Classical Greek Furniture
CLASSICAL GREEK STYLE
There is rare surviving furniture from ancient Greece, yet this classical style has informed design for centuries. Interiors of houses in antiquity were minimal, with much of a room’s color coming from frescoes on the walls and mosaics on the floors. Classical Greek furniture was sparing but finely crafted and influenced by Egyptian furniture design through Mediterranean trade.
Furnishings of the period were usually made from local wood like cypress, cedar, oak and willow from ancient Greece’s plentiful forests, although some pieces were carved from marble, such as a 300–200 B.C. throne with lion legs and a curved back now at the Getty Villa. Comfort and clean lines characterized designs during the Classical era, the symmetry and thoughtful proportions reflecting the architecture of Greek temples.
Some pieces of ancient Greek furniture were simple, rectangular platforms like the klinē, a multipurpose ancestor of today’s couches or daybeds that held cushions stuffed with wool, dry grass or down. These structures were used for both sleeping and dining, which wealthy Greeks did while reclining. At night, oil lamps illuminated rooms that frequently surrounded a garden courtyard.
Most of what scholars have learned about Greek furniture design owes to its representations in art like vases and stelae. The portable diphros stool, with its backless design and four turned legs, was one of the more common types of seating in daily Greek life — it appears as such for the gods on the Parthenon frieze. Stools without backs have been found in early Roman tombs, while benches were also common Greek seating furniture created for use in theaters. In houses of the Hellenistic period, benches seemingly functioned as tables, too.
Some designs evolved through adaptations by the Romans, including the klismos chair. After prominent archaeological excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the klismos chair — with its four saber legs and the elegant curves that define its back — was a source of inspiration for aesthetics in eras ranging from 18th-century neoclassicism to 20th-century Art Deco.
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Style: Classical Greek
White Carrara Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white Carrara marble.
The design sprung from Greek and Roman times and carries superb artistic merit easily fitti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Classical Vintage Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This vintage beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of reclaim marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times and carries superb artistic m...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Carrara Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of White Carrara marble or regular Carrara as the block pictured.
These fine designs have not changed sin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
17th Century Flemish Tapestry - The Rape Of The Sabine Women - 200lx185h - 1580
By flandre
Located in Paris, FR
17th Century Flanders Tapestry - The Rape Of The Sabine Women - 200lx185h - No. 1580
Period: 17th century
Style: Rome and Antic Greece
Condition: Good condition
Material: Wool & Sil...
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17th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wool, Silk
Love Putto figurine in Meissen Porcelain from the 1800s
Located in Milano, MI
Statuette depicting the Love Putto in Meissen porcelain, made in 1800. The figurine may have undergone restoration.
Ø cm 10 Ø cm 6 h cm 13
Meissen porcelain is considered one of th...
Category
1870s German Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Classical Serpentine Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Italian Classical Carved Sink Basin
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble with added carved relief detail, these designs have no...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Original Antique Greek Mythology Print After J.M.W Turner. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image after J.M.W Turner
Fine steel engraving
Published by Virtue, C.1850
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
1850s English Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Paper
Solid Marble Shell Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Marble Sink Basin
The shell is hand carved and Integrated into one square block of marble
20th century, we have one other the same which could work along side as a pair if...
Category
20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
19thc Grand Tour Bronzed Wood Sculpture of Greek Mythological Figure "Pan"
Located in Opa Locka, FL
19thc Grand Tour Sculpture of Classical Greek Figure Pan. This is a rare sculptural form bronzed metal clad over wood. Please look closely at pictures. French Estate.
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1850s French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wood
Classical Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of Carrara marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Klini Lounge by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Saridis of Athens
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sophisticated and sculptural chaise lounge designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Saridis of Athens, circa 1960s. This exquisite piece reflects the designer’s deep appreciation for...
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1960s Greek Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Solid Marble Sink Molded Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white Carrara marble, the design sprung from Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit ea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
$3,006 / item
White Limestone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white Crema Luna Limestone, the design sprung from Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble, Limestone
$3,274 / item
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit easily fitting in with old and new buildings.
It also makes an excellent outdoor water fountain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
$3,006 / item
Facial Fragment of a Corinthian Helmet
Located in London, GB
Ancient Greek city-states such as Corinth were defended by the hoplites (derived from the hopla or round shield), citizen-soldiers primarily armed with swords, spears and shields. S...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Early Biscuit Bust of Lady on Red Vintage Marble Pedestal
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Bust of Lady in Biscuit Porcelain Placed on a Vintage Square Pedestal Made in Red Marble. This shelf size sculpture would be perfect as a decorative piece on a table in a livin...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair Diminutive Column Neoclassic Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of smaller scale Italian hand carved neoclassical style column form alabaster table lamps. Height to top of alabaster socket is 15" x 4" widest at base. Alabaster portion 10", t...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Classical Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
$3,000 / item
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
We are now manufacturing this model in Carrara Marble Bianco.
Custom sizing available
As tradition this timeless Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Large Vintage Prop Print of Greco Roman Statue of Woman in Flowing Garb
Located in New York, NY
This interesting print was probably part of a scene for a film, or TV production. The subject is a classical statue of a woman in a flowing dress, holding a pitcher and a bowl. The p...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Classical Greek Style Bronze Bust of a Young Man on Marble Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
This bronze bust of a young man evokes the timeless elegance of classical sculpture. Modeled with softly detailed curls and a contemplative expression, the head is presented on a bla...
Category
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Classical Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Copied off this original piece pictured; we are now manufacturing this sink to order, so custom sizing available.
Carrara Marble with a Honed Finish.
This timeless beautiful Italian ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique Lifesize French Bronze Sculpture Demeter Greek Goddess of Harvest Statue
Located in Dayton, OH
A rare and Impressive solid bronze sculpture of Demeter, The Goddess of Harvest, Circa late 18 to early 19th Century. She's is shown standing with tunic, grapes in one hand and a wre...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$12,950 Sale Price
30% Off
Ancient Greek Terracotta Antefix in Form of the Head of Artemis Bendis, Taranto
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ancient Greek mould-made terracotta antefix decorated with the female head of the Goddess Artemis Bendis.
Western Greek, Italy, Taranto, early 4th century BC.
Two small feathered win...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Stone
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
$3,113 / item
maitland smith dollhouse entertainment/ bar cabinet
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Monumental Maitland Smith Dollhouse bar/ entertainment center/ blanket cabinet.
2 pieces, dollhouse cabinet and table.
2 drawers in the table.
Lion drawer...
Category
1990s Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wood
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Cast Iron Classical Grecian Style Outdoor Garden Planter Urn Grapes 23"
Located in Dayton, OH
Large antique classical Grecian style urn. Made from cast iron with a flared and ribbed mouth over a grape decorated body with large handles leading to a fluted bottom over a plinth ...
Category
Early 20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Iron
Pair Italian Neoclassic Urn Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of finely crafted hand carved neo-classic style urn form alabaster lamps. The intricately carved white alabaster are covered with lots natural colorful veining. Newly wired wit...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Byzantine Mosaic Panel
Located in London, GB
A rectangular Byzantine mosaic, comprising six lines of Greek text in black and red tesserae set within a blue rectangular frame against a white background. The second line down is i...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Turkish Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Stone
$294,591
New Modern Colorful Light Blue Oushak Carpet with Transitional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
80921 New Modern Colorful Oushak Rug, 10'00 x 13'08. This hand-knotted wool modern Oushak rug is a painter’s reverie in textile form—a serene landscape where color drifts like mornin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wool
French Garden Statue Of Venus
Located in Houston, TX
French Garden Statue Of Venus.
Offered is a beautiful French concrete or cement garden sculpture of Venus.
This lovely garden statue, garden sculpture or garden ornament would look g...
Category
1920s French Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Concrete, Cement
Hermes Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder Medium Statue
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Hermes is the messenger god in Greek mythology. He is the quickest and most clever of the gods. The original is displayed in the Side Museum.
Hermes, a descendant of the Titans, is ...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Classical Marble Stone Powder Room Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Serpentine Marble Stone Sink Basin
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Amphora in the Style of Ancient Greece, Italy, Early 1900s
Located in London, GB
This decorative amphora, produced in Italy in the early 20th century, draws inspiration from the celebrated traditions of ancient Greek pottery. Crafted in terracotta and finished wi...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This period Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit easily f...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This period Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit easily f...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Italian Minerva Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
After the Antique Venus of Capua Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 20th century, possibly cast by Chiurazzi, the standing draped figure with outstretched arm, with a foot resting on a helm...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Classical Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit easily fitting in with old and new buildings.
It also makes an excellent outdoor water fountain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair Antique Classical Two-Arm Sconces with Faces of Bacchus
Located in Houston, TX
This pair of 2-arm antique bronze sconces has deep castings of fine quality Their classic design is suitable for many rooms in a home. The arms...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Weathered Abstract Stone Torso Sculpture – Primitive Modernist Garden Figure
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This captivating stone torso sculpture presents a raw and timeless interpretation of the human form, blending elements of primitive art and modernist abstraction. Skillfully shaped f...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Stone
Vintage Marble/Alabaster Composite Goddess Venus Garden Statue on Pedestal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Indoor or Outdoor Statue.
Cast of Greek Goddess in the style of Venus the Water Bearer.
Mix of crushed alabaster and marble mixed with GFRC. Giving it a solid stone look with much l...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
$1,860 Sale Price
25% Off
Classical Style Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
We are now manufacturing this model in Carrara marble
Custom sizing available
As tradition this timeless Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, the des...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
$4,579 / item
Large Pair Italian Column Neoclassic Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of large scale finely crafted hand carved neoclassical style column form alabaster lamps on brass bases. Expertly crafted with intricate carving throughout. Newly wired with new...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Pair of Italian Urn Neoclassic Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of hand carved neoclassic style "urn" form alabaster lamps mounted on giltwood bases bases. Each has solid brass fittings. Newly wired with new 3 way sockets and cords.
Heig...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Vintage Alabaster Bust of Greek God Apollo 20th C
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A beautiful composite alabaster bust of the famous Greek god Apollo, dating from middle of 20th century. The attention to detail throughout the piece is impeccable and the figure is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
French Vintage Reproduction Parthenon Frieze Panel
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
The Parthenon, that postcard image from the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, was once a great temple of white marble and a staggering program of sculptures to enhance the architecture fr...
Category
20th Century French Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Gabriella Crespi 'Coppia Di Delfini' Pair of Silvered Bronze Dolphins
Located in Hastings, GB
A truly spectacular and incredibly rare pair of sculptures by legendary designer Gabriella Crespi, modeled as mythical dolphins, 'Coppia di Delfini', each one hand crafted from Sarda...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Serpentine green marble column, spiral carved shaft, circa 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Serpentine green marble column, spiral carved shaft, circa 1880
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Rare Pierre-Adrien Ekman Hand Painted Folding Screen / Room Divider
Located in Forney, TX
An extraordinarily scarce French hand-painted oil on canvas wooden three panel folding screen - room divider; Signed P.A. Ekman (Pierre-Adrien Ekman, France, 1904-1993), fabulous Tro...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Carrara Marble Bathroom Kitchen Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical double sink is cut from one single block of white Carrara marble, the design has not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit easily fitting in with old and new buildings. It also makes an excellent outdoor water fountain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Black with 24K Gold Porcelain Jar with Lid Made in Greece by Spyropoulos 1960s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage I Spyropoulos Handmade in Greece black and 24K Gold Finish Porcelain Jar with Lid.
Vintage handmade in Greece Black and 24k Gold Trinket Porcelain Dish with Lid.
Greek Mythol...
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1960s Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Italian Neoclassic Urn Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of finely crafted hand carved neo-classic style urn form alabaster lamps. The intricately carved white alabaster are covered with lots natural colorful veining.
Overall height...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Classical Marble Stone Powder Room Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Serpentine Marble Stone Sink Basin
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Ancient Greek Style Hand Painted Kantharos, Drinking Cup With High Handles
Located in Stamford, CT
Ancient Greek style "kantharos", a drinking cup with handles. In the Apulian style of southern Italy. Quite elegant with a fine painting of a seated, robed sculptor on the front, and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Copper
Marble Baby Bath Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This oval Italian sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times,
it carries superb artistic merit easily fitting in w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Italian Plaster Male Torso Sculpture Of A Classical Athlete
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Plaster Male Torso Sculpture Of A Classical Athlete.
Offered is a handsome lifesize Italian plaster male torso sculpture on plinth.
This is a beautiful detailed copy of an or...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Small Patinated Bronze Greek Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Well detailed small patinated bronze Greek motif vase, circa 1970s. The vase is in very good vintage condition and measures 2.25"D x 3.25"H. #4071
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Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
1980s Italian Bronze Riace Warrior Sculpture Statue Signed Pintoneilo
Located in Miami, FL
1980s Italian Bronze Riace Warrior Sculpture Statue Signed Pintoneilo
Offered for sale is a circa 1980s bronze statue of the older Riace Warrior sculpture. This bronze is extremely ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Classical Greek furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Classical Greek 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, building and garden elements, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with stone, marble and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Classical Greek furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Asia, and West Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include LAGU, Cathryn Shilling, Sir William Hamilton, and Maitland Smith. 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 $30 and tops out at $289,700 while the average work can sell for $1,855.
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