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Grand Tour Furniture

GRAND TOUR STYLE

For 18th-century young British noblemen, no education was complete without a year on the Grand Tour. Although it had no official route, the Grand Tour focused on places foundational to European art, literature and architecture, including sites in France, Germany, Switzerland and, most importantly, Italy. It was an opportunity not just to witness the roots of the classics they had studied but also to take some of it home. Grand Tour furniture was among the souvenirs.

Grand Tour furniture ranged from marble architectural models replicating ancient wonders to actual antiquities often taken illicitly, leaving a legacy of looting still being unraveled today. Other items reflected the artistic richness of the Renaissance cities and other destinations. In Italy, this included scagliola tables and pedestals mimicking marble as well as tabletops and wall panels embedded with pietra dura hard stone mosaics.

Furniture was also developed to display Grand Tour purchases in the owner’s home, presenting them as a cultivated and well-traveled person. Mahogany collector’s cabinets held objects like intaglio moldings of coins and seals while others had specialized drawers that framed pietra dura panels.

Many objects were specifically produced for Grand Tour collectors. Often accompanied by retinues on journeys lasting months or years, the elite travelers, the wealthiest of whom extended their trips to Egypt and the Holy Land, required artful personal mementos befitting the experience. For example, Grand Tour micromosaicssmall artworks, most not more than two inches wide — arose from the entrepreneurial impulses of artisans who had trained in the Vatican’s workshops.

Grand Tour journeys would help inform a range of decorative styles such as neoclassical, Rococo and Adam style. (Architect and designer Robert Adam toured Italy and France for five years.) The Grand Tour flourished at a time of economic prosperity and political stability, but the French Revolution in 1789 brought it to an end. Yet as the tradition faded in popularity in England, the rising wealth of the United States led to an increase in tourism across the Atlantic and a similar passion for collecting to show one’s worldliness.

Find a collection of Grand Tour decorative objects, wall decorations, lighting and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Grand Tour
Labradorite Semi Precious Stone Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Labradorite semiprecious stone box with hinged lid. Labradorite displays an iridescent optical effect (or schiller) known as labradorescence. La...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Stone, Brass

Pair of 19th Century Grand Tour Roman Feet Bronze Candlesticks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th century grand tour Roman feet bronze candlesticks, each one realistically cast of one pair of human feet, that hold one standard candle.
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Attr. Minton Cobalt Urns with Osborne House and Mediterranean Port Views, "Ward"
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking mid-19th-century pair of porcelain urns attributed to Minton (Staffordshire, England, circa 1860-80). Each urn rises in a flaring trumpet form finely painted on its deep c...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Porcelain

An Antique Italian Emerald Hand Blown Glass and Silver Decanter and Four Glasses
Located in New Orleans, LA
A charming 1920's Italian hand blown glass and silver decanter and four glasses in a lovely shades of emerald green and having designs of silver with silver rims. The ground stopper ...
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1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Silver

Italian Grand Tour Style Patinated Bronze Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
An Italian Grand Tour style patinated metal vessel now mounted as an ancient looking lamp. Paw feet supporting three columns with lion head tops with rings in their mouths. The cente...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

A Grand Tour Specimen Marble Paperweight, Late 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
A rectangular shaped paperweight with inset Porphyry, Siena Marble and Mother of Pearl in black marble framework
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1890s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Siena Marble, Porphyry

German Glazed Terracotta Monkey Tile by Karlshrue
Located in Houston, TX
German glazed terracotta monkey tile by Karlshrue. German glazed terra cotta or Majolica monkey tile by Karlshrue, circa 1920. This gorgeous wall art depicts two monkeys on a tree br...
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1920s German Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Terracotta

19th Century Italian Ruby Glass Box with Miniature of Basilica
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely little 19th century ring jar or pill box made of a thick wine colored ruby glass. It has a miniature of a Basilica on top, gilt metal mounts with beautiful filigree on the si...
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Early 19th Century Vatican Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Metal

Pair of Grand Tour Néo-Grec Gilt Bronze Vases, Attributed, F. Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Grand Tour 'Néo-Grec' gilt bronze vases, Attributed, F. Barbedienne Each one with typical all over decoration, with applied handles with lion masks. Unmarked. Each vase sta...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Grand Tour Style Bronze and Marble Column Floor Lamp, after the Roman Model
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour style bronze and marble column floor lamp, after the Roman model, finely cast twisted column raised on a paw footed 15" diameter t...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour Bloodstone Marble Bouillotte Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand tour bloodstone marble Bouillotte lamp The tole shade measures 13" depth x 6" height x 8.5" top The height of the urn without the lamp fittings is 14 inches. The base has a 5...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

19th Century Grand Tour Lion Attacking a Horse Miniature Bronze Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine 19th century Grand Tour miniature model of the Lion Attacking a Horse sculpture. Modeled after the ancient Roman version found on Capitoline Hill. Sized as a paperweight...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Slate, Bronze

Grand Tour Pen Ink Wash Drawing Bearded Patriarch, After the Italian Baroque
Located in Atlanta, GA
A spirited 19th-century Continental pen and ink wash drawing on laid paper, depicting a bearded patriarchal figure, his robes sweeping in dynamic folds as he gestures commandingly to...
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19th Century British Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Wood, Paper

Arch of Septimius Severus in Foro Boario Roman Engraving, c.1700
Located in Savannah, GA
An engraving of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Foro Boario, circa 1700. sight: 14 ¼ by 13 ¾ inches frame: 19 ½ by 19 inches
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Early 1700s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Glass, Wood, Paper

A Pair of Italian Regency Tole-Peinte Chestnut Urns
Located in Charleston, SC
the green backgrounds decorated in with scrolling foliage and insects, with peaked lid and lions mask and loop handles, raised on a square foot Matched Pair of 20th c. hand-painted ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Metal

Imposing 19th-Century Gilt Sailor s Pricket with Mounted Natural Sea Fan- 62"H
Located in New York, NY
This striking and unusual piece showcases a large, natural sea fan meticulously mounted on an impressive 19th-century gilt sailor’s pricket, standing an impressive 62" tall. The pric...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Coral

Pair, 19th Century French Grand Tour Gilt Equestrian Plaques - Signed Henry
Located in Atlanta, GA
This striking pair of 19th-century French Grand Tour gilt equestrian plaques, signed "Henry," exemplifies the grandeur and craftsmanship of the period. Each plaque is meticulously ca...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Dante
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional large antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze and bust of Dante Alighieri, mid to late 19th century circa 1880. This fine bronze is modeled as the 13th century Italian Poet,...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

1830 Watercolor and Gouache Painted Vignettes of Eastern Entertainers
Located in Savannah, GA
The caption of this charming pen and ink, watercolor and gouache vignette reads "A troupe of Eastern Entertainers taken from diary of G. Copeland 1830." Perhaps a rememberance from...
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1830s English Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Silk, Glass, Paint, Paper

A Pair Of Grand Tour Variegated Marble Obelisks
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Pair Of 19th Century Black Variegated Marble Grand Tour Obelisks with applied bronze finials and hooks. Each features the profiles in relief of Greek philosophers. One with bust of...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Alabaster, Marble

An Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Paperweight, Late 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The round paperweight framed in black marble, with porphyry and sienna marble and other marble specimens. The center in sienna marble with carved bea...
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1850s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Belgian Black Marble

Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine pair of Italian Grand Tour putti bronze statues on Breccia marble bases, circa 1850. One of the nicest pairs of antique Grand Tour bronze putti we have had in a while, th...
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1850s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Breccia Marble, Bronze

After The Roman Antique - Rock Crystal, Glass Gold Flecking Grand Tour Pitcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
Likely European, 19th century or earlier. This pitcher is incredibly unique and unusual. The interior has a cracked rock crystal surface, purple striations and gold flecking which a...
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19th Century British Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Rock Crystal

Camillo de Vito, View from Naples Pier, Gouache, c.1820s
Located in Savannah, GA
Camillo de Vito (Italian, active 1794-1845) Veduta del Molo di Napoli (view from the Naples pier), circa 1820s. A gouache on paper depicting a sailin...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Glass, Fruitwood, Paint, Paper

Grand Tour Era, Mixed Specimen Marble Gemstone Obelisk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Continental, 19th century. A grand tour era (possibly Italian) obelisk constructed with a stepped black marble square base, a highly decorated mixed material stem which consists of ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble, Belgian Black Marble

19th Century, French Grand Tour "4 Seasons" Bronze Sienna Marble Urn Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, 19th century. A pair of good quality bronze urns decorated with playful cherub or putti. The putti figures each represent one of the four season graces after the original my...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Siena Marble, Bronze

Neoclassical Grand Tour Solid Marble Brown and Gray Obelisk
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical or Grand Tour style solid marble gray and brown obelisk Measures: 2"W x 2"D x 8"H. Very good original vintage condition.
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Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Grand Tour Pencil Drawing "Remains of the Parthenon" Fine Carved Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charles Lamson Swasey (American New Bedford Massachusetts, 1815-1888). This wonderful grand tour graphite on paper drawing was done in December 1839 and depicts the remains of the ...
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19th Century American Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Wood, Paper

Vintage Boho Italian Architectural Pediment Drawings Original Print- Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This sophisticated pair of vintage architectural prints celebrates the timeless precision of Italian Neoclassical design. Each work illustrates a detailed scholarly study of ornate w...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Faux Bamboo, Paper

Antique Grand Tour French Bronze Bust Trojan Greek General Ajax Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Grand Tour French Bronze Bust Trojan Greek General Ajax Table Lamp. Item features a stately patinated bronze bust depicting the famous Greek war general Ajax with some of the...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Large Italian Style Patinated Bronze Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large Italian style patinated metal vessel now mounted as an ancient looking lamp. Paw feet supporting three columns with lion head tops with rings in their mouths. The center in the...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Boho Greek Urn Original Prints - Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
These exquisite vintage prints celebrate classical antiquity, meticulously illustrating the iconic pottery of ancient Greece. Each work showcases a distinctive vessel—including tradi...
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Late 20th Century American Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Other

Vintage Boho Bust of Man Original Prints - Set of 6
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This sophisticated set of six vintage prints is a masterful celebration of Neoclassical design and classical antiquity. Each work illustrates a pair of distinguished busts, capturing...
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Late 20th Century American Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Other

Vintage Boho Architectural Original Print
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite vintage architectural print is a masterful celebration of Neoclassical design, capturing the timeless precision of Italian classical molding studies. Rendered with fin...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Other

Monumental Neoclassical Grand Tour Ormolu Mounted Marble Obelisks on Pedestals
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning pair of monumental neoclassical or Grand Tour style solid marble pink, gray, brown, and black obelisks on solid marble pedestals. Italy, Cir...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Italian Grand Tour Pietra Dura Panel with Parrot, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
his finely executed 19th-century Italian Grand Tour pietra dura panel depicts a vividly colored parrot perched on a branch, meticulously rendered in carefully selected hardstones and...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Stone

Large Pair Verdigris Finished Cast Metal Figural Planters after Clodion
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This impressive pair of large cast metal figural planters is designed in the manner of the celebrated French sculptor Claude Michel, known as Clodion. Each planter is masterfully det...
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1950s Unknown Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Metal

French Bronze Mounted Figure Circa 1800 Neoclassical Style
Located in Hudson, NY
Circa 1800 mounted bronze 3/4 profile. Likely French but possibly English. Carved wooden backing custom just for this particular item. In the original frame and retaining an old if n...
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Early 1800s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Italian 19th century patinated Bronze and marble statue of Hermes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Grand Tour Period patinated Bronze and marble statue of Hermes. This handsome depiction of a youthful and athlet...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century Grand Tour Silver Box, Likely Made in Germany
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th century Grand Tour silver box, likely made in Germany. With faux Paris, 1784 hallmarks. Decorated with a 17th century gentleman in rococo cartouche. 3.55 troy oz. 3 3/8" x 2.75"...
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19th Century German Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Silver

Neoclassical Grand Tour Solid Marble Black Obelisk
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical or Grand Tour style solid marble black obelisk Measures: 3"W x 3"D x 16.25"H. Very good original vintage condition.
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Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble

Grand Tour Style 20th Century Venetian Canal Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Grand Tour-Style (20th Century) unframed canvas oil painting of a bright, aqua canal crowded with gondolas under passage in front of Doge's Palace with St Mark's Campanile just behind it, and the domes of the Punta della Dogana visible in the distance in the lower left corner. Painting unsigned, noted as coming from a 20th-Century studio that specialized in historic commercial reproduction paintings...
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20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

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Canvas

Views of Erupting Volcano, Gouache on Paper, late 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The pair of gouaches with views of a volcanic eruption during the day and the night
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Paper

19th Century Grand Tour Greco-Roman Oil Lamp Form Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Antique (late 19th century) continental Grand Tour style patinated and gilt bronze chandelier in the form of a Greek or Roman oil lamp depicting the figure of the Greek god, Helios, ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Travertine Stone Mediterrane Mid-Century Modern Obelisks Grand Your Style
Located in Miami, FL
1980s Italian Beige Travertine Stone Obelisk in the Style of Grand Tour. Look great as display and also very useful as bookends. Handcrafted and Parts of Label at the base. A-510-335
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1980s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Travertine

Framed Specimen Marbles, Italian, circa 1880
Located in Spencertown, NY
A Collection of 25 Samples with in a Verde Antico Border, with Wooden Frame, Italian, late 19th Century. Each Specimen 2 1/2” x 1 3/4”
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1880s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Porphyry

Vintage Grand Tour Painted Concrete Hercules Pedestal- a Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fantastic pair of vintage concrete Hercules statues. They are great alone or add a stone top for the chicest garden console ever. Acquired from a Palm ...
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Mid-20th Century North American Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Stone, Concrete

Bust in the Grand Tour Style of Greek God Dionysus
Located in Memphis, TN
An Exceptional Large grand Tour Style Hellenistic Bust Of Greek God Dionysus. Highly detailed classical bust made of cast marble aka “marble dust.” Replica of Greek classical sculpt...
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Mid-20th Century European Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Bronze Sculpture of the Borghese Warrior
Located in Miami, FL
Bronze sculpture after the Borghese Warrior of which the original life-sized statue is in the Louvre. Placed on a marble plate. Comes with a wood and ...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Late 19th Century Romantic Still Life of Flowers Fruit, Grand Tour Period
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Romantic still life of flowers and fruit from the late Victorian Grand Tour Period. Although unsigned, this oil on original canvas has two intriguing "R" insignias, on the gold chate...
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Late 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Paint

M.L. Monteith, Signed Modern Oil on Panel, Scene from Verdi s Opera "Othello"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A dramatic and colorful Oil on Board in a custom Gilt wood frame. Figures on a monumental staircase. Signed lower right, labelled and dedicated on verso. In a fine gilt frame. Panel ...
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20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Wood

Crackle Glaze Italian Pottery Urn Marked Made in Italy for Tutto Bene, 1830
Located in Ferndale, MI
Bulbous Italian pottery vase or urn. Signed made in Italy for Tutto Bene, 1830.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Pottery

An Italian Specimen Marble Paperweight
Located in Spencertown, NY
The square paperweight with specimen marbles inset in yellow marble ground.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble

1940s Italian Neoclassical Wrought Iron Applique 3 Light Wall Sconce
Located in Miami, FL
Wrought iron three-light applique, wall sconce from Italy. Wired for the U.S. prior shipping and uses each a max. 40 watts light bulb. In good used condition with normal signs of wea...
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1940s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Wrought Iron

Grand Tour Inlaid Marble Specimen Paperweight, Early 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The center made up of blue marble veneers, yellow marble and green marble with each section banded by Carrara marble.
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Borghese 1890 Steel Engraving Greco Roman Scene Bernard Picture Co. New York
Located in Miami, FL
Framed 1890 Steel Engraving Greco Roman scene sand clock by Bernard Picture Co. New York, New York. Marked Borghese on the reverse. O-505-335
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19th Century American Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Steel

1890 Steel Engraving Greco Roman Scene by Bernard Picture Co. New York Borghese
Located in Miami, FL
1890 Framed steel engraving Greco Roman scene by Bernard Picture Co. New York, New York. Marked Borghese on the reverse. O-506-335
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19th Century American Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Steel

Grand Tour Bronze Bust Of Seneca
Located in Essex, MA
Bust of Seneca likely made in the Naples area of Italy. Now seated on a faux porphyry base. Loss of a section of bronze at base of neck.
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1870s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Italian Gouache Depicting a View of Posillipo from Naples, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The brightly colored gouache with fine details in foreground.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Gouache

Large Hand Carved Haematite-Jasper Bowl
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite hand-carved and polished stone bowl showcases a striking natural pattern of alternating bands of hematite (silver) and jasper (red),...
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2010s Indian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Stone

Grand Tour furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Grand Tour furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Grand Tour furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Bertrando Di Renzo, Giustiniani, F. Barbedienne Foundry, and Ferdinand Barbedienne. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $45 and tops out at $365,566 while the average work can sell for $2,501.