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Louis XVI Lighting

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
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces. Each impressive five light sconce is centered by a lovely acanthus leaf decorated bottom fini...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

French Louis XVI Style Bronze and Crystal Eight-Light Chandelier
Located in Barntrup, DE
French bronze and crystal eight-light chandelier with new fabric lamp shades. Eight bronze arms with sockets for the E14 bulb, decorated with multifaceted and shaped crystal glass dr...
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1950s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most delightful and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu lamp. This elegant lamp is raised by a square Ormolu base below a finely chased circular socle...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Table Lamps by Sevres
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of fine quality 19th Century Louis XVI style Sevres porcelain ormolu mounted table lamps. Traditional French porcelain. These beautiful h...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Bronze

Majestic Louis Xv1 Gilt Bronze/Alabaster Chandelier
Located in London, GB
Large Alabaster Chandelier Empire Style Six Branch Napoleon 111 Heavy Duty Gilt Bronze Chains and Ceiling Rose C1870s
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Alabaster

Signed Baccarat Gilt Bronze And Crystal Chandelier
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This beautifully proportioned 19th Century signed Baccarat chandelier, originally candle powered has been electrfied. The gilt bronze frame ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant set of three French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces. Each two arm sconce is centered by a beautiful foliate finial below the twisted central support. E...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

French Louis XVI Bronze Dore Wall Sconce
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Louis XVI style (20th century) bronze doré oval back 2-arm wall sconces with bow knot top.
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20th Century Louis XVI Lighting

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Bronze

French Louis XVI Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine French Louis XVI style gilt bronze three light. Bouillotte lamp, with an adjustable tole, painted shade, three adjustable arms, fluted column, and a pierced basket base. Di...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Metal, Bronze

French Louis XVI Bouillotte Lamp
French Louis XVI Bouillotte Lamp
$1,800 Sale Price
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Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal sconces. Each six arm sconce is centered by a superb ormolu backplate with elegant foliate design...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality complete set of four French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu sconces. Each large scale three arm sconce is centered by a lovely foliate bottom finial ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

Set of 3 19thc French Louis XVI style Wall Sconces in a Distressed Gilt Metal
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Stunning 19thc Set of 3 French Louis XVI style Floral Form Wall Sconces. Distressed Giltmetal. High quality. The distressed metal is part of the original design.
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Metal

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier. The twelve light chandelier displays a wonderful montgolfière shape centered by a stunning bottom crystal ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Girandole Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal Girandole lamps. Each Girandole is rai...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century Doré Bronze 7-Light Marble Base Candelabras Mounted as Lamp
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of 19th century doré bronze 7-light marble base candelabras mounted as lamp. Each having bronze sabots leading to a white Carrara marble pedestal...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces. Each wonderful two arm sconce is centered by a straight central fut with a topie shaped bottom f...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

Spectacular Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular antique French Louis XVI style ormolu and crystal chandelier. The chandelier is composed of a tiered arrangement of scrolling gilt bronze arms issuing from a central ba...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Large Pair of Bronze Wall Lamp French Louis XVI Style 20th Century
Located in La xara, VC
Pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze sconces from the first half of the 20th century. This model of sconces of great class has an illuminated handle. Model of the Grand Hotels and lar...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Louis XVI Lighting

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Brass, Bronze

French Louis XVI St. Mid 19th Century Giltwood Floor Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and large scale French Louis XVI st. mid 19th century giltwood floor lamp. The lamp is raised by a triangular mottled base with concave sides above half round supports. Ab...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Giltwood

Antique French Louis XVI Style Sevres Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Antique French Louis XVI Style Sèvres Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Chandelier This chandelier presents an elaborate Louis XVI style design combining richly gilded bronze with vibrant b...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Bronze

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare and most unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu chandelier. This exquisite twelve light chandelier is centered by a berried bottom finial below scrolling acanthus lea...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu chandelier. This exquisite nine arm nine light chandelier is centered by a Crystal sphere bottom ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

A pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood floor lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A monumental and impressive pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood floor lamps. Each wonderful candle stand that has been turned into a lamp is raised by a triangular ba...
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18th Century Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Giltwood

French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Floor Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI-style (20th Century) gilt bronze floor lamp supported on a round base with a floral design shaft.
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20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Eighteen-Light Ormolu Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. eighteen light ormolu chandelier. A regal pierced crown with acanthus leaf and rosette designs tops the tiered pedestal fut. An urn shape...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

A Gilt-Bronze and Tole Twelve-Light Chandelier, Attributed to Maison Beurdeley
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Important and Monumental Gilt-Bronze and Tole Twelve-Light Chandelier, Attributed to Maison Beurdeley, After The Celebrated Model By François Remond. The vase shaped body is pain...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Bronze

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal chandelier, after the model by Pierre Gouthière for Marie Antoinette. This truly gorgeous six light chandelier is centered by a berried acorn bottom finial hanging below an acanthus leaf spray that introduces the fluted central fut. Above the acanthus leaf spray are the six 'S' scrolled arms decorated with acanthus leaves and acorn finials below each arm leading to circular bobeches with dentil patterned edges. Above each bobeche are the berried foliate and fluted candle cups. Each arm is decorated by prism cut pendants around each bobeche and scalloped pendants...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

Large Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Cut Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A large and exquisite antique French Louis XVI style gilt bronze and cut crystal chandelier. The chandelier is suspended from a gilt bronze corona cast with foliate detail, issuing m...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair French Mid-Century Modern Bagues Style Rock Crystal Cockatoo-Form Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of French Mid-Century Modern Louis XVI style and Bagues style cockatoo-form rock crystal and 24k gilt metal wall appliques/sconces. Each of these sconces is modeled a...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Metal

Large Cylindrical Lantern in Louis XVI Style Brass Glass Pendant Lighting XXL
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant Louis XVI Style Brass Lantern: Illuminate in Style Discover our exquisite collection of large cylindrical lanterns in the timeless Louis XVI style, a harmonious fusion of br...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Louis XVI Lighting

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Brass

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine circular feet below the impressive square base with concave corne...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

Pair of Italian Carved Giltwood Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of sconces, of iron and carved giltwood; each backplate having three arrows crossed behind a bow over festooning and rosette, three scrolling candlearms terminating in wooden cups...
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1950s Italian Vintage Louis XVI Lighting

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Iron

Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Three-Light Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and grand scale set of four French mid-19th century Louis XVI style three light ormolu Bras de Lumière sconces. Each sconce is centered by a tapered, fluted and highly ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

Pair of French Maison Baguès Inspired Silvered Bronze Sconces with Hunting Horns
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Maison Baguès style silvered bronze wall sconces from the 1960s with ribbons and French hunting horns. This exquisite pair of French Maison Baguès inspired silvered ...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting

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Bronze

6 Arms Bronze Chandelier in the Style of Louis the 16th
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice 6 arms chandelier is made of bronze. This is a French work in the style of Louis the 16th. Circa 1900
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Bronze

Large Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Tole Smokey Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A large and exquisite antique French Louis XVI style gilt tole and smokey rock crystal chandelier. The chandelier is composed of a central baluster-form stem with scrolling arms bran...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Tôle

Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
Vintage gilt bronze and tole 2-light bouillotte lamp. Round bronze base and oval gilt and painted tole adjustable shade with two arm candle lights and wreath finial.
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Late 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Lighting

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Bronze

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large scale and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu sconces. Each exquisite three arm sconce is centered by foliate decorated bottom finials that are a...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

Baltic 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most stately Baltic 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal chandelier. This truly stunning twenty light chandelier is centered by an inverted topie shaped bo...
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19th Century Baltic Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamp. This wonderful lidded urn mounted into a lamp is raised by a circular Ormolu base with corner supports ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

Wall Sconces Louis XVI Style France Early 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
*]If you're interested in this item and have any questions, please contact us. Many items are on clearance. We welcome serious offers. Elegant pair of one arm wall sconces...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting

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Brass, Bronze

Double Branched Silver Candlestick
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Double branched silver candlestick Dimensions: 15.5” H x 10.5” W x 5.5” D Base diameter 5.5”.
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Lighting

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Silver

Wonderful Early Maison Baguès Bronze and Crystal Chandelier, Paris, ca.1900s
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
A rare, early chandelier Maison Baguès, Paris, circa 1890s. This wonderful light fixture is made of bronze and crystal and is very rich in details. Socket: 6 x e14 for standard scr...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair Antique French Louis XVI Style Marble Gilt Bronze Floor Lamps / Torchieres
Located in New York, NY
Pair of impressive antique (late 19th century) torchieres (floor lamps) in the French Louis XVI style, crafted from carved white marble with neoclassical gilt bronze mounts including...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Marble, Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal chandelier. The eight arm chandelier is centered by a beautiful solid crystal ball pendant bel...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

Set of Six French, 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare set of six stunning French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu sconces. Each three arm sconce has a handsome backplate with ram heads and ring, inverted finial and cut corner ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Rock Crystal Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and finely detailed French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Rock Crystal lamp. This lamp is raised by a square Ormolu base with a column above. The bottom plinth of t...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Rock Crystal, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Twelve Light Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu twelve light chandelier. At the base are tied tassels below impressive hoof designs. Centered are six impressive horn styled ar...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Ormolu

French Maison Baguès Attributed Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
French Maison Baguès attributed crystal chandelier. Chic French 1940s Maison Baguès attributed bronze or brass and crystal eight-light chandelier ...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Antique French White Glass, Brass and Bronze Pendant Chandelier, ca. 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
Antique French Louis XVI style white glass, brass, and bronze pendant chandelier from ca. 1920. This stunning French three-light pendant chandelier features a white glass lampshade f...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Lighting

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Brass, Bronze

French Baccarat Gilt Bronze and Crystal Twelve-Arm Chandelier, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
French Baccarat gilt bronze and crystal twelve-arm chandelier with a gilt floral canopy, cascading crystal prisms flanking a centered spiral crystal column , twelve gilt floral scrol...
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1820s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Wonderful Large Doré Bronze Louis XVI Lantern Light Fixture Curved Glass Panels
Located in Roslyn, NY
An elegant doré bronze five-light lanterns with etched ribbed bronze trim on top and bottom of the lantern are fluted reed trim around a curved glass panel.The fixture has five arms ...
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20th Century Italian Louis XVI Lighting

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Bronze

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking an high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu chandelier, attributed to Baccarat. The twelve light chandelier displays a bottom Crystal bell s...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Ormolu

True Pair of French 19th Centurybelle Époque Period Ormolu Bronze Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable and most decorative true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu and patinated bronze lamps. Each lamp is raised by an elegant scalloped sha...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair 19thc French Louis XVI Carved Wood Floral Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair French 19thc Louis XVI Carved Wood Display Wall Sconces. I found these beautiful sconces at auction. There is a left side and there is a conforming right side.
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Wood

Pair of 18th Century Italian Giltwood Torchieres
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 18th century Italian giltwood torchieres. This lovely pair of 18th century Italian Louis XVI period gilt wood torchieres, torcheres...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Giltwood

Italian 19th Century Patinated and Giltwood Six-Arm Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely Italian 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood and faux painted marble chandelier. The six arm chandelier is centered by a charming bottom bell shaped giltwood pendant below th...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Wood, Giltwood

Large Cylindrical Lantern in Louis XVI Style Brass Glass Pendant Lighting
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant Louis XVI Style Brass Lantern: Illuminate with Distinction Explore our exquisite collection of large cylindrical lanterns crafted in the timeless Louis XVI style, a harmonio...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Louis XVI Lighting

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Brass

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
This large-scale fixture is a 19th-century French Louis XVI style chandelier made of gilt bronze and crystal. It exudes a sense of luxury and elegance typical of the Louis XVI era, k...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Sarrancolin Marble Urn Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A superb and decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style Gilt Bronze Mounted Sarrancolin Marbleurn-form lamps, crafted from richly veined Sarrancolin marble and mounted wi...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Lighting

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Marble, Bronze

Louis Xvi lighting for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI lighting 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 lighting created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include lighting, decorative objects, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI lighting 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 lighting, popular names associated with this style include Oggetti D'Arte, Edward F. Caldwell Co., Alexandre Vossion, and Gherardo Degli Albizzi. 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 lighting differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $212 and tops out at $470,000 while the average work can sell for $7,500.