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.
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A lovely gilt mantel mirror from 19th century France, the narrow proportions of the frame are decorated with iconic–if not romantic–themes from the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoi...
Gold
$760Sale Price|66% Off
French Louis XVI Style Wrought Iron Two-Door Arched Mantel or Wall Mirror
Located in Plainview, NY
A charming French Louis XVI style wrought iron mirror in a Mediterranean design fashion. The wrought iron frame is finely crafted showing scrolls and fleur de lis motifs and having t...
Wrought Iron
19th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Mantel Mirror with Musical Trophy Crest
Located in Dallas, TX
Enhance a fireplace mantel, dining room, living room, or entry with this elegant antique Louis XVI mantel mirror. Crafted in France circa 1870, the giltwood frame is crowned with an ...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
A large Antique Gold Gilt French Louis XVI Style Mirror
Located in London, GB
A large antique French gold gilt mirror in the Louis XVI manner. Retaining its original mirror plate with some foxing. The outer edge of the shaped frame beaded with the inner ribbon...
Giltwood
Massive French Louis XVI Style Gilt Mantle Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A massive 19th century mantel mirror in the style of Louis XVI, with original mirror plate. The gilded, rectangular frame is topped with a carving of two, superimposed laurel wreaths...
Mirror, Wood
A Large Gold Gilt Antique French Louis XVI Overmantel Mirror
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI manner mid 19th century overmantle or fireplace mirror. The gold gilt frame decorated with ribbon twist border, acanthus moulding and beaded inner slip. The central crest...
Mirror
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...
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
A charming vintage French Louis XVI style gilt wood wall mirror. The top has wonderful gilt carving topped with a crown of laurel wreath. This elegant mirror would make a charming ad...
Giltwood
French Louis XVI Gilded Mirror, Giltwood Frame, Hand-Carved, 1890s
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite 19th century French Louis XVI gilded mirror. The rectangular mirror is embellished with a magnificent crown featuring scrolls and leaves. The frame is finely hand carved...
Mirror, Giltwood
French Gilt Carved Wood & Gesso Foliage Cartouche Wall Mirror, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
French gilt carved wood and gesso foliage cartouche wall mirror with an egg and dart exterior border, flanking acanthus carved corners, and interior bead work. Early 19th century. Mi...
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Massive French 19th Century Trumeau with new Mirror Plate
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A spectacular Louis XVI style 19th century trumeau in a refreshing mint-green painted finish over carved and giltwood boiserie paneling. This trumeau is of impressive scale, becoming...
Paint, Wood, Mirror, Glass
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt Oval Mirror
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century French Louis XVI style oval shaped gilt mirror with original mirror plate and original patinated gold gilt frame with finely detailed c...
Mirror, Giltwood
$2,730Sale Price / item|30% Off
1920s Louis XVI Style Carved Gilt Wood Ornate Three Panel Over-Mantle Mirror
Located in Germantown, MD
1920s Louis XVI Style carved gilt wood ornate three panel over-mantle mirror. Two available. meas
Gesso, Hardwood, Giltwood
$3,360Sale Price|20% Off
French Louis XVI Style Gilt Wall Mirror, Hand-Carved Giltwood, France
Located in Miami, FL
French Louis XVI style gilt wall mirror with beautiful hand carved details and wreath pediment top. This mirror is very decorative and would enhance any wall or mantle in a space...
Giltwood, Wood, Mirror
$4,720Sale Price|39% Off
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Wall Mirror, Hand-Carved
Located in Miami, FL
A most elegant French Louis XVI style giltwood wall mirror with beautiful hand carved details. This 19th Century period Lou...
Mirror, Giltwood, Wood
Louis XVI Style Giltwood Mantel Hanging Wall Mirror
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This magnificent Louis XVI style wall mirror is a true masterpiece of Italian craftsmanship. Featuring an impressive large size, the mirror is adorned with intricately carved giltwo...
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Carved Oak Over-Mantel Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A large and dramatic Louis XVI-style carved oak mantel mirror from France, c. 1880s. By some good fortune this piece has retained its original mirror plate which exhibits a haze of f...
Mercury Glass, Oak
French Louis XVI Boiserie Trumeau
Located in Sheffield, MA
Originally part of a boiserie room panelling with swags and rope design molding framing the mirror. Mirror is distressed. Can be replaced with new flat o...
Wood, Paint
French 19th Century Louis XVI Mirror
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
Large Louis XVI Painted and Gilt Carved Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Large Louis XVI painted and gilt carved mirror. Very large architecturally framed painted and carved overmantel mirror with pair flanking stylized gilt carved and dark blue painted ...
Mirror, Giltwood
Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Gesso Mirror, French, Circa 1870, 164 cm
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style carved giltwood and gesso mirror. The pierced scrolling crest surmounted by ho-ho birds flanking a basket of fruit over a shaped central bevelled mirror pla...
Gesso, Giltwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Carved Giltwood and Beveled Wall or Mantel Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Dress a mantel with this impressive antique gilt mirror! Crafted in France circa 1870, and over 7 feet tall, the rectangular mirror with rosette corner accents, is decorated with an ...
Giltwood
Antique French Louis XVI Gilt and Gesso Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
A simple yet elegant 18th Century French Louis XVI style giltwood wall mirror with a fine beaded border. The rectangular wall mirror has lost most of the gilt but retains a nicely weathered patina. Placed the mirror above a vanity in a powder room, guest bathroom...
Wood
French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Mirror with Wreath Pediment, Early 20th Century
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XVI Style Giltwood Mirror with Wreath Pediment, Early 20th Century A finely carved Louis XVI style mirror, crafted in the early 20th century. The giltwood frame features rich ...
Mirror, Giltwood
$7,350Sale Price|25% Off
Grand 19th Century French Louis XVI Gilded Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand 19th Century French Louis XVI Gilded Mirror is a masterpiece of the sculptor's art! The large scale of the mirror makes it ideal for tall ceilings or use as a floor mirror. T...
Mirror, Giltwood
$2,113Sale Price|20% Off
Louis XVI Style Carved Wood Painted Trumeau, French, circa 1780
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This Louis XVI style carved wood painted trumeau is French, from 18th century (circa 1780). The paint has been remade during 20th century. Mirror is original from 18th century. This ...
Mirror, Wood
Louis XVI Giltwood Mirror with Carved Foliate Design, France, 1790
Located in Johns Island, SC
Louis XVI period giltwood mirror. This mirror is in excellent condition for its age as it retains its original mercury mirror and is framed within a richly carved mottled giltwood bo...
Gold Leaf
Antique French Louis XVI Carved Walnut Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Carved Walnut Mirror represents the essence of the neoclassical revival style. The design features a stately architecture enhanced by a boldly molded and ar...
Mirror, Walnut
19th Century Dutch Gilded Mirror in the French Louis XVI Style
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Dutch Gilded Mirror in the French Louis XVI Style was produced by G. Dorens & Co. in Amsterdam just before the turn of the century. The giltwood frame and detail are of...
Mirror, Giltwood
$5,045Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century French Antique Hand Carved and Painted Fireplace Mirror, Louis XVI
Located in Sofia, BG
Rare hand carved wooden mirror with beautiful oil painting on the top, colored in olive green with golden elements with its original glass. Perfect decoration for your fireplace in L...
Wood
Antique French Giltwood Overmantel Rococo Mirror 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique French Louis XVI giltwood overmantel mirror, circa 1770 in date. The rectangular shaped frame features its original mirror plate with a carved giltwood fra...
Giltwood
Large Louis XVI Style Giltwood Mirror with Carved Frame, 20th Century
Located in Miami, FL
A generously sized rectangular Louis XVI style mirror featuring an intricately carved giltwood frame with an exceptional level of detail. It reflects the grandiose, ornamental Louis ...
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Fine Louis XVI Style Carved Giltwood Mirror, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style carved giltwood mirror, the cresting carved with a portrait roundel of a young man in profile. This i...
Giltwood
Freestanding mirror "caminiera" Louis XVI style, Lucca -Tuscany
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid Italian countertop mirror, or mantelpiece, in Neoclassical style, dating from the late 18th century (mid 18th century). It is a piece of great elegance that reflects the tas...
Mirror, Wood
Large French Gilt Oval Beveled Wall Mirror with Ribbon Tied Crest and Frieze
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large French gilt wall or hall mirror with raised oval frame featuring a ribbon tied floral crest and lower frieze - in the Louis XVI manner with rococo or baroque styling - s...
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirror, Silver Gray, Floral Carving, 1940's
Located in Plainview, NY
An early 20 century French Louis XVI Trudeau mirror. The beautiful mirror features fine carving and design. The top panel presents a vase with flower...
Mirror, Wood, Paint
19th Century French Louis XVI Gilded Mantel Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Gilded Mantel Mirror is a definitive example of the neoclassical style revived in the 18th century by King Louis XVI and his name has since been synonym...
Mirror, Giltwood
$10,150Sale Price|30% Off
19th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Pier Mirror
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A magnificent and monumental neoclassical pier mirror from the Napoleon III era. The original Mercury glass plate is bordered by an elegant egg and dart molding with the top of the ...
Giltwood
Louis XVI Style Giltwood Mirror
Located in Chireno, TX
Louis XVI style giltwood mirror, two tones of gilding adorn frame surrounding a bipartite mirror plate. Mirror’s reflection is near-pristine with only a few age spots. Subtle amounts...
Mirror, Gesso, Giltwood
19th Century, French Louis XVI Painted And Giltwood Overmantel Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
This French 19th-century painted and giltwood overmantel mirror is conceived in a refined Neoclassical, Louis XVI Revival idiom, combining crisp architectural geometry with delicate,...
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique French Louis XVI Gilded Trumeau with Cameo
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI gilded trumeau with cameo is a remarkable work of art that serves the dual purpose of reflecting ambient light! An understated elegance is defined by the cla...
Mirror, Giltwood
Rare French Antique Trumeau Mirror Louis XVI Style Romantic Painting, circa 1930
Located in Paris, FR
Rare French giltwood trumeau mirror, circa 1930, in the Louis XVI style with a painting of a romantic genre scene (oil on canvas) in the manne...
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint, Canvas
$6,300
Louis XVI Style Trumeau
Located in Vista, CA
Wood Frame, Gesso Design Motif.
Gesso, Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Gilded Mantel Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Gilded Mantel Mirror is a testament to the master craftsmen of France, who have been leaders in the production of mirrors for centuries! This example f...
Mirror, Giltwood
Italian Hand Painted Giltwood Frame Louis XVI Style Wall Mirror
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Introduce timeless elegance to your space with our Exquisite Antique Italian Hand-Painted Giltwood Frame Louis XVI Style Wall Mirror. This captivating piece is a testament to the art...
Mirror, Giltwood
Louis XVI Style, Large Wall Mirror, Giltwood, Glass, Europe, 1950s
Located in Stamford, CT
Giltwood over the mantel mirror. This theatrical wall or console mirror is simply stunning and certain to add a fine reflection to any home set...
Giltwood, Mirror
19th Century French Neoclassical Painted Trumeau, ca. 1860
Located in Dallas, TX
A wonderful example of a decorative element popular in France for over 400 years, this 19th Century French Neoclassical Painted Trumeau features an embossed design atop the mirror, w...
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Louis XVI French Painted Trumeau
Located in Dallas, TX
Here is a gorgeous 19th century Country French painted Louis XVI style Trumeau mirror boasting its original patina grey painted finish which has acquired a wonderful patina over the ...
Mirror, Wood
19th Century French Gilt Wood Miroir Signed by Bertrand Montluçon, Louis XVI
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French gilt wood miroir signed by Bertrand Montluçon, Louis XVI France, circa 1870 107/67 ??.
Giltwood
Large French 19th Century Overmantel
Located in London, GB
A large French overmantel gilt gesso mirror with an arched scroll pediment. The frame is decorated with bound laurel and rope twist mouldings, edged with fine beading. There is a fra...
Gesso, Giltwood
Large 18th Century Italian Rope & Tassels Decoration Carved Giltwood Mirror
Located in Berlin, DE
Large 18th Century Italian Rope & Tassels Decoration Carved Giltwood Mirror A large and excellently carved and 18th century giltwood mirror with a shaped arched plate within a m...
Wood