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.
Louis XVI Style Carved Wooden Demilune Console Table
Located in Redding, CT
Louis XVI Style Carved Wooden Demilune Console Table. Most likely Italian but no marks. This Louis XVI style demilune will add color and style to any entryway or hallway . The carve...
Wood, Paint
French Louis XVI Style Carved Demilune Console
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite French Louis XVI style demilune-console from the 1800s. This impressive little console has its original hand-cut red marble top, shaped to the contours of the wood frame tha...
Marble
$1,317Sale Price|20% Off
French Demilune Hand Painted White Wooden Console with White Marble Top
Located in London, GB
A very pretty French 19th century original hand painted wooden demilune with original marble top. The paintwork is original and has a distressed look but this only adds to the beauty.
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI Pair of Mahogany Demilune Side Tables
Located in Carmine, TX
An elegant pair of 19th-century French Louis XVI demi-lune side tables, crafted in richly figured mahogany with beautiful satinwood banding and decorative inlaid accents. Each table ...
Brass, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Marble Top Hall Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Louis XVI style hall table. Demilune shaped Arabescato rosso marble forms the top, with a rounded serpentine edge. The skirt is carved with simple rosettes and floral swags. Fluted...
Marble
French Demilune Dessert Console with Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine Louis XVI style mahogany console dessértes, having a pierced 3/4 quarter gallery and white marble top, above a single frieze drawer and two smaller drawers, all trimmed with c...
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Painted Demilune Console Tables with Marble Tops
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XVI style demi-lune console tables from the 19th century with white veined marble tops, carved aprons, fluted legs and arching cross-stretcher. This exquisite ...
Marble
18th Century Italian Demilune Console with Marbleize Top in Robin's Egg Blue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Demilune console, having a molded top, faux painted in robin's egg blue, its pierced, guilloche apron framed by rosette-blocks, raised on four, foliate-headed, round, tapering, and f...
Wood, Giltwood
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Gorgeous inlaid French Louis XVI Style Satinwood Demilune Console Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This gorgeous inlaid French Louis XVI style satinwood demilune console table is a refined masterpiece that exemplifies neoclassical elegance and timeless sophistication. Designed in ...
Rosewood, Satinwood
Pair of Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Period Cherry Wood Demilune Consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI period cherrywood demilune freestanding consoles, circa 1780. Each console is raised on slender tapered legs below the rounded p...
Carrara Marble
$11,600Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Style Ebony and Giltwood Marble Top Consoles
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite pair of antique French Louis XVI style giltwood and painted demilune console tables. Each features a shaped top of variegated red and ochre marble, cut to follow the sem...
Ebony, Giltwood
$3,880Sale Price|20% Off
Stunning Louis XVI Style French Mahogany Demilune Console Table
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Exquisite French Louis XVI-style flamed mahogany demi-lune console table. One dovetailed drawer with lovely bakelite and brass pulls. The elegant tapered ebonized legs have lovely ha...
Brass
Early 19th C. Italian Gilt & Carved-Wood Demi Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian early 19th century marble-top console table. This beautiful giltwood console table with white marble top features a nicely carved apron with hanging floral swags and guill...
Marble
19th Century Louis XVI Style French Demilune Console Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century Louis XVI style French marble top demilune console table made of solid mahogany with brass trim and sabots. Original gray St. Anne marble top. Large dovetailed drawer ...
Marble, Brass
19th Century Louis XVI Console Desserte
Located in Essex, MA
Wonderful Louis XVI mahogany and marble top console desserte. Original marble and ormolu mounts. Cabinet door.
Marble
$15,031Sale Price|20% Off
Italian 18th Century Demilune Ivory Painted Console Table Louis XVI Period
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian demi-lune carved and ivory painted console table on fluted tapering legs with a Marble top in "breccia Africano". Italia, Piemonte, 1...
Wood
18th Century Louis XVI Console Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th Century Carved and Gilded Demilune Console
Louis XVI Style Mahogany Convertible Demilune Table with Brass Trim
Located in Queens, NY
Louis XVI style (19th century) mahogany demilune console table with a fold-open circular top, brass trim detail, and five tapered fluted legs ending in brass end caps.
Brass
$11,500Sale Price|45% Off
French Louis XVI Period Console Table with Breccia Marble Top
Located in Pembroke, MA
French, Louis XVI period demilune form giltwood console table with delicately pierced freize, fluted legs and ribbon, beading, acanthus leaf, sunflower and other neoclassical detaili...
Marble
Fine Italian 18th Century Marquetry Console Table
Located in Rome, IT
A Fine Italian 18'century marquetry Demi-lune Console Table with Siena Marble Top . Sicily, second half of the 18'century.
Wood
Louis XVI Style Revival Demi-lune Game Table with Brown Leather fold-open Top
Located in Lomita, CA
The sophisticated marquetry design, the French silhouette, and the general condition are standout features of this Louis XVI revival midcentury demi-lune table that make it worth col...
Fruitwood, Walnut
$15,031Sale Price|20% Off
Italian 18th Century Demilune Ivory Painted Console Table Louis XVI Period
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian demilune carved and ivory painted console table on fluted tapering legs with a Marble top in "breccia Africano". Italia, Piemonte, 1780.
Wood
$15,031Sale Price|20% Off
Italian 18th Century Demilune Ivory Painted Console Table Louis XVI Period
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian demilune carved and ivory painted console table on fluted tapering legs with a Marble top in "breccia Africano". Italia, Piemonte, 1780.
Wood
Louis XVI Style Demilune Console French
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis XVI style rouge marble-top demilune table with acanthus leaf carved apron standing on stop fluted legs, French, circa 1880.
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Walnut and Marble Demilune Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI style walnut and white Carrara marble demi-lune console. The freestanding console is raised by slender tapered fluted legs with fine topie sh...
Carrara Marble
Italian Pair of Demi Lune Side Tables Reproduction in Stock
Located in Encinitas, CA
This Demi Lune set, is hand carved and hand painted by master Italian craftsman, to give the furniture and unique unparallled appeal. The top, tapered legs and frame are made of sol...
Poplar
Italian 18th Century Demilune Ivory Painted Console Table Louis XVI Period
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian demi-lune carved and ivory painted console table on fluted tapering legs with a Marble top in "breccia Africano". Italia, Piemonte, 1780.
Wood
$7,633Sale Price|23% Off
Louis Seize Demilune Table by J.-J. Chapuis, Belgium, Late 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Demilune table by Jean-Joseph Chapuis on tapered legs with sickle-shaped brass inlays and a very beautiful mahogany veneer. The rear leg can be pulled out and is stamped "Chapuis". T...
Mahogany
$16,910Sale Price|20% Off
Elegant Italian 18th Century Marquetry Console Table
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing Italian 18th century marquetry demilune console table with Siena marble top. Sicily, second half of the 18th century.
Wood
Fine 19th Century French Mahogany Demi-Lune by Antoine Krieger
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century mahogany and gilt bronze mounted demi-lune signed Antoine Krieger. Original marble top.
Mahogany
French Demi Lune Table with decorative paint
Located in Washington, DC
Fresh decorative paint added to the Demi Lune in the style of Louis XVI table. Some Gilt paint on this piece as well.
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique French Louis XVI Silver Gilt Console
Located in Dallas, TX
Superb 19th century French Louis XVI style silver gilt carved wood console table with a fine quality shaped marble top. The frieze nicely carved and centred by leaf accents. The ...
Marble
Elegant Louis XVI-Style Demi-Lune Console - France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant demi-lune console of Louis XVI style in a light grey-green, with tapering legs and a reeded front. The top is bears its original worn patina.
Louis XVI Style Demilune Console
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Louis XVI style giltwood demilune console, grey granite polished top resting on highly decorative carved and pierced apron with floral motifs.
Wood
Louis XVI Style Painted Console Table
Located in Vista, CA
Louis XVI style console table with marble top.
Wood
Grey and White Marble Tabletop
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Marble Top From Louis XVI Cabinet. Top only. Marble-Top is Honed, in "Gris St. Anne" Dark Grey With White Veining. Backside is Straight, Front Side Has Large Rounded Corners ...
Marble
Pair of Italian 18th Century Louis XVI Period Demi Lune Walnut Consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI period demi-lune walnut consoles. These unique consoles may be placed together converting them into a dining or center table. Each console ha...
Walnut