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.
Elegant Early 19th-Century Genoese painted Iron Bed
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Elegant early 19th-century Genoese iron bed, finely decorated with a rich ornamental design of dolphins, flowers and scrolling foliage, highlighted with delicate gilded accents again...
Iron
French Louis XVI Style Patinated and Beaded Glass Wall Sconces
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This pair of mid-century French Louis XVI style patinated metal sconces take the form of upside down hot air balloons and are detailed with beading and multi-faceted strings of glass...
Brass
Miniature Chrystal Glass Pendant lamp 1950s France
Located in Den Haag, NL
Must love this almost miniature Chrystal Glass pendant lamp . Diameter 15 cm 1 large E27 bulb needed . 1940s France .
Crystal
French 19th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Round Bouillotte Marble Top Side Table
Located in Carmine, TX
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI bouillotte side table crafted from fine mahogany with a beautifully veined marble top enclosed by a pierced brass gallery. Featuring a single...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Brass Mounted Embossed Leather Top Desk By Baker Furniture
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 28 1/4 in W: 58 in D: 28 in This elegant Louis XVI style brass mounted writing desk by Baker Furniture is a refined interpretation of classic French neoclassical de...
Brass
French Louis XVI Style Gilt Towel Draper Rack by Sherle Wagner
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A beautifully crafted gilt brass towel draper rack crafted in an elegant French Louis XVI style by Sherle Wagner, New York City. The piece features a rectangular frame rising from fo...
Brass, Metal, Gold Plate
French Regency Louis XVI Carved Mahogany Console Table or Server
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style console table, sofa table, or buffet server USA, Circa Late 20th Century Beautiful solid mahogany, with ornate carvings. Measures: 59.5"W...
Mahogany
21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century hand carved clear crystal,golden bronze and "Capodimonte" bisquit roses potiche. This potiche is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand ground crystal. On request to...
Crystal, Bronze
Antique French Louis XVI Painted Oval Center Table ~ End Table
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant French Louis XVI style center table features a beautifully balanced oval form with a painted finish that emphasizes its refined neoclassical design. The apron is particu...
Wood, Paint
Pair of Early 20th C. French Louis XVI Style Hand-Carved Painted Side Chairs
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This pair of French Louis XVI style painted side chairs from the turn of the twentieth century features rosettes at the die joints and seat frames detailed with classic hand carved m...
Mohair, Ash
French 19th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Round Bouillotte Marble Top Side Table
Located in Carmine, TX
Elegant French Louis XVI side table crafted in walnut with a beautifully figured veneer. It features a single drawer, a white carrera marble top surrounded by a pierced brass gallery...
Marble, Bronze
A French Louis XVI style Painted Queen Bed, C. 1940.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A refined Louis XVI style queen-size bed featuring a gracefully arched headboard and matching footboard, each with crisply carved notched corners. The frame is finished in a soft pai...
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Oak and Marble Buffet by Haentges Freres
Located in Astoria, NY
An exceptional late 19th-century French Louis XVI style buffet by Parisian cabinetmakers Haentgés Frères, sourced in Paris, France. Crafted in oak with finely executed geometric parq...
Breccia Marble, Brass
Pair of bedside tables – Louis XVI style – Stained wood and brass – 1970s
Located in NAVILLY, FR
Pair of Louis XVI style bedside tables, copies from the 1970s-1980s in warm brown stained wood. Each piece of furniture is structured into four drawers with progressively recessed...
Beech
Antique French Louis XVI Petite Corbeille Vanity Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An enchanting jewel of French romanticism, this petite Corbeille chair is a masterclass in authentic time-worn beauty. With its enveloping barrel back...
Linen, Wood
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Attributed to Maison Charles Pair of Tall Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An ornate pair of exquisitely chiselled gilt bronze wall sconces, each one featuring two leaf scrolling branches flanking an angelic flute-playing cherub. Ornate drip pans and nozzle...
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Round Bouillotte Marble Top Side Table
Located in Carmine, TX
Elegant French Louis XVI side table crafted in walnut with a beautifully figured veneer. It features a single drawer, a grey marble top surrounded by a pierced brass gallery, and is ...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Set of Eight Louis XVI-Style Painted Dining Chairs, Late 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Set of eight Louis XVI-style painted dining chairs — two armchairs and six side chairs — upholstered in blue Cowtan & Tout fabric with brass nailhead trim. Made 1980–1999. Each c...
Leather, Hardwood
French Provincial Louis XV Painted Desk Attributed to John Widdicomb, Circa 1960
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful French Provincial Louis XV style writing desk Attributed to John Widdicomb USA, Circa 1960s Solid cherry wood, with original cream and pink painted finish, and origina...
Brass
Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Painted Bergere Chairs or Armchairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant pair of late 19th / early 20th century French Louis XVI armchairs retaining their original warm salmon mohair upholstery. The painted wood frames feature tall rectangular bac...
Wood
A French Louis XVI style Painted and Gilt Twin Bed, C. 1940.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This frame features a refined square head and footboards highlighted with giltwood accents, adding an elegance to the clean, classical Directoire lines. With new fabric, this bed is...
Upholstery, Wood, Paint
Pair Louis XVI Style Figural Bronze Oil Lamps After a Design by Louis Boizot
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This pair of gilt and patinated bronze figures are after a design by Louis-Simon Boizot. Modeled as oil lamps, each with the allegorical figures L'Etude and Le Philosophie, both hav...
Bronze
Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Neoclassical Painted and Parcel Gilt Benches
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of French Louis XVI painted and parcel gilt benches, graceful and refined, with their original antique white finish softened by time and warmed with touches of gilding. Rose t...
Velvet, Wood, Paint
Pair of 19th-Century French Painted Oak Louis XVI Style Exterior Doors
Located in Mckinney, TX
Pair of 19th-century French oak exterior doors with original painted surfaces and architectural detailing. Each door is constructed with a tall molded upper panel, a smaller central ...
Oak
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Secretary Desk with Marble Top
Located in Astoria, NY
A late 18th-century French Louis XVI secrétaire à abattant crafted in walnut and topped with a gray and white veined marble slab. Sourced in Provence, France, the secretary features ...
Marble, Brass
French Louis XVI Style Mirror, Giltwood & Ebonized Wood, 19th Century
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French petite mirror in the Louis XVI style, dating to the 19th century, with incredible, carved gilt wood detail set off by the ebonized (painted) backpanel. At the top of the pie...
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Pair of Antique French Carved & Gilded Wood Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of antique hand carved giltwood sconces featuring a neoclassical bowknot and ribbon motif. Two scrolling candle arms extending from a central vertical plaque topped with a furle...
Giltwood
Ralph Lauren Louis XVI Style Duchess Salon Chair
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent marquis bergere á la Reine salon chair designed by Ralph Lauren in the grand French Louis XVI taste. Known as the "Duchess Salon Chair" feat...
Brass
21st Century Golden Bronze and Porcelain Fireplace Tools
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century patinated golden and burnished bronze fireplace tools. The handles of the fireplace tools are in white porcelain . Each object is handcrafted and the care for every det...
Bronze
French Louis XVI Directoire Style Brass Mounted White Marble Top Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: 32.75 inches high x 50.5inches wide x 20.25 inches deep. A refined and classically proportioned French Louis XVI Directoire style commode, executed with an emphasis on b...
Brass
Antique French Painted Louis XVI Style Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon… The tall legs of this French console table are in the style of Louis XVI, reminiscent of Neoclassical columns. Additional motifs on the parcel-painted...
Stone, Marble
Kindel Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Cherry Wood Extension Dining Table
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Regency Louis XVI style extension dining table By Kindel Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Gorgeous book-matched cherry wood, with brass capped feet on brass caster...
Brass
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Daybed
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A lovely 19th-century French daybed built in the Louis XVI style. The carved wooden bedframe has a painted finish that has become nicely worn and patinated with time. It features p...
Upholstery
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Tub Chair, Newly Upholstered
Located in Atlanta, GA
A graceful 19th-century French Louis XVI style tub chair crafted in warm-toned fruitwood and newly upholstered in a neutral linen fabric. The chair has a beautifully balanced, envelo...
Linen, Upholstery, Fruitwood
Red Marble Demi-Lune Fireplace Mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
19th Century French Louis XVI Red Marble Demi-Lune Fireplace Mantel from Paris Elevate your interior with the timeless sophistication of this 19th century Louis XVI demi-lune firepl...
Marble, Griotte Marble
20th Century Wood Louis XVI Style French Writing Desk, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French writing desk from the mid-20th century. Louis XVI style furniture veneered in mahogany and walnut, rich in gilded and chiseled metal decorations. Finished desk for the center ...
Wood
French 18th Century Louis XVI Painted Wood Panel Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
Built with a wood panel frame, this eighteenth-century French mirror in the Louis XVI taste shows carved detailing and a softly aged painted finish that has developed patina over its...
Mirror, Wood
Antique French Louis XVI Style Extendable Dining Table
Located in Astoria, NY
French Louis XVI dining table sourced in Paris, dating to the early 20th century. Constructed in fruitwood with a warm, natural tone and visible grain throughout. The oval top extend...
Brass
Antique Baccarat French Crystal & Bronze Chandelier
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Baccarat French Crystal & Bronze Chandelier.
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of Vintage French Louis XVI Style Demilune Console Tables With Marble Tops
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of elegant demilune console tables in the Louis XVI manner, each featuring a shaped marble top over a conforming case with two drawers. The mahogany-veneered oak frame features ...
Bronze
Fine 18th Century French Louis XVI Style Fire-Gilded Bronze Electried Chandelier
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A fine, large Louis XVI style fire-gilded chandelier, France, late 18th century. This wonderful piece is finely elaborate in precise detail decorated with elegant foliate, flowers an...
Bronze
Mid-Century Louis XVI Twin Bed Frames, Pink Silk, Painted Wood, 1940
Located in Astoria, NY
A charming pair of mid-20th century French Louis XVI style twin bed frames sourced from Provence, France. Crafted in painted wood with gilt accents, the beds feature gracefully shape...
Silk, Hardwood, Giltwood, Paint
Set of Four Signed E F Caldwell Gilt Bronze Louis XVI Stile Sconces
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This set of four gilt bronze Louis XVI style sconces are by the renowned firm of Edward F Caldwell. The feature Classical motifs including urns, swags, and acanthus leaves. The sconc...
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Cast Iron Oval Planter, Late 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century cast iron oval planter with original patina. Weathered cast iron metal finish with incredible old world patina. Lovely Louis Seize garland and urn details on the sides. ...
Cast Iron
Kindel Furniture Style French Regency Extension Dining Table, Circa 1960s
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Regency Louis XVI style extension dining table In the manner of Kindel Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Gorgeous book-matched banded burled walnut top, with cream ...
Walnut, Burl, Lacquer
21st Century Golden Bronze and Porcelain Fireplace Tools
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century Patinated golden bronze fireplace tools. The handles of the fireplace tools are in decorated porcelain . Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes ...
Bronze
Italian Modern Neoclassical Style Bronze Table
By Maison Jansen, Maison Baguès, Romeo Rega
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Neoclassical Style Bronze Table. Offered is a beautiful Italian Louis XVI style bronze tripod faux bamboo table with a marble top and tassel detail. This versatile tab...
Marble, Bronze
Kindel Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Cherry Wood Dining Table, Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Regency Louis XVI style dining table By Kindel Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Gorgeous book-matched cherry wood, with brass-capped feet on brass casters. Measur...
Cherry
Louis XVI-Style Ebonized Secrétaire Commode with Marble Top, 1910
Located in Austin, TX
A refined French commode secrétaire in the Louis XVI style, finished in a lustrous ebonized French polish. The upper drawer opens down to reveal a tan leather writing surface and thr...
Carrara Marble, Brass
French Louis XVI Style Brass Fireplace Screen with Aged Patina Finish
Located in Doylestown, PA
French Louis XVI style brass fireplace screen with an aged patina finish. A sculptural, polished brass frame features rococo detailing with a cartouche form handle, scrollwork and a...
Brass, Metal
Magnificent Antique French Baccarat Crystal Louis XVI Style Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This magnificent antique French Baccarat chandelier, crafted in the elegant Louis XVI style, is a testament to Baccarat’s renowned mastery of fine crystal artistry. Featuring twelve ...
Crystal, Brass
French Louis XVI Bergere Chairs, Leather & Walnut, Antique, Circa 1920
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Those charming pair of bergere chairs are covered of leather in the Louis XVI style. Simple and elegant they can be place anywhere at home.
Leather, Walnut
Pair of French Patinated Open Armchairs Louis XVI Medallion Fauteuils circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of Louis XVI style fauteuils Medallion, French open armchairs, made circa 1900. The wood is finely scupted with plant motifs typical of the Louis 16 style. Signs of wear reveal ...
Upholstery, Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Hand-Carved Gilded Mirror, Rococo Style
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
The rippling texture of this symmetrical mirror dazzles in the light, its gilded molding carved like waves of finely-woven rattan, an exotic effect underscored by rococo garlands ani...
Mirror, Wood
19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted marquetry meuble d’appui
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century French ormolu-mounted marquetry meuble d'appui circa 1880. Marquetry in the manner of of earlier furniture maker Joseph Cremer. Eared rectangular white marble top sits ...
Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Period 18th Century Armchair with Floral Tapestry Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI period carved wood armchair from the late 18th century with oval back and tapestry upholstery. Born during the second half of the 18th century, this exquisite sing...
Tapestry, Upholstery, Wood
Oversized Pair of Louis XVI Style Distressed Paint Decorated Bergere Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 38 in W: 32 3/4 in D: 33 3/4 in SH: 20 1/2 in Elegant in form, generous in scale, and exceptionally inviting, this Oversized Pair of Louis XVI Style Distressed Pain...
Wood
Louis XVI Style Two-Door Mirrored Armoire, Bleached Oak, France, 1900s
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, HR
Louis XVI Style Two-Door Mirrored Armoire, Bleached Oak, France, 1900s. This armoire is built in solid oak that has been stripped and bleached to a pale, matte tone, opening with tw...
Glass, Mirror, Oak
Antique French Louis XVI Commode Chest Of Drawers, 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. Three dovetailed drawers with bronze and brass de...
Carrara Marble
French Louis XVI Style Kidney Shaped Nightstand with Marble Top and Brass Mounts
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Louis XVI-style kidney-shaped nightstand with marble top and brass mounts. Adorable late 19th century Louis XVI style kidney-shaped nightstand or end table features a beige an...
Marble, Brass