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Louis XVI Furniture

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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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Louis XVI
Elegant French 19 Century Gilt Living Room Suite with a Sofa and Four Armchairs
Located in Rome, IT
This extraordinary and finely carved and gilt -wood 6 piece suite comprising of one sofa, four armchairs and two single chairs with original gilding. Upholstery is in very good condi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Giltwood

19th Century Rustic Extendable Walnut Table Louis XVI Style
Located in Madrid, ES
A farm table or French rustic table, Louis XVI style in walnut wood with an extendable top, the corners were reinforced with iron brackets with fluted legs. Very decorative table in ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Iron

Antique Wall Double Picture Frame, Louis XVI. Style, France, 5 x 5 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful double brass picture frame for wall installation, France, circa 1880. Picture size: 4,5 cm x 4,5 cm. Hanging ring on the top for wall installation, hidden behind a wonderfu...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

Late 18th century Louis XVI cartonnier desk
Located in Paris, FR
A late 18th century wooden veneer piece of furniture for keeping papers called "cartonnier", in its upper part two drawers and a pair of side doors adorned with delicate pull mask-sh...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Antique Picture Frame, Louis XVI Style, France, Circa 1880, 18 x 17 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful brass picture frame, France, circa 1880. Picture size: 19 cm x 17,5 cm. French picture frames from the Neoclassicism era are an expression of an epoch that was known for i...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

Pair of Louis XVI Style Benches White Painted With Fabric
Located in Kastrup, DK
A pair (set of 2) benches in Louis XVI style. Frame in white-painted wood, seats newly upholstered with striped linen blend in shades of green (Forest Green) from Colefax Fowle...
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Early 20th Century Danish Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

Louis XVI Style Bronze Chandelier, 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Charming Louis XVI style bronze chandelier, with 8 lights, decorated with drapes, bows and garlands, and ending with a pine cone. Electricity to be reviewed Height 80cm Diameter 70cm
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20th Century European Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

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 Furniture

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Wood

Louis XV armchair in carved walnut, petit point tapestry, 18th century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XV armchair in carved walnut, petit point tapestry, 18th century
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

French Giltwood Marginal Mirror Large 19th Century
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Rare And Very Attractive Mid 19th Century French Giltwood And Gesso Rectangular Wall Mirror, In The Louis XVI Style, Having Attractive Central Carved Shell Flanked By In...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Giltwood

French Louis XVI Secretaire Abattant / Secretary desk, circa 1800
Located in Lucenec, SK
The secrétaire à abbatant or fall front desk is nearly identical to the desk 5th President James Monroe brought back from France in 1797. These desks are ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear crystal and Golden Bronze Candelabra
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze candelabra. This candelabra is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded glass. This Candelabra has got 6-flames. O...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Crystal, Bronze

Chatol In Louis Seize Style With 3 Drawers In Pine From 1780s
Located in Lejre, DK
Antique Louis Seize style chatol, circa 1780. Made of pine with 3 drawers. H: 113.5 cm, W: 126 cm, D: 55/60 cm. Classic joinery. — Origin: Europe (presumably Denmark) — Period: Circ...
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1780s Danish Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Pine

Louis XVI Style Gilded Side Table Console Green Marble
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful antique side table, narrow console table made entirely of lacquered and partly gilded wood, with a beautiful marble table top, completely in Louis XVI style, circa 1900 or ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

An Antique French Statuary White Marble Louis XVI Style Fireplace mantel
Located in London, GB
An antique 19th century Statuary white marble Louis XVI style fireplace mantel, with bow fronted frieze and shelf. The jambs with deep side returns and fluted front panels terminatin...
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Statuary Marble

Antique Wall Picture Frame, Louis XVI. Style, Hanging Photo, France, 5 x 5 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful brass picture frame for wall installation, France, circa 1880. Picture size: 5 cm x 5 cm. Hanging ring on the top for wall installation, hidden behind a wonderful bow and f...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

18th century French School : portrait of an aristocrat dated 1768, oil on canvas
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
18th century French school, portrait of an aristocrat woman circa 1760 - 1770, oil on canvas set into a Louis XVI style frame (the frame is a 19th century production ; it is gilt wit...
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1760s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Gold Leaf

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 Furniture

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Bronze

18th Century Italian Louis XVI Inlaid Walnut Antique Chest of Drawers, Restored
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We present this elegant antique Italian dresser dating back to the second half of the 18th century, Louis XVI period. An extremely refined dres...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Walnut

Late 19th Century Louis XVI Buffet or Cabinet
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Buffet with marble on top, Cherrywood, France, Ca 1890 This antique Louis XVI buffet dates from the end of 19th century, represents the refinement...
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1890s Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Cherry

High Quality 20th Century Louis XVI style Mahogany sideboard by E.P. Ehalt
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1950 / sideboard / E.P. Ehalt / mahogany wood, Carrara marble top, bronze details / Louis XVI Stunning four doored sideboard designed by the French designer J.P. Ehalt in L...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

20th century French Louis XVI Marble and Gilded Bronze Mantel Clock, 1940s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Louis XVI-style clock in marble and gilt bronze. Refined details include a delicate dial, decorative birds, and floral ornaments. Perfect for a classic interior or a collection. Acce...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Basket Chandelier In Green Lacquered Metal Foliage Meissen Porcelain Flowers
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice important basket chandelier is made of green lacquered metal foliage and very nice and fine Meissen porcelain flowers. This is a French work in the Louis XVI style. Ci...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

19th Century French Hand Carved Dining Chairs in Louis XVI Style with Cane Seats
Located in Sofia, BG
19th Century French hand carved dining chairs delicately hand painted in light grey with original cane seats and backs. The frame of the backs is in oval shape and all of them are in...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Cane, Wood

Antique French Silver and Gold Leaf Louis Seize Mirror with Floral Garlands
Located in Casteren, NL
An impressive and rich decorated Louis XVI mirror that was made in Northern France in 1905. The mirror frame was made of solid pine, has a segment arched top, and was decorated wit...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Fine Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock Set
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning antique French ormolu clock set, circa 1870, mounted with exquisite Sèvres style porcelain with Rose Pompadour pink ground. Pan...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Ormolu

Antique French Louis XVI Buffet, Bronze Marble Top
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI style buffet topped with a grey marble, fluted legs finished with golden bronze rings and clogs. Three dovetailed drawers and four doors and the...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Fine Ormolu and Marble Cherub Clock Set by H Luppens Paris
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A large and magnificent clock set by the renown bronze founder H Luppens of Brussels. Classically modelled in the Louis XVI style, the clock features three ormolu cherubs toiling to ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Ormolu

Large Black Lacquer Extending Dining Room Table by Maison Jansen, France 1955.
Located in Brussels, BE
Elegant black lacquered extending dining room table (3 leaves) on casters with pull rings. Minimal brass details. 3 leaves ( 60 cm -115 cm each) In the style of Louis XVI, the table ...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

Small Antique Fireplace Mantel with
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Antique Black Marble Corbel Fireplace Mantel with Fossil Inclusions Offered by Schermerhorn Antique Fireplaces This elegant 19th-century black marble fireplace mantel is a sophisti...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Belgian Black Marble

Antique French, Louis XVI Chest of Drawers Commode, Carrara Marble
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique French, Louis XVI style chest of drawers topped with a white Carrara marble in very good condition, fluted legs finished with golden bronze clogs. Dovetailed drawers with br...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Carrara Marble

Large Transitional Console Table
Located in Wien, AT
France, transitional style, c. 1770, softwood frame, carved in the form of volutes, laurel leaf tendrils and quiver, gold painted, moulded marble top, 81 x 139 x 62 cm, beautiful, we...
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1770s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Large Conversation Settee - Canapé à confident - Sofa
Located in Paris, FR
Very unusual and large conversation settee - canapé à confident. Carved gilt-wood and velvet fabric, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Velvet, Wood

Antique France Rococo Night Stand, 1880s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Lovely antique France night stand with curb. Rococo style 1880s. Beautiful hand carved flowers. Superb curved Marble top. White Marble insi...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Nutwood

Louis XVI Style Carved And Gilded Wood Stool Circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Louis XVI Style Carved And Gilded Wood Stool Circa 1880
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

20th Century Inlaid Wood Marble Top Louis XVI Style Half Moon French Commode
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
A half-moon dresser, early 20th-century France. A Louis XVI-style furniture finely inlaid with walnut, mahogany, maple, ebonized wood, and fruitwood, with gilded and chiseled bronze ...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

French Louis XVI Style Painted Wood Marble Top Coffee Table, late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French Marble and wood coffee table. The wood part of this table is made of a 19th century bench which was covered of a caned part. With a beautiful marble plaque, this former bench ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

21st Century, Hand Carved Clear glass and golden Bronze Clock
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century Hand carved clear glass and golden bronze clock. This clock is in hand-carved glass and the metal part are in golden bronze . On request to customer can modificate th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Painted Iron Bed, Genoa, Early 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Beautiful iron bed painted in brown-burgundy, with a very rich decoration of intertwined flowers and foliage, enhanced with gold. Good general condition, wear to the patina, small...
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19th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Iron

Capodimonte, Enamelled Porcelain Group, Putti with Flowers After Badessi
Located in BARSAC, FR
Capodimonte factory in Italy near Naples. Enamelled porcelain group presenting three putti playing with sheaves of rosebuds, one of them carrying a basket on his head. Signed L...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Porcelain

18th Century Pair of French Louis XVI Fauteuils or Armchairs
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of armchairs or fauteuils, Luis XVI, late 18th century, in walnut wood with back sculpted in guilloche, on fluted tapering legs, the interior has been reinforced and restored, u...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Walnut

Liège Silver Oil And Vinegar Set, 18th Century, Jean-baptiste Dehaye, 1772
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Liège Silver Oil And Vinegar Set From The 18th Century, Jean-baptiste Dehaye, 1772" Fine 18th-century oil and vinegar stand in solid silver and cut crystal, made in Liège in 1772, f...
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1770s Belgian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Silver

Pair of Louis XVI style Russia Jasper Vases, 19th century
Located in Paris, FR
A pair of important ornamental Russian jasper urns with ormolu mounts, provided with scrolling acanthus forming handles, holding heavy draperies falling do...
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1850s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Marquetry Louis XVI Chest of Drawers, France 1770
Located in Leimen, DE
Marquetry Louis XVI Chest of Drawers, France circa 1770 This refined marquetry Louis XVI chest of drawers originates in France and dates to a...
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1770s Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

19th Century French Oval Hand Carved Walnut Cane Dining Chairs Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
Six 19th century French carved walnut dining chairs in Louis XVI style, with hand-caned seats and backs. The chairs are raised on elegantly carved legs. All six are very stable as co...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Cane, Walnut

Precious Italian 18 Century Giltwood and Crystal Chandelier Genova 1760
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant and finely carved gilt-wood central base with 8 "S" scrolled gilt bronze arms decorated with hundreds of precious crystal drops creating garlands joined by different levels ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Cut Glass

21st Century silvered brass soap dish
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century silvered brass soap dish. This soap dish is simple and elegance in the same time. The fusions in the base are in lost-wax casting : "Flowers". Each object is handcraf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

Important Five Pieces Marble and Gilded Bronze Clock Set, France, Circa 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Marked on the dial Furet Bon, Hrs du Roy, à Paris Measures: Clock – Height 98 cm (38 1/2 in.), width 70 cm (27 1/2 in.), depth 25 cm (9 3/4 in.) Candelabra – Height 116 cm ...
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1860s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of French Open Armchairs Louis XVI Medallion Fauteuils, circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of Louis XVI style fauteuils Medaillon, French open armchairs, made circa 1900. The beechwood is finely scupted with plant motifs typical of the Louis 16 style. The upholstery i...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Upholstery, Beech

21st Century, Desk lamp in golden bronze with porcelain diffuser
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century desk lamp in golden bronze and with porcelain diffuser decorated with marble effect. The metal parts are finely chiselled. The joint on the bar allows you to direct the ...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Nightstands, Marble Top, Marquetry, 1780
Located in Firenze, IT
This exceptional pair of Italian Louis XVI nightstands, originating from the skilled workshops of Tuscany circa 1780, represents a refined example of 18th-century Italian craftsmansh...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Marble

Antique Wall Picture Frame, Louis XVI. Style, Hanging Photo, France, 9 x 12 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful brass picture frame for wall installation, France, circa 1880. Picture size: 8,5 cm x 11,5 cm. Hanging ring on the top for wall installation, hidden behind a wonderful bow ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Brass

19th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A fabulous late 19th century carved giltwood wall mirror, its pediment crowned with a knotted ribbon motif encircling an oval floral medallion and flanked by sprays of acanthus and t...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Giltwood, Mirror

19th Century French Hand Carved Dining Chairs with Cane Backs, circa 1870
Located in Sofia, BG
Six 19th century dining chairs in Louis XVI style made of hand-painted wood with cane backs and upholstered very comfortable seat resting on elegantly shaped legs. Very good condit...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Cane, Wood

Nymphenburg Porcelain Pearl King s Service for 12 Königsservice Perl 70 pieces
By Nymphenburg Porcelain, Dominikus Auliczek
Located in Lausanne, CH
Pearl Service also known as Bavarian Royal Service. A dinner service for 12 people, by the Royal Nymphenburg porcelain factory, designed circa 1792 by court sculptor Dominik Aulicze...
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20th Century German Louis XVI Furniture

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Porcelain

19th Century Large French Porcelain Dinner Service Set by Aux Lions de Faience
Located in Sofia, BG
Here we present full porcelain dinner set made in France in the late 19th century, The pieces are white porcelain with a textured (basket-weave–style) relief pattern on the rims. The...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Porcelain

Pair of 20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Three Lights Wall Sconces
Located in Madrid, ES
A pair of large Louis XVI style gilt bronze wall sconces, come from a house decorated at 50s in Madrid, the wall sconces have all the usual decorative motifs in this Louis XVI style,...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Louis XVI Furniture

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Bronze

French Vintage Screen Divider with Three Panels
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A delightful little 18th century-style three-sectional room divider, crafted from fabric stretched over a wooden frame and skilfully printed with a deliberate reproduction of a nicel...
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20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture

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Fabric, Wood

Louis XVI style woodwork 16m linear
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Monumental Louis XVI Style Boiserie – 16 Linear Meters A rare and exceptional Louis XVI style wood paneling ensemble, spanning an impressive 16 meters in length and 3.55 meters in h...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture

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Wood

Pill Box Silver Sterling light blue Enamel sliding lid for sweetener Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24carats. Pill Box Silver has light blue translucent fired enamels on guilloché. Pill Box Silver has a sliding lid and hole...
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1990s Italian Louis XVI Furniture

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Louis Xvi furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Louis XVI 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 decorative objects, tables, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XVI 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 Oggetti D'Arte, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, François Linke, and Maison Jansen. 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 $3 and tops out at $833,747 while the average work can sell for $6,700.

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