Louis XVI Benches
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
Louis XVI Day Bed or 'Lit De Repos' in the Manner of Georges Jacob, 1739-1814
Located in Berlin, DE
A late 18th century Louis XVI daybed or 'lit de repos', in the manner of Georges Jacob (1739-1814). Constructed in walnut with the swept ends of scrolled form, carved with flower hea...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Wood Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated wood bench. The bench is raised by six turned circular tapered legs with a top and bottom half round band. The apron has at att...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Antique Hand Carved and Painted Cane Bench, Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French antique hand carved and painted cane bench in Louis XVI style. There is a pair of side chairs that matches perfectly the bench.
Fran...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood
$2,429 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique French Shabby Chic Bergere Window Seat Bench Original Paint Finish
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original circa 1880 Napoleon III Louis XVI style bergère window seat bench with original shabby chic paint
This is a truly stunni...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Oak
A French 19th century Napoleon III period Louis XVI st vanity/piano bench
By Napoléon III
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most impressive French 19th century Napoleon III period Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Fruitwood, Ormolu, Giltwood and Porcelain vanity/piano bench. This finely detailed b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
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Ormolu
French Louis XIV Style Giltwood Carved Window Bench 19th Century.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
French Louis XIV Style Giltwood carved window bench 19th Century
Elegant French Baroque style ornately carved and gilded window bench. It features six cabriole legs on scroll feet...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Carved Giltwood Caned Bench
Located in Dallas, TX
Refined and elegant, this antique bench was crafted in France circa 1920 in the Louis XVI style and features beautifully carved giltwood and a hand-caned seat. The oval frame is ador...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Cane, Giltwood
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Giltwood And Green Velvet Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood and green velvet bench. The bench is raised by slender circular tapered fluted legs with f...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Velvet, Giltwood
Louis XVI Stool by Claude Sené
By Claude I Sené
Located in New York, NY
One could be forgiven for thinking Claude Sené was a poor speller and dyslexic, since his stamp has a ‘G’ initial for Claude, and an inverted ‘N’ in Sené. ...
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1770s French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood
Pair Of Louis XVI Style Distressed Oak Benches
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular seat with fabric printed with famous historic news stories. Recommend replacing the fabric. Conforming guilloche carved frame raised on tapered fluted legs.
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1970s European Vintage Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Fabric, Oak
$2,850 / set
Pair of Pair of Louis XVI Style Painted Benches
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Pair of Louis XVI style painted benches, late 20th century. With upholstered seats, aprons with raised bellflowers, legs with tassel and turned tapered fluted design.
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Late 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
$1,500 / set
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Wood Benches
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated wood benches. Each bench is raised by circular tapered fluted legs with richly carved acanthus leaf t...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood
Thomas W Morgan Louis XVI Style Silk Stripe Roll Arm Bench
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Thomas W Morgan Louis XVI Style Silk Stripe Roll Arm Bench.
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1990s American Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Painted Upholstered Benches with Rounded Corners
Located in Dallas, TX
Complete your entryway or living room with this elegant pair of antique painted benches. Crafted in France, circa 1890 and built of beech wood, each bench stands on six tapered and f...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood
Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Period Patinated and Faux Marble Storage Benches
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI period patinated wood and faux painted marble, storage benches. Each bench is raised by a straight base with a fine mottled border....
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Creme Painted Bench
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with raised scrolled carved ends with caning. Upholstered seat and flute carved seat rail and with circular tapered fluted legs.
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style French Bench with "Vienna Straw" Seat
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Interesting and graceful oak bench; the legs, conical and elegantly fluted, are joined at the base by a well-designed and harmonious X-shaped element; the well-solid frame is carved with simple, linear, and refined motifs; the upper oval part serves as the seat is enriched with fine "Vienna straw" work. The bench was made between 1880 and 1885 in an artisan workshop near Paris certainly by a very skilled master cabinetmaker because this kind of workmanship requires a lot of experience and skill. The process of seat construction using equidistant holes and a woven plant material (drawn guinea cane) was known since Egyptian times (a stool was found in the tomb of the architect Kha dating from 1600° B.C.), but it was from the mid-19th century that it became popular worldwide. It was the Austro-Hungarian cabinetmaker Michael Thonet (father of bentwood) who in 1842 created chair No. 4 with this technique for the Daum café on Vienna's Kohlmarkt, but success came in 1859 when the Gebruder Thonet company of Michael's sons presented chair No. 14 made of curved solid wood with a straw seat...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Oak
Jansen Neoclassical Louis XVI Bench
Located in New York, NY
Jansen neoclassical Louis XVI bench. Six foot six inch long neoclassical wood carved bench in original vintage condition with burlap upholstered to...
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1960s South American Vintage Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood, Burlap
Gorgeous Antique Chippy White Painted French Louis XVI Cane Window Bench
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous bench made of walnut and cane and we believe silk damask upholstery. The bench is perfect for a window, the end of a bed in a bedroom or anywhere else you can thin...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Louis XVI Style White Painted Bench
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with bowed front. Circular tapered fluted legs. Used purple velvet upholstery.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Black Mohair & Gold Gilt Ottoman Or Bench
By Henredon
Located in Southampton, NJ
Louis XVI style gold gilt bench having black mohair upholstery with concave gold dotted pattern throughout bordered with satin black tassel’s over a stunning gold gilt X stretcher fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Mohair, Satin, Giltwood
Jansen Neoclassical Louis XVI Bench
Located in New York, NY
Jansen neoclassical Louis XVI bench. Six foot six inch long neoclassical wood carved bench in original vintage condition with burlap upholstered to...
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1960s South American Vintage Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Burlap, Wood
Louis XVI Style Rolled Arm Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bench, having generous rolled arms flanking its crown seat, its ivory painted base showing natural wear; raised on four, round, fluted, tapering legs, ending in touipe feet. Upholste...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Jansen Neoclassical Louis XVI Bench
Located in New York, NY
Six foot six inch long neoclassical wood carved bench in original vintage condition with black leather tripartite upholstered top on eight wood car...
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1960s South American Vintage Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood
French, Louis XVI Style Cerused Oak Bench or Ottoman
Located in Houston, TX
French Louis XVI style cerused oak bench or ottoman.
Handsome French 1940s cerused oak oval bench, ottoman or stool. This stylish French Louis XVI style limed oak ottoman has been newly upholstered in plush faux gray shearling...
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1940s European Vintage Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Oak
A French Louis XVI-Style Bench
Located in New York, NY
A French Louis XVI-style mahogany bench with round fluted tapered legs supporting an apron with geouche pattern. The newly upholstered seat covered with black horsehair with subtle b...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Brass
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated and Giltwood bench/settee
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated and Giltwood bench/settee. This wonderful small scale settee is raised by four circular tapered fluted legs en...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Giltwood
French Louis XVI Style '20th Century' Walnut Square Bench
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (20th century) walnut square bench with gilt trim and stretcher.
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20th Century French Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Set of Four Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Circular Giltwood Benches
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome set of four Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. circular giltwood benches. The benches are raised by four circular tapered legs ending in topie shape feet, with the upper p...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Metal
Antique bench classicism walnut two-seater
Located in Würzburg, DE
✓ Simple elegance
✓ Dainty & timeless
✓ High-quality workmanship
Dimensions: W: 125cm H: 96cm D: 66cm
Article: Antique bench seat
Item no.: 928
E...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Nutwood
Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Period Giltwood Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and large scale Italian 18th century Louis XVI period giltwood bench. The bench is raised by handsome paw feet below most attractive X shaped supports. The supports are co...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Giltwood
French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Semi-Circular Bench, Jacob-Inspired Model
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Semi-Circular bench, Model inspired by Georges Jacob.
Resting of giltwood legs carved in the neo-classical vernacular mastered by Georges Jacob, ma...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Wood
White Oak Carved French Louis XVI Style Bench Upholstered in Linen with Cushion
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Introducing the exquisite Louis Bench for Bloom Home, elegantly upholstered in Belgian linen for a touch of sophistication and luxury. Its solid white oak legs are meticulously carve...
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21st Century and Contemporary Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Linen, Oak
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Circular Swivel Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Louis XVI st. circular swivel bench. The bench is raised by four elegant circular fluted tapered legs with chandelles en...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Giltwood
Bench Louis XVI Style in Mohagany and Bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very decorative bench louis XVI style in mohagany and bronze ,The entire belt of the bench is surronded by finely chiseled bronze, the top of the foo...
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1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Benches
Materials
Bronze
Louis Xvi benches for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI benches 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 benches 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 benches made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original benches, popular names associated with this style include David Duncan, Claude I Sené, Karges Furniture, and Nancy Corzine. 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 benches differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $528 and tops out at $27,000 while the average work can sell for $3,020.
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