Louis XIV Furniture
LOUIS XIV STYLE
As opposed to the styles that would follow from the other 18th-century French kings, Louis XV and Louis XVI, antique Louis XIV furniture is rigid and imposing. It expresses opulence — even its armchairs, with their upright backs, straight legs and lavish ornamentation, look like thrones. Authentic Louis XIV sofas, a then newly emerging iteration of seating, are fully upholstered and often feature decoratively carved frames of walnut, chestnut or oak.
When French King Louis XIV established his royal court at Versailles in 1682, he transformed what was once a hunting lodge into a palace that declared his wealth and power through its design. Until his death in 1715, he reigned with a spirit of excess and absolute political dominance. The “Sun King,” as he called himself, believed that France revolved around him as planets do the sun. Louis XIV adopted the sun as his emblem, decorating the grounds with symbols of the sun and Apollo, the Greek god of the sun. As he stated, “There is nothing that indicates more clearly the magnificence of great princes than their superb palaces and their precious furniture.” He was a child when he became king in 1643, only shaping his style after he became absolute monarch in 1661.
Reflecting trends in French Baroque art, Louis XIV furniture characteristics included exuberant decoration. There were gilded bronze details including shells, suns, grotesques, lions and classical references like acanthus leaves. The years of growth in the country’s manufacturing, such as the tapestries and cabinets made at Gobelins, led to design innovations. The commode replaced the chest as a storage device, with drawers and a surface that could double as a desk.
The materials were luxurious, such as the popular tortoiseshell veneer technique that leading cabinetmaker Pierre Golle used in his designs. André-Charles Boulle, who became royal cabinetmaker in 1672, was a masterful artist of marquetry, using inlays of ebony, exotic woods and mother-of-pearl.
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Style: Louis XIV
Excellent Gilt Girondelle Wall Mirror
Located in Swadlincote, GB
Fine C19th gilt girondelle, with bevelled glass plate, original back, candle holders and a small shelf, in overall very good condition.
43" high
26" wide
6" depth
You are welcome t...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Gesso
Very Fine Votive Silver Over Bronze Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine votive silver over bronze lamp. Great detail.
Dimensions: Height 45", diameter 18"
CW3841.
Category
1880s French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
A Louis XIV Style Bureau Plat By Cueunières, Paris, After the Model by Cressent
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XIV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat, By Cueunières, Paris. After the Model by Charles Cressent.
Stamped to underside 'L. CUEUNIERES JNE / ÉBÉNISTE'
The orig...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Stunning Early French Louis XIV Armchair Beautifully Carved
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A sophisticated French Louis XIV antique armchair having beautiful hand carved arm rests of scrolling acanthus leaves. New crisp linen upholstery and original casters on feet. Pillow...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$1,680 Sale Price
30% Off
Italian 18th Century Louis XIV Period Patinated Iron and Tole Chandelier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and extremely decorative Italian 18th century Louis XIV period patinated iron and tole chandelier. The nine arm chandelier is cent...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
Decorative French Carved Wood Mirror, Early 19th C.
Located in Houston, US
Late 18th C./early 19th C. French Louis XIV decorative mirror, probably at one time a barometer. All carved wood, gold gilt applied.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
18th Century
Cuir Bouili
Leather Portrait of Louis XIV
By François Girardon
Located in London, GB
This ‘cuir bouili’ (moulded leather) panel is a truly beautiful and rare piece of early 18th Century art. It is a profile portrait of the French King Louis XIV (1643-1715), depicted at around the age of 50. This image is based on a marble relief sculpture...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Leather, Giltwood
Pair of Russian Ormolu Mounted Fluted White Opaline Crystal Covered Bottles
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of 19th century Louis XVI style Russian hand diamond-cut white opalescent crystal and ormolu-mounted perfume bottles. This pair of hand diamond-cut crystal perfume bottle...
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19th Century Russian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
French Louis XIV Limestone Fireplace Mantel
Located in Zedelgem, BE
French Limestone Fireplace Mantel with beautiful patina, dating from the 18th Century
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Antique Mantel Piece of French Limestone from the 19th Century
Located in Made, NL
Beautiful antique fireplace in the style of Louis XIV. The original patina of this fireplace from the 19th century is still present with this mantel (fireplace). A characteristic fir...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Limestone
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Revolving Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful late 19th century French Annular Louis XVI style gilded ormolu revolving mantel clock, depicting putti representing the arts and music, either side of a rotating tole urn...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
$19,635 Sale Price
20% Off
Impressive Louis XIV Style Fireplace in Breche Violette Marble
Located in London, GB
An impressive Louis XIV style fireplace in Breche Violette marble. The stop fluted and panelled jambs surmounted by arched, panelled frieze. Moulded shelf above. A substantially deep...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Impressive French Writing Desk in the Antique Style of Louis XIV Mahogany Bronze
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal palisander and tulip wood on softwood. Three-part straight frame base. Slightly protruding, broadly framed writing surface, inlaid with gold embossed leather surface, including...
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20th Century French Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Italian 18th Century Louis XIV Period Giltwood and Patinated Wood Lombardi Conso
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular Italian 18th century Louis XIV period giltwood and patinated wood Lombardi console. The freestanding console from Lombardi is raised by four most impressive tapered sup...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
20th Century Louis XIV Black Piano Veneer Cabinet
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Louis XIV Black Piano Veneer Cabinet
Piano black polished veneer on solid pinewood. The figurines are pronounced and of exceptionally good qua...
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20th Century Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Giltwood Louis XIV Style Mirror
Located in London, GB
The frame of this fine, Italian, antique giltwood mirror references a style that was often used in designs for marquetry that was popular late in the reign of Louis XIV and pioneered...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Glass
Louis XIV Style Crystal and Gilt Bronze Ten-Light Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
This fixture has many excellent qualities. The cage frame is gilt, the central stem is clad in crystal,, the arms and candle sockets are slender and elegant. There are nine arms and one illuminating the central spire. It is beautifully hung with large French crystal pendeloques in sizes , spires ,and rosettes. As a coup de grace...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Baroque Applique in antique Louis 14th Style brass bronzed
Located in Berlin, DE
Six flamed light corpus. Polished and engraved bronze. Round, reliefed,
wall-shield. There from, six-light arms composed of spirals.
Measures:
Width:45 cm,
height.55 cm.
Category
20th Century French Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Brass
18th Century Pair of antique Louis Quinze XIV Armchairs Paris beech
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid wood poliment gold-plated. Passive, straight profile frame with carving on curved legs below with cross bracing.Historical condition with a wonderfully warm patina that has gro...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Beech
Early 20th Century Gilt-Metal and Glass "Versailles" Style Hanging Lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French early 20th century gilt-metal paneled beveled glass "Versailles" style hanging twin-light lantern. The elongated body topped with a crown-shaped design among floral shields....
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Metal
$5,560 Sale Price
20% Off
A French 19th century Louis XIV st. Giltwood and Needlepoint freestanding screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most unique French 19th century Louis XIV st. Giltwood and Needlepoint freestanding screen. This wonderful fire screen is raised by a trio of Giltwood scrolled foliate legs on cast...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Wool, Giltwood
Louis XIV style carved giltwood rectangular console table
Located in London, GB
Louis XIV style carved giltwood rectangular console table
Italian, Late 19th Century
Height 90cm, width 142cm, depth 65cm
This Belle Epoque table t...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair Of French 17th Century Louis XIV Period Ormolu And Rock Crystal Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality pair of French 17th century Louis XIV period ormolu and rock crystal candelabras, circa 1680. Each eight arm girandole is raised by a circula...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
French Louis XIV Style Gold Painted Wood Chandelier
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XIV-style (19th Century) wood & gesso gold painted 8 arm chandelier with swirl cornucopia design arms.
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Magnificent Gilt Bronze and Crystal Chandelier in the Louis XIV Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
A magnificent gilt bronze and crystal chandelier in the Louis XIV style. 17 Lights. France, circa 1930. Dimensions: Height 55" diameter 36".
CW3450.
Category
1930s French Vintage Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
20th Century Louis XIV Style French Library Bookcase
Located in Berlin, DE
Imposing French bibliotheque library bookcase in Louis XIV style
Solid beechwood, ebonized. Highly rectangular corpus flanked with figures in the form of feminine masks on sweeping ...
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20th Century Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Beech
Large Old Louis XIV Style Giltwood Sunburst with Convex Mirror, circa 1900-1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large old Louis XIV style giltwood sun burst with convex mirror, circa 1900-1930.
Category
1920s French Vintage Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century, Italian Louis XIV Lacquered and Giltwood Console
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian Louis XIV Lacquered and Giltwood Console
Measurements: cm W max 107 (W front 100) x D 56 x H 73
This elegant baroque console was made in the early 18th century, in the Louis XIV era. Said "a ¾" has particular dimensions, as it is slightly lower than traditional consoles...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian 17th Century Louis XIV Period Console/Center Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome and unique Italian 17th century Louis XIV Period walnut consoles/center table from Florence. The consoles may be displayed seperately or when placed back to back may ...
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17th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Walnut
4 Large Old Louis XIV Chairs in Walnut, 19th Century, from a Castle
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
4 large old Louis XIV chairs in walnut, 19th century, from the Loire Valley castle.
Original tapestry, worn, but with a beautiful patina.
The chairs have been recently refurbished, ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Tapestry, Walnut
Italian Early 18th Century Louis XIV Period Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and most impressive large-scale Italian early 18th century Louis XIV period patinated wood, giltwood, faux painted marble, and scagliola console. The freestanding conso...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Scagliola, Wood
20th Century Louis XIV Style Cabinet
Located in Berlin, DE
solidwood. The fittings are pronounced and of exceptionally good quality.
(D-Sam-99).
Category
20th Century Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Pine
Antique French Marble Top Pedestal Column
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French style pedestal column, this was made in France and dates from around the 1960s-1970s.
It is of great quality and is very useful as a plant stand or as a pe...
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1960s French Vintage Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Louis XIV Campan Melange Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A period 18th century French Louis XIV Campan Melange marble fireplace. The paneled jambs with scrolls to top, surmounted by frieze featuring carved cartouche to centre. Shaped shelf...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Mantel Clock 18th Century Louis XV Period by Lepine À Paris
Located in Warsaw, PL
This exquisite mantel clock is a testament to the pinnacle of French horological artistry during the Louis XV period. Attributed to the renowned clockmaker Lépine, it showcases a har...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Marble
French 19th century Louis XIV st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu floor lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and high quality French 19th century Louis XIV st. patinated Bronze and Ormolu floor lamp. This exceptional lamp is raised by three fluted topie shaped feet supporting...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A Period French Louis XIV Limestone Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A substantial French Louis XIV limestone fireplace. The shaped jambs with panelling to front, surmounted by arched frieze. Unusually tall for this style of fireplace. French, 18th ce...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Large Louis XVI Carved Trumeau Mirror
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Large Louis XVI period pale gray painted and parcel-gilt finished trumeau with upper central carved wood panel; "trophy of amour," showing a crossed basket of quills and flamed torch...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Old Louis XIV Style Giltwood Sun Burst with Convex Mirror, circa 1900-1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Old Louis XIV style giltwood sun burst with convex mirror, circa 1900-1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Louis XIV-Style Painted Venetian Commode
Located in Dallas, TX
An early Louis XIV-style painted Venetian commode. Faux painted top above two drawers painted with fanciful flowers on the front. The sides of the commode are painted with birds and ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Italian Early 19th Century Louis XIV St. Giltwood And Grey Marble Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scale Italian early 19th century Louis XIV st. Giltwood and grey marble center table. The rectangular table is finished on all sides and is raised on fine top...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Fireback with Louis XIV monogram and French coat of arms
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This beautiful cast iron fireback made around 1700 is adorned with a rare and rich decoration.
Its shape is characteristic of the 18th century beginning, the top in an arc of a circl...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Iron
20th Century Bureau Plat Desk According to the Style of Andre Charles Boulle
Located in Berlin, DE
Piano black polished veneer on solid beech and oak. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-embossed leather insert, flanked by a grotesque...
Category
20th Century French Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Beech
Italian 19th Century Louis XIV St. Scagliola Coffee Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and extremely decorative Italian 19th century Louis XIV st. Walnut and Scagliola coffee table. The rectangular table is raised by four elegant turned legs with lovely mott...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Scagliola, Walnut
20th Century Louis XIV Style Piano-Black Cabinet
Located in Berlin, DE
Piano black polished veneer on solid pinewood. The figurines are pronounced and of exceptionally good quality.
(D-Sam-235).
Category
20th Century Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Pine
Gilt Bronze and Glass Attributed to Maison Jansen, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt Bronze and glass attributed to Maison Jansen. France, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Mid 19th Century Louis XIV St. Boulle Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and most impressive large scale French mid 19th century Louis XIV st. Boulle mirror. The original beveled mirror plate is within a frame th...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
20th Century Louis XIV Style Baroque Wall Light
Located in Berlin, DE
Baroque wall light in Louis XIV style.
Six flamed light corpus. Polished and engraved bronze. Round, reliefed, wall-shield. There from, six light arms composed of spirals.
(F-Ra-...
Category
20th Century Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair 19th Century French Bronze Mounted Serves Urn Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Most likely these were urns converted to lamps in their beginning. Bronze mounts are very fine. The hand painted scenes are very detailed. The fluer de lis...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
French Transitional Louis XIV/XV Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A good quality copy of an 18th century French transitional Louis XIV/XV marble fireplace. The shaped frieze with cartouche centre with scrolls and l...
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Louis XIV Style Side Tables
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of Louis XIV marquetry inlaid, ormolu-mounted side tables, having inset marble tops, three drawers, raised on cabriole legs, united by an inlaid shelve below.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Kingwood
$5,727 / set
Louis XIV Regence Commode Painted Ox Blood Red
Located in Vista, CA
A rare Louis XIV/Regence commode newly painted in ox blood red, with three convex and concave scrolled molded panels with beveled molding and central brass pulls on the drawers, with...
Category
Early 18th Century European Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
French inlaid side table, circa 1880.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French marquetry inlaid oval side table. The top having this wonderful inlaid basket of flowers, a brass pierced gallery, a candle slide and sin...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Early 18th Century Louis XIV Period Freestanding Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and high quality Italian late 17th century early 18th century Louis XIV Period giltwood and marble freestanding console from Rome. This superb console is raised by hand...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Marble
French 19th c. Louis XIV St. Bronze, Ormolu,
Boulle Statue Of King Louis XIV
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most impressive French 19th century Louis XIV st. patinated Bronze, Ormolu, and Boulle statue of King Louis XIV. This wonderful statue is modeled after the statue of Louis XIV in the middle of the Place des Victoires, Paris. The statue is raised on a rectangular stepped Boulle pedestal with its Brass inlays atop a Tortoiseshell background within an ebony frame. This wonderfully detailed pedestal is also decorated with an upped and lower Ormolu Coeur-de-Rai band that serves as the plinth and capital. Atop the Boulle designed pedestal is a patinated Bronze rearing horse...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Louis XIV Style Six-Arm Wood Chandelier
Located in Montreal, QC
Painted and parcel silver gilt six-arm Louis XIV style carved and gessoed wood chandelier.
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Wood
A pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XIV burl Walnut grey marble consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most elegant pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XIV st. burl Walnut and grey marble consoles. Each beautiful console is raised by two mottled front legs supporte...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XIV Style Bronze and Marble Chenets / Andirons
Located in Montreal, QC
This pair add an unusual touch to your hearth, the upper section are formed as three graduted compressed spheres, two in brass and the third in rouge griote marble, The bronze trilob...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Iron
18th Century Italian Polychrome Console Table
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Very elegant Italian console table, entirely hand-painted with a marble trompe-l'œil. The top is of trapezoidal shape, with the corners jutting out. The square, tapering baluster leg...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
Pair Of Italian 17th Century Louis XIV Period Giltwood Chandeliers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely decorative and unique pair of Italian late 17th century Louis XIV Period patinated wood and Giltwood chandeliers. Each beautiful six arm six light chandelier is centered...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Louis Xiv furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XIV furniture 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 furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, case pieces and storage cabinets, seating and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XIV furniture 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include La Maison London, Towle Silversmiths, Coduri of Lyon, France, and OMBRES ET FACETTES. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $65 and tops out at $1,176,864 while the average work can sell for $4,995.
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