Classical Greek Furniture
CLASSICAL GREEK STYLE
There is rare surviving furniture from ancient Greece, yet this classical style has informed design for centuries. Interiors of houses in antiquity were minimal, with much of a room’s color coming from frescoes on the walls and mosaics on the floors. Classical Greek furniture was sparing but finely crafted and influenced by Egyptian furniture design through Mediterranean trade.
Furnishings of the period were usually made from local wood like cypress, cedar, oak and willow from ancient Greece’s plentiful forests, although some pieces were carved from marble, such as a 300–200 B.C. throne with lion legs and a curved back now at the Getty Villa. Comfort and clean lines characterized designs during the Classical era, the symmetry and thoughtful proportions reflecting the architecture of Greek temples.
Some pieces of ancient Greek furniture were simple, rectangular platforms like the klinē, a multipurpose ancestor of today’s couches or daybeds that held cushions stuffed with wool, dry grass or down. These structures were used for both sleeping and dining, which wealthy Greeks did while reclining. At night, oil lamps illuminated rooms that frequently surrounded a garden courtyard.
Most of what scholars have learned about Greek furniture design owes to its representations in art like vases and stelae. The portable diphros stool, with its backless design and four turned legs, was one of the more common types of seating in daily Greek life — it appears as such for the gods on the Parthenon frieze. Stools without backs have been found in early Roman tombs, while benches were also common Greek seating furniture created for use in theaters. In houses of the Hellenistic period, benches seemingly functioned as tables, too.
Some designs evolved through adaptations by the Romans, including the klismos chair. After prominent archaeological excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the klismos chair — with its four saber legs and the elegant curves that define its back — was a source of inspiration for aesthetics in eras ranging from 18th-century neoclassicism to 20th-century Art Deco.
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Style: Classical Greek
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Greek Horseman Relief MMA
Located in Savannah, GA
A museum copy of a first century B.C. Greek marble relief of a horseman.
Cast in composition stone for Met Museum, mid-20th century.
13 inches wide by 17 ½ inches tall by 2 inches d...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Composition
Classical Serpentine Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Beautiful Weathered Apollo Bust Garden Statue Cast Stone 65cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful vintage weathered bust of the Greek god Apollo, large and heavy garden statue made of cast stone, circa mid 20th century, marked on the back.
Very impressive garden statue...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone, Composition
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Italian classical sink Basin
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times,...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Hand Carved Marble Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Hand Carved Marble Sink Basin
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is hand cut from one single block of white marble, thes...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair Italian Neoclassic Urn Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of finely crafted hand carved neo-classic style urn form alabaster lamps. Newly wired with 3 way sockets and cords. Overall height top of socket 20", height of alabaster 15", w...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Classical Inlaid Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Kitchen Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Kitchen Marble Stone Sink Basin
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one block of white marble, it carries superb artistic merit easily fitting in wi...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
French Garden Statue Of Venus
Located in Houston, TX
French Garden Statue Of Venus.
Offered is a beautiful French concrete or cement garden sculpture of Venus.
This lovely garden statue, garden sculpture or garden ornament would look g...
Category
1920s French Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Concrete, Cement
Erotic Ancient Greek Wine Cup with Painted Eyes
Located in London, GB
A rare, erotic cup exemplifying the revelry and humour of ancient Greek culture, particularly within the context of symposia - the social drinking parties of the elite. This wine cup...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Ancient Greek Red-Figure Terracotta Pelike (Jar), 5th–4th Century BCE
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exquisite ancient Greek red-figure terracotta pelike (storage jar) standing 10.5 inches tall. This piece embodies the timeless artistry of Classical Greece, featuring h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Classical Style Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Style Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Gree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Inlaid Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble with poly chrome inlays, the straight fronted format has fine rhombus inlaid details enclo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair Italian Neoclassic Column Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of hand carved neoclassic style twisted column theme alabaster lamps from the 1930s. Newly wired with 3 way brass sockets and rayon covered corded cords. Shades not included.
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Category
1930s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Classical Inlaid Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble with polychrome inlays.
These designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times and car...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Italian Urn Neoclassic Alabaster Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of hand carved neoclassic style "urn" form alabaster lamps mounted on giltwood bases bases. Each has solid brass fittings. Newly wired with new 3 way sockets and cords.
Heig...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Solid Marble Sink Molded Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white Carrara marble, the design sprung from Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit ea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This period Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit easily f...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
We are now manufacturing this model in Carrara Marble Bianco.
Custom sizing available
As tradition this timeless Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Italian Stone Sculpture of Classical Torso of Hercules with Base
Located in Rome, IT
This reproduction of a classical Hellenistic sculpture of Hercules.
A timeless piece for interior and a garden decoration.
We can raise with a base on request.
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Antique Lifesize French Bronze Sculpture Demeter Greek Goddess of Harvest Statue
Located in Dayton, OH
A rare and Impressive solid bronze sculpture of Demeter, The Goddess of Harvest, Circa late 18 to early 19th Century. She's is shown standing with tunic, grapes in one hand and a wre...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of Carrara marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
French Bisque Porcelain Group of Venus and Cupid, Mid 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
An exquisite bisque porcelain figure of Venus and Cupid from the mid nineteenth century, French, with incised crossed swords mark and another device etched on the base.
Photos don't ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Classical Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Cast Hard Stone Balustrade Sculpture or Plant Display Pedestal 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A Classical balustrade pedestal offers cast hard stone construction in column form with square sculpture display, 20th century
Measures - 23.25'' H x 7.75'' W x 7.75'' D.
Catalogue...
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20th Century American Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone
Solid Marble Classical Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Marble sink Basin
The shell hand carved and Integrated into one square block of marble
20th century
30" wide
Bowl size :
20" x 15" x 4"
53x37x10
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Original Antique Greek Mythology Print After J.M.W Turner. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image after J.M.W Turner
Fine steel engraving
Published by Virtue, C.1850
Unframed.
Free shipping
Category
1850s English Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Paper
Rare Pierre-Adrien Ekman Hand Painted Folding Screen / Room Divider
Located in Forney, TX
An extraordinarily scarce French hand-painted oil on canvas wooden three panel folding screen - room divider; Signed P.A. Ekman (Pierre-Adrien Ekman, France, 1904-1993), fabulous Tro...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Romweber Neoclassical Pantheon Form Carved Walnut and Burl Wood Sideboard
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and unique classical Greek or Roman style sideboard or console table
By Jim Peed for Romweber
USA, Late 20th Century
Carved walnut in u...
Category
Late 20th Century American Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Burl
KPM Figure of a Lady Warrior Holding a Spear and a Shield with a Face with Wings
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this amazing KPM porcelain figurine of a lady warrior with her shield and spear. I believe she is Athena. As you can s...
Category
1890s German Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
AR Tetradrachm Macedonia, Side, Alexander the Great, 325-320 BC
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head of Herakles right wearing lion skin headdress
Reverse: enthroned Zeus left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand
FINE STYLE
Late lifetime or early...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Silver
maitland smith dollhouse entertainment/ bar cabinet
Located in Waxahachie, TX
Monumental Maitland Smith Dollhouse bar/ entertainment center/ blanket cabinet.
2 pieces, dollhouse cabinet and table.
2 drawers in the table.
Lion drawer...
Category
1990s Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wood
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit easily fitting in with old and new buildings.
It also makes an excellent outdoor water fountain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Marcus Aurelius Bust Cultured Marble Indoor - Outdoor 'Ephesus Museum' Replica
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Height: 87 cm (34.25') / Weight: 45 kg (99.21 lbs)
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was the Roman emperor and is considered one of the most important philosophers in its history. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Male and Female Torso Set Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Height: 5.9'' / Weight: 800 gr (for each item)
The set concerns 1 female, 1 male torso. This is a work that symbolizes the depiction of the ideal male and female form.
-Produced fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Pino Signoretto Bust of Hippocrates, Murano Glass, Venetian, Italian Art Glass
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fine murano glass sculpture by Pino Signoretto of the Bust of Hippocrates. Handcrafted by master glass artist Pino Signoretto on the Venetian islan...
Category
1990s Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Art Glass, Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Ancient Greek Terracotta Antefix in Form of the Head of Artemis Bendis, Taranto
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ancient Greek mould-made terracotta antefix decorated with the female head of the Goddess Artemis Bendis.
Western Greek, Italy, Taranto, early 4th century BC.
Two small feathered win...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Classical Carved Oval Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This oval Italian sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times,
it carries superb artistic merit easily fitting in w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
AR Tetradrachm Thrace, Lampsakos, Lysimachos 305-281 BC
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, monogram to inner left
...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Silver
Lucite Klismos Chair in Malachite Print Fabric
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Lucite Klismos chair upholstered in malachite print fabric in the style of Charles Hollis Jones.
It is made in 1990’s by Los Angeles based company Shahrooz. Total three chairs availa...
Category
1930s American Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Lucite
Vintage Clay Amphora Vessel Floor Vase Greek Earthenware Pottery
Located in Dayton, OH
Clay Amphora Vessel floor vase Greek Earthenware Pottery 35"
Large vessel or amphora (amphorae) urn / vase or jar. These vessels originated in the Neolit...
Category
Early 20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Rare Antique Large Fountain - Luxury Reclaimed Italian Limestone Statue Fountain
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Our Ancient Surfaces team recently reclaimed this extremely rare statuary fountain. The story behind this masterpiece is that
in the mid 1700s a team of Italian master carvers were tasked to create an exceptionally phenomenal limestone fountain for a noble Milano family estate. After 8 months of hand-carving they completed the job by creating a very unique and large pool fountain...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Limestone, Wrought Iron
Classical Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This period Italian classical shell sink is cut from one single block of white marble, these designs have not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic merit ea...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Late 19th Century French Ferdinand Barbedienne Bronze Venus de Milo Sculpture
Located in Miami, US
This exquisite bronze sculpture of the Venus de Milo dates to the late 19th century and is a beautifully detailed representation of the iconic ancient Greek statue. With a rich brown...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
A late 19th century French classical Grecian style glass vase circa 1880
Located in Central England, GB
This most elegant and pleasing classical Grecian style glass vase was made in France, circa 1880 and was inspired by ancient Greece. It has a tall baluster form stands on a small fla...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Glass
Antoine Louis Barye (1795-1875), ' Theseus fighting the centaur Bianor'
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Patinated Bronze Group, Entitled 'Thesée Combattant le Centaure Bianor' ('Theseus Fighting the Centaur Bianor'), Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, From the Model By Antoine Louis...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Genuine Crystal Ball On A Bronze Tripod About 1880
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Genuine Crystal Ball On A Bronze Tripod About 1880
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wood
Classical Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Copied off this original piece pictured; we are now manufacturing this sink to order, so custom sizing available.
Carrara Marble with a Honed Finish.
This timeless beautiful Italian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Classical Carrara Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white Carrara marble, the design has not changed since Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artisti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
AR Tetradrachm Attica, Athens, 440-420 BC
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and spiral palmette
Reverse: owl standing right with h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Silver
A Pair of Wedgwood Jasper Tricolour Dip Vases, Circa 18th Century
By Wedgwood
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
A pair of Wedgwood Jasper Tricolour Dip Vases, Circa 18th Century. Each sprigged with a continuous band of classical figures between bands of upright vine alternate with flower-head...
Category
18th Century English Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Pottery
c. 1930 French Carved Marble Sculpture of Pan Attributed to Jean-Marie Camus
By Jean Camus
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1930 carved marble sculpture of Pan attributed to Jean-Marie Camus, France. Elegantly carved & charming rendering of Pan as a young faun playing the pipes (pan flute). Unsigned...
Category
1930s French Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
Male Torso Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Height: 5.9'' / Weight: 800 gr
This is a work that symbolizes the depiction of the ideal male form.
-Produced from pressed marble powder.
-Produced from the original molds of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Portrait Study, Drawing of a Greek Head or Bust, 1940s
Located in ROUEN, FR
Portrait Study, Drawing of a Greek Head or Bust, 1940s.
Stunning drawing of a Greek profile !
Signed at the bottom right corner by the name of the artist "V. Lacasia".
The drawin...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak, Paper
Venus of Milo in stucco, dated 1895
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Dated and numbered ('28 mai 1895 XXV') sculpture in stucco of the Venus of Milo. It is clear to see that the sculpture is composed of several parts.
Beautiful patina and in good cond...
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1890s French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Stucco
Reclaimed Carrara Nero/Bianco Octagon/Cabochon Tile - Marble Checkered Flooring
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
This epitome of elegance is the dream item for any luxury home designer or custom-homeowner. It is a piece by piece reclaimed set of authentic Carrara Bianco Octagonal & Nero Cabocho...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Classical Greek furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Classical Greek 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, building and garden elements, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with stone, marble and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Classical Greek furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Asia, and West Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include LAGU, Cathryn Shilling, Sir William Hamilton, and Maitland Smith. 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 $30 and tops out at $289,700 while the average work can sell for $1,855.