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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
Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Hera's Chariot Hand Fan Shadowbox
Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Hera's Chariot Hand Fan Shadowbox

Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Hera's Chariot Hand Fan Shadowbox

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique 18th century French Louis XVI / Neoclassical painted boudoir hand fan. White sticks pierced with foliate / floral designs as well as trumpets and sheets of music; gilded acce...

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18th Century Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Silk, Paint

French Vintage Mirrored Hanging Wall Shelf
French Vintage Mirrored Hanging Wall Shelf

French Vintage Mirrored Hanging Wall Shelf

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

French vintage 20th century mirror-back hanging wall shelf in Louis XVI style gold gilt frame. The arched top of the mirror is crowned with a floral garland, transitioning into a lay...

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20th Century French Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Velvet, Glass, Mirror, Wood

Large Italian Louis XVI Style Architectural Gilt Wall Shelf Bracket
Large Italian Louis XVI Style Architectural Gilt Wall Shelf Bracket

Large Italian Louis XVI Style Architectural Gilt Wall Shelf Bracket

Located in Haddonfield, NJ

Gorgeous Italian Gold Leaf Wall Shelf. This vintage large bracket could certainly stand alone on a wall or functional to hold a treasure on top. Wonderful classic addition to any liv...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Gold Leaf

Five-Paneled French Gilt Folding Screen
Five-Paneled French Gilt Folding Screen

Five-Paneled French Gilt Folding Screen

Located in Redding, CT

Five-paneled French gilt folding screen. Perfect for privacy or for covering up an area. Gorgeous carved wooden gilt design with caning and hand pa...

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1950s French Vintage Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Cane, Wood

SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY PASTEL PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL
SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY PASTEL PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL

SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY PASTEL PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL

Located in Firenze, FI

Refined pastel portrait in a carved and gilded wooden frame. The painting depicts a young girl wearing period clothing and hairstyle typical of the 18th century. Her hair is tied bac...

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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Glass, Wood, Crayon

18th century French School : portrait of an aristocrat dated 1768, oil on canvas
18th century French School : portrait of an aristocrat dated 1768, oil on canvas

18th century French School : portrait of an aristocrat dated 1768, oil on canvas

By Porcher

Located in GRENOBLE, FR

18th century French school, portrait of an aristocrat woman circa 1760 - 1770, oil on canvas set into a Louis XVI style frame (the frame is a 19th century production ; it is gilt wit...

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1760s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Gold Leaf

19th Century French Hand Carved Wall Decorative Panels in Louis XVI Style
19th Century French Hand Carved Wall Decorative Panels in Louis XVI Style

19th Century French Hand Carved Wall Decorative Panels in Louis XVI Style

Located in Sofia, BG

19th Century French hand carved and hand painted in light beige wall decorative panels in Louis XVI style in very good authentic condition with no restorations.

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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wood

19thc. French Antique Louis XVI style Floral Aubusson Wall Hanging / Tapestry
19thc. French Antique Louis XVI style Floral Aubusson Wall Hanging / Tapestry

19thc. French Antique Louis XVI style Floral Aubusson Wall Hanging / Tapestry

By Aubusson Manufacture

Located in Opa Locka, FL

19thc French Antique Louis Rococo style Floral Aubusson Tapestry. I found this beauty in Nice France. There is a small stain on border top left. Not detracting at all. Birds, trees p...

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1880s Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Tapestry

18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer
18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer

18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer

Located in Sheffield, MA

A stunningly beautiful 18th century French gold gilt barometer is a weather instrument with mercury-filled glass thermometer still in working order...

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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wood

Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer
Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer

Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer

Located in Essex, MA

By Toricelli. With carved ribbon and bow above an oval dial painted in creme and grisaille with glass cover in a conforming frame.

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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Metal

Italian Small Architectural Gilded Wall Fragment Shelf
Italian Small Architectural Gilded Wall Fragment Shelf

Italian Small Architectural Gilded Wall Fragment Shelf

Located in Haddonfield, NJ

This wooden gilded wall corbel or shelf is beautifully constructed and ornamented with columns down the center with a floral final at the tip. This wood gilt piece would be a wonderf...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wood

Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer
Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer

Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer

Located in Essex, MA

With ribbon and bow carved and trailing bell flower over the barometer dial. The dial with grisaille painted maker inscriptions and dial pointers , within a circular giltwood frame. ...

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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Giltwood

18th Century French Aubusson Gouache Cartoon of a Courting Scene in Gilt Frame
18th Century French Aubusson Gouache Cartoon of a Courting Scene in Gilt Frame

18th Century French Aubusson Gouache Cartoon of a Courting Scene in Gilt Frame

By Aubusson Manufacture

Located in Dallas, TX

Decorate a living room wall or study with this elegant and colorful 18th-century Aubusson gouache painting. Created in the renowned tapestry-making city of Aubusson, France circa 176...

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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Giltwood, Paper

18th Century French Louis XVI Carved Pine Panel
18th Century French Louis XVI Carved Pine Panel

18th Century French Louis XVI Carved Pine Panel

Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Exceptional craftsmanship on this 18th Century French Louis XVI pine panel. With deep and crisp craving and time worn superb patina. Circa 1780.

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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Pine

A 19th C. Italian Oil on Canvas "The Cardinal's Present" by Arturo Ricci
A 19th C. Italian Oil on Canvas "The Cardinal's Present" by Arturo Ricci

A 19th C. Italian Oil on Canvas "The Cardinal's Present" by Arturo Ricci

By Arturo Ricci

Located in New York, NY

A Marvelous 19th Century Italian Oil on Canvas titled "The Cardinal's Present" by Arturo Ricci. This oil on canvas is truly incredible and one of Ricci's best works of art. The sce...

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1880s Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

1920's Turkish Silk Hereke Tree of Life Carpet with Ottoman Empire Style
1920's Turkish Silk Hereke Tree of Life Carpet with Ottoman Empire Style

1920's Turkish Silk Hereke Tree of Life Carpet with Ottoman Empire Style

Located in Dallas, TX

78665 Antique Turkish Silk Hereke Prayer Rug, 03'05 x 05'03. An extraordinary masterpiece of cultural distinction and refined artistry, this hand-knotted antique Turkish silk Hereke ...

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Early 20th Century Turkish Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Silk

French Louis XVI Style Aubusson Castle Tapestry
French Louis XVI Style Aubusson Castle Tapestry

French Louis XVI Style Aubusson Castle Tapestry

Located in Queens, NY

French Louis XVI style (18th Century) blue & green Aubusson Verdue landscape tapestry with castle in background and herons in foreground with rust colored border.

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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

19th-C. French Louis XVI Style Giltwood & Painted Wall Brackets / Corbels - Pair
19th-C. French Louis XVI Style Giltwood & Painted Wall Brackets / Corbels - Pair

19th-C. French Louis XVI Style Giltwood & Painted Wall Brackets / Corbels - Pair

Located in Kennesaw, GA

This is a beautiful set French Louis XVI carved wall brackets or more accurately, corbels. The carved giltwood has Rococo scrolls, and the brackets are painted in a vivid blue on a ...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wood

Louis XVI Ormolu Wall Clock, Bronze, Late 18th Century, France
Louis XVI Ormolu Wall Clock, Bronze, Late 18th Century, France

Louis XVI Ormolu Wall Clock, Bronze, Late 18th Century, France

Located in Kittery Point, ME

The circular glazed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic chapters, set within a pierced case with ribbon-tied fruiting laurel trails, each side with a ram’s mask capped pilaster, ...

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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Bronze

A 19th C. KPM Plaque of Jan Hus at Constance Council, By Karl Friedrich Lessing
A 19th C. KPM Plaque of Jan Hus at Constance Council, By Karl Friedrich Lessing

A 19th C. KPM Plaque of Jan Hus at Constance Council, By Karl Friedrich Lessing

By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)

Located in New York, NY

A 19th Century KPM Plaque of Jan Hus at Constance Council, Originally By Karl Friedrich Lessing, with the Original Giltwood Frame. The plaque is expertly framed in a meticulously cr...

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19th Century German Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Porcelain, Giltwood

19th C. Louis XVI Style French Gilt Bronze Floral Garland Wall Swag Ornament
19th C. Louis XVI Style French Gilt Bronze Floral Garland Wall Swag Ornament

19th C. Louis XVI Style French Gilt Bronze Floral Garland Wall Swag Ornament

Located in Pearland, TX

A gorgeous antique 19th Century French Louis XVI style gilded bronze floral garland wall swag / cornice / appliqué / wall ornament / hanging decor. Signed by the artist on reverse. T...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Bronze

Pair of 18th Century French Louis XVI Courting Scene Watercolors in Gilt Frames
Pair of 18th Century French Louis XVI Courting Scene Watercolors in Gilt Frames

Pair of 18th Century French Louis XVI Courting Scene Watercolors in Gilt Frames

Located in Dallas, TX

Decorate a wall or intimate space with this charming pair of antique pastoral watercolor paintings. Crafted in France, circa 1780, each composition is set within its original carved ...

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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Antique Ottoman Turkish Selimiye Coral Red Satin Silk Embroidered Hanging
Antique Ottoman Turkish Selimiye Coral Red Satin Silk Embroidered Hanging

Antique Ottoman Turkish Selimiye Coral Red Satin Silk Embroidered Hanging

Located in Milan, IT

Rich silk satins were highly prized by the Ottomans, who regarded these as luxury items that reflected the wealth of the court. Because of the close ties between Turkey and France, t...

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Early 19th Century Turkish Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Silk

French Louis XVI 18th Century Painted and Hand Carved Wooden Boiserie Panel
French Louis XVI 18th Century Painted and Hand Carved Wooden Boiserie Panel

French Louis XVI 18th Century Painted and Hand Carved Wooden Boiserie Panel

Located in Atlanta, GA

A French Louis XVI period painted and hand carved wooden boiseries panel from the late 18th century, with monogram, swag and fruit motifs. Born in France during the second half of the 18th century, this exquisite painted boiseries features a central monogram set inside an oval medallion, accented with a swag adorned with delicate fruits in its extremities. Ribbon-tied at the top, the carved panel charms us with its perfectly harmonious décor and soft color, framed with rais-de cœur motifs. Hung anywhere in a room, perhaps above a chest-of-drawers, side table or credenza, this Louis XVI 18th century painted...

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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wood

Antique Louis Seize Mirror, Carved Wood with Gilded Accents, 1780
Antique Louis Seize Mirror, Carved Wood with Gilded Accents, 1780

Antique Louis Seize Mirror, Carved Wood with Gilded Accents, 1780

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A late 18th Century, antique Louis Seize period mirror in carved wood with gilded accents and foliage motifs, consisting its original mirror glass, in good condition. Created in Fran...

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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Mirror, Giltwood

Large Antique Italian Micro Mosaic plaque of St. Peters Square, Rome mid 1800's
Large Antique Italian Micro Mosaic plaque of St. Peters Square, Rome mid 1800's

Large Antique Italian Micro Mosaic plaque of St. Peters Square, Rome mid 1800's

By Vatican Mosaic Studio

Located in New York, NY

A Very Large and Exceptionally Fine Quality Antique Italian Micro-Mosaic Plaque Depicting "The Saint Peter Square" in Rome. The center medallion surrounded by a beautiful Laurel Wreath in multiple shades of Green Mosaic amidst a black Belgium Marble border. The interior rounded subject depicts Saint Peter Square which is found in Rome, Italy. The entire center panel is made up of a captivating array of tesserae in a variety of shapes and colors, which create this stunning mosaic construct. When inspected from up-close, small rectangular tesserae are found in an assortment of colors, which include: white, green, blue, red, black, brown, orange etc. When the subject is seen from afar, a fantastic image of the entire Saint Peter Square can be viewed as if a painting has been created. The oil on canvas of this scene, by was sold in Christie's Auction for over $2,000,000 USD. The plaque rests in a custom ebonized and gilt square frame. This can be used as a decorative object on the wall to serve as a painting, or, be converted to a table-top by mounting it on a table stand. Rome, Circa: 1850 Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome), View of Saint Peter's Square, Rome. From Christie's Auction: Giovanni Paolo Panini arrived in Rome in 1711, painting capricci and architectural pieces in a vigorous if slightly eccentric style, and by 1719, when he was admitted to the Academy of St. Luke and the virtuosi al Pantheon, he was a rising star in the Roman art world. From around 1719-1726 he was much in demand for decorative frescoes, including quadratura, ornament and landscape and other genres, often in collaboration with figure or flower painters. During this period he worked for Cardinal Patrizi at Villa Patrizi, Cardinal Annibale Albani at Palazzo Albani (now del Drago) alle Quattro Fontane, Livio de Carolis at Palazzo de Carolis, Cardinal Alberoni at Palazzo Alberoni, Innocent XIII Conti in the Quirinal and in the library of S. Croce in Gerusalemme. In 1724 he married Caterina Gosset, the sister-in-law of Nicolas Vleughels, the director of the French Academy in Rome, to which he was admitted in 1732, and as a result he was much patronized by the French. During the 1720s he developed his figure style away from the awkwardness of his early works into one that concentrated on groups of stylishly-dressed aristocrats and skillfully modelled bystanders, sibyls and pseudo-antique figures. These he noted down in drawings (such as a sketchbook in the British Museum) that he drew upon to populate his paintings. He also began to receive commissions to design and record temporary festivals, often for French ambassadors to Rome. By the beginning of the 1730s Panini was developing a distinctive subgenre of the capriccio in which recognizable monuments are placed in imaginary topographical relationships, which were well-received in the classicizing era of Clement XII Corsini. In 1732 he was one of the panel of judges for the competition instituted by Clement for the Lateran façade, and in the following year painted an impressive View of Piazza del Quirinale for the pope. At about this time he was developing his best-known topographical subjects, interior views of St Peter's and the Pantheon, which were much in demand, to judge by the number of extant versions extending into the 1750s. By about 1734 he was beginning to attract the attention of English patrons, who ordered sets of Roman views, such as those at Marble Hill House (1738) and Castle Howard. In 1736, through Filippo Juvarra, he received important commissions from Philip V of Spain for scenes of the life of Christ in the Chinoiserie room at La Granja in Spain (1736). From as early as the 1720s he had been producing some vedute (view-paintings), initially based on prototypes by Gaspar van Wittel, and he developed the genre in subsequent decades in works that would include impressive panoramic views of the Forum or Palatine, although his staple genre was the capriccio rather than the veduta. He also expanded his repertory of church interiors, adding such churches as S. Paolo fuori le Mura and S. Agnese in Piazza Navona, as well as church interiors recording special events. His son by his first marriage, Giuseppe (1718-1805), began to support him in architectural and festival design projects. By the 1740s Panini was at the peak of his powers, and evidently had a considerable workshop helping him meet demand, especially of capricci to be used as overdoors and other decorative installations. Giovanni Paolo was successful in elevating himself socially above the usual artisanal status of genre painters, and would sometimes include a self-portrait in paintings commissioned by the great and powerful. He also appears to have been successful financially, and owned a substantial palazzo in via Monserrato. He increasingly concentrated on important commissions, such as a view of the Lottery in Piazza Montecitorio (London, National Gallery, 1743-1744), the designs for the festival decorations for the birth of the Dauphin in Palazzo Farnese (Waddesdon Manor, 1751), or the view of an imaginary picture gallery housing the collection of Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga (Wadsworth Atheneum, 1749). In the mid-1750s he received an important series of commissions from the Duc de Choiseul, French ambassador to Rome and soon to become one of the most powerful men in France, that included his best-known compositions, Ancient Rome (Roma Antica) and Modern Rome (Roma Moderna). These large paintings, of which there are three sets (in Boston and Stuttgart, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Louvre) represent imaginary picture galleries based on the Valenti Gonzaga composition but hung with what purport to be Panini's own vedute of ancient and modern sites respectively (with corresponding pieces of sculpture). These paintings sum up the eighteenth-century canon of the greatest works of architecture and sculpture, and the equivalence between modern and ancient Rome. By this time Panini was being assisted by his son by his second marriage, Francesco (1748-1800), who was a skilled draughtsman and painter who continued his father's work after his death in 1765. The Farnborough Hall paintings The Piazza S. Pietro and the Campidoglio are important vedute by Panini painted in 1750 and originally installed, with other works by Panini and Canaletto, in the seat of the Holbech family, Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire (National Trust). Farnborough Hall had been inherited in 1717 by William Holbech (circa 1699-1771), who is documented on the Grand Tour in Florence, Rome and Venice from late 1732 until his return home at the end of April 1734 with his brother Hugh. Holbech is said to have gone on the Grand Tour to recover from a broken heart and to have spent a considerable time there prior to these documented appearances. During his time in Rome he acquired two Paninis, which were seen by an anonymous antiquary around 1746, who referred to various sculptures "all brought from Rome with two pictures, one of the Rotunda, and the other of diverse buildings by Panino" (British Library, Add. MS 6230, pp. 31-32). The Rotunda (the Pantheon) is a painting now in a private collection in New York, and is signed and dated 1734. The Diverse Buildings, which was probably one of Panini's capricci, has not been identified. On his Grand Tour Holbech seems also to have acquired two Canalettos, although they are not mentioned by the antiquary, who may only have had eyes for things Roman. In about 1746-1747, Holbech remodelled the house by creating a Saloon, now the dining room, at the back of the house. This room, the entrance hall, the staircase, library and closet were stuccoed by William Perritt of York, and a bill for this work dated 14 November 1750 survives (or survived until recently; G. Beard, Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain, London, 1975, p. 233). The two Canalettos acquired on the Grand Tour were installed in the Saloon, together with two new works commissioned from Canaletto, who was then in England and working nearby at Warwick Castle in 1748. The two Paninis acquired on the Grand Tour may have been installed in the Library, as Alastair Laing assumes (op. cit.), while three new works commissioned from Panini in Rome were placed in the Hall and Saloon: the Piazza S. Pietro for the overmantel in the Hall (fig. 1), the Campidoglio as the overmantel in the Saloon (fig. 2), and an Interior of St Peter's (now in Detroit) (fig. 3) on the adjacent wall facing the windows. Two of the Canalettos flanked the Campidoglio, while the others were on the opposite wall. The Interior of St Peter's was therefore effectively the fifth member of the Canaletto set, distinct from the two overmantels. Holbech's installation of his Canalettos and Paninis in fixed stucco frames was unusual for England in 1750, and had probably been inspired by what he had seen on his Grand Tour in Northern Italy, where fixed stucco installations of canvases were common in the 1720s and 1730s (Cornforth, II, p. 51). The Campidoglio and the Interior of St Peter's are both signed and dated 1750, a date that corresponds to the payments for the stucco. The commission for the new Paninis would have been made through an agent, possibly the Roman dealer in antiquities Belisario Amidei from whom some of the antique busts in the Hall were acquired in 1745, who was also a picture dealer; or perhaps the painter Pietro Berton, who on 7 December 1750 shipped a Panini to England. The paintings were sold to Savile Gallery in 1929 and replaced by copies by one Mohammed Ayoub. The four Canalettos were exhibited at Savile Gallery in 1930 and entered the London art trade, finding their way at various times to Augsburg, Melbourne, Ottawa and a private collection. The Paninis seem to have been resold immediately to Knoedler & Co. in New York. When the stucco was removed from the library by Holbech's great-grandson, another William Holbech, shortly after his succession in 1812, the Interior of the Pantheon and the Diverse Buildings may have been taken down. Although there is no record of either painting being at Farnborough subsequently, the Interior of the Pantheon at least must have remained there, since it appeared at Knoedler's in 1930 at about the same time as the other Paninis, and was presumably acquired at the same time from the same source. The Campidoglio was a rare subject for Panini: this is the only known extant version, apart from fictive versions in the Metropolitan Museum (1757) (figs. 4) and Louvre (1759) versions of his Roma Moderna composition (but not in the first Boston version of 1757). Probably Holbech insisted on the choice of subject in order to represent the centre of Rome's civic administration to complement the religious one of St Peter's. The Campidoglio may have been of interest to English patrons because it represented the seat of a form of government they were more comfortable with than the papacy. For example, Canaletto painted the subject, together with English subjects, for Thomas Hollis, 'the most bigoted of all Republicans' in 1755, who may have wanted to 'represent London as the heir to the legacy of Ancient Rome and Renaissance Italy' (see Michael Liversidge and Jane Farrington, eds., Canaletto and England, exhibition catalogue, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, London, 1993, p. 25). Canaletto also painted the subject for Sir Richard Neave, Ist Baronet (1731-1814) of Dagnam Park, Essex, at the end of his English stay or shortly afterwards (i.e. 1755-1766) (sold, Sotheby's, London, 10 July 2002, lot 8). Like Holbech, Neave mixed Venetian and Roman subjects, but his Roman subjects steer clear of St Peter's: the others were the Piazza del Quirinale and Piazza Navona. While Holbech had gone to both Venice and Rome and commissioned views of both cities, Rome sets the keynote for his decoration: antique busts line the Hall, and its religious and civic centres are the overmantels in the Hall and Saloon respectively. The Piazza S. Pietro The Piazza S. Pietro shows the piazza much as it appears today, apart from the absence of Valadier's late eighteenth-century clocks on the towers. Bernini's colonnade (1656-1667), both ends of which are visible, reaches out its arms to embrace the viewer. In the center of the piazza is the obelisk moved by Sixtus V in 1586 from the left side of the church where it had formed part of the Circus of Nero. On either side are two fountains, the one on the right by Carlo Maderno (1613) and the one on the left created to match it by Carlo Fontana in 1677. Beyond is the rectangular forecourt to the church, the piazza retta, leading to the façade by Maderno, completed in 1610, and the dome by Michelangelo, Giacomo della Porta and Domenico Fontana. To the right of the façade the roof of the Sistine Chapel is just visible, followed by the Cortile di S. Damaso, the palace of the Swiss Guards and the palace of Paul V. A Cardinal is being driven in a carriage across the piazza at the right in the direction of the Borgo Nuovo and Ponte S. Angelo with his blue-liveried retinue and subsidiary carriages. Unlike the later versions of the subject that depict the Duke de Choiseul, there seems to be no intent to portray any particular cardinal: the procession of a cardinal here is presented simply as characteristic activity within the piazza. Various groups of figures, including well-dressed women in brightly colored dresses, Swiss Guards, priests, gentlemen, idlers and a pilgrim are distributed around the piazza. In the foreground an imaginary heap of fallen masonry provides visual interest in an otherwise dead space. Panini painted the Piazza S. Pietro on a number of occasions, and his works falls into two types, one with the viewpoint shifted slightly to left of the axis, as in the Farnborough Hall version, and one with it shifted slightly to the right. The first type is based on a composition by Gaspar van Wittel, of which there are numerous versions from 1684 until 1721 (Fig. 9 van Wittel). The work by Panini that seems closest to Van Wittel and therefore probably the earliest is the version in the Circolo della Caccia, Rome, which has been dated to the second half of the 1730s, but is probably a decade or so earlier. Another, on the London art market in 2002-2009, and a version with workshop participation at Sotheby's, Milan (20 November 2007, lot 137) and currently on the art market in Rome, are closer to an important painting in Toledo (Arisi no. 308) that is signed and dated 1741 (fig. 6). Van Wittel employed a wide format (about 2:1), showed both of the end faces of the colonnade almost to their full extent, and introduced the theme of a heap of masonry to enliven the foreground. His choice of perspective implies a viewpoint located in the small piazza between the Borgo Nuovo and Borgo Vecchio, now the Piazza Pio XII at the top of the Via della Conciliazione. From this viewpoint a building at the left tended to interfere with the view of the end of the left arm, as can be seen from the Nolli map...

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1850s Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Glass

Pair of Louis XVI Style Carved Gilt Accent Neoclassical Wall Panels
Pair of Louis XVI Style Carved Gilt Accent Neoclassical Wall Panels

Pair of Louis XVI Style Carved Gilt Accent Neoclassical Wall Panels

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

Dimensions - H: 57 1/2 in W: 24 3/4 in D: 1 in Elevate your interior with this stunning pair of 20th-century Louis XVI style carved wood and gilt accent wall panels, exquisitely cr...

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20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wood

Pierre Adrien Chabal, Louis XVI Style Beauvais Tapestry Panel, France, C.1855
Pierre Adrien Chabal, Louis XVI Style Beauvais Tapestry Panel, France, C.1855

Pierre Adrien Chabal, Louis XVI Style Beauvais Tapestry Panel, France, C.1855

Located in Chatham, ON

PIERRE ADRIEN CHABAL-DUSSURGEY (1819-1902) Designer - BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY MANUFACTORY Maker - Important Antique Louis XVI style floral tapestry chair back - the floral tapestry finely woven in wool and silk threads with garlands and swags and tassels - all centered by a powder blue ground cartouche with white roses within an oval frame - suitable for framing - France - circa 1855. Excellent antique condition - minor fading and loss - areas of wear/thinning - no apparent restoration - minor stains and soiling with signs of age and use. Size/Dimensions - 20" (51 cm.) Wide x 19 1/2" (49.5 cm.) High. PIERRE ADRIEN CHABAL-DUSSURGEY - born Pierre Adrien Chabal in 1819 in Charlieu and adopting the professional name of CHABAL-DUSSURGEY - well known for his paintings and studies of flowers in gouache and oils - attended the School of Fine Arts in Lyon - exhibited at the Paris and Lyon salons - he worked with the Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory and the Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory after 1849 designing tapestries, rugs and tapestry covers for seating - he designed tapestries for the Élysée Palace and worked with Empress Eugenie on furnishings for the small salon at the Élysée Palace and two salons in the palace of the Empress in Biarritz - tapestry covered furniture...

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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wool, Silk

Pair of Louis XVI Giltwood Brackets
Pair of Louis XVI Giltwood Brackets

Pair of Louis XVI Giltwood Brackets

Located in Greenwich, CT

Fine pair of Louis XVI giltwood brackets, the later shelf with beaded edge over scroll supports with lamb's tongue and acanthus leaf carving with oak leaf carved finials.

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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Giltwood

View of Paris from Pont-Royal to Pont-Neuf, Engraving by Berthault, 1786
View of Paris from Pont-Royal to Pont-Neuf, Engraving by Berthault, 1786

View of Paris from Pont-Royal to Pont-Neuf, Engraving by Berthault, 1786

Located in Knivsta, SE

View of Paris from Pont-Royal to Pont-Neuf, Engraving by Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, 1786 This elegant late 18th-century engraving by Pierre-Gabriel Berthault (1748–1819) offers a swe...

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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Oak, Paper

Pierre Adrien Chabal, Louis XVI Style Beauvais Tapestry Panel, France - C.1855
Pierre Adrien Chabal, Louis XVI Style Beauvais Tapestry Panel, France - C.1855

Pierre Adrien Chabal, Louis XVI Style Beauvais Tapestry Panel, France - C.1855

Located in Chatham, ON

Pierre Adrien Chabal-DUSSURGEY (1819-1902) Designer - BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY MANUFACTORY Maker - Important Antique Louis XVI style floral tapestry settee back fragment - the floral tapestry finely woven in wool and silk threads with garlands and swags and tassels - all centered by a powder blue ground cartouche with white roses within an oval frame - suitable for framing - France - circa 1855. Excellent antique condition - minor fading and loss - areas of wear/thinning - no apparent restoration - minor stains and soiling with signs of age and use. Size/dimensions - 35" (91.5 cm.) wide x 24" (61 cm.) high. Pierre Adrien Chabal-DUSSURGEY - born Pierre Adrien Chabal in 1819 in Charlieu and adopting the professional name of CHABAL-DUSSURGEY - well known for his paintings and studies of flowers in gouache and oils - attended the School of Fine Arts in Lyon - exhibited at the Paris and Lyon salons - he worked with the Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory and the Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory after 1849 designing tapestries, rugs and tapestry covers for seating - he designed tapestries for the Élysée Palace and worked with Empress Eugenie on furnishings for the small salon at the Élysée Palace and two salons in the palace of the Empress in Biarritz - tapestry covered furniture...

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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wool, Silk

Aubusson Tapestrie
Aubusson Tapestrie

Aubusson Tapestrie

$3,360Sale Price|20% Off

Aubusson Tapestrie

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Magnificent tapestrie wool and silk, hand woven, very good condition, good Dimension for high end decoration.

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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wool, Silk

Antique Gilded Half Capitals, Louis XVI Style, Mid-18th Century
Antique Gilded Half Capitals, Louis XVI Style, Mid-18th Century

Antique Gilded Half Capitals, Louis XVI Style, Mid-18th Century

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

Pair of antique gilded half capitals: rare, precious, beautiful. Place them on a wall wherever You want: under sconces, on two half-columns... Ask Your architect for advice. ref. O...

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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Fruitwood

Small Italian Oil on Board, “Riders in Landscape with Villa”, attr. Zuccarelli
Small Italian Oil on Board, “Riders in Landscape with Villa”, attr. Zuccarelli

Small Italian Oil on Board, “Riders in Landscape with Villa”, attr. Zuccarelli

Located in Atlanta, GA

In a small square (later) frame with a small plaque attributing Francesco Zuccarelli of Tuscany, b. 1702 d. 1788, depicting two riders in a landscape with a villa in the distance

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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Paint

Important Roman Micro Mosaic Still Life Panel with Flowers & Fruit, Att. Barberi
Important Roman Micro Mosaic Still Life Panel with Flowers & Fruit, Att. Barberi

Important Roman Micro Mosaic Still Life Panel with Flowers & Fruit, Att. Barberi

Located in New York, NY

A Highly Important, Large, and Extremely Rare Italian Roman Micro Mosaic Still Life Panel with Flowers and Fruit, Attributed to Michelangelo Barberi. The panel is centered by a circu...

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1850s Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Marble

18th Century French Lady in Pink Portrait, Oil on Canvas, Signed
18th Century French Lady in Pink Portrait, Oil on Canvas, Signed

18th Century French Lady in Pink Portrait, Oil on Canvas, Signed

Located in Queens, NY

French gilt filigree carved framed oil painting portrait of 18th Century lady wearing pink bow (signed A. BERONER)

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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Paint

French Louis XVI Young Man Portrait
French Louis XVI Young Man Portrait

French Louis XVI Young Man Portrait

By Jean-Marc Nattier

Located in Queens, NY

French Louis XVI (18th Cent) oil painting portrait of a young man in a brown jacket leaning on a table with papers in a stripped carved frame (att: JEAN-MARC NATTIER) (companion port...

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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Paint

Gilded Wood Friezes, Louis XVI Style, Late 18th Century, Italy
Gilded Wood Friezes, Louis XVI Style, Late 18th Century, Italy

Gilded Wood Friezes, Louis XVI Style, Late 18th Century, Italy

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

Little friezes in gilded wood. They used to be thicker, same front and back, but someone made them thinner: he cuts them in half to obtain two. They were probably parts of a spark ar...

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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Fruitwood

A Pastoral Reverie: Late 19th Century Aubusson Masterpiece of Tranquil Elegance
A Pastoral Reverie: Late 19th Century Aubusson Masterpiece of Tranquil Elegance

A Pastoral Reverie: Late 19th Century Aubusson Masterpiece of Tranquil Elegance

Located in Dallas, TX

76928 Late 19th-Century Antique French Aubusson Verdure Tapestry, 04'02 x 06'10. This hand-woven silk and wool late 19th-century French Aubusson verdure tapestry captures the cultivated serenity of the French countryside, rendered with a softness reserved for aristocratic interiors and grand maisons. Created during a period when Aubusson ateliers mastered the art of pictorial storytelling, this extraordinary masterpiece feels less like décor and more like a window into a gentler world. Its presence carries quiet authority, the kind associated with salons, libraries, and country estates curated with confidence and restraint. The central landscape unfolds as a layered pastoral scene—rolling ground punctuated by dense foliage, flowering shrubs, and roaming fauna nestled among trees and grasses. Birds and animals appear not as focal declarations, but as integral elements of a balanced ecosystem, reinforcing the verdure tradition’s devotion to harmony between nature and human contemplation. The scene invites stillness, offering visual depth that rewards prolonged viewing rather than immediate impact. Encircling the exceptional composition, an elegant floral scroll and bird border flows seamlessly into the pictorial field, dissolving the boundary between frame and landscape. This integration is a hallmark of refined Aubusson design, where ornamentation enhances narrative rather than competing with it. Beyond this, an outer zigzag chevron border introduces rhythm and contrast, adding a subtle architectural cadence that enlivens the overall composition without disturbing its tranquility. The palette is exquisitely nuanced—variegated browns moving from deep chocolate to sun-warmed sand, softened by ecru, taupe, pale green, sage, slate blue, old gold, and muted florals of rose, lavender, and red. These tones evoke the shifting light of late summer and early autumn, lending the exquisite work of art an atmospheric richness that feels both grounded and poetic. To own this Aubusson verdure is to claim a piece of European decorative history—an object of prestige, rarity, and cultivated taste that transforms any interior into a sanctuary of timeless elegance. With its commitment to tradition and heart full of whimsy, this antique Aubusson wall hanging...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wool, Silk

Pair Of Louis XVI Giltwood And Marble Wall Brackets
Pair Of Louis XVI Giltwood And Marble Wall Brackets

Pair Of Louis XVI Giltwood And Marble Wall Brackets

Located in Essex, MA

Each with a removable brown and white serpentine marble top supported on a gessoed and water gilded carved oak and stylized palm leave brackets. The gilding is dry and subtle with gr...

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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Marble

19thc Antique French Louis XVI LG Carved Wood Cherub Wall Bracket Gilt Remnants
19thc Antique French Louis XVI LG Carved Wood Cherub Wall Bracket Gilt Remnants

19thc Antique French Louis XVI LG Carved Wood Cherub Wall Bracket Gilt Remnants

Located in Opa Locka, FL

19thc French Antique Louis XVI style Carved Wood Large Wall Shelf Bracket. Remnants of gilt. Very beautiful cherub with wing detail. French Estate.

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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wood

Louis XVI Gilt-Wood Console 'as Wall Bracket'
Louis XVI Gilt-Wood Console 'as Wall Bracket'

Louis XVI Gilt-Wood Console 'as Wall Bracket'

Located in Huntington, NY

This fine & rare gilt-wood Louis XVI bracket, in the form of a console table.

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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wood

Portrait of a young woman in an gilt oval frame, pastel drawing, 18th century
Portrait of a young woman in an gilt oval frame, pastel drawing, 18th century

Portrait of a young woman in an gilt oval frame, pastel drawing, 18th century

Located in NICE, FR

Portrait of a Young Woman, pastel drawing, presented in its original oval frame protected by glass, 18th century Delightful portrait of a young noblewoman in the fashion of the late...

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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Paste, Paper

18th Century Portrait of a Nobleman, Louis XVI Style, Oil on Wood
18th Century Portrait of a Nobleman, Louis XVI Style, Oil on Wood

18th Century Portrait of a Nobleman, Louis XVI Style, Oil on Wood

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

18th Century Portrait of a Nobleman. Beautiful painting purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with any questions. Inner Frame Dimensions: Hei...

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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paint

18th Century Portrait of French Aristocrat, Unsigned and Framed
18th Century Portrait of French Aristocrat, Unsigned and Framed

18th Century Portrait of French Aristocrat, Unsigned and Framed

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

A fine half length portrait of a powder wigged 18th century French aristocratic gentleman simply dressed in a brown waistcoat over an embroidered buttoned vest in which he has placed...

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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Canvas

French Louis XVI Lady in Blue Portrait
French Louis XVI Lady in Blue Portrait

French Louis XVI Lady in Blue Portrait

Located in Queens, NY

French Louis XVI (18th Cent) oil painting portrait of a lady in a blue dress with lace trim & flowers in her hair holding a book seated next to a large urn in a stripped carved frame...

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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

Jacques Renaud Bernard, Set of 5 Engraving of Architecture, 18th Century
Jacques Renaud Bernard, Set of 5 Engraving of Architecture, 18th Century

Jacques Renaud Bernard, Set of 5 Engraving of Architecture, 18th Century

Located in Beuzevillette, FR

Beautiful set of 5 engravings by Jacques Renaud Bernard representing the parade hall and the apartments of the Duchess of Orleans at the Royal Palace in Paris, architectural ensemble designed by the architect of Louis XV Pierre Contant D'Ivry. The engravings represent the architectural details of the different rooms (moldings, sculptures, furniture etc.) This set of engravings...

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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Paper

1850 Italy Pair Wunderkammer Vitrines with Natural Faux Fruits in Baroque Style
1850 Italy Pair Wunderkammer Vitrines with Natural Faux Fruits in Baroque Style

1850 Italy Pair Wunderkammer Vitrines with Natural Faux Fruits in Baroque Style

By Francesco Garnier Valletti 1

Located in Brescia, IT

In the 18th century the most important tables in Europe they were richly decorated with all types of fruit and flowers. To obtain the maximum effect of beauty and amazement, the sple...

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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Other

French Louis XVI Style Urn Form with Acanthus Motifs Gilded Wall Bracket, a Pair
French Louis XVI Style Urn Form with Acanthus Motifs Gilded Wall Bracket, a Pair

French Louis XVI Style Urn Form with Acanthus Motifs Gilded Wall Bracket, a Pair

Located in Plainview, NY

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Gilded Wall Brackets in Urn Form with Acanthus Motifs: A refined pair of French Louis XVI style wall brackets, exquisitely crafted in the form of clas...

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20th Century French Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Giltwood

Fine Quality 18th Century Continental School Portrait of A Nobleman
Fine Quality 18th Century Continental School Portrait of A Nobleman

Fine Quality 18th Century Continental School Portrait of A Nobleman

Located in Atlanta, GA

This refined oil on canvas portrait captures a distinguished gentleman in half-length, presented within an illusionistic oval reserve against a darkened background. The sitter, portr...

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18th Century British Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Paint

Hand Colored Copperplate Engraving of Copenhagen, Denmark
Hand Colored Copperplate Engraving of Copenhagen, Denmark

Hand Colored Copperplate Engraving of Copenhagen, Denmark

Located in Kastrup, DK

Hand-colored copperplate engraving depicting an interesting old view of Copenhagen seen from Frederiksberg Castle Gardens, approximate. 1790-1800. Framed in a mahogany frame from sam...

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Late 18th Century Danish Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Glass, Mahogany, Paper

French Louis XVI Style Gilded and Painted Wood Directoire Wall Barometer
French Louis XVI Style Gilded and Painted Wood Directoire Wall Barometer

French Louis XVI Style Gilded and Painted Wood Directoire Wall Barometer

Located in Bradenton, FL

19th century French Louis XVI style gilt and painted wood barometer. While not in working order, barometer has that wonderful old 'chippy' peeling patina. The carved wood frame and g...

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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wood

Louis XVI Style, Bronze, Mirror, Four Wall Appliques, France, 19th C.
Louis XVI Style, Bronze, Mirror, Four Wall Appliques, France, 19th C.

Louis XVI Style, Bronze, Mirror, Four Wall Appliques, France, 19th C.

Located in Stamford, CT

Set of Four Louis XVI Style, Bronze, Wall Appliques Two pairs of French Louis XVI style wall decorations having bow and knot bronze detailing with Bacchus mask castings and cut mirr...

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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Bronze

Carved, Lacquered and Gilded 18th Century Woodwork.
Carved, Lacquered and Gilded 18th Century Woodwork.

Carved, Lacquered and Gilded 18th Century Woodwork.

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

" Carved, lacquered and gilded 18th century woodwork " Carved, lacquered and gilded wood door paneling in the Louis XVI style, 18th century. Contact us before ordering to confirm p...

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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Wood

Pair Of French Belle Époque Period Bronze & Ormolu Plaques, Signed Barbedienne
Pair Of French Belle Époque Period Bronze & Ormolu Plaques, Signed Barbedienne

Pair Of French Belle Époque Period Bronze & Ormolu Plaques, Signed Barbedienne

By Ferdinand Barbedienne

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A stunning and extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated Bronze and Ormolu plaques, signed F. Barbedienne. Each most decorative w...

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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Bronze, Ormolu

French Louis XVI Young Woman Portrait
French Louis XVI Young Woman Portrait

French Louis XVI Young Woman Portrait

Located in Queens, NY

French Louis XVI (18/19th Cent) portrait oil painting of young woman wearing a blue dress holding a pink ribbon with flowers in her hair in a gold carved frame (style of NATTIER)

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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations

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Gold

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