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.
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Style: Louis XVI
Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Burled Walnut Tea Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style tea table or occasional side table
By Baker Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Book-matched burled walnut top, with carved walnut legs, and brass...
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1960s American Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Cut Crystal Multi Arm Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
This finely cast French Louis XVI style chandelier presents a stately arrangement of twelve candle-form lights mounted in two graduated tiers. The gilt bronze arms sweep outward in s...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gentleman's Bureau Dressing Table Vanity Desk
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptional large French speckled plum pudding mahogany rosewood marble ormolu flip-top mirrored gentleman's bureau dressing table / writing desk (poudreuse coiffeuse de t...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Walnut Armchair
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Italian antique armchair Louis XVI period. The shape of the chair is very linear with straight legs in perfect Louis XVI taste. Wide and com...
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1780s Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Walnut
21st Century white porcelain and decorated porcelain liquid soap dispenser
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century white decorated porcelain dispenser. This dispenser is simple and elegance in the same time. It's avaible to combine this dispenser with its glass, soap holder and tray....
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Mahogany Gueridon
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in Paris, FR
Collection Rothschild.
Mahogany Gueridon after a model of Adam Weisweiler with mahogany and amboyna burl veneer.
The tabletop with 4 pull tabs, rests on four fluted uprights legs c...
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1850s Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Amboyna
Pair of Louis XVI Style Burl Nightstands
Located in Westwood, NJ
Nightstand embodies the refined elegance of 18th-century French design through its masterful use of book-matched burl veneers and delicate inlays. Each drawer front showcases symmetr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Wood
Set of 8 Antique Capodimonte Armorial Crest Cabinet Plates. Each with blue-pain
By Capodimonte
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Set of 8 Antique Capodimonte Armorial Crest Cabinet Plates.
Each with blue-painted crowned "N" mark; comprising seven plates (8 3/4 in. dia.); on...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French Louis XVI Style Gilded Mirror
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite 19th century French Louis XVI gilded mirror. The rectangular mirror is embellished with a magnificent crown featuring scrolls and leaves. The frame is finely hand carved...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
A French Louis XVI painted and carved daybed, 18th C
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Louis XVI painted and carved daybed, 18th C. Beautifully carved with with spiral fluted columns supporting upholstered head and footboards, top...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Similar French Louis XVI Style Brass Candlesticks, 1920s
Located in Barntrup, DE
An elegant pair of very similar French Louis XVI-style brass candlesticks or candle holders from the 1920s.
Beautifully ornate with rich chiseling, stripes, and rosettes throughout....
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bibliotheque or Bookcase
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Louis XVI bibliotheque, or bookcase, made of solid walnut with mahogany as a secondary wood. Nice hand carved decorative panels at the bottom with musical instr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Walnut
Pair of Louis XVI Style Walnut Carved Beds with Toile
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable pair of French walnut hand-carved beds featuring blue and white toile upholstery. Crafted in the grand neoclassical Louis XVI taste by Bardie in the Bordeaux region of Fra...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Iron
1810s Louis XVI Period Commode
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite, early 19th century Louis XVI style two-drawer 'Commode Sauteuse', with a white marble top and gilt bronze fittings. This curiously named style of commode always feature...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Louis XVI Style Brass Mounted Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XVI Style brass mounted mahogany chest of drawers with marble top, late 19th century. With a rectangular Saint Anne marble top with turret front corners, 3 drawers with...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
French Louis XVI Style Side Table with Caned Bottom Shelf
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Louis XVI style French side table or nightstand made of beechwood with hand-carved motifs all around the table apron and on the legs.
This vintage Louis XVI style French si...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Beech
Vintage Louis XVI Style Oval Side Table with Marble Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Great looking versatile oval shaped end table having handsome walnut base with decorative brass beading and mounts, topped by a chunky piece of black and white marble.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
18th Century Bureau Plat Mahogany France 1780 Writing Desk with Side Drawers
Located in Epfach, DE
A bureau plat from the late 18th century, made around 1780 in the French style, epitomises the timeless elegance and craftsmanship of furniture design from this era. Made from fine m...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Antique French Ormolu and Bronze Cartel Wall Clock
By Samuel Marti
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A large and superb cartel wall clock in the style of Louis XVI by Samuel Marti. It as formed as a round bronze body housing the movement suspended from an ormolu ribbon swag with a b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XVI-Style buffet/sideboard with white marble top
Located in Houston, TX
Louis XVI-Style sideboard made of fine crotch mahogany with a beautiful marble top in white. It has great storage with shelves inside this cabinet.
It has four doors that open wide f...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble
Circa 1780 French Louis XVI Period Marble Top Commode
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1780 French Louis XVI period marble top commode or chest of drawers. Mahogany with superb figured grey & white marble top conforming to the columnar form of the chest. Well mou...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Diminutive French Chandelier
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Petite Antique French Louis XVI Style Crystal Sack of Pearls Chandelier
A charming, one light, 14-inch petite crystal sack of pearls chandelier. Graduated strands of crystal beads c...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French 19th Century Mahogany Demilune-Desserte
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Handsome mahogany desserte server in the style of Louis XVI, in classic demilune shape. The top surface is a captivating slab of Brèche d’Alep marble in a range of ochre tones and fl...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
19thc Louis XVI Carved Fruitwood Settee with Needlepoint Upholstery
Located in Savannah, GA
This lovely 19th century French Louis XVI style carved fruitwood settee features a floral cartouche at the crest and at the bottom front corners. The back and bottom of the settee ar...
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Fruitwood
John Widdicomb French Regency Louis XVI Mahogany Dresser, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style three-drawer dresser or chest of drawers
By Ralph Widdicomb for John Widdicomb
USA, Circa 1940s
Carved mahogany, with original brass hard...
Category
1940s American Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI Style Desk, circa 1900
Located in Greding, DE
Louis XVI style desk, crafted around 1900. The tabletop features burgundy leather with a surrounding brass trim. Three shallow drawers with refined brass fittings offer practical sto...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
French Louis XVI Style Bronze and Red Fabric Shade Pendant Chandelier, 1920s
Located in Barntrup, DE
An elegant French Louis XVI style bronze chandelier with red fabric drum lampshade. This beautiful chandelier is suspended by four ornate bronze chains and features bronze floral gar...
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Country French Louis XVI Stripped 3/4 Bed
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Country French Louis XVI Stripped 3/4 Bed makes a classic statement thanks to the influence of ancient Greek and Roman architecture dating back thousands of years! The arche...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Oak
Pair of Louis XVI Style Carved Beech Case Sofa Settees
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent matched pair of upholstered French case sofas or settees crafted in the Grand Louis XVI style. The sofas feature a tuxedo style case hand-carved from beech with fluted corner...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Baker Furniture French Louis XVI Directoire Style Walnut and Brass Sideboard
Located in Countryside, IL
Baker Furniture French Louis XVI Directoire Style Walnut and Brass Sideboard
This sideboard measures: 72.25 wide x 19.25 deep x 32 inches high
We take our photos in a controlled li...
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Early 2000s American Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
Widdicomb French Regency Louis XVI Burled Walnut Bow Front Dresser, circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Regency Louis XVI style bow front three-drawer dresser
By Widdicomb
USA, Circa 1920s
Carved burled walnut, with original brass hardware.
Measures: 4...
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1920s American Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
Sèvres Porcelain Box, Cobalt Blue With A Fencers Decor
Located in Bilzen, BE
A cobalt blue and gold leaf porcelain box with gilt metal mounts and a decoration of fencers on the lid.
Hand painted and marked inside the lid.
7.2 x 12.7 cm, height 4.7 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th Century Dutch Louis XVI Secretary With Impressive Marquetry
Located in Greven, DE
18th Century Louis XVI Secretary With Marquetry
The Netherlands
Amaranth, satinwood and others
Louis XVI around 1790
Dimensions: H x W x D: 149 x 89 x 46 cm
Description:
Elaborate...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Satinwood
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Barometer
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-style bronze wall barometer with an urn finial top with a head above the round dial and draped with a ribbon design.
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Dore Bronze and Green Marble Bronze Louis XVI Style Chenets/Andirons
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite pair of antique chenets/ andirons was realized in France in the late 19th century. They represent an excellent example of the period. Created in a lustrous dore bronze, they feature rococo designs throughout and immaculately polished Italian green marble orbs at the center. The faces of two Greek revival female faces adorns the center panel between the two legs. Flanked by two scroll forms, she wears a pearl headpiece...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Exceptional Pair of Gilt Bronze and Marble Gueridon Tables
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An extraordinary pair of Louis XVI style Gilt Bronze Gueridon tables featuring circular white marble tops and open lower shelves. Raised on tripods of saber legs with elegant and det...
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20th Century European Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI 3 Tier Marquetry Inlaid Etagere Side Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French three-tiered marquetry inlaid etagere table with brass gallery and one drawer. The top shelf depicts a beautifully inlaid bird on a branch with twigs and acorns, and the one d...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood, Burl
Louis XVI Style Satinwood & Polychrome Console or Sofa Table, 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French Louis XVI style console or sofa table offers shaped, beveled and bookmatched satinwood top over polychrome base having gilt rosettes over reeded and tapered legs having gilt...
Category
20th Century Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Satinwood
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
Pair of French Open Armchairs Louis XVI Medallion Fauteuils, circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of Louis XVI style fauteuils Medaillon, French open armchairs, made circa 1900.
The beechwood is finely scupted with plant motifs typical of the Louis 16 style.
The upholstery i...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
French Louis XVI Period 1790s Trumeau Mirror with Carved Liberal Arts Allegory
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI period trumeau mirror from circa 1790 with carved Liberal Arts Allegory, antique off white painted finish and gilt accents. This captivating French Louis XVI perio...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
French 20th Century Louis XVI Style Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A glorious 20th century vintage reproduction Louis XVI-style commode from France, true to the spirit of an antique original with a marble top on a mahogany & beech wood case of three...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
Set of Four Louis XVI Style Painted Dining Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning set of four lacquer painted dining chairs made in the grand French Louis XVI taste. The chairs feature beautifully carved frames...
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Mid-20th Century American Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Louis XVI Style French Majestic Pair of Crystal and Bronze Girandoles
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Monum...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Antique French Walnut Bed Canopy in the Louis XVI Style Late 19 th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique canopy bed in the Louis XVI style.
Ideal for hanging curtains on the bed wall.
Carved motifs enhanced with gold paint.
Hooks are set insid...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Louis XVI Bureau à Cylindre or Roll Top Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine early 19th century Louis XVI period bureau à cylindre, or roll top desk, made of solid walnut with marquetry veneers of walnut, mahogany and cherry. Pine as a secondary wood. ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Settee
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Very Fine French custom upholstered Settee m with gilt and carved frame having a Ribbon Crest and all over Acanthus Leaf, Scroll and Foliate carving, fluted and tapered round legs, a...
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Louis XVI Style Gilt Wood Armchair
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XVI style gilt wood armchair, circa 1900. With a foliate carved cupids bow crest rail, down swept arms with beaded carvings ending in acanthus carvings, foliate carved apron, t...
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Early 1900s Unknown Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Louis XVI Style Gilt Wood Settee
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XVI style gilt wood settee with Aubusson style upholstery, circa 1900. The back with Aubusson style upholsterery with a foliate carved gilt wood frame, an Aubusson upho...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair Fine Quality Paint Decorated French Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fantastic pair of French-made Louis XVI style armchairs. The chairs are painted in a beautiful off-white hue with nice upholstery. The chairs are graceful, and have a light...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Painted and Carved Bench with Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style painted and carved wooden bench from the 19th century with custom linen upholstery. This elegant 19th-century French Louis XVI-style bench exudes timeless ch...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
20th C. Louis XVI Style Tabouret Upholstered in Velvet with Brass Nailhead Trim
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., a Louis XVI style tabouret with concave sides to a rectangular upholstered seat, raised on turned wood legs with brass casters. The seat is upholstered in a small scale jewe...
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1980s American Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Silk, Velvet, Wood
Off With Their Heads (Or Just the Cigar Tips): Brass Guillotine Cutter
Located in New York, NY
**Early 20th-Century Brass Guillotine Cigar Cutter**
Why settle for a boring cigar cutter when you can channel the drama of the French Revolution every time you light up? This early 20th-century brass guillotine cigar cutter, crafted by masterful French artisans, brings a touch of history and a whole lot of flair to your smoking ritual. Featuring a miniature guillotine...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Petite French Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an fine and beautiful petite French Louis XV Revival goncalo alves and ormolu mounted bureau plat, circa 1850 in date.
This fantastic bureau plat features an ornate serpentin...
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Marble Top Inlaid Demilune Walnut and Fruitwood Commode Console
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant French Louis XVI demilune marble top commode or console is a remarkable work of art: it features a fully curved casework in a demilune form that presents no corners or sharp ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Country French Side Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Country French side table or nightstand made of solid walnut, with pierced heart shaped cut-outs on the sides and open niche. Turned tapered legs with brass sabots. Fi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pairs of 18th Century French Communication Doors Circa 1790
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite pair of French communication doors from the late 18th century, circa 1790, showcase the refined craftsmanship typical of the period. The doors are made from rich, dark...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Louis XVI Ebonized Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Buffet in the Louis XVI style from France. This piece is made of solid wood construction, primarily mahogany. It has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish of museu...
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1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
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.