Louis XVI Buffets
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
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Buffet makes an excellent choice for any room! Sculpted from sumptuous French walnut, it features a classical architecture that liter...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century French Louis XVI Marble-Top and Walnut Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional Period 18th Century French Louis XVI 2- door walnut buffet/cabinet/credenza/chest/enfilade with 2" thick original marble top, two interior drawers, original bronze hardwa...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Buffet in Stripped Oak
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Buffet in Stripped Oak is a timeless example of rural artisans emulating the styles set by the Royal Family during previous centuries. Around th...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Brass
Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Marquetry Commode
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany, satinwood, tulipwood and fruitwood marquetry and parquetry commode, after a model by Jean H...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$75,950 Sale Price
20% Off
Important meuble d
appui Stamped Zwiener Jansen Successor
Located in BARSAC, FR
Large Louis XVI style sideboard with central projection presenting a rich marquetry decoration, with trellis enclosing floral-inspired motifs on the front, diamond motifs on the sides. Different types of exotic precious wood are used such as sycamore, mahogany and amaranth. The Fleur de Pêcher marble top has a very artistic veining with a very rich palette of colors. Finally, the rich ornamentation of gilded bronze and very finely chiseled completes the whole, giving an elegant opulence to this unique and rare piece.
Opening with three doors on the front.
Work from the end of the 19th century. The bronzes are marked on the back ZJ, attesting to the prestigious origin of this piece of furniture.
Some details on this subject:
The "ZJ" mark has long been controversial among experts on 19th century Parisian furniture, some attributing these pieces of furniture to the Zwiener house, others claiming that they are pieces of furniture from the Jansen house, the latter having bought the Parisian workshops of the famous Zwiener brothers in 1895.
We can cite for example Christopher Payne, the leading expert on the subject who writes in his book "Paris la quintessence du meuble au XIXème siècle" in the chapter on "Jansen Jean-Henri (1854-1929)" on page 396: "The initials "ZJ" affixed to the back of the bronzes have long been attributed to Jansen, cited as "Zwiener Jansen". However, we believe that these initials also refer to the furniture made in Berlin by Julius Zwierner and not necessarily to those of Jansen. To complicate things, Jansen bought the "ZJ" master models. The latter being mainly of the type and style of those originally modelled by Léon Messagé, who was an independent sculptor until the end of 1890."
Along similar lines, Christopher Payne writes in the chapter on "Zwiener Emmanuel...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Tulipwood, Kingwood, Ormolu and marble buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Tulipwood, Kingwood, Ormolu and Breccia Pernice marble vitrine buffet. This wonderful buffet is raised by tapered rec...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Carved Oak Server Buffet with Decorative Putti Copper Panel
Located in Evergreen, CO
Made of oak and finished with a medium stain, this beautiful server from the beginning of the 20th-century is a feast for the eyes! From the elaborately carved crown over the backboa...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Copper
Antique French Louis XVI Buffet, Carrara Marble, Bronze Details
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique French, Louis XVI style buffet topped with a white Carrara marble, fluted legs finished with golden bronze clogs.
Two dovetailed drawers and two doors and their keys.
The st...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany, ormolu and white Carrara marble buffet. The buffet is raised by Fine circular tapered fluted legs with ormolu sabots. Each side...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Louis XVI Marble Top Walnut Display Buffet by Kint of Gand
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Louis XVI marble top walnut display buffet by Kint of Gand is a stunning piece that will immediately command admiration from all who enter the room in which it is displayed! Hand-crafted by Edouard Kint, a fine furniture maker in the historic city of Ghent (called Gand in French), a city that originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300. It prospered primarily because of the rich, fertile soils surrounding the area. Evidence of habitation during the Stone Age has been found, and by the late 19th century it was a thriving European center with historical significance, producing such masterworks as this splendid buffet. Although it is almost six feet in width and over two feet in depth, its rounded sides soften the impact of its footprint on your floor plan, while simultaneously providing copious display, storage, and serving space in abundance! Crafted from hand-select walnut, it has been lavishly carved with intertwined foliates across the main facade in a step-front configuration, with rounded cornerposts carved with rosettes, egg form and laurel garlands atop reeded and fluted motifs providing a framework for the lush, artistic neoclassical carvings on the parquet-paneled doors. Urns in full relief are depicted amongst flowing ribbon, floral garlands and intertwined vines. Bronze key guards add a nice accent. On each side, recessed behind the aforementioned rounded cornerposts, are the display cabinets in a full quarter-round form, with fluting across the drawer that, with the bronze bale pull, pivots out on a single rear hinge. The rounded cabinet door below is fitted with a single curved pane of beveled glass, with quarter round shelving...
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1890s Belgian Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Buffet haut en bois de rose et plaque de marbre style Louis XVI Francais
Located in London, England
Meuble en bois de rose style Louis XVI recouvert d'une plaque de marbre et des finitions en bronze sculptées.
Adapté en meuble pour recevoir une télévision ainsi que pour la hi-fi...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$3,052 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Painted Buffet Deux-Corps
Located in Vista, CA
Louis XVI period painted buffet deux-corps from Provence.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Glass, Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Buffet
Located in Burton, TX
Found in the South of France, this Late 19th Century Buffet or Sideboard was crafted from walnut by French artisans in the late 1800's. The piece has been taken back to its natural w...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI walnut marble top buffet is a marvelous example of the furniture maker's craft! Stately, tailored lines are framed by bold molding above and below, just...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Maple Marquetry Marble Top Display Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Maple Marquetry Marble Top Display Buffet is yet another unusual find. Crafted from finely figured maple with "curly" grain effects, it was designed to prov...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Brass
Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze Antique Buffet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This magnificent buffet is an eye catching piece for your home or as a restaurant serving station. The unit is three pieces, base cabinet, back splash mirror, and top glass cabinet. ...
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Brass
Antique French Louis XVI Marble Top Burl Wood Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Marble Top Burl Wood Buffet is an elegant expression of the neoclassical form, rendered in exquisitely veined contoured and be...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI walnut marble top buffet is a definitively French expression of the neoclassic revival of the styles birthed during the...
Category
1890s French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Console Desserte
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany console desserte with a grey veined white marble top.
Of long proportions this fine console has a shaped grey veined white marb...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Wood Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated wood buffet. The four door four drawer buffet is raised by a fine mottled base with beautiful fluted columns leading upward...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Iron
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Wood Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A splendid and most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI St. patinated wood buffet. The three door three drawer buffet is raised by a straight base with two block reserves at the...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Wood
19th Century Louis XVI Marble Top Walnut Display Buffet by Kint of Gand
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Louis XVI marble top walnut display buffet by Kint of Gand is a stunning piece that will immediately command admiration from all who enter the room in which it is displayed! Hand-crafted by Edouard Kint, a fine furniture maker in the historic city of Ghent (called Gand in French), a city that originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300. It prospered primarily because of the rich, fertile soils surrounding the area. Evidence of habitation during the Stone Age has been found, and by the late 19th century it was a thriving European center with historical significance, producing such masterworks as this splendid buffet. Although it is almost six feet in width and over two feet in depth, its rounded sides soften the impact of its footprint on your floor plan, while simultaneously providing copious display, storage, and serving space in abundance! Crafted from hand-select walnut, it has been lavishly carved with intertwined foliates across the main facade in a step-front configuration, with rounded cornerposts carved with rosettes, egg form and laurel garlands atop reeded and fluted motifs providing a framework for the lush, artistic neoclassical carvings on the parquet-paneled doors. Urns in full relief are depicted amongst flowing ribbon, floral garlands and intertwined vines. Bronze key guards add a nice accent. On each side, recessed behind the aforementioned rounded cornerposts, are the display cabinets in a full quarter-round form, with fluting across the drawer that, with the bronze bale pull, pivots out on a single rear hinge. The rounded cabinet door below is fitted with a single curved pane of beveled glass, with quarter round shelving...
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French 19th century Maple, Mahogany, Ormolu and Baixas marble buffet, by Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Burl Maple, Mahogany, Ormolu and Breche de Baixas marble buffet, signed Francois Linke. This exceptional buffet is r...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st Fleur de Pêcher marble Mirror buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very impressive and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu, Fleur de Pêcher marble and Mirror buffet, stamped G. Eisenhardt 59 Faubourg st. Antoine Paris. ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century, Styl Louis XVI Commode
Located in Warsaw, PL
This elegant chest of drawers is a fine example of the enduring appeal of the Louis XVI style, even in the 19th century. It showcases a harmonious blend of classicism and refined cra...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Country French Louis XVI Painted Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Graceful 18th Century Country French Louis XVI Painted Buffet adds a lightness to the room while also providing a refined look with simple, ti...
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Oak
Buffet signed by Sormani
Located in Paris, FR
A buffet or low bookcase in veneered wood, opening through a central door with inlaid frieze decoration, topped by a drawer and a niche, and on the sides, through two glazed side doo...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$8,986
French Louis XVI Style Two-Door and Two-Drawer Mahogany Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, ormolu, and Gris St. Anne marble buffet circa 1820. The two drawer two door buffet is raised by fine baluster shaped legs...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble Cabinet by Mercier Frères
Located in London, GB
Antique Louis XVI style mahogany, Ormolu and marble cabinet by Mercier Frères,
French, 19th century
Height 98cm, width 223cm, depth 55cm
Standing on toupie feet, this cabinet is...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$42,849 Sale Price
30% Off
Late 19th Century Parisian Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality late 19th century Parisian Louis XVI st. plum pudding mahogany and ormolu mounted buffet, signed "Haentges Frères, Paris'. The four door and four drawer buffet is...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Side Cabinet by Mercier Frères
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze mounted mahogany side cabinet by Mercier Frères
French, late 19th century
Dimensions: Height 98cm, width 132.5cm, depth 55cm
This super...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
$33,327 Sale Price
30% Off
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque buffet signed by Paul Somani
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Mahogany, ormolu and Arabescato marble buffet signed by Paul Sormani. The two door four dra...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Buffet A Deux Corps
Located in Washington, DC
Louis XVI painted greyish/green buffet a deux corps
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Wood, Paint
$10,500
Pair of French 19th Century Mahogany and Ormolu Buffets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and rare pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI period mahogany, ormolu, brass and marble pair of buffets. Each buffet is raised by square tapered legs with wrap around or...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Giltwood, and Portoro Marble buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Giltwood, and Portoro Marble buffet. This exceptional two door buffet obtains its original hardware and mar...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Cherrywood and Sarrancolin Marble Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. cherry wood and Sarrancolin marble buffet, signed A. Blanqui Marseille. The two door and two drawer buffet is raised by a straight mottled base below two impressive doors...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble
French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Oak Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 18th century Louis XVI period oak buffet. The two door, two drawer buffet is raised by elegant mottled feet below the most decorative scalloped shape frieze. The tw...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Iron
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu, and marble buffets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Ormolu, and Rosé de Brignol marble buffets, by French ébéniste Guingand. Each handsome buffet i...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Buffet, Signed Maison Forest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Tulipwood, Kingwood, Ormolu and marble buffet, signed Maison Forest. The buffet is raised on solid Mahogany...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 18th Century Walnut Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome Country French 18th century walnut buffet. The buffet is raised by four supports below a straight moulded frieze. The two impress...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Walnut
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany, ormolu and Sarrancolin marble vitrine buffet. The buffet is raised by fine circular tapered fluted feet below striking flut...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style circa 1870 Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality medium scale French Louis XVI st. 19th century circa. 1870 moucheté mahogany and ormolu mounted buffet. The buffet is raised by tapered fluted legs ending...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Patinated Wood and Faux Marble Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated wood and faux painted marble buffet. The four drawer, two door buffet is raised by fine tapered circular ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany, Ebony and Brass Filets Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany, ebony and brass filets buffet with all original hardware. The buffet is raised by seven tapering square sup...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Marble Buffets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany and marble buffets. Each buffet is raised by circular tapered fluted legs below a most decorative mottled border which e...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Mahogany, Ormolu and Marble Buffets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. mahogany, ormolu and Vert de Patricia marble buffets, attributed to Maison Krieger. The pair are raised by to...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Early 19th Century Louis XVI St. Japanese Black Lacquer Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and very high quality French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Tulipwood, ormolu, Japanese black lacquer, and white Carrara marble buffet. The buffet is raised by fine square tapered legs with square mottled ormolu sabots and lovely circular mounts. The straight frieze is decorated with a beautiful fluted ormolu band below the single door with a wonderfully executed Japanese black lacquered...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Cabinet In Mahogany and Bronze, XIXth century
Located in Beaune, FR
Mahogany and gilt bronze sideboard with two Louis XVI style mesh doors from the Napoleon III period with sea green marble top. The quality of the carving is remarkable on this piece ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis Xvi buffets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI buffets 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 buffets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI buffets made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original buffets, popular names associated with this style include Maison Mercier Frères, Charles Bernel, François Linke, and Maison Krieger. 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 buffets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $227,500 while the average work can sell for $8,940.
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