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
Mid-20th Century Reconstituted Stone Urn in Classical Greek Style
Located in Vulpellac, Girona
Mid 20th century reconstituted stone urn or planter in Classical Greek style -Mèdici-
Perfect for your garden decoration.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Stone
Classical 19th Century Gilded Ormolu Embossed Tea Caddy
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful fine quality 19th century classical embossed tea caddy, having Bacchus like scenes of children playing, a goat and horse and much jollity.
Elkington style.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Carved Marble Garden Putto Figure
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large scale sculpture of a laughing putto standing on an elaborate foliate base, supporting a basket weave footed vase overflowing with large acanthus leaves (some with small drill...
Category
19th Century Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Gorgeous Collection of 4 Decoupaged Classical Figural Scenes with Gold Leaf
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful set of 4 black and white decoupaged scenes of classical figures in poetic poses set against gold leaf and each framed in giltwood moldings.
Category
1940s American Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century, French School Portrait of a Young Philip V, the King of Spain
Located in Atlanta, GA
French School, 18th century. Oil on Canvas painting set in an antique giltwood frame. Unsigned.
An 18th century portrait painting of a young Philip V or at this time Duke of Anjou....
Category
18th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
VINTAGE THREE GRACES BIRD BATH GARDEN STATUE WITH HIGHLY PATINED FINiSH
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely Vintage Three Graces Bird Bath Garden Statue with a highly patinated finish
Please note the del...
Category
20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Stone
Pair Bronze Empire Lion Paw Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of large French Empire style bronze table lamps with alabaster columns resting on lion paw feet. The color of the stone is pale amber with lots of color variation and veining. T...
Category
1950s European Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass, Bronze
Antique Bronze Figure of The Dying Gaul
Located in London, GB
A bronze figure of the dying Gaul after the Antique, on verde marble base, Italian, nineteenth century.
Dimensions: 30.5cm (12") High, 35cm (13¾") Wide, 65cm (25½") Long, 13.5cm (5¼...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Apoxyomenos Male Marble Torso Sculpture, White Carrara Marble, XIX Sec.
Located in Rome, IT
Antique male marble torso, circa 1850
A copy of the roman marble statue Apoxyomenus in Musei Vaticani in Rome (I sec d.c.) copy of a greek bronze athlete statue...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Black with 24K Gold Porcelain Jar with Lid Made in Greece by Spyropoulos 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, 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
French 19th Century Renaissance Revival Style Gilt-Bronze & Walnut Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Rare French 19th Century Renaissance Revival Style Gilt-Bronze and Walnut coffee table with marble top. The assembled Corinthian gilt-bronze capital, now converted into a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
KPM Figure of a Lady Warrior Holding a Spear and a Shield with a Face with Wings
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this amazing KPM porcelain figurine of a lady warrior with her shield and spear. I believe she is Athena. As you can s...
Category
1890s German Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
New Modern Turkish Oushak Carpet with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
53969 New Modern Sky Blue Turkish Oushak Rug Runner, 02'10 x 14'09. This hand-knotted wool modern Turkish Oushak rug runner radiates a serene and ethereal charm, effortlessly blendin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wool
Classic metal Desk lamp 1950s USA
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Black Metal table lamp . Beautiful cast Bronze lions head .
Marble base .Complete with Silk shade .Former USA embassy . 1950s
Category
1950s American Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Purple and Brown Marble Resin Column Pedestal Plant Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage purple and brown marble resin 39" column pedestal plant stand. Item features 3 part construction, very nice vintage item, great style and form, approx. 170 lbs. Circa Mid to ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
‘Thalia’ Composite Stone Bust, Mma 1989
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Museum of Modern Art reproduction bust of "Thalia, Muse of Comedy.” Cast with composition stone made to resemble marble.
Category
1980s American Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Stone, Composition
Magnificent Pair of Late 18th C Large Terra Cotta Busts of Apollo and Diana
Located in Dallas, TX
A large monumental pair of late 18th century Italian terra cotta busts of Apollo and Diana on jadeite and gilt bronze mounted pedestals. 77'' H overal...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
7' Tall Renaissance Style Male Bust Faux Marble Sculpture on Pedestal
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This larger-than-life 6' 9" faux marble male bust sculpture commands attention, featuring a refined hollow design in textured concrete composite. With a body height of 49" and broad ...
Category
1980s Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Resin
Discobolus Discus Thrower Classic Bronze Sculpture
Located in Red Lion, PA
This early 20th-century bronze sculpture is a finely crafted reduction of The Discobolus by Myron, one of the most celebrated sculptures of classical antiquity. Measuring approximate...
Category
20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Male Marble Torso On Black Marble Base
Located in Southall, GB
A handsome hand-carved marble male torso in white marble on a black marble square base. The torso is skilfully carved with rippling muscles which com...
Category
Late 20th Century European Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Venus Callipyge, Black Patina Bronze Sculpture, Grand Tour, 19th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Venus Callipyge, Black Patina Bronze Sculpture, Grand Tour, 19th Century
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
21st Century Studio Irvine Betti Concrete Stool in Silver Grey Cement Handmade
Located in Rome, Lazio
Surrealism, primitivism, metaphysics and brutalism. Art together with architecture and design build a scenario of inspirations and continuous references through which the material ri...
Category
2010s Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Concrete, Metal
19th Century Italian Classical Marble Bust of Venus Chiurazzi
Located in New York, NY
Psyche of Capua. White marble bust of Venus, after antique.
Italy, late 19th century.
Inscribed, 'Chiurazzi.'
Measures: 21 in. (53.3 cm) height.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Classic horse head in white Carrara marble -made in Italy
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Sculpture, Horse head, classical art, Greek art, classical horse, marble horse, pheidian horse, white Carrara marble, classical sculpture, horse sculpture, Greek horse
Horse head car...
Category
1990s Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Eagle & Serpent Brass Door Stop Needless to say a heavy piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
19th Century Eagle & Serpent Brass Door Stop
Needless to say a heavy piece, is age darkened, the Eagle and snake fighting symbolise two sides of a confli...
Category
19th Century Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
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
French Bisque Porcelain Group of Venus and Cupid, Mid 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
An exquisite bisque porcelain figure of Venus and Cupid from the mid nineteenth century, French, with incised crossed swords mark and another device etched on the base.
Photos don't ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Italian Column Neoclassic Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of finely crafted hand carved neoclassical style column form alabaster lamps. Expertly crafted with combination white and green elements. Newly wired with new brass 3 way socket...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Mid-Century Classical Styled Cast Stone Basket Weave Planters -- 3 Available
Located in Sheffield, MA
3 Classical Basket Weave Garden Planters -- SOLD SINGLY.
Excellent large oval shaped planters, decorated with basket weave and roped edge.
They are in good condition, and a wonderful...
Category
1950s Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone
Very fine and large KPM porcelain plaque of The Three Fates
Located in London, GB
Very fine and large KPM porcelain plaque of The Three Fates
German, c.1908
Frame: height 90cm, width 77cm, depth 9cm
Plaques: height 53cm, width 43cm, ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Pair Of Black Patina Bronze Vases, 19th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Pair Of Black Patina Bronze Vases, 19th Century
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Bust of Hippocrates carved on white Carrara marble
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Sculpture, Hippocrates bust, Hippocrates, medicine father bust, ancient Roman bust, Roman art, classical art, Greek art, bust, white Carrara marble, classical sculpture, ancient scul...
Category
1990s Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
1910's Blue Persian Malayer Hamadan Carpet with Rustic Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
61270 Distressed Antique Persian Malayer Hamadan Rug, 02'08 x 03'11. Woven with the delicate hands of time, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Malayer Hamadan rug whispers the st...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wool
1920's Aegean Blue Persian Malayer Carpet with Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
61133 Antique Persian Malayer Rug, 03'07 x 05'07. Woven in the quiet rhythms of western Iran, this hand-knotted antique Persian Malayer rug sings a soft ballad of age-old artistry. I...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Icon St George Miracle Worker with Oklad
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Antique 19 th c orthodox icon tempera on gold leaf on wood in polychrome enamel embossed brass oklad. Saint George The Miracle Worker defeating the dragon. Great level of master work...
Category
1850s Russian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ancient Macedonian Alexander the Great Coin Set in 22 kt Gold & Emerald Pendant
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Authentic Greek (Macedonian) Alexander the Great Tetradrachm Coin, 336-323 BC, set in a 22-karat gold bezel and Bail with an Emerald...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Macedonian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold
Pair of Large Cast Iron Garden Urns, Garden Planters
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pair of Large Cast Iron Garden Urns, Garden Planters
This is a superb and unusually large pair of cast iron urns
The urns are in...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Iron
Continental Bronze Sculpture
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautiful continental bronze figure of a standing female on a black marble base. Early 20th century, signed illegibly on the base.
This elegant bronze has a wonderful patina and mo...
Category
Early 20th Century European Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare Long And Narrow Antique Geek Embroidered Textile 2'2" x 9'7"
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Long And Narrow Antique Geek Embroidered Textile, Circa: 19th Century, Origin: Anafi, Cyclades- Greece
Category
20th Century Greek Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wool
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
Grand Tour bronze figure of “The Dying Gaul”, After The Antique
Located in Montreal, QC
A late 19th century Grand Tour bronze figure of “The Dying Gaul”, after the antique. The Dying Gaul depicts a warrior in his final moments, next to his shield and sword, his face contorted in pain just before he collapses from the mortal wound to his chest The original marble figure, which is in the Capitoline museum in Rome is thought to be a Roman copy of a Greek sculpture in Bronze. As an image of a vanquished enemy, the sculpture embodies courage in defeat, self-possession in the face of death, and the recognition of nobility in an alien race.
“The Dying Gaul” was found in Rome with another ancient marble...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Single Neoclassic Greek Key Alabaster Table Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Single hand carved square shape neoclassic style alabaster lamp with Greek key arms. Newly wired with new 3 way sockets and twisted French style cords. Shade is not included.
Category
1950s European Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Zeus Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder Statue
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Looking for a powerful and striking addition to your living space? Look no further than the Zeus bust from Lagu's special selection. Standing at 16.9 inches ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Vintage Middle Eastern 3 Panel Mashrabiya Lattice Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Middle Eastern 3 Panel Mashrabiya Lattice Panel Folding Screen Room Divider. Item features 2 small swing "doors" on the right and left panels, open center (not sure if anythi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair Classical Greek Alabaster table lamps 1970s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice set of Alabaster table lamps . Classical Greek shaped .
1970s ,comes with Green color Velvet shades . Large E27 bulb needed
Category
1970s French Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Hermes Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder, 'Side Museum' No:3
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.
Measure: height: 11.8'' / Weight: 2 k...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Vintage Ornamental Baluster Urn, English, Golden Pearl Marble, Decorative, Vase
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage ornamental baluster urn. An English, golden pearl marble decorative vase, dating to the late 20th century.
Classical appeal with golden hues
Displays a desirable aged patina
Shapely baluster urn with marble...
Category
20th Century English Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Figural Painted Cast Stone Tiered Garden Fountain, 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A Classical garden fountain offers painted cast stone construction with young boy over tiered fountain with tiered shell form bowls raised on reeded Doric columns, 20th century.
Mea...
Category
20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Concrete, Cast Stone
Marble Simulated Bust of "Artemis", Greece, circa 1950s
Located in Incline Village, NV
Bust of Greek goddess "Artemis"; made from compressed marble composite and cast from a mold in accordance with the original example from Ephesus,...
Category
1950s Greek Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Composition
Large Original Oil on Canvas Painting of Zeus and Hera, Italy circa 1700's
Located in Round Top, TX
The colors remain vivid in this 4' tall original oil on canvas painting of Greek gods Zeus and Hera. Unsigned.
This portrayal of the love of the gods includes Zeus, king of the gods ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid 20th Century Italian Scavo Glass Roman Style Vase
Located in Elkhart, IN
A mid 20th century Roman style pink Scavo glass vase. Scavo glass was created in the mid 20th century by using a technique involving the application, to the surface of an object, of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Glass
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 t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
20th Century Terracotta Bust Sculpture Of A Classical Greek
Located in Houston, TX
20th Century Terracotta Bust Sculpture Of A Classical Greek.
Offered is a handsome 20th century terra cotta bust of a classical Greek male.
Expertly executed however it is unsigned.
Category
20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Fine Antique Venetian Salviati Enameled Blue Glass Stemmed Cordial Glass Set
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent collection of ten rare fine quality antique Italian hand blown enameled colored art glass stemmed cordial drinking glasses attributed to legendary glassmakers The Venic...
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19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Sculpture of a foot in classical style - impasto of Marmorina (marble d Brussels
Located in Tarquinia, IT
scultura, piede, modello piede, piede greco, modello piede studio, modello piede classico.
Studio model for a life-size foot.
sculpture made of marmorine impasto, a binder also calle...
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Early 2000s Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Other
French Classical Cast Bronze Large Garden Water Fountain with Embraced Cherubs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Classical Style Cast Bronze Large Garden Water Fountain with Embraced Cherubs. Item features water shooting from genitals into lar...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Set of Nine, Large Early 18th Century Oil on Canvas Paintings of Various Sibyls
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful and rare collection of nine, oil on canvas paintings of the Sibyls, early 18th century, French school, Libyan, Cumean, Lampusian, Hellespontine, Erythraean, Delphic, Pers...
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Early 18th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Louis XVI Style Marble Urn / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Louis XVI style marble and gilded ormolu urn / lamp. Having classical semi nude female ormolu figures on either side. One being with cloven hoofs the...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
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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