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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Grand Tour
Grand Tour Columns, a Pair
Located in Tampa, FL
A pair of 1800s specimen marble grand tour columns.
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
1830 Watercolor and Gouache Painted Vignettes of Eastern Entertainers
Located in Savannah, GA
The caption of this charming pen and ink, watercolor and gouache vignette reads
"A troupe of Eastern Entertainers taken from diary of G. Copeland 1830."
Perhaps a rememberance from...
Category
1830s English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Silk, Glass, Paint, Paper
Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Period Bronze Statue of the Borghese Gladiator
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality Italian 19th century Grand Tour Period patinated bronze statue of the Borghese Gladiator. The statue is raised by a rectangular base where the handsome...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
"Menelaeus" Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique late 19c "Menelaeus" sculpture Grand Tour bronze from a Palm Beach estate
Menalaeus was the husband of Helen of Troy and the original of this sculpture in white marble res...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Style Bronze Bust of Clytie
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Style bronze bust of Clytie, after the antique, the nymph with downcast face and scantily draped, cupped in a large flower. Raised on a 6" sq...
Category
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Hippolyte Heizler Bronze Figure of a Tambourine Player
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish bronze figure of a tambourine player dates to the 1860s and was created by Hippolyte Heizler.
Note: The piece is signed on the base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron Bronze Sculpture, Francois Rude
By Francois Rude
Located in New York, NY
Large, exceptional quality bronze sculpture depicting The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron, after the model by Francois Rude.
Ear...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Blue Indian Lapis Lazuli Lidded Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning blue lapis lidded box with hinge. The interior is wood. A lovely decorative piece for any table or desk, ready to hold everything from keys to love letters! ... or the candy...
Category
20th Century Indian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Italian Grand Tour Pietra Dura Oval Table Top on Cast Iron Base
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Traditional oval Pietra Dura table top of black marble inlaid with naturally colored stone creating a bouquet of yellow roses with a white oriental li...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Stone, Marble, Iron
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Set of Portrait Medals of The 12 Roman Emperors
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful mounted and framed 19th century Italian Grand Tour set of silvered bronze portrait medallions of The 12 Roman Emperors surrounding 3 larger medals, one showing the Battle o...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Style Bronze and Marble Column Floor Lamp, after the Roman Model
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour style bronze and marble column floor lamp, after the Roman model, finely cast twisted column raised on a paw footed 15" diameter t...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Pair of Antique Grand Tour Period Multi-Marble Columns Mounted as Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A Large Pair of Antique Italian Grand Tour Period Multi-Marble Columns Turned to Lamps. These are truly beautiful in quality, size, condition, and material. Each is expertly hand-car...
Category
1840s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble, Breccia Marble, Marble
Italian Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Caesar
Located in Essex, MA
Bronze bust on yellow marble socle.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour 'Néo-Grec' Gilt Bronze Vases, Attributed, F. Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Grand Tour 'Néo-Grec' gilt bronze vases, Attributed, F. Barbedienne
Each one with typical all over decoration, with applied handles with lion masks. Unmarked.
Each vase sta...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Italian Style Patinated Bronze Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large Italian style patinated metal vessel now mounted as an ancient looking lamp. Paw feet supporting three columns with lion head tops with rings in their mouths. The center in the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Style Patinated Bronze Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
An Italian Grand Tour style patinated metal vessel now mounted as an ancient looking lamp. Paw feet supporting three columns with lion head tops with rings in their mouths. The cente...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
'Seated Hermes', a 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze
Located in Chicago, IL
An extraordinary and wonderfully rendered 19th century Italian cast bronze depicting a seated Hermes, the Greek god of messengers, travelers, and merchan...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Gouache Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
Neapolitan School, 19th century grand tour landscapes gouache painting on canvas. Mounted in fine period gold gilt frame.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paint
Grand Tour Ancient Egyptian Style Alabaster Storage Jar
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century hand carved alabaster storage jar in the ancient Egyptian Late Dynastic style, with tapering neck topped by a wide everted rim. Great evocative decorative piece for the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Egyptian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Period Imperial Porphyry Tazzas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Grand Tour period Imperial Porphyry tazzas. Each tazza with wonderful proportions is raised by a square stepped ba...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Porphyry
Grand Tour Bronze Model of the "Warwick Vase" on Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour bronze model of the "Warwick Vase" on pedestal, complete with a 7" diameter x 6" deep removable liner. Beautiful rich original patin...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Grand Tour Iron Model of the Arc de Triomphe
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century French grand tour iron model of the Arc de Triomphe, in two parts, the fine cast iron model of the Arc de Triomphe with a mirrored top. Raised on a oval ebonized wood and metal chain link fenced base
Model of Arc de Triomphe...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
Pair of 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Inlaid Black Marble Tazza
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th century Italian Grand Tour inlaid black marble Tazza, each one of typical form with a 6-Inch diameter roundel, raised on an inlaid ros...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Pair French 19th Century Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Dogs on Green Marble Bases
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Pair of Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Dogs on Green Marble Bases. Each dog is beautifully cast, hand-chassed, and hand-chiseled. They are life-like in ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century English Grand Tour Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with Dolphins and Lions
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully cast and very compelling 19th century Grand Tour bronze oil lamp in the ancient Roman style with dolphin handles. The dolphin sh...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Églomisé Verdigris Marble Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Églomisé Verdigris marble table box, with bevelled edges and 9" x 6" x 2" velvet interior.
Category
Late 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Glass
Pair of Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Grey Hounds Seated Marble Plinths
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Pair of 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Grey Hounds Seated on Marble Plinths. Each dog is beautifully cast and hand-chi...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Labradorite Specimen
Located in New York, NY
Large polished labradorite specimen. Labradorite displays an iridescent optical effect (or schiller) known as labradorescence. Labradorite is also...
Category
2010s Australian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Stone
Vintage Grand Tour Painted Concrete Hercules Pedestal- a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Fantastic pair of vintage concrete Hercules statues. They are great alone or add a stone top for the chicest garden console ever. Acquired from a Palm ...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Stone, Concrete
19th C Grand Tour Roman Style Iron Gorget on Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th c Grand Tour Roman style iron gorget on stand
Decorated with a intense battle scene with Imperial Roman soldiers fighting native warriors, with tw...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Grand Tour Style Silver Leaf Intaglio Trumeau Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour style silver leaf Intaglio Trumeau mirror, tall and sleek with silver leaf frame. The top section (15"w x 9" h ) has three neoclassical plaster medallions...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Plaster, Wood
Large Antique Grand Tour Travel Photography Album by Bosetti, X., L.P. Et Al
Located in New York, NY
Large scale 17 inch by 14 inch 19th century Grand Tour photography album comprised of 92 photographs which include a number of rare images, many of which are signed.
53 photographs...
Category
19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Leather, Paper
Silver Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour
Located in Rochester, NY
19th century silver plate bust Menelaus mythological king of Sparta. A fine casting with rich patina. Ebonized wood base. Illegible hallmark. In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a king ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of the Crouching Venus after Giambologna
By Giambologna
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine Grand Tour bronze sculpture.
Modeled after the 'Crouching Venus' by Giambologna.
Depicting Venus surprised at her bath with an overturned urn at her feet. Mounted o...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Model of the Eiffel Tower, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour model of the Eiffel Tower, now as a lamp, newly wired. The architectural model stands 30" high, 33" high to the top of the socket.
Category
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Grand Tour Imperial Austrian Helmet Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Grand Tour Imperial Austrian helmet inkwell.
Apparently unmarked. Dimensions: H 8" x W 8" x D 5.5" Condition: Signs of age and use includ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Figure of Narcissus, Signed, M. Amodio Napoli
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand tour patinated bronze figure of Narcissus, Signed, M. Amodio Napoli
A fine example of Italian 19th century grand tour. Standing 24.75-Inches high, the draped figure standing o...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour Porphyry and Sienna Marble Obelisks, Italian, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The porphyry obelisks on sienna 'marmo giallo' and porphyry base, condition: 2 small cracks on 1 base and a repair to the other on top of base. Condition commensurate with age and use.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
Museum Mounted Grand Tour Inca or Sipan Silver Official Necklace
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Museum mounted grand tour Inca or Sipan silver necklace, a 20th century copy of an original neckpiece worn by an "Oficia"l of Inca or Sipan decent. Unmarked. Removable from the stand...
Category
20th Century Central American Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal, Silver
Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Narcissus
Located in Stockton, NJ
A 19th century Grand Tour bronze statue of Narcissus. Foundry mark Sommer Napoli engraved on circular plinth. Includes original Victorian er...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Painted Tole Covered Urn Pair
Located in Savannah, GA
This very handsome pair of French toleware lidded urns, in a deep red color with gold gilt accents, feature lion head handles on either side and artichoke finials atop the lids. Each...
Category
1860s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal
Monumental Gold Leaf Sculpture of an Angel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental gold leaf sculpture of an angel
Grand Tour style, made of gold leaf lacquer over fiberglass-reinforced resin
The statue measures 94"...
Category
20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Wood, Lacquer
Three Marble Vases and a Sarcophagus, Etching by G.B. Piranesi
Located in Bradenton, FL
The central vase is carved with a priest and worshippers sacrificing the suovetaurilia (a boar, a ram and a bull), and is placed on a sarcophagus guarded by winged sphinxes. The left...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Tazze in Polychrome Marbles
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Pair of 19th century Italian 'grand tour' tazze or shallow urns of neoclassical form composed of ancient Roman marbles; the tazze having round giallo antico bowls and socles on squar...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Grand Tour Bronze Model of a Recumbent Horse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour bronze model of a Recumbent horse, realistically cast and modeled, raised on a faux marbleized base.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Brass and Marble Tazza
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish, classic and chic Italian tazza dates to the latter of the 19th century.
Note: The piece has been professionally polished and finished with...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
Large Square Bookmatched Malachite Box with Removable Lid Made in India
Located in New York, NY
The malachite for this box was sourced from the Congo, where the finest quality of this mineral is currently found. The malachite for this box was sent to India where the stone was c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Marble
Grand Tour Serpentine Inkwell and Cover Inset with 7 Lava Stone Cameos, 19th C
Located in Spencertown, NY
The 7 cameos of historical figures, fitted with 3 quill holders, 2 inkwells and a pounce pot. The underside of the lid is framed with a circular gouache dep...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Serpentine
Continental Grand Tour Marble Tazza
Located in New York, US
Our large neoclassical tazza carved from variegated charcoal colored marble with red and grey dates from the nineteenth century.
Provenance: Jay Waldmann, Waldmann Inc., Southampt...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Bronze Sculpture of the Venus de Milo by F. Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This cast bronze sculpture of the Venus de Milo dates to the 1860s-1880s and was cast by the F. Barbedinne foundry in Paris started in 1838 by Ferdinand Barbedienne and Achille Colla...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Old Paris, Grand Tour Greek Exekias Style Vase Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Old Paris, Grand Tour Greek Exekias style vase now as a Lamp
Painted in the style Exekias , circa 540-530 BC, with a pale yellow background and black figures
Measures: 24" high to ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French Grand Tour Borghese Gladiator in Cast Metal
Located in New York, NY
Monumental French late 19th century Grand Tour heavy cast metal sculpture of the Borghese Gladiator. The piece depicts a swordsman during fight and is a cast reproduction of the fame...
Category
1880s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal
Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Marble Columns with Busts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An outstanding and high quality true pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Grand Tour period ormolu, black Belgian and Rouge Royal marble columns with busts...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Columns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most decorative true pair of French 19th century Neoclassical st. Grand Tour patinated bronze and ormolu columns. Each column is raised by an elegant square base wi...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large Roman Grand Tour Style Carved, Polychromed Wood & Bronze Mounted Tazza
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Roman Grand Tour style carved, polychromed wood & bronze mounted tazza, with a circular carved polychromed ribbed 16.5-Inch diameter bowl, with flanking bronze handles. Resting...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
1890 Steel Engraving Greco Roman Scene by Bernard Picture Co. New York Borghese
By Borghese
Located in Miami, FL
1890 Framed steel engraving Greco Roman scene by Bernard Picture Co. New York, New York.
Marked Borghese on the reverse.
Category
19th Century American Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Steel
Borghese 1890 Steel Engraving Greco Roman Scene Bernard Picture Co. New York
By Borghese
Located in Miami, FL
Framed 1890 Steel Engraving Greco Roman scene sand clock by Bernard Picture Co. New York, New York.
Marked Borghese on the reverse.
Category
19th Century American Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Steel
Grand Tour Bronze Thermometer of the Luxor Obelisk, Paris
Located in Stamford, CT
A bronze cast of the Luxor Obelsik, one side a thermometer. This was a popular Grad Tour souvenir in the late 19th century. Mounted on a polished black slate base.
8.5 inches high by 3.5 by 3.5
The Luxor Obelisk...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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, stone 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, Giustiniani, F. Barbedienne Foundry, 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 $45 and tops out at $365,566 while the average work can sell for $2,501.
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