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.
$2,820Sale Price|40% Off
1790, French Louis XVI Cabinet – Mahogany Veneer with Brass Inlays
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Elegant Louis XVI style cabinet from France, crafted in mahogany veneer with refined brass inlays. The cabinet features two paneled doors and three drawers, all adorned with brass de...
Brass, Steel
Austria Louis XVI Armoire from, circa 1780
Located in Kastrup, DK
The two-door armoire or wardrobe has a cherry wood veneer with walnut fluting. Pierce-carved crown with dentil molding. Canted corners adorned with emerald green Egyptian caryatid pi...
Cherry, Walnut
18th Century Country French Painted Buffet a Deux Corps
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Country French Painted Buffet a Deux Corps is a wonderfully preserved historically significant piece that is destined to enth...
Oak
19th Century Ormolu and Specimen Wood Pedestal after Riesener
By E. Kahn, Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in London, GB
A Pedestal by E. Kahn of Paris After a model by Jean-Henri Riesener Constructed in the Neo-Classical manner in fine specimen woods and high quality ormolu work; the incurved base, ...
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
$4,989Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Small Cupboard Library Baltic Mahogany Brass 1780
Located in Epfach, DE
Fancy cupboard with special charisma due to the beautiful articulation and brass inlays. The elegant size as well as the small depth let it als appear elegant as a bibliotheque , cab...
Wood
19th Century Italian Sideboard Credenza, display cabinet , Walnut wax polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1880s very important Italian credenza sideboard con display cabinet , in walnut , with gendarme hat, classic of the time. This furniture has become very rare and precious. Measures...
Walnut
Superb French Breche D Violette Marble Brass Bronze Mounted Vitrine
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exceptional French bronze-mounted vitrine cabinet, crowned with a richly veined (often referred to as Brèche de Violette) marble top, is a striking example of refined European ...
Breccia Marble, Brass, Bronze
French 19th Century Vernis Martin Cabinet with Ormolu Mounts
Located in London, GB
A Vernis Martin cabinet in the Louis XVI manner Constructed in mahogany, with extensive ormolu mounts; the square rectangular tapering legs, d...
Ormolu
Louis XVI Style Cabinet or Small Cupboard with Marble Top, Bronze Gallery
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Louis XVI Style versatile cabinet or small cubboard with marble top and bronze gallery. Rectangular white marble top with rounded corners surrounded by a bronze pierced gallery. The ...
Marble, Bronze
$3,984Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century French Louis XVI China Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI China Buffet in Solid Oak represents the refined neoclassical architecture that remained so beloved in France during the late 19th century. Hand-crafte...
Brass
Floral Marquetry Two-Door Cabinet with Carrera Marble Top
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century floral marquetry two-door cabinet with Carrera marble top and gilt bronze mounts, French, circa 1880.
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Louis XVI Library Cabinet, 18th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb and rare small Louis XVI mahogany library cabinet from the 18th century Very beautiful little piece which is decorated in the upper part with fake books...
Mahogany
$24,226Sale Price|20% Off
Howard & Sons Fine Inlaid Marble Top Side Cabinet Exhibition Quality
Located in Dereham, GB
Exceptional quality Victorian satinwood inlaid marble top side cabinet with floral painted centre panel, stamped on top of door Howard & Sons Berners St with numbers 15728 5113. The...
Satinwood
$2,753Sale Price / set|20% Off
Italian Polychromed Drum Cupboards, Louis XVI Style, 18th Century
Located in Buxton, GB
This exceptional pair of Italian Polychromed drum cupboards from the 18th century that exude elegance and grandeur. The design and craftsmanship of these Cupboards are a testament to...
Wood
$22,500
Louis XVI Green Armoire
Located in Washington, DC
A beautifully painted grey, Louis XVI armoire from either times Provence or Auvergne, French, late 18th century.
Wood
$10,500
Buffet A Deux Corps
Located in Washington, DC
Louis XVI painted greyish/green buffet a deux corps
Wood, Paint
Pair of French 19th Century Floral Marquetry Side Cabinets with Marble Tops
Located in London, GB
Constructed in kingwood, with gilt bronze mounts; rising from bracket feet, the cabinets, a true left and right pair, have central doors dressed with well executed floral marquetry p...
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
French Bronze and Leather Desk Cartioner
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French bronze and leather desk Cartioner, hardwood and Kingwood with bronze gallery, the lower case fitted with four 6" x 4" H x 9" D boxes, and two centre 12" x 4" H x 9" D boxes.
Bronze
French Louis XVI style Ebonized & Bronze Cabinet w/ Porcelain Plaques Att Roulin
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exceptional French ebonized cabinet is finely mounted with gilt bronze and features a central hand-painted porcelain plaque attributed to Victor Roulin, one of the most skilled ...
Bronze
Louis XVI Style Commode Bronze Ormolu-Mounted Vitrine Buffet Sideboard Inlay
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Louis XVI Style Commode Bronze Ormolu-Mounted Vitrine Buffet Sideboard. Marble top two part French cabinet Curved beveled glass vitrine. Outstanding inlay work. C.1920s piece in mint...
Walnut
Louis XVI Style Half Moon Buffet Sideboard, Dry Bar, Detailed Wood Grain, c.1900
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant, with tons of storage! Early 20th century (circa 1900) Louis XVI style demilune / half moon "buffet à deux corps" or "buffet in two parts," cl...
Brass, Bronze
French Salon Vitrine in Antique Louis XVI Classicist Style Hand crafted
Located in Berlin, DE
Solid beechwood colored hand painted. Oval one- drawered combered and four-sided glassed body on high, brass-painted four edged legs, ending in sabots. Border and cornicing with fine...
Beech
19th Century French Cupboard with Dish Rack or Vaiselier in Oak
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A lovely early 19th century country French buffet in oak with open dish rack above cabinet housing two drawers and two doors with interior shelves. With mort...
Oak
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Secretaire Cupboard
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A superb quality late 18th century Georgian mahogany secretaire cupboard having well figured and banded top over one secretaire drawer to frieze, enclosing attractive satinwood in...
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Mahogany Small Cupboard
Located in Brecht, BE
Unusual and quirky small sunkissed mahogany cupboard, made by cabinetmakers Spillman and Co from London, Britain at its best. Ideal as bedside table or cabinet. Great color !
Mahogany
French Pine Buffet a Deux Corps, C. 1800
Located in Doylestown, PA
A nicely carved French buffet a deux corps in pine, from the Normandy region circa 1800, carved with floral motifs, wire grill doors in the upper cabinet and the interior lined with ...
Pine
Late 19th Century Chinoiserie Display Cabinet
Located in Pomona, CA
Late 19th century English chinoiserie decorated display cabinet. The hinged top opens to reveal a remote document storage.
Glass, Wood
French Kingwood 19th Century Display Cabinet
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century French Louis XVI style Kingwood vitrine, having gilded ormolu mounts, serpentine fronted with shaped glass panels, glass shelves within, foliate marq...
Ormolu
$2,965
H 37.75 in W 65.75 in D 25.25 in
Antique French Regency Louis XVI Style Carved Mahogany Sideboard or Bar Cabinet
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique French Regency Louis XVI style bow front sideboard, buffet, or bar cabinet In the manner of John Widdicomb USA, Circa 1920s Carved mahogany, with original...
Brass
Large 18th Century Swedish Cupboard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A beautiful 18th Century period Swedish cupboard with lovely old worn paint. Circa 1750. Made from heavy Nordic pine which is in very good solid condition ready to use. Separates in...
Pine
$6,890
H 93.25 in W 59 in D 24.25 in
19th Century French Renaissance-Style Buffet a Deux Corps in Walnut
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A Belle Époque French buffet a deux corps in a medium, brown-colored walnut. This very beautiful Renaissance-style buffet features exceptional carvings of urns, flowers & foliage tha...
Brass
Antique Pine Vertiko Cabinet Late 19th Century Solid Wood Cupboard
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This beautiful antique Vertiko cabinet dates to the 1890s and is crafted from solid pine wood with a warm natural finish that highlights its rich grain...
Wood, Pine
Louis XVI Ebonized Buffet with Marble & Gilt Brass, France, 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Buffet from France in the Louis XVI style. This piece is made of solid wood construction; primarily mahogany. It has been fully ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish. T...
Marble, Brass
A 19th Century Swedish Painted Armoire - Cupboard
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
An extraordinary early 19th century Swedish cupboard. Demonstrating a particularly striking and unusually exaggerated arched pediment sha...
Pine
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H 34.88 in W 38 in D 20.63 in
Flint & Horner Antique French Regency Louis XVI Burled Walnut Buffet Server
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique French Regency Louis XVI style buffet server or bar cabinet By Flint & Horner USA, Circa 1930s Beautiful book-matched burled walnut, with original brass hardwar...
Brass
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H 66.93 in W 57.09 in D 20.48 in
19th Century French Hand Carved Painted in Green Two Stories Cupboard Louis XVI
Located in Sofia, BG
19th Century French cupboard made of solid wood. It is beautifully hand carved and than hand painted in light green with gilt wood decoration. The piece has two parts with shelfs and...
Wood
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H 73 in W 40 in D 17 in
Exceptional Louis XVI Style French 19th C Ormolu Mounted Vernis Martin Vitrin
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Louis XVI style French 19th century ormolu mounted Vernis Martin Vitrin on a commode with hand painted Vateaux scenes. The bronze castings are of the finest quality.
Bronze
18th Century Cherry Enfilade
Located in High Point, NC
18th century cherry enfilade from France. The top is banded and follows down to a molded apron which contains three drawers in the front over three...
Cherry
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H 70 in W 48 in D 18 in
French Figural Bronze Mounted Collectors Cabinet Vitrine Manner Adam Weisweiler
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This French figural bronze mounted collector’s cabinet vitrine in the manner of Adam Weisweiler is an exceptional example of late 19th to early 20th ce...
Bronze
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H 43.31 in W 36.62 in D 16.54 in
19th Century Louis XVI Style Side Cabinet, Rosewood, Firegilt Bronze, Marquetry
Located in Greven, DE
Magnificent side cabinet in Louis XVI style Paris Rosewood, bronze, marble Louis XVI style around 1880 Dimensions: H x W x D: 110 x 93 x 42 cm Description: Single door ca...
Marble, Bronze
Louis Seize Corner Cupboards, France End of 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of single door Louis Seize corner cabinets on conical legs with brass sabots and original gray marble tops. Framing fillet bands of var...
Marble, Brass
Painted Italian 18th Century Cupboard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Painted 18th century Italian cupboard. The cupboard retains its original paintwork, has a moulded cornice above a pair of doors. Featu...
Wood, Paint
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H 72.84 in W 28.35 in D 16.54 in
Elegant French Showcase antique Louis XVI Age 20th Century Beech Black / Gold
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century elegant French Louis XVI style display case, black/gold beech Solid beech wood, frame in black/gold and partially gilded. Upright rectangular, three-sided facet-cut glaz...
Wood
Grand 19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut China Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand 19th century French Louis XVI walnut China buffet is a stunning testament to the majesty of masterworks of the cabinetmaker's art that emanated from France during the period! M...
Brass
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Rustic Painted Cabinet
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An early-19th century rustic carved French two-door cabinet with a later painted and distressed / waxed finish. Large drawer to base with carved medallion detail.
Beech
Antique Louis Style Buffet, France, circa 1880
Located in Chorzów, PL
Buffet, France, circa 1880. Very good condition. Wood: walnut.
Walnut