitted for use with gas for an additional co...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Copper, Iron
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Charming French Louis XVI style gilt bronze six-light chandelier. Each candle arm conjoined with garlands above a cartouche ending with an acorn. The center stem with a floral loop...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$8,495 Sale Price
32% Off
Bag Of Pearls chandelier, Cut crystals About 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Bag Of Pearls chandelier, Cut crystals About 1900
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20th Century Italian Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Metal
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.
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1810s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Marble and Ormolu lamps
By Paul Sormani
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Vert de Patricia Marble and Ormolu lamps, attributed to Paul Sormani. This stunning pair of brûle parfu...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Bronze Dore Wall Sconce
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style (20th century) bronze doré oval back 2-arm wall sconces with bow knot top.
Category
20th Century Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$2,400 / set
Pair of Gilt Bronze Louis XVI Style Sconces
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of French gilt bronze Louis XVI neoclassical style sconces, circa 1880, with an urn and brazier finial decorating the top, swags draping the central portion of the sconces, acan...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$5,625 / set
Magnificent French Dore Bronze Rock Crystal Louis XVI Fine Gilt Huge Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
This majestic eight light Dore 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...
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1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
This large-scale fixture is a 19th-century French Louis XVI style chandelier made of gilt bronze and crystal. It exudes a sense of luxury and elegance typical of the Louis XVI era, k...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Magnificent Large French Bagues Louis XVI Style Rock Crystal Chandeliers
Located in New York, NY
This grand and luminous pair of French Louis XVI style rock crystal and gilt bronze cage form chandeliers by Maison Baguès, is richly adorned with faceted drops and floral crystal sp...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
$54,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French Louis XVI Painted Carved Wood Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-Style (19th/20th Century) carved grey painted chandelier with 6 fluted arms and gilt trim with a finial at bottom.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Paint
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt & Patinated Bronze Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
This 19th-century Louis XVI-style gilt and patinated bronze chandelier features a double-tiered design with elegantly twisted arms. The upper section is suspended from a decorative r...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Vintage Maria Theresa 16-Light Faceted Crystal & Gilt Metal Chandelier
Located in Miami, FL
A glamorous Maria Theresa sixteenth-light chandelier or hanging fixture (35 inches diameter) of faceted crystal, cut glass and gilt metal featuring serpentine arms.
Made in Czechoslovakia and each candlelight with Bohemian glass flowers, dangling pendants and decorative bobeche...
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1950s Czech Vintage Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Wire, Metal
"Dolphin" Chandelier attr. to Maison Baguès, France, circa 1900
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Louis XVI-inspired chandelier in crystal and chiseled and gilded bronze with six lights. It is composed of a lit covered basin in gadrooned cut crystal, covered on its base with...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandeliers
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Marie Antoinette chandeliers. Each six arm six light chandelier is centered by a st...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
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 ...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$5,000 Sale Price
42% Off
Pair 19th C Ormolu Mounted Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Vases Turned to Lamps
By Henry Dasson
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent pair of 19th century Louis XVI Style ormolu mounted chinese famille verte porcelain vases turned to lamps, the ormolu attributed to Henry Dasson. The ormolu mounted Chi...
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique French Bagues Louis XVI St Ormolu and Cut Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An magnificent large late 19th century French Louis XVI style ormolu and rock crystal chandelier of exquisite craftsmanship. A superb example of French neoclassical revival design, t...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Girandoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal girandoles. Each girandole is raised by a circular ormolu base with a most decorative beaded and acan...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th C. Blue Opalescent Crystal Tulip Form Lustres W/ Gilt Decor
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style blue opalescent crystal tulip form lustre/girandole/candle sticks with hand-painted enamel designs and gilt decoration. Each ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Pair French Attr. Baccarat Double Overlay White to Green Cut Crystal Lusters
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A very fine pair of Antique French " Baccarat" double overlay, White to Green cut Crystal Lusters / Girondles, attributed to Baccarat . This pair of wh...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal
Pair of French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Torch Wall Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Three-Light Wall Sconces. The back plate in the form of a torch with three scrolled candle arms protruding from th...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$13,560 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Baltic 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most stately Baltic 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier. This truly stunning twenty light chandelier is centered by an inverted topie shaped bo...
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19th Century Baltic Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Bronze Louis XVI Style Sconces
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Pair of bronze Louis XVI style sconces with urns and garland motif.
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
$1,450 / set
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, Bronze, Enamel
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.
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Bronze
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and frosted Glass chandeliers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and frosted Glass chandeliers, after a model by Pierre Gouthière for Marie Antoinette. Each exquisite ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Louis Xvi lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
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