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Antique Venetian Italian Grotto Piano Stool Carved Gold Gilt Shell Rocaille Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique late 19th or early 20th century Ventian Italian grotto style carved and gilt and
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Stools
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Italian Grotto Style Shell Encrusted Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
The cartouche shaped mirror plate with a frame encrusted with both fresh and saltwater shells.
Category
20th Century Italian More Mirrors
Materials
Shell, Glass, Wood
Late 19th Century Italian Grotto Giltwood Rocker
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
Very Rare handcarved silver gilt grotto rocker. Stylized shell seat and back with arms in the form
Category
20th Century Italian Armchairs
Pair of Italian Grotto-style arm chairs
Located in Essex, MA
2 Arm chairs, silvered surface with polychrome decoration, new gray-striped fabric with double biased welt
Category
Italian Chairs
Materials
Walnut
MCM Italian Grotto Design Iron Marble Table Top Console
Located in Pasadena, CA
MCM Grotto Italian Design Vintage Iron Marble Table Top measures approx 50w x 19d x 32h
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Iron
Italian Walnut Grotto Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A great Italian grotto chair featuring winged sea monsters as arm supports.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Outstanding Italian 19th C Grotto Stool
Located in Montecito, CA
Fantastic 19th C Italian Grotto Stool with shell seat and carved legs. Walnut
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
Materials
Walnut
Silvered Grotto Stool
Located in San Francisco, CA
A compelling Italian grotto stool in silver.
Category
20th Century Italian Rococo Stools
Materials
Wood
Pair of Grotto Chairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of Italian Grotto Chairs. Carved Wood with Slverleaf and Paint.
Category
20th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Paint
$5,998
Excellent 19th Century Italian Fantasy Grotto Table
Located in Montecito, CA
Fantastic 19th Century Italian "Grotto" table. Silver gilt top open scallop. With fantasy sea
Category
Antique 19th Century Pedestals
Materials
Gold, Vermeil, Silver
4 Grotto Style, Shellback, Dining Chairs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Elegant set of 4 Italian Grotto Style Dining room chairs, carved in the manner of shells, with a
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Dining Room Chairs
Carved "Grotto" Style Stand
Located in Woodbury, CT
A Fantastic Piece of Italian Grotto Furniture, Elaborately Carved with a Shell Top, Seahorse
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Six Walnut Venetian Grotto Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
A set of six classic Italian grotto chairs, circa 1940's to 1950's Hand-carved in Walnut, showing
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Grotto Fish Consoles with Silver Gilt Tops
Located in Water Mill, NY
Beautiflly carved and finished pair of Italian grotto fish consoles with silver gilt tops. One is
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Console Tables
Venetian Grotto Style Shell Back Dining Chairs, Set of 6
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Set of six solid wood carved dining chairs in the Italian grotto style feature shell design and
Category
Vintage 1980s Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Venetian Grotto Style Shell Back Dining Chairs, Set of 6
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Set of six solid wood carved dining chairs in the Italian grotto style feature shell design and
Category
Vintage 1980s Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Shell Consoles
By Grosfeld House
Located in San Francisco, CA
This model is often attributed to Grosfield House. They are hard to find adaptations of Italian
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
$4,950
Grotto Chair
Located in High Point, NC
Venetian Carved Wooden Chair in Form of Seashell and Sea Creators
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs
$3,600
Grotto Armchair
Located in Long Island City, NY
The scallop shell seat and back with stylized dolpin arms and stylized seahorse legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Italian Rococo Style Giltwood Grotto Wall Bracket
Located in San Francisco, CA
Robustly carved in the form of a sea urchin supporting a shell. Patinated intricate detailed features
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Brackets
Materials
Metal
Italian, Venetian Walnut Adjustable Grotto Form Piano Stool
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian, Venetian walnut adjustable grotto form piano stool in the fantasy tradition.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
19th Century Italian Silver Gilt Grotto Chair
Located in Water Mill, NY
Beautifully carved Italian silver gilt grotto chair
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
Seahorse Grotto Chair
Located in High Point, NC
Carved wood Grotto Chair with silver leafed Scallop Shell seat and back with Seahorse and Sea
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Paint
$9,600
Venetian Grotto Table
Located in Cologne, DE
Venetian Grotto table, 19 century, wood, carved, silver and gold in very beautiful condition
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood
$13,053
Venician Grotto Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
my grotto chairs shown on our website.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Tables
Materials
Wood
$9,500
Venetian Grotto Mirror
Located in Tacoma, WA
A large oval 18th century Venetian giltwood grotto mirror surrounded with figures of Pan. The base
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
$11,500
Grotto Console Table
Located in High Point, NC
Grotto Style Realistic Carved and Painted Wooden Console Table Depicting Windsweep Cypress Trees in
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Console Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal
$25,000
19th Century Italian gouache of Blue Grotto, circa 1840
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Italian gouache of Blue Grotto, circa 1840, grand tour, fine quality
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Art
Grotto Giltwood Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
The giltwood shell-form dish held aloft by a branch-form tripod base mounted with oak branches and seated putto holding a dove.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint, Gesso
$5,400
Venician Grotto Suite
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Quite a rare and wonderful find! This lovely set is a strong statement of glamorous opulence, and in very fine condition. All pieces are hand carved and silver leafed, with various t...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Armchairs
$12,500
Venetian Grotto Stools
Located in San Francisco, CA
Venetian stools with wood-carved shell seat on carved marine abalone motif legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
$4,900
Grotto Table Circa 1880
By Pauly
Co.
Located in London, GB
A carved, silvered and gilt-varnished green-painted grotto table. Comprising a centre table with a
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Center Tables
$12,323
Grotto Settee Circa 1880
By Pauly
Co.
Located in London, GB
A carved, silvered and gilt-varnished green-painted grotto settee. Comprising a settee with three
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Settees
$15,061
Grotto Style Piano Stool
Located in Long Island City, NY
Venetian Grotto Style Adjustable Piano Stool
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
Materials
Mahogany
$5,000
Grotto
Shell
Stool - Seat
Located in San Francisco, CA
shrinkage. We think this was made in Italy late in the 19th century.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
Materials
Wood
Venician Grotto Furniture Suite
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Quite a rare and wonderful find! This fantastic pair of armchairs and center table make a strong statement of glamorous opulence. All pieces are hand carved and leafed, and are stron...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Armchairs
A Pair of Grotto Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of Silvered and painted Grotto Chairs
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs
Materials
Wood
$14,000
Grotto Side Chair Circa 1880
By Pauly
Co.
Located in London, GB
A carved, silvered and gilt-varnished green-painted grotto chair. Comprising a seat in the form of
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs
Venetian "Fantasy" Grotto Center Table
Located in Natchez, MS
19th century Venetian "fantasy" Grotto Center Table with shell motif and clam shell top with
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Center Tables
An Italian Silvered and Carved Wood “Grotto” Rocking Armchair
Located in San Francisco, CA
a one of a kind creation of the Grotto period
with a gorgeous paint and parcel silver gilt
Category
Antique 19th Century Armchairs
19th cent. Gilded Grotto Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is the best grotto chair I've ever seen. Perfectly proportioned, beautifully carved, solid and
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
Venetian Gilt Wood Grotto Stool
Located in Natchez, MS
Venetian "fantasy" giltwood grotto stool on a tried base with paw feet and shell form seat.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
Venetian Grotto Adjustable Piano Stool
Located in Natchez, MS
Late 18th c. Venetian Grotto (fantasy furniture) Adjustable Piano stool with a dolphin on rocks
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Stools
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Italian Giltwood Grotto Stools Upholstered in Leather, circa 1870
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very rare pair of Italian carved and giltwood stools in the grotto or fantasy furniture style
Category
Antique 1860s Italian Baroque Benches
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood
Rare Grotto Style Sofa Attributed to Manufacture Pauly
Co, Venezia, Italy
By Pauly
Co.
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
This rare sofa in the "Grotto" style is attributed to the Manufacture Pauly & Co in Venezia, Italy
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Sofas
Materials
Paint, Wood
Venetian Grotto Chair- Shell Form
Located in Stamford, CT
Venetian Grotto Chair- Shell Form-dyed fruitwood late 19th century to early 20th century
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Side Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood
An Italian Giltwood Grotto Form Console Table with Faux Marble Top
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Gilt Wood Grotto Form Console Table Composed of 18th Century and Later Elements
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Plaster
Venetian Grotto Style Piano Bench
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine 19th century elaborately carved swivel stool with traces of gilding on shell carved seat.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Swivel Chairs
Materials
Wood
19th c. Carved Wood Grotto Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
Carved wood grotto chair with swivel seat in a shell-like design.
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Swivel Chairs
Pair of Venician Grotto Chairs
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Quite a rare and wonderful find! This fantastic pair of armchairs create a strong statement of glamorous opulence. Both chairs are hand carved and leafed, and are strong and stable. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Armchairs
Pair of Grand Carved Grotto Ewers
Located in London, GB
Pair of Venetian Walnut Carved Grotto Shell Form Wall mounted Ewers.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Urns
Beautiful Set of Eight Italian Ebonized Venetian Grotto Shell Back Dining Chairs
Located in Hialeah, FL
Set of eight Italian ebonized Venetian grotto shell back dining chairs, wood framed chairs having
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Pair of Grotto Armchairs Circa 1880
By Pauly
Co.
Located in London, GB
A pair of carved, silvered and gilt-varnished green-painted grotto armchairs. Each comprising a
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
19th Century Venetian Grotto Arm Chairs
Located in Toronto, ON
Pair of carved and painted grotto armchairs, hand carved dolphin form arms over silver leaf seat on
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Venetian Silver Gilt Grotto "fantasy" Suite
Located in Natchez, MS
Unusual Venetian Silver Gilt Grotto Fantasy suite comprising of a settee and two armchairs. Made by
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Living Room Sets
Materials
Giltwood
Shell Decorated Grotto Style Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Uniquely adorned with shelves over an iron framed mirror -
- spectacular scale and design. Truly eye catching !
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Iron
Venetian Silver Gilt, "Fantasy" Grotto Settee
Located in Natchez, MS
Venetian 19th century Silver gilt, carved wood, "fantasy" Grotto Settee of large clam shell with
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Settees
Materials
Vermeil, 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
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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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