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.
$5,247 / item
Louis XVI Leather Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Louis XVI style narrow leather paneled and solid wood console table, decorated throughout with verdigris brass mounts, the galleried top above four frieze drawers on turned and flu...
Wood
$5,877 / item
Louis XVI Parquetry Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Louis XVI Parquetry console table. A burl lattice parquetry, brass mounted console table having a pierced brass gallery to the top and lower shelf,...
Wood
$4,200Sale Price|20% Off
Louis XVI Style Marble Top Console Table
Located in North York, ON
Louis XVI Style marble top console table. This 1940’s American piece is fully restored in a light bubble gum lacquer finish with ori...
Marble
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Beautiful French Louis XVI Style Marble-Top Occasional Tables
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this beautiful pair of marble-topped occasional tables in French Louis XVI taste, modern; the square tops above inset ceramic and gilt metal scroll decor...
Marble, Brass
$3,520Sale Price|20% Off
20th century Louis XVI Style Neoclassical Console Table with Three Drawers
Located in Miami, FL
French Louis XVI style free standing console or sofa table with three drawers, fluted legs and a black marble top, circa 1920. Elegant green velvet base and top with balls Measur...
Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Painted Console or Sofa Table
Located in Birmingham, AL
A fantastic large 19th century French Louis XVI style white painted console table with bluish gray accents, circa 1880s, having a rectangular top above an apron featuring four drawer...
Wood
Rare Louis XVI Oak Dressing Table or Sofa Table, End of 18th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
A rare antique Louis XVI oak dressing table, Lovely piece in very good condition. The top flaps open to reveal 3 sections. On the lower section of the piece, we can find four small ...
Oak
20th Century Louis XVI Style Pomp-Salon Coffee Table, Solid Beech Wood
Located in Berlin, DE
Monumental pomp salon table in Louis XVI style. Highly valuable solid beechwood carved in finest detail. Colored hand-painted and gilded. On conical legs, connected with X- formed s...
Marble
$2,963Sale Price|24% Off
H 34.25 in W 54 in D 12 in
Maison Jansen Style Neoclassical Black & Gold Console Bronze Beveled Marble Top
Located in Miami, FL
Superb black & gold console table in the style of Maison Jansen. Features 4 ebonized turned wood pedestal base with gold gallerie decoration. Th...
Marble
Clean Lined Modern Brass Console Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Clean lined modern console or sofa table, American, circa 1980s. This table is a versatile size and can be used as a console table, sofa table, desk, or vanity.
Metal, Brass
$2,300
H 29 in W 42 in D 20 in
Mid-Century Italian Post Modern Gray Marble Console Table or Sofa Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A stunning and simple modern console table from Italy circa 1970's. It consists of heavy grey solid marble. Beautiful veining in marble.
Marble
Louis XVI Style Painted Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XVI Style painted and silver leafed marble top console table, late 20th century. With a pink marble top with molded front and side edges, a frieze with a central medallion and ...
Marble, Silver Leaf
19th Century French Louis XVI Marble Top Painted Console
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI marble top painted console is the ideal choice to create a stunning entryway, adorn a stairway landing, or create visual interest in a hallway. Classical Greek architecture is critical to the design, with elegantly contoured legs culminating in lotus blossom feet. Where the legs join to the apron appear a brace of rectilinear rosettes, and centered between the legs is a panel with drapery motif. The apron sections between these elements are adorned with intricately detailed Greek coin overlay, and the entire structure is enhanced by the patinaed painted finish highlighted with gold colored trim. A luxuriously veined marble top only...
Marble
Mid-Century Neoclassical Style Lacquered Marble Top Console Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning Mid-Century Modern lacquered console table featuring a Carrara marble top. Made in France in the neoclassical taste having a parcel gilt decorated case. Fronted by two stora...
Carrara Marble, Brass
19th Century Carved Oak Console Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak console table from England with a wonderfully detailed hand carved backsplash over the top of the table, which has a beveled and car...
Oak
French Louis XVI Style Occasional Table
By Henri Jacob
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
The frame of this oval table is veneered in various exotic woods, kingwood, amaranth, tulipwood. There is one drawer below a galleried brocaatel marble top. The table sits on four ta...
Marble
$3,696
H 30.32 in W 63.19 in D 16.74 in
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Style Console Table with Brass Details
Located in BÉTERA, ES
This elegant early 20th-century console table, crafted in the Louis XVI style, features a refined design with clean neoclassical lines and beautifully proportioned tapered legs. The ...
Bronze
$1,690
H 18.12 in W 23.82 in D 19.3 in
Louis XV Style Mahogany and Marble-Top Coffee Table with Bronze Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
This elegant Louis XV style marble-top coffee table is made out of mahogany with tapered legs. The table has exquisite detailed bronze mounts and a bronze band around the marble top....
Bronze
Mahogany bronze mounted Louis XVI style marble top console table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mahogany bronze mounted Louis XVI style marble top console table with mirrored back.
Marble
Mers Console Table in Ochre Aluminum
By New Format Studio, Henry Norris
Located in Vancouver, BC
The Mers console table is fabricated from solid aluminum and is suitable for use indoors and out. Form is inspired by the simple utilitarianism of W...
Aluminum
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H 25.6 in W 29.53 in D 29.53 in
20th Century Two French Square Sofa Tables in Giltwood in Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Two identical square sofa tables in gilt wood frame with two levels in glass top. Very practical and useful size with delicate frame which makes them look almost invisible and on the other hand you may place a lot of books...
Wood
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H 30 in W 48.25 in D 28.25 in
1800's Antique Louis XVI Style, Glass-Top, Walnut, Rectangle, Salon Table!!
Located in Austin, TX
Handsome 1800's Antique Louis XVI Style, Glass-Top, Walnut, Rectangle, Salon Table!! Antique Table, Louis XVI Style Glass-Top Walnut Salon Table, Rectangle, 1800s!! This Antique Lo...
Glass, Walnut
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H 17.52 in W 39.38 in D 20.48 in
French Louis XVI style coffee table in marble and gilded wood - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Elegant Louis XVI style coffee table dating from the 1950s. It is made up of a white marble top. The base is in gold and white wood. It is typically Louis XVI with tapered and fluted...
Marble
20th Century Italian Sofa Table or Coffee Table in Solid Walnut
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare and fine quality Italian coffee table or sofa table 1980s in Louis XVI style. The table is in precious solid walnut wood. characterized by a simple line with linear legs. Excell...
Walnut
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H 29.5 in W 41.5 in D 21.25 in
Antique French Louis XVI Gold Bronze and Mahogany Inlaid Sofa Table, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI gold bronze and mahogany inlaid Sofa table, circa 1890.
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Marble Topped Oval Coffee Table
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very fine French Louis XVI-style oval coffee table with a stunning white and grey-veined marble top. A simple but elegant hand-carved twisted-rope style frieze adorns the burnished...
Marble
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H 32 in W 45 in D 16 in
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Mahogany Console Table, Marble Top
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This late 18th century French Louis XVI period mahogany console table features a white marble top surrounded by a pierced bronze gallery. Bronze banding details the front and curved ...
Marble, Bronze
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H 31.62 in W 79.12 in D 29.25 in
French Louis XVI Style Walnut and Elm Table with Lateral Drawer and Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style walnut and elm table from the 19th century, with single lateral drawer, tapered legs and great rustic character. Created in France during the 19th century, this walnut and elm table charms us with its rustic presence and simple lines. The table features a rectangular planked top showing nice signs of aging, sitting above an apron concealing a lateral drawer. This drawer opens thanks to a turned wooden pull. The table is raised on four tapering legs mounted on conforming feet. With its clean lines, and walnut and elm patina, this French Louis XVI style table from the 19th century will bring a touch of subtle yet elegant Classicism to any home, placed in a living room used...
Elm, Walnut
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H 18.12 in W 55.12 in D 55.12 in
20th Century Large French Square Sofa Table in Gilt Wood in Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Large square sofa table in gilt wood frame with two levels in glass top. France, circa 1960.
Wood
Louis XVI Two Drawer Console by Henredon
By Henredon
Located in Southampton, NJ
1960's Henredon two drawer Louis XVI style console table of oak with zebra wood banding to the top. Excellent condition with original tag & branding in rarely if ever used condition....
Brass
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H 19.69 in W 45.28 in D 19.69 in
Elegant Neoclassical Two Tier Brass Table by Maison Jansen, France, 1960
Located in Brussels, BE
Two tier (aged mirror and clear glass on top) neoclasssical coffee table in the style of Louis XVI. The feet end above with a pinecone. By Maison Jansen France 1960.
Brass
Louis XVI Style Bouillotte Tables by Grosfeld House, 1930-1940
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair of Grosfeld House parquetry inlaid Louis XVI style bouillotte tables with rouge marble tops / brass galleries at top and bottom shelf / bronze mounts at sides / bottom of feet /...
Marble, Brass, Bronze