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 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
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.
Category
1850s French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wood
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
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...
Category
17th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wool, Silk
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
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
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
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
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 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 wit...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Bronze Statue of Hermes Signed Elias Robert
By Louis Valentin Elias Robert
Located in Sarasota, FL
French 19th century patinated bronze statue of Hermes, signed Elias Roberts. Raised on a rectangular base, Hermes is seated on tied cushions, wearing his winged hat and sandals, his ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
1960s Greek Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Bust of Hector the Trojan Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Bust of Hector the Trojan Prince Patinated Bronze Sculpture, mounted on an ebonized base. Overall: 15" H x 5" W x 4.75" D. Provenance: From a New York City Collection.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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
$600 Sale Price
25% Off
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
$3,080 / 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
$3,354 / item
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
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
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
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
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
$2,683 Sale Price / item
20% Off
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 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
$5,914 Sale Price
20% Off
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 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
$3,064 / item
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
19th Century Italian Marble Bust of Aphrodite
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian marble bust of Aphrodite.
Our antique Italian Carrara marble bust of Aphrodite is expertly carved and rests on a...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
$4,250 / set
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
Classical Marble Stone Corner Sink
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Marble Stone Corner Sink
Naturally distressed marble, an original period piece
x2 wall sides: 40 cm each
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara 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
$13,875 Sale Price
25% Off
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
Ancient Greek Black Glaze Ribbed Mug
Located in London, GB
Greek black-glaze ribbed mug
Athens, circa 475-425 B.C.
terracotta.
The mug is of a straight-sided, cylindrical form with seven horizontal ribs and an applied ring handle just below the lip. The base is flat with a slightly raised foot running around the circumference. The very centre of the underside is reserved and with traces of ochre pigment. Intact, some slight chipping to the glaze touched in, areas of incrustation to the base and interior.
This strikingly modern piece is a fine example of Attic black...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
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 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
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
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
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 French Corinthian Capital
Located in Austin, TX
Corinthian Capital, French, of finely hand carved wood finished with 24 carats gold leafing. The architectural element which can serve as a side table features a hand carved décor o...
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1870s French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Gilded Italian Capitals With Corinthian-Ionic Intaglio 19th Century
Located in Milano, MI
Pair Of Gilded 1800s Gilded Capitals in carved poplar wood, originally part of a larger decorative complex. Of composite style, Ionic and Corinthian, they have under the abacus in th...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
$3,189 / item
Vintage Grand Tour Bronze Gladiator Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This bronze-toned figure captures the poised intensity of a classical warrior, frozen in the moment before launching his spear. Wearing only a crested Corinthian helmet and loincloth...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Stone, Metal
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
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
Vintage Porcelain Green Greek Key Tea Cup and Saucer by N & Co. Nagoya Nippon
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful classical Greek key design porcelain teacup and matching saucer. This set will be a beautiful addition to any collection. The saucer is round with turned-up sides. (It wo...
Category
20th Century Japanese Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
$60 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Classical Carved Carrara Bianco Marble Stone Sink Basin
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of Carrara marble, these designs have not changed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
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
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
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
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
$4,693 / item
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
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
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
Acteon Greek Hunter by Adrien Etienne Gaudez French Bronze Statue Sculpture 46"
Located in Dayton, OH
A remarkable French Bronze sculpture of Acteon by Adrein Etienne Gaudez. The statue is sculpted in lifelike detail, featuring Acteon with a bird in his outstretched arm, standing on ...
Category
20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,262 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Meissen Porcelain Group 'Dance Of The Horae' By C. G. Starcke, Ca 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent and extremely rare museum-quality Meissen figurine group from the 19th century:
Group of six fully sculpted porcelain figures, young pretty women barefoot in antique-style,...
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1880s German Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Greek Black Glazen Column Krater (4th Century BC)
Located in Soho, London, GB
Black Glazen Column Krater
mid-4th century BC, Apulia
With broad avoid body on a short echinus foot and thick mouth.
The two handles form loops around the...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
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
pair Classical Greek Alabaster Table lamps 1950s Italy
Located in Den Haag, NL
Stunning set of Classical Greek Alabaster Table lamps .
1950s Italy . comes with beathiful Gold color shades . Perfect match .
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
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
Italian Plaster Foot With Sandal
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Plaster Foot With Sandal.
Offered is a realistic Italian plaster foot with a sandal after the original classical Greek.
Our beautiful academic plaster foot sculpture would lo...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Plaster
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...
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1870s German Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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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