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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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Style: Louis XVI
Louis XVI Style Ebonized and Silver Gilt Distressed Carved Smoked Glass Mirror
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 44 in W: 36 in D: 1 3/4 in This remarkable 20th-century mirror seamlessly combines the elegance of Directoire design with the refined elements of the Louis XVI styl...
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20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Furniture

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Mirror, Wood

French Louis XVI Neoclassical Gold Silk Fauteuil Parcel Gilt Arm Chairs - a Pair
By Mansfield Furniture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XVI Neoclassical Style Gold Silk Upholstered Fauteuil Parcel Gilt Arm Chairs - a Pair. Item features original gold silk fabric with urn and wreath pattern, parce...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Furniture

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Fabric, Wood

Louis XVI Canopy Bed with Upholstered Headboard, Twin
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Louis XVI-style canopy bed with upholstered headboard is from the custom Tara Shaw Maison collection. Handcrafted in New Orleans. Standard headboard upholstered in a oyster heav...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XVI Furniture

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Metal

Louis XVI Style Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Lyre Clock Garniture, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style cobalt blue porcelain and gilt-bronze lyre clock garniture, with jewel set pendulum. French, circa 1900. The candelabra bearing a paper label to the und...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI SeatAntique French Sofa, Maison Pierre Frey Velvet
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique French Louis XVI style sofa corbeille. Two removable cushions, with a fabric of the famous French "Maison Pierre Frey" in velvet. With its thick feather and down cushion, th...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Velvet

Pair of French Louis XVI Side Tables with Marble Tops
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of elegant French Marquetry side tables with gilt ormolu details. Doors open with original porcelain insert (please note, one piece of porcelain has damage). Drawers and doors...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

French Louis XVI-Style White Carrara Marble Portico Clock, Early 19th C.
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional because it is a beautiful case of Carrara marble with black Fluted columns, with bronze dore eagle crest, framed by urns filled with fruit And flowers, white enamel dial ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Carrara Marble

Pair of French Louis XVI Style, 19th Century Gilt Pedestals
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style, 19th century gilt pedestals with three women with small heads on platform base.   
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

18th Century Italian Walnut Louis XVI Commode
Located in Carmine, TX
Commode hand-made in northern Italy in the late 1700s using walnut. The commode features two overlay drawers with ogee edges and beautiful, large, hand-made dovetail joints. The draw...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Walnut

French Maison Baguès Style 8-Light Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Chic French Maison Baguès inspired silvered bronze and crystal 8-light chandelier. This stunning crystal chandelier is newly wired for U.S. market and can be suspended from a chain f...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood Carved Marquises Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and rare pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style giltwood carved marquises bergere wide-armchairs, each with four fluted scrolled legs, a bowed finely carved top back...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Giltwood

Louis XVI Commode In Natural Wood Late 18th Century
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Louis XVI Commode In Natural Wood Late 18th Century Beautiful piece purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

A French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu & Mahogany End Table, Attr. Dasson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany and Satinwood Gueridon Round End Table with Marble top, Attributed to Henry Dasson (French, 1825-1896). The si...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Fine European Original Antique Classic Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This fireplace surround has very fine details. Its marble is a Belgian marble from the Ardennes; the details are made out of statuary marble. The front has been very nicely carved. A...
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18th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Statuary Marble

Pair Louis XVI Style French Porcelain / Dore Bronze Table Lamps
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Louis XVI style French porcelain and gilt gold dore decorative vase pair table lamp. Each lamp features on one side a painted pastoral promenade scenes signed by a famous artist in t...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Gold, Brass

pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised on a square Ormolu plinth displaying a Coeur-de-Rai b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Ormolu

Dennis & Leen Formations Arm Chair W Rose Tarlow Melrose House Fabric - 1 of 2
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Dennis & Leen Formations Arm Chair W Rose Tarlow Melrose House Fabric - 1 of 2 available.
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1990s American Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

Pair Louis XVI Style Sevres Porcelain / Dore Bronze Vase Lamp
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Louis XVI style French Sevres cobalt porcelain and dore bronze-mounted ormolu vases pair table lamp. One side is painted with pastoral love sce...
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1840s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Gold, Bronze

Pair 19th Century French Louis XVI Gilded Armchairs ~ Fauteuils
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th century French Louis XVI Gilded Armchairs ~ Fauteuils are a truly timeless representation of the neoclassic form inspired by the ancient Greeks and Romans! Carved from hand...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Silk, Giltwood

Pair of Louis XVI Style Porter's Chairs in Carved Walnut
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of walnut Porter chairs in the Louis XVI style featuring hand carved acanthus leaves on the crest rail and arms, tapered legs with cabled fluting, central bow on the seat rail a...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Upholstery, Walnut

Set of Four Painted Louis XVI Style Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of four fauteuils, with painted fielded frames, each rounded caned back flanked by bowed arms, on down-swept terminals, crown seat of linen with nailheads, raised on round taperi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

2-drawer coffee table in solid cherry wood, white-cream and gray lacquered
Located in Landivy, FR
This coffee table with 2 independent drawers belongs to our MELANIE collection that proposes handcraft modernized reinterpretated pieces of furniture from the French Directoire style...
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2010s French Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood, Cherry

Wonderful French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Three-Arm Bouillotte Lamp Swan Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful large French neoclassical Louis XVI gilt bronze bouillotte lamp with three acanthus leaf arms and fluted center shaft with applied swags and top offed with a swan head gr...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Tôle, Bronze

20th Century French Sofa / Canape in antique Louis Seize Style beech hand carved
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid beechwood, carved, colored and gilded. Semicircular ascending backrest frame with perforated rocaille crowning. Passive curved frame with richly r...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Beech

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Two Light Wall Sconces Candelabra
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF FRENCH GILT-BRONZE WALL SCONCES Circa late 19th/early 20th century ref. 502JIP14L 23 1/4" H x 13 1/2" W x 7" D This striking pair of two-arm gilt-bronze wall sconces draw...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bergere à Oreilles Armchairs
Located in London, Park Royal
A pair of French Louis XVI style armchairs, 'bergères à oreilles', circa 1880. Created in France, during the 19th century. These chairs feature a wingback design with hand carved mot...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Upholstery, Velvet, Beech

Pair of 18th Century French "Chauffeuse" Chairs, Georges Jacob Attributed
Located in Doylestown, PA
An important pair of Louis XVI Period "Chauffeuse" or low fireside chairs, in original grey painted finish, with lyre backs and upholstered seats, on fluted legs. Provenance: From the Estate of noted collector, Paul W. Doll, who purchased the chairs in 1952 at Park-Bernet Auction from the estate of Mrs. Theodore Havemeyer. (see photo of catalog). Attributed to Georges Jacob, circa 1780. Georges Jacob (6 July 1739-5 July 1814) was one of the two most prominent Parisian master menuisiers. He produced carved, painted and gilded beds...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Beech

Louis XVI Satin Secretary Stamped Conrad Mauter In Paris
Located in BARSAC, FR
Very beautiful Louis XVI period secretary made of satin and amaranth veneer, front uprights in cut corners simulating fluting, rear uprights in projection with simulated fluting as w...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany, satinwood, tulipwood and fruitwood marquetry and parquetry commode, after a model by Jean H...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Fine French Inlaid Bombé Chest With Bronze Mounts And Colorful Stone Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Classic French Bombé two drawer chest with fine traditional form, elaborate bronze mounts and escutcheon and shaped Violet toned marble top. The front imagery depicts a couple hold...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Stone, Brass

Pair of French Louis XVI 18th Century Painted Console Tables with Marble Tops
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XVI period antique white painted console tables from the 18th century with marble tops, carved stacked coin style frieze and fluted legs. This pair of French L...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

18th Century Exceptional European Original Antique Fireplace Mantle
Located in Beervelde, BE
Exceptional original Louis XVI period, 18th century, antique fireplace surround in a Yellow Italian marble. Exceptional little jewel. Easy on the eye which will catch everyone's atte...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bergere Armchair
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very stylish late 18th-early 19th century French Louis XVI style Ivory colored Bergere armchair. Having reeded and fluted, gilded decoration and raised on turned tapering legs.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Softwood

Antique French Louis XVI Style Sienna Marble and Ormolu Urn
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique French Louis XVI style sienna marble and ormolu urn Elegant 19th century sienna marble and ormolu urn converted as a table lamp. The baluster shaped urn is decorated with gr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Siena Marble

French Louis XVI Bouillotte Table, C. 1800
Located in Doylestown, PA
A French Louis XVI marble-top Bouillotte table in hardwood marquetry with a brass gallery and sabots, two small drawers and two pull-out leather covered tablets in the apron. Circa ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Carrara Marble

21st Century, 3 Lights Billiard Chandelier in Porcelain and Golden Bronze
Located in Calenzano, FI
3 Lights billiard chandelier in porcelain and patinated gold bronze. The parts in porcelain are decorated in pure gold decorations. The metal parts are in patinated gold bronze. Eac...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Vintage Limoges 22k Gold Trinket Jewelry Small Tray Louis XVI Courtesan Scene
Located in BILBAO, ES
Elegant vintage Limoges 22-karat gold trinket small tray French vintage Limoges porcelain in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor. Marked on base as “Limoges France" Porcelain D'...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Enamel, Gold Leaf

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marble Lidded Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and white Carrara marble lidded urns. Each urn is raised by a circular white Carrara marble base with an elegant lightly c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pr 9thc French Louis XVI style 5 Light Bronze Lyre Back Candelabra / Table Lamps
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 19th Century French Louis XVI Maison Bagues style Bronze Lyre Back Cut Crystal Adorned Candelabra/ Candle Lamps/ Candel Holders/ Table Lamps. These are stunning and would look great on the mantle...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Pair Of French Louis XVI Fauteuils
Located in Norwood, NJ
Fine pair of antique French Louis XVI style armchairs/fauteuils. Silver gilt details with a bronze tone gold ground. Upholstered in a champagne silk brocade with gold and ivory highl...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Upholstery, Wood

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Red Chinoiserie Cabinets
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
Each chinoiserie lacquered and gilt bronze mounted cabinet with a marble top, over a pair of doors with bronze framed red lacquer panels, the sides with conforming decoration, the wh...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Lacquer

Pair 19th Century Country French Louis XVI Painted Nightstands
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th century Country French Louis XVI painted nightstands is a charming example of the combination of classical architecture and rustic French charm! A wraparound backsplash encompasses a candle shelf...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Oak

Onyx and Bronze Inkwell Desk Set
Located in Manhasset, NY
Onyx and bronze inkwell desk set depicting Louis Pasteur. A nicely cast bronze with double ink holders on an onyx pen and pencil base.
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1920s Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI walnut marble top buffet is a definitively French expression of the neoclassic revival of the styles birthed during the...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of French Late 18th Century Paris Porcelain Cachepots with Floral Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XVI period Paris porcelain cachepots from the late 18th century, with hand-painted floral décor and gilt accents. Created in France during the short reign of K...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Porcelain

19th Century Painted French Louis XVI Style Buffet with Faux Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved in the 1800s in the style of Louis XVI, this French buffet features Neoclassical motifs and a wonderfully hand-painted faux marble top. The top has a subtle cavetto moldi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood, Paint

Pair of Louis XVI Style Armchairs, France 19th century
Located in Leimen, DE
Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Style Armchairs – French Walnut with Giltwood Accents, Neoclassical Carving Bring timeless elegance to your interior with this pair of Louis XVI style...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Walnut

Fine Quality Sèvres-style Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze and Porcelain Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
The fine quality Sèvres-style Louis XVI gilt-bronze and jeweled porcelain turquoise mantel clock. Surmounted with a twin handled urn with grapes, the central enamel dial with Roman n...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze, Enamel

18th Century Louis XVI Period Marquetry Commode
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very fine marble-topped commode, with elegant marquetry-fronted drawers and bronze ormolu mounts. This handsome little chest of drawers dates from the Louis XVI Period, late 18th c...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Antique Ornately Carved Giltwood Frame Hanging Wall Mirror
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Elevate your home decor with this exquisite antique hand-carved giltwood framed wall mirror. The frame showcases a heavily decorated floral design, expertly crafted to create a stunn...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Mirror, Giltwood

French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Console Table with Swags
Located in Pembroke, MA
A stunning Louis XVI style gilded wood console table with nicely-carved neoclassical details, including a pierced apron, wreath and swags of rose garlands, tapered fluted legs, circa...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

3 Piece Gorgeous 18th Century Louis XVI Salon Set with Sofa and Armchairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant and classic authentic Italian neoclassical salon set with a sofa and two armchairs or fauteuils in incredible shape, sturdy and elegant! Louis XVI style carved fauteuils and...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Upholstery, Wood

Pair 19 C. French Ormolu Four Arm Candelabra with Putti, After Pierre Gouthière
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu Four Arm Candelabra/vases with Putti, After the Model by Pierre Gouthière, attributed to Henry Dasson. Each candelabrum is of lidded vase form, f...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu

19th Century French Bronze Sculpture
Located in Stockbridge, GA
19th century French bronze sculpture representing two putties. The bronze is patenate and the base is in gilt bronze.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Carved And Paint Decorated Antique Heraldic Relief Panel With Hounds
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rectangular framed plaque with a pale mottled painted background. High relief decoration in pale gray with a crown above the crest with fleurs-de-lis and rampant hounds wearing col...
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19th Century Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

Set of 10 French Louis XVI Stripped Bleach Dining Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 10 French Louis XVI stripped bleach dining chairs with white silk upholstered oval back & seat over fluted turned legs. 2 arm, 8 side chairs, circa 1775.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Silk, Upholstery, Wood

Pair French Louis XVI style Gilded Cane Side Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a superb pair of carved walnut cane boudoir or entryway chairs in the Louis XVI style. The chairs are covered in genuine gold leaf and in good ...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Gold Leaf

Pair Antique French Louis XVI Painted Bergeres ~ Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair Antique French Louis XVI Painted Bergeres ~ Armchairs are upholstered in luxurious mohair for long lasting beauty and comfort your family will enjoy for decades! Hand-carved so...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Mohair, Fruitwood, Paint

Extraordinary Lacquered Linen Louis XVI Style Dining Table By Ron Seff Ltd.
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An exceptional design by Iconic American Designer Ron Seff who has worked with and for many of the finest American designers such as Karl Springer and Mark Hampton. His love of mate...
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21st Century and Contemporary Louis XVI Furniture

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Metal

20th Century Inlaid Wood Italian Louis XVI Style Half Moon Sideboard, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Elegant Italian half moon sideboard from the mid-20th century. Richly inlaid Louis XVI-style cabinet in mahogany, walnut, maple, fruitwood with fau...
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1950s Italian Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

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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