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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.

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Style: Grand Tour
Roman Bronze Oil Lamp With Theatrical Mask Handle
Located in Bradenton, FL
A rare Roman Grand Tour cast bronze oil lamp with a pear-shaped body leading to a curvaceous spout. Handle has a theatrical mask with expressive facial features and tight curly hair....
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Italian 18th C Grand Tour Roman Bronze Bust of a Horse, Specimen Marble Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian 18th C Grand Tour Roman Bronze Bust of a Horse, Specimen Marble Base Italy, Later 18th Century A Italian 18th Century Grand Tour Roman Bronze Bust of a Horse, displayed on ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Nelson Chair
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
With a hint of the Grand Tour and a dash of Klismos style, a bow back dining chair of pleasing proportions. In mahogany with kick out back legs and simple tapered front legs. To be u...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Grand Tour Furniture

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Mahogany

Large Specimen Marble Obelisks, Grand Tour Style
Located in El Monte, CA
A superb pair of specimen marble obelisks constructed from a variety of specimen marbles. The highly decorative and large scale pair complements traditional and contemporary interiors.
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20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Pair of Portoro Marble and Bronze Obelisks "Gold Lion", Limited Edition, 2018
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of Italian portoro marble and bronze obelisks, gold lion -Grand Tour collection- produced by Lorenzo Ciompi, 2017 designed, produced and executed directly in exclusivity for Co...
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2010s Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Antique German Bronze Desk Set Inkstand Rosso Antico Marble Ormolu Burgstaller
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Chisel Cast Austrian or German Neo-Classical Ormolu and Rosso Antico Marble Ink Stand of Museum Quality and generous proportions, by George Josef Burgstaller, Late Nineteent...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Siena Marble, Brass, Bronze

Antique French Regency Grand Tour Bronze Crystal Desk Set Inkstand Encrier 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Heavy Gauge Chisel Cast French Grand Tour German Neo-Classical Bronze and Crystal Ink Stand of Museum Quality and generous proportions. First quarter of the Nineteenth Centu...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Italian Grand Tour Marble Plaques with Roman Motifs
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING From our Decorative collection, we are pleased to present this elegant pair of Italian Grand Tour Marble Plaques, dating to the mid-19th century, circa 1860....
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Carrara Marble, Siena Marble

19th Century Brass Mounted Circular Speciman Top Coffee Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century brass mounted circular speciman top coffee table. The central panel of precious stone depicts a scene of a water carrier in a mountainous landscape. This is surrounded b...
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19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Brass

Large Antique Grand Tour Travel Photography Album by Bosetti, X., L.P. Et Al
Located in New York, NY
Large scale 17 inch by 14 inch 19th century Grand Tour photography album comprised of 92 photographs which include a number of rare images, many of which are signed. 53 photographs...
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19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Leather, Paper

Very large Grand Tour Italian bronze of Centaur teased by Eros after the Antique
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
A large cast bronze Italian 'Grand Tour' model of an Old centaur teased by Eros, after the ' Borghese centaur' a Roman copy (1st–2nd centuries AD) of a Greek original of the 2nd cent...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

19th Century Grand Tour Marble After The Wrestlers
Located in Madrid, ES
Early 19th century Grand Tour marble sculpture depicting two nude wrestlers in dynamic combat, based on the celebrated ancient sculptural group The Wrestlers, The original, dating fr...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Vintage Boho Obelisk Engravings - Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This sophisticated set of two vintage engravings celebrates the grandiosity of Neoclassical architecture, focusing on the iconic obelisk form. Each plate features a series of majesti...
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Early 20th Century American Grand Tour Furniture

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Paper

Pair of 1820s Italian Touring Sterling Silver Candelabras
Located in North Miami, FL
Exquisite Pair of 1820s Italian Touring (Grand Tour) Sterling Silver Candelabras Crafted by skilled artisans, these magnificent candelabras hailing from 1820s Italy are a testament ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Sterling Silver

19th Century Antimony Charcoal Holder
Located in Catania, Sicilia
19th Century charcoal holder in antimony, Finely decorated. Period '800. Object not easy to find, used in noble homes in Sicily to heat the bedrooms.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Metal

Grand Tour. Baroque style bronze table lamps, Italy, 1920s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Grand Tour style table lamps, Italy, early 20th century, set of 2. Bronze metal body in golden tones, slightly darkened. With a neoclassical and eclectic style, these lamps have a ce...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Metal, Bronze

Italian 19th century Grand Tour Period Specimen marble side table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality Italian 19th century Grand Tour Period Black Belgian and Specimen marble side table. This wonderful octagon shaped table is raised by a square black Belgi...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Grand Tour Style Bronze Model of St. Peter s Throne Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour-Style Bronze Model of St. Peter's Throne Chair Italy, 20th century  This unique bronze souvenir stands 7.5 inches high and is a finely cast...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour Bronze Bust of a Greco-Roman Classical Maiden, French, c. 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely modeled Grand Tour bronze bust depicting a Greco-Roman maiden, her head gently turned and crowned with a low diadem edged with rivet-like studs. The softly waved hair is arr...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

French 19th Century Grand Tour Period Patinated Bronze Urn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome French 19th century Grand Tour period patinated bronze urn. The urn is raised by a mottled square base below the fluted socl...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Neoclassical Solid Marble Black, Brown and Gray Obelisk
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical or Grand Tour style solid marble black, brown & gray obelisk Measures: 3.5"W x 3.5"D x 16"H. Very good original vintage condition.
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Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Wine Vessel Askos with Panther Handle
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian Grand Tour panther handled askos, or wine vessel. The design of this piece is probably based on a bronze Roman askos held within Naples Museum. An askos is an a...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Italian Marble Profile Plaque of Roman Emperor Ceasar Vespasianus, Late 18th C
Located in North Miami, FL
This finely Late 18th Century (Grand Tour Period) modeled portrait relief plaque of the Roman Emperor Caesar Vespasian (9-79 AD) is carved from...
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18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

18th Century Italian Bronze Hanging Oil Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Italian hanging bronze oil lamp with removable lid. Solid bronze. Can be hung or used as a stand-alone decorating piece. Great piece to use with any decor. Dimensions l...
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18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Grand Tour Bronze Thermometer of the Luxor Obelisk, Paris
Located in Stamford, CT
A bronze cast of the Luxor Obelsik, one side a thermometer. This was a popular Grad Tour souvenir in the late 19th century. Mounted on a polished black slate base. 8.5 inches high by 3.5 by 3.5 The Luxor Obelisk...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Grand Tour Model of the Eiffel Tower, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour model of the Eiffel Tower, now as a lamp, newly wired. The architectural model stands 30" high, 33" high to the top of the socket.
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture

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Wrought Iron

19th Century Grand Tour Antique Handmade Bronze Mortar with Pestle
Located in Roma, IT
19th-century grand tour antique handmade bronze mortar with pestle. This fantastic piece has an original patina. The pestle is 9.05 inc high wit...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Grand Tour Bust of Apollo Belvedere, Italy 19th century
Located in Greding, DE
Gilded bust of Apollo Belvedere on a grey cylindrical plinth with black base. Plinth: 6.5 x 6.5 cm
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour table lamp in French Empire style depicting the King Cecrops, 1920s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Grand tour table lamp in French empire style circa 1920, France. This piece depicts the King Cecrops from Greek mythology in his youth and playing an aulos (wind instrument from anci...
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture

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Brass, Bronze

After the Antique, a Large 20th C Plaster Figure of a Discus Thrower
Located in Bagshot, GB
After the Antique, a large 20th C plaster figure of a discus thrower 20th century (Pedestal not included), 100cm wide, 42cm deep, 168cm high (39in wide, 16 1/2in deep, 66in high) a...
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Mid-20th Century European Grand Tour Furniture

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Plaster

Pair Carved and Polychromed Figural Venitian Wall Brackets
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This fanciful pair of hand carved, gilded, and polychrome figural wall brackets were made in the 19th Century in Venice, Italy. They feature fanc...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Wood

19th C Grand Tour Roman Style Iron Gorget on Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th c Grand Tour Roman style iron gorget on stand Decorated with a intense battle scene with Imperial Roman soldiers fighting native warriors, with tw...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Iron, Wrought Iron

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: 10"W x 4.5"D x 6.5"H. Very good vintage condition.
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Late 20th Century American Grand Tour Furniture

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Plaster

Italian Grand Tour Bronze Censer with Birds
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine antique Italian attributed grand tour bronze lidded censer applied with birds dating from around 1860. The censer stands raised on a square ba...
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1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Grand Tour Style Sienna Marble Model Temple of Castor Pollux, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Style Sienna Marble Model Temple of Castor & Pollux, Now as a Lamp Italy, Circa 1950s A magnificent Grand Tour Style Sienna Marble Model of the Temple of Castor and Pollu...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Siena Marble, Brass

Antique Pair of French Sienna Marble Grand Tour Bronze Candelabra Candlesticks
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A very fine pair of French patinated chisel cast bronze and well grained sienna marble grand tour single light table or mantle candlesticks of impressive quality. first quarter of th...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Siena Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

18th Century India Bronze Hanging Oil Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Sri Lankan hanging bronze oil lamp with Makara head spout. Solid bronze. Can be hung or used as a stand-alone decorating piece. Great piece to use with any decor. Dimen...
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18th Century Sri Lankan Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of Porphyry and Yellow Marble Columns, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The grand tour porphyry columns with yellow marble Corinthian capitals and bases on black slate and gray Brescia ogee formed squares. Measures: height: 16” base: 3 1/4” square.
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Porphyry

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze of Atlas On A Stand With Turtle
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Grand Tour bronze in the Renaissance style of Atlas on an elaborate tripod base ending in hoof feet. The Greek god Atlas is is depicted naked on top holding the world upon hi...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Pair 18th or 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Gouaches Of Vesuvius, Bay of Naples
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 18th or 19th century Neapolitan gouaches of Virgil's Tomb, one with a view of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples. This is a wonderful high quality pair of a rare subject. A...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Paper

Italian Antique Grand Tour Bronze Riding Boot Match Holder
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A quality antique Italian Grand Tour bronze boot shaped vesta or match holder dating from 1900. Modeled as a riding boot with a spur strapped to the boot with the body of the boot ac...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Pair Of Impressive Medici Lions In Staffordshire Pottery Antique Style
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
An impressive pair of Medici Lions fashioned after the style of Staffordshire Pottery of the late 1800's Capable of making a splendid decorative statement Circa 1960's Height 4.75 in...
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Mid-20th Century English Grand Tour Furniture

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Ceramic

Italian Grand Tour Style Carved Marble Stone Ruins Sculpture, Early 20th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Italian grand tour style carved marble stone ruins sculpture Additional information: Materials: marble Color: white Art Subjects: Architecture Period: Early 20th Century Styl...
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Early 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Antique Italian Serpentine Sculpture after the Uffizi Boar
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Italian carved serpentine sculpture after the Uffizi boar dating to the early 19th century. This seated wild boar displays impressive carved details and a pleasing scale ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Serpentine

Grand Tour Marmo Rosso Model of the Tomb of Scipio, Italian, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The red marble sarchophagus mounted on a slate base. Removing the top reveals an empty well.
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Giustiniani Egyptomania Pottery Plate with Anubis
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Giustiniani Egyptomania pottery plate with Anubis and gilt highlights Neapolitan manufacture (Biagio Giustiniani & Sons) dated to 1830-1840, impressed s...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Pottery

Pair Of Antique Putto Bookends, Italian, Decor, Cherub, Grand Tour, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique putto bookends. An Italian, plaster decorative cherub book rest in Grand Tour taste, dating to the early Victorian period, circ...
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1850s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Plaster

Coppia di Cavalli Inizi 1800 Sculture Italiane Animalier in Bronzo Patina Scura
Located in Milano, MI
Coppia di Cavalli in Bronzo Sculture Grand Tour dell' Inizio 1800,  figure di cavalli rampanti di origine italiana, fusioni in bronzo a patina scura poggianti su basi lignee, tornit...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique 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

Neoclassical Solid Marble Onyx Green and Brown Obelisk
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical or Grand Tour style solid marble onyx green & brown obelisk Measures: 3"W x 3"D x 8"H. Very good original vintage condition. Minor surface wear expected wit...
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Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Neoclassical Grand Tour Solid Marble Green Obelisk
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical or Grand Tour style solid marble green obelisk Measures: 3"W x 3"D x 14"H. Very good original vintage condition.
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Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

19th Century Unfinished Marble Sphinx Sculpture in the Grand Tour Style
Located in Madrid, ES
This marble sphinx sculpture is executed in the Grand Tour style, reflecting the European fascination with ancient Egyptian and classical antiquity that flourished during the 18th an...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Antique Grand Tour Mahogany Brass Inlaid Desk Set Inkstand English Regency 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and Rare Example of an English Grand Tour Regency period brass inlaid Mahogany Inkstand of rectangular outline and generous proportions. First quarter of the Nineteenth Cent...
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19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Brass

Set of Carved Giltwood and Polychrome Italian Balusters Mounted as Lamps
Located in Nashville, TN
Hard to find pair of Venetian styled Solomonic formed paint and giltwood balusters now mounted on marble bases and wired as lamps . The shades are new custom green silk . Lamp pr...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Giltwood

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 Turkey, Early 21st Century Measures: 11.13"W x 4.88"D x 4.13"H. Very good condition.
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Grand Tour Furniture

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Plaster

Grand Tour Roamn Style Bronze Bust of a Man
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Roman Style Bronze Bust of a Man Italy, 20th century  A striking Grand Tour Roman-style bronze bust of a man, made in Italy during the 20th century. This beautifully cas...
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20th Century European Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of column crowns in form of pine cones, symbol of luck, marble, 1920, Italy
Located in Wien, AT
A pair of wonderful, antique column crowns, decorative objects, hand-made in Italy, around 1920, in the Art Deco period, based on an antique model. On a square marble base there is ...
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1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Carrara Marble

Anglo Indian Silver Plated Table Lamp
Located in Altrincham, GB
Anglo Indian Silver Plated Table Lamp in the form of elephants raised on a circular base - Early 20thC Grand Tour Souvenir- 12"diam x 20"h - all li...
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Early 20th Century Indian Grand Tour Furniture

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Silver Plate

Grand Tour Watercolor of Gothic Ruins, Attributed to Charles-Joseph Celle C.1813
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined Grand Tour sheet recording a romantic Gothic ruin, **dated 1813** and attributed to the French draughtsman **Charles-Joseph Celle**. Executed in pen with grey wash and soft...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Giltwood, Paper

Grand Tour Style Bronze Bust of Clytie
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Style bronze bust of Clytie, after the antique, the nymph with downcast face and scantily draped, cupped in a large flower. Raised on a 6" sq...
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

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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