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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 micromosaicssmall 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.

Find a collection of Grand Tour decorative objects, wall decorations, lighting and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Grand Tour
Pair, 19th Century French Grand Tour Gilt Equestrian Plaques - Signed Henry
Located in Atlanta, GA
This striking pair of 19th-century French Grand Tour gilt equestrian plaques, signed "Henry," exemplifies the grandeur and craftsmanship of the period. Each plaque is meticulously ca...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

18th Century Italian Bronze Hanging Oil Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Italian hanging bronze oil lamp with removable lid. Solid bronze. Can be hung or used as a stand-alone decorating piece. Great piece to use with any decor. Dimensions l...
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18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

A Carved Breccia Marble Tazza, Italian, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The Tazza with a raised floral carving in the center of the cup with gadrooned decoration around the cup with tapering stem and half fluting. Ending in small square base. Minute chip...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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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.  
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Views of Erupting Volcano, Gouache on Paper, late 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The pair of gouaches with views of a volcanic eruption during the day and the night
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Paper

20th Century Grand Tour Pair of Italian Figurative Pen-Holders Desk Accessories
Located in Milano, MI
A set of two lovely Grand Tour hand-painted terracotta figurative pen-holders of Neapolitan origin, molded as a male and female foreign tourists caricatures, British characters. Bot...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Terracotta

Grand Tour Style Sienna Marble Model Temple of Castor & Pollux, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Style Sienna Marble Model Temple of Castor & Pollux, Now as a Lamp Italy, Circa 1950s A magnificent Grand Tour Style Sienna Marble Model of the Temple of Castor and Pollu...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Siena Marble, Brass

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...
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1830s English Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Silk, Glass, Paint, Paper

Antique Pair of French Grand Tour Bronze Marble Cherubs Figures Putti Bookends
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish example of a pair of heavy well cast Grand Tour bronze seated figures of two amorino (infant cupid or cherub) probably of French origin, early nineteenth century. Each fig...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Italian Carrara Marble Bust of a Roman Patrician
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely carved bust of a Roman patrician. a 19th century copy of an ancient Roman image. Socle base.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Carrara Marble

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 Italian 18th Century Grand Tour Roman Bronze Bust of a Horse, displayed on ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour Jennings Dog Serpentine Sculpture After the Antique
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique carved Italian serpentine sculpture after the Grand Tour Jennings Dog. This seated dog displays impressive carved details as it sits proud...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Serpentine

After The Roman Antique - Rock Crystal, Glass & Gold Flecking Grand Tour Pitcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
Likely European, 19th century or earlier. This pitcher is incredibly unique and unusual. The interior has a cracked rock crystal surface, purple striations and gold flecking which a...
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19th Century British Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Rock Crystal

Grand Tour Bust of Apollo Belvedere, Italy 19th century
Located in Greding, DE
Gilded bust of Apollo Belvedere on a grey cylindrical plinth with black base. Plinth: 6.5 x 6.5 cm
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Late 19th Century Grand Tour Italian Bronze Sculpture of Nude Venus Candlestick
Located in Lisse, NL
Elegant and highly stylish candlestick or table lamp. This handcrafted and heavy quality, bronze candle stick or table lamp from the 1890-1910 era is in very good condition. This ro...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Micro mosaic tablet, 19th Century
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A fine mid-19th century serpentine grand tour micro mosaic tablet or paperweight of the iconic St Peter's Vatican, The Colosseum of Rome, The Pantheon, The Ruins of The Roman Forum a...
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1850s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Pair of column crowns in form of pine cones, symbol of luck, marble, 1920, Italy
Located in Wien, AT
A pair of wonderful, antique column crowns, decorative objects, hand-made in Italy, around 1920, in the Art Deco period, based on an antique model. On a square marble base there is ...
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1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Carrara Marble

Pair of 19th Century Grand Tour Roman Feet Bronze Candlesticks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th century grand tour Roman feet bronze candlesticks, each one realistically cast of one pair of human feet, that hold one standard candle.
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Small Grand Tour Pietra Paesina (Ruin Marble) Bronze Mounted Plaque or Curio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Grand Tour plaque or curio. With a pietra paesina or ruin / ruiniform marble form plaque mounted in a gilt bronze frame with an integral bail...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Stone, Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour Pencil Drawing "Remains of the Parthenon" Fine Carved Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charles Lamson Swasey (American New Bedford Massachusetts, 1815-1888). This wonderful grand tour graphite on paper drawing was done in December 1839 and depicts the remains of the ...
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19th Century American Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Wood, Paper

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...
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18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Paper

Fine Large Patinated Bronze Bust of a Roman or Greek Nobleman
Located in New York, NY
Fine and very detailed patinated bronze bust of a Roman or Greek nobleman.
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Bronze Candelabra Of Greco-Roman Design
Located in Kent, Dover
A pair of English XIX Century, three branch bronze candelabra of Greco-Roman design. With masks and hung with chains.
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1810s English Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Watercolor of St. Paul's Cathedral in London Sergio Manfredi, Italian
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Watercolor A view of St. Paul's Cathedral in London- Sergio Manfredi (1932-?) Italian painter, Signed and dated "S. Manfredi 1958" lower left and inscribed "London St. Paul's Cathedr...
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1950s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Paper

Pair Of Crater Vases, Grand Tour, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pair of spelter krater vases with green patina on a green marble base; the belly is decorated with a motif inspired by antiquity, here a flute player and 2 heads decorate the handles...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Spelter

19th Century Pair of Italian Bronze Grand Tour Urns
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Pair of Italian Bronze Grand Tour Urns Beautiful pair purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Neoclassical Style Bronze Candlesticks with Lion Heads, a Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A pair of Grand Tour Neoclassical style bronze candlesticks with lion heads and swags. The candle cups are removable.  
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Late 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Camillo de Vito, View from Naples Pier, Gouache, c.1820s
Located in Savannah, GA
Camillo de Vito (Italian, active 1794-1845) Veduta del Molo di Napoli (view from the Naples pier), circa 1820s. A gouache on paper depicting a sailin...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Glass, Fruitwood, Paint, Paper

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...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Anglo Indian Silver Plated Table Lamp
Located in Altrincham, GB
Anglo Indian Silver Plated Table Lamp in the form of elephants raised on a circular base - Early 20thC Grand Tour Souvenir- 12"diam x 20"h - all lights and lamps have been rewired wi...
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Early 20th Century Indian Grand Tour Furniture

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Silver Plate

Pair of Porphyry and Yellow Marble Columns, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The grand tour porphyry columns with yellow marble Corinthian capitals and bases on black slate and gray Brescia ogee formed squares. Measures: height: 16” base: 3 1/4” square.
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Porphyry

Giustiniani Egyptomania Pottery Plate with Gilt Highlights, Swan Right
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Giustiniani Egyptomania pottery plate with gilt highlights, and a central right facing swan Neapolitan manufacture (Biagio Giustiniani & Sons) dated to 1830-1840, impressed script G.
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Pottery

Neoclassical Grand Tour Solid Marble Pink and Cream Obelisks, a Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning pair of neoclassical Grand Tour style solid marble pink & cream obelisks Late 20th Century Measures: Large: 2.88"W x 2.88"D x 9.75"H. Small: 2.88"W x 2.88"D x 7.75"H. ...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Grand Tour Furniture

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Onyx, Marble

Collection of Granite Samples, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The folio made of strong card stock opens to reveal 12 samples with each specimen described in French. Measures: Each Specimen 2 1/2” x 1 1/2”. Case closed. 5”x9” 1/2”.
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Granite

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Bust Table Lamp, Attributed to Boschetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A richly detailed Grand Tour bronze bust table lamp, attributed to the celebrated 19th-century Roman sculptor Benedetto Boschetti. Cast in dark patinated bronze, the bust depicts a h...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

A Hand-Carved Italian Double Bronze-Handled Centerpiece with Fluted Body
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent 19th Century Grand Tour Hand-Carved Italian Double Bronze-Handled Centerpiece with Fluted Body. The bowl is carved from a single piece of breccia, characterized by its ...
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1850s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Breccia Marble, Bronze

Pair (matched) of 19th Century Black Forest Tilt Top Tables
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair (matched) of 19th Century Black Forest Linden and Marquetry Inlaid Occasional Tables, the shaped oval top decorated panels of Ibex, Chamois and Montain Deer landscapes above a p...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Other

19th Century Grand Tour Lion Attacking a Horse Miniature Bronze Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine 19th century Grand Tour miniature model of the Lion Attacking a Horse sculpture. Modeled after the ancient Roman version found on Capitoline Hill. Sized as a paperweight...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Slate, Bronze

Theodore Alexander Bronze & Marble Column Lamp
Located in Savannah, GA
A Theodore Alexander grand tour style bronze and marble column lamp. 5 inches wide by 5 inches deep by 33 ½ inches tall; 20 ¾ inches tall to...
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Late 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Pair Maitland Smith Pyramid Grand Tour Tessellated Wood Brass Claw Feet Obelisk
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of Maitland Smith Neoclassical tessellated Wood and Brass Claw Feet Obelisk. In good vintage condition with some wear to the tessellated Wood. Pyramid Core measures: 5 x 5 x 2...
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1960s American Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Brass

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...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Wood, Mirror, Plaster

Bronze Pompeian Athénienne-Jardinière attributed to Sabatino De Angelis & Fils
By Sabatino De Angelis
Located in Montreal, QC
Bronze Pompeian Athénienne-Jardinière attributed to Sabatino De Angelis & Fils The present work was inspired by a Pompeian brazier that was buried in 78 A.D. and excavated later. as ...
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1850s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

German Thieme Porcelain Figural Group
Located in Astoria, NY
German Thieme Porcelain Figural Group, late 19th century, depicting figures on and around a wine barrel celebrating the grape harvest, with grape vine and floral encrusting on a circ...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Porcelain

Murano Glass Bowl
Located in Miami, FL
Offered is a plum-colored blown glass candy, trinket, or catch-all bowl made in Murano, Italy. It measures 8.5" in diameter, 3.625" in height, and h...
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Early 2000s Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Blown Glass

19th Century Grand Tour Sculpture of a Putto with Horn and Deer
Located in Dresden, DE
19th Century Grand Tour Putto with Horn and Deer Bronze 6242 g 40 x 23 x 15 cm
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Antique Handmade Faience Italian Bread Basket
Located in New Orleans, LA
An outstanding, hand painted, handmade pottery, bread holder created in Naples, Italy circa 1920s having intricate colorful applied swags of flowers around the boat shaped rim above a floral painted lattice work below. Superb attention to detail and selection of it's colors of spring green, blue, rose, yellow and lavender. The workmanship is absolutely stunning to behold and would make a beautiful centerpiece for your dining table, sideboard or in your cabinet. Put a floral frog...
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1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Majolica

Late 19th Century Romantic Still Life of Flowers & Fruit, Grand Tour Period
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Romantic still life of flowers and fruit from the late Victorian Grand Tour Period. Although unsigned, this oil on original canvas has two intriguing "R" insignias, on the gold chate...
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Late 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Paint

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.
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Paint

Grand Tour Neapolitan Tripod Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour Neapolitan Tripod Oil Lamp. Bronze patinated metal oil lamp of tripod form with lion head masks with rings, supported by lion monopedia on ball terminals on conforming bas...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Grand Tour Style 20th Century Venetian Canal Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Grand Tour-Style (20th Century) unframed canvas oil painting of a bright, aqua canal crowded with gondolas under passage in front of Doge's Palace with St Mark's Campanile just behind it, and the domes of the Punta della Dogana visible in the distance in the lower left corner. Painting unsigned, noted as coming from a 20th-Century studio that specialized in historic commercial reproduction paintings...
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20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

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Canvas

Grand Tour Bronze, Two-Tone Enamel & Pietra Dura Dressing Box or Humidor C. 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exceptional Grand Tour dressing box or humidor, crafted in France circa 1880, epitomizes the luxurious design and meticulous craftsmanship of the late 19th century. Constructed ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Bronze, Enamel

Pair of Grand Tour Egyptian Porphyry Obelisks, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The pair of obelisks with gilt lion faces on front base and gilt lion paws at corners, signed indistinctly. Rome dated 1893.
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1890s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Porphyry, Bronze

Italian Neoclassical 19th Century Black-Ground Terracotta Vase
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian 19th century neoclassical black painted terracotta vase after the original Roman marble vase. Bordered center body decorated with styl...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Terracotta

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figure of 'Faro' Carved in Black Basal
Located in Kastrup, DK
A very decorative 19th century Italian Grand Tour figure of 'Faro' carved in black basalt, mounted on a grey stone base. Height: 30 cm. Italy 19th century.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Stone

Grand Tour Inlaid Marble Specimen Paperweight, Early 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The center made up of blue marble veneers, yellow marble and green marble with each section banded by Carrara marble.
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Wedgwood Black Basalt Grecian Sphinx After a Model by John Cheere (1709-1787)
Located in Dallas, TX
a Wedgwood black basalt Grecian Sphinx after a model by sculptor John Cheere (English, 1709-1787), in the Greco-Egyptian style, depicted as a female figure...
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19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Porcelain, Pottery

Large French Grand Tour Period Bronze Sculpture Recumbent Lion
Located in Montreal, QC
Grand Tour period bronze sculpture of lion resting on a rosso levanto marble base. France: circa 1850.
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1860s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Bronze

Hand-Painted Ikat Iron Tray - Black Floral
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Bring artistic flair to your decor with our hand-painted iron tray, featuring a striking Ikat design. Perfect for adding color and character to coffee tables, shelves, or wall displa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Grand Tour Furniture

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Iron

Grand Tour Model of the Tempel of Vespasian and Titus, Roman Forum
Located in Dresden, DE
Model of the Temple of Vespasian and Titus Marble Italy Mid-19th Century 33 x 11 x 12 cm
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

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 ...
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Mid-20th Century North American Grand Tour Furniture

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Stone, Concrete

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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