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Early 19th Century Set of Six Chippendale Gothic Style Dining Chairs
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century set of six Chippendale Gothic style dining chairs with finely carved back splat
Category
Antique 1830s Irish William IV Chairs
English late 18th century George III “Gothick” Yew wood Windsor Chair
Located in Troy, NY
age and use.
Eighteenth century chairs with Gothic shaped backs and pierced splats are often
Category
Antique 19th Century English George III Windsor Chairs
Materials
Yew, Elm
Set of Ten Mahogany Armchairs by Alfred Allen of Birmingham
Located in Martlesham, GB
a decorative carved & pierced splat in the back, the slender curved supports with carved floral
Category
Vintage 1910s British Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century, Chippendale Influenced Desk Chair
Located in Brighton, Sussex
carved decoration to the back splat, stuff over upholstered seat and raised on carved cabriole legs
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chippendale Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Handsome 18th C Italian Baroque Arm Chair with Intricately Carved Details
Located in Atlanta, GA
from Italy has meticulous hand-carvings throughout, with particular emphasis along it's back-splat
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Solid Mahogany Chippendale Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
chairs. Each chair features serpentine crest rails and hand carved and pierced solid mahogany back splats
Category
2010s Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
$6,675 / set
Mahogany Hepplewhite Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
the market. A broad and appealing crest rail mounted over the carved and curved back splat make this
Category
2010s Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
$7,075 / set
Pair of Chinese Yokeback Chairs, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
the form as a whole looks like an ancient oil lamp stand. This pair of armchairs features curved back
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
$9,800 / set
18th Century Dining Chairs Circa 1790
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Richmond, London
Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale Junior, 2017, pp.310–311, display very similar acanthus-carved back
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Brass
$18,587 / set
Chinese Lacquered Roundback Chair, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
, and a flat back splat carved with a round floral medallion. A thin layer of red lacquer colors the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Chairs
Materials
Elm
Two Italian 1800s Carved Walnut Upholstered Armchairs Sold Individually
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two Italian walnut armchairs from the early 19th century with pierced splats, wraparound backs and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Chinese Red Lacquer Roundback Chair, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
, and a flat back splat carved with a round floral medallion. A thin layer of red lacquer colors the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Vintage English Made Mahogany Chippendale Style 4 Chairback King Size Headboard
By Arthur Brett
Located in North Salem, NY
meticulous work of art, highlighted by beautifully pierced back-splats that invite light to dance through
Category
Antique 18th Century English Chippendale Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Mahogany
$3,262 Sale Price
25% Off
19th Century Neoclassical Style Polychrome Painted Settee, Italy
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Neoclassical Style19th Century Italian polychrome painted settee with sphinx carving on back
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Paint
Gentleman
s Biedermeier Desk Chair
Located in New York, NY
Slightly oversized, this solid birch armchair with straight back splats and crest, was part of a
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Birch
Pair of English Chippendale Mahogany Side Chairs, circa 1890
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English furniture makers. A shaped top rail above the pierced carved back splat has Rococo scrollwork and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Chippendale Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Period 18th c. Irish Dining Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
rail with shell carved ears over pierce carved back splats and slip seats, raised on carved cabriole
Category
Antique 1750s Northern Irish George II Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$18,900 / set
Stunning Pair of 19th Century Georgian Design Armchairs After Thomas Chippendale
Located in Dublin, IE
raised over a beautiful pierced interlocking back splat with c scroll and foliate detail, above outswept
Category
Antique 19th Century English Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Armchairs French Louise XVI Period White and Blue Floral Fabric French
Located in New York, NY
during the Louise XVI period in France. Frame in a white washed finish. Oval back splat, semi upholstered
Category
Antique 1790s French Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Set Regency Dining Chairs - 10 Walnut Inlay Chair English
Located in Potters Bar, GB
from walnut with intricate marquetry work to the back splat. The set consists of two arm chairs and
Category
Vintage 1980s Regency Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Antique Set 4 American Oak Arts
Crafts Mission Arm Chairs Stickley Oregon 1910
Located in Portland, OR
wonderful antique Mission arm chairs are made from solid quarter sawn oak, the chairs with three back splats
Category
Vintage 1910s American Mission Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Superb Set of Six Antique English Geo. I/II Style Hand Carved Mahogany Chairs
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
note the Chippendale style pierced and carved back splat with motifs indicative of Robert Adam as in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English George II Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$7,560 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large Corner Chair
Located in Annville, PA
hand carved acanthus leaves on the knees and scrollwork in the back splat all executed by hand using
Category
2010s Chippendale Corner Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
$1,110 / item
Chinese Early 20th Century Armchair with Hand-Carved Medallion and Rattan Seat
Located in Yonkers, NY
chair features a rectangular pierced back, adorned with a floral-carved medallion on the back splat
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Armchairs
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Mahogany Chippendale Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
side chairs. Each chair has a serpentine crest rail and similar back splat, all hand carved from solid
Category
2010s Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
$7,075 / set
Set of 10 Early 19th Century Regency Mahogany Dining Room Chairs
Located in Dublin, IE
backs with shaped splats have beautiful hand carved decoration. The drop in seats are upholstered in a
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set Windsor Chairs - 8 Farmhouse Kitchen Chair
Located in Potters Bar, GB
featuring the crinoline stretcher, hand turned legs, back splat with hand carved Prince of Wales feathers
Category
Vintage 1980s Chairs
Materials
Wood
$3,912 / set
Set of 8 Georgian Style Dining Chairs in Clarence House Fabric
Located in Bridgeport, CT
side chairs. Georgian style with classic shaped crest rails and pierced back splats. Raised on front
Category
20th Century Georgian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Six English Neoclassical Dining Chairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine set of six English neoclassical dining chairs, the most unusual back splats with carved
Category
Antique 19th Century British Neoclassical Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$6,800 / set
Set of 12 Venetian Style Carved/Painted Wood Dining Chairs w/ Leather Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
chairs, feature a pierced-carved open back-splats with delicate wavy sides and scrolling accents. Skirts
Category
Late 20th Century American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Set of Eight Chippendale Style Dining Chairs
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Dublin 8, IE
carved back splat with gold upholstered drop in cushioned seat supported on cabriole leg with acanthus
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Irish Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Armchair Swedish Baroque Oak Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Baroque period. Frame made of oak with an upholstered back splat and seat in dark blue. Out-curved
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Armchairs
Materials
Oak
English Gothic Revival Style Pair Carved-Wood Chairs, Early 20th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
back adorn with tall spire finials, and elaborately carved ribbon twist back-splats. The wooden seats
Category
Early 20th Century English Gothic Revival Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Official
s Hat Chairs
Located in Kastrup, DK
19th century Chinese Official chair.
Elmwood, original red and black lacquer.
Back splat with vague
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Armchairs
Materials
Elm
18th Century Chippendale Corner Chair with Marquetry Inlay
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Savannah, GA
a delicate floral motif. Even the back of the top rail, splats and the back of the legs include
Category
Antique 1770s English Chippendale Corner Chairs
Materials
Walnut
$2,025 Sale Price
55% Off
Country Chippendale Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
fit in with almost any decor. A stylishly carved crest rail over a simple, pierced back splat and
Category
2010s Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
$7,295 / set
Gothic Mahogany Chippendale Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
similarly carved and pierced back splat. The shaped and carved seat frame all resting on cabriole legs
Category
2010s Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
$7,075 / set
Fenton Mahogany Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
back splat using a combination of detailed and circular carving. The chairs ship complete with
Category
2010s Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
$7,075 / set
Maitland Smith Chippendale Regency Carved Mahogany Dining Side Chairs
By Maitland Smith
Located in Lambertville, NJ
detailing on crest rail, back splat and the beading on straight legs and stretchers. This is a perfect set
Category
2010s Hollywood Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$1,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Essex Chippendale Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
pierced back splat. The arm chair has scrolled arms at a height of 27.5 inches and a drop in seat at a
Category
2010s Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$6,675 / set
Set of 4 Antique English Edwardian marquetry inlaid Mahog. Sheraton style chairs
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
amazing, hand pierced back splat and the "torch" treatment along the capitals of the stiles as well as the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Sheraton Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Shellback Mahogany Dining Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
carvings above a similarly carved and pierced back splat. Shaped and scrolled arms, resting on carved arm
Category
2010s Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
$7,075 / set
19th Century Childs Windsor Armchair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
Elegant Shaped & Pierced Splat To Hooped Back, Over Shaped Seat Raised On Elegant Turned Legs And
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Chairs
Materials
Ash, Elm
Set of Four Mid-Century French Metal and Brass Dining Chairs
By Colette Gueden
Located in Palm Springs, CA
or Maison Jansen. Original French blue paint and upholstered seats. Elegant stylized lattice back
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Metal, Brass
Set of 12 Painted Oak and Rush Turned Chairs by Charles Dudouyt, France 1940
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Almelo, NL
design; the shape of the two splats on the back, the carved stretchers and the spherical feet are all
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rush, Oak
19th Century Chinese Official Hat Chair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of 19th century Chinese Officials Hat Chairs. Dramatic details include yoke back splat
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Armchairs
Materials
Elm
$4,800 / set
Armchair Swedish Rococo Style Black Sweden
Located in New York, NY
. Carved back splat decorated with a rocaille. S shaped legs and a curved foot cross. Black painted with
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Rococo Armchairs
Materials
Pine
$1,800 Sale Price
35% Off
Mahogany Chippendale 18th Century Armchair
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
Attractive Pierced And Shaped Splat To Back, Over Scrolling Arms And Drop In Seat With Old Needlework
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Shapland
Petter Eight Arts
Crafts Oak Armchairs with Shaped Headrest
Seats
By Shapland
Petter
Located in London, GB
, stylized cutouts to the side and back splats, and contoured comfortable seats with a good stretcher
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Armchairs
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Painted Chippendale Chair
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
-coloured paint. The chair is of generous proportions, with an elegant back splat, exaggerated, carved knees
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chippendale Chairs
Materials
Beech
Inlaid Hepplewhite Chairs, Set of 10
Located in Annville, PA
with details hand carved in a solid mahogany, back splat. The scrolled and turned arms descend from the
Category
2010s Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
$8,285 / set
Single Georgian Style Side Chair in Cuban Mahogany
Located in Brooklyn, NY
carved ball-and-claw feet, and an Eastern-influenced flowing back-splat. The design filling the hooped
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Side Chairs
Materials
Wool, Mahogany
$1,440 Sale Price
68% Off
18th Century George II Irish Carver in the manner of Chippendale
Located in Dublin 8, IE
raised over pierced interlocking back splat with C-scrolls and beading above curved outswept and moulded
Category
Antique 1750s Irish George II Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Mahogany Chippendale Dining Chair with Pegged Joinery and Upholstered Slip Seat
By Meredith Hart Furniture
Located in Durham, NC
Built with traditional joinery, this chair can be made as a set of dining or side chairs. The back
Category
2010s American Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Queen Anne Side Chair, New York State, circa 1750
Located in New York, NY
. From the strong stile turnings, slender fiddle-shaped back splat, dipped crest-rail, hefty trumpet
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century American Queen Anne Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of Four Polished Nickel
Brass Regency Style Dining Chairs
Located in Danville, CA
Handsome quality set of four Nickel plated steel Dining Chairs with polished brass X splats and
Category
Vintage 1970s French Regency Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Steel
Armchair Swedish Gustavian 1775-1790 White Washed, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
of the Gustavian period circa 1775-1790. A rounded open back splat with an urn shaped middle part
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Armchairs
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Splat Back For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic splat back available at 1stDibs. A splat back — often made from wood, fabric and upholstery — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a splat back — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each splat back bearing Art Deco, Arts and Crafts or Baroque hallmarks is very popular. Thonet each produced at least one beautiful splat back that is worth considering.
How Much is a Splat Back?
A splat back can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,700, while the lowest priced sells for $403 and the highest can go for as much as $25,000.
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 Splat Back
- What is a splat back chair?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021A splat back chair is a chair with a vertical central element on its back. Splat back chairs have more of a formal feel to them compared to other types of chairs and seating. Splat back Windsor chairs are popular on 1stDibs.
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