Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
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
A Pair of French Louis XVI Style Painted Open Arm Chairs, C. 1940.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A refined pair of French chairs in the Louis XVI style, they feature painted wood frames with classic neoclassical detailing. The design includes fluted legs, straight backs, and sub...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
2 Baker French Louis XVI Mahogany Fauteuil Library Lounge Club Armchairs Pair
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of Baker Furniture library or lounge arm chairs, circa 1980s. Made of mahogany featuring French Louis XVI styling with domed / serpentine top, padded fauteuil arms, carved acan...
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1980s Vintage Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
$2,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Louis XVI Style Walnut Caned Needlepoint Lounge Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Divine pair of French caned lounge chairs or armchairs featuring the original art nouveau style needlepoint. Beautifully crafted from walnut i...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Cane, Walnut
$6,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th C Gilt Salon Chair
Located in New York, NY
We believe this is a Late 19th, or Early 20th C gilt wood salon chair in as found condition. This elegantly carved wood arm chair is structurally sound...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
Pair of Hendrix Allardyce Louis XVI Style Bergere Armchairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing pair of lounge chairs or Bergere armchairs made in the grand neoclassical Louis XVI taste by Hendrix Allardyce Los Angeles, CA. The chairs feature a carved frame with an inte...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style, Painted Wood, Pink Fabric, Bergere Chairs, France, 1960s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XVI Style, Painted Wood, Pink Fabric, Bergere, Lounge or Arm Chairs, France, 20th c.
Traditional Bergere, Wingback or Armchairs with a cream painted finish and pink upholstere...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Very Fine Pair Of French Style Armchairs In Custom Treatment
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A particularly well-made Pair of Oval-Back Armchairs with Generous Proportions, Deep Stain, Sophisticated Carved Frames, Tapered Reeded Legs and a Striking Sinuous Form. The Pair ar...
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20th Century Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair Vintage Louis LXI Style Lounge Chairs Attributed to the Baker Furniture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine pair of well made and comfortableFrench Style lounge chairs in a custom fabric treatment. Nicely carved with ribbon twist frames and carved ribbed arms with acanthus leaves. R...
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20th Century Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
French Louis XVI Style Bergere Chair with Ottoman, circa 1920s
Located in San Francisco, CA
A remarkably comfortable hand-carved and hand-painted armchair / Louis XVI style bergere chair with ottoman, upholstered in slightly worn si...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$2,400 Sale Price / set
22% Off
Antique Pair of French Louis XV Upholstered Bergere Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
An elegant pair of antique Louis XV upholstered arm chairs. Freshly upholstered in a black velvet with nailhead trim bordering the edges and the frames refinished in a dark walnut fi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century Pair of French Louis XVI Style Armchairs with a Gold Leaf Finish
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of French Louis XVI style armchairs with a gold leaf finish from the late 19th century. These fauteuils are beautifully carved with gadrooning, flutted legs and a ribbon at the ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved Lacquered Fauteuils Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of French Louis XVI Style giltwood carved lacquered Fauteuils (armchairs). The elegantly carved wood frames with rounded backrests, open and padded armrests and fluted legs, i...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wood
$3,596 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Baker Furniture Style French Regency Louis XVI Carved Walnut Bergere Armchair
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style bergere armchair or lounge chair
In the manner of Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Carved walnut frame, with whimsical Chinoiserie uphols...
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1960s American Vintage Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Fauteuils, Pair
Located in Dallas, TX
A magnificent pair of 19th-20th century Louis XVI style giltwood open armchairs of exceptional quality and scale. Each of the armchairs with elongated oval backs, carved frame bander...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood
Antique easy chair with Paul Smith fabric upholstery 1880s
By Horrix
Located in Den Haag, NL
What a top combination on this Antique easy chair .A Paul Smith
fabric upholstery . professional done . with singles and springs .
Hand carved Nut wood .Very good condition .
...
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1880s European Antique Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Nutwood
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
French Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Oak Lounge Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and unusual country French late 19th century Louis XVI style honey colored oak lounge chair. Upholstered on all sides with a handsome blue and yellow fabric. Raised on six...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Louis XVI Style, Beige Fabric, Mahogany, Lounge Chairs, France, 1920s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XVI Style, Beige Fabric, Mahogany, Bergere Chairs, France, 1920s
Pair of Jansen style Fauteuils or armchairs each having the Louis XVI form with sculptured velvet fabric The p...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Maison Jansen attr, Louis XVI Style, Painted Wood, Lounge Chairs, France, 1920s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Maison Jansen attr, Louis XVI Style, Painted Wood, Lounge Chairs, France, 1920s
Pair of Maison Jansen attrib. Louis XVI Style French wingback or armchairs in a Swedish style finish....
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Pair of Mid 18th Century Gilt French Armchairs Fauteuils
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of Mid 18th Century Gilt French Sculptural Armchairs in faux crocodile and cotton velvet. Hand carved, Gilt and in very good condition considering their age. Updated in...
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Mid-17th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Plaster, Hardwood, Giltwood
Pair of 19th Century Walnut Wood Italian Louis XVI Style Armchairs, 1850
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Pair of Genoese armchairs from the mid-19th century. Furniture carved in walnut wood of Louis XVI line finely chiselled with feral ornament in the upper part (see photo). Armchairs f...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wood
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 Lounge Chairs
Materials
Mirror, Wood
$6,240 Sale Price / set
48% Off
Louis XVI Style, Beechwood, Floral Fabric, Bergere Chairs, France, 1940s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Louis XVI Style, Beechwood, Floral Fabric, Arm or Lounge Chairs, France, 20th C.
Pair of bergère or lounge chairs in the Louis XVI style designed and produced in France in the middl...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Fruitwood
Pair Elegant Carved and Paint Decorated Armchairs by Sherill
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very well-made and solid feeling pair of Chairs in a sophisticated and decorative fabric and painted treatment. Louis XVI style painted in a taupe tone crackle finish. With ribbon ...
Category
20th Century American Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved Boudoir Side Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style giltwood carved Boudoir side chairs. The low giltwood carved frames with a padded tapered backrest crowned with carved crossed flaming tor...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
$2,760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Maison Jansen Style, Gustavian, Louis XVI, Armchairs, Gray Distressed Paint
Located in Manhasset, NY
Maison Jansen Style, Gustavian, Louis XVI, Armchairs, Gray Distressed Paint, Pink Scalamandré Fabric
Pair of Louis XVI fashion lounge or arm chairs having a pink Scalamandré fabric....
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
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 Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
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 Lounge Chairs
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Louis Xvi lounge chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI lounge chairs 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 lounge chairs 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 lounge chairs 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 lounge chairs, popular names associated with this style include Jumbo Collection, Baker Furniture Company, Hendrix Allardyce, 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 lounge chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $975 and tops out at $17,720 while the average work can sell for $4,841.
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