Grand Tour Decorative Objects
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
Apollo and Diana Plaster Busts
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of modern grand tour plaster busts depicting Apollo and Diana, circa 1940s.
5 ½ inches wide by 4 ¼ inches deep by 10 ½ inches tall
Good overall with some discoloration and ...
Category
1940s Unknown Vintage Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Antique Roman Porphyry, Grand Tour Period Hand-Carved Lidded Vases
Located in New York, NY
A very fine pair of antique roman porphyry, Grand Tour period hand carved lidded vases. These are a fabulous and quite decorative pair of porphyry lidde...
Category
1830s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Porphyry
Wounded Amazone in Bronze, Grand Tour
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A small Grand Tour sculpture in Bronze of the ‘Wounded Amazone’, with a stamp of Fumière et Cie, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Rare 19th Century Leblanc Freres Grand Tour Bronze Statue of the Arc De Triomph
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare early 19th century solid bronze with marble base Grand Tour model of the Arc De Triomph by the world renown French company of LeBlanc Freres...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
An Italian Grand Tour Porphyry and Sienna Marble Paperweight, late 19th century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The profile of Caesar in profile in high relief.
The yellow marble base with stepped edges.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
Églomisé Verdigris Marble Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Églomisé Verdigris marble table box, with bevelled edges and 9" x 6" x 2" velvet interior.
Category
Late 20th Century Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Velvet, Glass
Grand Tour Neapolitan Tripod Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour Neapolitan Tripod Oil Lamp. Bronze patinated metal oil lamp of tripod form with lion head masks with rings, supported by lion monopedia on ball terminals on conforming bas...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Ajax, bust in bronze
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Grand Tour bronze of the god Ajax from Greek mythology.
Very detailed with a beautiful patina.
Category
1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Bust Of Seneca
Located in Essex, MA
Bust of Seneca likely made in the Naples area of Italy. Now seated on a faux porphyry base. Loss of a section of bronze at base of neck.
Category
1870s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th century bronze bust of the Greek Goddess Diana the Huntress, circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
This superb Grand Tour bronze study portrays a bust of Diana of Versailles or Diana the Huntress, considered in Roman and Hellenistic mythology as goddess and patroness of countryside, nature, hunters, wildlife and childbirth. This fine example is French, circa 1860. It is raised onto a sophisticated base with a thin bronze foot with a turned black slate plinth and above there is a highly decorative cast...
Category
1860s French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair French 19th Century Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Dogs on Green Marble Bases
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Pair of Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Dogs on Green Marble Bases. Each dog is beautifully cast, hand-chassed, and hand-chiseled. They are life-like in ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
a Grand Tour Etruscan Cast Iron Painted Vase Urn
Located in Madrid, ES
A beautiful Gran Tour vase, of Etruscan inspiration in cast iron, decorated with geometric and vegetal drawings, both on the base and in other parts of the vase, it has two ring-shap...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Pair of Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Dogs Seated on Sienna Marble Plinths
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of 19th century antique grand tour patinated bronze dogs seated on siena marble plinths. Each dog is beautifully cast and hand-chiseled with meticulous craftsmanship...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Grand Tour patinated bronze figure of Narcissus, dating from the last quarter of the 19th century.
Narcissus was a hunter in Greek mythology and he was distinguished for his beauty.
This well patinated bronze classical figure...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Style Large Bronze Model of the Farnese Hercules
Located in Montreal, QC
Grand Tour style large bronze model of the Farnese Hercules, after the antique. Early 20th century.
Set on a later ebonized wood base.
Overall height 68 in bronze height 48 in
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Architectural Model Arc de Triomphe 1825
Located in Portland, OR
A fine early 19th century grand tour gilt bronze architectural model of the Arc de Triomphe, French, circa 1825.
This very fine grand tour model of one of France's most celebrated monuments, having pediment with concealed hinged lid opening to a storage reservoir. The bronze having silver relief figural group plaques, the model is mounted on a black marble oval base, the model made by Leblanc Freres...
Category
1820s French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Period Bronze Statue of the Borghese Gladiator
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality Italian 19th century Grand Tour Period patinated bronze statue of the Borghese Gladiator. The statue is raised by a rectangular base where the handsome...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Serpentine Inkwell and Cover Inset with 7 Lava Stone Cameos, 19th C
Located in Spencertown, NY
The 7 cameos of historical figures, fitted with 3 quill holders, 2 inkwells and a pounce pot. The underside of the lid is framed with a circular gouache dep...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Serpentine
Antique Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Roman Emperor
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Grand Tour bronze bust of a roman emperor, mounted on a Belgian black marble base.
Thought to be a depiction of a young Caesar, the expertly carved sculpture showcases de...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Belgian Black Marble
Pair of Grand Tour Bronze Tazzas on Marble Plinths, Italy, Circa:1890
Located in Alexandria, VA
This pair of hand-cast bronze Edwardian tazzas on Sienna marble plinths were copied from Classical ancient Roman/Greek urns being excavated all over the former Roman Empire. The cast...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Bronze Statues of Greco-Roman Males, Set of Three
Located in Bradenton, FL
Grand Tour Bronze statues of three nude males from mythology, all in various poses. These small statues range in height from 5.5" to 5.75" and in width 2 to 2.5". These would have be...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Terracotta Kylix Tazza
Located in Los Angeles, 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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta, Paint
Italian Sorrento box Inlaid with Pastoral Scene from the 18th century with Cupid
Located in Roma, IT
I am offering you for sale an antique box, dating back to the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 1990s, handmade in Italy according to the "Sorrento" tradition.
Recentl...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Cherry, Maple, Nutwood
19th C. Italian Grand Tour Carrara Marble Double-Handled Urn on Lion's Paw Base
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Hand-Carved and Hand-Polished Carrara Marble Double-Handled Urn on Lion's Paw Base. Intricately hand-carved with meticulous detail, the wide mouth ...
Category
1820s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
Spécimen Marble Surtout De Table
Located in Spencertown, NY
The table stand with orange/red marble border enclosing 25 different marble samples on a black slate base and four gilt bronze feet.
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Early 20th Century Sculpture Plaster Bust of Platon
Located in Madrid, ES
An academy bust in plaster representing a Greek philosopher, possibly Platon, the bust has a high quality of execution and is slightly patinated.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster
Neoclassical Solid Marble Onyx Green and Brown Obelisks, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning pair of neoclassical or Grand Tour style solid marble onyx green & brown obelisks
Measures: 3"W x 3"D x 8"H.
Very good original vintage condition. Minor surface wear exp...
Category
Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
German Glazed Terracotta Monkey Tile by Karlshrue
Located in Houston, TX
German glazed terracotta monkey tile by Karlshrue.
German glazed terra cotta or Majolica monkey tile by Karlshrue, circa 1920. This gorgeous wall art depicts two monkeys on a tree br...
Category
1920s German Vintage Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Labradorite Semi Precious Stone Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Labradorite semiprecious stone box with hinged lid. Labradorite displays an iridescent optical effect (or schiller) known as labradorescence. La...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Brass
Theodoric the Great Grand Tour Bronze, After Peter Vischer the Elder (1460-1529)
Located in Atlanta, GA
After Peter Vischer The Elder (1460-1529), Theodoric The Great, King of the Ostrogoths.
Continental Bronze Figure of Gothic King Theodoric as a knight in armor after the artist Pete...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Victorian Marble Roman Ruins Grand Tour Statue Sculpture Columns Pillars
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely collectable original Victorian Marble Grand Tour Roman Ruin statue of columns
A wonderful original piece, this is a desk sized co...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Antique Italian Grand Tour Sculpture of Lion of Lucerne
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Italian Grand Tour sculpture after the Lion of Lucerne.
Dating to circa 1830, this period model is thought to have been made as a souvenir or a sample of the work by scul...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Fine Pair of French Gilt & Patinated Bronze Ormolu 3 Light Candelabra
Located in London, GB
A pair of grand tour two tone bronze Cherub candelabra, French, Circa 19th century, The three branches each with detachable drip-pans. Circa 1880 and measuring 19 inches ( 49.5 cms) ...
Category
1880s French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Composition of 13 Fruits in Marble Polychrome Still Life Grand Tour 19th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Fascinating composition of different fruits made of Carrara marble carved and later painted in the manner of the Roman and Florentine workshops of the 19th century. The fruits are co...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Copper
Large Italian Marble Bust of Roman Emperor Dated 1887
Located in New York, NY
Our very large and expertly sculpted Italian marble bust of a Roman emperor measures 35 in tall, 29 in wide and 13 1/2 in deep. Signer on reverse P.B. 1887. Possibly depicts Julius...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
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 mode...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Figure Of Bacchus
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A 19th century Italian grand tour bronze figure of Bacchus with a goat over his shoulders
Circa 1890
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Bust of Caesar Augustus
Located in Essex, MA
Very heavy and beautifully cast with great patina.
Category
1880s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
A Vintage Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Ruler, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The 7 1/4" ruler with 8 different specimens inset with in a black marble frame.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Antique Grand Tour French Parian Sculpture Male Female Figures Group 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning French Grand Tour Parian Bisque Group depicting a male and female standing figures, mid to late Nineteenth Century.
The male Farmer in period dress holding an agricultural...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Abalone, Porcelain
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Antique Statuary Marble Bust of Diana
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique white statuary marble bust of Diana, ex Dunkirk Manor, Stroud, England.
Dating to circa 1850, this Italian sculpture is of an impressive life size scale mounted on a circ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Grand Tour Marmo Rosso Model of the Tomb of Scipio, Italian, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The red marble sarchophagus mounted on a slate base. Removing the top reveals an empty well.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
A Carved Breccia Marble Tazza, Italian, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The Tazza with a raised floral carving in the center of the cup with gadrooned decoration around the cup with tapering stem and half fluting. Ending in small square base. Minute chip...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Vintage Solid Marble Orbs Spheres Mounted on Bases, Matched Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Solid Marble Orbs Spheres Mounted on Bases, Matched Pair
Offered for sale is a pair of solid marble orbs or speres mounted on stepped marble bases in the Grand Tour style.
Category
20th Century Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Large Grand Tour Bronze Model of the Colleoni Monument by Verrochi
Located in New York, NY
A Large Italian 19th century Grand Tour bronze model of The Colleoni Monument by Verrochi, on a granite base.
Category
1880s Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Granite, Bronze
pair of Italian 18th century Grand Tour Period Ormolu and marble statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and large scale pair of Italian 18th century Grand Tour Period Ormolu, Black Belgian and Rouge Griotte marble busts. Each wonderful bust is raised on square Ormolu base pl...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Italian Grand Tour Bronze Of Bacchus
Located in Essex, MA
Cast at Fonderia Sommer in Naples. These were known to be in bars and used as cigarette lighters. Standing Bacchus holding a snake. Foundry signature on base.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of the Arc De Triomph
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonderful statue of the Arc De Triomph made of bronze and marble. It has so many details. It is in good vintage condition and reminds in its original patina. The marble has no chips ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Antique French Porcelain Cherub Sculptures
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A fine pair of antique French porcelain cherub sculptures attributed to E. Quinter.
Likely created in the Société Céramique de Charenton workshop, n...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Italian Green Marble and 'Lava Cameo' Inkstand
Located in London, GB
Antique Italian green marble and 'lava cameo' inkstand
Italian, 19th century
Measures: Height 10cm, diameter 14cm
This charming inkstand is crafted from green marble and gilt metal....
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Metal
Orange-Brown Banded Jasper Point
Located in New York, NY
Unusual orange and brown banded jasper point from Madagascar.
Category
2010s Malagasy Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Antique French Grand Tour Bronze Desk Statue Sculpture Napoleon Column Vendome
Located in Portland, OR
A very good antique French bronze & marble Grand Tour model of the Column de Vendome, Paris, circa 1860.
A fine cast bronze model of the fa...
Category
1860s French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour Statuary Marble Relief of a Roman Emperor
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A mid 18th century Grand Tour white statuary marble relief of a Roman emperor, possibly Augustus Caesar, presented on a custom-made steel stand as pictured.
Deeply carved in relief,...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Statuary Marble, Steel
19th Century French Grand Tour Patinated Iron Napoleon’s Tomb Inkwell
Located in Stamford, CT
A mid 19th century Grand Tour, French, Inkwell in the form of Napoleon’s tomb. The patinated black iron tomb with removable lid revealing a sand sifter a...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Grand Tour Souviner / Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Sophocles 'Greek Tragedian'
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand Tour Souviner / patinated bronze sculpture of Greek Tragedian (playwright) Sophocles (479 BC-406 BC).
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Period Imperial Porphyry Tazzas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Grand Tour period Imperial Porphyry tazzas. Each tazza with wonderful proportions is...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Decorative Objects
Materials
Porphyry
Grand Tour decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Grand Tour decorative objects 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 decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Grand Tour decorative objects 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 decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include F. Barbedienne Foundry, Achille Collas, Ferdinand Barbedienne, and Borghese. 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 decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $175 and tops out at $108,390 while the average work can sell for $2,528.
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