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 micromosaics — small 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.
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Style: Grand Tour
Italian marble dust Relief of Roman Emperor with Gilt Frame
Located in New York, NY
Circular Italian style marble dust relief plaque depicting a Roman emperor, possibly Nero, mounted in later carved laurel wreath gilt plaster frame meas...
Category
Early 2000s Unknown Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
A rare pair of Grand Tour gilt bronze horses of Saint Mark Venice, circa 1900
Located in Central England, GB
This superb pair of Grand Tour Italian gilt bronzes dates to the late 19th century. They are solid cast and very heavy for their size. They are decorative Grand Tour reproductions ta...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French 19th century Bronze and Marble Arc de Triomphe statue/box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely decorative French 19th century Grand Tour Period patinated Bronze and black Belgian marble Arc de Triomphe statue/box, signed LeBlanc Frères, Paris. This wonderfully dec...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour Style Greek or Roman Plaster Foot Sculpture
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style cast plaster sculpture of an Ancient Greek or Roman foot
USA, Late 20th Century
Measures: 6.25"W x 2.5"D x 2"H.
Very good original vintage condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
A terracotta sculpture of Spinario, boy with a thorn, Italian, Grand Tour C1890
Located in Central England, GB
A superbly detailed small terracotta sculpture of the classical Italian Grand Tour figure of Spinario, or boy with a thorn, who was a devoted shepherd boy.
This small late 19th cent...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Antique French Porcelain Jacob Petite Desk Set Inkstand Provenance Ava Gardner
By Jacob Petit
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning French Lavish Gilt Porcelain Ink Stand of Museum Quality and generous proportions, made by renowned French porcelain maker Jacob Petit. Last quarter of the Nineteenth Centur...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique French Mythological Bronze Ormolu Ewer Claude Michel Clodion Grand Tour
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptional and Handsome French really heavy gauge chisel cast Ewer Pitcher of Jug in the manner of Claude Michel Clodion 1738-1814. Third quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Th...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Stunning Grand Tour Souvenir, micro mosaic cross, Art Deco, 1930s, Rome, Italy
Located in Wien, AT
Wonderful cross with micro mosaic inlays, it is an early example of a souvenir - perhaps from a pilgrimage - to Rome, Italy, made in the 1920s / 30s.
This so-called Grand Tour objec...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal
Grand Tour Style Large Bronze Model of the Farnese Hercules
Located in Montreal, QC
Grand Tour style large bronze model of the Farnese Hercules, after the antique. Early 20th century.
Set on a later ebonized wood base.
Overall height 68 in bronze height 48 in
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Grand Tour Solid Marble Blue, Tan, and White Obelisk
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical or Grand Tour style solid marble blue, tan, and white obelisk
Measures: 2.5"W x 2.5"D x 10.25"H.
Very good original vintage condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th century grand tour bronze classical male figurative sculpture
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a 19th century classical male sculpture in bronze. This is a sculpture that would have been purchased on your grand tour of Europe. This male figure has a classical pose with...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Set of Four Grand Tour Etchings Italian Architectural Views Remondini circa 1770
Located in Milano, MI
A late-18th century Italian hand-colored copper engravings, original Italian etchings by Remondini, from Bassano dating back to 1770 circa.
The set of four etchings...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Early 19th Century Grand Tour Model of a Roman Sarcophagus
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An early 19th century bronze Grand Tour model of a Roman sarcophagus or bath, circa 1830, with removable blue glass liner. Once a Grand Tour souvenir acquired by an adventurer travel...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Grand Tour Marble Sculpture Statue Bust of Venus de Milo after the Antique
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GRAND TOUR MODEL OF VENUS DE MILO AFTER ANTIQUITY
Italian a late 19th to early 20th century copy of the original of Antiquity carved from a single block of Carrara marble unsigne...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique Grand Tour Urn, Italian, Bronze, Posy Vase, Great Exhibition, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Grand Tour urn. An Italian, bronze table top posy vase in the Great Exhibition manner, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Delightfully accentuated...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Marble Bust of Antinous
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Marble Bust of Antinous after the original known as the 'Antinous Vaticano' discovered at Hadrian's Villa. Featuring realistic detail to hair and handsome facial features...
Category
19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique Italian Pietra Dura Marble Inlay Plaque of Spaniard
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - (Frame) H: 16 1/2 in W: 11 1/2 in D: 1 in
(Plaque) H: 12 1/4 in W: 7 1/4 in
This exquisite Antique Italian Early 20th Century Pietra Dura Inlaid Marble Plaque is a stu...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble
Late 19thC Linden Wood Black Forest Wall Mirror
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thC Linden Wood Black Forest Wall Mirror - with an oval bevelled plate glass, carved throughout with leaves, vines and fruits, good dry original unspoilt patina - 19"w x 23"h ...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Other
Italian Pietra Dura framed panel, circa 1890
Located in Central England, GB
This large-scale Italian Pietra Dura marble framed panel depicts a lovely evening scene of a church or monastery with grand walled and terraced gardens, with a line of clipped Cypres...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Grand Tour
Giltwood and Micromosaic Centre Table with Roman Scenes
Located in London, GB
A Grand Tour Centre Table
The Top Attributed to Cesare Roccheggiani
The carved gilt wood base in the manner of George Smith having four monopedia supports, each depicting leopards heads atop, with paw feet below, and conjoined by an incurved stretcher base having carved stiff leaf decoration, and raised on castors; the circular platform of marmoro nero, with a stylised Greek Key border within double Malachite reserves; the central micromosaic roundel depicts The Vatican from St Peter's Square, surrounded by eight separate roundels of The Pantheon of the Gods; the smallest of Rome's seven hills, the Capitoline; The Mauseoleum of Hadrian on the Tiber; The Roman Forum, with the remnants of the Temple of Vespasian; The Colosseum; the Temple of Vesta; The Arch of Titus, and the Tomb of Cecilia Metella.
English / Italian, Circa 1875
The attribution to Cesare Roccheggiani is supported by Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, former curator of the Gilbert Collection and Honorary Curator for the Gilbert Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Provenance: From a Noble family, the 6th Earl of Macclesfield (1811-1896) then by descent.
The base is similar in design to designs published by George Smith's A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1808. The taste for monopedia supports was of fashion, in the Regency period and models of such were displayed in the 1851 Great Exhibition. The Macclesfield coat of arms depicts a shield with a central chevron and three leopard's faces.
Views of Roman monuments was the most popular theme used by mosaicists in Rome in the beginning of the 19th century, supplying the flow of wealthy Grand tourists from Northern Europe. From small gold boxes...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Malachite
Rare 19th Century Leblanc Freres Grand Tour Bronze Statue of the Arc De Triomph
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare early 19th century solid bronze with marble base Grand Tour model of the Arc De Triomph by the world renown French company of LeBlanc Freres...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Grand Tour Neoclassical Tazze Marble and Patinated Bronze
Located in Wiscasset, ME
A nice pair of mid-19th century Grand Tour tazze or marble and patinated bronze.
7½ h × 6 dia in each
In very good condition and ready to display.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century, Antique Sicilian Brass Knocker
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Antique Sicilian brass knocker from the end of the 19th century, ideal size for gates and large doors.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture Company Italian Style Hand Painted Serpentine Chest of Drawers
Located in West Chester, PA
Vintage Baker Furniture Company Italian Style Serpentine Low Dresser featuring three spacious drawers with faux keyholes and original hand painted finishes. Signed inside drawer. The...
Category
Late 20th Century American Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of 19th Century Grand Tour Hand-Carved Marble Sphinx Sculptures
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th-Century Grand Tour Hand-Carved Marble Sphinx Sculptures on Plinth Bases
Description:
A finely carved and substantial pair of Grand Tour-era marble sphinx sculptures, ea...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
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 ...
Category
20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair Vintage Musical Figural Sculptors Male Book Ends Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish Pair of Grand Tour style Figural Bookends Holders depicting two sculptural male views of Music Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Standing in p...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Grand Tour Bronze Figural Ewer and Stand, after the Roman Antique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour bronze figural ewer and stand, after the Roman Antique
The ewer alone measures 8" x 5" x 5"
The base measures 4" D x 1" H.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$556 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th C. Italian Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic "Doves of Pliny" Box After Antiquity
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian, likely Circa 1880.
This beautiful box has an exceptional Grand Tour Micro-mosaic plaque depicting the Capitoline Doves or Doves of Pliny after the Roman antiquity. Also by ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Slate, Bronze
A Large Vintage Pair of Grand Tour Style Marble Inlaid Obelisks, 1970
Located in Tarzana, CA
A Large Vintage Pair of Grand Tour Style Marble Inlaid Obelisks, 1970
Standing 52" tall, these pair of obelisks are in excellent condition.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
$7,000 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Marble Bowl on Pedestal - Tazza Centerpiece
Located in Firenze, IT
This Italian 19th century neoclassical marble bowl on pedestal, or tazza centerpiece, is finely carved in Cipollino marble, a highly prized stone already appreciated by the Romans an...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
18th Century Italian Grand Tour Pair Of Classical Busts Apollo Belvedere
Diana
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Elegant Pair The Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Classical Greek God And Goddess Apollo And Diana Decorative Alabaster Busts For A Wonderful Library Desk
Depicting Apollo Belvedere ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
$3,409 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Italian Antique Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Spaniel After the Hunt
Located in Newark, England
Mounted in an Oval Ebonised Frame
From our collectables we are delighted to offer this Italian Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Spaniel ‘After the Hunt’ after Antonio Aguatti and Gioacchino ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pair of 19th Century Grand Tour Malachite-Inlaid Bronze Locket Frames, French
Located in Atlanta, GA
Each of these finely crafted Grand Tour–era oval locket frames is composed of patinated bronze and set with a band of inlaid malachite mosaic, framing a central glazed compartment fo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Set of Portrait Medals of The 12 Roman Emperors
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian Grand Tour set of silvered bronze portrait medallions of The 12 Roman Emperors, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius
Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitelliu...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Chess board - reversable tray with bronze chess pieces, Sorrento Ware
Located in Central England, GB
This exceptional and very rare Italian late 19th-century Sorrento ware olive wood reversible chessboard tray is truly unusual.
The large tray has hinged, reversible wooden handles ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Collection of Six (6) Grand Tour Bronze Marble Busts of Roman Emperors
Located in New York, NY
Collection of six (6) antique (19th century) Grand Tour busts of Roman emperors in patinated bronze with gilt bronze mounts and white marble pedestals, each measuring from 8 to 8 1/4...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mammoth Photograph of Notre Dame
Located in Rochester, NY
Grand tour 19th century photograph of Notre Dame Cathedral, late 19th century. Matted. Unframed.
Category
19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of Red-Figure Black-Ground Vases, 1810-1850, Italy, Terracotta, Grand Tour
Located in Epfach, DE
19th Century Pair of Red-Figure Black-Ground Vases, 1810-1850, Italy – Grand Tour Terracotta
This exquisite pair of Italian red-figure black-ground vases, dating from circa 1810-185...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Giustiniani Egyptomania Pottery Plate with Gilt Highlights, Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Giustiniani Egyptomania Pottery plate with gilt highlights, and a central urn
Neapolitan manufacture (Biagio Giustiniani & Sons) dated to 1830-1840, impressed script Giustiniani an...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Pottery
$896 Sale Price
25% Off
Lorenzo de Medici Marble Sculpture After Michelangelo
Located in New York, NY
Our antique (late 19th century) white marble Grand Tour sculpture of Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492-1515). Sculpture 22 by 9 by 10 inches.
The sculpture, carved from Carr...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
An Italian Wooden Book with Marble Specimens, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The hinged Burl walnut book inlaid with tulipwood opens to reveal 18 varieties of marbles. Including imperial porphyry, green porphyry,
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Early 20th Century Mahogany Plinth in the Form of a Classical-Style Column
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 20th century mahogany plinth in the form of a classical-style fluted column with carved Ionic scrolling and Corinthian foliate detail to the capital.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
PAIR OF ANTIQUE 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN ANTONiO CANOVA TOMB OF POPE CLEMENT LIONS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this extremely collectable pair of original Antique Circa 1880 Italian Grand Tour Alabaster Recumbent Lions after the original huge statues by Antonio Canova
These are original examples not later copies, they have a stunning antique patina and look expensive and important in any setting
Grand tour pieces were purchased by young men and women in high society when they finished their studies, they would go on a "Grand Tour" around Europe visiting the sites and collecting trinkets, these trinkets could be very small such as ingots, or if you were fabulously wealthy they would be much larger and heavier like these lions
About Tomb of Pope Clement XIII
The artwork, titled “Tomb of Pope Clement XIII,” is a sculpture created by Antonio Canova in 1792. Belonging to the Neoclassicism art movement, this masterpiece exemplifies the genre of sculpture.
In the artwork, Canova masterfully arranges various sculptural elements to create a poignant and regal composition. The tomb consists of a carved effigy of Pope Clement XIII, situated in a reverent pose atop an elaborately adorned sarcophagus. The Pope’s figure is cloaked in flowing garments, kneeling in prayer, signifying his piety. Below, two imposing lions flank the monument, symbolizing strength and vigilance. An angelic figure, wings partially spread, gazes downwards with a sorrowful expression, embodying the eternal mourning for the departed. Adjacent to the angel, a robed woman stands, her somber posture accentuating the tomb’s solemn atmosphere. The architectural framework, with its towering columns and vaulted arch, adds to the grandeur and reverence of the entire composition, upholding the Neoclassical ideals of symmetry, order, and monumental form.
Later in life the Canova Lions were replicated, they are located in front of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C, these were cast in bronze from molds of the originals. The pieces were installed in 1860
This pair as mentioned are sublime, they really set the scene for a room, I've had a pair on the top of my piano for years with a large Tiffany lamp...
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1880s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of Antique Candle Sconces, Italian, Grand Tour Brass Wall Lights, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a superb pair of antique candle sconces, with Italian Grand Tour allure, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1860. Radiating classical elegance and fine detailing, thes...
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1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gladiatore Ferito Figura Grand Tour in Bronzo Ispirata al Galata Morente Romano
Located in Milano, MI
Bronze Wounded Gladiator, Italian sculpture from the early 1900s in good condition. The work is inspired by the Hellenistic sculpture depicting the Dying Gaul the famous marble Galata...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Tomb of the Scipios Grand Tour Souvenir
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredible Grand Tour inkwell relic takes the form of the ancient Tomb of the Scipios, a family of Roman war heroes and generals. Beautifully carved ent...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble
19th Century Grand Tour Style Bisque Porcelain Rhyton Form Vase
Located in Forney, TX
A striking antique European Grand Tour style bisque porcelain rhyton form vase, circa 1875
Continental, most likely German, late 19th century, exceptionally executed sculptural form...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Micromosaic and Specimen Marble Occasional Table
Located in Essex, MA
Circular top now cemented in a wrought iron base with scrolled legs. Top with central view of the Coliseum and surrounded by various hardstones including porphyry.
Category
1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Vintage Italian Grand Tour Empire Style Specimen Marble Center Table
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning vintage Italian Empire Grand Tour style specimen marble 'pietra dura' table.
Topped with a spectacular exhibition quality round specimen marble slab, featuring a large va...
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Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble, Stone, Griotte Marble, Sie...
Pair of Antique Roman Porphyry, Grand Tour Period Hand-Carved Lidded Vases
Located in New York, NY
A very fine pair of antique roman porphyry, Grand Tour period hand carved lidded vases. These are a fabulous and quite decorative pair of porphyry lidde...
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1830s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Porphyry
Antique Grand Tour (Or Earlier) Chiseled Bronze Venetian Dolphin Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italy, 19th century or earlier. We did find an example of this piece previously sold at auction that was said to be 16th or 17th century, however, we can not confirm that on our end. We are confident this is an old example and not a Maitland Smith reproduction. There is undesirable markings to under belly.
This exquisite antique chiseled...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Finely Carved Wooden Wall Panel with Sphinx, Dolphins
Scrollwork
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exceptional masterpiece of the 19th Century showcases remarkable craftsmanship with finest detailing. The carved wooden wall panel shows a composition featuring a central mythol...
Category
1880s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Italian Grand Tour Style Pietra Dura Floral Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined Florentine pietra dura hardstone panel dating to the early or mid 20th century set within its original ebonized wood frame and retaining its brass hanging loop. The composi...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Serpentine
Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Marble Columns w/ Orb Finials
Located in Savannah, GA
This outstanding and high quality pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical style Grand Tour period columns feature embossed gilded ormolu and orb finials atop.
They are raised by ...
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1820s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Ormolu
$5,500 Sale Price / set
53% Off
Pair of Italian Grand Tour Carved Yellow Alabaster Bookends
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Grand Tour Column Bookends in Yellow Carved Alabaster from Italy, circa 1960s
Bookends are marked with authentic period stickers "Hand Carved", "Archer ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
$352 Sale Price
47% Off
French 19th century Ormolu, Bronze and Marble statue of the Luxor Obelisk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and most impressive French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Grand Tour Period Ormolu, patinated Bronze and Black Belgian marble statue of the Luxor Obelisk. This exceptional...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Large Bronze Grand Tour Centaur Signed Fernando De Luca
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Fernando De Luca, After Furietti, Bronze Centaur Sculpture is a fine example of the Grand Tour tradition. Furietti, an Italian sculptor, was known for his skill in creat...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Jewelry Box by Cesare Roccheggiani, Rome c. 1875
By Cesare Roccheggiani
Located in London, GB
A highly attractive and rare floral Grand Tour micromosaic jewelry or trinket box made by Cesare Roccheggiani in Rome, Italy, c. 1875.
This is a beautifully detailed micro-mosaic box. The panel in the lid depicts a lush bouquet of spring flowers, including roses, forget-me-nots, daffodils, buttercups and crocus, amongst others. These are described in brightly coloured stone micromosaic inlaid into a black surround, lending the piece wonderful contrast.
The more common subjects for similar micro mosaic boxes are architectural views of Rome; floral examples such as this are much harder to find.
The panel is mounted in a box gilded in 24 carat gold. Another distinctive feature is the granulated finish around the lid and to the underside of the box: it is most unusual and lends the piece a lovely texture.
A hand-painted champlevé enamel frieze wraps around the central body of the gilt metal box, depicting scrolling turquoise vines blooming with red berries along with blue, green and yellow vine leaves.
The interior is lined in the original silk and in very good original condition. The maker’s name ‘C. ROCCHEGGIANI ROMA’ is emblazoned in gold to the interior of the lid beneath the motif of a cross surmounted by a crown. The lining of both the lid and body are bordered with a ropetwist detail. The lid closes with hooked clasp, and the hinge is in good condition.
Cesare Roccheggiani was one of the most successful mosaicists in the late 19th century in Rome. He probably worked in Michelangelo Barberi’s workshop, and was in all likelihood related to Lorenzo Roccheggiani, a late eighteenth-century master mosaicist at the Vatican whose work included the altarpiece, Crucifixion of St. Peter after Guido Reni, and Nicolo Roccheggiani who worked on the Achilles Shield tabletop commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte, and later gifted to Charles X of France, now in the collection of the Louvre.
Cesare Roccheggiani opened his premises on Via Condotti in Rome in 1874, and ran a production workshop including mosaicists, goldsmiths and other craftsmen. He was renowned as a source for fine quality Grand Tour mosaics...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Stone, Metal
19th Century Grand Tour Marble Arm Fragment
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Carved Marble Grand Tour Fragment of Left Arm. Well carved left arm fragment, fist clasping, from a larger statue now mounted to Black marble tablet to make a large Desk paper weight...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
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.
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