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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
French Gilt Bronze and Crystal Sixteen Light Foliage Baccarat Chandelier, C 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
French Baccarat gilt bronze and crystal sixteen light chandelier with a scrolled foliage canopy, exterior intertwined crystal floral beading, original scrolled floral candle bobeches...
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1810s French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Crystal, Bronze
French Silver Gilt Nickel and Bronze Six Arm Crystal Chandelier, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
French silver gilt nickel and bronze crystal chandelier with six candle arms, electrified crystal central column, six fitted interior lights, and intertwined crystal bead work. Late...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Crystal, Silver, Bronze
A Pair of Antique French Samson Porcelain Polychromed Porcelain
Bronze Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A rare and elegant pair of antique French Samson porcelain polychromed porcelain and bronze lamps. Each lamp features a tall baluster-shaped porcelain body that rises to a gilt bronz...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
$3,920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Small Pair of French Chiseled Gilded Bronze Candlesticks
Located in IT
19th century, small pair of French chiseled gilded bronze candlesticks
The elegant and refined pair of bronze candlesticks finely chiselled and gilded was made in France circa mid...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century, Pair of French Gilt Bronze and Marble Candelabra
Located in IT
19th century, pair of French gilt bronze and marble candelabra
The pair of three-light candelabra was made in the 19th century in France in the Louis XVI style.
Each candelabra c...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Gilt Bronze and Figural Jasper Ware Two Arm Wall Sconces, C. 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French gilt bronze floral ribbon two arm wall sconces with decorative figural and graduated bell flower oval jasperware, Late 18th Century. Pair are candle powered and can be...
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
"Faun and Bacchus" Bronze Candelabras After Clodion, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of candelabras after a model by Clodion, representing a young Faun and a young Bacchus in patinated bronze, each holding three light-arms in chiseled and gilded bronze with vine...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Griotte Marble, Bronze
$5,329 Sale Price / set
40% Off
19th Century French Candlestick Electrified in Double Arm Brass Lamp
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French authentic candlestick electrified in double arm brass lamp.
There are lion's heads on each end and a lovely decoration all a...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Brass
France Black Laquered Wood Table Lamp with Black Fabric Lampshade
Located in Brescia, IT
This elegant table lamp, is made in black laquered wood, the shape is as an handcrafted production and shows the irregular surface to imitate the signs of the past.
The pleated lamp...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XVI More Lighting
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Wood, Fabric
$1,421 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Pair of Table Lamps Made of French Electrified Bronze Fire Dogs
Located in Sofia, BG
Pair of 19th century French table lamps in Louis XVI style made of bronze fireplace fire dogs that were lately electrified.
France, cir...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
American 19th Century Dore Bronze Candlestick Table Lamp, E. F. Caldwell
Co
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic 19th century Caldwell Louis XVI style dore bronze candlestick lamp. Beautifully hand-chassed, hand-chiseled with two-tone matte and burnished gold, this lamp is perfect t...
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Early 1900s American Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
Pair of Louis XVI Style "Sèvres" Porcelain Candelabra Vases, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
A Louis XVI style turquoise porcelain vases with a polychrome decoration in the style of the Manufacture of Sèvres. Each side is adorned with...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
$6,217 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Quality Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Marble Eight-Light Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Origin: French
Date:19th century
Dimension: 31 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Marble, Bronze
19th Century Napoleon III French Gilt Bronze 7-Light Louis XVI Style Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
19th century French gilt bronze 7-Light Louis XVI candelabra in the manner of Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734-1789)
The tapering stem standing on a circular base cast with foliage an...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
Pair of Monumental French Louis XVI Style Five-Arm Dore Bronze Sconces
Located in New York, NY
An incredible and monumental pair of 19th century French Louis XVI style five-arm fore bronze sconces. Each sconce is of a monumental size. Most sconces of this era are between two a...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze S.Cloud Chandelier after P.P. Thomire
Located in Berlin, DE
19th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze S.Cloud Chandelier after P.P. Thomire attr. Beurdeley
A magnificient twelve-light gilt bronze chandelier with a cen...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
18th Century, Pair of French Gilded Bronze Candlesticks
Located in IT
Pair of four-light gilded bronze candlesticks with patinated bronze putti and white marble base,
Second half of the 18th century, France
...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Marble, Bronze
18th Century, Pair of French Two-Light Gilt Bronze Candlesticks
Located in IT
18th century, pair of French two-light gilt bronze candlesticks
Measurement: H total 35 cm; H base 10,5 cm x W 8,2 x 8,2 cm; W putti 16 cm x D 10 cm
The splendid pair of candlestic...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Marble, Bronze
$7,550 Sale Price
25% Off
19th Century, Pair of French Louis XVI style Two Lights Gilt Bronze Candlesticks
Located in IT
19th century, pair of French Louis XVI two lights gilt bronze candlesticks
sizes: overall height cm 39,5 x height bronze 29 x W 20 x D 9 cm
The fine pair of candlesticks was made in...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
$6,158 Sale Price
20% Off
Bronze Seven-Light Candelabra After Clodion Cast, Suse Frères French circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of gilt and patinated bronze seven-light candelabra, after a model by Clodion, Cast by Suse Frères.
Stamped 'Susse Fres'.
The candelabra are in the form of patinat...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
Pair of American Louis XVI Style Silvered Sconces Attributed to E.F. Caldwell
Located in New York, NY
A pair of unique antique American Louis XVI style silvered bronze double light figural wall sconces attributed to E.F. Caldwell. Each of the sconces...
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20th Century American Louis XVI More Lighting
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Silver, Bronze
Pair of Very Large Baluster Candelabras, Signed Eugène Hazart
By Eugene Hazart
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of candelabras in bronze and gilded and Marblewhite with three arms of lights in the form of a bouquet of flowers. The shaft in the shape of vase is decorated with two handles e...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Marble, Bronze
Pair of Mid-19th Century Bronze and Marble Candelabra, Young Cupids
Located in Paris, FR
Exquisite pair of candelabra, composed of a young cupid on clouds in patinated bronze, holding an ormolu torch. A vase with flowers and fruits sits where the flame of the torch would...
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Four Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Two-Light Sconces
Located in London, GB
The gilt bronzes sconces are identically designed in an elegant neoclassical style. The stems of the sconces are shaped like arrow quivers, which are each mounted with two arms. Thes...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI More Lighting
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Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of French Louid xvi Ormolu Candlesticks with Putti Masks and Garlands
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular pair of French Louis XVI ormolu candlesticks with Putti Masks and Garlands. The socket is very intricately sculpted with beading, acanthus leaves, and fluted bottom. Be...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
Ten French Tole Three-Light Wall Sconces With Silver Leaf Finish, Newly Wired.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Twelve French tole three-light wall sconces With Silver Leaf Finish. Newly Wired So Ready For Installation. Priced per sconce.
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20th Century Unknown Louis XVI More Lighting
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Metal
19th Century, Pair of French Git Bronze Candlesticks with Vestals
By Auguste a Paris
Located in IT
19th century, pair of French git bronze candlesticks with Vestals
These two chiselled and gilt bronze candlesticks were made at the beginning of the 19th century and are inspired...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI More Lighting
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Bronze
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