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
Vintage Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture of David
By Michelangelo
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning vintage Italian carved carrara marble sculpture or statue of David.
Offered is a good sized well executed marble figure of David as a youth, copied from the original by Mic...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian Marble Bust of a Girl, 18th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
Italian 18th Century Marble Bust of a Girl
Late 18th century bust of a girl, in the manner of Luigi Valadier
Son of Andrea Valadier, a Prove...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Magnificent Patinated Bronze Sculptures After Clodian
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Pair of 19th Century Grand Tour bronzes after the original sculptor, Claude Michael Clodion. The male and female Satyr Bacchus themes with putti and the adult figures with an origi...
Category
1870s Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Monumental Marble Inlaid Obelisks, Grand Tour Style
Located in El Monte, CA
Unique monumental Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Style Specimen marble inlaid obelisks. Marble is precisely cut and inlaid into a fine two-tone...
Category
20th Century European Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
English Grand Tour Black Marble Pedestal 2-Handled Centerpiece/Tazza, 1800s
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful and Quite Large 19th century English Grand Tour Period Black Belgian Marble Pedestal stand Two-Handled Centerpiece/Tazza. This hand carved and hand-polished marble tazza ...
Category
1840s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Early 19th Century Pair French Grand Tour Candlesticks with Eagles
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Early 19th Century Pair French Grand Tour Candlesticks with Eagles. Gorgeous shape. Please see pics and contact us with any questions.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
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 ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour Style Scale Architectural Model of an Archway
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A handsomely made bronze scale architectural model of an arched gateway circa 1880. It is of Grand Tour style, ornamented with a decorative finial to the ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Trompe L'oeil Embossed Leather Faux Books Round Side Table
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous trompe l'oeil faux books embossed leather side table with storage
circa 1980s
Measures: 19.13"W x 19.13"D x 22"H.
Good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Grand Tour Sarrancolin Marble Tazza Urn
Located in Newark, England
French late 19th century grand tour style Sarrancolin marble tazza urn. The vase with coloured veins of reds, pinks and whites having a large flared opening...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Neoclassical Solid Marble Black and Gray Obelisk
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical style or Grand Tour style solid marble black & gray obelisk
Measures: 3"W x 3"D x 12"H.
Very good original vintage condition...
Category
Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Hand Carved Alabaster Goblets with Dionysus Head
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour hand carved alabaster vase in goblet form with Dionysus head on one side. Elegant decorative and well crafter delicate piece, circa 1850s.
Property from esteemed interi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Oil Ewer, Italian, Bronze, Grand Tour Serving Jug, Victorian, circa 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique oil ewer. An Italian, bronze Grand Tour serving jug on stand with Renaissance revival taste, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Highly decorativ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Solid Marble Black and Gray Obelisks, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning pair of neoclassical style or Grand Tour style solid marble black & gray obelisks
Measures: 3"W x 3"D x 12"H.
Very good original vintage ...
Category
Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th C Grand Tour Painting on Porcelain View of Vatican/St. Peter's Basilica
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Grand Tour Painting on Porcelain View of Vatican/St. Peter's Basilica
Italy, circa 1880s
Standing in rectangular gilt bronze engraved frame with applied stylized flo...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Grand Tour Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Board Paintings of a Landscap
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of Grand Tour or Neoclassical style framed oil paintings of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins
Italy, Early Century
Oil on board, gilt frame
Measures:...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Italian Grand Tour Style Spoons, a Set of 12
Located in Elkhart, IN
A set of 11 silver plate spoons and 1 cocktail fork with Italian landmarks and crests in the Grand Tour style. Made in Italy and marked Alpak.
Large: 7" small: 4.5" fork: 3.5".
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Silver
Vintage Italian Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Julius Augustus Caesar
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Italian Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Julius Augustus Caesar
A beautiful bust raised on a marble plinth base with a brass crest to dress up any home. Realistically cast and mo...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Gouache Naples Scene Paintings
Located in New York, NY
A pair of large scale Neapolitan “Grand Tour”gouaches depicting the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius having wooden frames with a marbleized finish. circa 1850.
Category
1850s European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paint, Canvas
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Photograph of the Roman Forum
Located in Stamford, CT
A large-scale photogravure of The Forum in Rome, in original faux grain painted frame. Showing the impressive ruins of the Temple of Saturn in cent...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Patinated and Gilt Bronze Tazza with Dolphin Motif
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour manner tazza with patinated bronze stand in the form of three stylized dolphins, surmounted by a gilt bronze bowl and upon a gilt bronze base. 6.75" H x 6.5" diameter.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Framed Miniature Oil Painting on Porcelain Portrait of Italian Poet
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning Italian Renaissance or Grand Tour miniature portrait of Italian Poet Dante Alighieria
Italy, Late 19th Century
Oil on porcelain, presented in a brass frame
Measu...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Bronze Roaring Tiger Bookends, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of Neoclassical or Grand Tour style bronze bookends in the form of roaring tigers.
USA, Late 19th century
Measures: 7.75"W x 4.75"D x 9"H.
Good original vin...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of Italian Grand Tour Marble Obelisks
Located in Essex, MA
Typical form with different marbles.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Grand Tour Manner Mahogany Obelisks, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour manner pair of mahogany obelisks, raised on a chased silvered metal base. Tallest: 13" H x 2.75" W x 2.75" D. Provenance: Property from an Upper East Side townhouse.
Deal...
Category
Late 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Silver
Late 20th Century Grand Tour Style Plaster Foot of Colossus
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful Grand Tour style plaster foot of Colossus sculpture
USA, Late 20th Century
Measures: 4.25"W x 7"D x 2.5"H.
Excellent vintage condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
20th Century Grand Tour Style Painted Terracotta Wall Plate
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning Grand Tour style hand painted terracotta wall plate featuring a mediterranean scene
Circa mid-20th century
Measures: 9.25"W x .5"D...
Category
Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Falcon's Eye Semi Precious Stone Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Falcon's Eye semi precious stone box with hinged lid.
Falcon's eye, AKA Blue Tiger's Eye, famed for its chatoyancy, is reminiscent of the 'eye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Stone, Brass
Pair of Pompeian Style Patinated Bronze Candelabras
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of Italian Pompeian style candelabras crafted in patinated bronze.
Five candle arms with detachable bobeches.
Fluted column supported on a tripod base with animal's paws.
Ita...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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
19th Century Bronze Apothecary Mortar & Pestle, Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The cup shaped cast body decorated with incised ring-turned detail, rising from a waisted & stepped circular foot, together with its original pestle.
Combined weight, 3.75 lbs.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Jardiniere on Wrought Iron Stand
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour bronze jardiniere with three lioness head form handles mounted upon a wrought iron stand with scrolling foliate design. Overall: 45" H x 14" diameter.
Dealer: S138XX
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Antique 19th Century Scagliola Circular Table Top
Located in London, GB
An Italian antique 19th century scagliola circular table top
Italian, 19th century
Measures: Height 1.5cm, diameter 90cm
This superb piec...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Scagliola
Grand Tour Terracotta Amphora Vase
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A Grand tour version of an ancient Greek amphora jar. Painted terracotta with figures and horses. The two-handled storage jar held oil, wine, mil...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta, Paint
Italian Antique Scagliola Circular Centre Table Top
Located in London, GB
An Italian antique scagliola circular centre table top
Italian, 19th century
Height 1.5cm, diameter 90cm
This delicately detailed circular tabl...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Scagliola
Vintage Grand Tour Gladiator and Horse Fiberglass Relief
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic vintage Grand Tour fiberglass relief. A large molded gladiator medallion on a wrapped wood plinth. Large gilt rings on top. Acquired from...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
Pink Marble Obelisk in the Style of the Grand Tour
Located in London, GB
A Large Marble Obelisk from Italy in the style of the Grand Tour collectibles. This piece would look perfect in your wunderkammer collection or set on y...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Stone, Marble
Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Homer
Located in Essex, MA
From the J. Chiurazzi foundry in Naples. Homer with nice rich patina on a Siena marble socle. Foundry medallion on back of base.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble, 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.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
19th Century Italian Pietra Dura Hardstone and Giltwood Table
Located in London, GB
An Italian Pietra Dura top occasional table
Constructed in carved gilt wood, having an unusual pietra dura inlaid rectangular platform; the table's legs terminating in scrolls, wi...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Porphyry, Onyx
An Italian Specimen Marble Paperweight
Located in Spencertown, NY
The square paperweight with specimen marbles inset in yellow marble ground.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Grand Tour Specimen Marbles Plaque, Italy, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Italian Grand Tour marble specimen plaque in original silver-giltwood frame consisting of 20 different rare and ancient marbles, including Porphyry and Jasper, inlaid into a black an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Large Plaster Bust of Hercules
Located in Bagshot, GB
A 21st Century very charming and large verdigris plaster portrait bust of "Hercules" the demigod mortal son of Zeus.
Bust is solid and mounted on circular socle base. Very decorat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster, Paint
19th Century Grand Tour Photo Of The Roman Colosseum
Located in Stamford, CT
Fantastic large scale 19th century Grand Tour image of the Roman Colosseum in the original oak frame, with the original glass! At over 5.5 feet wide this is an impressive piece. Quite rare to find one this large still intact. The image was so large it had to be created from three equal sections which meld beautifully into one oversized picture of this timeless landmark, symbol of ancient Rome. It brings the viewer right there, in all it's faded glory...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Oak, Paper
Rare 19th Century Grand Tour Marble Top Table on Giltwood Base
Located in London, GB
A superb Specimen marble centre table
The Top attributed to Alfonso Cavamelli of Rome
Inspired by the Roman mosaics discovered at the ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Marble, Porphyry
19th Century Pair of Bronze Egyptian Revival Sphinx
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century pair of bronze Egyptian Revival sphinx figures in reclining poses seated on solid wooden rectangular plinth bases. A well-detailed...
Category
19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Very Fine, Large Italian Pietra Dura Marquetry Panels
Located in London, GB
A pair of very fine, large Italian Pietra Dura marquetry panels
Italian, 19th century
Measures: Panels: height 64cm, width 53cm, depth 2cm
Frames: height 88cm, width 77cm, depth 6cm
Comprising black marble panels of oval form, set with semi precious stones, these exceptional panels are inlaid to depict a bouquet of flowers in antique vases...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Grand Tour Terracotta Kylix Tazza
Located in Newport Beach, CA
This Grand Tour terracotta drinking cup (kylix) is a later example of the elaborately painted vessels used during symposia in ancient Greece. The...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta, Paint
Siena Marble Obelisk Pair
Located in Leeds, GB
A pair of obelisks made from Siena marble with black marble ball detail. In the style of those collected on The Grand Tour.
Made in Italy in the first part of the 20th Century...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble
19th Century Grand Tour Italian Corinthian Column Bronze Candle Holders, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of grand tour neoclassical gilded bronze Corinthian column candlestick holders
Italy, circa Mid-19th Century
Measures: 5.5"W x 5.5"D x 12.13"H.
Very good ori...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Antique Bronze Sculpture, Bust of Julius Caesar
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GRAND TOUR
Italian, 19th century
Bust of Julius Caesar
Patinated and pigmented sand-cast bronze over Violet Breche marble socle unsigned
Item # 212WHZ09P
A finely cast and beau...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour Terracotta Krater Shaped Vase
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Hand painted, krater shaped, Grand Tour terracotta vase featuring figures and horses. This piece dates late 19th, early 20th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta, Paint
Pair of Italian 19th Century Neapolitan Gouaches
Located in Bradenton, FL
An absolutely exquisite pair of Italian 19th century Neapolitan gouaches in 20th century giltwood frames. One depicts the volcano eruption of 1822 in Naples, the other is an affluent...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paint
Antique Grand Tour French Bronze Sculpture Male Female Figure Clodion Barbediene
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptional example of a fine pair of chisel cast French Patinated Bronze Figures after Claude Michel Clodion (1738-1814) in very dark brown patination. Mid-19th Century. Firmly a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Bronze and Gilt Warwick Vase Lamp on Portoro Marble Basis, by Barbadienne, 1860
Located in Rome, IT
Large gilted bronze 'Warwick' vase lamp by Barbedienne, Paris circa 1860 mounted on a portoro marble pedestal.
fine and original patina
led lamp 4w 230V
measures: 35 X 23 cm, Hei...
Category
1860s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Bronze Bust of Caesar Augustus
Located in Essex, MA
Very heavy and beautifully cast with great patina.
Category
1880s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Neoclassical 19th Century Black-Ground Terracotta Vase
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian 19th century neoclassical black painted terracotta vase after the original Roman marble vase.
Bordered center body decorated with styl...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Fondamenta Zen Canal Venice Italy Etching
Located in Seguin, TX
Fondamenta Zen Venice Italy by Frances St. Clair Miller etching on paper. Signed, numbered 36/150 and titled in pencil in lower margin. Unframed, image size 23"L x 18"H.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
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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