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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.

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Style: Louis XVI
French Louis XVI Style Roll Top Desk in Mahogany and Gilt Bronze
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An imposing Louis XVI style roll top desk in beautifully figured mahogany and having finely chased and gilded bronze mounts; the green marble top with a bronze gallery above three lo...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Italian Gilt Bronze Serving Cart
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Gilt Bronze Serving Cart. Offered is an rare Italian Modern Louis XVI style gilt bronze serving cart, bar cart, drinks cart or tea cart. This cart, realized in the 1970's has...
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1970s Italian Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI style ormolu clock set, C19th
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite 19th-century French clock set features a stunning combination of gilded ormolu and verde marble. The centerpiece clock is elegantly adorned with intricate gilded detai...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Writing Desk With Pietra Dura Stone Top
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
This kidney-shaped desk is a beautiful example of the Louis XVI style, popular in France during the late 18th century. It features a curved front and sides, with delicate carving det...
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1980s American Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Marble

French Louis XVI Style Dore Bronze & Chinese Sang De Boeuf Porcelain Lamps, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A very fine pair of antique French Louis XVI style dore bronze and Chinese sang de boeuf porcelain vases, later mounted as lamps, ...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Keller - 8pc. Louis XVI 19th Century 950 Sterling Silver Tea Set, Museum Quality
Located in Wilmington, DE
Keller 8pc. Tea Set – Description Direct from Paris, A Gorgeous 19th Century Louis XVI, 8 pc. 950 Sterling Silver Tea / Coffee Set by one of France's Premier Silversmiths, Gustave Keller, Includes a Large Sterling Silver Serving Tray...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Antique French Parquetry and Bronze Cartonnier Writing Desk with Clock
Located in London, GB
Cartonnier in the Louis XVI Manner after the Original by Simon Oeben Constructed in kingwood and having extensive parquetry inlay, with well cast and extensive fire gilt bronze enhancements. The writing section of oblong form with re-entrant corners, housing three frieze drawers and with a tooled brown leather top; the shouldered tapering legs dressed with imbricated bronze mounts: lions masks at the ends: the frame having a guard bronze rail...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of Antique Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu-Mounted Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique Sèvres porcelain ormolu-mounted vases French, 18th Century Height 50cm, diameter 21cm Dating from the 18th century, t...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Ormolu

Louis XVI Period Rectangular Giltwood Mirror
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This 18th century Louis XVI baguette frame giltwood mirror is full of vintage character, and features a slim but beautifully carved frame embellished with bands of carved decoration ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Giltwood, Mirror

Pair Louis XVI Fauteuils, c. 1780
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a great pair of Louis XVI gray painted Fauteuils. Both chairs are in overall very good condition and retain their original painted surface with some refreshing. The chairs ar...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Upholstery, Wood, Paint

Pair Louis XVI Fauteuils, c. 1780
Pair Louis XVI Fauteuils, c. 1780
$3,250 Sale Price / set
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Pair of French 19th Century Calacatta Marble Top Giltwood Carved Console Tables
Located in London, GB
An Important Pair of Stately Console Tables In the Louis XVI Manner Constructed in carved and gilded wood; rising from four stop-fluted legs adorned with lotus bud forms and termina...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Louis XVI Cherrywood Tric Trac Table
Located in Essex, MA
With removable rectangular top with inset leather and wood border, the reverse in green baize. All opens to a backgammon table with ebony playing surface. Each side with a small draw...
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Early 1800s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Leather, Cherry

Louis XVI Painted and Parcel Gilt Trumeau, France
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XVI painted and parcel gilt trumeau mirror, originated in France during the end of the 18th century.
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood, Paint

Pair of 19c. Carved Wood Sconces Centered by Wedgewood Bisque Plaques.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Opposing pair of sconces, of wood, having distressed painted finish, each surmounted by intricately carved bow; two scrolling candlearms supported by rams' heads, centered with oval blue Wedgewood bisque...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Louis XVI Period Corner Cabinet or Encoignure in Walnut with Curved Facade
Located in Pembroke, MA
An elegant Louis XVI period corner cabinet or armoire (in French, "encoignure") in walnut. The facade of the armoire is curved, with inset panels in the doors (circa 1780). Nicely ca...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Iron

21st Century, Golden Bronze Fireplace Tools
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century patinated gold bronze fireplace tools. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind....
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Carved and Painted 19th Century Belgian Console Table with Carrara Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Console table, having a D-shaped top of Carrara marble, on a painted, conforming base, showing natural wear, with gadrooned border, its apron carved with evolute scrollwork, raised o...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Carrara Marble

An 18th Century Louis XVI Calacatta Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An 18th century period Louis XVI fireplace executed in Italian Calacatta marble. Compact and attractive with slim tapering ribbon crossed fluted columns with Acanthus leaf corner blo...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Marble

Cast Bronze Gueridon Side table with hoof foot & rope details with Marble top
Located in London, GB
This table is made in Italy for Andrew Kornat Designs to his exacting specification - the very traditional style of hoof footed Gueridon Table is a classical French design that been ...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Finely Carved Walnut Demilune French Louis XVI Breche D' Violette Console Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fantastic and ultra-pure French Louis XVI designed French-made console table. The table is designed in the demilune style and features crisp, meticulously done carving and ...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Breccia Marble

French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Coffret
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality French mid-19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat crystal and ormolu centerpiece coffret inscribed BREVETE SGDG. The large scale box is raised by charming ormolu feet with a unique foliate, tied bamboo and ball design below a wrap around bamboo designed ormolu band. At the center is a scrolled ormolu plate...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

Louis XVI Roll Top Desk, France 1780
Located in Belmont, MA
This unique Louis XVI Roll Top Desk was made in France around 1780. The outside of the secretary desk has a kingwood veneer with a gorgeous mar...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Kingwood, Yew

Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Style Oak Marble Top End Table Nightstands
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Style Oak Marble Top End Table Nightstands Dimensions : 18.5" Wide X 14" Deep X 28" Tall This bea...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Oak

French Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Style Patinated Bronze Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and large scale French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze statue of Diana the Huntress, signed by Barbedienne. Diana dressed in classical attire and is rea...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Coffee Table Carrara Marble Top, Brass & Bronze
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique coffee table with bronze contour and ornaments, white Carrara marble top and lozenge pattern marquetry.
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Louis XVI Style Ebonized Gueridon with Sèvres-Style Plaques, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted ebonised gueridon with Sèvres-style porcelain plaques. French, circa 1870. Stamped to the reverse o...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Impressive Louis XVI Style Eight-Light Chandelier
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Impressive Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Glass Tent and Bag Eight-Light Chandelier. This fine chandelier has a gilt-bronze acanthus cast corona hung with octagonal flatbacks...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Rare Pair of 18th Century Child's Bergères Stamped Nadal-Laine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An important pair of period child's berge`re chairs, of painted walnut; each oval padded backrest in gadrooned frame, outswept arms with padded elbow rests o...
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1760s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Italian Piemontese Directoire Period Walnut Doppiocorpo Secretary Cabinet 18thC
Located in Atlanta, GA
of two piece construction and held together by metal braces on the reverse the upper section with a notched pediment crown with two doors flanked by paneled columns, the doors with v...
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1780s Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Walnut

Louis XVI Style Bronze Girandole Wall Mirror with Candle Sconces, ca 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
This Louis XVI-style girandole wall mirror has a bronze frame surrounding a beveled oval mirror plate. The frame is decorated with leaves, flowers, scrolls, and a boy’s face. Beneath...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Marquetry Inlaid Commode
Located in Queens, NY
Louis XVI (18th Century) Marquetry Inlaid Commode with 3 drawers and a white marble top with bronze handles, escutcheons, and sabot feet
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19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Mahogany

French Silvered & Gilt Bronze Putti Mounted Crystal Centerpiece Baccarat, 1800s
Located in New York, NY
A large Louis XVI Style French Silvered and Gilt Bronze Putti Mounted crystal centerpiece, Marked Baccarat, from the 1800s. The crystal centerpiece i...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, 12-Lights Chandelier in Clear Crystal and Bronze
Located in Calenzano, FI
12-Lights chandelier in clear crystal and gold patinated 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

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Antique Fireback / Backsplash, Coat of Arms Lions
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique fireback / backsplash, coat of arms lions. Nice square cast iron antique fireback displaying a the coat of arms with two lions. Great co...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Iron

Elaborate Gilt Bronze and Sèvres-style Porcelain Mantel Clock, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine and elaborate gilt bronze and Sèvres-style porcelain mantel clock. French, circa 1870. A fine and elaborate gilt bronze and Sèvres-style porcelain mantel clock with a fo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Bronze

French Louis XVI Mahogany Bibliotheque Bookcase Cabinet With Bronze Ormolu
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique French Regency Louis XVI style bibliotheque bookcase cabinet, linen press, or armoire France, Circa 1880s Beautiful mahogany, with ebony string inlay, and ornate...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

French Louis XVI Style Biscuit De Sèvres Porcelain Statue of a Fisher
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Louis XVI st. Biscuit de Sèvres porcelain statue of a fisher boy. The statue is raised by an oblong terrain ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Porcelain

19thc French Louis XVI Terracotta Sculpture of Beautiful Child Sig by Louis Kley
Located in Opa Locka, FL
19thc French Antique Louis XVI Terracotta Bust Sculpture of A Beautiful Child Signed by Louis Kley. Highly detailed and bust on Socle pedestal. Very good condition with no chips.
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Terracotta

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Glass centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Glass centerpiece. This attention grabbing centerpiece is raised by a lattice cut circular Glass pedestal sup...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Bowl with Rhinoceros
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze bowl. This bowl is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. The golden bronze rhinoceros on the base was ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

French Gilt Bronze Mounted Double-Sided Pate Sur Pate Celadon Ground Lamps, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of French Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted double sided Pate Sur Pate Celadon ground lamps. Each lamp is beautifully designed with pate sur pate figures of maidens and putti. On the reverse of each lamp are elaborately designed floral pate sur pate patterns. The celadon ground porcelain lamps are mounted on gilt bronze bases with gilt bronze medusa...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Porcelain

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Carrara Marble and Ormolu Garniture Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality French 18th century Louis XVI period white Carrara marble and ormolu garniture clock set signed by Jean-Simon Bourdier. The clock is raised by elegant mot...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Louis XVI Style Plum-Pudding Mahogany Bas d’Armoire, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted plum-pudding mahogany Bas d’Armoire. French, circa 1880. The lock stamped ‘DUBOIS FT A PARIS’. This fine cabinet has a rectangular top...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Rare Signed Mercier Freres Cartonnier with Secretary Desk and Leather Panels
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a fantastic Mercier Freres cartonnier with a secretary desk built in for additional utility. The leather is in good condition and the drawers are also leather paneled and the...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

Pair of 18th Century Italian Silver Neoclassical Vases, In the Louis XVI Style
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 18th Century Italian Silver Neoclassical Vases, In the Louis XVI Style Each vase Hallmarked A rare and exquisite pair of 18th-century Italian Silver Neoclassical Vases, mad...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Exceptional Pair ofLeather Louis XVI Style Fauteuil Armchairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of fine leather upholstered fauteuils with square shaped backrest surrounded by carved beads. Upholstered in soft neutral leather. The arms with manchettes and silver-tone nail ...
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20th Century Louis XVI Furniture

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Leather, Wood

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

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Brass

18th Century French Pair of Antique Louis XVI Walnut Benches
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique French pair of two Louis XVI benches made of hand crafted Walnut wood, in good condition. Can be used as bed end bench. The legs are tapered and fluted. This remarkable an...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Walnut

21st Century, Desk lamp in golden bronze with porcelain base
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century desk lamp in golden bronze and with porcelain base decorated with sky with clouds and pure gold decorations. The metal parts are finely chiselled. The joint on the bar a...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Pair Antique French Louis XVI Walnut Armchairs, Bergeres
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair antique French Louis XVI walnut armchairs ~ Bergeres was created with timeless neoclassical style! The tailored framework is accented by...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Walnut

Pair of French Louis XVI Style 1900s Painted Bergères Chairs with Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XVI style painted wood bergère chairs from the early 20th century, with carved décor and foliage-themed upholstery. Created in France at the Turn of the Centur...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu box. This beautiful rectangular Crystal box showcases lattice cut patterns and a reeded O...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

19th Century French Monumental Silver-Gilt Tea Service by Cardeilhac, circa 1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century exceptional French Louis XVI style silver-gilt monumental tea service, comprising of a silver plated kettle on stand and silv...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Silver, Silver Plate

Pair of 19th Century French (attributed) Bacarrat Hand-Diamond Cut-Crystal Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental Pair of 19th Century French (attributed) Bacarrat Hand-Diamond Cut-Crystal Vases of Superb Quality and Craftsmanship. The vases are of inverted baluster form, each vase transitions...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal

18th Century French Provencal Ceramic Centerpiece, Louis XVI Style
Located in Miami, FL
Traditional 18th century French Louis XVI Provençal table fountain, today's use a lovely centerpiece. This beautiful item is quite tall and will look stunning on any piece of furnitu...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Porcelain

Antique French Louis XVI Style Knee Hole Desk
Located in London, GB
An absolutely stunning antique French knee hole desk. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1930’s. It is a lovely petite size, and...
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1930s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

1790s Louis XVI Period French Painted Sofa with Oval Back and Carved Foliage
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI period sofa from circa 1790 with antique beige painted finish, oval back, carved foliage and fluted legs. Indulge in the romance of bygone eras with this exquisite...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Upholstery, Wood

French Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Two-Tier Tea Table, Attributed to Paul Sormani
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous Louis XVI style 19th century French ormolu-mounted mahogany two-tier tea table, attributed to Paul Sormani. The ovoid upper tier with origi...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Bronze

1900s Louis XVI Style, Marquetry, Marble, Commode A L'anglaise, Sideboard!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous 1900s Louis XVI Style, Marquetry, Marble, Commode A L'anglaise, Sideboard! Commode A L'anglaise, Sideboard, Louis XVI Style Marquetry, Marble Top, Vintage, 1900's 20th Cen...
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20th Century Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

French Louis XVI Boiserie Trumeau
Located in Sheffield, MA
Originally part of a boiserie room panelling with swags and rope design molding framing the mirror. Mirror is distressed. Can be replaced with new flat o...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

Materials

Wood, Paint

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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