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.
18th Century Neapolitan Console Table
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century Neapolitan Console Table. Offered is an outstanding Italian Louis XVI painted and giltwood console table with fluted legs and a black marble top from the late 18th centu...
Marble
pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI Period Walnut and marble side tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most decorative pair of Italian early 18th century Louis XVI Period Walnut, Fruitwood, Charmwood and marble commodes/side tables. Each most decorative chest is raised ...
Marble
19th Century French Gueridon Table, Bleached Mahogany & Marble Top
Located in Arundel, GB
A 19th C French Gueridon, centre table. Bleached mahogany veneer with lion paw feet and a faceted pedestal, topped with a grey marble.
Marble
An Italian late 18th century Louis XVI Period patinated, Giltwood and marble con
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most colorful Italian late 18th century Louis XVI Period patinated, Giltwood and marble console. This wonderful freestanding console is raised by four circular tapered...
Marble
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu & Brocatelle Marble Gueridon Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Brocatelle marble gueridon side table. The table is raised by three beautiful lightly curved legs with ric...
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of Antique French Louis XVI Ormolu Mt Mahogany Marble Top Console Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Superb Antique French Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Marble Top Single drawer double tier Console Tables. This pair of superb and very unusual antique French Louis XVI c...
Marble, Ormolu
$1,026Sale Price|25% Off
20th Century French Console Table Hand Carved and Painted in Louise XVI Style
Located in Sofia, BG
French wooden hand painted console table with cognac velvet top. The table is hand carved with typical details for Louise XVI style like the gilt wood ribbons at the front and the fl...
Wood
Louis XVI Style Bronze Mounted Center or Dining Table, Plum Pudding Veneer
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XVI Style Bronze Mounted Center or Dining Table, Plum Pudding Veneer Louis XVI style magnificently bronze mounted plum pudding veneer Centre or Dining Table having three insertable 19.5" leaves. This fine center or dining table has a stunning plum pudding table...
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Marble Top Nightstand or Side Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Louis XVI style marble top nightstand, or side table, made of veneers of mahogany with solid oak as a secondary wood. Three dovetailed drawers with bronze trim ...
Marble, Brass, Bronze
$1,966Sale Price|25% Off
Late 19th Century French Mahogany Side Table with Marble Top Plate
Located in Sofia, BG
French side table in white marble plate square top and gallery, the four tapered and fluted uprights joined by a crotch shelf and finished with div...
Mahogany
French 20th Century Louis XVI Style Bouillotte Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant French bouillotte table, crafted in the early 20th century, embodies the timeless sophistication of the Louis XVI style. Featuring a round marble top with soft veining, ...
Marble, Brass
$3,500Sale Price|32% Off
18th century Louis XVI Dressing Table
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI dressing table, France 1780. For the beautiful marquetry, the maker combined two types of veneer: Walnut and kingwood. The dressing...
Kingwood, Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Fruitwood Tray-Top Side Table
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique French fruitwood server / drinks table with beautifully aged warm patina. Born in France in the 19th century, hand-crafted...
Metal, Brass
Pair of Italian 18th Century Louis XV Period Wall-Mounted Consoles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and most decorative true pair of Italian 18th century Louis XV period patinated and marble wall mounted consoles from Tuscany. Each console is raised by striking scroll...
Marble
End Table Mahogany and Ormolu Bronze, Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unsual mahogany and bronze end table louis XVI style of high quality,the belt is decorated with finely chiseled bronze .the legs are trimmed...
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Oval Marble Top Wood Base Louis XVI Revival Style Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Vintage decorative marble top table in the manner of Louis XVI, circa 1950/60's. The stand features a thick oval marble top, supported by a one drawer wood base. Probably made in Ita...
Marble, Silver Plate
Antique French Louis XVI Round Mahogany End Table with Carrara Marble
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Round Mahogany End Table with Carrara Marble will make the perfect accompaniment to any seating group! Crafted from imported mahogany ~ considered one of th...
Carrara Marble, Brass
French 19th Century Louis XVI-Style Gueridon
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This lovely, mahogany gueridon is from France and features a Breche d’Alep marble top with brass gallery, over an apron outfitted with two locking drawers operated by a single key. T...
Mahogany
Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Burled Walnut and Brass Tea Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis XVI style nightstand, tea table, or occasional side table By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1960s Carved walnut, with stunning book-matched burled waln...
Brass
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Maison Jansen Louis XV Style Steel and Brass Coffee Table, C1950
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This elegant Maison Jansen Louis XV style coffee table, crafted circa 1950, is a striking example of mid-20th-century Parisian design. Known for their refined and luxurious creations...
Brass, Steel
French Louis XVI Bureau a Cylindre, Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in Houston, TX
19th century desk with a Cylindre roll top opening to a leather top that pulls out for ease In use. Gilt bronze mounts with floral gilt center decoration with wreath. Square tapered...
Mahogany
$7,670Sale Price|20% Off
French Giltwood Louis XVI Style Console Table with Marble Top, Neoclassical
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French giltwood Louis XVI style console table with marble op, neoclassical Late 18th century French antique Louis XVI style giltwood console table. Very fine 18th century highly ele...
Marble
Grey Marble Pedestal with Gilt Bronze in a Louis XVI Style
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A wonderful gilt-bronze mounted pedestal, hand carved from beautiful grey-veined marble, and ideal for the display of a large and valued indoor plant or piece of sculpture. This deco...
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XVI-Style Mahogany Bouillotte Table with Carrara Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant Louis XVI-style bouillotte table from France, dating to the late 19th century, finely crafted in mahogany with refined neoclassical detailing. The circular apron is fitted...
Carrara Marble
Italian Modern Neoclassical Style Bronze Table
By Romeo Rega, Maison Jansen, Maison Baguès
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
19th French Century Ivory Painted Center Table with a Marble Top
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant French 19th century finely carved and ivory painted center table with breche marble top.
Wood
$1,736Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Antique Walnut Table in the Style of Adam Weisweiler
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning Antique Hand-Crafted 19th Century Carved Museum Walnut Table In The Style of Adam Weisweiler Louis XVI With A Vitruvian Frieze Table is centred on a panelled oblong table...
Walnut
Oval Marquetry Side Table with Drawer, Early 20th Century
Located in BÉTERA, ES
Elegant oval side table crafted in wood and richly decorated with fine marquetry, inspired by the Louis XVI style. The tabletop features an intricate inlaid pattern combining floral ...
Brass
Writing Desk, Small Louis XVI-style Desk in Wood and Gilded Bronze.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Writing desk, small Louis XVI-style desk in marquetry and gilded bronze. Small Louis XVI-style writing desk, early 20th century, in marquetry and gilded bronze. H: 70 cm, W: 54 cm, ...
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Desserte Console
Located in Nashville, TN
An unusual Desserte console in what may be the fabled plum pudding mahogany. Locks stamped ‘Paris’ ( see photo ) . The galleried top encasing a grey veined white marble top ( no cra...
Marble
Pair of 18th Century French Louis XVI Carved Wood Column Pedestals
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 18th century French Louis XVI carved wood column pedestals. This gorgeous pair of carved wood with gesso Neoclassical style fluted columns or pedestals are great stand alone ...
Wood
A Fine French 1940s Louis XVI Style Cherrywood Desk
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Neoclassical cherry writing table in the style of Louis XVI with one drawer, bronze pull and sabots, and a leather top.
Bronze
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bouillotte Table
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Bouillotte Table. This gorgeous antique French Louis XVI style bouillote table with a bronze gallery and two pull out shelves and two drawers. Thi...
Marble
Louis XVI Style Games Table
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Louis XVI style tulip wood, birch and king wood fold over games table, circa 1930's. The top with a central star inlay, aprons with tulip wood panels framed with birch string inlay s...
Felt, Birch, Kingwood, Tulipwood
True Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant and high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style patinated bronze, ormolu and white Carrara marble lamps. Each lamp is raised by a square base with co...
Carrara Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Early 19thC French Louis XVI Style Creme Peinte Giltwood Marble Top Console
Located in Houston, TX
A sophisticated early 19th-century French "Demi-Lune" console table with both Neoclassical and Louis XVI influences, features an elegant architectural silhouette with a richly layere...
Marble
Gustavian Louis XVI Style, White Painted Console Table, France, Marble
Located in Stamford, CT
Gustavian Louis XVI Style, White Painted Console Table, France, Marble A Gustavian monumental console table or sideboard produced in the first quarter of the 20th century in Paris, ...
Marble
19th Century French Neoclassical Louis XVI Walnut Extendable Dining Table
Located in Astoria, NY
Mid-19th century French extendable dining table in the Neoclassical Louis XVI style, sourced from Provence, France. Hand-crafted from solid walnut, the table presents a rectangular f...
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany Leather Top Bureau Plat
Located in Forney, TX
An antique Louis XVI style writing desk with beautiful patina. Hand crafted in France in the early 20th century, featuring a rich mahogany finish adorned with gilt bronze ormolu moun...
Bronze, Ormolu
French Painted & Carved Floral Dressing Table, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
French hand painted flip top dressing table with floral paintings , ebonized string inlay, foliage border with swags, connecting cross stretchers , and terminating on tampered splay...
Paint, Wood
Pair French Console Tables Louis XVI Side Table
Located in Potters Bar, GB
A superb pair of antique French gilt-mounted console tables in the Louis XVI style, crafted in finely figured mahogany with elegant neoclassical detailing throughout The shaped demi-...
Mahogany, Satinwood
Neoclassical Vanity, Germany 1780
Located in Leimen, DE
Neoclassical Vanity, South Germany 1780 Elegant Neoclassical vanity from South Germany, circa 1780, crafted in fine cherry veneer with exquisite geometric inlays. The central flap op...
Fruitwood, Walnut
Louis XVI Rolltop Desk, France 1780, Mahogany
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI Rolltop or cylinder desk, France, 1780. This original Louis XVI cylinder desk has an elegant mahogany veneer with satinwood inlays. I...
Mahogany, Satinwood
$8,895 / set
Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Walnut Consoles
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A handsome pair of Louis XVI console tables, from 1800s France, crafted from solid walnut. The planks of the top are arranged with breadboard sides and routed by a low groove along t...
Iron
19th Century French Boulle Card Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
19th century French Louis XVI style Boulle inlaid, ormolu-mounted card table, serpentine in shape, having classical scrolling brass inlaid decoration to the top, opening to reveal a ...
Brass
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Walnut Demilune Commode or Table Chiffonière
Located in Berlin, DE
Late 18th Century Louis XVI walnut demilune commode or table chiffonière A demilune or semi-ellyptical commode with a straight front and curved sides: The commode is raised by fou...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble Top Marquetry Bouillotte Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive 19th century French bouillotte table or games table crafted in the grand Louis XVI taste. The round table features a rare Turquin-Incarnat marble top inset in a fantastic...
Marble, Brass
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany Desk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, Tulipwood, Charmwood, and ormolu desk. The five drawer desk is raised by slender square tapered legs with fine...
Ormolu
Vintage French Louis XVI Style Bronze Rams Head Ormolu 3 Tier Round Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XVI Style Bronze Rams Head Hoof Foot Ormolu 3 Tier Round Side Table with Marquetry Inlay. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 29" H x 15.75" W x 15.75" D.
Bronze
French Louis XVI Period 1790s Farm Table with Sliding Panels and Carved Heart
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI period wooden farm table from the late 18th century, with sliding panels, carved heart, turned legs and H-Form cross stretcher. Created in France during the last q...
Wood
$5,877 / item
Louis XVI Parquetry Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Louis XVI Parquetry console table. A burl lattice parquetry, brass mounted console table having a pierced brass gallery to the top and lower shelf,...
Wood
$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
$4,550Sale Price|30% Off
Giltwood carved console Louis XVI with rose and gray veined marble
Located in Houston, TX
The extra fine carving in this piece makes it very desirable. The front is carved with the Torch and quiver and drape designs with tassels. The legs are carved and in a graceful Cur...
Marble
Antique French Continental Bronze Ormolu Mounted Boulle Style Desk/Center Table
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This magnificent 19th-century French Continental Boulle Desk / Center Table is a masterpiece of luxurious craftsmanship and timeless European elegance. Featuring an ebonized wood fin...
Bronze
Louis XVI Column Pedestal with a Red Veined Marble Top
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An imposing 19th century Louis XVI-style solid wooden pillar, perfect for displaying small sculptural works or even architectural houseplants. Sitting on a substantial, square-shaped...
Marble
Antique 19th Century Marie-Antoinette Commode Paris Fire-Gilt Bronze Mahogany
Located in Berlin, DE
From the most significant craftsmen of the 18th century, Joseph Stockel (1743–1802) and Guillaume Benemann (1750-1811) who received a commission from Lo...
Mahogany
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Corner Table
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and elegant antique French ormolu mounted corner table. This was made in France, it dates from around the 1900-1920 period. I...
Ormolu
Louis XVI Tulipwood Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive late 18th century French writing desk with a tooled black leather top, probably original, on a case with three drawers in f...
Tulipwood
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Gueridon in the Manner of Adam Weisweiler
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style gilt-bronze Gueridon in the manner of Adam Weisweiler. This fine gueridon has a rouge granite circular top above a laurel and ro...
Granite, Bronze
Louis XVI Style Tulipwood Console Desserte
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular blue turquin marble top with rounded ends over a conforming case with a drawer. Circular tapered legs with conforming lower shelf. Ending on sabot feet.
Marble, Brass