Louis XVI Armchairs
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
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
21st Century Verveine Armchair in Fabric with Gold Leaf Finishing
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Seductive lines and precious details for the Eglantine collection. Its soft and welcoming shapes are embellished by a hand-carved profile with gold leaf finishing. The perfect furnit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
21st Century Fleury Armchair in Fabric with Gold Leaf Finishing
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Fleury expresses a refined classic style. From the structure to the fabric, everything is worked by local craftsmen, whose precious knowledge is handed down from father to son. The ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
21st Century Grandcamée Armchair in Fabric with Gold Leaf Finishing
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
GrandCamée is the perfect expression of a bright classic style, where the refined upholstery in the precious fabric of the collection meets the decorative charm of the structure with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
21st Century Eglantine Armchair in Fabric with Gold Leaf Finishing
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Seductive lines and precious details for the Eglantine collection. Its soft and welcoming shapes are embellished by a hand-carved profile with gold leaf finishing. The perfect furnit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Pair of Dennis and Leen Neoclassical Style Painted Armchairs
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Pair of Italian neoclassical style green painted armchairs, made by Dennis and Leen, circa early 21st century. The back side of the backs are upholstered in a very soft leather. The ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
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Chic Pair of Painted Louis VI Style Fauteuil
Located in New York, NY
Louis VI style pair of painted arm chairs newly upholstered in pearl color boucle fabric.
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Early 2000s North American Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Paint
Finely Carved Louis XVI Style Giltwood Armchair
Located in London, Park Royal
A Louis XVI style armchair featuring exquisitely fine carving from LML's most master carvers. The piece is a replication of originals, made to the highest standards and finished in a...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
A Silver Gilt Wood Hollywood Regency Style Marquise Armchair
Located in London, Park Royal
A Hollywood Regency style marquise armchair featuring elegant curves and a glamorous silver gilt wood finish. The chairs have a plump feather seat c...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Silver Gilt Wood Hollywood Regency Style Marquise Armchairs
Located in London, Park Royal
A pair of Hollywood Regency style marquise armchairs featuring elegant curves and a glamorous silver gilt wood finish. The chairs have a plump feather seat cushion for comfort and ar...
Category
2010s British Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Louis XVI Style Arm Chairs in Black and White
Located in North York, ON
Pair of Louis XVI style arm chairs in black and white. Finished in a designer white lacquer and upholstered in a designer black pin ...
Category
2010s American Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Metal
French Caned Armchair
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French Louis XVI style whitewashed wingback armchair with cane back and sides. This beautiful chair has an ivory linen upholstered seat and back cushion. It is crafted from whitewa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Linen, Cane, Wood
French Louis XVI Style Bergère
Located in Westwood, NJ
A finely carved fauteuil, the paper twist carved, arched top rail and downswept padded arms with scroll terminals enclosing an upholstered back and cushion seat, on a finely carved s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Bergère
Located in Westwood, NJ
A finely carved fauteuil, the paper twist carved, arched top rail and down swept padded arms with scroll terminals enclosing an upholstered back and cushion seat with close nailed de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Wood
21st Century Pegaso Armchair in Fabric
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Soft lines and timeless design for the Pegaso line. The seats are characterized by a lateral opening which gives the furniture a special lightness. The fringes add a decorative note that enhances the sophisticated atmosphere that is typical of Jumbo Collection environments.
Pegaso armchair with structure in beechwood. Padding in foam. Upholstery in fabric MIL.21.10, MIL.21.23 with decorative fringe.
N° 1 pillow 50 x 30...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Fabric
21st Century Pegaso Armchair in Fabric with Decorative Fringe
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Soft lines and timeless design for the Pegaso line. The seats are characterized by a lateral opening which gives the furniture a special lightness. The fringes add a decorative note ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
21st Century Satin Armchair in Hand-carved Wood and Fabric in style of Louis XVI
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Satin is a classic model in Louis XVI style, revisited in a modern key thanks to the velvet upholstery in a delicate shade of grey. It features a hand-carved wooden structure with go...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
French Handmade Louis XVI Style Armchairs in Black Leather Side Chairs Available
Located in Chicago, IL
From the Old Plank Collection, comes a Louis XVI style dining chair, made in France, by an elderly gentleman, who has been crafting French dining chairs his entire life. Our French L...
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2010s French Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Leather, Upholstery
Luis XVI Armchair, Wood Frame Hand Carved, Gold Leaf Finishing, Made in Italy
Located in Barlassina, IT
LSXVI style inspired armchair. The first one was designed and made probably at the end of 1800, but it is still in current classical Belloni production.
Wood frame finely hand carve...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Daphne Gilt Hammered Iron Dining Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating pair of hammered iron dining chairs or armchairs featuring a gilt finish. Made in the French Louis XVI taste having a round bac...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Metal
French Louis XVI Style Silver Gold Gilt Pink Damask Oval Back Arm Chairs, Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis XVI style silver and gold gilt pink damask oval medallion back arm chairs - a pair. ***Listing is for (1) Pair. Currently (3) Pair available*** Item features silver/gold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
French Louis XVI Style Armchairs Custom Dyed Blue Leather Hand-Made in France
Located in Chicago, IL
From the Old Plank Collection, comes a Louis XVI style dining chair, made in France, by an elderly gentleman, who has been crafting French dining chairs his entire life. Our French L...
Category
2010s French Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Beech
21st Century Tulipe Armchair in Jacquard Fabric and Base in Hand-carved Wood
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
The elegance of the capitonné manufacturing in refined Jacquard fabric is the distinctive element of the Tulipe armchair, whose shape with low back and wide armrests, suspended on a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Poplar
Custom Phillip Starck Mirrored Louis XVI Style Chairs, Cliff Hotel San Francisco
Located in Chicago, IL
Custom Phillip Starck mirrored Louis XVI style chairs, Cliff Hotel San Francisco, silver painted wood with cut mirrored glass on seat and back de...
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Early 2000s French Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of Louis XVI style armchairs covered in cut velvet fabric. Carved foliage and shell motif at the top. Very good condition. Two s...
Category
Early 2000s American Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Velvet
Louis XVI Style Armchair Made by La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XVI style armchair: Picture shows one of a pair which were made as a one off by master craftsmen. Elegantly carved and hand finished in a two tone patina, gilded or ecru, sligh...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Beautiful Pair of Chairs, 18th Century Style, Signed, France
Located in Paris, FR
Unique pair of chairs, created and signed by one of the greatest French cabinet maker, Atelier BHC.
In 18th century style, inspired by a famous French Castle near Paris.
Amazing Bo...
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2010s French Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Pale Gray Louis XVI Barrel back Bergere Embroidered Silk Armchair Minton Spidell
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Louis XVI Barrelback Bergere embroidered silk armchair by Minton-Spidell.
French painted and decorated Bergere chair by Minton Spidell. Down seat cushion with finely carved details....
Category
2010s American Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Giltwood, Down
French Louis XVI Style Arm chairs Custom Dyed Blue Leather, Side chair Available
Located in Chicago, IL
From the Old Plank collection, comes a Louis XVI style dining chair, made in France, by an elderly gentleman, who has been crafting French dining chairs his entire life. Our French L...
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2010s French Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Beech
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Louis Xvi armchairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI armchairs 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 armchairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI armchairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original armchairs, popular names associated with this style include Jumbo Collection, La Maison London, Minton-Spidell, and Philippe Starck. 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 armchairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,800 and tops out at $50,136 while the average work can sell for $6,473.
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