Classical Roman Furniture
CLASSICAL ROMAN STYLE
During Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 A.D., Pompeii and Herculaneum in today’s Italy were preserved as they were on the day of their destruction. Particularly at Herculaneum, furnishings were carbonized beneath volcanic ash. This was pivotal to understanding how Classical Roman furniture was designed. Archaeological investigations and printed reproductions of discoveries would influence styles evoking this ancient civilization, from the Renaissance to neoclassicism.
While knowledge of Classical Roman furniture comes from rare surviving pieces, it is also derived from frescoes and sculptures portraying Roman life. Much of Roman art, architecture and design was informed by Greece — Roman architect, military engineer and writer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, whose timeless De architectura is taught in contemporary architecture classes and pays tribute to classical architecture, visited Greece while working under Julius Caesar and admired the country’s architectural developments. The Roman solium references the Greek thronos, a stately chair of honor with an upright form and footstool. As the Roman Empire spread across Europe and into North Africa and Western Asia, the expansion of trade for silver, silk, marble and wood allowed for more luxurious designs.
Classical Roman furniture was made from bronze, wood and stone — in particular, marble — with ornate touches like tortoiseshell veneers, bone and glass inlays and claw feet. Ornaments depicting lion heads and mythological figures were sculpted from silver, bronze and ivory. Compared to the decorative attention given to the mosaic floors and wall paintings, however, furniture for even a wealthy house was minimal. It focused on the necessities for guests arriving for both socializing and business and the rooms housing family, relatives and enslaved people.
The triclinium dining room had banquet couches, items so prized they were sometimes interred with the deceased. Tall bronze or terracotta candelabras held oil lamps for lighting. Carved marble tables reflected status, while the lararium home shrine demonstrated faith.
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Style: Classical Roman
Large Victorian Framed Colour Print of the Daphnephoria
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Victorian framed colour print of The Daphnephoria.
Large Victorian framed colour print of The Daphnephoria by Frederic Leighton (1830–1896), 1876, from Lady Lever Art Galler...
Category
19th Century Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique Grand Tour Ornately Cast 'The Dying Gaul' Italian Bronze Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very ornately cast bronze sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have been done in Italy in approximately 1900, in the Classical Roman style. This figurative study depicts the famous Classical Roman sculpture known as 'The Dying Gaul...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Bronze
21st Century Studio Irvine Fusto Bookcase Mod.I Concrete Bookshelf Green Cement
Located in Rome, Lazio
Bookcase part of a collection of modular system in ultra-high performing cement mortar. UHPC tabletop and base colored in the mixture and sandblasted. Available in eight different co...
Category
2010s Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Concrete
One of a Kind Ceramic Vessel by Mugly, Nyc
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mugly NYC is a Brooklyn based ceramic studio specializing in richly textured sculptural clay and porcelain that evoke the poetics of the handmade.
This vessel is made to order with ...
Category
2010s Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Clay
18th Century Venetian Throne Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand-carved 18th Century giltwood newly-upholstered in Rubelli metal silk fabric.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Giltwood
Period Italian Empire Daybed
Located in Houston, TX
Late 18th Century mahogany and giltwood daybed fully restored to it's original glory. This beautiful bed features intricately carved heads and rare Roma...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Silk, Velvet, Mahogany, Giltwood
Roman Style Solid Marble Bust
Located in Countryside, IL
Roman style solid marble bust
This bust measures: 15 wide x 10 deep x 23 inches high
This piece is in Great Vintage Condition with minor marks, dents, and wear.
We take our ...
Category
20th Century American Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Marble
Leonardo Da Vinci Hardcover Book by Patrice Boussel
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Leonardo Da Vinci Hardcover Book by Patrice Boussel.
Discusses Leonardo the man and painter, provides an analysis of his thinking as revealed in his...
Category
20th Century French Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Paper
Metal Side Italian Table With Tray
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Classical folding metal table with tray: elegant and useful. Faux briar painted, the tray has a small elegant railing that completes it and preven...
Category
1990s Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Metal
Roman Corinthian Capital, Flavian Period, 1st Century AD
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Roman corinthian capital
Marble
Flavian period, 1st century AD
H 40 x L 42 x P 40
Provenance : Private collection United Kingdom.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Marble
Mid-18th Century Italian Silver Book Binding
Located in New York, NY
An 18th century Italian silver book binding. An impressively designed, this book binding is formed by two, nearly identical covers, each embossed w...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Silver
French Set of Champleve Enameled Small Inkwell and Letter Opener
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a small bronze champleve enamel set of an inkwell and letter opener. Both of them depicts colorful hand painted flowers, “C” scrolls and foliages. The resting plate of the in...
Category
Early 20th Century French Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Bronze
21st Century Studio Irvine Fusto Bookcase Mod.I Concrete Bookshelf Beige Cement
Located in Rome, Lazio
Bookcase part of a collection of modular system in ultra-high performing cement mortar. UHPC tabletop and base colored in the mixture and sandblasted. Available in eight different co...
Category
2010s Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Concrete
21st Century Studio Irvine Concrete Circular Dining Table Ultramarine Cement
Located in Rome, Lazio
Rounded shape dining table part of a collection of modular system in ultra-high performing cement mortar. UHPC tabletop and base colored in the mixture and sandblasted. Available in ...
Category
2010s Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Concrete
Round "Dorico" Table in Classic Travertine Open Porous
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The Dorigo round table can be customizable in different sizes and stones.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Travertine
17th Century Scagliola Circular Table
Located in Lincoln, GB
A beautiful Scagliola table top circular table inlaid with various exotic agates and marbles detailed in a roman style design. The 17th century top...
Category
17th Century Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Agate, Marble
Leonardo Da Vinci The Complete Paintings Hardcover Coffee Table Book
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Leonardo da Vinci. The Complete Paintings.
Book by Pietro Marani
Da Vinci in detail: Leonardo's life and work all paintings.
One of the most fully ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of 19th Century French Weathered Iron Campana Form Garden Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a backyard or a patio with this elegant pair of classical Roman antique urns. Crafted in France circa 1850, each vase stands on a square base with pedestal over a gadrooned ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century French Polished Iron Bust of Young "Bacchante" Female
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shell or wine cellar with this elegant bust. Hand crafted in France circa 1970, and built of iron, the bust sits on an attached round base, and depicts a young female "Bac...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Iron
Large Vintage Italian Capodimonte Porcelain Box
By Capodimonte
Located in Houston, TX
Large vintage Italian Capodimonte Porcelain box.
Stunning large vintage Italian Capodimonte porcelain box. This lovely...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Italian Cherrywood Sofa
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Cherry wood center sofa, early '900.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Classical Roman Style Bathtubs, Custom Sizing Available
Located in Cranbrook, Kent
Classical Roman style bathtubs
Solid one piece manufacture
Designs in various marbles with custom sizing and design options available
Small or la...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
1910s Imperial Grand Rapids Carved Solid Walnut Trestle Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Very Rare 1910s Imperial Grand Rapids trestle table in fine carved walnut wood. Top made out of Banded and bookmatched dark walnut veneer. Table ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Hardwood, Walnut, Burl
Vintage Roman Soldier and Chariot Horses Sculpture on Marble Base
Located in San Diego, CA
A sculpture A. Santini classic figure, made in Italy, a stunning piece for display Italian Import Collection: Direct from Italy, this sculpture its from Bonded Carrara Marble sitting on solid marble base and make a wonderful addition to any home, office... or if given - the perfect gift. Excellent vintage condition. Roman Soldier Chariot Horses...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Marble
Bronze Bust of Roman Emperor
Located in New York, NY
large and impressive mid century Italian Bronze Bust of Roman Emperor on a marble base.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Style Griffons Table Pedestals
Located in Sheffield, MA
Two grand and very impressive cast concrete neoclassical style pedestal dining table bases with finely detailed winged griffins. Will support a large stone, marble or glass table top...
Category
Early 2000s Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Concrete
21st Century Studio Irvine Betti Mod.II Coffee Side Table Concrete Grey Cement
Located in Rome, Lazio
Surrealism, primitivism, metaphysics and brutalism. Art together with architecture and design build a scenario of inspirations and continuous references through which the material, t...
Category
2010s Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Concrete, Metal
Marble Top White and Gilt Coffee Table with Greek Key and Decorative Inlay
Located in Essex, MA
Marble top white and gilt coffee table with Greek key and decorative inlay
Pretty 1940s Italian marble top with blue Greek key design and musical instruments inlay.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Marble
Ancient Roman Bronze Handle or Artifact
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An antique or ancient Roman bronze element.
This piece was an element of a vase or possibly handle to something larger.
It has the head of...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century, French, Two-Tone Painted Iron Campana Form Urns, Set of 2
Located in Dallas, TX
Place these large vases at your front or back door! Crafted in France circa 1850, the antique Campana form urns stand on a square base with a wide mouth at the top, and feature the original painted and weathered finish. The tall Medici planters...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Iron
Specimen Marble Cocktail Table with a Custom Iron Base
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This table is comprised of multiple specimen marble squares measuring 1.75" X 1.75". The table top rests inset the base and is raised .75" from the base. The marble specimens represe...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Marble, Iron
Matching Pair of Handcarved Italian Alabaster Horses
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely matching pair of handcarved Italian Alabaster horses.
Mid 20th century circa 1960.
Pair of hand-carved horses that look like ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Marble Column with Gilded Bronze Capital and Base
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A dark red/brown circular marble column with a large gilded bronze Corinthian capital and a \r gilded bronze "socle" base. Topping the column is a thick 'larger' square white marble platform with similar square but slightly smaller white base both intended to give the somewhat short column...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Marble
Female Torso in Cast Stone Karl Springer Ltd
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This cast stone female torso was purchased in 1983 from the Karl Springer showroom in 1983. We have the original receipt for the purchase which where the torso was displayed in Honol...
Category
1980s American Vintage Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone
Pair of 19th Century French Weathered Iron Campana Form Garden Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a backyard or a patio with this elegant pair of classical Roman antique urns. Crafted in France circa 1850, each vase stands on a square base with pedestal over a gadrooned ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Iron
Ermes Touch Lamp, White
Located in Mantova, MN
A sophisticated table lamp that will appeal to lovers of both Classical décor and contemporary style. The sculptural body – a bust of the god Hermes atop a column-shaped pedestal, is crafted from high-quality ceramic in the Venetian tradition, entirely hand-finished, and coated in glaze, enamel or precious metal-based paint. This stylish lamp boasts and innovative touch system that allows to switch and adjust the light simply by touching the ceramic pedestal. The light source is a 7W LED strip with 3000K lumen and 100-240V voltage.
Second in Les First’s “Light of the Gods collection”, and inspired by the feasting gods painted in the Hall of Cupid and Psyche in the Palazzo Te of Mantua, Ermes makes a symmetrical match for the first-born Minerva, in a sophisticated mirroring game of shape, structure, and symbolical value.
Set on top of a Corinthian column, and bathed in a soft glow, the messenger of the gods, symbol of change and whirling energy, is shaped in vibrant ceramic – to create a new mythology of light.
Les First: Light of the Gods
A luminous pantheon reinventing myth in a flow of energy and imagination: light sculptures with a strong and versatile personality, a perfect fit for both classical or minimalist settings, born to satisfy the senses and pay tribute to a timeless beauty.
The Lamps
1. The Idea: Les First – top quality Italian craftsmanship
2. Technological Innovation: the dimmable touch lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Plexiglass
Large Italian Scavo Corroso Aquamarine Glass Urn Vase
Located in New York, NY
Large Italian Scavo Corroso glass urn vase with 2 handles and gorgeous raised wave design surrounding the middle. Mesmerising to look at!
This piece evo...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Recumbent Giltwood Venus or Goddess Architectural Fragment
Located in Nashville, TN
A giltwood carved figure or reclining lady or goddess. Well worn with gesso and red bole showing through out.
Nicely carved and presents very well. Probably an architectural overdoor...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Bisque Porcelain Couple with Grapes, 19th Century French Sèvres
Located in Lantau, HK
A 19th century French Sèvres biscuit porcelain figurine of a couple seated in the garden. The gentleman is feeding grapes to the lady, whose l...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Carrara Marble
Mid-Century Flemish Handwoven Biblical Tapestry with Esther and Ahasuerus
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall or a staircase with this colorful large antique biblical tapestry. Handwoven in Belgium, circa 1950, the colorful wall piec...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Tapestry, Canvas
Murano Scavo Corroso Lamp, II
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a remarkable example of a late 20th century Scavo Corroso* Vase, attributed to Seguso/Karl Springer, that has been beautifully detailed with a br...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair 18th Century French Neoclassical Hand-Carved Painted Wall Sconces, Corbels
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 18th century French neoclassical hand-carved and painted wall sconces ~ Corbels were sculpted from solid oak and feature a timeless classical scroll festooned with acanthus flou...
Category
18th Century French Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Oak
American Carved Authentic Large Marble Angel Statues
Located in Surrey, BC
Now and then something fantastic comes available to acquire. Here is a pair of marble (yes marble) angel statues salvaged from an old church in New...
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Marble
Vintage Brass & Copper Sun Clock Armillary Sun Dial on Wooden Base, German 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A decorative sculpture statue. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of brass, copper, wrought iron and a wooden base. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany...
Category
1960s German Vintage Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ermes Touch Lamp, Matte Black
Located in Mantova, MN
A sophisticated table lamp that will appeal to lovers of both Classical décor and contemporary style. The sculptural body – a bust of the god Hermes atop a column-shaped pedestal, is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Plexiglass
Christofle France Silver Plated Plate
By Christofle
Located in Sharon, CT
A heavy 12" signed plate.
Category
1970s American Vintage Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Weathered Cast Stone Classical Corinthian Column Pedestal
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A weathered cast stone classical corinthian column pedestal
A superb fluted classical column pedestal, the pedestal is made in cast ston...
Category
Mid-20th Century Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Cast Stone
Pair of Cast Plaster Recumbent Entrance Way Garden Lions
Located in New York, NY
Attractive pair of garden statuary, entrance way lions, of heavy cast material (plaster). Both are in very good, original condition, showing only the expe...
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Meissen Set of the Four Seasons Porcelain Figures, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting set of four, late 19th century Meissen porcelain groups, depicting the four seasons, each with putti playing around a logs fire, a bail of hay, picking grapes and garla...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
21st Century Studio Irvine Fusto Bookcase Concrete Bookshelves Brick Red Cement
Located in Rome, Lazio
Bookcase part of a collection of modular system in ultra-high performing cement mortar. UHPC tabletop and base colored in the mixture and sandblasted. Available in eight different co...
Category
2010s Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Concrete
Antique English Oil/Canvas of a Young Girl Holding a Rose After William Hammer
By Hammer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique English Oil/Canvas of a Young Girl holding a Rose after William Hammer, within a gilt frame, ready to be hung.
Category
19th Century English Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Early 20th Century Bronze Bust of David, Désiré Weygers
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique brown patinated bronze bust depicting the mythical David after Michelangelo's masterpiece displayed in the Museum of Florence. The ...
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Pompeian Style Marble Tapered Tripod Wood and Bronze Pedestal
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A classic painted wood marble and metal tri-pod pedestal modelled after an ancient pedestal discovered in Pompeii. Below the shaped green marble top are three metal grotesque masks w...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal
Splendid and Large Italian Classic Hammered Copper Jardeniere
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid and large oval Italian copper Jardiniere.
The classical piece is usually used for large flower plant arrangements.
In the style of Renzo Mongiardino interiors.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Copper
Neoclassical Style Gilt and Silvered Mirror with Carved Columns
Located in Essex, MA
Large rectangular Italian "neoclassical style " mirror with finely carved reeded classical columns as the supports. Wonderful gilt and silvered patina for
the opulent, decadent, an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Wood
Late 18th Century German Parcel-Gilt Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
A late 18th century continental parcel-gilt silver Torah pointer made in Germany. This magnificent torah pointer is shaped in a tapered spiral form. At one end of the pointer, a beau...
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Italian Holy Water Font with Brass Relief and Candle Holders
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A gorgeous antique Italian holy water font created from wood and brass. The back of the font features brass decorations depicting the stations of the cross. At the center, Christ's c...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Brass
Italian Curule Armchair
Located in Woodbury, CT
Iron, brass and leather curule armchair. Originally meant for Roman magistrates, this version features tooled and gilded leather on an iron frame with ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Classical Roman Furniture
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Classical Roman furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Classical Roman 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, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with stone, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Classical Roman 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 Europa Antiques, Luca Scacchetti, LAGU, and Richard Ginori. 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 $150,000 while the average work can sell for $2,914.
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