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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
Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Sconces
Located in London, GB
Pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze sconces French, circa 1900 Measures: Height 134cm, width 57cm, depth 34cm This beautiful pair of sconces-or wall lights-is wrought from super...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu, Bronze

A pair of Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu gueridons, after Adam Weisweiler
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu gueridons, after Adam Weisweiler, each with a circular amboyna veneered top and triform undertier enclosed within three pairs of simulat...
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1910s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Mahogany

White Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
An elegant French Louis XVI style white marble fireplace, with panelled and beaded frieze, tapering half round fluted columns with carved acanthus leaf capitals. A copy of an earlier...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Italian Statuario Marble Fireplace with Carved Rams Heads
Located in London, GB
An 18th century Italian fireplace in white Statuario marble. The panelled jambs with carved cascading foliage, surmounted by finely carved rams heads...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Statuary Marble

Exceptional piano giltwood armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional piano armchair in gilded wood louis XVI style which rotates . the sculpture and quality of this armchair is worthy of the greatest parisien cabinetmakers of this time it...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Giltwood

Cut-Glass Tent and Bag Chandelier with Finely Cast Entwined Dolphins, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt-bronze cut-glass tent and bag chandelier with finely cast entwined dolphins. French, circa 1900. This fine chandelier has a gilt-bro...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Statuary Marble French Louis XVI Style Mantel
Located in London, GB
An elegant and good quality 19th century (circa 1840) French Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace, with bowed frieze with guilloche carving. Round paterae above shaped jambs. Shelf le...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Statuary Marble

18th Century French Louis XVI Veined White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI veined white marble fireplace, with quiver and leaf frieze, carved leaf drops to jambs, surmounted by pateras, circa 1770. Measures: Shelf Width: 1...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Tetard - Antique French 950 Covered Tureen, 1880s, MUSEUM QUALITY !
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris, a truly magnificent, 19th century, 2-piece covered French 950 sterling silver vegetable server (tureen) by one of France’s premier silversmiths “Tetard Freres”, ci...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Unusual 19th Century, French XVI Style Carrara Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An unusual and nicely carved 19th century (circa 1840) French XVI style Carrara marble fireplace. The frieze with scrolled foliage. The shaped jambs with ac...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Carrara Marble

Pair of Late 18th Century Brown Painted Batavia Trumpet Vases ‘Could Be Lamps’
Located in London, by appointment only
These trumpet vases are European and were made to copy Chinese porcelain vases being exported to Europe from China. This pattern is known as Batavia and is characteristic with th...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Ceramic, Pottery

Petite Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A petite Louis XVI style fireplace in a variegated sienna marble. The shaped jambs with flutes inlaid with brass ormolu, surmounted by square ormolu paterae. The frieze with fluting,...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Siena Marble

Marquetry Inlaid Occasional Table, Attributed to Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Gilt-Bronze Marquetry Inlaid Occasional Table, Attributed to Emmanuel Zwiener. The reverse of the gilt-bronze sabot incised 'Z' This exquisite table is perfect for a living room ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

19th Century "Thoronet Abbey" Watercolor Drawing on Paper from the 18th Century
Located in Marseille, FR
19th century "Thoronet Abbey" watercolor drawing on paper from the 18th century.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Paper

Quality French Louis XVI Directoire Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A fine quality Louis XVI Directoire limestone fireplace. The fluted frieze with carved rosette to centre, flanked by finely carved end paterae. The fluted jambs with diamond motif be...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Stone

Large 18th Century French Louis XVI Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI limestone fireplace, with carved centre motif dated 1777, and stars to frieze, plain jambs surmounted by shaped brackets. The frieze with polished me...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Stone

19th Century Veined Statuary Marble Mantel Piece
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style fireplace in veined Statuary marble. The jambs with half rounded column, surmounted by carved acanthus leaf capitals. The frieze with beaded pan...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Statuary Marble

Sarrancolin French Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A Sarrancolin French Louis XVI style marble fireplace, with finely carved Statuary marble inlaid panels of, classical scene of reclini...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Late 18th Century Louis XVI Statuary Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An elegant late 18th century period Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace. The panelled frieze and jambs with trailing vine leaves, the frieze with centre motif of scrolls and leaves, ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Statuary Marble

Statuary Marble Antique Fireplace in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
An elegant Statuary white marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The shaped jambs with carved rope moulding t0 centre, surmounted by carved swirling paterae to end blocks. The pane...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Ornately Carved French Limestone Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
An unusually ornately carved French limestone fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The panelled jambs with gently shaped acanthus leaves surmounted by square carved end blockings. The f...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Limestone

An Exquisitely Executed Louis XVI Style Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A very elegant Louis XVI style fireplace carved in Carrara marble, the running guilloche frieze flanked by paterae cornerblocks, supported by filled fluted column. Height 43¾in (111...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

French 19th Century Silver Inlaid Side Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French Kingwood side table, having scrolling foliate silver inlaid decoration, gilded ormolu mounts, a single frie...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Silver

Fior di Pesco Marble Louis XVI Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style fireplace in attractive Fleur de Pecher marble. The panelled frieze with stop fluted centre, carved square paterae surmounted by breakfront shelf. The shaped bracketed jambs with panels and flutes. Translated as Peach Tree Flower, Fior di Pesco...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Pair French 19th Century Pier Cabinets, Porcelain Plaques
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century French ormolu and porcelain mounted pier cabinets, each with cross-banded decoration, monopodia supports, the Sevres style porcelain plaques ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Mahogany

French Louis XV1 Style Canape
Located in Pewsey, GB
An attractive Louis XV1 style beech canape circa 1900, the frame partially painted in a light grey with a gadrooned back rail and on turned fluted legs are c...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Beech

20th Century Pedestal Column in the Ancient Antique Louis XVI Style Rosewood
Located in Berlin, DE
Different rosewoods on solid conifers mirrored veneer. Sides with paneled parquet decorated with grid-shaped, perforated wide measuring strips. Cover plate with stepped veined marble...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

Roussel - 22 Sterling Silver 19th Century Louis XVI Flatware Serving Pieces
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris, a stunning set of 22 sterling silver, 19th century, Louis XVI, flatware serving pieces by Master French Silversmith Claude Doutre Roussel in excellent condition an...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Louis XVI Style Parquetry Side Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French late 19th century, Louis XVI style, King wood parquetry inlaid side table, having a single frieze side drawer, fine quality gilded ormolu mounts and raised...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Arabescato Marble Fireplace with Brass Ormolu Enrichments
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style Arabescato marble fireplace. The frieze enriched with ormolu guilloche, the jambs with ormolu acanthus leaves leading to laurel leaf centre moul...
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19th Century British Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Antique Louis XVI French Limestone Fireplace Mantel, Early 19th Century
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Antique Louis XVI French limestone fireplace mantel, dating from early 19th century Inside dimensions : 134cm wide & 113cm high
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Limestone

Late 19th Century Cut-Glass French Urn Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A beautiful French cut-glass and gilded ormolu Louis XVI style urn mantel clock. Measures: 41cm (16") high. Having 'hobnail cut glass pattern, two scrolling handles with winged lion ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Classical Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century classical French Louis XVI style mantel clock, having gilded ormolu figures of a naked maiden looking in a mirror with two cherubs to her side, above a...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

19th Century French Breche Fireplace
Located in London, GB
19th century French Breche fire surround, in the Louis XVI style, the paneled frieze centred by foliate boss, the paterae corner-blocks above stop-fluted console...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Breccia Marble

Important match pair of four sconces louis XVI style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional match pair of sconces Superb suite of four Louis XVI style scones in gilded bronze with heads rams and garland These four sconces are exactly the same size and have a ver...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI Style Cube Parquetry Gueridons or Bedside Tables, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine companion pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted Mahogany and cube parquetry guéridon or bedside tables with Vert Maurin marble tops. French, circa 1880. Each guér...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

19th Century Painted Cheval Mirror
Located in London, Park Royal
An elegant, 19th century, Italian cheval mirror made in both solid and veneered mahogany wood with hand carved giltwood mouldings and ormolu fitt...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu

Large Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilded Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality large pair of French Louis XVI style candelabra. Each having 5 branch gilded ormolu sconces with flowers and l...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Marble, mahogany, and ormolu Louis XVI style centre table
Located in London, GB
With a large rectangular pink granite surface resting upon a guilloche frieze, this fine antique centre table, crafted in the early twentieth century, mixes both Rococo and Neoclassi...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

19th Century French Writing Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French Louis XVI style bureau plat, having an inset leather top, gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer, raised...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu

Carved Louis XVI Style Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A well-proportioned French Louis XVI style fireplace carved in Portland stone. The carved frieze of guilloche and paterae, shaped jambs of reeded form with carved rope moulding, surm...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Furniture

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Limestone

Antique French Directoire Fireplace with an Egyptian Flavour
Located in London, GB
A very finely carved French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The delicately carved frieze with diamond centre motif of rosette and husks, the jambs with leaves and foliage surmounted b...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Limestone

Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock, by Grohé Frères
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and exceptional Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and white marble figural mantel clock, by Grohé Frères, Paris. The dial signed ‘Grohé, A Paris'. ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Extremely Large Pair of Louis XVI Style Three-Branch Ormolu Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
Each backplate surmounted by a flaming swagged urn on a tapering pedestal, with three acanthus-clasped scrolled branches with reeded columns.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Green Satinwood Marquetry Table with Leather Top
Located in London, GB
Constructed in satinwood, with extensive usage of green stained sycamore, harewood, bois Violette, and well cut floral marquetry, the freestanding table rises from bronze capped cylindrical tapered legs, with vertical inlays; the apron, with a running motif of inlaid circles, containing a single mahogany lined single drawer with further bronze highlight: the top is of oblong form with bowed ends, enclosing a tooled hide, with floral marquetry end panels, enclosed by a bronze angle...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Leather, Satinwood, Sycamore

19th Century French Porcelain Mounted Ladies Writing Desk
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A beautiful French 19th century Sevres style porcelain mounted bureau plat, having an inset leather top with a three quarter brass gallery, three frieze drawers, inset porcelain pane...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Porcelain, Mahogany

Pair Exceptional France Bronze Andirons, Fire dogs
Located in Oostvoorne, NL
Pair of exceptional French antique andirons. This pair is in perfect condition. The details both on the front and the side of the andirons are...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

French Showcase Vitrine in the antique Transition Style 1870 mahogany veneer
Located in Berlin, DE
Mahogany on solid wood. High-aisle, one-door, curved and three-sided glazed body. On its curled feet, a draped frame. Three-sided glazed display case. Slightly protruding top plate ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Mahogany

Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Six-Light Chandelier ‘aux Termes
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Six-Light Chandelier ‘aux Termes’ Attributed to Emmanuel-Alfred (dit Alfred II) Beurdeley, Paris. Modelled with three caryatid term figures holding spi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair of French 20th Century Louis XVI Style Blue Sèvres Style Porcelain Lamps
Located in Southall, GB
A very elegant pair of French 20th century Louis XVI cobalt blue Sèvres style porcelain and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised on an ormolu base with beaded borders. The baluster shap...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu

Pair of Louis XVI Style Marquetry Card Tables, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of French Louis XVI style marquetry card and tea tables. Each with wonderful specimen marquetry inlaid decoration to the t...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Kingwood

21st Century Satin Armchair in Hand-carved Wood and Fabric in style of Louis XVI
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Satin is a classic model in Louis XVI style, revisited in a modern key thanks to the velvet upholstery in a delicate shade of grey. It features a hand-carved wooden structure with go...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Fabric, Beech

French, Louis XVI Style Enamel Clock Set, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French Louis XVI style Champleve enamel clock set. The clock having a classical scene of a cherub handing flowers to ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Enamel, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock with Doves and Putti Playing Pipes
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality French gilded ormolu, bronze and rouge marble mantel clock, in the Louis XVI style. Having Doves above the clock face, an enamel dial with an eight day movement, chiming on the hour and half hour. Bronze putti on either side play the pipes and mounted on a rouge marble base. Maker name; Hamilton and inches...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Watercolor , garden of an italien palace
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful watercolor from the end of the 18 century representing a garden of an italian palace sign by RENE LOUIS MAURICE BEGGUYER DE CHANCOURTOIS {Nantes 1757-Paris 1817}
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Paint

Pair of Lanterns Crystal and Bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very beautiful pair of lanterns Louis XVI style, crystal and bronze finely executed, very rare in this shape and surely executed by a very great parisian bronzier of his time.
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century Grandcamée Armchair in Fabric with Gold Leaf Finishing
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
GrandCamée is the perfect expression of a bright classic style, where the refined upholstery in the precious fabric of the collection meets the decorative charm of the structure with...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Fabric, Beech

19th Century Louis XVI Limestone Fireplace
Located in Zedelgem, BE
Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel, dating from the 19th century. Inside dimensions : 109cm wide x 86cm high
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Limestone

Louis XVI Antique Regency Chimneypiece in Griotte Rouge Marble
Located in London, GB
Louis Xvi Antique Regency Chimneypiece in Griotte Rouge Marble External width: 57? – 144.7 cm External height 42” – 106.6 cm Depth 12 3/4? – ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Griotte Marble

French Louis XVI Style Centre Table, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French late 19th century inlaid centre table, the top having geometric parquetry inlay to the top and frieze, gilded ormolu mask and floral mounts, a single friez...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu

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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