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Venetian Grotto Style Scalloped Black Painted Wood Shell Back Arm Desk Chair 70s
By Andre Groult
Located in St. Louis, MO
Single Grotto style scalloped wood shell back arm dining side or desk chair in lacquered in black
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Walnut

A Pair of Venetian Silvered and Gilt Grotto Armchairs attributed to Pauly et Cie
By Pauly et Cie
Located in CA, CA
A pair of Italian carved, silvered and gilt 'Grotto' armchairs, attributed to Pauly et Cie Venetian
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Armchairs

Materials

Giltwood

Venetian Grotto Chair, Late 18th or Early 19th Century Silvered Seahorse Back
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A whimsical fantasy hand carved chair by the great Venetian craftsman of the era. This lovely piece features an unique seahorse carved back and scallop shell seat retaining much of i...
Category

Antique Early 1800s Italian Baroque Chairs

Materials

Silver Leaf

Pair of Vintage Echo Pink Silk Shell Fabric with Irish Linen Cushion Pillow
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
of Rococo, classical, romantic and Italian grotto, they are extremely beautiful. Reminiscent of an
Category

20th Century American Pillows and Throws

Materials

Textile

Italian Venetian Peacock Tete-a-tete
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (19th cent.) Grotto carved and polychromed double peacock design
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs

Materials

Wood

Six Italian Decorative Venetian Shell Back Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto, wood framed chairs having a scalloped design with cushioned fabric seats
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Antique Italian Three Piece Sconce Set with Seashell and Cat Tails
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and unusual grotto type Italian wall sconce trio with a center sconce having a carved wood
Category

20th Century Italian Regency Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Wood

A late 17th Italian carved limewood figure of Mermaid, circle of Filippo Parodi
Located in PARIS, FR
grottos, designed in Italian palaces at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Giacomo Filippo Parodi
Category

Late 17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

French 19th Century Oil on Canvas Hamlet Painting with Circular Fountain
Located in Atlanta, GA
presence of a circular fountain with water jet and swans leading our eye to the Italian Baroque inspired
Category

Antique 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Victorian Coral Stickpin of Figural Face in the Motif of the Grotesque
Located in Baltimore, MD
Italian "grottesca", meaning of a cave" (grotto = cave in Italian) and refers to doubled, metamorphosed
Category

Antique 1880s British Victorian Brooches

Materials

Coral, 15k Gold

Paris, The Parc Monceau Public Garden, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography, 1926
Located in Atlanta, GA
, a farmhouse, a Dutch windmill, a temple of Mars, a minaret, an Italian vineyard, an enchanted Grotto
Category

1920s Art Deco Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Pair of Italian Grotto Console Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
A pair of unusual Grotto console tables, with a rectangular flame veneered mahogany top on a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Organic Modern Console Tables

Materials

Metal

Carved Wood Italian Grotto Chair
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This unique Italian grotto chair has a large-scale shell motif on the back and seat. Carved sea
Category

Antique 1880s Armchairs

Materials

Wood

18th C Italian Grotto Cabinet
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Unique Giltwood grotto cabinet with two top drawers above pair of serpentine doors with glass plate
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Cabinets

Italian Grotto Style Table with Polychrome Leather Top on Giltwood Base
Located in Farmers Branch, TX
the top and sits 29" in height. Four Italian rococo acanthus-swirled legs rest upon substantial lion
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Center Tables

Materials

Leather, Plaster, Giltwood

Dining Table c1910 Art Nouveau Art Deco, Rare Find Hollywood Italian Grotto
Located in France, FR
Carved dark walnut legs Italian inspiration from antique grotto shell furniture and reminiscent of early
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Dining Room Tables

Materials

Walnut, Wood

Italian Gilt Grotto Piano Stool
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian giltwood grotto adjustable piano stool that screws up and down for height adjustment.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Stools

Materials

Hardwood

Italian, Venetian Giltwood Grotto Form Stool
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian, Venetian giltwood grotto form stool on trifed base.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Stools

Italian rococo carved giltwood grotto torchere
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian rococo carved giltwood grotto torchere, having a floriform waxpan and floral-carved spiral
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Pedestals and Columns

Materials

Giltwood

Grotto.
Located in Vulpellac (Costa Brava), ES
Italian model of a cave. Nineteenth century southern Italy.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Models and Miniatures

Materials

Coral

Grotto.
Grotto.
$9,000
Grotto Chair
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Italian carved grotto chair
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs

Grotto Chair
Located in Stamford, CT
A Thomas Chippendale design of a Grotto chair carved in walnut. Probably Italian.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs

Grotto Earring
Located in Palm Beach, FL
MATERIALS 18K Rose Gold White Diamonds Diamond Carat Weight: .67 cts
Category

2010s Italian Stud Earrings

Fontana Grotto
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Very elaborate Italian wall fountain with a central Dauphin grotesque, shell basin sitting on a
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Fountains

Grotto Urn
Located in Seattle, WA
Beautifully decroatet Seashell Urn.
Category

20th Century Italian Planters and Jardinieres

19th Century Lacquered Italian Shell Shaped Grotto Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
19th Century Lacquered Italian Shell Shaped Grotto Stool
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Stools

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Late 19th Century Italian Silver Giltwood Grotto Arm Chair
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
Italian handcarved silver gilt grotto armchair features stylized shell seat and back with arms in
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs

Grotto Form Seahell Dish
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic Italian serving dish is very much in the Hollywood Regency style with its
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Serving Pieces

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

19th Century Italian Venetian Grotto Settee Attributed to Pauly et Cie
Located in Dallas, TX
shaped in the form of seahorse motifs in various forms. The subject of The Grotto remained popular in
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Settees

Materials

Silver Leaf

Italian Painted and Gilt Tole and Crystal Six-Light Grotto Chandelier
Located in Paris, FR
An Italian painted and gilt tole and crystal six-light grotto chandelier, circa 1925-1930.
Category

Vintage 1920s Italian Neoclassical Revival Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Crystal, Tôle

Superb Rare Late 19th Century Italian Finely Carved Pine Grotto Work Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
A superb rare late 19th century Italian finely carved pine Grotto work table. This unusual
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Tables

Materials

Pine

Pair of 19th century Venetian grotto chairs
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
Wonderful 19th century pair of Venetian grotto chairs. Made with solid oak, hand carved.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Armchairs

Materials

Hardwood

Six venitians dining chairs in "grotto s style"
Located in Marseille, PACA
grotto's style the ulphoster was redone 2 years ago.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Giltwood

Venetian Late 19th Century Pine Putto and Shell Grotto Stool
Located in Suffolk, GB
A highly decorative Venetian late 19th century pine putto and shell Grotto adjustable stool. The
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Stools

Materials

Pine

19th Century Venetian Parcel-Gilt and Polychrome Decorated Grotto Mermaid Figure
Located in Redding, CA
The delightful Mermaid Jardiniere on stand with a fringed scarf draping her curling hair, wearing pearls and coral beads, artfully perched on her bifurcated knotted tail, supporting ...
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Six Dining Chairs 1910 Art Nouveau Art Deco Rare Find Hollywood Grotto FREE SHIP
Located in France, FR
Six dining chairs circa 1910 Art Nouveau Art Deco Italian inspiration from antique grotto chairs
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Vitrine Cabinet Art Nouveau Art Deco Sideboard Rare Find Hollywood Italian
Located in France, FR
door Figured burr walnut Scalloped edges With key Italian inspiration from antique grotto shell
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Vitrines

Materials

Walnut, Wood

Credenza Sideboard Art Nouveau Art Deco Buffet Rare Find Hollywood Italian
Located in France, FR
Figured burr walnut Scalloped edges Carved dark walnut With key Italian inspiration from antique grotto
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Credenzas

Materials

Walnut, Wood

Rocky coast near Capri
By Leo Primavesi
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
". Date: 1895 Keywords: Capri, Italy, sea, grotto, rocks, clouds, fog, rocky island, Gulf of Naples
Category

19th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper

Pair of Vintage Echo Pink Silk Shell Fabric with Irish Linen Cushion Pillow
Located in Great Britain, Northern Ireland
of Rococo, classical, romantic and Italian grotto, they are extremely beautiful. Reminiscent of an
Category

20th Century American Rococo Revival Pillows and Throws

Materials

Linen, Silk

Italian Grotto Armchair
Located in Dallas, TX
Whimsical Italian Grotto Armchair, with shell form back and seat, dolphin form arms
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Paint

Pair of Italian Grotto Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 60's solid walnut Italian grotto chairs
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Side Chairs

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Italian Grotto Shell Carved Walnut Stool
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century Italian grotto shell carved walnut swivel stool. Adjustable swivel design allows
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Stools

Materials

Walnut

Italian Grotto Armchair
Located in Nashville, TN
A grotto armchair with shell, dolphin and horse motifs .Varying pearlescent shell colors of greens
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Baroque Revival Armchairs

Original Antique Italian Grotto Style 5 Piece Outdoor Garden Set
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
. Consisting of a two piece table and four one piece seats, make this original Italian grotto style set a
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Patio and Garden Furniture

Antique Italian Grotto Carved Shell
Located in London, England
Late 18th Century Italian giant clam shell in carved pine wood. Likely orginating from Venice. A
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Italian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine, Paint

Italian Grotto Stool, circa 1890 -1900
Located in Norwalk, CT
Hand carved with the classic shell motif in fine walnut, a swivel stool with decorated knees and carved paw feet. Beautiful patina.
Category

Early 20th Century Stools

Materials

Walnut

Set of Two Italian Grotto Style Armchairs
Located in Bradenton, FL
Set of two Grotto Style beautifully carved armchairs. The chairs feature shell and dolphin motifs
Category

20th Century Italian Rococo Chairs

Materials

Wood

Italian Grotto Style Painted and Gilt Shell Back Armchair
Located in Houston, TX
Stylish Italian painted and giltwood armchair newly upholstered in cream velvet with spaced French
Category

Vintage 1920s Italian Palladian Armchairs

Antique Italian Grotto Style Framed Seashell Arrangement or Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty antique Italian bisected seashell arrangement ambitiously composed in a floral motif
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Other Decorative Art

Materials

Shell, Hardwood

Antique Italian Grotto Style Framed Seashell Arrangement or Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty antique Italian bisected seashell arrangement ambitiously composed in a floral motif
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian More Art

Materials

Organic Material, Wood

Pair Italian Grotto Arm Chairs In Walnut With Suede Upholstery
Located in Chicago, IL
brass nailheads, these chairs were made in Italy for Bamberger's department store.
Category

20th Century Italian Armchairs

Materials

Walnut, Suede

Pair of Grotto Style Mirrors with Shelves
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautifully carved and gilded pair of mirrored wall shelves in the Italian Grotto style. Reduced
Category

20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood, Mirror

Grotto Style Italian Giltwood Carved Putti and Shell Form Jardiniere
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is wonderful! It is an Italian Grotto style carved putti and shell form jardiniere. It is a
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Poplar

Maitland Smith Venetian Grotto Chair With Dolphin Arms
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Maitland Smith recreation of a classic Italian 19th C carved wood and lacquer, shell form Italian
Category

Vintage 1970s Philippine Armchairs

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique Italian Carved Walnut Grotto Side Table
Located in New York, NY
A turn-of-the century Italian carved walnut two tiered Grotto side table, the square top with
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Side Tables

Materials

Walnut

Maitland Smith Carved Wood Grotto Chair with Dolphin Arms
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Italian grotto chair with dolphin arms.
Category

Vintage 1970s Philippine Armchairs

Materials

Wood

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Italian Grotto For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the Italian grotto you’re looking for. Each Italian grotto for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and silver. Find 145 options for an antique or vintage Italian grotto now, or shop our selection of 2 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. There are many kinds of the Italian grotto you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. An Italian grotto made by Rococo designers — as well as those associated with Hollywood Regency — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one Italian grotto that is appealing in its simplicity, but Pauly et Cie and Pauly Co. produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is an Italian Grotto?

The average selling price for an Italian grotto at 1stDibs is $5,250, while they’re typically $250 on the low end and $68,000 for the highest priced.