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Venetian Grotto Style Bench
Located in East Hampton, NY
A unique and beautiful carved and gilded Venetian grotto style bench with carved shell legs and
Category

Mid-20th Century Benches

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Venetian Grotto Style Bench
Venetian Grotto Style Bench
H 16 in W 39.5 in D 21 in
Italian Venetian Grotto Seashell Settee
By Pauly et Cie
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto (19th cent.) silver gilt settee with triple seashell seat and dolphin
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Romantic Settees

Materials

Silver Leaf

Italian Venetian Grotto Peacock Pedestal
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto (19th cent.) carved silver gilt and red polychromed pedestal with peacock
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Pedestals

Materials

Silver Leaf

Italian Venetian Grotto Peacock Pedestal
Italian Venetian Grotto Peacock Pedestal
H 48.5 in W 22.5 in D 20 in
Italian Venetian Grotto Carved Seashell Rocker
By Pauly & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto (19th cent.) silver gilt rocker with carved seashell seat & back and
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Rocking Chairs

Materials

Silver Leaf

19th Century Venetian Grotto Swivel Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful 19th Century Venetian grotto swivel bench. Amazing carving details and gorgeous original
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Other Benches

Materials

Wood

Pair of 19th century Venetian grotto chairs
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
Wonderful 19th century pair of Venetian grotto chairs. Made with solid oak, hand carved.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Armchairs

Materials

Hardwood

Pair of 19th century Venetian grotto chairs
Pair of 19th century Venetian grotto chairs
H 44.1 in W 23.23 in D 27.56 in
Gold Leaf Venetian Grotto Style Shell Back Chair
By Tony Duquette
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique gold leaf Venetian grotto style shell back armchair. Seat has been newly reupholstered in
Category

Vintage 1980s Spanish Rococo Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Gilt and Silver Wood Venetian Grotto Style Table, Italy, circa 1890
By Pauly et Cie
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt and silver wood Venetian Grotto style table, Italy, circa 1890. Pauly et Cie manufacture.
Category

Antique 1890s Italian Rococo Revival Side Tables

Materials

Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Pair of Venetian Grotto Style Walnut Shell Back Dining Armchairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Italian regency pair of walnut shell back armchairs or dining chairs made in the Venetian grotto
Category

20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Brass

Venetian Grotto Carved Giltwood Shell Motif Table Bookstand/ Easel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Venetian Grotto Carved Giltwood Shell Motif Table Bookstand/ Easel Add to your interior with this
Category

20th Century Italian Neoclassical Easels

Materials

Giltwood

19th Century Venetian Grotto Table with Fairy Tale Elf
Located in Berghuelen, DE
19th Century Venetian Grotto table with Fairy Tale Elf A gorgeous venetian grotto side table with
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Venetian Grotto Style Book Stand
Located in East Hampton, NY
Early 19th century book stand in carved wood, gilded and painted in the Venetian style..... grotto
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Magazine Racks and Stands

Materials

Wood

Venetian Grotto Style Book Stand
Venetian Grotto Style Book Stand
H 11.5 in W 19.25 in D 9.5 in
Neoclassical Venetian Grotto Style Dolphin Center Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing round pedestal center table or dining table featuring a neoclassical Venetian or grotto
Category

20th Century Neoclassical Dining Room Tables

Materials

Glass, Plaster

Fantastic Pair of Venetian Grotto Style Side Chairs
Located in East Hampton, NY
Unique pair of Venetian style grotto chairs with seahorse carved back and scallop seats in a
Category

Mid-20th Century Side Chairs

Materials

Wood

Antique Dolphin Arm Venetian Grotto Swivel Brown Leather Chesterfield Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this super rare and highly collectable, circa 1830 Italian Venetian
Category

Antique 1830s Italian Regency Armchairs

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Set of 8 Venetian Grotto Style Scalloped Shell Back Dining Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Add a daringly stylish essence to your dining room design with these Grotto style shell back dining
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Grotto Giltwood Venetian Armchair
Located in Montreal, QC
Venetian Grotto, giltwood and polychrome shell back, seahorse sides and dolphin armrest in giltwood
Category

Antique 1850s Italian Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Grotto Giltwood Venetian Armchair
Grotto Giltwood Venetian Armchair
H 38.5 in W 25 in D 24 in
Very Rare 19th Century 1880 Italian Venetian Grotto Fantasy Stool Height Adjust
By Pauly et Cie
Located in GB
Venetian height adjustable Grotto Fantasy stool after the genius that is CIE Pauly What a piece, it is
Category

Antique 1880s Italian Victorian Stools

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Venetian Gilded, Carved Wood Grotto Style Table
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Mid-19th century, Venetian grotto style table. Shell form top, mythical dolphin, sitting atop three
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Side Tables

Materials

Giltwood

Venetian Coffee Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Venetian grotto coffee table with onyx top.
Category

Antique 19th Century Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Onyx

Venetian Coffee Table
Venetian Coffee Table
H 15.75 in W 47.25 in D 25.99 in
Six Italian Decorative Venetian Shell Back Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto, wood framed chairs having a scalloped design with cushioned fabric seats
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Seahorse Serpent Shell Grotto Black Gold Parcel Gilt Tall Pedestal Table(s)
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful patinated parcel gilt 20th century tall Venetian grotto occasional table featuring
Category

20th Century Italian Rococo Side Tables

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Pair Italian Carved Giltwood Grotto Sea Creatures
Located in Stamford, CT
carvings are Venetian Grotto 'Fantasy Furniture' architectural elements were possibly the arms to an
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Italian Antique Wooden Grotto Stool w/Carved-Shell Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful Italian Venetian carved-wood grotto chair, with adjustable height, from the turn of the
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Stools

Materials

Wood

Venetian Rococo Grotto Lectern
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian Rococo Grotto style (18/19th Cent) lectern / music stand with a pedestal base with
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Romantic Music Stands

Venetian Rococo Grotto Lectern
Venetian Rococo Grotto Lectern
H 53 in W 24 in D 17 in
Venetian Gilded And Painted Grotto Table
Located in Essex, MA
With a scallop shell top and naturalistic tree limb support with coral and oyster shell three part legs.
Category

Antique 1850s Italian Grand Tour Tables

Materials

Giltwood

19th Century Venetian Silver Gilt Grotto Seahorse Bench
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Venetian Silver Gilt Grotto Seahorse Bench. Chic and unusual Venetian Baroque silver
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Benches

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Antique Venetian Carved Grotto Rocking Chair, ca. 1890
Located in Berghuelen, DE
An antique handcarved Venetian rocking chair in grotto design. Seat and backrest in the shape of
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Rocking Chairs

Materials

Wood

Stool, Walnut, Venetian, Putti, Cherub, Amorini, Grotto, Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
fabulous 18th century, Baroque, Venetian, walnut, grotto stool. In the form of a beautifully sculpted
Category

Antique 1730s European Baroque Stools

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Venetian Style Grotto Pedestals or Side Tables
Located in East Hampton, NY
Unique and rare pair of Venetian style grotto chairs with tripod bases and carved silvered sea
Category

Mid-20th Century Pedestals

Materials

Wood

Late 19th c. Venetian Polychrome and Gilded Shell Top Grotto Chair
By Pauly et Cie
Located in San Francisco, CA
Naturalistically carved, the back decorated with a shell, lifting to reveal a tufted cushion back and seat. The pedestal base is shaped into rock formations, polychrome decorated. T...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Side Chairs

Materials

Gold Leaf

A Set of Four Antique Venetian Carved Grotto Ceiling Washers, Venice ca. 1890
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A Set of Four Antique Venetian Carved Grotto Corner Lamps, Venice ca. 1890 A set of four antique
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Pair of Italian Crab-Form Grotto Chairs, Attributed to Pauly et Cie, Venice
By Pauly et Cie
Located in London, GB
chairs are attributed to the Venetian firm Pauly et Cie, who were the leading makers of Grotto furniture
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Italian Venetian Peacock Tete-a-tete
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian style (19th cent.) Grotto carved and polychromed double peacock design
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of Venetian 18th-19th Century Rococo Dragon and Bird Mirrors and Consoles
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Italian most likely from the Venetian region. The design and carving of the superstructure presented with
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

Materials

Wood

Antique Dolphin Leg Side Table
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A wonderful, hand-carved, solid walnut, parcel ebonized, veneered Venetian three leg side table
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Side Tables

Materials

Marble

Antique Dolphin Leg Side Table
Antique Dolphin Leg Side Table
H 30.5 in Dm 18.25 in
Pair of Phyllis Morris Ivory Glazed Carved Side Chairs
By Phyllis Morris
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Venetian style carved wood and ivory glazed grotto chairs with pierced backs and stylized
Category

Vintage 1970s American Side Chairs

Materials

Wood

Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Pauly et Cie, Guggenheim Museum
Located in GB
famous glass foundry and later equally famous furniture manufacturer. Their grotto furniture has an
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Walnut

18 Polished Aluminum Venetian Grotto Chairs
By Brown Jordan
Located in Oakland, CA
A fabulous set of 18 cast aluminum scallop back chairs by Brown and Jordan. Dramatic form highlighted by brilliant polished finish. We have included a picture of a set upholstered in...
Category

Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Side Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Venetian Grotto Pedestal or Side Table, Gilded Wood, 19th Century
By Pauly & Co.
Located in Paris, FR
This pedestal table is composed of a base with three scalloped legs ending in dolphin-shaped feet. The table is surmounted by a plate in the shape of shell. Rocaille style in appeara...
Category

Antique 1870s Rococo Revival Pedestals

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

19th Century Italian Venetian Grotto Settee Attributed to Pauly et Cie
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century hand-carved exuberantly shaped Venetian “Mecca” (gilt-varnished silvered) and green
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Settees

Materials

Silver Leaf

Grotto Chair
By Michael Von Jakubowski
Located in New York, NY
This is a design based on Venetian 'Grotto' furniture of the mid 19th century. There
Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Armchairs

Grotto Chair
Grotto Chair
H 37.5 in W 21.5 in D 24.75 in
Italian, Venetian Giltwood Grotto Form Stool
Located in Natchez, MS
Italian, Venetian giltwood grotto form stool on trifed base.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Stools

Venetian Late 19th Century Pine Putto and Shell Grotto Stool
Located in Suffolk, GB
A highly decorative Venetian late 19th century pine putto and shell Grotto adjustable stool. The
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Stools

Materials

Pine

19th Century Venetian Parcel-Gilt and Polychrome Decorated Grotto Mermaid Figure
Located in Redding, CA
shell, all on. A floral and fringe decorated base. Venetian figures of exotic. Moors, dressed in gilt
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Early XIX th venetian gilt roccoco little desk
Located in Marseille, PACA
A rare venitian gilt desk, in grotto's style coming directly from a pallazio in Milano
Category

20th Century Italian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Giltwood

Venetian Grotto Chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Venetian grotto chair circa 1820. Superb condition
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs

Materials

Silver Leaf

Venetian Grotto Chair
Venetian Grotto Chair
H 29 in W 29 in D 23 in
Pair of Venetian Grotto chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 18th century Venetian Grotto chairs in scallop shell form
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of Venetian Grotto chairs
Pair of Venetian Grotto chairs
H 31 in W 13 in D 19 in
Venetian Grotto Round Silvered Center Table
Located in New York, NY
A Venetian Grotto Round Silvered Center Table Stock Number: F11
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Center Tables

Pair of Venetian Grotto Dolphin Pedestals
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of silver gilt carved Venetian grotto dolphin pedestals. Measures: 41" H.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Pedestals

Materials

Giltwood

19th c. Venetian Grotto Fruitwood Armchair
Located in New York, NY
Nineteenth century Venetian grotto fruitwood armchair featuring carved shell-form back, seat, and
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs

Materials

Fruitwood

Pair of 19th c. Venetian Grotto Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous pair of 19th c. Venetian grotto chairs, very well preserved
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Chairs

Materials

Silver

Gold Leafed Venetian Grotto Style Shell Dining Chairs
By Tony Duquette
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gold leafed Venetian Grotto style shellback dining chairs. Price is per chair. Only one chair left .
Category

Vintage 1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Hardwood

20th c. Venetian Grotto Style Seashell Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Twentieth century Venetian Grotto style wall mirror featuring a rectangular panel of mirrored glass
Category

20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors

Materials

Wood, Mirror, Shell

Set of Four Venetian Grotto Shell Back Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of four Venetian Grotto shell back chairs. Dimensions: 24.5" W x 24" x 39" T, seat height
Category

Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs

Pair of Italian Venetian Grotto Shell Form Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Venetian Grotto style armchairs with a silver gilt finish and carved shell and
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Armchairs

Materials

Silver Leaf

Italian Venetian Grotto Style '19th Century' Console Table
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto style (19th Century) silver polychromed console table with carved sea shell
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Romantic Console Tables

Materials

Silver

Fine Venetian Grotto Silvered Rocking Chair with Animal Figures
Located in New York, NY
A fine Venetian Grotto silvered rocking chair with animal figures with seashell motif.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Rocking Chairs

Pair of Lacquered Venetian Grotto Shell Back Barstools
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Pair of Hollywood Regency style Venetian grotto shell-back barstools featuring a Florida Regency
Category

20th Century American Hollywood Regency Stools

Materials

Metal

19th c. Venetian Grotto Silver Gilt End Table
Located in New York, NY
Nineteenth century Venetian Grotto style end table from the Franco Zefferelli Collection. This
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian End Tables

Materials

Silver Leaf

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Venetian Grotto For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal venetian grotto for your home. Each venetian grotto for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and silver. Your living room may not be complete without a venetian grotto — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right venetian grotto, those designed in Hollywood Regency, Rococo and Baroque styles are of considerable interest. A well-made venetian grotto has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Pauly et Cie and Pauly & Co. are consistently popular.

How Much is a Venetian Grotto?

Prices for a venetian grotto start at $875 and top out at $67,500 with the average selling for $6,939.