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
19th Century French Bronze of a Classical Greek Warrior – Marble Base
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
This finely cast bronze sculpture, made in France in the late 19th century, is a striking representation of a classical Greek warrior — likely a hoplite — caught in the dynamic motio...
Category
1870s French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
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
Klini Lounge by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Saridis of Athens
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sophisticated and sculptural chaise lounge designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Saridis of Athens, circa 1960s. This exquisite piece reflects the designer’s deep appreciation for...
Category
1960s Greek Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Leather, Walnut
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
Solid Marble Shell Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Marble Sink Basin
The shell is hand carved and Integrated into one square block of marble
20th century, we have one other the same which could along side as a pair if requ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
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
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
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
Pair of Greek Reproduction Terracotta Pots
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A pair of Greek reproduction plant pots from Crete, made of terracotta resembling the olive jars used around the Mediterranean region since antiquity. These bulbous vessels are nicel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
$1,585 / set
Antique Cast Iron Classical Grecian Style Outdoor Garden Planter Urn Grapes 23"
Located in Dayton, OH
Large antique classical Grecian style urn. Made from cast iron with a flared and ribbed mouth over a grape decorated body with large handles leading to a fluted bottom over a plinth ...
Category
Early 20th Century Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Iron
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Marble Baby Bath 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
Alexander the Great Plaster Relief, c.1960
Located in Savannah, GA
A souvenir plaster relief in patinated bronze finish depicting Alexander the Great, 1960s
7 ½ inches wide by 1 inch deep
Good overall condition.
Category
1960s Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Plaster
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
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
$3,388 / item
White Limestone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white Crema Luna Limestone, the design sprung from Greek and Roman times, it carries superb artistic me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble, Limestone
$3,388 / item
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
$3,104 / item
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
$3,111 / item
Classical Style Carved Marble Stone Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
We are now manufacturing this model in Carrara marble
Custom sizing available
As tradition this timeless Italian classical sink is cut from one single block of white marble, the des...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
$4,741 / item
pair Classical Greek Alabaster Table lamps 1950s Italy
Located in Den Haag, NL
Stunning set of Classical Greek Alabaster Table lamps .
1950s Italy . comes with beathiful Gold color shades . Perfect match .
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Sculpture of Hera Greek mythology in plaster, wax - Alessandro La Motta
By A. Manzoni
Located in Villa Verucchio, Emilia-Romagna
Sculpture of Hera - A Masterpiece of Art and Myth
The Sculpture of Hera in plaster, wax, and charcoal is a work that embodies the strength, grace, and timeless charm of Greek mythol...
Category
2010s Italian Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Gesso
Antique French Corinthian Capital
Located in Austin, TX
Corinthian Capital, French, of finely hand carved wood finished with 24 carats gold leafing. The architectural element which can serve as a side table features a hand carved décor o...
Category
1870s French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Ceramic Vase with Brown Bulls and Bands
Located in Grythyttan, SE
With inspiration from ancient greek pictorial style vases, this beige vase is decorated with bulls and bands in brown paint. The band ornamentations with two bands, twisted bands and...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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
$3,388 / item
Classical Plaster Hermes Foot Sculpture by D Brucciani & Co, London
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Early 20th Century classical plaster Hermes foot model impressed "D Brucciani & Co London" and numbered "2504". Signed "P.J. Hone" on the underside. This detailed sculptural object f...
Category
Early 20th Century English Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Plaster
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
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
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
$14,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Versace Medallion Meandre D'Or Creamer & Sugar Set. Original Boxes
By Versace
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Versace Designed Crisp White Porcelain with raised Medusa Medallion Head in their collars. This pattern has Versace's signature design featuring the figurehead of Medusa. The Medalli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Gold
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
Early 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
Large Vintage Prop Print of Greco Roman Statue of Woman in Flowing Garb
Located in New York, NY
This interesting print was probably part of a scene for a film, or TV production. The subject is a classical statue of a woman in a flowing dress, holding a pitcher and a bowl. The p...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
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
Pair of Greek Reproduction Terracotta Pots
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A pair of Greek reproduction plant pots from Crete, made of terracotta resembling Mediterranean olive jars. These small vessels are nicely decorated with ribbed details encircling t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
Ancient Greek Style Hand Painted Kantharos, Drinking Cup With High Handles
Located in Stamford, CT
Ancient Greek style "kantharos", a drinking cup with handles. In the Apulian style of southern Italy. Quite elegant with a fine painting of a seated, robed sculptor on the front, and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Copper
Ancient Feet Statue with Compressed Marble Powder 'Istanbul Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Measures: Height: 26.3'' / Weight: 60 kg
Heroes in Mythology were men and women of special features and charachteristics. These feet are anonymous but they looks like Heracles..
Is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Statuary Marble
Mid Century Terracotta Sculpture of the Greek Goddess Hygeia
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful sculpture, a representation of the Greek goddess Hygeia. In Greek mythology, Hygieia was the goddess of health. The statue is made of white terracotta (pipeclay), patinated...
Category
1930s French Vintage Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
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
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
$3,222 / item
French Vintage Reproduction Parthenon Frieze Panel
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
The Parthenon, that postcard image from the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, was once a great temple of white marble and a staggering program of sculptures to enhance the architecture fr...
Category
20th Century French Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Ancient Greek Style Charger With Olympian Runners
Located in Stamford, CT
Ancient Greek style charger of platter depicting two Olympic runner competing in a race. Beautifully painted in red and black on a yellow ground, with decorative bands, including the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Paint
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
19th Century Grand Tour Engravings of Achilles and Borghese Gladiator
Located in Richmond, London
Two exquisite and rare etchings of ancient sculptures by Pierre Bouillon (1776-1831), from his book Musée des antiques, published in Paris between 1811...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Paper
Carrara Marble Bathroom Kitchen Sink Basin
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
This timeless beautiful Italian classical double sink is cut from one single block of white Carrara marble, the design has 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
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
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
Classical Marble Corner Stone Sink
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Period Corner Marble Stone Sink
Outstanding rare item with carved detailed features
all original and unrestored
Width cm 67
Depth cm 53
Internal height cm 8
External heigh...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
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
Vintage Grand Tour Bronze Gladiator Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This bronze-toned figure captures the poised intensity of a classical warrior, frozen in the moment before launching his spear. Wearing only a crested Corinthian helmet and loincloth...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Stone, Metal
Lion, marble sculpture, Venice, after the 18th century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Lion, marble sculpture, Venice, after the 18th century
Category
Mid-20th Century French Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
New Modern Colorful Light Blue Oushak Carpet with Transitional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
80921 New Modern Colorful Oushak Rug, 10'00 x 13'08. This hand-knotted wool modern Oushak rug is a painter’s reverie in textile form—a serene landscape where color drifts like mornin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Wool
$7,784 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Carved Marble Garden Putto Figure
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large scale sculpture of a laughing putto standing on an elaborate foliate base, supporting a basket weave footed vase overflowing with large acanthus leaves (some with small drill...
Category
19th Century Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Marble
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
Torso maschile in marmo bianco di Carrara - Discoforo
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Scultura, Torso maschile, arte classica, arte greca, Torso, marmo bianco Carrara, scultura classica, torso antico, torso discoforo
Torso maschile scolpi...
Category
1990s European 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
Monumental Silvered and Gilt-Bronze Glass Centerpiece of "Poseidon"
Located in Queens, NY
A Monumental French Silvered and Gilt-Bronze and Glass Centerpiece of "Poseidon", Paris, circa 1895.
A very good quality centerpiece depicting "Poseidon and his seahorses", of mon...
Category
Early 20th Century French Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Italian Carrara Marble Nymph Figure
Located in Newark, England
Fine Italian Carrara marble of a Nymph. The figure stood upon a rocky plinth partially nude with a draped robe seen pouring water from a large urn as she looks on. The beautiful carv...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
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
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Marble/Alabaster Composite Goddess Venus Garden Statue on Pedestal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Indoor or Outdoor Statue.
Cast of Greek Goddess in the style of Venus the Water Bearer.
Mix of crushed alabaster and marble mixed with GFRC. Giving it a solid stone look with much l...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
$1,984 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Pair of Pâte Sur Pâte Lamps Re-electrified, Celadon France
Located in Epfach, DE
The technique of pâte sur pâte (French for "mass on mass") is an elaborate and fascinating method of porcelain decoration that became particularly popular in the second half of the 1...
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1880s French Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Early Biscuit Bust of Lady on Red Vintage Marble Pedestal
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Bust of Lady in Biscuit Porcelain Placed on a Vintage Square Pedestal Made in Red Marble. This shelf size sculpture would be perfect as a decorative piece on a table in a livin...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Classical Greek Furniture
Materials
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.