Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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
Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Period Gouache in its Original Giltwood Frame
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming Italian 18th century Louis XVI period gouache in its original giltwood frame. The wonderfully executed painting depicts a beautiful landscape of the Italian countryside wi...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
French Pastel of a Portrait of a Young Lady Wearing a Formal Dress
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant French 19th century pastel portrait of a young lady wearing a formal dress. The painting is framed in a Louis XVI st. carve...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Giltwood
Continental 19th Century Louis XVI St. Still Life Pastel in Its Original Frame
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Continental 19th century Louis XVI st. still life pastel set in its original giltwood frame. The pastel depicts a wonderfully executed flower arrangement with beautiful v...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Giltwood
Pair of Italian Louis XVI St. Carved Giltwood Wall Decor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most decorative true pair of Italian Louis XVI st. carved giltwood wall decor. Each decorative element is centered by a charming bo...
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20th Century Italian Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Giltwood
Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Gouaches in Their Original Frames
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most decorative pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. gouaches in their original giltwood frames. Each gouache is framed within elegant giltwood borders with love...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Giltwood
Italian 19th Century Louis XVI Style Carrara and Griotte Marble Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and extremely high quality Italian 19th century Louis XVI St. white Carrara and Rouge Griotte marble freestanding plaque of Joseph Carlino, sculpted by Remo Liverzani. Th...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Marble
18th Century French Aubusson Tapestry Gouache on Paper with Frame and Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this colorful, antique Aubusson drawing cartoon. Created in the city of Aubusson, France circa 1780 and set in a carved frame with gilt trim and protected with g...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Giltwood, Paper
Large Framed French Etching of Versailles, Le Bassin d’Encelade
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Large Framed French Etching of Versailles – Le Bassin d’Encelade
Pair of Versailles themed prints available.
From Mis en Demeure, Paris.
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Print of an Interior Bath
Located in New York, NY
A lovely print featuring a French "Salle de Bain", matted and finished in a gilt wood frame.
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20th Century French Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Paper
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
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Aubusson Cartoon Gouache on Paper in Gilt Frame with Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a living room wall or study with this elegant and colorful, antique Aubusson drawing cartoon. Created in the city of Aubusson, France circa 1760 and is set in a gilt frame, ...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Giltwood, Paper
18th Century French Louis XVI Courting Scene Painting in Carved Painted Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique painting on canvas was created in France, circa 1760. The colorful composition features a romantic scene with a gentlem...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Canvas
Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gouaches in Their Original Frames
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most decorative pair of Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. gouaches in their original ebonized fruitwood and Mecca frames. Each gouache is framed within elegant eboniz...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Fruitwood
Pair of 18th Century Pastel Portraits of French Aristocrats by Charles Noel
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Framed Pastel Portraits of French Aristocrats, signed and dated by Charles Nicolas Noel, 1765
The Gentleman with Aristocratic clothes and holding a document of importance....
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Parchment Paper
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Pastel of Diana the Huntress
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely French 19th century Louis XVI st. pastel of Diana the Huntress. The beautiful pastel is set within its original Mecca frame with glass and a mottled design and elegant folia...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Giltwood
Italian 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Plaster Wall Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and extremely well executed Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood and plaster wall plaque, signed P. GRASS 1864. The exceptionally carved wall decor...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Plaster, Giltwood
Italian Mid-18th Century Louis XVI Period Wall Mounted Open Winged Giltwood Swan
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and extremely decorative Italian mid 18th century Louis XVI period wall mounted open winged giltwood swan. The charming swan which has a gilt ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Giltwood
French Early 19th Century Louis XVI St. Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful French early 19th century Louis XVI st. oil on canvas painting. The still life painting is set within is original patinated green and giltwood frame and depicts an elegan...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Italian Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Polychrome Wall Decor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely decorative Italian early 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood and polychrome wall decor. The wall decor depicts two beautiful abundant cornucopias tied at the...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Giltwood
18th Century French Oil Painting of the Marquis de Rochambeau in Gilt Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful antique oil on canvas was created in Paris, France circa 1760. Set in the original carved gilt frame, the portrait depicts the Marquis de Rochambeau dressed in formal clothing. The composition has fine, colorful details throughout the clothing and facial expressions. The painting, which could possibly be from the school of Jean Marc Nattier (1685-1766), is in excellent condition.
Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Count de Rochambeau (1725-1807), was a French nobleman and Army general. The Comte played a major role with the Marquis de Lafayette...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Giltwood
French Trumeau Louis XVI Children Scene, Late 18th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Late 18th century, Louis XVI Trumeau.
The mirror is no the original, the painting representing a children scene needs a restoration
Good condition.
For shipping: 5 x 165 x 74 c...
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Mirror, Wood
18th Century French Handwoven Pastoral Verdure Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Dallas, TX
This large and elegant antique tapestry was crafted in Aubusson, France, circa 1760. The colorful wall piece features a country garden scene with goats, architectural elements and a ...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Materials
Tapestry
French Louis XVI Young Woman Portrait
Located in New York, 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
Louis XVI Tapestry at Cost Price
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Old tapestry Louis XVI, by Aubusson.
France, late 18th century.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Tapestry
Pair of 18th Century Louis XVI Watercolors in Original Giltwood Frames
Located in Dallas, TX
These antique colorful watercolors were crafted in France circa 1780, set in the original giltwood frames with glass protection, each art work depicts a courting scene with a young g...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Giltwood, Paper, Glass
Early 19th Century Giltwood Louis XVI Barometer
Located in Essex, MA
Early 19th century large scale giltwood barometer. Neoclassical Louis XVI design of all carved and original gilt foliate elements. Quite substantial.
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Giltwood
Grand 19th Century French Louis XVI Hand-Carved Oak Panel, over 9 Feet Tall
Located in Dallas, TX
This grand 19th century French Louis XVI hand-carved oak panel is over nine feet tall! Makes is a great choice for dramatic adding a touch of style to any narrow space! Hand-sculpted...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Oak
19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry Gouache on Paper in Carved Gilt Frame
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a bedroom wall with this colorful, antique Aubusson drawing cartoon. Created in the city of Aubusson, France circa 1820 and set in a carved gilt frame, the simple and elegan...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Giltwood, Paper
The Three Kings Miniature Painting
Located in New York, NY
The three kings miniature painting. Antique Louis XV period painting of the three wise men who paid homage to the King. The three kings on card paper i...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Paint, Giltwood
18th Century French Handwoven Aubusson Tapestry, The "Colin-Maillard" Game
Located in Dallas, TX
This large, antique tapestry was woven in Aubusson, France, circa 1760. The colorful scene depicts a group of people playing the game "Colin-Maillard", or Blind Man's Buff, a very po...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Tapestry
18th Century French Pastel Portrait Noble Lady with Flowers
Located in Savannah, GA
Stunning pastel portrait representing a young Noble woman wearing a pink silk dress and blue floral corsage. Period gold gilt wooden frame with glass. It is signed *see second image,...
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1770s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Glass, Giltwood
18th Century Portrait of a French Aristocratic Gentleman
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
18th Century French Handwoven Aubusson Verdure Tapestry with Fishermen
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant and large antique tapestry was woven in the town of Aubusson, France, circa 1760. The rectangular landscape scene depicts fishermen...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Materials
Tapestry
Louis XVI Style Eagle Crested Barometer, France, 1838
By D. T. Letorey
Located in Atlanta, GA
Crested double-headed eagle atop an oval giltwood and painted black frame with neoclassical borders and carved designs.
The dial with metal arms and exposed thermometer coil, and...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Paint, Giltwood
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
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century, Limoges Enamel Plate "Deianeira and the Centaur Nessus"
By Limoges
Located in Paris, FR
Limoges enamel plate featuring Deianeira and the Centaur Nessus. In Ovid's Metamorphosis, Hercules marries Deianeira after conquering Achelous and puts her in the care of Nessus, a centaur, who offers to help her cross the Euenos river. While Hercules floats away, Nessus, who is in love with the princess, tries to abduct her. Realizing the deception, Hercules kills the centaur with an arrow poisoned by the Lernaean Hydra. The dramatic nature of this scene is highlighted by the movement of the waves and Deianeira's brightly-colored, billowing fabric. The creator of this enamel plaque was inspired by Guido Reni...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Enamel
Rare Matched Pair of Louis XVI Style Wall Vitrines by Zwiener, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare and unusual matched pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted wall vitrines by Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener.
French, circa 1890.
Signed ‘E. Zwiener’ to the base of the bro...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
French Copper Lavabo with Brass Accents on Later Board, 18th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
18th century French copper lavabo with brass accents on later board.
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18th Century Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Copper
French Gilt Bronze and Blue and White Jasperware Clock and Barometer Set
By Carcany & Robin
Located in London, GB
A fine quality clock and barometer set by Carcany and Robin, after models on exhibition in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
In the Louis XVI manner, of banjo form, the cases being in cr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
18th C, Oil on Copper of a Nude After Titian's Venus of Urbino by Adam J. Braun
By Adam Johann Braun
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exquisite and rare late 18th century oil on copper plate of a reclining nude by Austrian artist Adam J. Braun, (1748-1827) in the manner ...
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Late 18th Century Austrian Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Copper
19th Century "Thoronet Abbey" Watercolor Drawing on Paper from the 18th Century
Located in Marseille, FR
19th century "Thoronet Abbey" watercolor drawing on paper from the 18th century.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Paper
Two 18th Century Architectural Fragment Panels With Putties
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of 18th Century painted architectural fragment panels with putties, one of the panels has Louis Seize decorations
The panels were ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Wood
Louis XVI Relief Bust Marble Bleu-Turquin, Paris
Located in Munich, DE
The relief portrait in bronze of a gentleman's bust, mounted on a substantial Bleu-Turquin marble medallion, was executed in Paris in circa 1780.
The...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirror with an Oil painting after Fragonard
Located in Dallas, TX
A French striped pine trumeau mirror with an oil painting in the style of Fragonard.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Rare and Spectacular Mirror in Louis XVI Style, France, circa 1880
Located in Paris, FR
Unusual and large woodwork mirror, made entirely of patinated brass, with ornaments in gilded brass and gilded bronze. The oval mirror inside is an original mercury mirror, with some...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French Louis XVI Oil Painting of a Scene with a Dog and a Young Lady
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI (18th century) oil painting of a scene with a dog and a young lady enticing a young sleeping man with a feather in a gilt carved swag and scroll frame with an eagle ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
French Late 18th Century Country Scene Oil on Canvas Painting Set in Pine Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French oil on canvas country scene from the late 18th century, set inside a pine frame. Born in France during the later years of Louis XVI's reign, this charming scene depicts a fa...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Pine, Paint
18th Century French Giltwood Barometer
Located in Sheffield, MA
18th century French neoclassical barometer from the Louis XVI period. Now strictly a stunning decorative object with great style. It is no long...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Glass, Giltwood
18th Century French Hand Colored Etching of an Elephant Skeleton
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautifully rendered etching with hand coloring depicting the skeleton of an elephant on a pedestal. A live elephant, foliage and huts in the background. French, 18th century by Georges Le Clerc...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The white painted dial signed Cappy A Paris, 1773 within a laurel wreath carved case on a delicately carved flower entwined ribbon backplate ending in a tassel.
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Giltwood
French Louis XVI Lady in Blue Portrait
Located in New York, 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
Louis XVI Ormolu Cartel Clock
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
19th Century Exceptional French Decoration with Musical Instruments and Flowers
Located in Sofia, BG
A very fine piece of wall decoration in oval shape with beautiful carvings of musical instruments and flowers with the typical ribbon on the top. The piece is made of solid walnut.
...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Walnut
18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Barometer
Located in Houston, TX
Lovely period French Louis XVI giltwood barometer with beautiful patina. This antique French Louis XVI gilt wood barometer will add a touc...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Giltwood
Louis XVI Gilt-Wood Barometer & Thermometer, France c. 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Louis XVI Period Barometer & Thermometer Combination, originating in France & dating from the last quarter of the 18th century. The workings enclosed by a gilt-wood case with carve...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
18th Century French Gilded Frame with Revolutionary Lithograph
Located in Carmel, CA
"Les Francais En Garrison" is an original hand colored lithograph. The notation on the print indicates that the copper plate was etched by Charon and reproduces the work of the arti...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Glass, Paper, Wood
20th Century Louis XVI Style French Curtain Retainer
Located in Berlin, DE
French curtain retainer in Louis XVI style.
Bronze, finely engraved. Relieved wall plate, before engraved scroll with garlands as curtain retainer.
(X-Mr-26-Bp).
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20th Century Louis XVI Wall Decorations
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Bronze
French Engraving "The Monument"
Located in Carmel, CA
"The Monument"
W H Toms, scup (engraver)
Plate size; 13.75 X 8.25
Frame size: 23.5 X 18
The print is hand colored, and framed with museum grade mat and carved frame.
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1790s Antique Louis XVI Wall Decorations
Louis Xvi wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI wall decorations 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 wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI wall decorations 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 wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include Aubusson Manufacture, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Ferdinand Barbedienne, and Francois Nicolas Martinet. 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 wall decorations differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $138,847 while the average work can sell for $4,925.
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