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Set of Irish Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
having ballaster form splat back ending on ball and claw feet with newly upholsterd drop in seats.
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$18,900 / set
Four Mahogany Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A set of four mahogany side chairs having a crest rail carved with a shell over a solid splat back
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Chairs
$135,000 / set
Pair of Child Size Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Late 19th Century Armchairs
Located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Each with a pierced splat back and moulded serpentine crests with carved leaf sprays to the centre
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Hepplewhite Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Chippendale style carved Mahogany Dining Chairs, 19th Century, Set of Ten (8+2)
Located in London, GB
This superb set of chairs in the Chippendale manner with carved and pierced splat backs, serpentine
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Chippendale Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of Antique Swedish Painted Gustavian Armchairs, circa 1810-1820
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
. Openwork splat back with carved rosette in centre, square drop insects, lovely carved apron of egg and dart
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Set of eights dining chairs
Located in London, GB
and six side chairs, with pierced twin splat backs and upholstered drop-in seats. Arthur W Simpson was
Category
Early 20th Century British Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$11,500
Exceptional Set of 8 English Hepplewhite Style Dining Chairs, circa 1880
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Barrington, IL
hooped backs are carved with wheat and bell flowers surrounding a shaped splat back with fluted detail
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Rare Chinese Stool with Scrolling Back Splat
Located in Washington, DC
Sculptural lacquered elmwood stool, Northern China.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Furniture
Cerused French Oak Dining Table and Six Chairs by Charles Dudouyt, circa 1940
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Palm Springs, CA
across the splat back and new leather upholstery on the seats. The dining table is 60 1/2" long. It is 89
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century Walnut Corner Chair with Simple Horizontal Back-Splats
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century walnut corner chair with simple horizontal back-splats.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Corner Chairs
Materials
Walnut
English Georgian Period Hepplewhite Armchair with Oval Back and Carved Splat
Located in Wells, ME
English Georgian Hepplewhite period mahogany armchair with carved splat within an oval back
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of George III Sidechairs with Carved and Pierced Back Splats
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A well carved and beautifully patinated pair of mahogany chairs, ca. 1780, the crest carved with acanthus over the interlocking Gothic tracery backsplat, carved in relief over a pier...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English George II Period Mahogany Windsor Armchair, circa 1750
Located in GB
splat back with bowed and shaped arms supported at the front with a matching splat in between, all
Category
Antique 1750s British George II Windsor Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Six Antique Chinese Mid-Century Modern Dining Chairs
Located in New York, NY
modification to the Classic Chinese splat back chair. Classic mortise and tenon joinery construction with
Category
Late 20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Open Armchair, Mid-18th Century, Mahogany, Rosewood, Cabriole Legs
Located in London, GB
floral carved "ears" above a scroll shaped pierced splat back; the arms and supports curved.
The seat
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese British Colonial Chairs
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
English Bow-Back Windsor Chair
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century rustic English bow-back Windsor chair; yew wood, bentwood and spindle back, pierced
Category
Antique 19th Century English British Colonial Windsor Chairs
Materials
Yew
Pair of Yoke Back Armchairs
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
crest rail, back splat, and arms. Of a generous size.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Armchairs
$13,500
House of Jansen Balloon Back Chairs
Located in Charleston, SC
Set of Four Mahogany Balloon Back Dining chairs with Fan Shape Tapered Back Splats Over Upholstered
Category
Vintage 1940s French Side Chairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric
A Mahogany Loop Back Side Chair
By Robert Manwaring
Located in New York, NY
unusual interlaced veneered back splat, an over upholstered seat with 18th century needlepoint and
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Chairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
English Low Back Windsor Arm Chair
Located in Kirkland, WA
.
It features the Georgian splat up the back with the "low" arch of the traditional Windsor form
Category
Antique 19th Century English George III Armchairs
Materials
Ash, Yew
A Pair of Austrian Ebonized Barrell Back Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Each of barrel back form, with alternating pierced back splats and plain back splats, the woven
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Curved Spindle Back Arm Chairs
Located in Seattle, WA
simple crestrail and curved spindle back splats, the square legs with carved aprons, side and back
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
$3,400 / set
Set of Ten Mahogany Bar Back Dining Chairs
Located in Detling, GB
back splats.
On a solid mahogany reeded leg.
Measures: W 48.5cm/19"
D 47cm/18.5"
H 92cm/37"
Seat
Category
Antique 1820s Great Britain (UK) Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$9,266 / set
Antique High Yoke Back Armchair with Double Happiness
Located in Merrimack, NH
the back splat and dramatic protruding crest rail. There are some minor restorations done to the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Comb Back Chair with Carved Compartment
Located in SOMIS, CA
back" style which displays refined spindles on the back splat and the arms. A generous compartment
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Set of 12 Mahogany Bar Back Dining Chairs
Located in Detling, GB
see this many chairs of this model together.
Beautiful bar backs, with nicely carved back splats
Category
Antique 1820s Great Britain (UK) Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$16,466 / set
Pair of Regency Dining Chairs with Caned Back
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in London, GB
back splat enveloped in a caned surround above overstuffed seat on fluted and tapering column legs
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Dining Room Chairs
A pair of short-backed southern official
s hat armchairs
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of elm wood chairs of classical form with short curved backs and wood seats. The back splat
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Armchairs
Set of Six 18th Century High Back Dining Chairs
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
shape back splat. The front cabriole legs are raised on pad feet with C-scroll motif to the knees
Category
Antique Early 1700s George II Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$15,786 / set
Pair of 19th Century Carved Satinwood Balloon Back Chairs
Located in London, west Sussex
seat and also across the back splat. Each chair measures 18 in – 46 cm wide, 19 in – 48.2 cm deep and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Side Chairs
Materials
Satinwood
Three Seat Settee with Draping Back Slats by Fritz Hansen
By Frits Hansen/Soren Hansen
Located in New York, NY
magnificently considered modeling, featuring repeated drapery lines, including “swag” back crests and splats and
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Art Deco Benches
Materials
Beech
Early 1900s Chinese Ming Dynasty Style Elm Wedding Chair with Curving Back
Located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Elegant early 20th century Chinese Ming dynasty style elm wedding chair with curving back and
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm
Pair of Late 19th Century Hepplewhite Style Mahogany Oval Back Open Armchairs
Located in Suffolk, GB
A pair of late 19th century Hepplewhite style mahogany oval back open armchairs.
This pair of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Hepplewhite Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Example of an Early 19th Century Stickback Double Bow, Windsor High Back
Located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
wood and elm. Good example of a Windsor chair with a decorative splat, running up the middle back.
Category
Antique 1820s British Country Windsor Chairs
Materials
Elm, Yew
Pair of Early 19th Century Chinese Low-Back Armchairs in Rare Zhazhen Wood
Located in Central, HK
back and armrests and a three-framed back panel back splat, with cane hard mat seat, early 19th century
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Cane, Wood
Pair of Late 19th Century Chinese Yoke Back Elm Armchairs of Good Patina
Located in Suffolk, GB
a central back splat with a carved design of a Fu character, the back splat being curved, following
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Armchairs
Materials
Elm
Excellent Pair of 17th Century Ming Dynasty Chinese Horseshoe Round Back Chairs
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
single panel back splat is decorated with an abstract shou character in the shape of an archaic animal
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Wonderful 17th Century Welsh Oak Chair - Initialled c. 1660
Located in Heathfield, GB
beautifully carved to echo this design.
The back splat stamped verso T.L (the chair maker's initials). The
Category
Antique 17th Century Side Chairs
Materials
Oak
Set of 5 Oak Art Nouveau, Arts
Crafts Dining Chairs, Scotland 1900, H1013
Located in Vancouver, BC
rounded top
Padded support to the back with four splats and a shaped middle splat
Upholstered red velvet
Category
Antique Early 1900s Scottish Art Nouveau Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of Chinese Antique Armchairs with Marble Inset
Located in Sarasota, FL
back splat in each. These marble pieces represent the landscape on the countryside. These where made
Category
Antique 1870s Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of 19th Century Yew
Elm Windsor Chairs
Located in Newark, GB
to the centre of the pierced back splats, both have yew wood spindles, bentwood arms, turned legs and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Windsor Chairs
Materials
Elm, Yew
Pair of Wycombe, Meyer
Co Lucite Armchairs
By Wycombe, Meyer
Co. 1
Located in Houston, TX
against a tubular Lucite 'loop' frames and back splat. Vinyl is in good condition. There are stress lines
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Armchairs
Materials
Lucite
$1,950 / set
Pair of Antique Chinese Official
s Hat Armchairs
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
-joined to the back side posts, decorated with inner shaped flanges and supported by a S-curve back splat
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Softwood
$4,980 / set
Pair of 18th Century George III Mahogany Side Chairs
Located in East Hampton, NY
Squared leg with stretcher, dropped seat, splayed back legs, rounded carved back splat, upholstered
Category
Antique 1790s English George III Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Chippendale Dining Chairs
Located in Richmond, London
, pp.310–311, display very similar acanthus-carved back splats, that may be seen on other chairs from
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$12,766 / set
Pair 19th Century Continental Walnut Hall Chairs
Located in Warrington, GB
Pair 19th century continental walnut hall chairs.
Carved pierced back splat in the gothic manner
Category
Antique 19th Century Chairs
Materials
Walnut
18th Century George III Armchairs Circa 1780
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Richmond, London
similar acanthus-carved back splats, that may be seen on other chairs from this group. Other examples
Category
Antique Late 18th Century European George III Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
$10,295 / set
19th Century Elmwood Armchair
Located in New York, NY
19th century elmwood armchair, horsehoe-shaped back, centre splat, straight legs joined by
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Armchairs
Materials
Elm
Pair of Edwardian Walnut Bedroom Chairs, Scotland 1910, H067
Located in Vancouver, BC
Finish
Shaped top rail
Center shaped splat to the back
Newly upholstered seats
Standing on turned legs to
Category
Vintage 1910s Scottish Victorian Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of English Antique Regency Side Chairs
Located in Sarasota, FL
flowers etc. to the back top and splat not the fan design also to the back areas The legs are charming in
Category
Antique 1880s English Regency Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$1,187 / set
18th Century Dining Chairs
Located in Richmond, London
, pp.310–311, display very similar acanthus-carved back splats, that may be seen on other chairs from
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Chairs
Materials
Brass
$12,766 / set
Vintage Phillips
Sons Dining Chairs, Set of 2
By Phillips
Sons
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Phillips & Sons side chairs
Upholstered seats
Detailed splat
Scrolled backs
Turned out
Category
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Unusual Carved Side Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Drop in caned seats with heavily carved back splat and legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chairs
$4,500 / set
Pair of Elegant Sheraton Style Lacquer and Gilt Carved Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Lacquer and gilt carved Sheraton style pair armchairs with an open oval back, the splat with
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Armchairs
19th Century Biedermeier Walnut and Rush Seat Bench
Located in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
ebonized back splat.
Measures: Seat height 38 cm
Seat depth 48 cm.
Category
Antique 19th Century European Benches
Materials
Rush, Walnut
Pair of Italian 18th Century Walnut Armchairs
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of late 18th century italian armchairs. Each with a pierced shaped tablet back with vertical
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
$10,772 / set
Swedish Painted Bench
Located in Stamford, CT
Gustavian style Swedish painted three seat bench with pierced, vase shaped back splat and
Category
20th Century Unknown Gustavian Benches
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$2,900
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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.
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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.
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- 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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