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Pair of Painted Antique Louis XVI Style Tôle Peinte Parfums Later Mounted
Located in Nashville, TN
The shade(s) and bases(s) in a faux porphyry finish with gilt decorations of baskets, laurels
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle

Pair of Swedish Gustavian Style Gray Painted Greek Key Chests of Drawers
Located in Shippensburg, PA
35 3/8" H x 18 1/2" D x 35 1/8" W A matched pair of Gustavian style commodes, each with a faux
Category

20th Century European Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Italian 18th Century Baroque Period Freestanding Four Legged Demilune Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
legged demilune console. The console is raised by four 'S' scrolled legs with a fantastic faux
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Demi-lune Tables

Materials

Wood

Venetian Giltwood Putti or Cherub Polychrome Grotto Console Table
Located in Nashville, TN
shaped, beveled and painted faux porphyry with some light wear (paint loss) and staining, carved giltwood
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Console Tables

Fine Pair of Gustavian Style Chests of Drawers, 19th Century
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Fine pair of Gustavian style chests of drawers, with faux painted porphyry top, 19th century.
Category

Antique 19th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Swedish 19th Century Rococo Painted Console Table
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Carrara marble in this case), were difficult to achieve in smaller cities. These faux materials (like
Category

Antique Early 1800s Swedish Gustavian Console Tables

Materials

Pine

pair of Roman 18th century Louis XVI Period Giltwood settees
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
settee is decorated at the top by round medallions displaying the profiles of Roman emperors on a faux
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Settees

Materials

Giltwood

pair of Roman 18th century Louis XVI Period Giltwood armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
decorated at the top by a round medallion displaying the profile of a Roman emperor on a faux painted
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Giltwood

Faux Porphyry Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic faux porphyry pedestal was acquired from a Palm Beach estate and was
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Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Revival Pedestals and Columns

Materials

Marble

A Sarreguemines "Faux Porphyry" Glaze Vase
By Sarreguemines
Located in Long Island City, NY
A French Sarreguemines porcelain ewer of classical form having a "faux porphyry" crystaline glaze
Category

Early 20th Century French Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Neoclassical Period Faux Porphyry Urn Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
An Italian Neoclassical period faux porphyry (painted) and parcel-gilt urn mounted as a lamp, with
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of Faux Porphyry Painted Column Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of faux porphyry painted table lamps, each modelled as a column with stepped square plinths
Category

20th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Table Lamps

Materials

Wood

19thC Italian Console Table With Faux Porphyry Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
19thC ITALIAN CONSOLE TABLE WITH FAUX PORPHYRY TOP AN ATLANTA RESOURCE FOR FINE ANTIQUES
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Antique 19th Century Console Tables

Painted Neo Classic Style Console Table, Faux Porphyry Top
Located in Woodbury, CT
A CONSOLE TABLE WITH FAUX PORPHYRY TOP, THE BASE PAINTED A MUSTARD COLOR WITH RAISED CARVED
Category

20th Century Italian Console Tables

Materials

Wood, Paint

Wood Painted Faux Porphyry Column
Located in New York, NY
Wood painted faux porphery column on faux marble base
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Pedestals and Columns

Materials

Wood

Large Terracotta Faux Porphyry Bust
Located in New Orleans, LA
Faux marble terracotta sculpture of a female classical figure on plinth base. Indistinctly
Category

20th Century French Busts

Materials

Terracotta

Pr. of Tole Lamps in faux Porphyry.
Located in London, GB
Pair of French 19th Century Tole oil lamps.
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle

20th Century Faux Porphyry Vase and Shell Sculpture
Located in London, GB
A 20th century sculpture composed of a 19th century faux painted porphyry vase, mounted with shells
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Vases

Neoclassical Center Table with Faux Porphyry Inset Top
Located in New York, NY
painted in imitation of porphyry and with gilded and fluted bronze band and skirt edge. The graduated
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Antique 19th Century Baltic Center Tables

Materials

Mahogany

A Pair of 18th Century Gilt Bronze Figures on Faux Porphyry Socles
Located in London, GB
chalice; the second standing before an anvil. Both set upon faux slate and porphyry painted tole socles
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Sculptures

Baroque Carved and Silver Gilded Console Table with Faux Porphyry Top, 1720
Located in London, GB
shaped top in simulated porphyry marble above a pierced C-scroll and acanthus frieze upon similarly
Category

Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Console Tables

19th Century Pair of Italian Baroque Style Mirrors
Located in Los Gatos, CA
19th Century Pair of Italian Baroque style parcel gilt and faux porphyry mirrors. The oval plate
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Antique 19th Century Italian More Mirrors

A Superb Italian Carved Console Table circa 1800
Located in London, GB
A Superb Italian Carved Console Table circa 1800 finished in a Dusty Salmon Pink with a Faux
Category

Antique Early 1800s Italian Console Tables

Materials

Porphyry

Pair of Early 19th C. Swedish Demi Lune Tables-Faux Marble Tops
Located in East Hampton, NY
Not your usual Swedish painted demilunes! This early 19th Century pair have a highly unusual faux
Category

Antique 19th Century Swedish Demi-lune Tables

Materials

Wood

A pair of urn shaped lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of urn shaped lamps, faux porphyry, French, circa 1930.
Category

20th Century French Table Lamps

19th century Continental Table
Located in New York, NY
19th century Continental, polychrome,gilt and faux porphyry base with a later marble top
Category

Antique 19th Century European Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Center Table with "Porfyr" Decoration
Located in Sheffield, MA
Round Swedish table, circa 1830, with faux porphyry ("porfyr") decoration. Excellent condition and
Category

Antique 19th Century Swedish Center Tables

Pair of Swedish Painted Console Tables
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
decorated with a faux porphyry finish, circa 1870.
Category

Antique 1870s Swedish Gustavian Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Pair of Continental Cast and Chased Gilt Brass Columns, Now Lamps
Located in New York, NY
tripod foot and terminating in a concave faux-porphyry base.
Category

Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

An Inlaid French Gueridon from the 1920 s
Located in San Francisco, CA
The circular top of marble painted faux porphyry contained by a brass pierced gallery; the
Category

Early 20th Century French Gueridon

Materials

Brass

19th Century Painted Neoclassical Console Table
Located in London, GB
serpentine faux porphyry lower shelf, raised on ebonised bun feet.
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Period Gustavian Chest of Drawers
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Late Gustavian chest of drawers, Sweden, circa 1800, with faux porphyry top. Each of the four
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Bust of Hermes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
11" diameter. Note: We also have for sale on the Dibs site a faux porphyry pedestal that fits the
Category

Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Busts

Materials

Plaster

19th Century Venetian Blackamore Torchere
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
holding out a tray with carved lion masks. Raised on a faux sienna marble stand faux porphyry plinth.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Candle Holders

Materials

Wood

PAIR 60 s Obelisk Form Lamps .
Located in New York, NY
with faux porphyry painted decoration supporting brass trapezoids holding brass spheres, all resting on
Gilded Bronze depicting Androcles And The Lion, French Circa 1825
Located in Vancouver, BC
set on a faux porphyry wooden base. French Circa 1825. The tale of Androcles recounts the
Category

Antique 19th Century French Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Directoire Empire Period Porphyry and Gold Mirror, circa 1800
Located in Houston, TX
mirror from France circa 1800 surrounding the original mirror glass that features pilasters in faux
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors

Materials

Wood

Antique Pair of Grand Tour Faux Porphyry Table Lamps
By Thomas Hope
Located in Richmond, London
trapezophoros, decorated to simulate Egyptian imperial porphyry. Why we like them A rather unusual object
Category

Early 20th Century English Grand Tour Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

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Faux Porphyry For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the faux porphyry you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, stone and metal, every faux porphyry was constructed with great care. Find 42 options for an antique or vintage faux porphyry now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect faux porphyry — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each faux porphyry bearing Neoclassical, Baroque or Empire hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one faux porphyry that is appealing in its simplicity, but J. Antony Redmile, Gerald Bland and Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Faux Porphyry?

The average selling price for a faux porphyry at 1stDibs is $7,855, while they’re typically $815 on the low end and $50,000 for the highest priced.