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Louis XVI Seating

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
French Parisian Maison Gouffé Louis XVI Style Painted Daybed W/ White Chenille
Located in Astoria, NY
A Magnificent 1930s French Parisian Daybed by Maison Gouffé in Grand Louis XVI Style. Sourced from Paris, this exquisite daybed epitomizes the elegance of the Grand Louis XVI style. ...
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Seating

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Chenille, Wood, Paint

Antique chair, France, late 19th century.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chair from around 1890, France. Our offer includes two identical chairs. The furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation. The seat and backrest are co...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Walnut

Set of 6 French Louis XVI Blue Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 6 of French Louis XVI style (20th Cent) light green painted side chairs with light blue upholstered seat and back.
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20th Century French Louis XVI Seating

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Wood

Louis XVI Style Polychrome, Parcel gilt bench made by La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XVI Style polychrome giltwood bench, painted in an Old White with gilded highlights and upholstered with a Tassinari and Chatel Fabric.
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2010s British Louis XVI Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Dennis & Leen Formations Carved Italian Armchair W Clarence House Tiger Velvet
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Dennis & Leen for Formations Carved Italian armchair W Clarence House Tiger Velvet.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XVI Seating

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Velvet, Wood

French Louis XVI Cushioned Loveseat
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th Cent) grey painted loveseat with rounded sides and carved back crest with upholstered back, sides and seat with cushion Condition consistent with age of...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Paint

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Painted Lyre Back Accent Chairs in Blue Stripe
Located in Astoria, NY
A beautifully restored pair of early 20th-century French Louis XVI style side chairs, sourced from Provence. Each chair features an elegant lyre-shaped back—an iconic neoclassical mo...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Seating

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Gold Leaf

A Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Aubusson Tapestry Five-Piece Salon Suite
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Aubusson Tapestry Five-Piece Salon Suite. This suite of seat furniture comprises four fauteuils or open armchairs of generous proportions and a canapé...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Tapestry, Giltwood

Fine Carved Walnut French Louis XVI Style Tufted Vinyl Upholstered Bench
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful and very well carved stop-fluted Louis XVI walnut window bench. The bench is in good original condition with minor signs of age and use as the phtos confirm. The ...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XVI Seating

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Faux Leather, Walnut

Pair of Swedish 18th Century Louis XVI Style Bench-stools
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A Swedish pair of Louis XVI style benches (interchangeable as footstools or ottomans) dating to the 1700’s. These classically styled benches have...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Upholstery, Wood, Paint

French Louis XVI Style Wingback Settee with Original Gilding and New Fabric
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style settee from the early 19th century, with original gilding and new upholstery. Born in France during the early years of the 19th century, this settee features...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Upholstery, Wood

Set 10 Balloon Back Maison Jansen Attributed Antique White Paint Dining Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb set of 10 Balloon back antique white paint decorated Louis XVI style dining chairs attributed to Maison Jansen. They are not signed but have all the tell-tale signs ...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XVI Seating

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Walnut

Italian Louis XVI Painted and Parcel Gilt Fauteuil of Large Scale, circa 1780
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An unusual circa 1780 Italian Neapolitan Louis XVI style fauteuil or open-armchair of large "Palazzo" scale having acanthus and lambs-tongue carved fruitwood frame in original 'creme...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Fruitwood, Giltwood

Giltwood Louis XVI Piano Stool with Leather Seat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Adjustable height piano stool, in the Louis XVI style, of carved giltwood, its rotating round seat upholstered in leather with nailheads,...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Giltwood

Set of 4 Louis XVI Period Fauteuils Stamped ”F. Lapierre a Lyon”
Located in Doylestown, PA
A set of 4 Louis XVI period fauteuils in original green painted finish, with 18th century needlepoint tapestry seats and backs, each chair signed by the maker on the seat stretcher “...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Beech

18th Century French Pair of Antique Louis XVI Walnut Benches
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique French pair of two Louis XVI benches made of hand crafted Walnut wood, in good condition. Can be used as bed end bench. The legs are tapered and fluted. This remarkable an...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Fabric, Upholstery, Walnut

Pair of French Open Armchairs Louis XVI Style Fauteuils, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of Louis XVI style fauteuils, French open armchairs, made in the 20th mid-century period. The wood is finely scupted with plant motifs typical of the Louis 16 style. The upholst...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XVI Seating

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Upholstery, Wood

Pair of Mid Century Louis XVI Style Painted Stools in the Manner of Jansen
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of midcentury Louis XVI stools in the manner of Jansen. Lovely pair painted in cream with green accents. This has been newly upholstered in a green textured fabric and the reede...
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1950s Italian Vintage Louis XVI Seating

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Fabric, Wood, Paint

French Louis XVI Style Oval Back Carved Wood Green Velvet Upholstered Armchair
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19/20th Century) armchair having green velvet upholstered oval backs, nailhead trim, and frames with distressed grey painted finish and gilt trim with carved ...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Seating

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Giltwood

Pair of Louis XVI Style Benches White Painted With Fabric
Located in Kastrup, DK
A pair (set of 2) benches in Louis XVI style. Frame in white-painted wood, seats newly upholstered with striped linen blend in shades of green (Forest Green) from Colefax & Fowler. R...
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Early 20th Century Danish Louis XVI Seating

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Wood

French Louis XVI Style Sofa - John Elgin Woolf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous French Louis XVI style sofa from a John Elgin Woolf project. All original finish and textiles - keep as-is, or change to your liking. Perfect for your classical design proje...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XVI Seating

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Fabric, Wood

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 Seating

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Fabric, Wood

French Louis XVI Style Sofa
Located in London, Park Royal
French, Louis XVI style, sofa, hand-carved in solid, beechwood. Fully “upholstered in customers choice of fabric and completed with bolster pillows and feather cushions”. (13 m's of ...
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2010s British Louis XVI Seating

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Beech

Pair of Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Bergère Armchairs with Modern Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of mid-19th Century French Louis XVI giltwood bergère armchairs are versatile, classic, and comfortable. During the second half of...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Beech, Fabric, Upholstery, Giltwood

Pair of 19th Century French Salon Armchairs
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive good quality pair of French Louis XVI style carved giltwood salon armchairs. Each with scrolling foliate decoration to the show wood, beautiful Aubusson tapestry co...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Giltwood

French Louis XVI Style Cane Side Chairs, 1880s. Set of 2.
Located in Asaa, DK
French Louis XVI Style Cane Side Chairs, 1880s. Set of 2. Gorgeous pair of hand carved side chairs with original woven caned seat and back. Made in France in the late 19th century i...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Cane, Hardwood

Beautiful Pair of Cane Back French Louis XVI Needlepoint Armchairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a Spanish-made pair of gorgeous French Louis XVI styled needlepoint upholstered cane back armchairs. They are whimsical and unique with their mermaid and Capricorn figures. T...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Louis XVI Seating

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Cane, Walnut

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Chair
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Chair Purchased in France. Beautiful chair with chipped Gold Leaf. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos. Message us with questions.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Wood

Antique French Louis XVI Style Gold Carved Giltwood Canape Cameo Settee Sofa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gold Carved Giltwood Canape Cameo Settee Sofa. Item features a very unique curvaceous frame with "Cameo" panels as well as unique leafy carvings throug...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Seating

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Fabric, Wood

19th Century Louis XVI Style Settee
Located in Belmont, MA
Elaborate Louis XVI style settee, finely carved pearwood. Straight back crowned with wreath, upholstered seat and back, ending on round tapered baluster legs. Originally the settee b...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Pearwood

18th Century Louis XVI Piedmontese Canape
Located in New Orleans, LA
Impressive in size and form, the walnut canape has an ochre glaze. Newly upholstered in white linen. Lovely carved detail on sides and back. The upholstered back and sides are easily...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Upholstery, Wood

Pair Of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Patinated And Giltwood Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Napoleon III Period patinated and Giltwood Bergère armchair. The pair are raised by elegant circular fluted tapered legs endin...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Wood, Giltwood

Pair of 20th Century French Comfortable Walnut Armchairs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A wonderfully comfortable pair of 20th Century French walnut framed armchairs. With a feather seat cushion. Covered in silk damask fabric which is in good clean condition. Circa 1930.
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20th Century French Louis XVI Seating

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Silk, Walnut

Antique French Neoclassical Louis XVI Style Fauteuil Armchairs
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Louis XVI style fauteuil arm chairs. An ornate pair with modern upholstery, trimmed in gold with acanthus detail and traditional accents.
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Seating

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Upholstery, Giltwood

Companion Pair Louis XVI Style gold Gilt & Leather Upholstered Arm Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is an incredible NEAR PAIR of companion chairs that were upholstered to look similar in an ivory hued leather upholstery. The chairs are in WATER GILDED finishes and this is kno...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Seating

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Leather, Walnut, Giltwood

Set of Fourteen French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Giltwood Dining Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and complete set of fourteen French 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood dining chairs. This large set comprises of two armchairs and twelve side chairs. Each chair is rais...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Giltwood

Early 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Style Pair of Armchairs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Lovely Italian antique armchairs, set of 2, 1930s. These armchairs are Louis XVI style in lacquered wood with fine gilt decorations. Upholstered in green imitation leather. This beau...
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1930s Italian Vintage Louis XVI Seating

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Walnut

Six French Louis XVI High Back Blue Velvet Walnut Dining Chairs
Located in Baltimore, MD
Set of six French Louis XVI style tall back dining chairs, two armchairs and four side chairs, circa 1960s. They feature carved walnut frames with fluted front legs, sabre back legs ...
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1960s American Vintage Louis XVI Seating

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Velvet, Walnut

Antique French Louis XVI Painted Side Chairs in Pink Chinoiserie Fabric- A Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
A romantic pair of late 19th-century Louis XVI-style accent chairs, sourced in Provence and reupholstered in an expressive Chinoiserie-inspired cotton. The hand-carved frames feature...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Fabric, Cotton, Maple, Paint

Set of 4 French Louis XVI Striped Walnut Arm Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
"Set of 4 French Louis XVI style walnut arm chairs with striped upholstered seat and back. (19/20th Cent.) Antique condition."
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Walnut

Baker Furniture French Louis XVI Mahogany Cane Balloon Back Dining Chairs - 6
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Baker Furniture French Louis XVI Mahogany and Cane Ballon Back Dining Chairs - Set of 6 Each armless chair measures: 21 wide x 24 deep x 37.75 high, with a seat height of 18.5 inche...
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Early 2000s American Louis XVI Seating

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Upholstery, Cane, Mahogany

French Louis XVI Style Tiger Oak Trestle Dining Bench
Located in Astoria, NY
Charming mid-20th-century French dining bench in the Louis XVI style, sourced directly from Provence. Handcrafted from solid oak, it features a generous 6.45-foot-long seat, perfectl...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Seating

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Oak

18th Century Solid Walnut Pair of Rustic Armchairs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful 18th century of the period Louis XVI Italian antique rustic set of 2 armchairs in solid walnut wood. These armchairs are very simple and essential. The seats are wide and c...
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1750s Italian Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Walnut

A pair of French Louis XVI style carved bleached oak armchairs, C 1890.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This pair of solid oak armchairs is all delicately hand carved with shaped crests adorned with foliate motif, above double splats of urn form, flanked by downturned fluted arms conti...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Oak

Carved Painted Wood Footstools Fortuny Orsini Fabric PAIR
Located in Canterbury, GB
A pair of carved wood and painted foot stools Louis XVI style and dating from mid 1900's Professionally upholstered in hand printed Fortuny Orsini ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XVI Seating

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Linen, Wood, Giltwood

Four French Chairs
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A good set of four French painted chairs made in the Louis XVI style probably in Alsace in the 1830s. They have been reupholstered in Paris recently. The p...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Wood

Four French Chairs
Four French Chairs
$6,413 / set
FOUR STUNNING LOUIS XVI FRENCH CARVED GILTWOOD DOUBLE CANED BERGERE SIiDE CHAIRS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exceptional set of four sublime Louis XVI French Carved Giltwood and double Caned Bergère side chairs ...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Rattan, Giltwood

Antique French Louis XVI Style Harp Lyre Back Italian Mahogany Arm Chairs - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Harp Lyre Back Italian Mahogany Arm Chairs - a Pair. Item features smaller attractive frames, carved lyre backs, solid wood construction, tapered legs,...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Seating

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Mahogany

Custom Vintage Louis XVI Blue raised Velvet Floral Bergere Armchair
Located in Charleston, SC
A vintage Louis XVI-style ebonized giltwood bergere armchair, with a square button-tufted back, and a comfortable large cushion base. DIMENSIONS 26ʺW × 21ʺD × 34.5ʺH. Previously u...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Seating

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Velvet, Wood, Giltwood

Set of Twelve Italian Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Dining Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and complete set of twelve Italian early 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood dining chairs. Each seat is raised on tapered fluted legs with brass castors on the front a...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Giltwood

Late 18th/19th Century French Ivory Louis XVI Armchairs with Aubusson
Located in Essex, MA
Lovely original carved Louis XVI-style chairs with original Aubusson tapestry upholstery. A pair of Louis XVI style fauteuils or armchairs in their original condition are ready to be...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Tapestry, Wood

A pair of green velvet Louis XVI fauteuils armchairs
Located in London, GB
France, circa 1780 A pair of late eighteenth century painted fauteuils, with oval backs and seats, upholstered in striking nineteenth century apple green cut velvet, all supported o...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Velvet, Wood

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Located in Buchanan, NY
A sophisticated pair of French Louis XVI style armchairs. This exquisite pair of French Louis XVI armchairs will make a stunning additi...
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1950s French Vintage Louis XVI Seating

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Wood

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Armchairs
$2,928 Sale Price / set
39% Off
19th Century Louis XVI Duchesse en Bateau Chaise
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th Century French Louis XVI style duchesse en bateau, or chaise longue by master furniture maker Pierre Pillot (1748-1822) of Nîmes. Solid walnut frame with hand-carved de...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Brass

Newly Upholstered Paolo Moschino Fabric Louis XVI Style Chair
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A beautifully updated Louis XVI style armchair that embodies the timeless elegance of 18th-century French design with a modern fabric from Paolo Moschino. Featuring a classic oval ba...
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20th Century Louis XVI Seating

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Fabric

French Louis XVI Style Natural Wood Bench with White Painted Accents, circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style natural wood bench from circa 1900 with white painted accents, carved décor, fluted legs and upholstered seat. This French Louis XVI style natural wood bench...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Seating

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Upholstery, Wood, Paint

Louis XVI White and Gold Wood Laquer 19th or Early France
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Louis XVI armchair beats 18th or early 19th century Luois XVI chair with original structure, to change the upholstered fabric to your taste as it is worn Only outer fabric, The Int...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Wood

Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Wood Benches
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th-century Louis XVI st. patinated wood benches. The pair are raised on six circular fluted tapered legs ending with a topie shaped feet while at the top ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Wood

Louis XVI Style Beechwood and Aubusson Tapestry Five-Piece Salon Suite
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI Style Beechwood and Aubusson Tapestry Five-piece Salon Suite. Comprising a canapé and four fauteuils, the beechwood frames crisply carved with beading, stylised petals a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Tapestry, Beech

Pair of Louis XVI Revival Open Armchairs French with Footstools, Midcentury
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of French fauteuils, open armchairs side or desk chairs Louis XVI revival, Very fine sculptures with golden elements. Vegetal motifs: flowers and leaves and geometrical patterns...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Seating

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Fabric, Upholstery, Walnut

Louis Xvi seating for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI seating 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 seating created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI seating 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 seating, popular names associated with this style include Jumbo Collection, La Maison London, Maison Jansen, and Drexel. 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 seating differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $220 and tops out at $115,000 while the average work can sell for $3,844.

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