Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
LOUIS XIV STYLE
As opposed to the styles that would follow from the other 18th-century French kings, Louis XV and Louis XVI, antique Louis XIV furniture is rigid and imposing. It expresses opulence — even its armchairs, with their upright backs, straight legs and lavish ornamentation, look like thrones. Authentic Louis XIV sofas, a then newly emerging iteration of seating, are fully upholstered and often feature decoratively carved frames of walnut, chestnut or oak.
When French King Louis XIV established his royal court at Versailles in 1682, he transformed what was once a hunting lodge into a palace that declared his wealth and power through its design. Until his death in 1715, he reigned with a spirit of excess and absolute political dominance. The “Sun King,” as he called himself, believed that France revolved around him as planets do the sun. Louis XIV adopted the sun as his emblem, decorating the grounds with symbols of the sun and Apollo, the Greek god of the sun. As he stated, “There is nothing that indicates more clearly the magnificence of great princes than their superb palaces and their precious furniture.” He was a child when he became king in 1643, only shaping his style after he became absolute monarch in 1661.
Reflecting trends in French Baroque art, Louis XIV furniture characteristics included exuberant decoration. There were gilded bronze details including shells, suns, grotesques, lions and classical references like acanthus leaves. The years of growth in the country’s manufacturing, such as the tapestries and cabinets made at Gobelins, led to design innovations. The commode replaced the chest as a storage device, with drawers and a surface that could double as a desk.
The materials were luxurious, such as the popular tortoiseshell veneer technique that leading cabinetmaker Pierre Golle used in his designs. André-Charles Boulle, who became royal cabinetmaker in 1672, was a masterful artist of marquetry, using inlays of ebony, exotic woods and mother-of-pearl.
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Style: Louis XIV
Antique French Louis XIV Style Kingwood Two-Door Curio Wardrobe C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
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An antique French Louis XIV style curio Wardrobe offers kingwood construction with arched crest...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Kingwood, Glass
Quebecois Armoire
Located in Greenwich, CT
A French-Canadian armoire in pine having two doors on a narrow case with an overhanging molded cornice, the doors each featuring rebated full door X-crosses in a rectangular surround...
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18th Century Canadian Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Pine
Beautiful Louis XIV Walnut Armoire
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully carved 18th century. Walnut armoire.
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Walnut
17th Century Italian Louis XIV Walnut Carved Wardrobe or Armoire
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare and important antique wardrobe in solid walnut made in the late seventeenth century in the seventeenth century Italian Baroque Louis XIV. The line is in fact typical of this per...
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17th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Walnut
17th Century Louis XIV Walnut Armoire Italian Renaissance Sculptures Brown
Located in Sanremo, IM
Italian, bergamasque wardrobe in solid walnut, made in the 17th century, measuring 240 x 165 x 65 cm, refined and elegant in every part including the superb construction of the hat.
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Walnut
Early 18th Century Bleached French Walnut Armoire from the Île-de-France Region
Located in Dallas, TX
Typical of Ile-de-France furniture from the early 1700’s, this walnut armoire has unadorned panels, allowing the beautiful, curved moldings to take prominence. The walnut wood has be...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Iron
LATE 17th CENTURY LOUIS XIV WALNUT WARDROBE
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant wardrobe in solid walnut, finely carved, which represents a perfect combination of functionality and aesthetics. The structure is characterized by two large front doors decor...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Nutwood
Exceptional L XVI Style Regulator-Wardrobe by Maison Forest, France, Circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Forest à Paris
A rare Louis XIV style wardrobe with a break-fronted ogee pediment. Opening with two side cupboards flanking a regulator clock, richly decorated with marquet...
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1890s French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Bronze
Early 18th Century Regence Cupboard Armoire Buffet
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A great early 18th century French oak two-door armoire with a buffet interior. The exterior beautifully sculpted and the interior with blue paint.
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Oak
Late 17th Century Louis XIV Solid Walnut Antique Wardrobe or Armoire with Secret
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare and important italian antique wardrobe in solid walnut made in the late 17th century of the period Louis XIV. The line is in fact typical of this period of high period that want...
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1680s Italian Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Walnut
18th Century Louis XIV Period Lyonnaise Chateau Bonnetiere
Located in Birmingham, AL
Rare and difficult to find Louis XIV period chateau bonnetiere. Solid walnut. An exceptional example from the Lyon region of France, renown in the 1700s for its superior production o...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Walnut
Painted Armoire, 18th Century, Louis XIV
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century Italian Louis XIV painted armoire two-door faux bois wardrobe with golden neoclassical decorative paint. With working lock and one key. As purchased in Italy with antiqu...
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18th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Paint, Wood
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Régence Trellis Marquetry Armoire Wardrobe
By Etienne Doirat
Located in Berlin, DE
Early 18th Century French Louis XIV / Régence Marquetry Armoire or Wardrobe
The rectangular Louis XIV Régence armoire or wardrobe with rounded corners standing on a short base with bracket feet and curved apron with gilt-bronze Apollo head mount; the two doors can be opened by a Pasquil lock to reveal the inside with four removable shelves. The doors decorated with gilt-bronze framed rectangular cartouches displaying elaborate trellis pattern marquetry and gilt-bronze paterea mounts at the corners; the inner sides of the doors each with a large marqueted rhomb motif; the sides of the armoire with quatre-foil mirrored marquetry. Rich gilt-bronze banding, the upper corners and the bracket feet at the front with Louis XIV style gilt- bronze foliage appliques.
Although this exceptional Louis XIV / Régence armoire or wardrobe does not bear a stamp (stamping furniture only became commonplace after 1745), its shape, its quality of manufacture and its luxurious yet well-balanced use of Louis XIV/Régence gilt-bronze mounts on an elaborate geometrical marquetry all lead to the workshop of the important cabinet maker Etienne Doirat (1675-1732).
Étienne Doirat came from a family of cabinet makers that had been established in Paris from the beginning of the 1600s. Doirat only began to stamp his furniture at the end of his career, and accordingly only few pieces bear his stamp and can serve as comparison pieces for newly discovered pieces of furniture. He constructed various furniture forms, including commodes, armoires, corner cupboards, and tables, often veneered with simple marquetry in exotic woods. Although he did not do the casting, chasing and gilding, Doirat tried to keep exclusive control over the models for his bronze furniture mounts...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Bronze, Iron
Stunning Period Regence Armoire in Carved Oak, France, Circa 1720
Located in Dallas, TX
From the Regence period, this oak armoire was hand carved in France, circa 1720. Regence was the period of French history when the nation was governed by Philippe d’Orléans while the...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Oak
17th Century Breton Wardrobe or Cupboard in Oak Turning in Boxwood
Located in Brussels, Brussels
A fine wardrobe or cupboardof of the 17th century in oak and turning in boxwood other times alcove bed transformed into a wardrobe or cupboard probably in the 19th century
The int...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Oak
Late 17th Century French Louis Monumental XIV Walnut Armoire
Located in Troy, NY
Very large Louis XIV Armoire of extraordinary quality and size. The two massive doors featuring a beautiful, intricate steel locking mechanism. The lower part fitted with drawers, th...
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17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Walnut
END OF THE 17th CENTURY LOUIS XIV WARDROBE IN SOLID WALNUT
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful wardrobe made entirely of solid walnut, with doors and sides finely carved with geometric tiles, which give an elegant and sophisticated decorative effect. The hat has a si...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Wood, Walnut
French Wardrobe Louis XIV in Oak 18th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful early 18th century Louis XIV antique French wardrobe in oak a Fine french wardrobe in superb condition with elegant floral deco...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Oak
18th Century French Cupboard Armoire with Pegged Construction
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century French Cupboard Armoire with Pegged Construction in oak, hand carved with rustic patina.
Keys included
(items inside not included)
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Late 18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Wood, Oak
19th Century Louis XIV Style Walnut French Armoire, circa 1820
Located in Cagliari, IT
Louis XIV style French walnut wardrobe.
Beautiful carvings with shell pattern. Interior arrangement with two drawers and four adjustable shelves...
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1820s French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Walnut
French Norman sideboard in molded and carved oak – late 17th early 18th France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Wonderful Norman buffet in molded and carved oak opening with four leaves separated by drawers. The doors have a panel decorated with a polylobed reserve surrounded by rocaille motif...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Wood
Louis XIV Wardrobe In Oak-18 Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
a fine and largewardrobe from the city Namur in Belgium from the 18th century in the Louis XIV style
Very beautiful work in relief on the doors
Rare Louis XIV wardrobe with a c...
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Early 18th Century Belgian Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Oak
Corner Cabinet, Louis XIV, 18th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
Gorgeous 18th century antique French Grande Louis XIV oak corner cabinet. This antique oversized oak corner cabinet mimics a stunning built in effect and will add architectural inter...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XIV Wardrobes and Armoires
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Wood, Oak
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Louis Xiv wardrobes and armoires for sale on 1stDibs.
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