Grand Tour Furniture
GRAND TOUR STYLE
For 18th-century young British noblemen, no education was complete without a year on the Grand Tour. Although it had no official route, the Grand Tour focused on places foundational to European art, literature and architecture, including sites in France, Germany, Switzerland and, most importantly, Italy. It was an opportunity not just to witness the roots of the classics they had studied but also to take some of it home. Grand Tour furniture was among the souvenirs.
Grand Tour furniture ranged from marble architectural models replicating ancient wonders to actual antiquities often taken illicitly, leaving a legacy of looting still being unraveled today. Other items reflected the artistic richness of the Renaissance cities and other destinations. In Italy, this included scagliola tables and pedestals mimicking marble as well as tabletops and wall panels embedded with pietra dura hard stone mosaics.
Furniture was also developed to display Grand Tour purchases in the owner’s home, presenting them as a cultivated and well-traveled person. Mahogany collector’s cabinets held objects like intaglio moldings of coins and seals while others had specialized drawers that framed pietra dura panels.
Many objects were specifically produced for Grand Tour collectors. Often accompanied by retinues on journeys lasting months or years, the elite travelers, the wealthiest of whom extended their trips to Egypt and the Holy Land, required artful personal mementos befitting the experience. For example, Grand Tour micromosaics — small artworks, most not more than two inches wide — arose from the entrepreneurial impulses of artisans who had trained in the Vatican’s workshops.
Grand Tour journeys would help inform a range of decorative styles such as neoclassical, Rococo and Adam style. (Architect and designer Robert Adam toured Italy and France for five years.) The Grand Tour flourished at a time of economic prosperity and political stability, but the French Revolution in 1789 brought it to an end. Yet as the tradition faded in popularity in England, the rising wealth of the United States led to an increase in tourism across the Atlantic and a similar passion for collecting to show one’s worldliness.
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Style: Grand Tour
Early 19th C. Roman Specimen Marble, Antique Glass and Micro Mosaic Gueridon
By Francesco Sibilio
Located in PARIS, FR
Richly carved fruitwood gueridon supporting an important white marble top inset with various marbles, hard stones, with Roman polychrome antique glass and Roman micro-mosaic
Rome, I...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Vintage Trompe L'oeil Embossed Leather Faux Books Round Side Table
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous trompe l'oeil faux books embossed leather side table with storage
circa 1980s
Measures: 19.13"W x 19.13"D x 22"H.
Good original vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Bronze Model of the Vendome Column with Thermometer
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This handsome bronze model of the famous Vendome Column is finely detailed and nicely patinated. It features the original thermometer, which is in working condition.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Head of a Soldier
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A mounted, cast bronze head of soldier in the Grand Tour style.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Photograph of the Roman Forum
Located in Stamford, CT
A large-scale photogravure of The Forum in Rome, in original faux grain painted frame. Showing the impressive ruins of the Temple of Saturn in center and the remains of the Temple of...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th Century Gold Framed Gilded Wood Male Profile Medallion
Located in Catania, Sicilia
19th Century, Gold Background Picture with Male Profile Medallion. Particular and exclusive piece of furniture. Period '800 hand-crafted in Southern ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
12 Coral Colored Marble Service Plates by Villeroy & Boch
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
12 coral colored marble service plates by Villeroy & Boch, each one realistically decorated to look like marble. Marked Villeroy & Boch 'Luxembourg'.
Category
Early 2000s German Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Grand Tour Italian Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Urn Warwick Vase
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning Grand Tour neoclassical urn or cachepot having fancy decoration on the outside and gilded metal interior. 5.5 diameter 9" w handle to handle Opening is 3.75"
(Connie)
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Napoleon on Marble Base
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This finely detailed bronze bust of Napoleon features gilt bronze mounts on a verde antique marble base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian 18th C Grand Tour Roman Bronze Bust of a Horse, Specimen Marble Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian 18th C Grand Tour Roman Bronze Bust of a Horse, Specimen Marble Base
Italy, Later 18th Century
A truly magnificent casting, a portrait bust of a bridled running horse, p...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1960s Italian Grand Tour Style Leather & Burlwood Column Motif Pen Stand/Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1960s Italian Grand Tour Style Leather & Burlwood Column Motif Pen Stand/Box
Italy, 1960s
A unique beautifully made desk accessory, fashioned in leather, as a fluted column to hol...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Leather, Burl
19th Century Italian Empire Scagliola Top Table with Gilt Swan Base
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Italian Empire Scagliola top table with gilt swan base. The circular top handpainted with Italian sites of antiquity is supported on a carved central column with ebonise...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Scagliola, Mahogany, Walnut, Giltwood
19th C Italian Diminutive Grand Tour Bronze Nude Athlete on Lapis, Lazuli Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Italian Diminutive Grand Tour Bronze Nude Athlete on Lapis -Lazuli Base
Italy, Attributed Naples Foundry, circa 1875
A fine example of 19th century Grand Tour sculpt...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Grand Tour Bust of Augustus
Located in Greenwich, CT
Italian 19th century bronze bust of Augustus Ceasar, finely detailed and well patinated, standing on turned ebonized wood and marble socle plinth base.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Figure of Napoleon
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This finely detailed bronze figure of Napoleon is beautifully patinated, and is mounted on a Sienna marble base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Grand Tour Carved Yellow Alabaster Bookends
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Grand Tour Column Bookends in Yellow Carved Alabaster from Italy, circa 1960s
Bookends are marked with authentic period stickers "Hand Carved", "Archer Import" and "made in Italy".
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Large Grand Tour Sculpture Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Barbedienne
Located in Rochester, NY
Grand Tour circa 1860s bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers or T...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Marquetry Three Drawer Stand with Breccia Stone Top
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Three drawer stand with working key pulls having intricate abstract motif on front and striking dimensional cubic design on side panels. The stand with cantered corners with full ver...
Category
19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Breccia Marble
Grand Tour French Empire Bronze Inkwell
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This handsome Napoleonic bronze inkwell features gilt bronze mounts of
Neo-classical design.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Italian Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Julius Augustus Caesar
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Italian Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Julius Augustus Caesar
A beautiful bust raised on a marble plinth base with a brass crest to dress up any home. Realistically cast and mo...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Oil Ewer, Italian, Bronze, Grand Tour Serving Jug, Victorian, circa 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique oil ewer. An Italian, bronze Grand Tour serving jug on stand with Renaissance revival taste, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Highly decorativ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th C Grand Tour Carved Coral Bust of Caesar
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Spectacular Grand Tour Carved Coral Bust of Caesar, A unique work, this fine weathered and distressed bust is carved out of a single piece of natural coral, mounted on a patinated an...
Category
19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Antique Regency Francesco Bartolozzi Hand Colored Stipple Sepia Gilt Engraving
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptional example of a Regency period hand colored stipple Engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi titled “NOONDAY” complete with its original giltwood ornate oval frame and original ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Neoclassical Solid Marble Black and Gray Obelisks, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning pair of neoclassical style or Grand Tour style solid marble black & gray obelisks
Measures: 3"W x 3"D x 12"H.
Very good original vintage condition. Minor surface wea...
Category
Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Italian Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture Statue “Narcissus” after Antiquity
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A rare and exceedingly fine cast after the Greco-Roman statue of Antiquity discovered in a non-descript house in Pompeii in 1862, the sculpture has been widely discussed as an image ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Grand Tour French Sevres Bronze Sculpture Male Female Figures Group 19c
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptional example of a fine pair of chisel cast authentic French Sevres Patinated Bronze Figures in very dark brown patination. Last quarter of the 19th century.
The standin...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
19th C Grand Tour Painting on Porcelain View of Vatican/St. Peter's Basilica
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Grand Tour Painting on Porcelain View of Vatican/St. Peter's Basilica
Italy, circa 1880s
Standing in rectangular gilt bronze engraved frame with applied stylized flo...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Italian Grand Tour Lion and Chain Cast Bronze Door Knocker
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous cast bronze Grand Tour triple lion head and chain door knocker
Italy, Late-19th Century
Measures: 10.25"W x 2.25 "D x 9"H.
Very good original vintage condition.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Alabaster Urns / Lidded Boxes, Hand Carved, 1920s, Italy
Located in Wien, AT
Pair of perfectly hand-cut lidded boxes out of white alabaster, made in the 1920s, in Italy.
These objects have a round basic shape, but they have a cuff all around that is designed...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
French Bronze Grand Tour Style 'Atlas' Model of a Kinetic Armillary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Bronze Grand Tour Style 'Atlas' Model of a Kinetic Armillary
France, 20th Century, Unsigned
This is a copy/ model of an Armillary, this not guaranteed to work, the five rin...
Category
20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Mahogany Plinth in the Form of a Classical-Style Column
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 20th century mahogany plinth in the form of a classical-style fluted column with carved Ionic scrolling and Corinthian foliate detail to the capital.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Venetian Life 1892 Illustrated, a Pair
Located in Seguin, TX
Venetian Life: Two Volumes with Illustrations from Original Water Color by William Dean Howells. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1892. Illustrated with color lithographs, by Childe Hassam,...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Reclaimed Roman Style Mosaic Fragment on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This reclaimed roman style mosaic on stand is a fragment from history. It contains intricate mosaic work using contrasting coloured marble, giving it the look of an ancient Roman vil...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Cement, Marble, Steel
Neoclassical Solid Marble Black and Gray Obelisk
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical style or Grand Tour style solid marble black & gray obelisk
Measures: 3"W x 3"D x 12"H.
Very good original vintage condition. Minor surface wear expecte...
Category
Late 20th Century Pakistani Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Italian Grand Tour Column Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 31 1/4in W: 14 1/4in D: 14 1/4in
This Vintage Pair of Italian Grand Tour Column Alabaster Table Lamps are out of this world and have a unique look that is not seen e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Pair of Italian Grand Tour Style Carrara Marble Table Lamps
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions: H: 29 1/4in W: 4 3/4in D: 4 3/4in
Shade Dimension: W: 16 1/4in D: 14in
This Pair of Italian Grand Tour Style Carrara Marble Table Lamps are truly made if the highest ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Brass
Pair of 19th Century Gouache Naples Scene Paintings
Located in New York, NY
A pair of large scale Neapolitan “Grand Tour”gouaches depicting the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius having wooden frames with a marbleized finish. circa 1850.
Category
1850s European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paint, Canvas
19th Century Hand Carved Alabaster Goblets with Dionysus Head
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour hand carved alabaster vase in goblet form with Dionysus head on one side. Elegant decorative and well crafter delicate piece, circa 1850s.
Property from esteemed interi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Vintage Grand Tour Gladiator and Horse Fiberglass Relief
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic vintage Grand Tour fiberglass relief. A large molded gladiator medallion on a wrapped wood plinth. Large gilt rings on top. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
Antique Grand Tour Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Board Paintings of a Landscap
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of Grand Tour or Neoclassical style framed oil paintings of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins
Italy, Early Century
Oil on board, gilt frame
Measures:...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Pair of Grand Tour Style Carved Alabaster Bookends Formed as Classical Ruins
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good pair of architectural inspired columnar bookends, both carved in the form of ancient ruins of reeded columns, raised on stepped bases. Dimensions noted are those shown fa...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Grand Tour Bronze Jardiniere on Wrought Iron Stand
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour bronze jardiniere with three lioness head form handles mounted upon a wrought iron stand with scrolling foliate design. Overall: 45" H x 14" diameter.
Dealer: S138XX
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Sarrancolin Marble Tazza Urn
Located in Grantham, GB
French late 19th century grand tour style Sarrancolin marble tazza urn. The vase with coloured veins of reds, pinks and whites having a large flared opening...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Style Bronze of Venus De Milo, Continental, Circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Finely cast and exhibiting a fine dark brown patina overall.
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Classical "Two Fates” Bronze by Auguste Clésinger & Barbedienne
Located in Shippensburg, PA
An exquisitely cast parcel gilded example of "Two Fates", the model is based on the marble scpture of Antiquity that originally formed a portion of the east pediment of the Parthenon...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Framed Miniature Oil Painting on Porcelain Portrait of Italian Poet
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning Italian Renaissance or Grand Tour miniature portrait of Italian Poet Dante Alighieria
Italy, Late 19th Century
Oil on porcelain, presented in a brass frame
Measu...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Brass
Grand Tour Terracotta Souvenir Oinochoe Wine Jug Ewer 19thc Ancient Greek Style
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
An excuisite handcrafted antique Grand Tour souvenir terracotta black-figure Oinochoe wine jug decorated with roosters and a lotus panel, ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Grand Tour Manner Mahogany Obelisks, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour manner pair of mahogany obelisks, raised on a chased silvered metal base. Tallest: 13" H x 2.75" W x 2.75" D. Provenance: Property from an Upper East Side townhouse.
Deal...
Category
Late 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Silver
Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Classical Patinated Bronze Warwick Vase
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning Grand Tour Neoclassical bronze Warwick vase, urn, or cachepot. This is modeled after an original Roman marble vase, which was discovered in H...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Alabaster Model the Roman Forum Temple of Vespasian
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Grand Tour model of the ancient Temple of Vespasian located in the Roman Forum, Rome. Carved from alabaster, this is a handsome example of a souvenir carving which would have...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Antique Strasbourg France Gilt Brass Embossed Bowl
Located in Seguin, TX
circa 1890s embossed gilt brass handled souvenir bowl. Center medallion is reverse lithograph and mother of pearl on glass of Strasbourg France. Over...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Brass
Borghese Roman Gladiator Bronze Figurine
Located in New York, NY
Our Grand Tour period bronze on marble plinth, circa 1880s, is a fine casting of the
Borghese Roman gladiator.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Neoclassical Bronze Floor Lamp with Paw Feet
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully cast Italian neoclassical style bronze floor lamp modeled after an original excavated at Pompeii or Herculaneum. With acanthus leaf decoration above and below the reeded ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Style Scale Architectural Model of an Archway
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A handsomely made bronze scale architectural model of an arched gateway circa 1880. It is of Grand Tour style, ornamented with a decorative finial to the top depicting a pair of squi...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Antique Patinated Bronze “Townley” Vases Urns circa 1870, a Pair
Located in Shippensburg, PA
This very fine pair of gilt and patinated bronze vases are modeled after the Townley Vase. The 200 A.D. Roman copy of an earlier Greek example was discovered in 1773 by Gavin Hamilto...
Category
19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Antique Bronze Roaring Tiger Bookends, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of Neoclassical or Grand Tour style bronze bookends in the form of roaring tigers.
USA, Late 19th century
Measures: 7.75"W x 4.75"D x 9"H.
Good original vin...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large 18th Century Grand Tour Print Etching
Located in London, GB
An exquisite and rare etching of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aurea', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome, from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' by Ma...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Large 18th Century Grand Tour Engraving Print
Located in London, GB
An exquisite and rare etching of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aurea', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome, from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' by Ma...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Grand Tour furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Grand Tour 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, more furniture and collectibles, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Grand Tour furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Bertrando Di Renzo, F. Barbedienne Foundry, Giustiniani, and Ferdinand Barbedienne. 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 $65 and tops out at $363,164 while the average work can sell for $2,408.
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