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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
Period: 20th Century
Italian Grand Tour Marble and Gilt Bronze Garniture Tazzas, a Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Grand Tour Marble and Gilt Bronze Garniture Tazzas, a Pair Offered for sale is a pair of Grand Tour tazzas made of variegated marble and bronze accents. The tazzas are creat...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Mid Century Art Deco Silver Bronze Sculpture Polar Bear by George Lavroff
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Superb Silvered patinated Bronze Polar Bear Sculpture by George Lavroff mounted on a solid black marble base, modelled in the Art Deco style. Circa 1930s. Condition: Perfect showroo...
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour Italian Specimen Marble Pair of Lovely Obelisks
Located in Miami, FL
Grand Tour Italian Specimen Marble Pair of Lovely Obelisks Offered for sale is a wonderful pair of Italian grand tour period obelisks created from stacked marble pieces. The obelisk...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble

Pair of Large Ornate Venetian Mirrors of Round Tondo Form with Foliate Designs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gorgeous and ornate pair of Venetian style mirrors of round form with foliate designs on the top and bottom of each mirror. Yes. That's right. A pair. A twosome. The ornate foliate...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Wood

Bronze Figure of Male Youth
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A verdigris bronze figure of a young male mounted on a marble plinth. in Grand Tour style.
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Bronze Grand Tour Style 'Atlas' Model of a Kinetic Armillary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Bronze Grand Tour Style 'Atlas' Model of a Kinetic Armillary France, 20th century, Unsigned This is a copy or model of an armory; it is not guaranteed to work. The five-ring o...
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20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Pair of Grand Tour Style Carved Alabaster Bookends Formed as Classical Ruins
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good pair of architectural inspired columnar bookends, both carved in the form of ancient ruins of reeded columns, raised on stepped bases. Dimensions noted are those shown fa...
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Mid-20th Century European Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Alabaster

Antique plaster Bust of Cupid After Francois Duquesnoy (1597-1643)
Located in New York, NY
Antique Grand Tour plaster bust of a cherub after the original model by Francois Duquesnoy (1597-1643) dating from the early 20th century. Likely of Italian or French origin.
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Plaster

Pair of mid 20th century carved solid wood lions
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of mid 20th century carved solid wood lions circa 1950. Here we offer a fine pair of decorative carved lions for the ultimate installation piece.  Heavily carved out of solid w...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Grand Tour Furniture

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Hardwood

Pair of Antique French Garden Cast Iron Half Round Urn Form Fluted Wall Planters
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of unusual early 20th century antique French cast iron half round demilune wall mounted urn form wall planters. Having traces of blue paint, e...
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1920s French Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Metal

Bronze Bust on Marble Base
Located in New York, NY
A substantial bronze bust on marble base, circa early-20th century, Europe. Bronze bust has a verdigris finish attached to a cylindrical Carrara marble column plinth base. A great de...
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Mid-20th Century European Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Carrara Marble, Bronze

A Finely Sculpted Grand Tour Style Model of The Temple of Vespasian, Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The large & finely sculpted alabaster structure showing a trio of fluted columns terminating to finely carved Corinthian capitals, supporting an entablature with a carved frieze illu...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Alabaster

Carved Giltwood Grand Tour Style Military Wall Trophy
Located in Nashville, TN
Presents very well with crisp and well defined carving . A Giltwood wall carved trophy. The banners tilt out , with center helmet and shield .Of military inspiration against back...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Giltwood

Travertine Stone Mediterrane Mid-Century Modern Obelisks Grand Your Style
Located in Miami, FL
1980s Italian Beige Travertine Stone Obelisk in the Style of Grand Tour. Look great as display and also very useful as bookends. Handcrafted and Parts of Label at the base.
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1980s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Travertine

Grand Tour Style Stag Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour Style Young Stag Patinated Bronze Sculpture, Circa 20th Century, on a black painted wood base. Overall: 13.75" H x 7.5" W x 4.5" D.
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20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Onyx Obelisks Grand Tour Style Italy Bookend Home Accents Room Accessoire
Located in Miami, FL
This is a tall vibrant Onyx Obelisks or Bookend with natural details and sleek splendor lines. Attributed to Raymor and made in Italy circa late 1970s. Note the natural banded patter...
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1970s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Onyx

Alabaster Column Lamps
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of Italian alabaster table lamps, mid 20th century. Columnar-form with tapering fluted columns on round feet with ionic capitals, elevated by square plinths. 5 ½ inches wide ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Alabaster

Vintage Grand Tour Gladiator Original Oil on Canvas
Located in west palm beach, FL
Vintage grand tour painting depicting a gladiator holding a lions mouth open. A combination of soft browns and tans on canvas. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
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Mid-20th Century American Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Pair Of Impressive Medici Lions In Staffordshire Pottery Antique Style
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
An impressive pair of Medici Lions fashioned after the style of Staffordshire Pottery of the late 1800's Capable of making a splendid decorative statement Circa 1960's Height 4.75 in...
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Mid-20th Century English Grand Tour Furniture

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Ceramic

Anthony Redmile Profile Relief of Perseus
Located in Hanover, MA
Wall mounted profile in relief of Perseus in cast marble resin and fiberglass by Anthony Redmile (born 1940) of London circa 1990, after a bronze bas relief sculpture by Edmond Louis...
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1990s British Grand Tour Furniture

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Resin, Fiberglass

Bronze floor lamp Pompeii Grand Tour
Located in Hudson, NY
Bronze floor lamp Pompeii Grand Tour attributed to Caldwell please contact me with any questions or for shipping quotes
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Early 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Narcissus in Bronze Italian Grand Tour Sculpture According to the Model of Pompeii
Located in Milan, IT
Narcissus Bronze Sculpture early 1900s, the figure is a reproduction from the classical-era bronze of the Greek god Dionysus found in the 1862 excavations at Pompeii and preserved a...
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1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Antique Neoclassical Grand Tour Giltwood Architectural Columns, a Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning pair of Grand Tour or Neoclassical gilt wood architectural tabletop columns. Italy, Early 20th Century Measures: 5.13"W x 5.13"D x 18.75"H. Good vintage condition.
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Giltwood

Early 20th Century Grand Tour Classical Faux Malachite Cast Iron Urn
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning Grand Tour Neoclassical vase, urn, or planter. Italy, Circa Early-20th Century Cast iron, with a hand-painted faux malachite pattern, and gold handles & rims Measures:...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Iron

Vintage Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Landscape With Ruins
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style framed oil painting of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins Italy, Mid-20th Century Oil on canvas, gilt frame Measures: 9.5"W x 1"D x 9.5"H. Exce...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Paint, Giltwood, Canvas

Vintage Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Landscape With Ruins
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style framed oil painting of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins Italy, Mid-20th Century Oil on canvas, gilt frame Measures: 9.5"W x 1"D x 9.5"H. Exce...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

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

Materials

Marble

Vintage Grand Tour Marble Composite Bust of Man
Located in west palm beach, FL
A striking vintage Coastal bust of man. A chic character from the Grand Tour era. A marble composition with a beautiful all over patina from time. Made in Italy. Acquired from a Palm...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble

Grand Tour Style Greek or Roman Plaster Foot Sculpture
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style cast plaster sculpture of an Ancient Greek or Roman foot USA, Late 20th Century Measures: 10"W x 4.5"D x 6.5"H. Very good vintage condition.
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Late 20th Century American Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Plaster

A rare pair of Grand Tour gilt bronze horses of Saint Mark Venice, circa 1900
Located in Central England, GB
This superb pair of Grand Tour Italian gilt bronzes dates to the late 19th century. They are solid cast and very heavy for their size. They are decorative Grand Tour reproductions ta...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Large Cast Iron Garden Urns with Rams and Putti
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pair of Large Cast Iron Garden Urns with Rams and Putti Beautifully Weathered Large Urns, each decorated with 2 cherubs and 2 Rams heads The Urns are slightly rusty but otherwise t...
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1920s Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Iron

Vintage Large Ornate Venetian Mirror Etched and Applied Foliate Floral Designs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gorgeous, large and ornate Venetian style mirror of rectangular form with foliate and floral designs on the top, along the perimeter and bottom of the mirror. Yes. That's right. Th...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Glass, Mirror, Wood

Grand Tour Neoclassic Mahogany Bronze Roman Ruins
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Grand Tour bronze mounted mahogany and marble model of Roman Ruins, 20th century. This is a rare and exceptionally made model of the Grand Tour period as it is made from carved mah...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair of Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Canvas Paintings of Landscape With Ruins
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of Grand Tour style framed oil paintings of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins Italy, Mid-20th Century Oil on canvas, gilt frame Measures: 9.5"W x 1"D x 9.5...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Vintage Carved Grand Three Bulb Table Lamp - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Spectacular vintage pair of carved gilt table lamps. These incredible lamps have three bulbs all operated with their own pull string. Their intricate detailing matched with their sca...
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Early 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Wood

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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Siena Marble, Marble, Brass

An Antique Italian Emerald Hand Blown Glass and Silver Decanter and Four Glasses
Located in New Orleans, LA
A charming 1920's Italian hand blown glass and silver decanter and four glasses in a lovely shades of emerald green and having designs of silver with silver rims. The ground stopper ...
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1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Silver

Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Statue of Narcissus
Located in New York, NY
Grand Tour patinated bronze statue sculpture of a standing nude Narcissus, on a round base. Measures: 7.25" Height x 3.5" diameter. Dealer: S138XX.
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20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Grand Tour Bronze Statue Of Atalanta, Thiébaut Freres
Located in Lisbon, PT
A French bronze figure of Atalanta with a «Fumiere et Cie» mark on the base. Atalanta the famous virgin huntress.Atalanta raced all her suitors and outran all but Hippomenes, who de...
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour Bronze Statue Of Hippomene Throwing Golden Apples, Thiébaut Freres
Located in Lisbon, PT
A French bronze statue of Hippomenes throwing apples while racing, titled «Hippomène Lanceur De Pommes D’or» with a «Fumiere et Cie» mark on the base. Except for Hippomenes, Atalanta...
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

After the Antique Polychromed Bronze Bust of the Prima Porta Augustus Caesar
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
After the antique polychromed bronze bust of the Prima Porta Augustus Caesar. Italy,mid-20th century A extraordinary, large scale, very heavy mid 20th...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique 19th Century Italian Cameo Brooch
Located in New Orleans, LA
Vintage shell cameo sterling silver pendant necklace brooch 600. Stunning pendant for a necklace the bell flips up or down depending on whether you...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Gold

Large Antique Italian Grand Tour Plaster Sculpture of the Dying Gaul
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Large and impressive Antique Italian Grand Tour Plaster Sculpture of the Dying Gaul. Cast out of plaster, this figure shows Gaul, an ancient Celtic warrior slumped forward with a pai...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Plaster

Pair of Rock Crystal Obelisks and Sphere
Located in Hanover, MA
Beautiful grouping of clear rock crystal quarts pair of obelisks and a sphere.
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Rock Crystal

Grand Tour Style Greek Plaster Foot Sculpture
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style cast plaster sculpture of an Ancient Greek or Roman foot Greece, Late 20th Century Measures: 7.88"W x 3.13"D x 4.5"H. Very good original vintage ...
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Late 20th Century Greek Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Plaster

Vintage Italian Grand Tour Empire Style Specimen Marble Center Table
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning vintage Italian Empire Grand Tour style specimen marble 'pietra dura' table. Topped with a spectacular exhibition quality round specimen marble slab, featuring a large va...
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Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble, Siena Marble, Griotte Marble, Stone, Carrara Marble, Belgian Bla...

Ebonized And Ivorine Tempietto
Located in Essex, MA
Grand tour style decorative temple with removable top. Amherst Mass collectors estate.
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Late 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Wood

Pair of Italian Grand Tour Column Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 31 1/4in W: 14 1/4in D: 14 1/4in This Vintage Pair of Italian Grand Tour Column Alabaster Table Lamps are out of this world and have a unique look that is not seen e...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Alabaster, Brass

Italian Grand Tour Allegorical Porcelain Plaque of Two Graces - Circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian, circa 1900. A Firenze porcelain allegorical plaque depicting two extremely fine quality graces draped in beautiful dresses, flowers, gold accents to their clothing and shoe...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Porcelain, Giltwood

Italian Alabaster Obelisks - A Pair
Located in Savannah, GA
A pair of Italian alabaster obelisks, mid 20th century. With removable caps and drilled for lamp conversion. larger: 5 inches wide by 20 inches tall smaller: 4 ¼ inches wide by 14 ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Alabaster

Italian antique marble sampler paperweight
Located in Milan, IT
Italian antique marble sampler paperweight
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

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Marble

Bay of Naples Gouache Seascape with Vesuvius Erupting, 1906
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Bay of Naples Gouache Seascape with Vesuvius Erupting, 1906, a fine gouache on paper seascape with the panoramic Bay of Naples stretching wide, wit...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture

Materials

Paper

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...
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1950s Unknown Vintage Grand Tour Furniture

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Metal

Rare Austin Production Sculpture Claw Foot Bowl/Jardiniere
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
RARE AUSTIN PRODUCTION SCULPTURE CLAW BOWL / JARDINIERE Impressed mark Rafael S. Austin Sculpture, 1997. Shaped as a roman Krater raised on four claw footed base, plaster body with moulded laurel leaf band...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Grand Tour Furniture

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Plaster

Italian Grand Tour 800 Silver, Enameled Malachite & Painted Roman Scene Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian Grand Tour 800 Silver, Enameled Malachite & Painted Roman Scene Box. This fantastic antique box is rectangular in form heavily decorated with hand chased foliate scroll work...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Italian Grand Tour Alabaster Model the Roman Forum Temple of Vespasian
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Grand Tour model of the ancient Temple of Vespasian located in the Roman Forum, Rome. Carved from alabaster, this is a handsome example of a souvenir carving which would have been collected by a European or American sophisticate making a Grand Tour of the ancient sites of Italy. This wonderful architectural miniature is evocative of another time and place. Roma Templo Di Vespasiano' etched into the black marble base. It has been drilled to be wired, not the first time I have owned one of these that had been mounted as a lamp. The Temple of Vespasian and Titus is located in Rome at the western end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Concordia and the Temple of Saturn...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Alabaster, Marble

Antique French Garden Half Round Cast Iron Urn Planter
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
French Demi Lune Green Patina Fluted Planter Pedestal Charming and substantial early 20th Century antique French cast iron half round wall planter. This rare piece appears to have b...
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture

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Iron

Grand Tour Tortoiseshell Quartz/Mable Sculpture of Michelangelo's David
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Tortoiseshell Quartz/Mable Sculpture of Michelangelo's David Italy, Early 20th Century Add to your collection with this magnificent Grand Tour Tortoiseshell Quartz/Marbl...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture

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Quartz, 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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