Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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 Style Cabinet with Salmon Marble Top
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Louis XVI style rectangular, gilt bronze mounted, red and gold chinoiserie painted side cabinet with salmon marble top above a frieze drawer and a pair of cupboard...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Giltwood
French 19th Century Cherry Corner Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A French 19th Century French Louis XVI st. light Cherry corner cabinet with two doors. The doors with all original hardware have a rectangular moulded border. The two ends have an el...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Cherry
French Early 19th Century Louis XVI St. Japanese Black Lacquer Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and very high quality French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Tulipwood, ormolu, Japanese black lacquer, and white Carrara marble buffet. The buffet is raised by fine square tapered legs with square mottled ormolu sabots and lovely circular mounts. The straight frieze is decorated with a beautiful fluted ormolu band below the single door with a wonderfully executed Japanese black lacquered...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Carrara Marble, Ormolu
French Late 18th Century Louis XVI Period Mounted Cabinet Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and extremely high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period Mahogany, ormolu, and white Carrara marble cabinet. The two door one drawer cabinet is raised by circular t...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Carrara Marble, Ormolu
English 19th Century Louis XVI St. Kingwood, Tulipwood and Ormolu Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and very high quality English early 19th century Louis XVI st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, and ormolu desk signed HOBBS. The five drawer desk is raised by beautiful and unique to...
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19th Century English Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
French 19th Century Cabinet Signed Deny, Paris
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most elegant French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble cabinet, signed Deny, Paris. This stunning three door and one drawer Mahogany cabine...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Ormolu
18th Century Unique Louis Seize Classicism Hallway Cupboard circa 1790 Oak
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique Louis Seize hall cabinet-wardrobe from 1790
solid oak upright rectangular two-door body with profile-framed fields in the middle of each door a carved Amphora. Architectura...
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18th Century German Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
19th Century French Vitrine of Kingwood and Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in London, GB
A fine vitrine in the manner of Francois Linke
Constructed in kingwood, with gilt bronze mounts, in the Louis XVI Transitional style; rising from bronze foliate sabots, with gent...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Copf Style Cherry Inlay Secretaire Cabinet, ca. 1800
Located in Budapest, Budapest
Early 19th century hutch, (combination of a writing secretaire and a glass cabinet) in Copf-Style. The pine corpus has a cherry veneer, and has fine...
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Early 19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Cherry, Pine
Antico Cassettone Luigi XVI Tre Cassetti Lastronato Intarsio Frontale XVIII Sec
Located in Milano, MI
Antico Cassettone Luigi XVI
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Antico cassettone Luigi XVI realizzato in Italia nella seconda metà del XVIII secolo, il cassettone e composto d...
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Mid-18th Century European Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
Louis XVI Style Five-Drawer, Marble Top Chiffonier by Zwiener, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted five drawer, marble top chiffonier by Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener.
French, circa 1880.
Stamped to th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Cabinet with a Painted Panel, French
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted cabinet with a Vernis martin panel, in the manner of Paul Sormani.
This elegant cabinet has a rectangular Seravezza marble top with cant...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze
Pair of Walnut Side Cabinets with Sèvres-style Porcelain Mounts, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A good pair of gilt bronze-mounted walnut side cabinets with Sèvres-style porcelain mounts.
French, circa 1880.
The rectangular tops having out-stepped corners above a single ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Louis XVI White Dresser Fleur de Lis by Paul Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Louis XVI White Dresser Fleur de Lis designed by renowned designer Paul Mathieu. This long white dresser has got nine drawers with his interpretation of Fleur de Lis motif carved all...
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2010s Indian Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Bronze, Metal, Sheet Metal
$24,114 / item
French Side Cabinet Floral Inlay Louis XVI 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Very tasteful antique French side cabinet in walnut and in the Louis XVI manner
Features very nice floral inlay designs on all surfaces
Ormolu fixtures are original and have a great ...
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1860s Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Walnut
Louis XVI Oak Secretair
Located in Vista, CA
Stunning tall oak secretair on top, beautifully carved drawers resting on paw feet.
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Late 18th Century European Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Oak
$15,995
Beautiful Pair of Fine Encoinures by Eugene Durand
By Durand
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany Encoinures. By Gervais Maximilien-Eugene Durand, Paris, last quarter of the 19th century. Each with a sh...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Mahogany
$17,500 / set
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Two-Door Bombee Shaped Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and unique French 18th century Louis XVI period patinated wood and faux painted marble cabinet. The two door bombee shaped commode à porte chest, which displays a special ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Wood
French Early 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Ormolu and Slate Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and handsome French early 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany, ormolu and slate cabinet. The cabinet is raised by elegant circular fluted tapered legs with fine ormolu...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
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Slate, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Cabinet In Mahogany and Bronze, XIXth century
Located in Beaune, FR
Mahogany and gilt bronze sideboard with two Louis XVI style mesh doors from the Napoleon III period with sea green marble top. The quality of the carving is remarkable on this piece ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Pair French Louis XV / XVI Transitional Style Chests w/ Inlay Circa 1920
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of French Louis XV / XVI Transitional Style Marquetry Commodes With Exotic Satinwood, Rosewood and Walnut Woods. Rectangular satinwood marquetry top over single drawer with two gilt bronze pulls surmounting a single compartment enclosed by pair of satinwood marquetry doors all rising on cabriole transitional legs terminating with applied gilt bronze ormolu mounts.
Circa 1810 French Empire (Napoleon) Empire Two Door Cabinet...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Louis Xvi case pieces and storage cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI case pieces and storage cabinets 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 case pieces and storage cabinets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI case pieces and storage cabinets 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 case pieces and storage cabinets, popular names associated with this style include François Linke, Maison Jansen, Paul Sormani, and Maison Mercier Frères. 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 case pieces and storage cabinets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $674,500 while the average work can sell for $7,500.
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