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High Back Spanish Chair

Set of Four 1970s Spanish Woven Bamboo High Back Chairs
Located in Marbella, ES
Set of four vintage 1970s Spanish hand woven bamboo high back chairs
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Late 20th Century Spanish Chairs

Materials

Bamboo

Set of Four 1970s Spanish Woven Bamboo High Back Chairs
Set of Four 1970s Spanish Woven Bamboo High Back Chairs
$4,160 / set
H 45.28 in W 16.93 in D 19.69 in
Spanish high back ladder chairs, a pair, mid-1900s, goatskin and linen seats.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare pair of high back ladder chairs, Spain mid-1900s.. Re-upholstered in goatskin and linen
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Vintage 1940s Spanish Spanish Colonial Chairs

Materials

Goatskin, Linen

Spanish Colonial Revival Small High Narrow Back Chair Red Velvet Style Witco
By Witco
Located in Topeka, KS
Outstanding vintage Spanish Colonial Revival or Mediterranean style small narrow high back chair
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Vintage 1970s Unknown Spanish Colonial Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

3 High-Backed Chairs, Cordoba Leather Trim with Native American Decor, Spain
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
3 high-backed chairs, Cordoba leather trim with Native American decor and cupids framing a floral
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Antique Mid-19th Century Spanish Renaissance Chairs

Materials

Brass

Old Spanish Throne Occasional High Back Chair Period Distressed Paint Leather
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very old and original Spanish high back carved occasional
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Antique 19th Century Spanish Victorian Side Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Set of Twenty 1970s Spanish Bamboo Upholstered High Back Chairs
Located in Marbella, ES
Set of twenty 1970s Spanish bamboo upholstered high back chairs. Fabric is not perfect
Category

Late 20th Century Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Bamboo

Great Hand Carved Wooden High Back Chair with Sea Grass Seat from Spain, 1960s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Great hand carved wooden high back chair with sea grass seat from Spain, 1960s. The pictures
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Vintage 1960s Spanish French Provincial Side Chairs

Materials

Seagrass, Wood

Set of 8 high back chairs, 1950s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set of 8 turned wood (brazilian chestnut) high back chairs peak ending with a straw seat. Spain
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Vintage 1950s Spanish Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Straw, Chestnut

Set of 8 high back chairs, 1950s.
Set of 8 high back chairs, 1950s.
$4,160 / set
H 50.01 in W 17.33 in D 18.9 in
19th Century Spanish Revival High Back Armchair with Red Velvet Upholstery
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Spanish revival high back armchair with red velvet upholstery.
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Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Revival Side Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

Set of 2 Tall Spanish Ladder-Back Chairs, 1940s
Located in Manzano, IT
your space with this stunning pair of high-back chairs from 1940s Spain. Their bold red lacquered
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Vintage 1940s Italian Chairs

Materials

Straw, Wood, Beech

Set of 2 Tall Spanish Ladder-Back Chairs, 1940s
Set of 2 Tall Spanish Ladder-Back Chairs, 1940s
$1,783 / set
H 47.25 in W 17.33 in D 16.93 in
Set of Six 20th Century Andalusian High Back Chairs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Fabulous set of six early 20th century polychrome high back chairs with strawed seats. Each
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20th Century Spanish Folk Art Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Set of Six 20th Century Andalusian High Back Chairs
Set of Six 20th Century Andalusian High Back Chairs
$3,905 / set
H 46.07 in W 20.87 in D 16.93 in
Gandia Blasco Stack Ottoman for High Back Lounge Chair by Borja Garcia
By Gandia Blasco
Located in New York, NY
outdoor Batyline® fabric is employed in the seat and back, which is adhered to the aluminum structure
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Gandia Blasco Stack High Back Lounge Chair in Aluminum by Borja Garcia
By Gandia Blasco
Located in New York, NY
outdoor Batyline® fabric is employed in the seat and back, which is adhered to the aluminum structure
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

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Spanish Baroque High Back Chairs, Pair
Located in Cookeville, TN
Spanish Baroque high back chairs with scalloped top rail with a pierced scroll carved crest. Curved
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20th Century Spanish Baroque Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Spanish Baroque High Back Chairs, Pair
Spanish Baroque High Back Chairs, Pair
H 56 in W 24 in D 26.13 in
Carved high back Spanish Rennaissance style chair
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Tall and impressive carved arm chair in solid oak with the original deep tone finish. This item
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20th Century Spanish Armchairs

Materials

Oak

Hand Carved "Knight" High Back Chair, 1960s Spain
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Rare hand carved and hand painted knight chair, Spain 1960s.
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Vintage 1960s Spanish Primitive Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of Spanish Moorish High Back Hall Chairs
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
with this unique hall chairs. Pair of Spanish High back Jacobean Renaissance English Revival Gothic
Category

20th Century Moorish Chairs

Materials

Wood

Spanish High-Back Leather + Oak Slipper Chair by Pierre Lottier, 1950s
By Pierre Lottier
Located in Chicago, IL
Sold and priced individually. A 1950s Spanish high-back slipper chair, attributed to Pierre
Category

Vintage 1950s Spanish Spanish Colonial Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Oak

Set of 12 High Back Brown Velvet Spanish Dining Chairs
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Set of 12 high back brown velvet Spanish dining chairs. Great looking with upholstered dark brown
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Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Mohair, Walnut

Set of 4 Mid-Century Modern Solid Oak Chairs with High Backs - Spain
Located in Girona, Girona
Set of 4 solid oak chairs with high backs, original blue-turquoise skai (faux leather) upholstery
Category

Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Faux Leather, Oak

Adrian Pearsall Strictly Spanish High Back Swivel Chair, Circa 1960s
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Vintage Adrian Pearsall high back swivel lounge chair from his “Strictly Spanish” collection for
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs

Materials

Upholstery

Modern High Back Swivel Chairs by Andreu World
By Andreu World
Located in North York, ON
Modern high back Swivel chair by Andreu World. Featuring textured burnt orange fabric with
Category

Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs

Materials

Metal

Vintage Hollywood Regency High Back Iron Peacock Chair
Located in Redding, CT
Vintage Hollywood Regency High Back Iron Peacock Chair. Possibly Spanish revival era from the 1960s
Category

Vintage 1960s Hollywood Regency Chairs

Materials

Iron

Pair of Modern High Back Swivel Chairs by Andreu World
By Andreu World
Located in North York, ON
Pair of Modern High Back Swivel chairs by Andreu World. Featuring textured burnt orange fabric with
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Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs

Materials

Metal

Pair of 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Chairs in Embossed Córdoba Leather
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
and imposing pair of 18th-century Spanish Colonial high-back chairs, uniting the sculptural gravitas
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Antique 1760s Peruvian Spanish Colonial Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Spanish Colonial Walnut Hall Chairs Leather and Tapestry Covered a Pair 1940s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
A 19th century Louis XIII style French, Spanish Colonial High-backed side chairs made of solid
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Early 20th Century North American Spanish Colonial Side Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Set of 7 Mid Century Modern Leather and Oak Dining Chairs
By Pierre Lottier
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Rich patina in this set of 7 elegant Spanish MCM high-back leather chairs attributed to Pierre
Category

Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

Vintage High Back Jacobean Style Spanish Hall Prayer Chairs, Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage high back Jacobean style Spanish hall prayer chairs, pair Offered for sale is a 20th
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20th Century Jacobean Chairs

Materials

Tapestry, Wood

Vintage Spanish Colonial Revival Gold Velvet Small High Back Chair Style Witco
Located in Topeka, KS
Revival small high back chair in the style of WITCO. Its petite sculptured frame is comprised of dark
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Spanish Colonial Chairs

Materials

Steel

Arthur Umanoff Style Spanish Revival High Back Chairs
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic set of three Spanish revival wrought iron high-back dining chairs made in the manner and
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pair of Spanish 18th Century High Back Studded Leather Dining Chairs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of Spanish 18th century high back studded leather dining chairs.  
Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Set of Eight Spanish 19th Century High-Back Chairs with Turned Legs
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1890s set of eight Spanish high back chairs with upholstered seats and backs. Frames have
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Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Brass

Asian Modern Black Lacquer High Back Dining Chairs Made in Spain, 1980s
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Made in Spain, these black lacquered dining chairs are a mix of Italian, Scandinavian and Asian
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Vintage 1980s Spanish Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Hardwood, Lacquer

Set of Eight Postmodern High Back Spindle Dining Chairs from Spain in Black
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A dramatic set of 8 matching dining chairs that were produced in Spain in the late 1980s. They
Category

Vintage 1980s Spanish Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Vintage Boho Carved Spanish Ticking Stripe Chairs - a Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extraordinary pair of vintage Boho Spanish high back chairs. Hand carved detail and a giant
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Chairs

Materials

Metal

Spanish Revival Dining Room Chairs Set of 6
Located in Pomona, CA
A set of six high-back Spanish Revival dining room chairs. New upholstery
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Vintage 1950s English Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Oak

Portuguese Pair of High-Backed Chairs, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of high-backed chairs Portuguese 18th Century In carved and patinated chestnut wood and
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Antique 18th Century Portuguese Spanish Colonial Armchairs

Materials

Rosewood

Midcentury Spanish High-Back Leather Lounge Chair
Located in Dorchester, MA
This midcentury Spanish lounge chair features an angular maple frame with a dramatic high back
Category

Vintage 1950s Spanish Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Maple

Spanish Colonial High Back Carved Arm Chair
Located in Charleston, SC
Spanish Colonial High Back Carved Arm Chair, c. 1850. Reupholstered in Linen.
Category

Antique 19th Century Chairs

Materials

Wood

Set of 8 Spanish leather walnut high back chairs
Located in Kensington, MD
Set of 8 Spanish high back walnut frame chairs with leather seats & backs
Category

20th Century Spanish Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Adrian Pearsall, 1960s High Back "Strickley Spanish" Swivel Chair
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in Houston, TX
High-back swivel lounge chair by Adrian Pearsall for his “Strictly Spanish” collection for Craft
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery

Hand Carved High Back Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand Carved High Back Chair, Spain 19th Century
Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Side Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Hand Carved High Back Chair
Hand Carved High Back Chair
H 58 in W 26 in D 24 in
Vintage Set of Ten Spanish Revival Barley Twist High Back Chairs
Located in Pasadena, CA
"Vintage Set of Ten Spanish Revival Barley Twist High back Chairs with Fuax leather and suede back
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Vintage 1970s Spanish Revival Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

SPANISH BAROQUE CARVED WALNUT HIGH-BACK ARM CHAIR
Located in San Francisco, CA
A MASSIVE SPANISH BAROQUE CARVED AND RETICULATED WALNUT UPHOLSTERED HIGH-BACK ARM CHAIR WITH X
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Armchairs

Pair of Ornately Carved 1920 s Spanish Revival Chairs
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pair of elegantly styled Spanish Revival high-backed chairs featuring newly upholstered leather
Category

Early 20th Century American Chairs

Materials

Leather

19th Century Flemish or Spanish Leather High back arm chair
Located in Montecito, CA
Lovely leather desk chair in very stable condition with beautiful patina.
Category

Antique 19th Century Armchairs

Materials

Oak, Leather

Black Painted Spanish High Back Chair Upholstered in African Fabric
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black painted Spanish high back chair upholstered in vintage striped African fabric.
Category

Vintage 1970s Chairs

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Solid Walnut Dovetail Record Crate
$365 / item
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19thc Pair Swiss Elm Hall Chairs
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1890 19thC Pair Swiss Elm Hall Chairs With pierced backs and cleated seats. Measures: W 35 x D 45 x H 93cm. Seat height 44.  
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Antique 19th Century Side Chairs

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$3,357 / set
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Bertu Bar Stool, Cicely Modern White Oak Bar Stool
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$1,375 / item
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Una 
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$23,226
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High Back Spanish Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the high back Spanish chair you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each high back Spanish chair for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fabric and metal. Find 24 options for an antique or vintage high back Spanish chair now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer high back Spanish chair, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A high back Spanish chair, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Modern or Baroque style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Gandia Blasco, Andreu World and Guillermo Santomà each produced at least one beautiful high back Spanish chair that is worth considering.

How Much is a High Back Spanish Chair?

Prices for a high back Spanish chair start at $519 and top out at $17,483 with the average selling for $2,882.

Finding the Right Seating for You

With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.

Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.

Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.

The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.

Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.

With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.

Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.

No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.

Questions About High Back Spanish Chair
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A high back office chair has a tall backrest to provide support to both your back and neck. It helps minimize the risk of chronic neck and back problems. These chairs also come with wheels attached for ease of mobility. Shop a range of antique and vintage high back office chairs on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023
    High-backed old-fashioned chairs are often called wingback chairs. They may not offer structural support, but the wings on antique and vintage wingback chairs certainly do have a purpose or did, when the design was first conceived in England in the 1600s. Back then, the armchair protrusions were meant to protect the sitter from drafts and from the strong heat radiating from the large fireplaces that were popular at the time. This explains why the wingback is so strongly associated with cozying up by the fireplace. Although the functional aspect of a wingback may be obsolete in the 21st century, the chairs have maintained their popularity over the years and have seen waves of revivals. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique, vintage and modern wingback chairs from some of the world's top sellers on 1stDibs.