Style > Louis XIV
Louis XIV
From the second half of the 17th century to 1715.
The Sun King made France into the wealthiest and most powerful country of Europe. The Chateau of Versailles established French classicism and gave birth to a National School of Art, which dominated Europe for the next hundred years. The Louis XIV style can be summed up in three words:
Majesty: a tendency towards luxury, the monumental and the grandiose, with a wealth of sculpture and gilding;
Balance: a quest for symmetry and perfection that gave a strong sense of order, formality and classicism;
Originality: new decorative motifs, new canons of beauty and architectural rules.
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Parquet flooring in oak with some inlays in mahogany.
Width : 1' 2'' ⅛ 36cm Height : 1' 2'' ⅛ 36cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Pair of gilded wrought iron gates from the 18th century with a baluster in the Louis XIV style.
Width : 5' 5'' ⅜ 166cm Height : 3' '' ⅝ 93cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Elegant refined Bolection mantel in the Louis XIV style. The hearth opening with an arched top is framed by a continuous rounded molding. The spandrels are soberly carved with protruding panels and the top s…
Width : 4' '' ⅜ 123cm Height : 3' 5'' 104cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Width : 5' '' ¼ 153cm Height : 5' 11'' ⅝ 182cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Fountain made of stone from Saint-Maximin, representing a conch blowing putto triton sitting on a stone. His wavy hair and pudgy features, the shape of his fish tail legs are typical of Louis XIV style fount…
Width : 1' 3'' ¾ 40cm Height : 3' 4'' ½ 103cm
Stock venue : Paul Bert
Large powerful Louis XIV style Bolection mantel with an overmantel adorned with a central cartouche.
Width : 5' 7'' ⅜ 171cm Height : 5' 4'' ⅛ 163cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Width : 4' 5'' ⅛ 135cm Height : 3' 7'' ¼ 110cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Beautiful cast iron fireback form 1727 representing a marquis crown supported by two unicorns flanking a shield framed by curves and bearing unidentified arms: above left, a lion and three stars and right, a…
Width : 3' 7'' ¼ 110cm Height : 2' 11'' ⅜ 90cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Louis XIV period cast iron fireback, dated 1685, presenting the coat of arms of France and the words: « pour les casernes de Longwy 1685 » (for the barracks of Logwy 1685). After signing the treaty of Nim…
Width : 1' 10'' 56cm Height : 1' 11'' ¼ 59cm
Castiron fireback from 1910 presenting Cupid flying away, abandoning his quiver of arrows, framed in an oculus. A reclining woman calls him in vain. An abundance of vigorously carved Louis XIV style decorati…
Width : 2' 5'' ⅛ 74cm Height : 2' 3'' ½ 70cm
Louis XIV style Bolection mantel with volutes in Levanto marble from the 19th century. A large rounded molding runs up and around the hearth opening of the mantel, flanked with a recessed molding and pair of…
Width : 5' 5'' ⅜ 166cm Height : 3' 10'' ⅞ 119cm
Stock venue : Galerie Marc Maison
Bolection Louis XIV style mantel in Arabescato marble from the 19th century. Of rectangular structure, the large Bolection molding offers a softening curve along the hearth opening. Other secondary moldings …
Width : 4' 9'' ⅛ 145cm Height : 3' 9'' ¼ 115cm
Elegant Louis XIV style mantel in French "black Sablé" marble with acroterion from the 19th century. The straight lined structure of the mantel is characteristic of the Louis XV style, softened by the acrot…
Width : 4' 7'' ⅛ 140cm Height : 4' 3'' ⅛ 130cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Elegant Louis XIV style red marble from the North mantel from the 19th century. Of overall rectangular shape as is the tradition of the Louis XIV style, the mantel is Bolection with an important rounded mold…
Width : 4' 4'' ¾ 134cm Height : 3' 9'' ⅝ 116cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Cast iron fireback bearing the coat of arms of France, with the motto “seul contre tous” (alone against all). The motto alludes to the coalition of Europe against Louis XIV. This fireback is very …
Width : 1' 6'' ½ 47cm Height : 1' 6'' ⅞ 48cm
Stock venue : Galerie Marc Maison
Bolection marble mantel in the Louis XIV style from the 19th century with a beautiful luminous red hue of marble called Griotte. The slightly curved and carved in relief central molding runs across the entab…
Width : 4' 8'' ¾ 144cm Height : 3' 7'' ¾ 111cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Bolection red marble mantel in the Louis XIV style from the 19th century. The general shape is rectangular however the inside frame is "Bolection", meaning a large rounded molding running up the jambs and ac…
Width : 3' 7'' ¼ 110cm Height : 3' 4'' ⅛ 102cm
Beautiful Louis XIV style 19th century mantel in Ardennes gray marble. The jambs, adorned with fluting, rise up to a slightly curved entablature. The moldings follow the curve of the hearth opening, but cont…
Width : 5' 9'' ⅝ 177cm Height : 3' 8'' ⅛ 112cm
Beautiful cast iron fireback celebrating the navy in the Louis XIV style from the second half of the 17th century. Two putti each holding a palm leaf stand on either side of a medallion that bears an anchor,…
Width : 2' 5'' ⅛ 74cm Height : 2' 4'' ¾ 73cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Strong Louis XIV style large fireplace mantel in Rouge de France marble with curved molded shelf, elegantly simple paneled spandrels above slightly curved paneled jambs on block feet. Simple plain cast iron …
Width : 6' 3'' ⅝ 192cm Height : 3' 11'' ⅝ 121cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
Very elegant Régence style Sarrancolin marble mantel. Mantle in the "Bolection" style inherited from Louis XIV, with a large rounded molding that runs along the hearth opening and spandrels that stretch to…
Width : 5' 2'' ⅝ 159cm Height : 3' 7'' ¾ 111cm
Stock venue : Galerie Marc Maison
Very original mantel made with elements of a closed bed from the 18th century. A symbol of old Brittany the closed bed used here was made of beech and chesnut wood and associated with wrought iron elements f…
Width : 6' 4'' ⅜ 194cm Height : 10' 6'' 320cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
This 18th century mantel is a very rare example of mantels produced during the Louis XIV period. Large with straight lines, following the Bolection design much favored at the time; a thick molding runs along…
Width : 5' 8'' ½ 174cm Height : 3' 6'' ⅞ 109cm
This Medecis terra cotta garden vase is decorated across the middle with an Antique frieze. A parade of mythological characters surround the vase: Centaur, naide, putti and a young ephebe. This rich décor i…
Width : 2' 9'' ½ 85cm Height : 8' '' ⅞ 246cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
With its full and slightly rounded shape this surprisingly large mantel prefigures the future Regence style. Powerful console jambs rise up to a slightly recessed curved Bolection entablature with molded rec…
Width : 5' 9'' ¼ 176cm Height : 4' 4'' ⅜ 133cm
This beautiful cast iron fireback bearing the coat of arms of the Kings of France (three Fleur de Lys azure) was destined for the military. Indeed, the coat of arms is flanked with military trophees (shield…
Width : 2' 7'' ½ 80cm Height : 2' 2'' ⅜ 67cm
Stock venue : Warehouse in Saint Ouen
This arch topped cast iron fireback is an example of late 17th century, Louis XIV design. The King’s coat of arms is placed at the center in a heart shaped cartouche framed by a shield with olive…
Width : 2' '' ¾ 63cm Height : 2' 2'' 66cm
From the second period of the reign of Louis XIV, this large bracket is beautifully balanced, very similar to the pair referenced as item 9391. The same design : a broad curve rising up from the vertical pos…
Width : 4' 11'' 150cm Height : 4' 1'' ¼ 125cm
This series of Versailles parquet squares represent approximately 330 square feet of flooring. There are 22 full panels and 3 (panels number 23 to 25) that have cut sides. Each panel measures roughly 39”1…
Width : 3' 3'' ⅜ 100cm
Oak chimney piece flanked by a pair of fluted Corinthian columns with gilded capitals supporting a classical entablature. The center of the overmantel presents a Louis XIV style decorative panel with gilded …
Width : 5' 11'' ⅝ 182cm Height : 7' 1'' 216cm
Old pair of Louis XIV style milestones, with a square base rising into a cone shape. Milestones were often placed at the entrance of properties. They were used to mark property lines but mostly to pro…
Height : 4' 7'' ⅛ 140cm
Stock venue : Outside Paris
This charming iron balcony railing is decorated with symmetrical volutes in strong classical French style influence having a bell shaped leaf motif at the center of the composition. The sides curve back towa…
Width : 5' 1'' 155cm Height : 1' 11'' ⅝ 60cm
This very light wrought iron balcony railing is decorated with many volutes. The lightness and symmetry of the composition is exemplar of the 18th century.
Width : 5' 2'' ⅝ 159cm Height : 2' '' 61cm
18th century wrought iron window grill with a central escutcheon flanked by symmetrical arabesques.
Width : 6' 2'' 188cm Height : 2' '' ¾ 63cm
Beautiful stone window surround dating from the 18th century. The oval opening is elegantly flanked with stone carved with horizontal grooves and scrolls.
Width : 5' 1'' 155cm Height : 3' 9'' ¼ 115cm
Three different types of marble were used in this beautiful stone altar. This polychrome design creates an original altar, with a red marble cross set against a background of deep green marble. With its trap…
Width : 4' 4'' ¾ 134cm Height : 2' 8'' ⅝ 83cm
Carved stone urns from the 19th century with a three tier form, decorated with acanthus leaves. They are in good condition with a nice patina. Originally destined to be pillar tops these could work beautiful…
Width : 1' 1'' 33cm Height : 1' 10'' ½ 57cm
Stock venue : Galerie Marc Maison
This fireplace mantel uses the molding and the two spandrels in relief under the entablature of the Louis XIV rounded mantel. It is crowned by an acroterion, shaped like a pedestal and decorated with fluting…
Width : 4' 4'' ⅜ 133cm Height : 4' 6'' 137cm
The marble of this mantel is Red Incarnat Turquin similar to the Red Languedoc marble. In a Louis XIV style this design offers a variation on the Bolection mantel, which ordinarily has a molding that flows d…
Width : 4' 9'' ⅞ 147cm Height : 3' 6'' ⅞ 109cm
Louis XIV style mantel from the second half of the 19th century carved in green marble from the Alpes. Rising on a pair of molded jambs, this mantel presents a curved entablature and wide spandrels decorated…
Width : 4' 7'' ⅛ 140cm Height : 3' 8'' ½ 113cm
The Bolection mantel is specific to the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Of rectangular shape, it is adorned with a large molding that runs along the jambs and entablature. Red Griotte marble was a great …
Width : 4' 1'' ⅝ 126cm Height : 3' 5'' ⅜ 105cm
Cast iron fireback with French royal shield, crown and palm leave, dated 1669.
Width : 2' '' ¾ 63cm Height : 2' 1'' ¼ 64cm
Cast iron fireback with the French royal family coat of arms, with crown and palm leaves.
Width : 1' 10'' 56cm Height : 1' 10'' ⅞ 58cm
Cast iron fireback with a crowned coat of arms of the French royal family flanked with palm leaves dated 1676.
Width : 1' 7'' ¼ 49cm Height : 1' 7'' ¾ 50cm
