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
Collection Of Assignats French Revolutionary Currencies, late 18th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
A collection of assignats, the paper currency that the revolutionary government attempted to introduce to compensate for the lack of metallic currency and to meet the war effort agai...
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Late 18th Century Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of framed engravings of elegant women - fashion
hairstyle - 18th - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
A very pretty pair of 18th-century engravings depicting two elegant women with hairstyles in the fashion of the time. These engravings come from the magazine "Le Cabinet des Modes ou...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique French Louis XVI Style Side / End Table, Gilt wood
Red Marble Top
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique French giltwood Guéridon with marble top and cane shelf, Louis XVI Revival.
Add a touch of timeless French elegance to your interior with this exquisite Louis XVI-style gilt...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of French Silver Plate Champagne Ice Buckets Barware
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An antique pair of ice colers in silver plated brass with handles from the early 20th Century. This rare pair of functional French ice buckets with footed base and richly engraved wi...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Louis XVI Period Rectangular Giltwood Mirror
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This 18th century Louis XVI baguette frame giltwood mirror is full of vintage character, and features a slim but beautifully carved frame embellished with bands of carved decoration ...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique Danish Oak Commode, 1850s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Antique Danish Oak Commode, 1850s.
Wonderful and perfect sized four drawer dresser insolid Nordic oak with a warm and soft tone. Made in Denmark mid 19th century and gently restored...
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Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Oak
Antique Picture Frame, Louis XVI Style, France, Circa 1880, 10 x 14 cm
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful brass picture frame, France, circa 1880.
Picture size: 10 cm x 14 cm.
Passepartout: 6 cm x 9 cm.
French picture frames from the Neoclassicism era are an expression of an e...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Ormolu
Tulipwood Dressing Table by Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
An Elegant Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood Dressing Table
In the Louis XV Style
Attributed to Paul Sormani
A superb example of late 19th century 'mobilier de luxe,' this tulipwood-veneere...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Tric Trac Game Table, Cherry wood
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Early XIX century Tric Trac French Game Table,
1810-1820 France,
Cherry wood
Early XIX century Tric Trac game Table made of solid cherry wood wit...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Cherry
19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble Original Antique Fireplace Mantel
Located in Beervelde, BE
A fine original antique fireplace surround in the Louis XVI style of the 19th century. In perfect condition from Paris and executed in Skyros de Grèce Marble
Measures:
145 cm Exterio...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble
21st Century silvered brass liquid soap dispenser
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century silvered brass Liquid soap dispenser. This dispenser is simple and elegance in the same time. The fusions in the base are in lost-wax casting : "Flowers".
Each object...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
€1,150 / item
A large French Antique Louis XVI Period Calacatta Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large 18th century Louis XVI period fireplace, executed i pale and wonderfully veined Calacatta marble. The elegant slim jambs with carved ribbon twist fronts within fluted panels....
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1780s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble
Louis XVI Style Bunk Beds/Matching Pair of Single Beds Made by La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XVI style bunk beds, exclusive to La Maison London: Hand carved featuring a band of intricate laurel leaves along the side bars and hand finished to order (picture shows a pale...
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2010s British Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Bunk Beds/Matching Pair of Single Beds Made by La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XVI style bunk beds, hand carved and hand finished in an off-white, antique finish. Takes a mattress size: 90cm x 200cm (3ft x 6ft6'). The beds come with an extra set of legs, ...
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2010s British Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Wood
Gagneau, Chandelier with Medallions, France, circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Louis XVI-inspired gilded bronze chandelier with six lights attributed to Gagneau. It is made of six oval medallions surrounded by a ribboned torus and topped with garlands ...
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1890s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
€5,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Large French Louis XVI Style Bronze Etched Glass Four-Light Lantern
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Very large Louis XVI style four-light hexagonal lantern, France, 1920-1930. The lantern is made of solid brass with integrated cast bronze details, six curved sides with curved cut g...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Crystal Tent and Frame Chandelier
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut Crystal Tent and Frame Chandelier with Blue Enamelled Galleries.
The corona of the chandelier is in the form of a blue enamelled band wit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Enamel
Walnut Fauteuil Louis XVI Revival Armchair French, Late 19th Century to Recover
Located in Labrit, Landes
French fauteuil, open armchairs side or desk chair Louis XVI revival,
circa 1880
The upholstery and the fabric have been recently redone
Good condition
Walnut frame sound and so...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Walnut
€784 Sale Price
53% Off
19th Century French Boulle Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French Boulle inlaid mantel clock having wonderful classical brass inlay to the tortoiseshell ground, a gil...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
20th Century Louis Seize Style Wood French Seating Group Garniture
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique French garniture in Louis 16th style
Solid beechwood, finely carved and patinated.
Measurements:
Sofa: Width 135 cm, height 100 cm, depth 70 cm
Armchair: Width 67 cm, ...
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20th Century Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Beech
Sterling Silver Gold-Plated Pill Box with Miniature, 19th Century Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature enamelled by the painter Romano Buccioni, in Louis XVI style, second half of the 19th century. Dimen...
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1970s Italian Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Japy Frères Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Antique French Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A stunning original antique French gilt bronze clock by the renown maker Japy Frères. Of architectural form, the case finely cast in gilt-bronze with neoclassical ornament, surmounte...
Category
19th Century European Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
€1,750 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique French Gilt Bronze and Mahogany Bed by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
Antique French gilt bronze and mahogany bed by Paul Sormani
French, c. 1870
Height 178cm, width 176cm, depth 214cm
Decorated with various ormolu (gilt bronze) mounts and beautiful...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Exceptional Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Malachite Grandfather Clock
Located in London, GB
Exceptional Louis XVI style gilt bronze and malachite grandfather clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 250cm, width 54cm, depth 33cm
This superb longcase clock is a wonderful example of the Belle Époque impetus to draw inspiration from the styles of the past. The clock, crafted during the late nineteenth century—though the malachite finish is later—is inspired by a famous eighteenth-century original. The clock is of traditional form, which a cubic clock case inset with an enamel dial and a gilt bronze bezel cast with signs of the zodiac. The central section of the clock includes a window, which reveals the pendulum inside, while the lower section is in the form of a plinth. The malachite veneer is wonderfully varied, with lighter and darker shades of the stone utilised to add visual interest. The clock is surmounted by a sculpture in gilt bronze of Apollo in his chariot, pulled by a quadriga of horses. The dial is signed for Rosel Bruxelles...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Antique French, Louis XVI Chest of Drawers Commode, Carrara Marble
Bronze
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique French, Louis XVI style chest of drawers topped with a white Carrara marble, fluted legs finished with golden bronze clogs.
Five dovetailed drawers with brass details, and a...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century Louis XVI Style Petite Commode
Sauteuse
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An attractive little Louis XVI style “sauteuse” chest of drawers, in veneered wood, with inlaid marquetry decoration and a 'Breche d'Alep' marble top. This 'transitional' style commo...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Curtain Rod in Gilded Wood with Rich Coping
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
M/1693 - Wonderful unique old curtain rod : large 194 cm. ! with a rich coping - single piece -
See all sides at the bottom of the description -
No comment. You can see.
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Early 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair of French Bronze and Brass Curtain Tiebacks or Curtain Holders, ca. 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
A beautiful pair of antique bronze and brass curtain holders or tie-backs with very nice Louis XVI-style decorations. France, circa 1920.
Dimensions: Height 30 cm / 11.81 in; width 4...
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1920s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Extraordinary Pair of Italian 18th Century Carved Gilt-Wood Console Tables
Located in Rome, IT
A very fine and important pair of Italian carved gilt-wood console tables, Roman, circa 1770
Each with a rectangular back, yellow and white marble top, above a frieze centered by a ...
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1770s Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
€208,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French Sevres Style Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Lyre Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A French Sevres style cobalt blue lyre clock with finely cast ormolu sunburst and floral swagged mounts with jewelled bezel, pretty floral swa...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Giltwood "Confidente" Large Sofa in the Louis XV Style made by La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
An elegant and impressive large Louis XV style confidante sofa which has been hand carved and gilded using traditional methods and materials to achieve...
Category
2010s British Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
French 18th Century Louis XVI Children
s Chair
Located in Delft, NL
A French 18th Century Louis XVI children's chair.
A ca. 1775 French children's chair with an oval curved back with fluted legs and arm...
Category
18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Puiforcat (Hermes) - 246pc 950 Sterling Silver
Vermeil Flatware Set + Chest !
Located in Wilmington, DE
The worlds of luxury and craftsmanship often intersect in fascinating ways, exemplifying the pursuit of perfection through design and skill. Two iconic brands that embody this union of artistry and elegance are Puiforcat, the French silversmith, and Hermès, the esteemed fashion house. Despite their distinct histories and expertise, both brands share a common thread of dedication to craftsmanship, quality, and timeless design.
The House of Puiforcat (now owned by Hermes) was founded in 1820 by Emile Puiforcat, a visionary silversmith who sought to redefine traditional craftsmanship with a modern perspective. The brand quickly gained recognition for its commitment to exceptional quality and its avant-garde designs that pushed the boundaries of silversmithing. In its early years, Puiforcat became a favored choice for French aristocracy and European nobility, solidifying its reputation as a leading silverware manufacturer.
Hermès, a name synonymous with luxury, began its journey in 1837 as a harness workshop in Paris. Founded by Thierry Hermès, the brand initially focused on crafting high-quality leather goods, primarily for horse riders. Over the years, Hermès expanded its offerings and ventured into the world of luxury fashion, establishing itself as one of the most prestigious names in the industry.
What sets Hermès apart is its unwavering commitment to craftsmanship and its dedication to the creation of enduring, exquisite pieces. The relationship between Puiforcat (Hermès) and its artisans is a testament to the brand's commitment to excellence. While Puiforcat and Hermès operate in distinct domains—silversmithing and fashion—both brands share a deep-rooted commitment to traditional craftsmanship and quality. This commitment extends not only to the materials used but also to the expertise of the artisans who transform these materials into exceptional creations.
The stories of Puiforcat and Hermès, though distinct in their origins and crafts, converge in their shared commitment to craftsmanship, tradition, and timeless design. The legacies of these two iconic brands are not just tales of luxury but narratives of artistry, dedication, and a pursuit of perfection. Puiforcat's innovative silversmithing and Hermès's enduring leather craftsmanship stand as beacons of excellence in their respective fields. Together, they remind us that true luxury is not just about wealth or opulence but is a manifestation of the enduring connection between art and craftsmanship. Puiforcat and Hermès have...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
French Louis XVI Limestone Fireplace Mantelpiece
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
This elegant French Louis XVI mantel is carved from soft-toned limestone, epitomizing the restrained neoclassical style of the late 18th century. Its clean, rectilinear profile – wit...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Antique French Louis XVI Buffet, Bronze
Carrara Marble
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Antique French Louis XVI style sideboard topped with Carrara marble.
Comprising two doors with a height-adjustable shelf, two dovetailed drawers with gilt bronze handles, fluted legs...
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1940s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
A Large Antique French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large `Louis XVI style antique 19th century fireplace executed in lightly veined Calacatta marble. The jambs with cantered, tapered and flute carved semi detached columns, stood on...
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1840s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Style Knot
Tassel Appliqué Wall Candle Sconces
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing matching pair of gilt bronze sconces in the shape of knotted ribbons holding two candle arms. These amazing set were produced in the 19th-century in France.
Both remarkable ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Early 20th century scrubbed oak chest of drawers / commode
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Charming early 20th century scrubbed oak chest of drawers in the Louis XVI style
French circa 1910 with Large original wrought iron handles
This piece has been washed and scrubbe...
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Early 1900s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Oak
19th Century French Gilt Wood Hand Carved Round Side Table in Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
19th Century French gilt wood hand carved round side table in Louis XVI style with second cane level and white marble top. The piece is very stable and is in its very good original c...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble
€952 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Louis XVI style gilt wood sofa, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large good quality French carved gilt wood sofa, having scrolling foliate and fluted decoration to the show wood frame, raised on turned tapering legs, circa 1900.
Batch 73 57758...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Pair 19th Century French Sevres Style Porcelain Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of late 19th century French Sevres style porcelain vases, each with classical gilded ormolu mask handles to either si...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair Of Louis XVI Style Lacquered Wood Wing Chairs
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent pair of large Louis XVI style wingback armchairs in richly carved and gray lacquered wood, covered in a blue/gray satin damask.
Parisian work of quality
CIRCA 1880....
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Sèvres Style Lidded Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of 19th century French Louis XVI style Sèvres style lidded vases, each with turquoise ground, floral decoration and of twisted form. Wonderful scrolling gilded or...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
€7,955 / set
Pair of Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Mirrors
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of late 18th Century Louis XVI period giltwood and composition mirrors.
With Neo-Classical details. One with original foxed mirror plate the other with a later 19th Century, sl...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century, Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel in Rare Rouge Royal Marble
Located in Southall, GB
An elegant and understated hand carved antique 18th century Louis XVI marble fireplace mantel in a rare rouge royal-Belgium marble. F...
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18th Century Belgian Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Breccia Marble
18th Century Italian Louis XVI Walnut Armchair
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Italian antique armchair Louis XVI period. The shape of the chair is very linear with straight legs in perfect Louis XVI taste. Wide and com...
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1780s Italian Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Walnut
€1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Secretary, Walnut, Marquetry, Cylinder Desk
Located in Greven, DE
Louis XVI cylinder desk with marquetry
Germany (Westphalia)
Walnut etc.
Classicism around 1795
Dimensions: H x W x D: 118 x 116 x 62 cm
Description:
Beautiful writing fur...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Maple, Oak, Walnut
19th Century Louis XVI Style Bouillotte Table
Located in Kent, Dover
A French, late XIX Century bouillotte table in the Louis XVI manner, in mahogany, with brass detailing. With leather clad slides and drawers and a pierced gallery.
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1880s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
19th Century French Large Gilt Wood Hand Carved Mirror in Louis XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French large gilt wood mirror made in hand carved wood well painted in light grey close to light green color.
Beautiful example of 19th century taste with central ornament and delica...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Wood
€2,910 Sale Price
25% Off
A Louis XVI Style Mantel Fine Gilt-Bronze Clock by François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Very Fine Gilt-Bronze Clock With A White Marble Base by François Linke.
The case signed 'Linke'.
This rare example of a clock by François Linke has a twin train eight-day mov...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
Large Pair of Bronze Wall Lamp French Louis XVI Style 20th Century
Located in La xara, VC
Pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze sconces from the first half of the 20th century.
This model of sconces of great class has an illuminated handle. Model of the Grand Hotels and lar...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
€805 Sale Price
50% Off
Large French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Crystal Four-Light Lantern, 1920-1930
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A very elegant gilt bronze and brass mounted cylindrical lantern with a central four-light candelabra cluster, France, 1920-1930. Finely handcrafted, clean lines and modern design in...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
€6,769 Sale Price
26% Off
French Louis XV Ormolu Clock of Hannibal and Scipio Signed Amant
Located in London, GB
Are antique French Louis XV ormolu mantel clock of Hannibal and Scipio signed Amant. This rare and unusual clock, in extremely fine condition an...
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1770s French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century French Boulle Longcase Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French boulle inlaid longcase clock, having wonderful scrolling gilded ormolu mounts, an ebonised case wit...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Settee In Blue Velvet
Located in Kent, Dover
A fine French Louis XVI style carved giltwood settee, water gilded and newly upholstered in blue velvet.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
French Louis XVI Style Black Wood Commode Chest of Drawers circa 1980
Located in Labrit, Landes
French commode chest of drawers in the Louis XVI style.
Wood and brass.
This chest of drawers has been refinished with black painting.
Elegant brass handles
Good vintage condition.
...
Category
1980s French Vintage Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Boulle Louis XVI Style Mazarin / Desk
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century French Boulle Mazarin desk, having wonderful classical scrolling decoration and subjects inlaid in brass and tortoiseshell t...
Category
19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Brass
€32,759 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Verni Martin Vitrine
By Vernis Martin
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century French Verni Martin two door bombe shaped vitrine, having gilded ormolu rococo influenced mounts, glazed shelves within,...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
€5,428 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Louis XVI Period Fall Front Desk
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant writing desk, known quirkily as a “bureau à dos d’âne” (donkey’s back desk), is beautifully veneered in rosewood, including reverse diamonds and butterfly-wings, which a...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain Louis XVI style casket on stand
This magnificent Louis XVI style ormolu casket is supported by a mirror-topped table stand, which sits on four tapered, fluted legs connected by a curving X-form stretcher. In the centre of this stretcher is an ormolu urn decorated with rams heads, four hoof feet and birds on the top. The legs of the table are also ornately decorated with draped garlands and scrolled detailing. The apron is inset with Sèvres style porcelain plaques depicting scenes of cherubs and children in landscapes as well as decorative floral detailing, and is surmounted with laurel leaf mounts.
The casket itself is of oval architectural form, and is set on fourteen small feet. It features further porcelain plaques depicting cherubs, musical instruments and a central oval portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette within a crowned gilt cartouche. Her portrait is flanked by two cherubs and is sat within a decorative royal blue border, matching the turquoise colored borders of the other plaques. The reverse of the casket is similarly decorated and features a painted plaque of her husband King Louis XVI.
The plaques are separated by mounted ormolu columns decorated with crowns and draped laurel leaves, and each column is surmounted by floral crowns. Each curved side of the casket features an ormolu mask of a female figure, and the hinged lid is surmounted by two reclining female figures wearing draped dresses and holding a central crown. The casket opens at the lid to reveal a velvet interior.
There is an inscription below the portrait of Marie Antoinette which spuriously reads ‘This casket formerly property of Marie Antoinette, presented to my beloved wife as souvenir of our European tour / Sept 8th 1886 / Louis L...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XVI Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
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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Ceramic Spanish Jug
Cherry Blossom Painting Japanese
Chest Of Drawers Display
Chinese Ancestral Portraits
Chinese Chippendale Style Display Cabinet
Chinese Coral Sculpture