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Pyrenees Dining Table, Handcrafted in Western Australian Jarrah Hardwood
Located in Winchelsea, AU
wavy and interlocking grain produces some samples with a sought after fiddle-back figure.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Wood, Hardwood

Bambra Dining Table, Handcrafted in Western Australian Jarrah Hardwood
Located in Winchelsea, AU
with a sought after fiddle-back figure.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Wood, Hardwood

Avoca Dining Table, Handcrafted in Murray River Red Gum Hardwood
Located in Winchelsea, AU
spectacular deep red colour and the typical fiddle-back figure of river red gum timber make each piece of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Oceanic Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Wood, Hardwood

Aurora Dining Table, Handcrafted in Victorian Ash Hardwood
Located in Winchelsea, AU
produce fiddle back markings and have visible gum veins. It has a course texture.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Metal

Pyrenees Dining Table, Handcrafted in Victorian Ash Hardwood
Located in Winchelsea, AU
usually has a straight grain but may also produce fiddle back markings and have visible gum veins. It has
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Wood, Hardwood

Zeally Dining Table, Handcrafted in Murray River Red Gum Hardwood
Located in Winchelsea, AU
deep red colour and the typical fiddle-back figure of river red gum timber make each piece of furniture
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Minimalist Dining Room Tables

Materials

Wood, Hardwood

Aurora Dining Table, Handcrafted in Murray River Red Gum Hardwood
Located in Winchelsea, AU
best showcased in furniture; the spectacular deep red colour and the typical fiddle-back figure of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Metal

Table lamp makassar ebony variation jazz inspired in stock
Located in Edinboro, PA
Inspired Lamp II, now available in the stunning Makassar Ebony Variation with fiddle back maple inlay
Category

2010s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Georgian Padauk Wood Bachelors Chest of Drawers with Writing Fitment, circa 1730
Located in GB
unusual design for this period. It is veneered in fiddle back padauk wood which has a wonderful satin like
Category

Antique 1730s British George II Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Padouk

Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Extending Dining Table Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
, as too is the fiddle back veneer chosen for the frieze at the ends and either side. The mechanism is
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

George III Period Satinwood and Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Cabinet, shallow
Located in London, GB
simulated drawer fronts, opening to reveal fixed shelves. The whole of the finest fiddle back satinwood
Category

Antique 1780s English George III Cabinets

Materials

Satinwood

Rare and Fine Quality Late 18th Century Sheraton Period Mahogany Side Server
Located in Suffolk, GB
moulding surrounded by fiddle back mahogany veneer with boxwood and mahogany stringing. The shaped sides
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Sheraton Serving Tables

Materials

Boxwood, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood

Set of Four Mahogany Queen Anne Side Chairs, circa 1740-1760
Located in Providence, RI
this is a later variant of the fiddle back Federal chairs we see at the turn of the 19th century. These
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Queen Anne Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Silver Irish Dessert Spoons
By Peter Walsh
Located in London, GB
A set of six Irish silver Fiddle dessert spoons with rattail backs to bowls. Signed/Inscribed
Category

Antique 1840s Irish Victorian Tableware

Materials

Silver

Early 18th Century Queen Anne Walnut Chair
Located in Glencarse, Perthshire
With fiddle shaped back, cabrial legs and drop in seat. All in original condition, although the
Category

Antique 18th Century British Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Queen Anne Period Walnut Armchair
Located in Glencarse, Perthshire
Handsome Queen Anne period walnut armchair, with fiddle-shaped back and crossbanded frame. Well
Category

Antique 1710s European Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Antique Queen Anne Period Walnut Armchair
Located in Glencarse, GB
Handsome Queen Anne period walnut armchair, with fiddle shaped back and crossbanded frame. Well
Category

Antique 1720s British Queen Anne Armchairs

Set of 8 Walnut Queen Anne Style Dining Chairs
Located in Glencarse, Perthshire
beautifully figured fiddle-shaped backs, walnut on walnut with balloon-shaped seats. Raised on cabriole legs
Category

Vintage 1920s British Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Fiddled Back Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Benington, Herts
A quality antiques chest of drawers with blind fret canted corners. This very good quality fiddled
Category

Early 20th Century Great Britain (UK) Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

Antique McKinley School Fiddle Back Wall Mount Phone, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique McKinney School wall mount telephone features fiddle back oak case, circa 1890
Category

Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art

Materials

Oak

Pennsylvania House Solid Oak Fiddle Back Brace Back Chairs, A pair
By Pennsylvania House
Located in Germantown, MD
Gorgeous Pair of Pennsylvania House Solid Oak Fiddle Back Brace Back large Chairs. Solid Oak with
Category

Late 20th Century American American Craftsman Windsor Chairs

Materials

Oak

Stickley American Colonial Cherry Wood Fiddle Back Bench or Settee, Circa 1950s
By L. J.G. Stickley Inc.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional American Colonial style solid cherry wood fiddle back settee or bench By L. & J.G
Category

Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Benches

Materials

Cherry

19Thc Original Painted Decorated Fiddle Back Chairs -Set of Six Signed G. Nees
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original paint decorated fiddle back plank bottom chairs from Lancaster County ,Pennsylvania
Category

Antique 19th Century American Adirondack Chairs

Materials

Wood

19th Century Pair of Victorian Mahogany Fiddle Back Side Chairs
Located in London, GB
This is a superb pair of antique Victorian mahogany fiddle back side chairs, circa 1850 in date
Category

Antique 1850s English Victorian Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XVI Mahogany Marble Top Console Desserte, ca 1790
Located in Westwood, NJ
Fine Louis XVI three drawer console desserte with fiddle back mahogany, brass trim and mounts on
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Console Tables

Fine Quartetto Nest of Mahogany Tables
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
well grained fiddle back mahogany and ebony beading.
Category

Antique 1790s English Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables

Art Deco Style Console
Located in Westwood, NJ
An Art Deco-inspired faux ebony veneer console table with natural fiddle back sycamore interior
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Console Tables

Materials

Wood

An Early 19th Century English Kidney Shape Writing Table or Desk
Located in London, GB
An unusual early nineteenth century fiddle back mahogany kidney shaped writing table, with single
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Fine Chippendale Period Mahogany Tallboy
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A George III period fiddle back mahogany tallboy of fine color and patination, with canted corners
Category

Antique 1770s English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Estate Sterling Silver 19th Century Serving Pieces, mixed group of 5
By Bailey, Banks Biddle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pierced Ladle – Geometric pierced bowl, fiddle back terminate handle. unknown mark. 6 inches L x 2 inches
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American American Classical Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Fine Early 19th Century Regency Period Mahogany Display Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A fine early 19th century Regency period fiddle back mahogany display bookcase, having solid brass
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Bookcases

Materials

Brass

Queen Anne Burr and Highly Figured Walnut Kneehole Desk
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
edged kneehole under two long drawers. The oak-lined drawers are veneered in fiddle-back walnut which
Category

Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Walnut

Outstanding Pair of Adam Style Inlaid Serpentine Front Cabinets
Located in San Francisco, CA
An outstanding pair of Adam style fiddle back mahogany satinwood and boxwood banded and inlaid
Category

Antique 19th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood, Boxwood

Inlaid Mahogany Kidney-Shaped Side Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
tied flowers, above a fiddle back mahogany drawer with decorated swag design. Raised up on slender
Category

Early 20th Century British Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Henkel Harris American Colonial Solid Cherry Wood Dining Chairs, Set of Six
By Henkel Harris
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous set of six American Colonial style fiddle back dining chairs By Henkel Harris USA
Category

Vintage 1960s American American Colonial Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Cherry

Superb Pair of Italian Mid Century Maple Bedside Tables, Pair of Night Stands
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A stylish pair of mid century bedside tables, beautiful fiddle back maple detailing, sloped drawer
Category

Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Maple

19thc Original Painted Sage Green Windsor Rocking Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
condition.The saddle seat and fiddle back has a great painted surface with a apple painted on the front . This
Category

Antique 19th Century American Rocking Chairs

Materials

Pine, Hickory

Georgian Oval Breakfast Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George III period mahogany oval breakfast table, the single plank top with rich fiddle back
Category

Antique 1790s English Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XVI Buffet in the Manner of Adam Weisweiler
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in Austin, TX
Antique French Louis XVI style buffet of fiddle back mahogany in the manner of Louis XVI master
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Buffets

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Antique Louis XVI Mahogany Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
French Louis XVI style buffet or enfilade of fiddle-back mahogany veneer with ormolu bronze trim
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Credenzas

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Rare Harold Schwartz Romweber Sideboard With Floating Cabinet
By Harold Schwartz, Romweber Furniture Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed by Harold M. Schwartz for Romweber. Burled walnut side board with fiddle back highlights
Category

Vintage 1950s American Sideboards

Materials

Brass

19th Century Large English Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
set in the base. It has a superb fiddle back mahogany veneer and all the drawers are oak lined, with
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Great Britain (UK) Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

Art Deco Leather Wrapped Side Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Crafted with a circular grey fiddle back sycamore top and undertier, adorned with a bronze finish
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Metal

Fantastic 18thc Original Painted New England Windsor Side Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 18thc Windsor fiddle back chair retains all original crusty black painted surface with a
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Windsor Chairs

Materials

Pine

Harold Schwartz Romweber Sideboard With Floating Top Cabinet
By Romweber Furniture Co., Harold Schwartz
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed by Harold M. Schwartz for Romweber. Burled walnut side board with fiddle back highlights
Category

Vintage 1950s American Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Adjustable Desk Chair, Atvidabergs, Sweden, 1930s
By Åtvidabergs Snickerifabrik
Located in London, GB
the overall design. Particularly lovely is the detail of a fiddle-back transforming to a more
Category

Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Steel

Rare and Fine Antique American Flame Mahogany Empire Style Child’s Highchair
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
with superb highly figured flame mahogany veneered "Fiddle" back splat; scrolling arms and slip-in
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Empire Children s Furniture

Materials

Mahogany

Late Regency/William IV Mahogany Drum/Centre Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
with Exceptional Fiddle Back Top. Based on designs for library tables drawn up by the early regency
Category

Antique 1830s Center Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Victorian Nest of Four Tables, circa 1880
Located in Benington, Herts
1880-1900. This lovely quality nest of four tables have rectangular 'fiddle back' mahogany tops with
Category

Antique 19th Century English Regency Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables

Antique Walnut Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
, with the front edges inlaid in a beautiful geometric pattern. The drawer fronts are fiddle back wood
Category

Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Antique George III Mahogany Bow Front Chest on Chest - Tallboy
Located in Benington, Herts
. English circa 1790. The fiddle back mahogany timbered bow cornice having a moulded edge over a boxwood
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

19th Century Set of Eight Victorian Balloon Back Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
veneer like ‘flame’ mahogany and ‘fiddle back’ mahogany (named after its preferred use in the manufacture
Category

Antique 1870s English Victorian Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany

Small, Early 18th C. CHEST of Drawers, Walnut, Superb Colour, Dutch, c.1730
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
having chosen the very best fiddle-back veneers, which have magnificent figuring as seen in the
Category

Antique Early 18th Century Dutch George II Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Antique 19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Tallboy Chest on Chest of Drawers
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
, that has been restored historically to a good standard. Attractive fiddle-back veneers, with a nice
Category

Antique 19th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

Extremely Fine and Rare Early George III Mahogany Supper Table Plausibly by t
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
same attributes, the leather-wrapped low castors, fine moulding below the super compartment and fiddle
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Tulipwood

Early 20th Century Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Serpentine Card Console Table
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Edwardian fiddle-back mahogany serpentine card table, circa 1900 in date
Category

Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Card Tables and Tea Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

19th Century French Secretaire with Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Plaques
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in London, GB
reserve, and extensive entrelac foliates, opens to reveal a fiddle back satinwood interior, fitted with an
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets

Materials

Marble, Brass, Ormolu

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Fiddle Back For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic fiddle back available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and hardwood, every fiddle back was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect fiddle back — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each fiddle back bearing Georgian, Victorian or Regency hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made fiddle back over the years, but those crafted by Charles Boyton and Henkel Harris are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Fiddle Back?

Prices for a fiddle back start at $403 and top out at $37,600 with the average selling for $2,340.