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
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
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
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
Beautiful Weathered Apollo Bust Garden Statue Cast Stone 65cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful vintage weathered bust of the Greek god Apollo, large and heavy garden statue made of cast stone, circa mid 20th century, marked on the back.
Very impressive garden statue...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone, Composition
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Italian classical sink Basin
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,...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair Italian Neoclassic Urn Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of large finely crafted hand carved neo-classic style urn form alabaster lamps. The intricately carved white alabaster are covered with lots natural colorful veining. Newly wir...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This period Italian classical shell 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 ea...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Carved Oval Marble Stone 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
Classical Hand Carved Marble Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Hand Carved Marble Sink Basin
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is hand cut from one single block of white marble, thes...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
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. Newly wired with 3 way sockets and cords. Overall height top of socket 20", height of alabaster 15", w...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Solid Marble Classical Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Marble sink Basin
The shell hand carved and Integrated into one square block of marble
20th century
30" wide
Bowl size :
20" x 15" x 4"
53x37x10
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
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
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
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 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 Kitchen Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Kitchen Marble Stone Sink Basin
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one block of white marble, it carries superb artistic merit easily fitting in wi...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Inlaid 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
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
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
White Limestone Sink Molded Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white Limestone, the design sprung from Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit easily ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble, Limestone
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 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
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
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
Classical Marble Corner Stone Sink
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Period Corner Marble Stone Sink
Outstanding rare item with carved detailed features
all original and unrestored
Width cm 67
Depth cm 53
Internal height cm 8
External heigh...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Vintage Ceramic Vase with Brown Bulls and Bands
Located in Grythyttan, SE
With inspiration from ancient greek pictorial style vases, this beige vase is decorated with bulls and bands in brown paint. The band ornamentations with two bands, twisted bands and...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Classical Style Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Style Carved 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 Gree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
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
Ceramic
Erotic Ancient Greek Wine Cup with Painted Eyes
Located in London, GB
A rare, erotic cup exemplifying the revelry and humour of ancient Greek culture, particularly within the context of symposia - the social drinking parties of the elite. This wine cup...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Pottery
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
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Carved Marble Bust of Apollo
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Italian Grand Tour carved white marble bust of Apollo, affixed to variegated marble plinth, no visible signature. Apollo was the Greek god of sun, music poetry and philo...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Handmade Greek helmet sculpture on bronze patinated ceramic -made in Italy
Located in Tarquinia, IT
The Corinthian helmet was the type of Greek helmet that offered the best protection in battle for the head in ancient Greece.
In ancient Rome it was introduced either by the Etruscan...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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
Pair Italian Column Neoclassic Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of neoclassical style carved column form alabaster table lamps. Lots of nice natural viewing throughout. Newly wired with new brass 3 way sockets and cords.
Measures: height to...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Classical Inlaid Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble with polychrome inlays.
These designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times and car...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Inlaid Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble with poly chrome inlays, the straight fronted format has fine rhombus inlaid details enclo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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, the design has not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artisti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
After the Antique Two Wrestlers Stone Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
After the Antique, "The Two Wrestlers", Carved Stone Sculpture, The Uffizi Wrestlers, depicting two men in the midst of a wrestling match, marked "Ettore Zocchi / Sculpteur a Florenc...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Stone
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
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
Ancient Greek Red-Figure Terracotta Pelike (Jar), 5th–4th Century BCE
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exquisite ancient Greek red-figure terracotta pelike (storage jar) standing 10.5 inches tall. This piece embodies the timeless artistry of Classical Greece, featuring h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Grand Tour Engravings of Achilles and Borghese Gladiator
Located in Richmond, London
Two exquisite and rare etchings of ancient sculptures by Pierre Bouillon (1776-1831), from his book Musée des antiques, published in Paris between 1811...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Paper
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
AR Tetradrachm Thrace, Lampsakos, Lysimachos 305-281 BC
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, monogram to inner left
...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Silver
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
19th Century Pair of Pâte Sur Pâte Lamps Re-electrified, Celadon France
Located in Epfach, DE
The technique of pâte sur pâte (French for "mass on mass") is an elaborate and fascinating method of porcelain decoration that became particularly popular in the second half of the 1...
Category
1880s French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Marcus Aurelius Bust Cultured Marble Indoor - Outdoor 'Ephesus Museum' Replica
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Height: 87 cm (34.25') / Weight: 45 kg (99.21 lbs)
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was the Roman emperor and is considered one of the most important philosophers in its history. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Torso maschile in marmo bianco di Carrara - Discoforo
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Scultura, Torso maschile, arte classica, arte greca, Torso, marmo bianco Carrara, scultura classica, torso antico, torso discoforo
Torso maschile scolpi...
Category
1990s European Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
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
Ariadne and the Panther Bronze After Johann Heinrich Dannecker, Mantel Clock
Located in Toronto, CA
A lovely, solid bronze mantel clock depicting Ariadne and the Panther, after the famous sculpture by Johann Heinrich Dannecker (1758-1841). Here the princess Ariadne, wife of Dionysi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
AR Tetradrachm Attica, Athens, 440-420 BC
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and spiral palmette
Reverse: owl standing right with h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Silver
Ancient Greek Style Charger With Olympian Runners
Located in Stamford, CT
Ancient Greek style charger of platter depicting two Olympic runner competing in a race. Beautifully painted in red and black on a yellow ground, with decorative bands, including the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Paint
Set Brass Column Table Lamps 1970s De Knudt Belgium
By De Knudt
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice set of table lamps. Corinthian column Table lamps. In Brass
The middle of the column is made off Burl wood. One large E27 bulb needed.
comes with Light Brown Velvet shades or Burberry...
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Brass
Tuscan Mediterranean Style Black Cast Aluminum Pool Patio Chaise Lounge Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Tuscan Mediterranean Style Black Cast Aluminum Pool Patio Chaise Lounge Chair. Circa Late 20th century. Measurements: 32" H x 26" W x 67" D x 12” Seat heigh...
Category
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Large Silver Plated Bronze Pegasus Winged Horse
Located in London, GB
Enourmous Silver Plated Bronze Pegasus Winged Horse Statue on Wooden Base
This Bronze is Truly a one off and a Real Statement Piace
Category
20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Carrara Marble Double 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
AR Tetradrachm Macedonia, Side, Alexander the Great, 325-320 BC
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head of Herakles right wearing lion skin headdress
Reverse: enthroned Zeus left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand
FINE STYLE
Late lifetime or early...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Silver
Greek Corinthian helmet sculpture handmade on ceramic -made in Italy
Located in Tarquinia, IT
The Corinthian helmet was the type of Greek helmet that offered the best protection in battle for the head in ancient Greece.
In ancient Rome it was introduced either by the Etruscan...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Casted Bronze Roman Style Theater Mask Wall Art, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hand casted bronze Roman style theater mask wall art featuring a male and female face. Set of two
Category
1990s American Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Apollo Italian Stone Sculpture of Classical Torso with Base
Located in Rome, IT
This reproduction of a classical sculpture, of Apollo .
T timeless piece for interior and a garden decoration.
Measurement: Torso cm 100 base cm 80.
We will deliver professionally ...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone
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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