Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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
Belgian Black and Italian Siena Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A striking French Louis XVI style marble fireplace in Belgian black and Italian Siena marble. The solid, shaped jambs surmounted by arched frieze with inlaid Siena panels. Moulded sh...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Belgian Black Marble
Louis XVI Style French Limestone Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style stone fireplace. The stop-fluted jambs surmounted by frieze with carved arrow and musical instrument. Moulded shelf above.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
$11,939 / set
19th Century Fireplace of Belgian Bluestone in Style of Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Beautifully decorated fireplace of Belgian bluestone from the 19th century with a width of no less than 208 cm. This fireplace is in the style of Louis XVI. A beautiful striking fire...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Other
$11,640 Sale Price
27% Off
French Louis XVI St Anne
s Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A charming Louis XVI fireplace in Saint Anne des Pyrenees marble with delicate white carvings. The centre panel with hunting scene of wild boar, dogs, birds and flowers. The jambs an...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
18th Century Antique Fireplace of Gray Marble Stone in Style of Louis XVI
Located in Made, NL
Very exclusive antique fireplace made of gray marble stone! This fireplace has an authentic look due to the color scheme and shape. The fireplace dates from the 18th century and is i...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Other
$13,185 Sale Price
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Louis XVI Style Portoro Marble Fireplace from the 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace of Portoro marble from Italy. This type of marble is dark brown in color with brown/gold veins, a very warm color scheme! The fireplace is sleek and chic ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Louis XVI Style Arabescato Marble Fireplace with Brass Ormolu Enrichments
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style Arabescato marble fireplace. The frieze enriched with ormolu guilloche, the jambs with ormolu acanthus leaves leading to laurel leaf centre moul...
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19th Century British Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Fine French Louis XVI White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style white marble fireplace, with carved frieze of interlocking leaves, berries and ribbons. The jambs with tapered half round columns with flutes and husks surmo...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
French Louis XVI Style Breche Violette Antique Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style breche Violette marble fireplace. The shaped, scrolled jambs with carved square paterae above. The bowed frieze with flutes throughout and shape...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
18th Century French Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel in Veined Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 18th century Louis XVI French veined statuary marble fireplace. The fluted jambs with tapering, half rounded columns inlaid with carved husks, surmounted by finely car...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Statuary Marble
Statuary Marble Louis XVI Style Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality statuary marble antique fireplace in the Louis XVI manner. The panelled jambs surmounted by carved rosette paterae, the frieze with swags, drapery and foliage to centr...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Statuary Marble
18th Century Louis XVI Limestone Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in London, GB
A fine quality period French, Louis XVI style limestone fireplace. The stop-fluted frieze with carved centre panel of urn and foliage with moulding below. The jambs with a pair of ta...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
French Louis XVI Style Sarrancolin Marble Mantel
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style Sarrancolin marble fireplace, with shaped fluted frieze and jambs, and nicely carved round statuary paterae to end blocking...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
French Louis XVI Style Carrara Marble Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style fireplace in Carrara marble. The moulded jambs with acanthus leaves and scrolled returns, the frieze with carved oval paterae, moulded panels and square pate...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
French Carrara Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A French Carrara marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The stop-fluted jambs surmounted by carved square paterae. The panelled frieze with leaves and berries. Moulded shelf above....
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19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Period 18th Century French Louis XVI Statuary Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 18th century French Louis XVI statuary marble fireplace, the frieze delicately carved with running frieze of foliage and berries with urn centre. Fluted jambs with car...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Statuary Marble
A French Marble Fireplace in Breche Rose de Lez Marble
Located in London, GB
A fine quality French marble fireplace in Breche Rose de Lez marble. The bowed frieze and jambs carved with flowers, fruit and leaf work throughout. Bowed shelf above. The outgrounds with original antiqued brass vents...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Petite French Limestone Fireplace in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
A petite French limestone fireplace in the Louis XVI manner. The jambs with tapering stop-fluted pilasters, the frieze with central panel flanked by carved paterae. Scalloped shelf...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Fine Quality French Statuario Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A fine quality French Statuario marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The tapering jambs with carving throughout surmounted by carved capitals featuring cartouche and foliage. The...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Statuary Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style stone fireplace. The fluted, shaped jambs surmounted by swirling carved paterae, the panelled frieze with moulded shelf above.
Measures: Shelf ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
Rustic French Limestone Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A rustic and imposing limestone fireplace in the French Louis XVI style. The frieze with carved centre urn and beaded side panels with foliage decoration. The carved, panelled jambs ...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Quality Carrara French Louis XVI Style Fireplace Mantel Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style Carrara marble fireplace. The panelled frieze with torch and quiver to centre, carved wreaths and draped flowers. ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Carrara Marble
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Carrara marble fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The shaped, fluted jambs with carved inlaid husks, surmounted by carved square paterae. The panelled frieze wit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble, Carrara Marble
Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace with Tapering Columns
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style fireplace in white marble. The carved frieze with leaves bound by ribbons, the jambs with half rounded columns with delicate carving to flutes, ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
French Stone Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style limestone fireplace. The shaped, stop-fluted jambs surmounted by carved square paterae. The frieze with carved handed C-scroll surmounted by bre...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
Louis XVI Style Limestone Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI style stone fireplace. The stop-fluted jambs surmounted by carved frieze featuring tied leaves. Moulded shelf above.
Shelf Width: 1335 mm 52 1/...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
19th Century French Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style Carrara marble fireplace. The frieze with carved foliage and swirling paterae throughout, with winged beasts and urn to centre. The jambs with shaped panel s...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Unusual 19th Century, French XVI Style Carrara Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An unusual and nicely carved 19th century (circa 1840) French XVI style Carrara marble fireplace. The frieze with scrolled foliage. The shaped jambs with ac...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
18th Century French Louis XVI Brocatelle Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century (circa 1770) French Louis XVI Brocatelle marble fireplace with panelled frieze with circle to centre, fluted jambs surmounted by s...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
French Louis XVI Style Fireplace in Bourgogne Stone
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style Bourgogne stone fireplace with white marble carved centre and side blockings.
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Shelf Width: 1355 mm 53 3/8 in...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
French Louis XVI Style Rouge Royale Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Louis XVI Rouge Royale and inlaid dark green marble fireplace, with panelled tapering jambs, surmounted by scroll capitals and mould...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Finely Carved French Louis XVI Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI statuary marble fireplace. The carved frieze with arrangement of fruit and drapery to centre, flanked by finely carved foliage. The jambs with tied f...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Statuary Marble
Rustic Louis XVI Style Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The frieze with centre patera to panelled frieze, the tapering panelled jambs with carved leaf and berry decoration with flower to centre. Sun...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
$12,790 / item
French Louis XVI Style White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style white marble fireplace. The panelled frieze with oval centre patera. Half round tapering columns surmounted by matching fluted blockings, with moulded shelf ...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Rustic Limestone Louis XVI Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The frieze with fluting to centre panel, flanked by Greek key pattern and carved rosettes. Stop-fluted jambs below. An attractiv...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
French Louis XVI Statuary Marble Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A particularly fine quality late 18th French Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace. The frieze delicately carved with leaves and foliage, full round tapered and carved columns to jambs...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Statuary Marble
Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A very finely carved French Louis XVI in Carrara marble. The panelled frieze with delicate pearl and string beading, scrolled ionic capitals and leafwork to end blockings. The jambs ...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
Rustic French Louis XVI Antique Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A quality 18th century French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The fluted jambs surmounted by carved end blocking with rosette. The paneled frieze with carved shell to centre. Breakfro...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Italian Statuario Marble Fireplace with Carved Rams Heads
Located in London, GB
An 18th century Italian fireplace in white Statuario marble. The panelled jambs with carved cascading foliage, surmounted by finely carved rams heads...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Statuary Marble
White Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
An elegant French Louis XVI style white marble fireplace, with panelled and beaded frieze, tapering half round fluted columns with carved acanthus leaf capitals. A copy of an earlier...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Statuary Marble French Louis XVI Style Mantel
Located in London, GB
An elegant and good quality 19th century (circa 1840) French Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace, with bowed frieze with guilloche carving. Round paterae above shaped jambs. Shelf le...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Statuary Marble
Petite Louis XVI Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A rustic yet charming French Louis XVI stone fireplace. The delicately carved frieze and jambs with foliage throughout. Directoire period, early 19th c...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
Carved Louis XVI Style Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A well-proportioned French Louis XVI style fireplace carved in Portland stone. The carved frieze of guilloche and paterae, shaped jambs of reeded form with carved rope moulding, surm...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Rustic, 18th Century French Louis XVI Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI stone fireplace with sunburst centre blocking, and shaped fluted jambs.
Measures:
Shelf Width: 1550 mm 61 in
O...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
19th Century Veined Statuary Marble Mantel Piece
Located in London, GB
A good quality French Louis XVI style fireplace in veined Statuary marble. The jambs with half rounded column, surmounted by carved acanthus leaf capitals. The frieze with beaded pan...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Statuary Marble
Antique Louis XVI Style Fireplace Mantle in Blue Turquin
Statuary Marbles
Located in London, GB
A 19th century Louis XVI style chimney piece of blue turquin and white statuary marbles. The white frieze with a central vase of flowers flanked by suspen...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone, Marble, Statuary Marble
Antique Louis XVI Neoclassical Fireplace Mantel in Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
In veined statuary marble with typical straight lines and symmetrical sculptured decoration, French, 18th century.
With rectangular moulded shelf above the frieze which is carved with scrolling, flowering acanthus. The jambs in the form of tapering consoles, with rounded bracket shaped shoulders capped by rectangular blockings delicately carved with more acanthus, symbolic of Imperial Rome...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble, Statuary Marble
A French Brocatello Marble Chimneypiece of Distinctive Tone
Elegant Proportion
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French Brocatello marble chimneypiece of good color of Louis XVI style. With rectangular shelf above the plain inset frieze, flanked by square blockings carved and dec...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Good Quality French Limestone Louis XVI Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality French limestone Louis XVI fireplace of small scale. The jambs with tapering raised-and-fielded panels and beading, the fr...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Good Quality Period French Louis XVI Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality period French Louis XVI fireplace. The shaped, stop-fluted jambs surmounted by square carved paterae. The frieze with panels ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
19th Century Carved Marble Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
A Carrara marble fireplace in the Louis XVI manner. The shaped jambs with flutes throughout, surmounted by square carved paterae. Panelled frieze, surmounted by plain shelf. A restra...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Carrara Marble
Architectural French Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An architectural French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The breakfront shelf of stepped form, solid legs and plain frieze. A copy of an original 18th century piece. Could be antiqued ...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Quality French Louis XVI Directoire Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A fine quality Louis XVI Directoire limestone fireplace. The fluted frieze with carved rosette to centre, flanked by finely carved end paterae. The fluted jambs with diamond motif be...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
18th Century French Louis XVI Veined White Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI veined white marble fireplace, with quiver and leaf frieze, carved leaf drops to jambs, surmounted by pateras, circa 1770.
Measures:
Shelf Width: 1...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Statuary Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An elegant late 18th century period Louis XVI Statuary marble fireplace. The panelled frieze and jambs with trailing vine leaves, the frieze with centre motif of scrolls and leaves, ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Statuary Marble
Large 18th Century French Louis XVI Stone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
An 18th century French Louis XVI limestone fireplace, with carved centre motif dated 1777, and stars to frieze, plain jambs surmounted by shaped brackets. The frieze with polished me...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Stone
Ornately Carved French Limestone Fireplace in the Louis XVI Style
Located in London, GB
An unusually ornately carved French limestone fireplace in the Louis XVI style. The panelled jambs with gently shaped acanthus leaves surmounted by square carved end blockings. The f...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Sarrancolin French Louis XVI Style Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A Sarrancolin French Louis XVI style marble fireplace, with finely carved Statuary marble inlaid panels of, classical scene of reclini...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Antique French Directoire Fireplace with an Egyptian Flavour
Located in London, GB
A very finely carved French Louis XVI limestone fireplace. The delicately carved frieze with diamond centre motif of rosette and husks, the jambs with leaves and foliage surmounted b...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Limestone
Fior di Pesco Marble Louis XVI Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A French Louis XVI style fireplace in attractive Fleur de Pecher marble. The panelled frieze with stop fluted centre, carved square paterae surmounted by breakfront shelf. The shaped bracketed jambs with panels and flutes. Translated as Peach Tree Flower, Fior di Pesco...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Architectural Elements
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Marble
Louis Xvi architectural elements for sale on 1stDibs.
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