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 Century Grand Tour Model of a Roman Sarcophagus
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An early 19th century bronze Grand Tour model of a Roman sarcophagus or bath, circa 1830, with removable blue glass liner. Once a Grand Tour souvenir acquired by an adventurer travel...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Ecclesiastical 19th Century White Statuary Marble Portrait Roundel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A very finely worked antique white statuary marble roundel depicting a profile portrait of a Roman figure in religious dress. Originating from mid 19th century Italy, this large marb...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
18th century Fine Italian Grand Tour gouache of Palladian Villa
Located in Seaford, GB
This fine 18th-century gouache on paper is a quintessential example of Grand Tour artistry, depicting an Italian Palladian villa rendered with architectural precision and classical r...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Mammoth Photograph of Notre Dame
Located in Rochester, NY
Grand tour 19th century photograph of Notre Dame Cathedral, late 19th century. Matted. Unframed.
Category
19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Italian Gouache Depicting a View of Posillipo from Naples, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The brightly colored gouache with fine details in foreground.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Gouache
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Ashford Black Marble with Pietra Dura Tazza
Located in London, London
Tazza
Ashford black marble Derbyshire slate
Pietra dura top
19th Century
This elegant tazza, crafted in the 19th century, is made from Ashford black marble, a prized Derbyshire s...
Category
19th Century British Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Stone
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”.
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Granite
Pair of Pompeian Style Patinated Bronze Candelabras
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of Italian Pompeian style candelabras crafted in patinated bronze.
Five candle arms with detachable bobeches.
Fluted column supported on a tripod base with animal's paws.
Ita...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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
$612 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paint
$700 Sale Price
41% Off
Theodoric the Great Grand Tour Bronze, After Peter Vischer the Elder (1460-1529)
Located in Atlanta, GA
After Peter Vischer The Elder (1460-1529), Theodoric The Great, King of the Ostrogoths.
Continental Bronze Figure of Gothic King Theodoric as a knight in armor after the artist Pete...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Grand Tour Greco-Roman Oil Lamp Form Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Antique (late 19th century) continental Grand Tour style patinated and gilt bronze chandelier in the form of a Greek or Roman oil lamp depicting the figure of the Greek god, Helios, ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Anglo Indian Grand Tour Miniature Taj Mahal Painting In Carved Rosewood Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
Embark on a journey through time with this extraordinary antique Anglo-Indian Grand Tour Era Miniature Taj Mahal Painting, nestled within a beautifu...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$784 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$750 Sale Price
40% Off
Italian Antique Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Spaniel After the Hunt
Located in Newark, England
Mounted in an Oval Ebonised Frame
From our collectables we are delighted to offer this Italian Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Spaniel ‘After the Hunt’ after Antonio Aguatti and Gioacchino ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
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
A Grand Tour Italian Specimen Marble Paperweight
Located in Spencertown, NY
The white ground inlaid with specimen marbles and porphyry with ridges on 2 sides
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Serpentine
Large Pair Verdigris Finished Cast Metal Figural Planters after Clodion
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous pair of signed "Clodion" Grand Tour style figural planters. This is a pair "after Clodion" and design in the style of his works, and are done in the grand tour sty...
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal
Grand Tour marble medallion in relief depicting Claudius, early 19th c
Located in Stockholm, SE
An exquisite early 19th-century marble relief medallion, finely crafted to depict the Roman Emperor Claudius in profile. The relief captures Claudius adorned with a laurel wreath, sy...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Bronze Sculpture of the Borghese Warrior
Located in Miami, FL
Bronze sculpture after the Borghese Warrior of which the original life-sized statue is in the Louvre. Placed on a marble plate. Comes with a wood and ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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.
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Late 19th Century Bronze Grand Tour Models of Diana & Hermes
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Pair of Small Late 19th Century Grand Tour Bronze busts depicting Diana & Hermes. Standing (fixed) on bronze Neoclassical columns. Excellent detailed casting and good brown patinatio...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Marble Arm Fragment
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Carved Marble Grand Tour Fragment of Left Arm. Well carved left arm fragment, fist clasping, from a larger statue now mounted to Black marble tablet to make a large Desk paper weight...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century 1860 French Antique Neoclassical Brass Lantern
Located in New York, NY
Superb quality French lantern in heavy cast bronze, whole handmade, rare piece with very fine details of chasing and decoration with architectural elements. Eight textured glass arch...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Apothecary Mortar & Pestle, Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The cup shaped cast body decorated with incised ring-turned detail, rising from a waisted & stepped circular foot, together with its original pestle.
Combined weight, 3.75 lbs.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Mid 18th Century Micromosaic Plaque
Located in London, GB
A fine quality mid 19th century oval Micro-mosaic Plaque depicting St Peter’s Square Rome, enclosed in unusual black slate marble frame decorated with shells, scrolls & wolves.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
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 ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
An Italian Specimen Marble Paperweight
Located in Spencertown, NY
The square paperweight with specimen marbles inset in yellow marble ground.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Palais Royal Letter Opener In Mother Of Pearl From The Nineteenth Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
A fine 19th century antique letter opener, Palais Royal, France, complete in mother of pearl Length 28cm Good condition with aged patina
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
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...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Rock Crystal Obelisks and Sphere
Located in Hanover, MA
Beautiful grouping of clear rock crystal quarts pair of obelisks and a sphere.
Category
1950s Brazilian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Rock Crystal
$2,800 / set
ANTIQUE ORIGINAL GRAN TOUR PARIS 1829 VOL 5 PL.35 PRINT OF CLEOPATRA's NEEDLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original French Gran Tour D'APRES JACQUES-MARIE LE PERE Elevations of Two Sides of the Obelisk...
Category
1820s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
Face Wood Big Serving Tray blue
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
This tray is made out of Birchwood and is a different and original option for home serving trays.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romanian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood
$68 / item
Antique Regency Statuary Marble Bust
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Regency white statuary marble bust of a young Roman man.
Dating to 1820, this is an impressive sculpture of a young man, wearing a Roman toga on a round socle base in Reg...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Pair, 19th Century Grand Tour Gilt Bronze & White Marble Candelabras
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian or French, early 19th century.
A fantastic pair of 19th century Grand Tour gilt bronze candelabras in the neoclassical taste. The beautiful cast grape vines...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,996 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Single Marble Column Fragment in the Roman Style
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A 16th century roman style marble column fragment circa 1550. This Solomonic marble column is mounted onto a bespoke steel base. A fascinating, ...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Steel
Alexandra Specimen Marble
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
The Alexandra.
A circular specimen marble inlaid top with radiating specimen inlays bordered with an inlaid Greek key. This top can be made to any s...
Category
2010s English Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
$10,397 / item
A Large Italian Simulated Marble Table Lamp
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Large Italian Simulated Marble Table Lamp
The lamp has a large baluster ceramic bowl which is decorated as simulated Italian marble detailed with Gold leaves, it has its own shad...
Category
Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
French Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Animalier Mounted Thermometer
Located in London, GB
A fine and unusual French antique Grand Tour table thermometer in patinated bronze. Set upon a naturalistic trefoil shaped patinated bronze base with...
Category
1840s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Influenced Gilded Ormolu Ink Well, Stamped, Barbedienne
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century French gilded Ormolu Gran Tour influenced gilded Ormolu ink well, having classing motifs and Roman Centurion bust embo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Neoclassical Marble Statue of Rebecca at the Well
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Neoclassical statuary marble statue of Rebecca at the well, signed and dated 'ABO CIPRIANI FECE 1880', from a private collection in London.
Dating to circa 1880, this expe...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
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.
O-505-335
Category
19th Century American Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Steel
19th C. Italian Grand Tour Carrara Marble Double-Handled Urn on Lion's Paw Base
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Hand-Carved and Hand-Polished Carrara Marble Double-Handled Urn on Lion's Paw Base. Intricately hand-carved with meticulous detail, the wide mouth ...
Category
1820s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
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...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
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
Pair of Large 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Black Marble Nero Antico Obelisks
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very attractive pair of Italian Grand Tour black marble obelisks. Detailed hieroglyphics to the front side, on a green marble plinth. Minor corner chips to both obelisks, otherwise...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Selection of Specimen Marble and Stone Spheres
Located in London, London
Specimen marble spheres
Different stones
Sizes are 15cm, 13cm, 10cm and 8cm diameter
Age unknown
Category
20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
$2,318 / set
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.
Category
1860s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
1940s Italian Neoclassical Wrought Iron Applique 3 Light Wall Sconce
Located in Miami, FL
Wrought iron three-light applique, wall sconce from Italy.
Wired for the U.S. prior shipping and uses each a max. 40 watts light bulb.
In good used condition with normal signs of wea...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Italian Marble Bust of a Girl, 18th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
Italian 18th Century Marble Bust of a Girl
Late 18th century bust of a girl, in the manner of Luigi Valadier
Son of Andrea Valadier, a Prove...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Crackle Glaze Italian Pottery Urn Marked Made in Italy for Tutto Bene, 1830
Located in Ferndale, MI
Bulbous Italian pottery vase or urn. Signed made in Italy for Tutto Bene, 1830.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Pottery
A Italian equestrian specimen marble carved study of a wild stallion and mare
Located in Central England, GB
This remarkable horse sculpture depicts a head and shoulders study of a wild stallion and mare carved meticulously from figured and veined natural marble stone with colours ranging f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Italian Pietra Dura Hardstone and Giltwood Table
Located in London, GB
An Italian Pietra Dura top occasional table
Constructed in carved gilt wood, having an unusual pietra dura inlaid rectangular platform; the table's legs terminating in scrolls, wi...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Carrara Marble, Porphyry
Set of Six 19th Century Grand Tour Gouaches
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A rare of 6 mid C19th classical Grand Tour gouaches of unusual scenes depicting Naples, Pompéi and Vesuvius, with broad gold slips and ebonised reeded frames. Circa 1860
Largest 4 - ...
Category
1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paint
A Pair of Bronze Neoclassical Grand Tour Candelabras, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour
Pair of Bronze Candelabras
Late 19th Century
DIMENSIONS
Height: 10.33 inches
Width: 4.75 inches
Depth: 4.75 inches
ABOUT
We present to your attention a pair of stunning...
Category
1890s English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Marmo Gialo and Bronze Stamp Box, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Italian Grand Tour stamp box, 19th century.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble
Pair of Very Fine, Large Italian Pietra Dura Marquetry Panels
Located in London, GB
A pair of very fine, large Italian Pietra Dura marquetry panels
Italian, 19th century
Measures: Panels: height 64cm, width 53cm, depth 2cm
Frames: height 88cm, width 77cm, depth 6cm
Comprising black marble panels of oval form, set with semi precious stones, these exceptional panels are inlaid to depict a bouquet of flowers in antique vases...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
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
Pair of Antique Italian Walnut Statues of Gladiators
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of antique Italian walnut statues, after the antique Borghese Gladiator.
In Grand Tour style, this decorative pair are a stunning feature for a period property looking to app...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
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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