Splat Back

The chairs feature a sinuous loop back splat inside a square frame. The arms gracefully curve down to a generous square seat.

The chair has a high horseshoe-shaped back with stick uprights and a pierced fret carved back splat.

A fine Pair of Mahogany frame chairs with finely carved frames having sinuous and twining back splats, square Reeded front legs and button-tufted seats.

The most striking feature of each chair is the magnificent marble inset panel incorporated into the back splat. Every naturally formed marble slab displays its own unique veining and...

The chairs feature a sinuous loop back splat inside a square frame. The arms gracefully curve down to a generous square seat.

Each chair features a refined, gently curved and tapering square back with an "X" form back splat having intricate fluted/reeded detailing.

English country antique Windsor armchair with spindle and open splat round back, (19th century).

Shield shaped seat backs are beveled, with a pierced back splat simply carved with scrolls and swag details.

The chairs are an unusual blend of traditional tall yoke-back chairs and square low back armchairs, and each bears a ruyi symbol carved into the back splat, symbolizing knowledge.

Dating to the 19th Century, four interlacing horizontal pierced ribbon splats comprise the ladder back and finish in well-formed carved ears.

Dark walnut wood chairs with carved back splats in a unique design, as well as unusual arms.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period yoke back armchair from the 19th century with original finish and carved splat.

Each chair features a refined, gently curved and tapering square back with an "X" form back splat having intricate fluted/reeded detailing.

A Harlequin Set of 4 Beech & Elm Fiddle Back Chairs This its a set of 4 Victorian Beech and Elm kitchen chairs, the chairs are a classic design called “fiddle back” which describes ...

Each chair features a tapered and squared back with an "X" form back splat accented by an intricate reeded detailing and a carved wooden tie element.

Carefully curated set of eight Harlequin (Light/ Dark) broad arm high back Windsor chairs featuring double "H" stretchers on all, slightly different pierced back splats, different ...

A Chinese antique elmwood armchair from the early 20th century, featuring an open back with serpentine splat and gracefully curving arms.

The ‘Gothic’ or ‘Steeple Back’ moniker comes from the gorgeously curving-to-a-point, arch-shaped back and the breathtaking Gothic fretwork detailing to the back splats, which cast ma...

A single Upper Connecticut Valley side chair in the Hitchcock style, with a turtle-back crest above a woven rush seat. The oval back splat carries a gilt and bronze powder stencil d...

Fine quality set of six antique Victorian mahogany balloon back dining chairs, having a quality set of six Victorian dining chairs with a distinctive curved open back splat above a r...

A pair of English Regency-style armchairs with x-shaped backs, burl splats, multiple reeded & tapered carved turnings throughout, well supported with faux bamboo X stretchers.

This early American Colonial chair features curved splats in back and turned front legs and double upright supports on three sides.

Italian Neo-Classic side chair with an openwork shield form back, carved decorative splat, padded seat upholstered in floral patterned beige fabric with embroidered trim, and 4 shape...

They have tall and wonderfully curved 'S'-shaped yoke back splats, denoting status, with stunning ancient Buddhist carvings.

The arms protrude over the front posts with graceful outward curve. Gently curved back splat with carved deer and ruyi tenons into the wide rectangular seat.

Intricate carvings of traditional Chinese motif decorate the back splat of the chair, with graceful serpentine-like curves adorning the arm and back.

Designed in the Colonial Revival style, each bookend is modeled as the open-work back splat of a classic 18th-century Chippendale side chair.

This well-constructed, American-made bench has a cleanly-designed top rail with an upper back rest framed with spindle carved back-splats.

Original version Lyre-back splat with cabriole legs and foliate scrolls.

The chairs have been skillfully crafted from walnut, and bear profuse floral marquetry inlaid decoration and are typical of the very best period Dutch marquetry furniture. The majes...

The backs are simply structured with a curved top rail and a lower horizontal bar framing the carved splat.

The chairs have a sober, Proto- Modern sensibility with a back splat in the form of perpendicular grid. Brass and mother of pearl are inlaid into the centre panel of each splat.

One chair has more wear on the back splat than the others but all ars very tight.

Each chair features the characteristic continuous curved crest rail sweeping around to form the arms, supported by slender upright spindles and a broad central back splat. The splats...

This chair has many good features; 1) Excellent naturally patinated rich colour 2) Elaborately carved legs 3) Well shaped solid back splat 4) Thick elm seat with no splits 5) S...

Each chair has signs of historic repairs to the ribbon back splats over the generations. This is not unusual due to the somewhat delicate nature of these types of back splats.

And the design on the back of the splat is carved from hard stone! It has an incredible horseshoe yoke back, and a unique feature having spindles with wonderful gold painted details ...

French workshop, set of six dining chairs, solid oak and fabric, France, 1930s. The back splat of each chair is shaped as a broad shield, a formal motif that recalls the Directoire p...

Firstly, the delightful urn back splat, secondly the unadorned cabriole or Queen Anne leg and thirdly the elegantly understated shaped top-rail.

Created in China during the midcentury period, this small chair features a horseshoe back with curving splat, resting upon a rectangular seat with recessed panel.

This antique bench from Sweden features three carved back splats for resting, with sweetly carved flowers adorning the top of each chair rail, flanked within curvy wood arm rests at ...

These 3-splat ladder-back chairs are a beautiful and mysteriously unique grouping.

The solidly carved top rail flows seamlessly into the shaped yoke, which extends into the upswept flat ends supported on corner posts continuing through to the back legs, flanking a ...

Set of six early 20th century Queen Anne style high back dining chairs, having vase shaped back splat, drop-in seat and standing on cabriole supports united by turned rear stretcher,...

Double your pleasurable seating experience with this pair of magnificent vintage Asian Chinoiserie or Ming style yoke back chairs in the style of James Mont! The frames are comprised...

This is an incredible single armchair by Broyhill comprised of a beautiful ebony black painted wood frame featuring a lovely hourglass shaped center back splat with natural walnut to...

A Ming Dynasty style antique scholar's chair from the early 20th century, with inset rattan back splat and seat. This Ming Dynasty style scholar's chair from the early 20th century e...

A pair of Chinese Ming dynasty style yoke back side chairs from the early 20th century with woven rattan seats, curving back splats and natural wood patina.

The chairs mostly unadorned, save for a small low relief carving of a coiled dragon to the center of the shaped back splats.

The three back splats are mother of pearl inlaid which I’ve never seen on this type of chair before We have cleaned waxed and polished the chair from top to bottom, there will be ...

This is a MARVELOUS set of 4 “Ming Treasures” line yoke back dining chairs by Drexel Heritage composed of gold & silver leaf or “gliver” finished hardwood frames bearing straight...

The side chairs have fabulous pierced back-splats abundantly carved with acanthus leaf and scrolls and top rail embellished with carved shells and subtle splay of leaves at top.

A very well-crafted American Centennial, Queen-Anne-style chair in mahogany with fiddle yoke-back, vase-shaped splat, cabriole front legs with padded Dutch feet, splayed back legs, a...

SOANE MUSEUM, 4 plain splat back chairs marked with incised J within a G and with further indistinct initials, possibly BE, FE or EE are illustrated in Gilbert (1996), figs 376-394.

A richly patinated and time-worn, 17th century carved oak farmhouse chair with simple splat to the back, two-plank seat and turned front legs.

An English oak Windsor armchair from the 19th century, featuring a graceful bowed back, pierced central splat and later kilim-style upholstered seat.

Venice, Italy, circa 1780 A mid eighteenth century walnut hall bench with three pierced back splats, out swept arms with trailing leaves, the seat rail with stylised bow, all suppor...

Shaped curved back with three splats with pierced palmette carving.

Featuring Frank’s signature interpretation of the spindle-back aesthetic executed in Thonet’s proprietary steam-bent beechwood, these chairs showcase high vertical back splats and a ...

Set features nicely carved back splats, carved knees, gold/green striped fabric, and original labels.