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
Italian Antique Scagliola Circular Centre Table Top
Located in London, GB
An Italian antique scagliola circular centre table top
Italian, 19th century
Height 1.5cm, diameter 90cm
This delicately detailed circular tabl...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Scagliola
pair of French 19th century Grand Tour Period Louis XVI st.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Grand Tour Period Louis XVI st. Sienna marble, Ormolu and patinated Bronze Warwick vases. The pair of urns are raised by square bases which are...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Grand Tour Bronze Statue Of Atalanta, Thiébaut Freres
Located in Lisbon, PT
Small french bronze sculpture of the mythological huntress Atalanta, cast by the iconic Thiébaut Frères foundry during its final years as “Thiébaut Frères, Fumière et Cie” (1920–1926...
Category
20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,750 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 19th Century '1850s' Grand Tour Italian Carved Multi-Marble Busts
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair 19th century (1850s) (Grand Tour) Italian carved multi-marble busts of Augustus of Prima Porta and Julius Cesar. These extremely fine an...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
$39,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Grant Tour 19th Century Bronze Statue of Silenus Cradling the Infant Dionysus
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century Grand Tour bronze statue of Silenus cradling the infant Dionysus after the antique;
Marble.
Roman copy of 1st-2nd cent. CE after a bronze Greek original of ca 300...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique 19th Century Alabaster Poodles
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of antique late 19th century alabaster poodles. In a sophisticated seated stance, these striking statues are a perfect decorative pair to display in any home. The Italianate s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of Grand Tour 19th Century Bronze Putti Figures on Marble Bases, C 1860
Located in Central England, GB
This small pair of fine Italian Grand Tour bronze figures are of classical putti naked apart from a belt of vine leaves and grapes around their lower torso...
Category
1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Influenced Mantel Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century French Sienna marble and bronze mounted Grand Tour influenced mantel clock, having an arched top, mythical gods...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Carved Walnut Medici Lions on Plinths
Located in Dublin, IE
An impressive and expressive pair of 19th-century hand-carved lions, each depicted standing with one paw resting on a sphere—symbolizing dominion and power. The figures are finely mo...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Italian Grand Tour Onyx and Bronze Ewer
Located in Essex, MA
Brown and white banded onyx, with bronze details, animal feet and a horned figure holding a bunch of grapes.
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Other
Large French Antique Gilt Bronze Mounted Rotating Marble Pedestal / Stand
Located in London, GB
A large French antique gilt bronze mounted marble pedestal
Having a central female gilt bronze mount with a floral wreath under a rotating top with additional bronze mountings an El...
Category
1880s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Roman Micromosaic Plaque Depicting a Basket of Flowers
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Roman Micromosaic Plaque Depicting a Basket of Flowers.
Inscribed verso 'From The Townshend Colln.', 'Poe 200, Florentine Mosaic',
16.5 x 18 cm, the plaque
18.5 x 20 cm, overall...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Vintage Grand Tour Plaster Bust of Man - a Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fabulous pair of vintage plaster busts. A handsome man with an even more handsome beard. Done in the grand tour style. Painted a bright white. A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster, Paint
$1,450 / set
A Grand Tour Style Model of a Stallion after the Antique, Italy Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome & finely modelled, patinated antimonial lead casting of a bridled stallion. Shown rearing up on it's hind legs, the head turned slightly to the right with pricked ear...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Other, Lead
A Fine Grand Tour Style Bronze of Mercury Mounted as a Table Lamp, Circa 1900
By Giambologna
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The large & finely proportioned cast bronze figure of Mercury - Roman god of abundance & commercial success, shown cradling a caduceus in one hand - the other arm outstretched toward...
Category
Early 20th Century European Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Antique Copeland Tile of Cherub & Lion
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large antique Copeland tile depicting a cherub and lion.
This 8 inch clay tile dates to circa 1876, displaying a putti with a cape holding a fruiting cornucopia before a lion in m...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Clay
Vintage Boho Painted Grand Tour Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Infuse your space with eclectic charm through this vintage boho painted Grand Tour cabinet. Adorned with artistic, hand-painted details, this piece brings together old-world craftsma...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Grand Tour Style Neolcassical Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Grand Tour style heavy bronze table lamp, column shaped on pedestal with lyre motif, atop a marble base on ornamental lions feet. 44.5" H x 8" W x 8" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$550 Sale Price
75% Off
Decorative Orthoceras Fossil Marble Urn
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A very rare and unusual early 20th century decorative fossil marble lidded urn, ex. private collection of a gentleman collector.
Resembling marble, this urn is made from natural Ort...
Category
Early 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Natural Fiber
Pair of Ormolu, Onyx, Malachite & Hardstone 'Oinochoe' Ewers, Circa 1870
Located in Brisbane, QLD
This pair of Grand Tour era ewers are in the 'oinochoe' shape and date to circa 1870. The pair are miniature in size and comprise of ormolu (gilt bronze), malachite, onyx and hardsto...
Category
19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Stone, Malachite, Onyx, Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Neoclassical Black Marble Baluster Vase
Located in Berlin, DE
French 19th century neoclassical black marble baluster vase
Impressive neoclassical tall baluster-shaped vase made of polished black marble, showin...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
A Fine & Large 19th Century Grand Tour Serpentine Marble Socle, Italy Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An impressively large mottled 'verde prato' serpentine socle of turned columnar form, rising from a stepped base to a flattened plateau above a cavetto-shaped edge. In relation to it...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Serpentine
Vintage Grand Tour Relief Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Journey through history with our Vintage Grand Tour Relief Mirror. American-crafted with intricate relief detailing, this mirror captures the essence of the grand tour era, blending ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Dogs Seated on Sienna Marble Plinths
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of 19th century antique grand tour patinated bronze dogs seated on siena marble plinths. Each dog is beautifully cast and hand-chiseled with meticulous craftsmanship...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
A Fine Early 19th C. Grand Tour Portrait by Friedrich Moosbrugger, Dated 1827
By Friedrich Moosbrugger
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely executed & extremely charming 19th century portrait of young Italian woman, probably that of Vittoria Caldoni.
Vittoria Caldoni was an Italian woman from Albano most favoured as a sitter by several of the German artists working in Italy at this time.
Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1827 bottom right, re-lined and set within a carved and ebonized frame.
Canvas dimensions, 23.75” H x 18” W. Framed dimensions, 27.25" high x 21.75" wide x 2" deep.
Artist Bio: Friedrich Moosbrugger (1804 - 1830) was a German genre...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Early 19th Century Pair French Grand Tour Candlesticks with Eagles
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Early 19th Century Pair French Grand Tour Candlesticks with Eagles. Gorgeous shape. Please see pics and contact us with any questions.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$1,192 Sale Price / set
47% Off
Rare Original Early 19th Century Roman Grand Tour Rosso Antico Marble Lion Bath
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this incredibly rare original early 19th century Roman Grand Tour Rosso Antico marble bath with Lion head detailing
This bath is stunning, I hav...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
$5,753 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Antique Plaster Sculptors Model of Mercury
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large antique painted plaster sculptors model or machete of Mercury. Dating to circa 1900, the sculpture depicts Roman God Mercury seated on a rock in a patinated plaster finish.
In Neoclassical style, this French sculpture is an impressive size displaying expertly hand-carved craftsmanship.
An exceptional decorative antique for properties looking to appreciate Neoclassical style and Roman mythology.
Mercury
Mercury is the Roman god of shopkeepers and merchants, travellers and transporters of goods, and thieves and tricksters.
He is commonly identified with the Greek Hermes...
Category
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster, Paint
19th century Grand Tour period Alabaster and Marble bust of Athena
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and small scale Italian 19th century Grand Tour period Alabaster and Verde Ranocchia Marble bust of Athena Of Velletri. This most charming bust is raised on square Ranocc...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Grand Tour Bronze Figurines of Boy and Girl
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Grand Tour bronze sculptures depicting playful boy and girl. Apparently unsigned and each in good condition.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,000 / set
Pair of Bernard De Montfaucon Paris 1719 L'antiquite Original Grand Tour Prints
By Bernard de Montfaucaon
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of original copper plate prints dating to 1719 by Bernard De Montfauucon of Paris.
Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, O.S.B. (French: [d? m?~fok?~]; 13 January 1655 – 21 December 1741) was a French Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, as well as being an editor of works of the Fathers of the Church. He is regarded as one of the founders of the modern discipline of archaeology
Montfaucon was born on 13 January 1655 in the Castle of Soulatgé, a small village in the southern town of Corbières, then in the ancient Province of Languedoc, now in the modern Department of Aude. Other sources claimed his birth date is in 16 January, the most accepted date. After one year he was moved to the Castle of Roquetaillade, residence of his family. When he was seven, he was sent to Limoux, to the college run by the Fathers of Christian Doctrine
Montfaucon served in the French army as a volunteer and participated in the Franco-Dutch War of 1673. He was a captain of grenadiers and made two campaigns under the command of Marshall Turenne, participated in the Battle of Herbsthausen and fell ill in Saverne in Alsace. Because of his infectious illness he made a vow to Our Lady of Marceille to give one hundred livres to her sanctuary in Limoux and to become a monk, if he was able to return to his country as a result of her intervention.
After the death of Montfaucon's father at the Château de Roquetaillade, in 1675 he entered the novitiate of the Benedictine monastery of Bream in Toulouse. There he learned several ancient languages: Greek, Hebrew, Chaldean, Syriac, and Coptic.
In 1687 Montfaucon was called to the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and he started to work on an edition of the works of the Greek Church...
Category
1710s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Fine Pair of Grand Tour Style Miniature Bronze Busts, Continental, circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome pair of classical bronze busts raised on white alabaster columns decorated with gilt metal rings, atop squared rouge royal marble...
Category
Early 20th Century German Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
A Figure of a 1st Century CE Roman ‘Narcissus’, 20th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Figure of a 1st Century CE Roman ‘Narcissus’, 20th Century
Description:
The contrapposto male figure modelled from the So-Called Narcissus uncovered in Pompeii in 1862. The youth...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
French Bronze Match Strike in the Form of an Old Soldier as a Water Seller
Located in London, GB
A very well cast and interesting French patinated bronze match strike. It is in the form of a water seller, in the uniform of an old Republican soldier, sitting on a bench. He is seen wearing a tricorn hat with a cockade to the brim, mutton chop whiskers, with a water cistern on his back and the cistern lid at his feet. In his hand and on straps are the water cups and in his belt a pair of pistols...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
A Fine Grand Tour Bronze Bust of a Greek Philosopher, After Mathurin Moreau
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This finely modelled Hellenistic style bronze portrait bust appears to be that of the Greek philosopher Chrysippus of Soli - regarded by scholars as the 2nd founder of the School of ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
18/19 C. Italian Grand Tour Fine Antique Mixed Marble and Scagliola Obelisk
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic 18th/19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Mixed Marble and Scagliola Obelisk. This grand tour Italian mixed marble and scagliola obelisk mixes Egyptian architecture...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
$6,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Grand Tour Bronze Statue Of Hippomene Throwing Golden Apples, Thiébaut Frères
Located in Lisbon, PT
Small french bronze sculpture of Hippomenes mid-race, casting golden apples to distract Atalanta — a rare Grand Tour piece by the legendary Thiébaut Frères foundry.
Titled “Hippomèn...
Category
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,751 Sale Price
20% Off
Cast Brass Classical Lady Table Lamp. Grand Tour Style, circa 1920s
By Raymond Russ Stoltz
Located in Dereham, GB
Cast Brass Classical Lady Table Lamp. Grand Tour Style, circa 1920s
Classical Lady holding Floral head Dress
Partial covered with draped cloth
Basket with Flowers sitting behind,
C...
Category
1920s British Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Brass
air Of French 19th Century Grand Tour Period Bronze Lamps, Signed Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Néo-Grec st. Grand Tour Period patinated Bronze lamps, signed Barbedienne. The pair of original oil lamps are raised on circular socle shaped bases below the stunning and high quality busts of the goddess Athena. Each oil lamp displays wonderful and richly chased classical scenes of female figures playing instruments and weaving while dressed in elegant flowing fabrics. Above is a mottled top cap below our signature Cedric DuPont...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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
Eugene Cornu, Large Marble and Ormolu Urn, 19th Century
By Eugène Cornu
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century veined grey marble lidded urn with wonderful gilded ormolu classical mounts of mythical dragon like handles and masks, raised on a fluted ormolu collar...
Category
19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pietra Dure Specimen Marble and Bronze Table
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine 19th century Pietra dure marble inlaid circular table containing 65 rare marbles and precious stones.
Measures: 19 ins diameter 48cm
33.5 ins high 85cm
This specimen marble table has a total of 64 unique samples of rare stones gathered from across Europe and deep into Africa, the Middle East and Russia.
Stone inlay table;
1 - Brecha da Arrábida
2 - Breccia di Seravezza
3 - Giallo Tigrato
4 - Rosso Levanto
5 - Roman Baixas Breccia
6 - Cork Red Marble
7 - Giallo Antico
8 - Breccia Corallina Giallastra
9 - Yava Onyx
10 - Broccatellone
11 - Breccia di Settebasi, Semesanto
12 - Giallo di Siena
13 - Greek Antique Green / Patricis Green
14 - Braccia di stranezza
15 - Fior di Pesco
16 - Norwegian Rose Marble...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Porphyry, Bronze
19th century Grand Tour Green Marble Tazza Vase with Classical Carved Details
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Grand Tour 19th century green marble tazza vase with classical carved motifs on tall pedestal. After a model of the renowned Warwick vase, this Grand Tour...
Category
19th Century Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
19th Century Brass Mounted Circular Speciman Top Coffee Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century brass mounted circular speciman top coffee table. The central panel of precious stone depicts a scene of a water carrier in a mountainous landscape. This is surrounded b...
Category
19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pair of 20th Century Bronze Hawk Candlesticks
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Pair of 20th Century Bronze Hawk Candlesticks. Grand tour era. Beautiful shape and detail.
Category
1820s French Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,520 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair 18th Century style Italian bronze fire dogs
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A spectacular pair of Italian 18th Century style bronze fire dogs, each depicting classical Roman figures, children playing below and raised on a pair of Dolphins.
Batch 81 63040. U...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Tile of the Meeting of Ulysses
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large antique patent clay tile of the Meeting of Ulysses by R. Davies & Co.
The perfect decorative piece for a period property looking to add eleganc...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Steel
Pair of Regency French Ormolu Gilded Candelabras Featuring Turkish Figures
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Pair of Regency French ormolu gilded candelabras featuring Turkish figures supporting three foliate carved candle branches with urn-shaped bobeches. ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
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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