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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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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Louis XVI
Taste of Meissen, Putto Driving A Flower Cart, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large subject in white and colored porcelain, of a putto driving a chariot filled with porcelain flowers, pulled by 4 horses For even more refinement, this s...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Porcelain

Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Gilt Gold Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Gilt Gold Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock French, Late 18th Century Height 57cm, width 40cm, depth 12cm A wonderful example of late 18th century ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

Porcelain And Gilt Bronze Clock, Napoleon III, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Louis XVI style clock in gilded bronze and porcelain: the base is very richly decorated: putti heads, flower garlands, knots and rosettes and porcelain plates decorated with golden s...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Boulle Pier Cabinets
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of French 19th century Boulle side cabinets, having ebonized tops and sides, gilded ormolu mounts, glazed doors to each with r...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

Pair Of Ornamental Vases Stamped Jollet Anc. Colin House In Paris
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent pair of ornamental vases in water green marble and very finely chiseled gilded bronze frame decorated with garlands, pine cones, friezes of acanthus leaves and above all ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Classy Chic 18th Century Limestone Fireplace For Exclusive Interior Project
Located in Beervelde, BE
Unusual exceptional French limestone fireplace surround from the Louis XVI period. 18th century building element with some exceptional Artempo wear. This decorative element is the pr...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Limestone

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear crystal and Golden Bronze Table lamp
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze table lamp. This table lamp is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded gl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

Extraordinary Pair of Italian 18th Century Carved Gilt-Wood Console Tables
Located in Rome, IT
A very fine and important pair of Italian carved gilt-wood console tables, Roman, circa 1770 Each with a rectangular back, yellow and white marble top, above a frieze centered by a ...
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1770s Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Giltwood

Antique French Louis XVI Style Pair of Console, Brass Details & Leather Top
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique Pair of Louis XVI style console, with cognac leather top and gold brass and bronze details. The feet are fluted and finished with golden bronze clogs. To be placed against...
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1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Leather, Wood

19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Sevres Porcelain Garniture De Cheminée
Located in London, GB
An important Garniture de Cheminée in the manner of Henry Dasson Constructed in well cast and chased gilt bronze, with 'Sevres' type 'jewelled...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze

Boch Frères Keramis Royal Blue Three-Piece Clock Garniture, Early 20th Century
Located in Barntrup, DE
An impressive antique Belgian Boch Frères Keramis pottery 3-piece clock set includes a clock and two vases on ornate bronze bases and is decorated with lion heads on the sides. This ...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass, Bronze

21st Century, 6-Lights Chandelier in pink and green Crystal and Bronze
Located in Calenzano, FI
6-Lights chandelier in pink and green crystal and nickel bronze. The parts in crystal are hand-carved. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item uniq...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

Walnut Fauteuil Louis XVI Revival Armchair French, Late 19th Century to Recover
Located in Labrit, Landes
French fauteuil, open armchairs side or desk chair Louis XVI revival, circa 1880 The upholstery and the fabric have been recently redone Good condition Walnut frame sound and so...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Fabric, Upholstery, Walnut

Magnificent Table Lamp in bronze & porcelain. Louis XVI style early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Magnificent Table Lamp in bronze & porcelain. Louis XVI style from the early 20th Century. Elegantly decorated and with a sophisticated color on the china. Newly rewired electrici...
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Early 20th Century European Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Pair Louis XVI Gilt Bronze & Blue John Cassolettes
Located in London, by appointment only
Rare Pair Louis XVI Gilt Bronze & Blue John Cassolettes. Retaining their original gilding, which compliments the deep gem quality Blue John to perfection Cast, chased & burnished sup...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze, Ormolu

French writing Table 2 drawers in Solid Cherry Wood - Louis XVI Directoire style
Located in Landivy, FR
This writing table is part of the Mélanie collection, a modern interpretation of the French Directoire style of the late 18th century. This style is famous for its straight, classi...
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2010s French Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood, Cherry, Oak

19th Century Pair of Italian Sconces Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze, 1880 circa
Located in Milano, MI
A pair of Louis XVI style, chiseled and gilt bronze three-armed antique wall sconces, of Italian origin, dating back to the late 19th century. Original and beautiful bronze casting ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Pair Marble Cassolettes Antique Carrera Urns
Located in Staffordshire, GB
A pair of substantial 19th-century cassolettes crafted from fine white Carrara marble, accented with intricate gilt bronze (ormolu) mounts cast in the form of Rams heads each holding...
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19th Century English Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Carrara Marble

21st Century Golden Bronze Fireguard
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century Patinated golden bronze Fireguard. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this Fireguard is contempor...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

19th Century French Lacquered Wood Chandelier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th century French polychromed lacquered wood eight-light chandelier Lacquered gloss cream wood with green, red and brown highlights Contained vase ending in foliated seed welcoming eight arms forming semicircles. The top has a frieze of red flowers in green interlacing and is topped with leaves and a painted egg cream...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

Louis XVI Style Painted Armoire in Carved Wood, France, Late 19th Century
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Louis XVI Style Painted Armoire in Carved Wood, France, Late 19th Century Dimensions: 170 cm W × 35 cm D × 255 cm H France, circa 1880 Elegant and stately, this Louis XVI style a...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

Louis XVI Chest of Drawers from Early 19th Century
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Louis XVI Chest of drawers from early 19th century Antique chest of drawers from early XIX century. The body of the chest of drawers is made of solid walnut. Decorative inlays ...
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Early 19th Century Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood, Walnut

French Napoleon III Period Ebonized Desk, 1870s
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An imposing Napoleon III center table (or 'Table de Milieu') in ebonized fruit wood, rectangular in shape, with rounded sides. Its ornate top, which is bordered all around with a gilt bronze frieze and two further inner bands, features at its centre an intricate marquetry inlaid design of a foliage cartouche framing a vase of flowers. The smoothly curving belt of the table encloses a frieze drawer on one long side, with a repeat, inlaid design that echoes that of the top. The table rests on four turned, tapered and fluted legs, ending in toupie feet, and these are connected by two half-moon spacers...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass, Bronze

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 Furniture

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Wood

18th Century Louis XVI Period Mirror, Carved and Gilded Wood.
Located in Madrid, ES
Louis XVI period mirror, hand-carved and with period gilding that retains a reddish background tone, as was done at the time, symmetrical frame with interior edging, the mirror is pr...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Giltwood

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Cabriolets Medaillon Back Armchairs
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A wonderful pair of medallion-backed Louis XVI style 'Fauteuil Cabriolet' armchairs, in white lacquered wood. Armrests are partially upholstered and reeded, and each chair is raised ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Upholstery, Wood

White Statuary Marble Mantle Piece For Luxury Palace Design
Located in Beervelde, BE
Very fine European antique White Statuary marble fireplace surround. The detail of the carving is unusual fine. It is a Louis XVI style from the early 19th century. Exceptional mantl...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Statuary Marble

French Louis XVI Style Bronze and Frosted Glass Four-Light Pendant Chandelier
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Louis XVI style bronze and frosted cut glass four-light pendant chandelier from circa 1920s. This adorable Neoclassical or Louis XVI-style bronze chandelier is adorned with sc...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass, Bronze

Monumental Dutch Black Marble Fireplace Mantel with Green Details
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Monumental Dutch mantelpiece from the 19th century. Beautiful deep black Belgian marble with green ("vert de mere") details, very decorative. Great usable dimensions.  
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19th Century Dutch Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Belgian Black Marble

21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Porcelain Box with Golden Bronze Lizard
Located in Calenzano, FI
Porcelain box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated golden finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for eve...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

A Louis XVI Style Twenty-Four Light Chandelier by Baccarat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Moulded-Glass Twenty-Four Light Chandelier by La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat. Moulded 'Baccarat' signature to the drip trays. The chandelier has a circular corona mounted with Acanthus and hung with drops and swags above a circular cage frame issuing tiers of scrolling acanthus wrapped candle branches with glass drip-pans and circular nozzles, interspersed by finely cast putti figures. The chandelier is hung overall with faceted drops and terminals. The twenty-four light model, like the present example is illustrated in Baccarat's 'Tarif des Articles d'Eclairage', from the turn of the century, as 'Lustre Série E.193'. It is priced at 970 old French Francs...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

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 Furniture

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Giltwood

19th Century Louis XVI Style Champleve Enamel Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality, 19th century French gilded ormolu and champleve enamel clock garniture. The clock has a cherub on either side, an urn with swags to the top, 'C' scroll and folia...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Enamel, Ormolu

21st Century crystal waste-bin with cover
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand-carved clear crystal waste-bin with burnished bronze cover and pedal for lid opening. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item uniq...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

Antique Fireplace Mantel In Limestone With Patina For Elegant Homedecor
Located in Beervelde, BE
French country style stone fireplace surround with original green patina. 18th century period. LXVI style transition directoire. Imagine this- a crisp winter evening, a glass of champagne in hand, and the warm glow of a fire dancing in an antique stone fireplace surround...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Stone, Limestone, Sandstone

Cylinder Secretary Desk in Lucite Late 1980s Style Louis XVI
Located in Brussels, BE
Amazing very rare limited edition cylinder secretary desk in Lucite late 1980s This is the best secretary kept in town: A fine art, exquisite...
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1980s Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

Early 20th Century Italian Walnut and Vienna Straw Pair of Single Beds
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We offer this splendid pair of Italian single beds dating back to the early decades of the 20th century. The beds feature a design inspired by the sumptuous Louis XVI style. Very li...
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Straw, Walnut

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear glass and golden Bronze Clock
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century Hand carved clear glass and golden bronze clock. This clock is in hand-carved glass and the metal part are in golden bronze . On request to customer can modificate th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

19th Century Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock of a Lion Signed Festeau Le Jeune
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The clock is signed by the Clockmaker Festeau Le Jeune. The case after a design of François Vion in form of a lion supporting a cylindrical case draped with ribbon tied laurel swags ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear crystal and Silver Bronze Candelabra
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and silver bronze candelabra. This candelabra is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded glass. This Candelabra has got 6-flames. O...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Writing Desk Cognac Leather, Bonze & Brass
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique Louis XVI style desk with cognac leather top. The front of the piece has three dovetail drawers with brass details. The back of the piece is drawn like the front, with false ...
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1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Leather, Wood

19th Century Louis XV Giltwood Trumeau Mirror
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An impressive and very pretty Louis XV-style trumeau mirror crafted from gilded wood and stucco in the Rococo style, and featuring in its upper section a reproduction painting of a r...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Giltwood, Mirror

French Crystal Baccarat Style Grape Cluster Chandelier c 1890
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Housing six lights, star prisms throughout with crystal prisms and rare grape cluster prisms. This will be rewired with certified US UL sockets for the United States and appropriate ...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

20th Century Gold Wood Marble Top Louis XVI Style Italian Coffee Table, 1970s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian coffee table from the second half of the 20th century. Carved and gilded wooden furniture (bronze tint) in Louis XVI style. Complete furniture with a good-sized white marble ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Antique French Louis XVI, Silverware Cabinet, Chest Console
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Louis XVI style silverware cabinet in blackened wood, featuring four dovetailed drawers adorned with gilt bronze and brass rods and handles, and a lower shelf. This type of cabinet...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Walnut

19th Century Antique French Farmhouse, Painted Louis XVI Style Dining Room Table
Located in Vienna, AT
This extraordinary antique Louis XVI style painted dining room table was made in France around 1880. The tabletop has two circumferential grooves on the edge of the tabletop, a carve...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Oak

Fireplace Bellows in Embossed Brass Representing a Woman
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This rare fireplace bellows is made of embossed brass on wood; The embossed brass represents a woman. This is a French work in Louis the 16th style. Circa 1900
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Carved Painted Nightstands Bedside Tables
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Pair Of Matching Antique French Louis XVI Rustic Style Painted Bedroom Nightstand Cabinets, Each With A Single Drawer & Cabinet Drawer With Mirrored Tops.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Glass, Wood, Paint

19th Century French Champlevé Enamel Clock Set
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very fine quality 19th century Louis XVI style gilded ormolu and champlevé enamel clock garniture, the four sided clock having four enamel col...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Enamel, Ormolu

19th Century Pair of Louis XVI Style French Caned Side Chairs
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A handsome pair of 19th century Louis XVI style side chairs, with hand-woven caned square seats and tall, straight seat backs. Accents of patinated bronze provide interest, with a ri...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

19th Century French Boulle Inlaid Side Cabinet or Credenza
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French Boulle serpentine fronted credenza, having shaped glazed doors to either end with shelves within. The central door with classical scrolling fo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

21st Century, Hand-Carved Light-Blue and Amber Crystal and Bronze Box
Located in Calenzano, FI
Light-blue and green crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated silver finish. Each object is handcrafted a...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear crystal and silver Bronze Candelabra
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and silver bronze candelabra. This candelabra is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded glass. This Candelabra has got 6-flames. O...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

Antique Fireback, Showing Poseidon "God of the Seas"
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Beautifully detailed and square antique cast iron fireback. This fireback shows Poseidon standing on a big shell in between of his sea horses while holdi...
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Iron

Italian 18th Century Architectural Carved and Giltwood Tabernacle as a Temple
Located in Firenze, IT
This Italian 18th century Louis XVI period hand carved and gilt wood architectural fragment probably was the central section of a bigger altar tabernacle that can now be used as a de...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf

Customizable French Louis XVI Style Sofa/Settee Made By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
This exceptional, Louis XVI style sofa/settee is hand carved in solid lime wood and can be customized to your requirements. This French design features finely carved details, includi...
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2010s British Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

Louis XVI Column Pedestal with a Red Veined Marble Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An imposing 19th century Louis XVI-style solid wooden pillar, perfect for displaying small sculptural works or even architectural houseplants. Sitting on a substantial, square-shaped...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze vase. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. On request to customer can modificate the col...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

Whismical Pair of Console Giltwood Louis XVI Style, Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impresive pair of console giltwood louis XVI style with marble top. this pair have legs call pied console ,sign of top quality  
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

France Mid-18th Century Pair Bronze and Iron Neoclassical Andirons
Located in Brescia, IT
This magnificent pair of bronze Neoclassical andirons, was crafted in France, in Mid-18th Century by master artisans. The refined neoclassical shape exudes a timeless elegance and st...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass, Iron

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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