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Pair of Antique Italian Mirrored Seashell Wall Sconces
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Enchanting pair of Italian grotto style wall sconces hand crafted in carved wood in a neoclassical
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Italian Walnut Grotto Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
themes. The Italian grotto style peaked in the nineteenth century. There have been many design
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Italian Renaissance Style Grisaglia Cast Stone Bacellati Vessel Planters 2 Pairs
Located in Encinitas, CA
the rim. Imagine an Italian grotto with massive ferns in the waterfall mist.
Measures: 17" diameter
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Cast Stone
Italian 19th Century Grotto Chair.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Rare 19th century carved wood Grotto chair with very nice detailing and patina. Its unusual to find
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs
Materials
Wood
ANTIQUE CRADLE
Located in valatie, NY
Italian Grotto Cradle, Walnut mid 18th C. The use of scallop shells, seahorses, dolphins and Triton
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Beds and Bed Frames
Set of Four Mid-20th Century Teak Clamshell Garden Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
garden chairs brings the romance of the Italian grotto tradition into the everyday. Each chair is a
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Teak
Italian Ceramic Set of Grotto China
Located in East Hampton, NY
Complete set of 12 china set made in Italy for Neiman Marcus.....12 plates (10")....12 soup bowls
Category
20th Century Italian Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
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
$4,950
Grotto Settee
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Italian silverleafed shell Grotto settee from the 19th century
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Sofas
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Silverleaf Grotto Shell Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian Silverleaf Grotto Shell Armchairs, 19th century
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Grotto Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Venetian carved wood grotto chair with dolphin motif
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Wood
$3,800
19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Grotto Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
19th century Italian craved walnut Grotto armchair, 1880s.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Set Six Italian Walnut Grotto Arm Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
elegant set of six arm chairs in the style of Andre Groult's famous shell back grotto chair. Made
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Walnut, Upholstery
19th Century Italian Carved Wood Grotto Chair
Located in East Hampton, NY
19th century Venetian Grotto shell chair.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Italian Venetian Grotto Shell Form Armchairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Venetian Grotto style armchairs with a silver gilt finish and carved shell and
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Armchairs
Materials
Silver Leaf
$18,500 / set
Venetian Grotto Chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Venetian grotto chair circa 1820. Superb condition
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Silver Leaf
$21,500
Venetian Grotto Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
venetian silver-leafed seahorse carved grotto chair
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Chairs
Materials
Silver Leaf
Mahogany Grotto Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Venetian stained mahogany grotto chair. Shell carved back and seat with dolphin arms. Morticed
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
$3,800
American Victorian "Grotesque" Steambent Chair
Located in Asheville, NC
Italian grottoes. The carved face on the back of the chair is of “maskerones,” or “mask,” that was also
Category
20th Century American Armchairs
Italian Venetian Grotto Style
19th Century
Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto style (19th Century) silver polychromed console table with carved sea shell
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Romantic Console Tables
Materials
Silver
Grotto Side Table
Located in East Hampton, NY
Fantastical grotto table with a tripod base of carved dolphins with shell feet, the top is
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian End Tables
Materials
Wood, Shell
$4,200
Venetian Grotto Table
Located in Montreal, QC
Outlandish Venetian silver-gilt and carved wood table in the form of an open scallop, the legs decorated in coral and fantasy sea creature designs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Side Tables
Materials
Wood
$9,800
Italian Rococo Style Grotto Chair Upholstered in Leather
Located in Atlanta, GA
the shaped backrest with rocaille carving above a padded seat with rocaille carved apron and carved cabriole legs, the rear legs splayed
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Chairs
Materials
Wood, Leather
Italian gilt wood Mirror in the Venetian Grotto Style
Located in Danville, CA
Fantastic carved and gilt wood Mirror in the Grotto style.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Glass
Two Giltwood Grotto Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two giltwood Grotto chairs. The chairs are not a pair, the chair on the left is shorter.
Left
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Chairs
Pair of Grotto Chairs
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of Venetian Grotto or "Fantasy" chairs. These chairs are from a prominent Miami Estate and
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Paint
$5,800
18th century Grotto stool
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century Venetian painted grotto stool
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Stools
Four Ebonized Grotto Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Terrific set of four wooden grotto chairs, hand carved and ebonized. Upholstered in a black fabric
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Antique Venetian Grotto Armchair
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century Venetian walnut grotto style armchair with carved shell form seat, back with dolphin
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Armchairs
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Venetian Grotto Armchair
Located in Madrid, ES
19th century Venetian walnut grotto style armchair with carved shell form seat, back with dolphin
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Armchairs
Materials
Hardwood
Pair Brass "Grotto" Consoles
Located in North Miami, FL
Fantasy or Grotto furniture. Detail is amazing
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Console Tables
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian Venetian Silver Gilt 19thC Grotto Arm Chairs
Located in New York, NY
These rare early 19thC grotto arm chairs have a carved seashell back and seat. The arms are carved
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Shell Form Grotto Swivel Stools
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 19th century Italian carved walnut shell form grotto swivel stools. Exquisite carving on
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
Materials
Walnut
Antique Italian Mixed Media Grotto Style Collage with Seashells
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming neoclassic yet naive mixed media collage using a sea fan and seashells as a bouquet in a watercolor classical urn with scholastic style notes. Presented under glass in a wor...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Art
Materials
Coral
20th Century Walnut Piano Grotto Stool with Shell Motif, Italy
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This carved antique fruitwood grotto stool was created in Italy, circa 1950. Perfect as a piano
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Early Victorian Stools
Materials
Walnut
Pauly et Cie Italian Venetian Grotto Seashell Polychromed Wall Mirror
By Pauly et Cie
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto (19th Century) silver gilt and polychromed vertical wall mirror on small
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Materials
Silver
Fantastic Italian Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Grotto Revolving Music Stool
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fantastic Italian antique Victorian carved walnut Grotto revolving music stool having a fantastic
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Stools
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century Brown Italian Venetian Carved Grotto Cheval Mirror
Located in Berlin, DE
This beautiful late 19th century Venetian carved Grotto cheval mirror has its original mirror glass
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Floor Mirrors and Full-...
Materials
Mirror, Pine
Northern Italian Rococo Period Grotto Style Mirror, Mid-18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having an open shell-form top in the "grotto" style with conforming shell form wings, the antique
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Venetian Grotto chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 18th century Venetian Grotto chairs in scallop shell form
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Chairs
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Carved and Painted Grotto Confident Courting Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
This exquisite, antique tete a tete "confident" armchair was created in Northern Italy, circa 1780
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Chairs
Materials
Silver Leaf
Antique Italian Mixed Media Grotto Style Collage with Seashells
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming Neoclassic yet naive mixed media collage using a sea fan and seashells as a bouquet in a watercolor classical urn with scholastic style notes. Presented under glass in a wor...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Mixed Media
Materials
Glass, Paint
Pair of Venetian Grotto Wall Brackets
Located in Houston, TX
Great pair of Italian gold and silver giltwood grotto wall brackets or shelves.
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Rococo Wall Brackets
Fantastic Italian Antique Victorian Carved Walnut Grotto Revolving Music Stool
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fantastic Italian antique Victorian carved walnut Grotto revolving music stool having a fantastic
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Swivel Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Venetian Carved Wood Grotto Stool
Located in Astoria, NY
A carved wood swivel piano stool, manufactured in Italy, within the late 19th century period
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Stools
Materials
Wood
Large Pair of Italian Cast Stone Garden Urns in the Grotto Taste
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large and unique pair of Italian cast stone garden urns in the "Grotto" taste; each with a cup
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Garden Ornaments
Venetian Grotto Round Silvered Center Table
Located in New York, NY
A Venetian Grotto Round Silvered Center Table
Stock Number: F11
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Center Tables
19th Century Carved Wood Grotto Table
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Late 19th Century Carved wood Grotto Side Table, Impressive intricate naturalistic carved
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Pair of Venetian Carved Grotto Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of 20th Century Venetian Grotto Chairs. Venetian Grotto furniture was originally created for
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Armchairs
Materials
Gold
19th c. Venetian Grotto Fruitwood Armchair
Located in Queens, NY
Nineteenth century Venetian grotto fruitwood armchair featuring carved shell-form back, seat, and
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Fruitwood
20th Century Italian Gilt Gold Carved Wood Grotto Style Bracket Shell Shelf
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Small grotto-style bracket shell shelf in gold. The top of this piece has a small scalloped top and
Category
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair Ebonized Wood Grotto Bar Stools
Located in Chicago, IL
Terrific pair of wooden grotto tall chairs, hand carved and ebonized, with circular brass
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Stools
Materials
Brass
Very Rare Fully Restored 19th Century 1880 Italian Venetian Grotto Fantasy Stool
By Pauly et Cie
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
circa 1880 Italian Venetian Grotto Fantasy stool after the genius that is CIE Pauly
What a piece, it
Category
Antique 1880s Italian Victorian Stools
Materials
Walnut
Italian Renaissance Style Venetian Grotto Dolphin Cast Stone Table
4 Seat Set
Located in Encinitas, CA
From an enchanted era - a lovely Italian Garden table & four seat set - hand made from a local
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone
Pair of Venetian Grotto Dolphin Pedestals
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of silver gilt carved Venetian grotto dolphin pedestals. Measures: 41" H.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Pedestals
Materials
Giltwood
$14,750 / set
Venetian Grotto Chair and Table Set
Located in Montreal, QC
Outlandish Venetian silver-gilt and carved wood chair and table both in the form of open scallops, the legs decorated in coral and fantasy sea creature designs.
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Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs
Pair of 19th c. Venetian Grotto Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous pair of 19th c. Venetian grotto chairs, very well preserved
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs
Materials
Silver
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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.
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