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.
$1,881Sale Price / item|46% Off
Cylindrical Lantern in Louis XVI Style Brass Glass Pendant Lighting
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant Louis XVI Style Brass Lantern: Illuminate in Style Discover our exquisite collection of large cylindrical lanterns in the timeless Louis XVI style, a harmonious fusion of br...
Brass
Antique French Lantern Chandelier Louis XVI Style Brass and Glas Gold Handmade
Located in Berlin, DE
A classic lantern chandelier with a clear form and refined decorative details. The cylindrical structure is enclosed by a glass body, allowing the light to spread evenly and softly....
Brass
Wonderful Pair Louis XVI Large Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Lantern Light Fixtures
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of Louis XVI Style Large Gold Gilt Lantern Cylinder Shaped Light Fixture, With 4 Interior Candelabra Lights, They Have Been Rewired, These Lantern Fixtures Come With...
Glass
Large Louis XVI Style Bronze and Iron 6-light Hanging Lantern
Located in San Francisco, CA
a good reproduction of neoclassical style featuring an iron and bronze frame adorned with egg and leaf moldings and berry finials; the central support emanating six scrolled candle a...
Iron
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Lantern
Located in Houston, TX
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Lantern. Offered is a superb large scale antique French Louis XVI style bronze lantern with curved glass panels and three interior lights (candelabra so...
Bronze
Wonderful French Louis XVI Dore Bronze Blown Glass Regency Lantern Light Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Vintage French Louis XVI Style Dore Bronze And Blown Glass Panel, Regency Lantern Light Fixture With 3 Candelabra Internal Lights Accompanied By Chain And Canopy
Bronze
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...
Brass, Bronze
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...
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
Pair of Maison Jansen Louis XVI Style Brass and Curved Glass Lanterns, ca. 1930s
Located in New York, NY
A pair of French cylindrical hanging lanterns by Maison Jansen, designed in the Louis XVI revival style and dating to the 1930s. The frames are constructed from solid brass, featuri...
Bronze
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 inspired by Louis XVI style. Four original curved crystal glass panels surrounded by fine swags and ribbons, the four original silk chandelier lamp shades...
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
Wonderful Doré Reeded Bronze Louis XVI Lantern Light Fixture Curved Glass Panels
Located in Roslyn, NY
An elegant doré bronze three-light lantern with etched ribbed bronze trim on top and bottom of the lantern are fluted reed trim around a curved glass panel. The fixture has three can...
Bronze
A Large Antique French Louis XVI Ormolu and Glass Multi Light Lantern
Located in New York, NY
A Large Antique French Louis XVI Ormolu and Glass Multi Light Lantern. Enclosed by curved glass panels within a gilt bronze framework. The lantern is surmounted by four scrolling sup...
Ormolu
Massive Antique French Bronze Six Light Lantern Fixture
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Magnificent and fine Antique French bronze hanging lantern. From Christies Catalog: "Duvaux delivered a lantern of this model in 1758 for the Salon ...
Bronze
Fine Louis XVI Style Brass And Glass Four Light Chandelier
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine brass and glass chandelier with French Regency styling, lavishly designed with foliate relief flourishes and torch-like finials on arched supports over an openwork chain moti...
Brass
French Louis XVI Style Glass Hanging Lantern
Located in Kastrup, DK
French glass hanging lamp from the late 19th century, executed in the Louis XVI style. The mouth-blown glass shade is decorated with fine vertical fluting. It is supported by a bron...
Brass, Bronze
$3,102Sale Price / item|30% Off
Large Cylindrical Lantern in Louis XVI Style Brass Glass Pendant Lighting XXL
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant Louis XVI Style Brass Lantern: Illuminate in Style Discover our exquisite collection of large cylindrical lanterns in the timeless Louis XVI style, a harmonious fusion of br...
Brass
Antique Bronze Hall Lantern, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
A French gilded bronze antique hall lantern, the brass bulbous candle sconces, surrounded by four sectional circular decorative embellishments fa...
Bronze
Louis XVI style ormolu and glass antique beehive lantern
Located in London, GB
Antique Neoclassical style glass and gilt bronze lantern French, late 19th Century Height 46cm, diameter 21cm This fine, antique lantern was made after an 18th Century model for the...
Ormolu
Rare Pair of French Luis XVI Bronze Lanterns with Cupids and Garlands of Flowers
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Pair of French Louis XVI Style Doré Bronze and Curved Glass circular shaped Lanterns with Cupids and Floral Garlands Presented as a pair, these French Louis XVI style lantern...
Bronze
Large Carved Giltwood Lantern from a Gilded Age Mansion.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Giltwood Square Shaped Lantern featuring a center dome and four shields flanked by garlands. Glass Panels. Removed from Whitemarsh Hall. France, circa 1910. 4 lights. Di...
Glass, Giltwood
$2,250 / item
Painted and Giltwood Six Sided Lantern
Located in Atlanta, GA
Painted and giltwood six-sided lantern. Three lights.
Wood
20th Century French Louis XVI Style Bronze Dore Tapered Lantern
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (20th Century) bronze dore round tapered shaped hanging lantern with 4 glass panels and 8 arms.
Bronze
A Palatial and Exceptional Large 19th Century Baccarat Cut Crystal Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A palatial and large 19th century Baccarat cut crystal chandelier composed of tiered crystal elements, hand-cut prisms, and acid-etched glass shades. The chandelier features a centra...
Crystal
A Very Fine Gilt Bronoze Cylindrical Lantern
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Vrey Fine & Elegant Gilt Bronze Lantern in the Louis XVI taste featuring laurel garlands, curved glass panels and bottom pierced gallery. 4 lights. France, circa 1910. Dimensi...
Bronze
19th Century Brass Lantern in the Louis XVI Manner
Located in London, GB
A good hall lantern in the Louis XVI Manner. Of circular form, the frame in patinated bronze, cast and chased with a pattern of imbricated laurel leaves, with stud finials below, ...
Brass, Bronze
Large Louis XVI style Hall Lantern
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Magnificent Large Lantern in the Louis XVI Neoclassical Taste, having a curved bronze on bronze - tone metal frame, pinecone finials, laurel swags, all of great quality. Conforming...
Bronze
Wonderful Louis XVI Large Gilt Bronze Baroque Hexagon Lantern Light Fixture
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Louis XVI Style Large Gold Gilt Bronze Lantern Hexagon Shaped Light Fixture, On The Interior 6 Candelabra Light Center Shaft That Has Been Rewired, This Lantern Fixture C...
Bronze
$1,022Sale Price|44% Off
French Triple Light Hall Lantern in Bronze Louis XVI Style
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
French Triple Light Hall Lantern in Bronze Louis XVI Style This attractive French Hall Lantern in bronze hangs from a floral decorated ceiling ro...
Bronze
Antique French Maison Baguès Attributed Beaded and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Houston, TX
Antique French Maison Bagues attributed beaded and crystal chandelier. Unusual French Maison Baguès attributed Louis XVI style bronze and wood beaded and crystal chandelier. This stunning French nine-light beaded and crystal chandelier has been newly wired and dates to the 1920s. Dimensions as is: 31" H and 24" D. Our Baguès attributed chandelier would work well in a home with limited ceiling...
Crystal, Bronze
Gilt Bronze & Crystal Lantern.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Magnificent and Imposing Gilt Bronze & Crystal Lantern (original gold). Great Quality. France, circa 1890. 9 lights. CW5168
Crystal, Bronze
Wonderful Large Doré Bronze Louis XVI Lantern Fixture Curved Glass Panels Bows
Located in Roslyn, NY
An elegant doré bronze five-light lanterns with etched ribbed bronze trim on top and bottom of the lantern are fluted reed trim with cross bows around a curved glass panel accented w...
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Hanging Lantern
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (20th Century) gilt bronze lantern with a 3 light center within 4 bent glass panels having scroll forms above and below with an acorn finial bottom.
Bronze
Fine Antique French Baguès Style Gilt Bronze and Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
An unusual and delicate antique French chandelier in the Baguès style, composed of gilt bronze and rock crystal. The chandelier is arranged with a central stem from which radiate eig...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern. The lantern is modeled off an antechamber lantern still situated in the Palais de Versail...
Crystal, Ormolu
Monumental Versailles Style Lantern Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine bronze & gilt bronze Versailles style lantern featuring beveled crystal panels. France, circa 1900 Louis XVI Versailles style nine li...
Crystal, Bronze
$27,960Sale Price / set|20% Off
A Fine Pair of French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and impressive pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze two-light wall sconces, each lumière with a circular foliate backplate suspended by a ribbon tied o...
Bronze
Beautiful French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Circular Lantern
Located in Montreal, QC
Beautiful French Louis XVI style cast and gilt bronze circular six lights lantern. Beautiful original gilding and circular glass.
Bronze
Large Cylindrical Lantern in Louis XVI Style Brass Glass Pendant Lighting
Located in Berlin, DE
Elegant Louis XVI Style Brass Lantern: Illuminate with Distinction Explore our exquisite collection of large cylindrical lanterns crafted in the timeless Louis XVI style, a harmonio...
Brass
Antique French Louis XVI Style Bronze D'Oré & Curved Glass Lantern, Circa 1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis XVI Style Bronze D'Oré & Curved Glass Lantern, Circa 1890's.
Bronze
$12,950Sale Price|28% Off
French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Cut-Glass Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze and cut-glass beaded Cascade ten-light chandelier with garlands and a crown top with a floral canopy, circa 1900, Paris. ...
Bronze
A French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu & Carved Alabaster Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular French Louis XVI style gilt bronze and carved alabaster chandelier. The chandelier is suspended from a domed gilt bronze canopy with acanthus leaf motifs and a heavy ch...
Alabaster, Bronze
French Antique, Louis XVI Style Lantern, Brass and Glass
Located in Austin, TX
Lantern from France in the Louis XVI style. This piece has a brass structure with finely cast details. Four candelabra arms sit within the original curved glass. This piece has been ...
Brass
A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern. The lantern is modeled off an antechamber lantern still situated in the Palais de Versail...
Crystal, Ormolu
Bronze Lantern, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze lantern, circa 1950 Need new electric system. Original glasses missing. Bronze signed.
Pair of French Louis XVI Baguès Style Rock Crystal and Bronze Chandeliers
Located in New York, NY
A large and spectacular pair of French Louis XVI-style rock crystal and bronze chandeliers. Each chandelier is structured with a central gilt bronze frame composed of scrolling branc...
Rock Crystal, Crystal, Bronze
French Turn of the Century Louis XVI st. Wrought Iron lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most decorative French Turn of the Century Louis XVI st. Wrought Iron lantern. The octagonal four arm four light lantern consist of an eight sided cage with bottom spheres below each corner. Along the top edge is a scalloped Iron band below a pierced band. Above the glass panel top is the top crown which is composed of circular and curved pressed bands with diamond and rounded decorations. Inside the curved and pressed bands forming the crown shape are palmette designed movements below a pierced spherical dome topped by a draping foliate decoration. Available with matching set of four...
Wrought Iron
Antique Baguès French Louis XVI St Gilt Bronze and Cut Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A superb antique French Louis XVI style chandelier attributed to Baguès, composed of gilt bronze and cut rock crystal. The chandelier is arranged in a tiered form with scrolling gilt...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Unique Antique French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Cut Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A unique antique French Louis XVI style ormolu and cut crystal chandelier. The chandelier is designed in a tent and bag form, with strands of faceted cut crystal beads descending fro...
Crystal, Bronze
Louis XVI Bronze d’Ore Chandelier, French 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
This French Louis XVI chandelier is made of bronze d’ore, dates back to the 19th century, and is elegant in simplicity. The piece features ...
Bronze, Gold
Antique 19th Century French Dore Bronze and Glass Figural Seven-Light Lantern
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous antique 19th century Louis XVI style French dore bronze and glass figural seven-light lantern. Beautifully cast, hand-chassed and hand-chiseled with the finest quality of ...
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Crystal Lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern. The lantern is modeled off an antechamber lantern still situated in the Palais de Versail...
Crystal, Ormolu
A Fine Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze & Cut Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze & Cut Rock Crystal Chandelier. The chandelier is composed of a circular gilt bronze frame supporting eight candle-form lights...
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Lantern, Hexagonal Design, Circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A small Louis XVI style gilt bronze lantern modelled after the Versailles Model. Of hexagonal form surmounted by a corona cast with fleu...
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Crystal Lantern
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Crystal lantern. The lantern is modeled off an antechamber lantern still situated in the Palais de Versail...
Crystal, Ormolu
French Louis XVI Style Gilt and Silvered Bronze Figural Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French Louis XVI style gilt bronze and silvered bronze figural chandelier embellished with four figures of soldiers. The chandelier featur...
Bronze
Fine French Bagues Style Silvered and Cut Rock Crystal Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A fine French Baguès style silvered copper, cut rock crystal, and glass multi-light chandelier of great detail, embellished with cut rock crystal prisms and glass beads. The overall ...
Rock Crystal, Copper
Wonderful French 6 Bronze Curved Glass Large Louis XVI E.F. Caldwell Lanterns
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Set Of 6 French Bronze Curved Glass Large Louis XVI / E.F. Caldwell Style 8 Candelabra Light Lanterns Each Sold Separately
Bronze, Ormolu
$4,160Sale Price|20% Off
1900's lantern crystal and bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful crystal and bronze lantern that can mixed with any style in a house, very refined and when it is lit it illuminates the room
Crystal, Bronze
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Cylindrical Four-Light Lantern
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Cylindrical Four-Light Lantern. This lantern is of cylindrical form with ribbed uprights supporting a frame with stiff-leaf borders and floral swags ...
Bronze
21st Century, Big Lantern with Led, Hand -Carved Crystal and Silver Bronze
Located in Calenzano, FI
Lantern with Leds in hand-carved clear crystal and patinated silver bronze. This particular lantern is illuminated by LEDs. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail m...
Crystal, Bronze