Louis XVI Furniture
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
Creator: Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
A Pair Of Sevres Porcelain Cobalt-Blue Ground Vases Adélaïde, 2eme Grandeur
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Quite Rare Pair Of Sevres Porcelain Cobalt-Blue Ground Vases Adélaïde, 2eme Grandeur; 1843-1849, green printed S.49 lozenge for 1849 to the underside of each socle,...
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1840s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bronze Clock with Sèvres Porcelain
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine quality Louis XVI style bronze ormolu mantel clock. The case is made of gilt brass and bronze ormolu casted ornaments, Roman numerals in white enameled cartouches. On top of t...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Sèvres Porcelain Vase from the 'Camaïeu Carmin' Service of Fontainebleau
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This small but elegant Sèvres porcelain vase boasts an impressive provenance, being part of the 'Camaïeu Carmin' service originally made in 1757 for Louis XV for his Château de Fonta...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain and Ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a square Ormolu base with elegant and unique fi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Very Rare French Sevres Faux Bois Flower-Pot & Underplate, Signed Sevres Marks
Located in New York, NY
An Exceedingly Rare 19th Century French Sevres Faux Bois Flower-Pot and Underplate, Signed with Sevres Marks. This stunning piece features a beautiful rounded rich handcrafted faux ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
An 18th C. French Ormolu Mounted Sevres Porcelain Centerpiece w/ Dragon Handles
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite 18th Century French Ormolu Mounted Sevres Porcelain Centerpiece painted and decorated by Jean-Jacques Pierre, adorned with enchanting early 1800's ormolu dragon handle...
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain & Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scale pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu candelabras. The richly decorated pair of seven arm candelabras are supported by f...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Of Continental 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain Plaques
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative pair of Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres porcelain plaques in their original Giltwood frames. Each hand painted still life plaque is set within a wonde...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain & Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu lidded urns. The pair of urns are raised on square Ormolu bases supported by topie shaped feet. The e...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Clock in Gilt Bronze with a Porcelain Plate from Sévres
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with this stunning mantel clock, designed in the Louis XVI style and originating from the Napoleon III period. It is crafted from gilded bronze and notably adorned wit...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Sevres Style Porcelain Lidded Candy Dish or Jewelry Box
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality porcelain lidded candy dish or jewelry box inspired in the manner of 19th Century Sevres designs.
This fine quality and beautiful por...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sévres Porcelain And Ormolu Annular Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres porcelain and Ormolu annular clock. The clock is raised by a square Ormolu base with a Coeur de Rai border des...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Centerpiece Psychee and Cupidon Statue in Sevres biscuit, 1890s, France
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
Discover the timeless elegance and symbolism of the Sèvres biscuit group featuring Psyche and Eros. This delicate work of art captures a mythical moment of love, sacrifice, and divin...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Sèvres Double Handled Cup, Cover and Stand, 1791
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Sèvres Double Handled Cup, Cover and Stand, 1791
Sèvres is the most prominent name in French Porcelain, but it was not the first. Porcelain had been manufactured in France to suppl...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Sevres Biscuit Porcelain Figure 'De La Fontaine' from 'Les Grands Hommes, 1784
Located in Essex, MA
A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) BISCUIT FIGURE OF 'JEAN DE LA FONTAINE' FROM THE SERIES OF 'LES GRANDS HOMMES'
circa 1784, INCISED L R 7 TO BASE AT FRONT
Modelled by Pierre Julien (1731-180...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI St. Sèvres porcelain and ormolu câche pot vases. Each stunning vase is raised on an ormolu base with concave corner...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI St. ormolu and Sevres porcelain centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by an elegant ormolu base with fine foliate feet, beautiful richly chased frolicking lovebirds and a striking fluted socle shaped pedestal support adorned with superb swaging berried laurel garlands tied with ribbons and flanked by charming winged cherubs amidst scrolled acanthus leaves. The exceptional oblong shaped cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain bowl...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Sterling Silver, Lidded Porcelain Trinket or Snuff Box
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming little sterling silver-lidded porcelain box, possibly used for snoring snuff, or for general trinkets. The silver top is decorated in Louis XVI style, and bears the Minerv...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Silver
Monumental Sevres Porcelain Ormolu-Mounted 2-Handle Campana Form Centerpiece
Located in New York, NY
A monumental and important 19th century French sevres porcelain ormolu-mounted two-handle campana form centerpiece/vase. This is a truly Sevres...
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1830s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large & Important French 19th C. Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Jardiniere
Located in New York, NY
A Large & Important French 19th C. Louis XVI Style Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Jardiniere. This magnificent piece is of a baluster form wi...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain & Ormolu Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres porcelain and ormolu lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a square ormolu base with concave corners, decorated with fitted decorative interlocking designs and a fine wrap around beaded band. The beautifully shaped vase displays a lovely lightly curved design decorated with exceptional wonderfully executed hand painted floral designs and striking gold tooled patterns. At the center is a circular reserve with a charming finely detailed cherub holding flowers amidst a ribbon flanked by beautiful cornucopias and lovely foliate designs set on a striking gold tooled background. Impressive scrolled acanthus leaf ormolu handles lead up each side with unique berries and lovely beaded trim centering the elegantly curved neck with a most decorative mottled and beaded wrap around band at the rim. Above is the stunning crown shaped removable lid with additional lovely gold tooled foliate designs and a majestic floral finial above. Also finished inside and all original gilt throughout.
André Rivaud...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Sèvre Pedestal Table, Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sèvre pedestal table, late 19th century
Majestic pedestal table from Sèvre, decorated with a gilt bronze frame,
on top there is a painting designed i...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Very Rare 19th C. Cobalt Blue Ground Sevres Porcelain Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A very large and unusual 19th century French Louis XVI style dore bronze mounted Sevres cobalt blue ground box signed Sarat. This box is truly a masterpiece. Sevres boxes...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Pair of French Louis XVI Sevres Cobalt Blue Porcelain and Ormolu Vases
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of 19th century French Louis XVI style Sevres cobalt blue and ormolu-mounted vases with rams heads and wreaths. The porcelain body is beautifully painted with the signature Sevres Royal cobalt blue. The square shaped base is decorated with ormolu acanthus leaves and ribbon wreaths beautifully hand chizzeled and detailed ormolu work. These vases can easily be turned into a fabulous pair of...
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1840s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Pair of 19th Century French Sèvres Celeste Blue Porcelain Cachepots
Located in New York, NY
A monumental and rare pair of 19th century French dore bronze mounted Sèvres Celeste blue porcelain cachepots. These cache pots are extremely rare to fi...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French, 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Statue Signed Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most charming French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble statue signed Sèvres. The statue is raised by a white Carrara marble base with an eleg...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Set 10 18th C. French Sevres Dark Blue Ground, Impasto Gilded Bird Décor Plates
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Set of Ten 18th Century French Sevres Dark Blue Ground, Impasto Gilded Decoration, with Variable Center Bird Decorations. The outer rim is decorated in a notched gold b...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Lidded Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain and ormolu lidded urn signed Sèvres. The urn is raised by a circul...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
French Sevres Bisque Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Candelabra Lamp Signed Feuchere
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A beautifully cast French Serves bisque porcelain grouping showing two classically draped maidens or Graces standing on a circular bisque base with flutes and inset with decorative flames, on a further bisque base decorated with grapes and palmettes, the whole on a circular gilded bronze base resting on three tupie feet. Between the heads of the maidens there is a decorative gilded shaft which supports the 'new' top electrics as well as three curved gilded candle arms and nozzles. Incised on the top and back of the bisque base is the Sevres stamp with a number 2 between the interlaced L's. There is also the original sculptor's name J. J Feuchere for Jean Jacques Feuchere ( 1805 - 1852) etched on the base under the Graces...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Cobalt Blue Sèvres Porcelain And Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a square ormolu base with elegant and unique fi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Sevres Biscuit Group of Three Frolicking Puttos
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Sevres biscuit group of three frolicking puttos
France, Date Lettered 1884
A splendid example of 19th century Sevres biscuit porcelain...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
French Mid 19th Century Louis XVI St. Biscuit De Sèvres and Giltwood Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Biscuit de Sèvres and giltwood centerpiece. The statue is raised by a richly detailed square giltwood base with slightly curved sides. Each side are decorated scrolled acanthus leaves below a fine laurel band. The base supports a wonderful circular Biscuit de Sèvres garden gazebo...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Pair of 19th Century Table Lamps, French
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of fine quality 19th Century Louis XVI style Sevres porcelain ormolu mounted table lamps. Traditional French porcelain.
These beautiful h...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Ensemble of Sèvres Porcelain Decorated with Putti
Located in Paris, FR
Ensemble composed of a cup and two vases in Sevres porcelain with a blue background. The elements are mounted in gilded and chased bronze with handles decorated with grotesque masks and scrolls. The background is decorated with interlacing and enamelled pearls.
The two vases are painted with decorations of putti in clouds...
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage 19th Century Palace Size Sevres Covered Urn
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage antique 19th century Sevres Porcelain covered urn is masterfully hand painted & depicts an elaborate woodlands scene featuring a young maiden positioned on a swing festo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Biscuit De Sèvres Porcelain Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and wonderfully executed French 19th century Louis XVI st. Biscuit de Sèvres porcelain centerpiece. The most elegant centerpiece...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Monumental Sèvres Porcelain Blue Lapis Vase
Located in New York, NY
A monumental palace size Sèvres Porcelain blue lapis painted vase. Beautifully hand-painted to imitate natural Lapis Lazuli stone. Hand-painted in R...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Artist Signed Sevres Urns
Located in Bronx, NY
This fine pair of circa 1850s Sevres urns is signed by the artist Baston. The covered urns are beautifully hand painted & depict romantic scenes of courtshi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
3-Piece Sevres Porcelain and Dore Bronze Mnt. Clock and Candelabra Garniture
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous and very unusual 19th century French dore bronze mounted Sevres white porcelain three-piece clock and three-light candelabra garniture set. The Lyre shaped clock and cande...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Sevres Porcelain Cobalt Blue Ground Watteau Lovers Scene Bombay form Box, Signed
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous French Louis XVI style Sevres Porcelain cobalt blue Ground Watteau Lovers Scene Bombay form jewel box and cover, Signed by the Artist. Of cartouche form with bombay shaped...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Sèvres French Porcelain Hand Painted Teacup and Saucer with Bird Scenes, 1791
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Sèvres Porcelain cabinet teacup and saucer each hand painted with birds within a landscape in coloured enamels and set...
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pr Ormolu Mtd French Sevres Biscuit & Porcelain Cobalt Blue Ground Seasons Vases
Located in New York, NY
An elaborate and monumental pair of 19th century Ormolu Mounted French Sevres Porcelain and biscuit porcelain cobalt blue ground "Four Seasons" vases. This pair of vases are extremel...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Exquisite Antique French Sevres Cobalt Porcelain and Ormolu Centerpiece Compote
Located in Tustin, CA
Opulent, 19th century handmade and painted square porcelain and ormolu gilt metal centerpiece features elaborately scrolling floral split handles, and a grapevine wreathed frame with egg and dart edges on cabriole legs. An idyllic pastoral scene is exquisitely painted in minute detail in the center and dramatically framed with a magnificent cobalt blue painted border with rich 24-karat gold trim and panels of hand painted, multicolored flowers.
Measures approximately 15.5” wide x 12” deep x 7.25” high.
Hallmarked in blue with the letter A...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Royal Cobalt Blue Sèvres Porcelain & Bronze Mounted Covered Vases
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and large pair of 19th century French Royal cobalt blue Sèvres Porcelain and bronze mounted covered vases. Each panel is bea...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Palace Size Pair of French Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Ewers
Located in New York, NY
A monumental and rare pair of antique French hand-painted Sèvres celest blue color porcelain and ormolu-mounted Ewers. Each very finely hand-painted with courting lover scenes in pol...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Gold, Ormolu
Sevres manufacture : antique biscuit centerpiece, lesson to Love - 1891 - signed
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Louis-Simon Boizot
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Neoclassical style porcelain biscuit scene featuring the Lesson to Love after the work of Louis Simon Boizot : a woman wearing an antique-style dress sermonizing at Love, a remorsefu...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Louis Xvi furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, tables, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Oggetti D'Arte, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, François Linke, and Maison Jansen. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3 and tops out at $833,747 while the average work can sell for $6,700.
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