As opposed to the styles that would follow from the other 18th-century French kings, Louis XV and Louis XVI, antique Louis XIV furniture is rigid and imposing. It expresses opulence — even its armchairs, with their upright backs, straight legs and lavish ornamentation, look like thrones. Authentic Louis XIV sofas, a then newly emerging iteration of seating, are fully upholstered and often feature decoratively carved frames of walnut, chestnut or oak.
When French King Louis XIV established his royal court at Versailles in 1682, he transformed what was once a hunting lodge into a palace that declared his wealth and power through its design. Until his death in 1715, he reigned with a spirit of excess and absolute political dominance. The “Sun King,” as he called himself, believed that France revolved around him as planets do the sun. Louis XIV adopted the sun as his emblem, decorating the grounds with symbols of the sun and Apollo, the Greek god of the sun. As he stated, “There is nothing that indicates more clearly the magnificence of great princes than their superb palaces and their precious furniture.” He was a child when he became king in 1643, only shaping his style after he became absolute monarch in 1661.
Reflecting trends in French Baroque art, Louis XIV furniture characteristics included exuberant decoration. There were gilded bronze details including shells, suns, grotesques, lions and classical references like acanthus leaves. The years of growth in the country’s manufacturing, such as the tapestries and cabinets made at Gobelins, led to design innovations. The commode replaced the chest as a storage device, with drawers and a surface that could double as a desk.
The materials were luxurious, such as the popular tortoiseshell veneer technique that leading cabinetmaker Pierre Golle used in his designs. André-Charles Boulle, who became royal cabinetmaker in 1672, was a masterful artist of marquetry, using inlays of ebony, exotic woods and mother-of-pearl.
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French Louis XIV Style Carved and Custom Painted Console Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a show stopper! This is a 20th century French style heavily carved mahogany console table with an amazing custom painted finish in a distressed French gray and ivory. It is u...
Mahogany, Paint
18th C. French Louis XIV Bleached Walnut Console Table with Breccia Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique salon table was crafted in France circa 1780 in the grand Louis XIV style. The rectangular surface is fitted with a luxurious Brèche d’Ardèche marble top, admire...
Breccia Marble
Louis XIV Style Grisaille Painted Console Table with Belgium Marble Top
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XIV style grisaille painted console table with a Belgium marble top, circa 1920's. With a rectangular Belgium marble top, the frieze with floral carvings, resting on 8 legs all...
Marble
Late 17th Century Italian Giltwood Console Table with Inset Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This Italian giltwood console is from the late 1600’s to the turn of the 18th century. It has a cream and beige colored inset marble top. This type of piece, with cabriole legs and s...
Marble
Huge Console Or Table In The Middle Of A Château After A Model From The Château
Located in Charmes, FR
important console, middle table ( carved on all sides ) rectangular carved wood resting on eight openwork legs joined by a double brace. the belt decorated with large shells, foliage...
Marble
$2,825Sale Price|37% Off
Heavily Carved Vintage Louis XIV Style Giltwood Console Table
Located in Nantwich, GB
Heavily carved Vintage Louis XIV style Giltwood Console table. This very attractive piece came from a European Consulate where it was in daily use for 30 years.
Marble
Fine Pair of Italian 18th Century Painted Console Tables
Located in Rome, IT
A fine pair of Italian, 18th century painted and parcel-gilt console tables. Very good original condition. Measurements: consoles Cm 80 x 50 x 95
Wood
Early 18th Century Louis XIV Wrought Iron Console w/ Royal Sun King/Fleur-de-Lis
Located in Miami, FL
Palatial Early 18th Century Louis XIV Wrought Iron Console with Royal Sun King & Fleur-de-Lis, 18th Century Louis XIV Wrought Iron Console with Sun King Symbol & Marble Top, Rare Lou...
Breccia Marble, Wrought Iron, Iron
Mid-Century French Louis XiV Style Carved Pine Console Table W/ Pink Marble Top
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a Louis XIV heavily carved pine console table with a pink marble top. It is wall mounted. The piece is Italian and most likely dates to the 60s. My shipping is running from...
Marble
French Painted and Parcel Gilt Console Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very good French console table, painted in dark cream with parcel gilding, in very good overall condiiton. 29"high 47" wide 22" depth You are welcome to view this item at our sh...
Mahogany
Bleached oak French-Provincial console table
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Beautiful French-Provincial oak console. Curvy hand-carved Louis XIV Rocco-style legs with French-country floral motifs and a pale worn-in patina, sun-drenched and bleached by salty ...
Wood, Oak
Italian 17th Century Painted and Parcel-Gilt Console Table
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian 17th century light blue painted and parcel-gilt console tables with a marble top. Provenience from a Tuscany aristocratic estate. ...
Wood
Rare 19th Century Louis XIV Style 'Boulle' Marquetry Console Table
Located in London, GB
A Louis XIV Style Brass-Inlaid Marquetry Console Table After the design by André-Charles Boulle Constructed from ebony, with excellent hand-chased and gilded bronze mounts, the shap...
Brass, Ormolu
$2,423 / item
Early 20thC French Figured Mahogany Console Table
Located in Altrincham, GB
Early 20thC French Figured Mahogany Console Table - with white marble top above a frieze drawer and open mirrored back base with tapering column supports and plinth base - 27.5"w x 1...
Marble
18th Century Giltwood Console with Carrara Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Console table, having a rectangular top of Carrara marble, on elaborately carved giltwood base, its pierced foliate apron carved with palmettes and anthemion, centered by plaque outc...
Carrara Marble
Antique French Louis XIV Style Console in Blonde Walnut and Marble, Circa 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
A fantastic table from France, circa 1880, this console has been hand-carved with motifs in the style of Louis XIV. The beautiful blonde walnut wood was carved by a master-level eben...
Stone, Marble
Giltwood French Louis XIV Style Console Made By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
A French Louis XVI style console by master furniture makers - La Maison London. The hand-carved console, designed to sit against a wall, showcases beautiful fine-carving across its ...
Marble
Italian 17th Century Painted and Parcel-Gilt Console Table
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian 17th century light blue painted and parcel-gilt console tables with a marble top. Provenience from a Tuscany aristocratic estate. ...
Wood
$5,539 / item
French Louis XIV Style Carved Painted Console Table
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A Very Decorative French Louis XIV Style Carved Painted Faux Marble Top Hall Console Table A 20th century French Louis XIV style carved painted hall console table, featuring a faux ...
Wood
17th CENTURY WALNUT WALL CONSOLLE
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant small wall console table made of solid walnut. The curved top gives a touch of refinement, while the legs with double lyre slats, typical of Tuscan manufacturing from the Lou...
Nutwood
Italian Early 18th Century Louis XIV Period Giltwood and Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational Italian early 18th century Louis XIV period giltwood and marble console. The console is raised by foliate feet below opulent scrolled legs adorned with large richly car...
Marble
Italian Early 18th Century Louis XIV Period Giltwood and Faux Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking Italian early 18th century Louis XIV period giltwood and faux marble console. The freestanding console is raised by four elegant slender cabriole legs with handsome hoof f...
Wood, Giltwood
Italian 18th Century Louis XIV Period Giltwood and Patinated Wood Lombardi Conso
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular Italian 18th century Louis XIV period giltwood and patinated wood Lombardi console. The freestanding console from Lombardi is raised by four most impressive tapered sup...
Wood, Giltwood
LATE 17th CENTURY PAIR OF LOUIS XIV WALNUT CONSOLE TABLES
Located in Firenze, FI
Refined pair of finely carved solid walnut console tables. The console tables feature a half-moon top, supported by three legs joined by crosspieces, featuring refined moldings remin...
Walnut
$4,114Sale Price|28% Off
19th Century Italian Hand Carved Patinated Console Table
Located in Madrid, ES
Very elegant French console table, entirely hand painted. The upper part is trapezoidal in shape, with cantilevered corners. The square and conical legs of the baluster are joined by...
Wood
French Mid-19th Century Louis XIV Style Marble Console and Matching Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and palatially scaled French mid 19th century Louis XIV st. ormolu, giltwood, Campan Rubané, Rose Vif and Fleur de Pêcher marble console and matching mirror. Standing over...
Marble, Ormolu
Italian 18th Century Louis XIV Corner Fold Over Game Table Genoese
Located in Milano, MI
Exclusive Louis XIV Italian Genoese corner card table realized in rosewood and bois de rose, this elegant antique fold over game table dat...
Felt, Rosewood
18th Century, Italian Carved and Silvered Wood Consolle
Located in IT
Italian carved and silvered wood consolle Naples, Italy, early 18th century This finely carved and silvered wooden console table is a remarkable example of the decorative reperto...
Marble
$6,160Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Louis XIV Style Gilt Wood Console Table with Faux Marble Top
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Vintage French Louis XIV Style Gilt Wood Console Large scale French Louis XIV style gilded console with faux marble top. This exceptional console is characterized by its classical a...
Wood
French Louis XIV St. Boulle Two-Tier Rectangular Ebony Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and most impressive French 19th century Louis XIV st. ebony, pewter, and copper Boulle console. The two-tiered freestanding console is raised by fine bun feet below an ...
Brass, Copper, Pewter
$4,985Sale Price|40% Off
Pair of Louis XIV Style Gilded Console Tables.
Located in Nantwich, GB
These magnificent, ornate, intricately decorated, gilded Svenska Blue console tables, carrying faux marble tops are an example of the fine craftsman...
Giltwood, Corian
French Louis XIV Style Leather Top Desk with Brass Mounts
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Made in France. A Louis XV style desk with brown tooled leather shaped top and brass banded edge with shell form mounts on the corners. The dark wood frame with lighter wood for the ...
Brass
An 18th Century Louis XIV Period Giltwood Console w/ Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Fine Louis XIV Period Giltwood Console Table with Rouge Royale Marble Top and Cross Stretcher, dating from the first quarter of the 18th century and French in origin.
Marble
Italian, Naples, Louis XIV Period Carved Mecca-Wood Marble Top Console, ca. 1715
Located in Atlanta, GA
The Verona Antica serpentine shaped marble top resting atop a conforming frame of carved wood and covered in Mecca (silver gilt) with a time acquired gilt patina, the carvings of she...
Pine
Two Drawer Cherry Wood Console - 18th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb 18th century French console in cherry wood elegant console which has two drawers in the belt. Small unusual model which has a very beautiful base with turned feet connected b...
Cherry
Antique French Louis XIV Style Gibier Table in Carved Oak, circa 1870
Located in Dallas, TX
This amazingly detailed oak and marble table à gibier (game presentation table) hails from France, circa 1870, and was produced in the Louis XIV style. ...
Marble
19th Century French Louis XIV Marble Top Console with Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XIV marble top console with mirror is a magnificent collaboration between expert and talented artisans from th...
Marble
LATE 17th CENTURY WALNUT HALF-MOON CONSOLE TABLE
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant hand-carved solid walnut half-moon console table. The console table features three turned legs, one at the front and two on the inside sides, which lend a touch of refinement...
Nutwood
$18,950Sale Price|24% Off
French 19th Century Louis XIV Style Carved Oak Console Buffet Server Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large French 19th century Louis XIV style carved oak console or buffet with marble top. The tall and slender carved apron with serpentine sides raised with two front square-tapered...
Marble
Antique Carved Oak and Bluestone Regence Style Console from Flanders, Circa 1850
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved circa 1850 in the northern reaches of France, known as French Flanders, this oak console or “table a Gibier” has a lovely black bluestone top with white and gray veining. The 1 ½ inch thick top, which has an inverted quarter-round molding, is supported by four long, cabriole legs adorned with elements inspired by nature, such as roquillards, rosettes, floral and foliate margents, and hoof feet. Horizontal margents on the front belt are overshadowed by the elaborate embellishments below. A central carving depicts an Apolline mascaron set within an attenuated leaf wreath, evoking a sense of classical elegance. Below the medallion is a sprawling pierced foliate apron, which is also seen on the sides, but less grand in scale. The stretcher, as is customary with Regence-style furniture, has a modified, serpentine X-stretcher with a center rosette. Given the transitional nature of the Regence period in French history, our bluestone top console...
Stone
18th Century Italian Polychrome Console Table
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Very elegant Italian console table, entirely hand-painted with a marble trompe-l'œil. The top is of trapezoidal shape, with the corners jutting out. The square, tapering baluster leg...
Pine, Paint
Italian Early 18th Century Louis XIV Period Freestanding Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality Italian late 17th century early 18th century Louis XIV Period giltwood and marble freestanding console from Rome. This superb console is raised by hand...
Marble
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Carved Walnut Wall Console with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an entryway or hallway with this elegant antique wall-mounted console. Crafted in southern France circa 1820, the sculptural console is built of solid walnut and shaped in a...
Marble
Louis XIV style carved giltwood rectangular console table
Located in London, GB
Louis XIV style carved giltwood rectangular console table Italian, Late 19th Century Height 90cm, width 142cm, depth 65cm This Belle Epoque table t...
Marble
A pair of Italian 18th century Louis XIV Period Walnut and Olivewood consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most handsome pair of Italian early 18th century Louis XIV Period Walnut and Olivewood consoles. Each freestanding console is raised by four topie shaped feet below...
Olive, Walnut
Italian Early 18th Century Louis XIV Period Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and most impressive large-scale Italian early 18th century Louis XIV period patinated wood, giltwood, faux painted marble, and scagliola console. The freestanding conso...
Scagliola, Wood
18th Century, Italian Louis XIV Lacquered and Giltwood Console
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian Louis XIV Lacquered and Giltwood Console Measurements: cm W max 107 (W front 100) x D 56 x H 73 This elegant baroque console was made in the early 18th century, in the Louis XIV era. Said "a ¾" has particular dimensions, as it is slightly lower than traditional consoles...
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XIV Style Giltwood and Grand Antique Marble Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and large scale French 19th century Louis XIV st. giltwood and Grand Antique marble freestanding console. The console is raised by fine square foliate feet below block res...
Marble
Italian 18th century Louis XIV Period Venetian st. Giltwood console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality Italian 18th century Louis XIV Period Venetian st. Giltwood and Polychrome console. This wonderful free standing console...
Giltwood
Italian 18th Century Louis XIV Period Giltwood and Marble Roman Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most handsome and stately Italian early 18th century Louis XIV period giltwood and marble Roman console. The freestanding octagonal console is raised by handsome robust legs, with ...
Marble
Louis XIV Walnut Occasional Table
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
A wonderful French Louis XIV (1638- 1715) walnut occasional table from the Toulouse region. The gorgeous warm walnut top showing patina and wear from the centuries. It is supported...
Walnut
A pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XIV burl Walnut grey marble consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most elegant pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XIV st. burl Walnut and grey marble consoles. Each beautiful console is raised by two mottled front legs supporte...
Marble