Grotto Stool

Italian, Venetian giltwood grotto form stool on trifed base.

18th century Venetian painted grotto stool

An exceptional and rare 19th century adjustable Grotto stool in walnut. The chair features a large, scalloped shell-shaped backrest, hand-carved and finished with gentle scrolls to ...

This carved antique fruitwood grotto stool was created in Italy, circa 1950. Perfect as a piano stool or simply a statement piece, the seat has a "rocaille" or shell-shaped base, cab...

Carved walnut shell shaped dressing table chair or piano stool. The seat on this stool is adjustable and swivels.

Stylish hand-carved Italian wood which has been painted and parcel-gilt. The seat is carved to look like a cushion and has a wonderful worn silver gilt finish.

This carved antique fruitwood grotto stool was created in France, circa 1950. Perfect as a piano stool or simply a statement piece, the bench, built of chestnut wood, stands on cabri...

A carved wood swivel piano stool, manufactured in Italy, within the late 19th century period, comprised of a rocaille shell seat, raised on turned support and cabriole legs, terminat...

Hand carved with the classic shell motif in fine walnut, a swivel stool with decorated knees and carved paw feet. Beautiful patina.

An Italian beechwood carved grotto stool.

A beautiful carved antique fruitwood grotto stool, the bench standing on cabriole legs joined with a bottom stretcher, and bun feet reminiscent of animal paws, made in Venice around ...

The end result is the finest Grotto stool that will ever come to market In terms of the condition there will be good honest patina marks all over, none of which the restoration pr...

Terrific pair of wooden grotto tall chairs, hand carved and ebonized, with circular brass stretchers. Swivel seats upholstered in taupe fabric.

Walnut stool, Louis XV style Magnificent walnut "grotto" stool, Harpist or piano stool.

Terrific pair of wooden grotto tall chairs, hand carved and ebonized, with circular brass stretchers. Swivel seats upholstered in taupe fabric.

Pair of Grotto style hand carved shell back swiveling bar stools upholstered in vibrant Palm Beach Regency tropical fabric.

Late 19th century Italian grotto shell carved walnut swivel stool. Adjustable swivel design allows the seat to be raised.

This is a beautiful antique North Italian walnut and parcel gilt Venetian grotto music stool, with an ornate shell carved seat, circa 1880 in date.

A fine Italian garden seat or grotto stool of cast stone in the Baroque style - featuring a sculpture of a cherub or putti faun in a kneeling position holding a cushion above its hea...

an antique carved walnut piano stool. adjustable seat in the shape of a sea shell. grotto furniture design. executed ca. 1880.

Beautiful 19th century Italian carved walnut shell form grotto swivel stools. Exquisite carving on these and very fine polish as well.

Fantastic Italian antique Victorian carved walnut Grotto revolving music stool having a fantastic quality carved solid walnut shell shaped revolving seat standing on carved solid wal...

Glamorous set of Shell-Back Grotto style Bar Stools with Brass foot rests

Pair of Hollywood Regency style Venetian grotto shell-back barstools featuring a Florida Regency style white lacquered finish. Classic carved shell back motif and vintage sea foam gr...

A rare and fabulous find—this set of four Mid-20th Century Venetian Grotto counter stools features iconic shell-carved backs and elegant cabriole-style legs.

Fantastic Italian antique Victorian carved walnut Grotto revolving music stool having a fantastic quality carved solid walnut shell shaped revolving seat standing on carved solid wal...

This late 19th century Venetian grotto stool would be a lovely piano stool (as perhaps its originally intended use), vanity bench, or a decorative accent seating option for a living-...

This carved antique fruitwood grotto stool was created in France, circa 1850. Perfect as a piano stool or simply a statement piece, the bench, stands on cabriole legs joined with bot...

This carved antique fruitwood grotto stool was created in France, circa 1920. Perfect as a piano stool or simply a statement piece, the bench, stands on cabriole legs joined with bot...

A Fine Grotto stool or Piano bench. This one of a kind bench swivels and adjust from 17.5 to 21 inches in seat height.

The Venetian grotto stool incorporates ideas of the Rococo period as well as nautical themes that were popular during the nineteenth century, creating a stool that is captivating as ...

A beautiful carved antique fruitwood grotto stool, the bench standing on cabriole legs joined with a bottom stretcher, and bun feet reminiscent of animal paws, made in Venice around ...

A beautiful carved antique fruitwood grotto stool, the bench standing on cabriole legs joined with a bottom stretcher, and bun feet reminiscent of animal paws, made in Venice around ...

Grotto style carved wood shell stool.

Highly carved walnut swiveling stool with a shell motif and a tripod base. Cabriolet legs with paw feet. In excellent restored condition with minimal wear from age and use.

A fabulous set of three vintage Coastal swivel bar stools. A chic hand carved grotto design on tall slender legs.

Three elegant Italian Venetian Grotto shell back swivel bar stools. Each chair was handmade with extra attention and features solid wood frames in a warm brown satin, scalloped shell...

Hand-carved and painted, parcel gilt, Venetian grotto chair with faux drapery and tassels.

Giltwood accents and painted in the fashion of Fantasy Grotto furniture. A charming accent to any room. We love these either as piano seats, for a more traditional use, or stools in ...

A compelling Italian grotto stool in silver.

This painted and gilt wood grotto stool rests on three paw feet. The uprights and apron beneath the seat are festooned with raised, gessoed garlands.

Handcarved silver gilt grotto stool features stylized pillow seat decorated with carved tassels atop trio of dolphin scrolled legs joined by ribbon carved stretcher topped with flor...

Venetian "fantasy" giltwood grotto stool on a tried base with paw feet and shell form seat.

Fantastic 19th C Italian Grotto Stool with shell seat and carved legs. Walnut

A pair of most unusual Venetian mid-18th century tripod grotto stools, each leg fashioned as a confection of scrolls and rocaille ornament joined by a rusticated stretcher all decora...

Venetian stools with wood-carved shell seat on carved marine abalone motif legs.

Fabulous hand carved shell stool with tripod base. The wood has a warm patina and appropriate aging. Carved details on the apron and feet add to the overall charm of this European pi...

fun looking piece with swivel seat
of carved sea shell
and articulate carved detail
terminating to dolphin splayed feet

Carved Stool with Rotating Shell Seat

Inspired by 18th century grotto stools, each is modeled with a scallop-shell shaped seat, supported on three dolphin grotesque form legs, on a tripartite platform base.

A very rare pair of Italian carved and giltwood stools in the grotto or fantasy furniture style. This pair is carved to imitate vines and branches.

An antique late 19th or early 20th century Ventian Italian grotto style carved and gilt and polychromed shell stool.

Venetian Grotto Style Adjustable Piano Stool

A Fench Grotto Shell Swivel Stool. Many times these came in large sets & were used by orchestras & chamber ensembles.

A whimsical and useful stool. The seat carved as a large shell supported on three scrolling lion paws feet on a tripod base. The seat rotates and has a wonderful lightly worn surfa...

Late 18th c. Venetian Grotto (fantasy furniture) Adjustable Piano stool with a dolphin on rocks supporting a shell seat

We are very pleased to offer this distinctive pair of bar stools, circa late 20th century, featuring hand-formed metal frames with a beautifully aged verdigris patina. Each stool is ...

Delightful pair of petite wrought iron stools in the style of René Drouet and René Prou. The iron bases feature exaggerated cabriole legs ending in scrolled feet and are painted in t...

Antique French side tripod table standing on a goat's hoof with three stable legs decorated with leaves. In the middle of the base there is a delicately carved and hand painted cheru...

Early 19th century Rocco style hand carved mahogany stool with re-upholstered top.

Antique American Victorian Cast Iron and Wood Tripod Pedestal Base Adjustable Piano Stool. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 19.5"-23" H x 13" Diameter.

Elegant 19th-century French Louis XVI stool, beautifully crafted with a carved and giltwood frame featuring classic fluted legs, floral rosettes, and a decorative cross stretcher. Th...

This is the most special pair of French provincial style barstools. They have a Mediterranean feel to them with the cool gilt and gold palette and wrought iron features. The leather ...

Antique Victorian quality carved walnut stool having a circular shaped upholstered seat supported by three shaped carved walnut cabriole legs with scroll feet. D. 1860

A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...

Felice Torelli (Verona, Italy, 1667 - Bologna, Italy, 1748) Title: Hagar and the Angel Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 41 x 116 cm - with frame 52.5 x 127 cm Origina...

Vase "Danaïdes" made in smoked topaz glass with white patina by Rene Lalique in 1926. Molded signature on bottom. Perfect condition. Beautiful et very rare color. height : 18,5 cm...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...

An elegant antique silver-plated covered serving dish, designed with a revolving dome lid and raised on an ornate stand with finely detailed floral and scrollwork decoration. The pie...

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Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, English Tudor King Henry VII Oak tester bed made for an...

Portrait of Princess de Joinville riding a Bay Horse Henri d’Aincy, Le Comte Monpezat (French 1817-1859) Painted circa 1837-9 oil on canvas 113 x 92 inches (including frame) 92 x 70 ...

Ornately hand-carved wooden table by world famous Venetian sculptor Valentino Panciera Besarel (1829–1902). Solid wood table with cupid carving in center and Italian style Venetian l...

An antique handcarved Venetian rocking chair in grotto design. Seat and backrest in the shape of sea shells, backrest supported by a sea horse. The base features fish heads and sea s...

Italian Venetian Grotto (19th cent.) silver gilt rocker with carved seashell seat & back and seahorse sides (att: Pauly et Cie, Venice)

Magnificent, 18th Century, Venetian, Trompe-L’œil, Painted, Bed, Superking 6ft, 180cm wide, With Massive 213cm, 6ft 10in Shaped Headboard & 149cm, 5ft Shaped Footboard & Fortuny Bedc...