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 Empire Mahogany Center Table Grand Tour Specimen Marble Chessboard Top
Located in Forney, TX
A visually striking Empire style bronze mounted mahogany guéridon centre table with spectacular round exhibition style specimen marble top with central inlaid chessboard.
Featuring ...
Category
20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Stone, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Multi-gemstone, Marble, Belgian Black Ma...
Antique Pair Italian Bronze Busts of Dionysus and Ariadne 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique pair of Italian Grand Tour solid bronze busts of Dionysus and Ariadne, circa 1860 in date.
The pair feature black patinated finely cast busts which are mount...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Slate, Bronze
Handpainted 19th Century Grand Tour Museum Copy of a Greek Geometric Amphora Jug
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite 19th-century hand-painted ceramic amphora is a finely crafted Grand Tour museum replica of an ancient Greek Geometric-style vessel, circa 800 BCE. The amphora features...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Grand Tour "Dancing Faun" of Pompeii Bronze Statue
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 19th Century Bronze Statue, "Dancing Faun" of Pompeii. The 'Dancing Faun' is a mythological creature associated with nature and revelry made of bronze with brown patina. This wa...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Model of Vendôme Column 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique French Grand Tour gilt bronze model of the Vendôme Column, circa 1880 in date.
This splendid bronze features Napoleon I standing atop in his 'redingote'...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
19th Century Italian Giltwood Frame
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful golden wood frame central Italy
Gold plating with zecchino gold
Period first half of the nineteenth century
Internal imensions cm 22 x 17.5
This artwork, never befor...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Gilded Wood Frame
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful gilded wooden mecha frame from the first half of the 19th century Central Italy Period c. 1830
Interior dimensions cm 43.5 x 25
This artwork, never before on the market...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Italian Grand Tour Carrara Marble Bust Psyche Of Capua
Located in Newark, England
Psyche Of Capua
Fine marble bust on pedestal after the antique. The bust sculpted as the goddess Psyche Of Capua presented as a nude female...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Set of Two Custom Framed 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Intaglios, circa 1820
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb pair of framed Grand Tour intaglios, circa 1820. These genuine plaster hand-carved intaglios are all gilt paper wrapped and numbered. They are custom framed on a gray linen ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Wood, Paper
Grand Tour Italian Bronze Bust Of Mellephebe
Located in Essex, MA
A finely cast image of Mellephebe, the young Eros after the antique. Very likely the Chiurazzi foundry, Naples. Sienna marble socle. The original discovered in the mid 18th century b...
Category
1870s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Siena Marble, Griotte Marble, Stone, Carrara Marble, Belgian Bla...
Grand Tour Bronze and Marble Sculpture of the 'Seated Hermes' or Mercury
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A large and exceptional late 19th century Italian Grand Tour sculpture of the ‘Seated Hermes’ attributed to the Chiurazzi Foundry, Naples, Italy. The sol...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
A Pair of Italian Grand Tour Framed Wall Mounted Intaglios
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Pair of Italian grand tour Wall Mounted Intaglios. Intaglios comes from the Italian word intagliare, meaning "to incise or carve". Intaglios, generally speaking, are designs or mo...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Steel Lidded Sarcophagus Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare 19th century Italian Grand Tour steel sarcophagus form box, circa 1880. Nice form, handsome desk-top accessory, great addition to any box collection. It is unusual to find this ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Steel
Early 19th Century French Gold Box with Enamel and Miniature Portrait
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A STUNNING Early 19C French Gold Box with Enamel and Miniature Portrait.
Box made with brass but has been plated with 18ct Gold with beau...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Gold, Enamel
19th C. Italian Grand Tour Bronze of the Gladiator, After the Roman Antique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th-century Italian Grand Tour Bronze of the Gladiator, After the Roman Antique
Attributed to the Naples Foundry, late 19th century
This fine 19th-century Italian Grand Tour bronze...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Carved Marble Bust Of Woman
Located in Bradenton, FL
Classical 19th century hand-carved Italian Neoclassic Grand Tour marble female bust. Bust features intricately carved young woman's head and neck, wearing delicate drapery across déc...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Large Neoclassical Antique French Bronze, Education of Achilles, Francois Rude
By Francois Rude
Located in New York, NY
Large, exceptional quality bronze sculpture depicting The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron, after the model by Francois Rude.
Ear...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Charcoal and Watercolor Architectural Drawing, circa 1800
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Grand Tour charcoal and watercolor drawing executed by an English tourist in Italy, circa 1800, depicting a gentleman peering over a staircase balustrade in a Baroque interior...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Italian Grand Tour Alabaster Model the Roman Forum Temple of Vespasian
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Grand Tour model of the ancient Temple of Vespasian located in the Roman Forum, Rome. Carved from alabaster, this is a handsome example of a souvenir carving which would have been collected by a European or American sophisticate making a Grand Tour of the ancient sites of Italy. This wonderful architectural miniature is evocative of another time and place.
Roma Templo Di Vespasiano' etched into the black marble base.
It has been drilled to be wired, not the first time I have owned one of these that had been mounted as a lamp.
The Temple of Vespasian and Titus is located in Rome at the western end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Concordia and the Temple of Saturn...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Pair of Oil on Board Harbour Scenes Manner of Luigi Maria Galea
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Manner Of Luigi Maria Galea (1847-1917)
circa 1900
The Grand Harbour, Valetta, early morning; and The Grand Harbour, Valetta, at dusk
signed illeg...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paint
Hand Carved Antique Alabaster Sculpture / Statue of The Dying Gaul, Grand Tour
Located in Lisse, NL
Handcarved and remarkable work of art of the 'Dying Gaul’ or 'The Dying Galatian'.
If you are a collector of rare and good quality antiques then this rare and wonderfully hand carve...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Florentine Pietra Dura Stone Inlay Marble Table Top
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Florentine Pietra Dura Stone Inlay Marble Table Top
Classical Italian Florentine rare and spectacular pietra dura inlaid marble with an octagonal form top decorated by flo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Large Grand Tour Sculpture Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Barbedienne
Located in Rochester, NY
Grand Tour circa 1860s bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers or The Pancrastinae...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Pair of Grand Tour Socrates and Septimio Severo Busts
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Italian busts from the Grand Tour, representing the Greek philosopher Socrates and the Emperor Septimius Severus, sculpted in bronze, with a chiseled bronze base and marble c...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Grand Tour White Marble Bust of Augustus Caesar
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Italian Grand Tour white marble bust of Augustus Caesar. Bust sits on a round white marble pedestal base. Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew, and the first Roman ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
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
19th Century French Grand Tour Iron Model of the Arc de Triomphe
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century French grand tour iron model of the Arc de Triomphe, in two parts, the fine cast iron model of the Arc de Triomphe with a mirrored top. Raised on a oval ebonized wood and metal chain link fenced base
Model of Arc de Triomphe...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
'Seated Hermes', a 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze
Located in Chicago, IL
An extraordinary and wonderfully rendered 19th century Italian cast bronze depicting a seated Hermes, the Greek god of messengers, travelers, and merchan...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Exceptional Big 73cm Natural Alabaster Table Lamps Column Italy 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
*Compare the size of the glass of water in the photo with the size of the lamp to understand its dimensions.
Excelent conditions, like new
These alabaster lamp are of excellent qua...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Grand Tour Bronze Model Of Dancing Faun Of Pompeii
Located in Bradenton, FL
Italian classical bronze sculpture of the Dancing Faun of Pompeii. Fauns were an example of spirits of untamed woodland, often connected to Pan...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Bust Grand Tour Ajax in Patinated Bronze and Marble Column Base
Located in Madrid, ES
A 19th century patinated bronze depicting the hero Ajax or Menelaus, king of Sparta, mounted on a column-shaped base of grey veined marble, a classic souvenir of the Grand Tour
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
12 Coral Colored Marble Service Plates by Villeroy & Boch
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
12 coral colored marble service plates by Villeroy & Boch, each one realistically decorated to look like marble. Marked Villeroy & Boch 'Luxembourg'.
Category
Early 2000s German Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Grand Tour Sculpture Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Barbedienne
Located in Rochester, NY
Grand tour circa 1860s bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
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
Large Patinated Bronze Neoclassical Bowl
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A large beautiful neoclassical patinated cast bronze centerpiece sized bowl. I've used this on top of a marble pedestal in the corner of a room and it looks spectacular in one of th...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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
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
Grand Tour Ancient Egyptian Style Alabaster Storage Jar
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century hand carved alabaster storage jar in the ancient Egyptian Late Dynastic style, with tapering neck topped by a wide everted rim. Great evocative decorative piece for the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Egyptian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
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 Bronze Statue Of Dionysus
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Grand Tour bronze statue of the ancient Greek Dionysus. Dionysus also known as Bacchus, was the god of wine, fertility and festiv...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Old Paris Opaline & Scenic Glass Grand Tour Era Newel Post Finial
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, late 19th to early 20th century.
An antique Grand Tour era newel post finial in blue opaline with a hand painted scenic view to the top and exterior. The bottom has a bronze...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, 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
Antique 1920’s Grand Tour Italian Venice Majolica Vase
Located in New Orleans, LA
An antique, grand tour, Italian hand painted and transfer ware majolica handled vase with panels depicting Ancient Greek Society, handles in the shape of winged griffin's and grotesq...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Majolica
A Pair Of Grand Tour Variegated Marble Obelisks
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Pair Of 19th Century Black Variegated Marble Grand Tour Obelisks with applied bronze finials and hooks. Each features the profiles in relief of Greek philosophers. One with bust of...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
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
Pair of Grand Tour 'Néo-Grec' Gilt Bronze Vases, Attributed, F. Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Grand Tour 'Néo-Grec' gilt bronze vases, Attributed, F. Barbedienne
Each one with typical all over decoration, with applied handles with lion masks. Unmarked.
Each vase sta...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
A Grand Tour Plaster Temple of Vespasian
Located in Savannah, GA
A modern grand tour souvenir gilded plaster model of the Temple of Vespasian, circa 1950s.
8 by 8 by 25 ¼ inches tall
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Spinario the Thorn Picker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A grand tour bronze sculpture of Spinario.
Measures: Height: circa 8 1/4 in.
Items purchased from David Sterner Antiques must delight you....
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Hand-Painted Iron Tray - Persian Blue
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Bring artistic flair to your decor with our hand-painted iron tray, featuring a striking Persian inspired design. Perfect for adding color and character to coffee tables, shelves, or...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Iron
Large Pair of 19th Century Italian Bronzes of Creugas and Demoxenos
Located in Dallas, TX
A large and fine pair of 19th century Italian male nudes depicting the Greek boxers Creugas and Damoxenos. These bronzes have a wonderful old patina...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Marquetry Three Drawer Stand with Breccia Stone Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Three drawer stand with working key pulls having intricate abstract motif on front and striking dimensional cubic design on side panels. The stand with cantered corners with full ver...
Category
19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Breccia Marble
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
19th Century English Grand Tour Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with Dolphins and Lions
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully cast and very compelling 19th century Grand Tour bronze oil lamp in the ancient Roman style with dolphin handles. The dolphin sh...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Set Of Ten Framed Engravings Of Classical Vases By Carlo Antonini
Located in Essex, MA
print size is 8x10. Engravings of ancient vessels.
Category
1830s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
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
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.