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Louis XVI Religious Items

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.

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Style: Louis XVI
18th Century Altar Modell, South Germany, with Original Painting, Wood
Located in Epfach, DE
18th century Altar Modell, South Germany, with original painting, wood A rare altar model with original painting, in the middle Jesus Christus and on the ...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Wood

18th Century Altar Modell, South Germany, with Original Painting, Wood
18th Century Altar Modell, South Germany, with Original Painting, Wood

18th Century Altar Modell, South Germany, with Original Painting, Wood

$6,727
18th Century French Fire-Gilded Bronze Electried Church Chandelier
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A very fine, large fire-gilded bronze church chandelier in Louis XVI style, France, late 18th century. This wonderful piece is finely elaborate in precise detail decorated with elega...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Bronze

18th Century French Fire-Gilded Bronze Electried Church Chandelier
18th Century French Fire-Gilded Bronze Electried Church Chandelier

18th Century French Fire-Gilded Bronze Electried Church Chandelier

$11,387
Christ , 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Christ , 18th century. Crucifix, Christ, beautiful carved and gilded wood frame, 18th century. Dimensions: H: 61cm, W: 39cm, D: 7cm.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Wood

Christ , 18th Century
Christ , 18th Century

Christ , 18th Century

$2,762
18th Century Carved Painted Symbolic Christian Plaque
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century carved & painted symbolic Christian plaque will make a unique and special addition to your devotional display! Hand-carved from fruitwood around the time of the founding...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Fruitwood

18th Century Carved Painted Symbolic Christian Plaque
18th Century Carved Painted Symbolic Christian Plaque

18th Century Carved Painted Symbolic Christian Plaque

$1,980
18th Century Italian Carved Gilt Wood Reliquary Mirror with Mercury Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a table or a shelf with this beautiful antique gilt "Reliquaire" mirror. (Reliquary in English). Crafted in Italy circa 1780, the religious item stands on a tripod base endi...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Mirror, Giltwood, Mercury Glass

18th Century Italian Carved Gilt Wood Reliquary Mirror with Mercury Glass
18th Century Italian Carved Gilt Wood Reliquary Mirror with Mercury Glass

18th Century Italian Carved Gilt Wood Reliquary Mirror with Mercury Glass

$1,600
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Tall giltwood church torchère with deep foliate carvings, Italy late 18th century. This piece is finely hand carved in precise detail with deep foliate carvings decorated with acanth...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Silk, Giltwood

18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp

18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp

$5,741
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Tall giltwood church torchère with deep foliate carvings, Italy late 18th century. This piece is finely hand carved in precise detail with deep foliate carvings decorated with acanth...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Silk, Giltwood

18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp

18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp

$5,741
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18th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Wall Barometer
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A beautifully carved and giltwood 18th century Louis XVI wall barometer having its original mercury tube and mechanism but presently with the mercury missing.    
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Giltwood

18th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Wall Barometer
18th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Wall Barometer

18th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Wall Barometer

$2,400
H 43 in W 14 in D 2 in
Italian 18th Century Architectural Carved and Giltwood Tabernacle as a Temple
Located in Firenze, IT
This Italian 18th century Louis XVI period hand carved and gilt wood architectural fragment probably was the central section of a bigger altar tabernacle that can now be used as a de...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf

Italian 18th Century Architectural Carved and Giltwood Tabernacle as a Temple
Italian 18th Century Architectural Carved and Giltwood Tabernacle as a Temple

Italian 18th Century Architectural Carved and Giltwood Tabernacle as a Temple

$2,750
H 29.53 in W 17.33 in D 17.33 in
Bronze Weight, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Weight of the 18th century. Bronze. Bronze weight, incomplete, with the container glass and two of the smallest, all decorated in cold with incised and...
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18th Century European Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Bronze

Bronze Weight, 18th Century
Bronze Weight, 18th Century

Bronze Weight, 18th Century

$900
H 4.73 in W 4.73 in D 4.34 in
God Lamp / Church Chandelier Brass Early 20th Century Sanctuary Lamp Art Nouveau
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
God's Lamp/Church Chandelier brass early 20th century Sanctuary lamp Art Nouveau style Beautiful authentic brass Church chandelier/God's lam...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Religious Items

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Brass

God Lamp / Church Chandelier Brass Early 20th Century Sanctuary Lamp Art Nouveau
God Lamp / Church Chandelier Brass Early 20th Century Sanctuary Lamp Art Nouveau

God Lamp / Church Chandelier Brass Early 20th Century Sanctuary Lamp Art Nouveau

$2,396
H 36.23 in Dm 16.93 in
Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional pendant made in silver with a Latin cross shape, decorated on the outside with simple scrolls, spikes, pearls and other elements of classicist inspiration, as well as a ri...
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18th Century European Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Silver

Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century
Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century

Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century

$1,982
H 3.94 in W 2.56 in D 0.4 in
18th Century Neo-Classical Italian Carved, Painted and Gilt Wall Panel
Located in Leesburg, VA
Anonymous ca. 1790; Italy Wood panel and plaster, painted, gilt and lacquered Approximate size: 118.5 x 82.5 x 5 cm The present panel is probably of late 18th century origin,...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Wood, Giltwood

18th Century Neo-Classical Italian Carved, Painted and Gilt Wall Panel
18th Century Neo-Classical Italian Carved, Painted and Gilt Wall Panel

18th Century Neo-Classical Italian Carved, Painted and Gilt Wall Panel

$4,450
H 46.66 in W 32.49 in D 1.97 in
18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Italian hand carved and painted wood Madonna statue depicts the virgin Mary in contemplative prayer, and poised in triumph over evil. Orig...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Wood

18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue
18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue

18th Century Italian Hand Carved and Painted Wood Madonna Statue

$2,450
H 19.5 in W 8 in D 5 in
Antique Gilt Bronze Brass Glass Gothic Sanctuary Lamp / Church Candle Light
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning 19th century Gothic art pendant with shields and gilt scrolling patterns. This late 1800s church relic truly has an aura of religiousness about it. This sanctuary pendant i...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Brass, Bronze, Gold Leaf

Antique Gilt Bronze Brass Glass Gothic Sanctuary Lamp / Church Candle Light
Antique Gilt Bronze Brass Glass Gothic Sanctuary Lamp / Church Candle Light

Antique Gilt Bronze Brass Glass Gothic Sanctuary Lamp / Church Candle Light

$2,390
H 51 in Dm 12 in
19th Century Carved Wood Santos with Gilt Decoration
Located in Buchanan, MI
19th century carved wood Santos with gilt decoration.
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Gold Leaf

19th Century Carved Wood Santos with Gilt Decoration
19th Century Carved Wood Santos with Gilt Decoration

19th Century Carved Wood Santos with Gilt Decoration

$1,200
H 19.5 in Dm 8 in
18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Painted Wooden Santo Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely antique Spanish Colonial hand carved and painted wood santo altar figure - religious folk art sculpture. 18th/19th century, possibly earlier, most likely depicting Saint F...
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18th Century Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Wood

18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Painted Wooden Santo Altar Figure
18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Painted Wooden Santo Altar Figure

18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Painted Wooden Santo Altar Figure

$750
H 10 in W 4 in D 4.25 in
18th Century Portuguese Altar
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An exquisite work of 18th century Portuguese craftsmanship, this carved, painted, and gilded wood tabletop altar-niche would have been used to stage religious artifacts or statuary f...
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18th Century Portuguese Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Gold

18th Century Portuguese Altar
18th Century Portuguese Altar

18th Century Portuguese Altar

$2,650
H 34.25 in W 18.75 in D 9.88 in
Portuguese 18th Century Christ Painting from a Church
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Portuguese 18th century assemblage painting of Christ, likely an architectural fragment or retablo that would have hung in a church. Constructed of thick, wood panels the central vig...
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18th Century Portuguese Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Gold

Portuguese 18th Century Christ Painting from a Church
Portuguese 18th Century Christ Painting from a Church

Portuguese 18th Century Christ Painting from a Church

$5,500
H 22.5 in W 30.88 in D 2.25 in
Previously Available Items
French 18th Century Gilt Wood and Hand-Carved Angel
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A period European Louis XVI or Gustavian hand-carved and gilt hanging angel spreading its wings. The wooden hand-carved and silvered angel has small insignificant damages cause by the very high age, but keeps its very rare original patina. The silver leaf used to gilt the putti has assumed a special and natural antique look during these past centuries. The technique of using silver leaf over a layer of plaster or similar on the hand-carved wood object...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

Materials

Wood

French 18th Century Gilt Wood and Hand-Carved Angel
French 18th Century Gilt Wood and Hand-Carved Angel

French 18th Century Gilt Wood and Hand-Carved Angel

H 16.54 in W 10.63 in D 10.24 in
French, 18th Century, Marble Baroque Panel with Lamb of God
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and beautiful weathered white marble panel representing the lamb of God. Well detailed, France, circa 1750-1790. Weathered, small losses.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Marble

French, 18th Century, Marble Baroque Panel with Lamb of God
French, 18th Century, Marble Baroque Panel with Lamb of God

French, 18th Century, Marble Baroque Panel with Lamb of God

H 21.66 in W 20.48 in D 7.49 in
Very Tall 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Pricket Candlestick
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This impressively tall 19th century French Louis XVI style giltwood pricket or candlestick stands at 45 inches in height. Called a pic-cierge in French, this piece was originally use...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Giltwood

Very Tall 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Pricket Candlestick
Very Tall 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Pricket Candlestick

Very Tall 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Pricket Candlestick

H 45 in Dm 14 in
18th Century Polychrome French Female Sculpture "Santa Rita"
Located in Valladolid, ES
Delicate S XVIII polychrome female sculpture or "Capipota". "Santa Rita" is the iconography. In golded and polichromed wood.
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1790s French Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Wood

18th Century Polychrome French Female Sculpture "Santa Rita"
18th Century Polychrome French Female Sculpture "Santa Rita"

18th Century Polychrome French Female Sculpture "Santa Rita"

H 22.05 in W 8.67 in D 8.67 in
19th Century French Walnut Louis XVI Prie Dieu, Prayer Kneeler
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French walnut Louis XVI Prie Dieu, or prayer kneeler, was found in a private chapel, and features remarkably fine craftsmanship executed in the finest indigenous wood av...
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1870s French Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Walnut

19th Century French Walnut Louis XVI Prie Dieu, Prayer Kneeler
19th Century French Walnut Louis XVI Prie Dieu, Prayer Kneeler

19th Century French Walnut Louis XVI Prie Dieu, Prayer Kneeler

H 32.5 in W 20 in D 20 in
Late 19th Century Pair of French Church Candelabra
Located in Hastings, GB
Late 19th century pair of French church candelabra Beautiful decorative details of wheat sheaf and leaves, grapes and ivy Original whit...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Brass

Late 19th Century Pair of French Church Candelabra
Late 19th Century Pair of French Church Candelabra

Late 19th Century Pair of French Church Candelabra

H 19.69 in W 11.82 in D 5.52 in
18th Century French Carved Walnut Oratoire Prayer Bench Cabinet from Burgundy
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique fruit wood Prie-Dieu bench was crafted in the wine region of Burgundy, France, circa 1780. The Louis XVI prayer chair with arched top, features a Bible book stand...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Religious Items

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Bronze

18th Century French Carved Walnut Oratoire Prayer Bench Cabinet from Burgundy
18th Century French Carved Walnut Oratoire Prayer Bench Cabinet from Burgundy

18th Century French Carved Walnut Oratoire Prayer Bench Cabinet from Burgundy

H 60 in W 24 in D 27.5 in

Louis Xvi religious items for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI religious items for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 18th Century and Earlier, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage religious items created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, lighting, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, giltwood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI religious items made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. 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 religious items differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,584 and tops out at $7,380 while the average work can sell for $3,545.

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