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.
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French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Corner Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
The cabinet features a beautifully shaped door centred by an elegant floral bouquet inlaid in contrasting veneers, demonstrating the remarkable craftsmanship associated with the fine...
Fruitwood, Rosewood
Early 20th Century Italian Venetian Painted Corner Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique Venetian encoignure, crafted in Italy circa 1920, is designed in a rounded triangular form to nest gracefully into a corner while offering both storage and refin...
Marble
18th Century Lacquered Wood Italian Louis XVI Corner Cabinet, 1780
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Piedmontese corner cabinet from the second half of the 18th century. Finely lacquered and painted Louis XVI furniture of beautiful lines and attractive furnishings. Double-bo...
Wood
18th Century Italian Painted Corner Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
18th century Italian painted corner cabinet. This stunning antique Italian two part corner cabinet, cupboard or duex corp with original painted finish is simply stunning. This Tusca...
Wood
19th Century Parisian Louis XVI Mahogany & Ormolu Corner Vitrine with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Paris, France circa 1880, this refined Louis XVI style "Encoignure", or corner vitrine, exemplifies the sophistication of 19th-century French cabinetry. Built of richly gr...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
18th Century Corner Cabinet with Glassdoors and Marquetry, circa 1770
Located in Greven, DE
Antique corner cabinet with display cabinet top and fine marquetry Southwest German Walnut, plum and others circa 1770 Dimensions: H x W x D: 207 x 90 x 58 cm, side depth: 59 cm D...
Walnut
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Corner Cabinet with Marquetry, Germany, circa 1790
Located in Greven, DE
Louis XVI corner cabinet with marquetry Southern Germany Walnut, maple Classicism around 1790 Dimensions: H x W x D: 222 x 98 x 55 cm, side depth: 66 cm Description: Slim and well...
Walnut
Pair of French 18th Century Louis XVI Corner Cabinets with Flower Marquetry
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An exceptional pair of Louis XVI period corner cabinets or encoignures with elaborate marquetry work. Each cabinet opens with a front door, revealing two shelves, on bracket feet. Be...
Marble
Period Louis XVI Small Marble Top Corner Cabinet
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine and small Enconignure (corner cabinet) is constructed of book-matched and quarter paneled Tulip-wood veneer bordered by marquetry line inlays and marquetry stop fluting at ...
Marble, Ormolu
An 18th Century Louis XVI Marquetry and Lacquer Corner Cabinet or 'Encognure'
Located in Berlin, DE
An elegant and very rare marquetry and black lacquer encoignure with a bowed front and one panel door decorated with a japanned panel of mountains and trees within a very fine marque...
Lacquer, Maple, Satinwood, Tulipwood
Pair of Louis XVI Marquetry Corner Cabinets in the Manner of Daniel Deloose
By Daniel Deloose
Located in Berlin, DE
An exceptional pair of corner cabinets or encoignures each with a marquetry top above canted corners simulating fluting, the panelled door with flowers in a vase made of precious woods i.e. burl ash, walnut, fruit woods, with pyrogravure and fruitwood stringing, opening to reveal one shelf, on bracket feet. Daniel Deloose, or de Loose, was an ébèniste of Flemish origin who received his maitrise in 1767, thanks to a special royal edict. He worked mainly in the Transitional and Louis XVI style, both with geometric parquetry and landscape marquetry. His designs often comprise a marquetry top instead of a marble top as it was generally expected of French case cabinets...
Wood
$17,500 / set
Beautiful Pair of Fine Encoinures by Eugene Durand
Rare Signed Millet Vernis Martin Paint Decorated French Louis XVI Corner Cabinet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Presenting a superb French Louis XVI–style paint-decorated corner cabinet signed Millet, a refined and beautifully crafted piece that perfectly embodies the elegance and artistry of ...
Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Marquetry Inlaid Encoignures by Paul Sormani, French, circa 1870
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and marquetry inlaid Encoignures by Paul Sormani. Stamped to the reverse of the bronze top rim's 'PS' for Paul Sormani. Each corner ...
Bronze
Pair Louis XVI Carved Wood and Faux Painted Angolier Corner Cabinets
Located in New York, NY
Pair Louis XVI carved wood and faux painted angolier corner cabinets. Large antique pair carved and faux painted bow front corner cabinets with pairs of keyed blonde wood painted doo...
Marble
$6,440Sale Price|26% Off
Louis XVI Corner Cabinet with Exceptional Marquetry, circa 1780
Located in Darmstadt, DE
An outstanding Louis XVI corner cabinet from around 1780, masterfully veneered in nutwood, maple and ebony on a solid oak corpus. The top is richly decorated with a fine marquetry sc...
Ebony, Oak, Maple, Nutwood
$5,611Sale Price|38% Off
Louis XVI Style Corner Cabinet from Paris by Hopilliart
Located in Darmstadt, DE
This French corner cabinet was made in Paris around 1880 in the refined Louis XVI style. The piece is crafted from walnut, fruitwood and beautifully figured root wood, arranged in an...
Marble
Louis XVI Period Corner Cabinet or Encoignure in Walnut with Curved Facade
Located in Pembroke, MA
An elegant Louis XVI period corner cabinet or armoire (in French, "encoignure") in walnut. The facade of the armoire is curved, with inset panels in the doors (circa 1780). Nicely ca...
Iron
French Louis XVI Style Walnut Corner Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
A French Louis XVI style country French walnut corner cabinet with chicken wire in the door. This beautiful cabinet as a wondeful patina and ...
Walnut
18th Century Antique Louis XVI Corner Cabinet Walnut Veneer, circa 1790
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare corner cupboard with beautiful walnut veneer. 2 Doors at the top and 2 doors at the bottom with a drawer in the middle.
Wood
18th Century Antique Louis XVI Corner Cabinet Walnut veneer circa 1790
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare corner cupboard with beautiful walnut veneer. 2 doors at the top and 2 doors at the bottom with a drawer in the middle.
Walnut
18th Century Antique Louis XVI Corner Cabinet Walnut veneer, circa 1790
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare corner cupboard with beautiful walnut veneer. 2 doors at the top and 2 doors at the bottom with a drawer in the middle.
Walnut
$14,505 / set
H 35.63 in W 28.35 in D 17.72 in
Pair of French 18th Century Louis XVI Corner Cabinets with Flower Marquetry
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An exceptional pair of Louis XVI period corner cabinets or encoignures with elaborate marquetry work. Each cabinet opens with a front door, revealing two shelves, on bracket feet. Be...
Marble
19th-C. French Corner Cabinet
Located in Ballard, CA
A single door painted French corner cabinet in the Louis XVI style. Made out of pine wood painted with light gray/blue and cream accents. Feature...
Iron
18th Century Chinoiserie Corner Cupboard
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George III mahogany, and later chinoiserie, corner cupboard. The front of the cupboard has two doors, each with three panels. Every panel is ornately decor...
Oak
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Marquetry Inlaid Corner Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
An Italian walnut corner cabinet, molded cornice, over triangular case, upper and lower cupboard doors with contrasting marquetry panels, opening to reveal shelved interior, rising o...
Walnut
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Painted Corner Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking late 18th-century Gustavian period corner cabinet from Sweden, featuring the classic neoclassical elegance of the era. Crafted in two parts, the cabinet showcases paneled ...
Pine
Early 19th Century Decorated Swedish Corner Cabinet
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare corner cabinet from northern Sweden made during the first years of the 19th century, 1810 to 1820. The cabinet is pine and made in two parts. It has the original decoration paint with the authentic patina of time. The paint is unusually intricate and varied with both floral motifs and marbling. That points to it being an expensive cabinet...
Pine
Antique 18th Century Oak Hanging Corner Cabinet
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 18th century oak hanging corner cabinet having a shaped moulded cornice above a mahogany freeze, one single shaped oak door cross banded in mahogany opening to reveal three o...
Oak
19th Century Swedish Corner Cupboard
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century Swedish two-part bowfronted 4 door corner cupboard with reeded panels. Dry scraped from most recent painted surface.
Wood, Pine, Paint
18th Century Federal Oak Corner Cabinet / Cupboard
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 18th Century Federal Oak Corner Cabinet / cupboard. Measures 26.75" in width, 14.75" in depth, 36.75" in height. Side is 17.5" in depth.
Oak
Period Louis XVI Small Marble Top Corner Cabinet
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine and small Enconignure (corner cabinet) is constructed of book-matched and quarter paneled Tulip-wood veneer bordered by marquetry line inlays and marquetry stop fluting at ...
Marble, Ormolu
$2,950
H 45 in W 36 in D 26.75 in
Italian Neoclassical Style 19th Century Marbleized Corner Cabinet with One Door
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian neoclassical style painted wood corner cabinet from the 19th century, with marbleized polychrome décor, single door, pilasters, gilded rosettes and rustic character. Creat...
Wood
$5,366
H 39.77 in W 24.81 in D 18.9 in
Antique French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Corner Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine quality 19th-century French Louis XVI style corner cabinet beautifully inlaid and mounted with gilt-bronze ormolu. The white marble top sits above a frieze inlaid with floral ...
Marble, Ormolu
Elegant Louis XVI Corner Cabinet in Oak
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI Corner Cabinet Crafted in Oak with Exceptional Cabinetmaking and Elegant Details This exquisite cabinet consists of two parts: a base and an upper section. The base featur...
Oak
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H 55.91 in W 20.08 in D 20.08 in
Antique Italian Inlay Walnut Wood Tall Bar Corner Cabinet Cupboard
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful and elegant Italian corner cabinet in walnut wood, with great decorative use of the veneer and geometric inlay decors on the top and central two doors and bottom drawer, completed by nice antique brass door...
Brass
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H 34 in W 19 in D 13.25 in
19th Century Italian Matched Kingwood Tulipwood Marble Top Corner Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
An elegant antique European encoignure (corner cupboard). circa 1830 Born in Italy in the first half of the 19th century, exquisitely hand-crafted in refined Louis XVI taste, solid ...
Marble
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H 31 in W 22.5 in D 14.5 in
19th Century French Louis XVI Marble Top Marquetry Walnut Corner Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique "Encoignure" (or corner cabinet), was created in France circa 1880. Built of walnut, the cupboard stands on short tapered legs ending with brass capped feet over...
Marble, Brass
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Corner Cabinet
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 18th century Louis XVI period encoigneur (corner cabinet), French. Walnut. Bowfront form. Extensive steel hardware. Bold escargot carved whorl feet. Shaped, molded doors, surmou...
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Marquetry Corner Cabinet
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Louis XVI style marquetry corner cabinet with inlaid veneers of mahogany, walnut and cherry. In two parts, the marble top demilune cabinet...
Marble, Brass
French Mahogany & Marble Corner Cabinet
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A fantastic demilune corner cabinet from France, circa 1920 to add a touch of stylish storage without taking up too much space. The shaped white marble top features a molded edge and...
Stone, Marble, Brass
Louis XVI Corner Cabinet, Denmark, c 1780
Located in Kastrup, DK
Louis XVI corner cabinet, made of oak in two parts. Upper cabinet with a straight front and a pair of doors with bars and original glass in the fields. Upper cabinet D: 57 cm, with...
Brass
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H 40 in W 30 in D 22 in
Vintage French Napoleon III Boulle Style Walnut & Marble Ormolu Corner Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
An exquisite French Boulle style corner cupboard in the manner of Napoleon III and Louis XVI, circa second half 20th century. Made from walnut with a green marble top over drawer and...
Marble
Antique Louis XVI Style Corner Cabinet
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Antique Louis XVI style corner cabinet, circa 1900. Musical trophy inlaid front door, floral marquetry inlaid top and a reticulated brass gallery on the top.
Brass
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H 35.25 in W 23.5 in D 16.5 in
19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany Bombe Corner Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique corner cabinet was created in France circa 1880. Built of mahogany wood, the cupboard stands on short tapered legs ending with brass capped feet over a scalloped...
Marble, Brass
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H 33.86 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
19th Century French Directoire Carved Turned Columns Devil Face Corner Cabinet
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful French directoire corner cabinet, dated late 18th to early 19th century in great walnut wood, with the two typical side columns, magnificent gothic renaissance devil...
Wood