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
Period: Early 20th Century
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.
Category
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Plaster
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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...
Category
1920s French Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
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
Category
Early 20th Century 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.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
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...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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:...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Iron
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 ...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Silver
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...
Category
1920s Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Iron
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French 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...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian antique marble sampler paperweight
Located in Milan, IT
Italian antique marble sampler paperweight
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
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...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Iron
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
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Quartz, Marble
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Large Indian Brass Lamp Standard Embossed with Elephants and Hindi Deities
Located in Altrincham, GB
Large Indian Brass Lamp Standard Embossed with Elephants and Hindi Deities - Grand Tour Piece c1900 - 78"h x 22"diam The lampshade(s) are newly handmade silks by the same maker as pr...
Category
Early 1900s Indian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Grand Tour Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Board Paintings of a Landscap
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of Grand Tour or Neoclassical style framed oil paintings of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins
Italy, Early Century
Oil on board, gilt frame
Measures:...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Early 20th Century Mahogany Plinth in the Form of a Classical-Style Column
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 20th century mahogany plinth in the form of a classical-style fluted column with carved Ionic scrolling and Corinthian foliate detail to the capital.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Siena Marble Obelisk Pair
Located in Leeds, GB
A pair of obelisks made from Siena marble with black marble ball detail. In the style of those collected on The Grand Tour.
Made in Italy in the first part of the 20th Century.
A c...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble
Italian White Terracotta Bust of the Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus, Octavian
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian White Terracotta bust of the Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus, Octavian
Italy, 1900s, Can be used indoors or outdoors.
A well execututed, large scale bust...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Oil on Board Harbour Scenes Manner of Luigi Maria Galea
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Manner Of Luigi Maria Galea (1847-1917)
circa 1900
The Grand Harbour, Valetta, early morning; and The Grand Harbour, Valetta, at dusk
signed illeg...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paint
Italian Grand Tour Style Carved Marble Stone Ruins Sculpture, Early 20th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Italian grand tour style carved marble stone ruins sculpture
Additional information:
Materials: marble
Color: white
Art Subjects: Architecture
Period: Early 20th Century
Styl...
Category
Early 20th Century Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
Antique Bronze Statue of Narcissus
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Antique 20th century Italian bronze statue of Narcissus; the Greek God referred to as ‘the self-lover’. Cast in bronze, this Grand Tour styl...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Silver Gilt Grand Tour Pompeian Classical Piping Faun Bell
Located in New York, NY
Italian silver gilt grand-tour bell, ca 1920. Figural handle in form of piping faun with puffed out cheeks and hoofed and hirsute hindquarters. Based on Greek statuette excavated in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Silver
Grand Tour Style Bronze Bust of Clytie
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Style bronze bust of Clytie, after the antique, the nymph with downcast face and scantily draped, cupped in a large flower. Raised on a 6" sq...
Category
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Grand Tour Pair of Italian Figurative Pen-Holders Desk Accessories
Located in Milan, IT
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Grand Tour Model of the Eiffel Tower, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour model of the Eiffel Tower, now as a lamp, newly wired. The architectural model stands 30" high, 33" high to the top of the socket.
Category
Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Italian Antique Grand Tour Bronze Riding Boot Match Holder
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A quality antique Italian Grand Tour bronze boot shaped vesta or match holder dating from 1900. Modeled as a riding boot with a spur strapped to the boot with the body of the boot ac...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Spinario the Thorn Picker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A grand tour bronze sculpture of Spinario.
Measures: Height: circa 8 1/4 in.
Items purchased from David Sterner Antiques must delight you....
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Oil on Canvas, Orientalist Scene, Signed Louis Saphier, circa 1920
Located in Houston, TX
Oil on canvas, orientalist scene, signed Louis Saphier, circa 1920.
Louis Saphier was active and lived in both New York and Holland. He is known for lan...
Category
1920s Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Grand Tour Style Neolcassical Bronze Table Lamp
Located in New York, 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
German Glazed Terracotta Monkey Tile by Karlshrue
Located in Houston, TX
German glazed terracotta monkey tile by Karlshrue.
German glazed terra cotta or Majolica monkey tile by Karlshrue, circa 1920. This gorgeous wall art depicts two monkeys on a tree br...
Category
1920s German Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble
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
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 standing atop the mouth of Aeolus - Ruler of the Four Winds, while ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Octagonal Antique Venetian Mirror, Etched Glass Applied Rope & Floral Decorated
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive mirror from the Isle of Murano, this Venetian glass mirror has attractive braided glass rods, florettes and a pleasing etched design to the mirror. 24 karat gold inclus...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Gold
Antique Grand Tour Bronze Boar Sculpture of “Il Porcellino” After Pietro Tacca
By Pietro Tacca
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Grand Tour bronze sculpture.
Depicting a seated boar on a pink Italian marble plinth.
"Il Porcellino" is the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Grand Tour Pietra Paesina & Specimen Marble Rimmed Dish or Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique grand tour hardstone rimmed dish or bowl.
With a large central piece of Pietra Paesina (so called "ruins" marble).
The rim is set with various hardstone specimens, i...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Limestone, Marble
Grand Tour Photographic Portfolio of 39 Prints, Attributed to James Anderson
By James Anderson
Located in London, GB
Housed in a card and cloth tie-up folder the portfolio includes 39 prints on card of sculpture and artwork from the collection of the Vatican, Lateranenense and Capitolini Museums.
James Anderson specialised in photographic reproductions of works of art, publishing frequent catalogues of his work, but he also photographed views of Italy and antiquities. A contemporary called his photographs "The best we have seen, extremely faithful and good, Mr Anderson is the most extensive producer of photographs in Rome."
Anderson exhibited his work widely in the 1860s. His Son Domenico took over the studio after his fathers death, and family member continued to run it until the 1940s. In 1960 the Fratelli Alinari...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Grand Tour Furniture
Materials
Paper
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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