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
Young Boy, Green Patina Plaster Bust, About 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Young Boy, Green Patina Plaster Bust, About 1900
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Modern Greek Key Hand Knotted Rug in Beige and Brown Color
By Nasiri
Located in New York, NY
Our "Olympia" Greek Key decorative rug is hand-knotted, and made with the finest hand-spun wool. The Classic Greek Key motif takes on a modern look in this low pile rug. Custom sizes...
Category
2010s Afghan Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wool
Neoclassical Style Wallpaper Contemporary Production
By DD Dimore
Located in Brescia, IT
This Classical Greek style wallpaper is a unique and exclusive design.
Set of four rolls cm 90 wide; roll length linear meters 10 each.
Sample on demand is available 10 dollars/ € 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Paper
Big Plaster Sculpture of Medusa Head, Belgium 1960
Located in Brussels, BE
From an sculptor studio, fine plaster sculpture of Medusa.
Belgium, circa 1960.
Category
1960s Belgian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Unique Decorative Art Tile, Roger Capron, Italy c. 1980
By Roger Capron
Located in St Ouen, FR
Unique decoration on earthenware made to order by the Artist for the famous Italian decorative ceramics firm Marazzi.
An ode to love and wine carried by a muse treated in a very soft...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Pair Antique Classical Two-Arm Sconces with Faces of Bacchus
Located in Houston, TX
This pair of 2-arm antique bronze sconces has deep castings of fine quality Their classic design is suitable for many rooms in a home. The arms...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
3 Antique Carved Wood Gold Gesso Half Columns
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Set of 3 antique gilded gesso handcarved wood half columns. Great as any wall room decor or bases for floor lamps.
Category
Early 1800s Russian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Roman Style Mosaic Wall Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
The large scale and size of this intricate mosaic wall panel is an impressive artwork piece for any interior. It is beautifully made in Roman style, small tessera mosaic tiles used t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Steel
A late 19th century French classical Grecian style glass vase circa 1880
Located in Central England, GB
This most elegant and pleasing classical Grecian style glass vase was made in France, circa 1880 and was inspired by ancient Greece. It has a tall baluster form stands on a small fla...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Glass
circa 1930s Bronze Urn / Jardinere with a Sculptural Hermaphrodite Handle
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a wonderful bronze jardinere or urn.
Has a sculptural hermaphrodite handle, that starts with a cherub holding a goose, then with the...
Category
1930s Unknown Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Nemesis Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Antalya Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 250 kg
The Goddess Nemesis, daughter of Nyx, represents the power that adjusts the balance of human relationships, giving each individual the fate their actions deserve. He ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Alexander The Great Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder / Istanbul / Small
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Height: 56 cm / Weight: 20 kg
Alexander, the real name of Macedonian III. Alexandros, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Discobolus Discus Thrower Sculpture Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Step into the world of ancient Greece with 'The Athlete Throwing Discus,' a renowned sculpture also known as Discobolus, meticulously completed by the skilled artist Myron during the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Large Studio Plaster, Young Nude Woman, Signature on Base
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Large Studio Plaster, Young Nude Woman, Signature on Base
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Greek Spartan Foot in Plaster, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Greek spartan foot in plaster, 20th century.
Sculpture of the foot of a Greek spartan in plaster, 20th century.
H: 18cm, W: 37cm, D: 15cm
Category
20th Century French Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Plaster
David Morgan (NY Photographer) Angel Signed Poster Work On Paper 1993
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Black and white poster shows a photograph of a nude man standing on his tiptoes in profile at center on the page. The man wears a pair of long feather wings that extend from his shou...
Category
20th Century American Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Paper
Customizable Black Woven Leather Saber Legs Klismos Chairs Other Colors Possible
Located in IT
Klismos customizable dining chairs with saber legs, black lacquered wood and black woven leather seats. Available in other colors and upholstery.
Klismos are walnut wood chairs wi...
Category
2010s Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Italian Stile Floral Dancer signed 'Gastin'
Located in Sharon, CT
Early 20th century glazed ceramic of a robed dancer after the antique.
Signed Gastin, bottom interior.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
English engraved glass vase with Socrates, the Greek philosopher, circa 1920
Located in Central England, GB
This superb English wheel engraved clear glass vase is most likely from one of the Stourbridge factories and dates to circa 1920.
The vase is made from heavy thick glass and is of a...
Category
Early 20th Century British Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Glass
19th Century French Bronze Group of Nessus Abducting Deianira
By Giambologna
Located in Dublin, IE
French Grand Tour bronze group of Nessus abducting Deianira after Giambologna on marble base.
After the model by Giambologna
Circa 1880
French
Footnote:
The first documented example of this famous bronze group was made by Giovanni Bologna...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Centaur Marble Apollo Torso, Circa 1850
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Centaur Marble Torso from London England, Circa 1850
Sourced by Martyn Lawrence Bullard from London, England
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Venus of Milo in stucco, dated 1895
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Dated and numbered ('28 mai 1895 XXV') sculpture in stucco of the Venus of Milo. It is clear to see that the sculpture is composed of several parts.
Beautiful patina and in good cond...
Category
1890s French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Stucco
Greek Style Engraved and Chased Gold Tone Metal Large Pyxis
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Greek style engraved and chased gold tone metal large Pyxis ( a cylindrical vessel/box with a lid that can be made of wood, ivory or metal). In the ancient times, it was mo...
Category
20th Century Greek Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Metal
Black Asclepius Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Asclepius is known as the god of "medicine, healing and rejuvenation" in Greek mythology. Asclepius, who was believed to have found immortality, was therefore punished by being kille...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Russell & Erwin Plumed Knight Helmet Figural Doorknob 1870 circa
Located in New York, NY
This is a rare antique American 19th century bronze door knob "Plumed Helmet" Knight Figural doorknob produced by Russell and Erwin circa 1870 and is...
Category
1870s American Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique Mappin & Webb Convertible Candelabras in Corinthian Column Style
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique convertible candelabras were made by the well known Mappin & Webb of England in approximately 1920 in a Classical Greek Revival style. These candelabras are comp...
Category
Early 20th Century English Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Table Lamp a la Ancient Torchere
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique table lamp in wood with gilt metal embellishments is designed to resemble an ancient torchere. Six looped chains and stylized acan...
Category
Early 20th Century European Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Metal
21st Century Studio Irvine Betti Concrete Stool in Powder Beige 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
Aphrodite with Compressed Marble Powder 'Aphrodisias Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Measures: Height: 23.6'' / Weight: 5 kg
Goddess with Classical and Hellenistic concepts of Aphrodite. It was built for the sanctuary of the settlement in the Hellenistic period. She is depicted standing upright and from the front, like an ancient Anatolian goddess. The upper part of the dress we see on the statue is divided into different sections and there are four different sections under it. In each of these four sections, there are figured decorations related to four different sections.
Characteristics of Aphrodite: (1) Aphrodite's personal assistants, Three Graces (Kharites); (2) Selene (Moon) and Helios (Sun),
Permanent extensions of Aphrodite in the world realm; (3) Aphrodite is classically depicted on a sea goat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
70" Egyptian Pharaoh Statue Floor Lamp
Located in Pasadena, TX
70" Egyptian Pharaoh Statue Floor Lamp
Floor lamp
13W x 13D x 70H
Lamp wired and tested.
Good Condition.
No lamp shade.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Polystyrene
Statue of Artemis Mytilene 43" Roman, 4th BC, Museum Replica Cultured Marble
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
**LEAD TIME 4 WEEKS
The famous Artemis is the sister of Apollo and Dionysus; It is integrated with abundance in Anatolia. Considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble, Metal
Asclepius Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Asclepius is known as the god of "medicine, healing and rejuvenation" in Greek mythology. Asclepius, who was believed to have found immortality, was therefore punished by being killed by Zeus.
Weight: 35 kg.
-Produced from pressed marble powder...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Large Classical Semi Nude Bronze Figures Mounted on Marble Pedestal, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive classical 19th century bronze statue of god like semi-nude figures reaching for the sky, with a hound at their feet.
Mounted on an impressive rouge marble pedestal...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Classical Fluted Columns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of wood fluted columns with gilt band on base. Columns show their age beautifully. Small cracks in base that do not effect their struc...
Category
1950s Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Nemesis Bust, Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Antalya Archeological Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 7,5 kg (16.5lbs)
The Goddess Nemesis, daughter of Nyx, represents the power that adjusts the balance of human relationships, giving each individual the fate their actions de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Grand Tour 18th Century Gilt Framed Classical Carved Shell Cameo "Dario RE'
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Classical carved shell cameo in its period oil gilt frame
18th century or earlier in age and likely to of been acquired on a grand tour.
A well carved...
Category
Early 18th Century European Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Natural Fiber, Softwood, Giltwood
Corinthian Column Candlestick Made with Compressed Marble Powder Statue
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 2,5 kg
-Produced from pressed marble powder.
-Produced from the original molds of the works from the museum.
-Can be used indoors and outdoors.
Columns named after the anci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Ionic Column Candlestick Made with Compressed Marble Powder No:2
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 700 gr
This candlestick is a decorative item that resembles the thin, long and elegant form of Ionic regular columns found on the western and southern coasts of Anatolia. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Pair of Neo-classic Marble Diogenes & Socrates Busts
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Grecian style (19th Cent) large than life size white marble busts of "DJOCENES" and "SOKRATES" (Diogenes and Socrates)
Category
19th Century Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Bronze statue ' Le Serment' by Oscar Ruffony.
By Ruffony
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century patinated bronze statue of a classical young semi clad swordsman, titled ' The Oath'.
Signed to the base O. Ruffony
Oscar Ruffoni, whose artist name ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Male Bust, ‘pseudo Seneque’ Green patina From Antique, 19th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Bronze Male Bust, ‘pseudo Seneque’ Green patina From Antique, 19th Century
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Testa cavallo Grecia classica in marmo bianco di Carrara
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Scultura, Testa cavallo, arte classica, arte greca, cavallo classico, cavallo Partenone, cavallo fidia, marmo bianco Carrara, scultura classica, cavallo scultura, cavallo grecia
Test...
Category
1990s Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Life-Size Bronze Greek Discus Olympian Statue, 20th Century
Located in Southall, GB
A 20th century life-size, strong, bronze figure of a Greek Olympian throwing the discus during his spin. This large bronze stands over 5.5 feet tall. The quality is exceptional, with...
Category
20th Century European Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Neo-Greek Classical Bronze Lamp by Henry Cahieux
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
A 19th century French Neo-Greek Classical bronze lamp by Henry Cahieux probably cast by the Barbedienne foundry, Paris and inscribed Hy Cahieux, 21.5cm...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
French Terracotta Bust of a Satyr
Located in Stamford, CT
A French terracotta bust of a Satyr on matching socle circa 1810.
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Bisque Scorpio Statute By Pia Langelund For Royal Copenhagen
Located in Doraville, GA
Beautiful bisque, matte white, statue of a man designed by Pia Langelund for Royal Copenhagen. The statue is one of the zodiac figures and this statue represents Scorpio. Designed pr...
Category
1990s Danish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Socrates Mask Museum Replica, Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 1.5 kg
Socrates was a Greek philosopher born in Athens in 469 BC and died in Athens in 399 BC. Socrates, unlike the philosophers before him, not the natural world; He has ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Porcelain & Ceramic Sculptural Vase Italy Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in London, GB
"TuttiTappi (Venus doppelgänger)", 2016, glazed earthenware and porcelain, measures: H 27 x 15 x 15cm
Andrea Salvatori (Italy, 1975) is an internationally renowned visual artist w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Garden Statue Aphrodite Greek Goddess
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is an incredible Garden Statue of Aphrodite the Greek Goddess. its in 100% Original condition with NO Cracks!
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Concrete
Tiberius Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Ephesus Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Lagu's selection of sculptures, including the Tiberius bust, is a great way to bring a piece of history into your living space. The Tiberius bust is based on the original sculpture displayed in the Ephesus Museum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Alexander The Great Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder Statue 25.6" (65cm)
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Height: 65 cm / Weight: 20 kg
Alexander, the real name of Macedonian III. Alexandros, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia and a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Ionic Column Made with Compressed Marble Powder No:2 Medium
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Weight: 7,5 kg
Ionic regular columns, born on the western and southern coasts of Anatolia, have a thin, long and elegant form.
Lagu's special selection brings the most important scu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair of Alfiero Mangani Granite Finish Ceramic Vases
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of Italian Mangani ceramic vases; mimics a fine appearance of fine Granite. The vases come with an opaque finish, signed to bottom.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Hand-Carved Alabaster Lamp with Silk Shade
Located in Larkspur, CA
Late 19th century French alabaster lamp with custom trimmed silk shade. Hand-carved classic urn form with highly detailed carving of acanthus lea...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Three Ancient Wooden Capitols
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Set of three ancient simple wooden capitals to use as You wish: in a wall structure, as a base for sculptures, on columns even in the GARDEN because they are made of teak.
Look to ...
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Early 19th Century Indian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Teak
Classical French 19th century fine opaque glass vase circa 1890
Located in Central England, GB
Classical French 19th Century Vase
A stylish mid 19th century French vase with a classical design in fine opaque glass with boarders of "duck...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Glass
Aphrodite Bust Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder, 'Louvre Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Aphrodite is known as the godess of love and beauty from Greek mythology. In Roman mythology she is called Venus. The original is displayed in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Aphrodite,...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble, Marble
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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