After the conquest of Mexico in 1521 and the Philippines in 1565, Spain dictated a global culture. The colonization of territories in the Americas, Western Europe, Africa, Oceania and the Pacific imposed the values of Spain, including Catholicism, while the extraction of resources reinforced the empire’s wealth and power. Unlike many styles that came out of European colonialism, such as British Colonial, Spanish Colonial furniture and architecture frequently mixed local heritage with the artistic traditions of Spain.
Spanish Colonial furniture was informed by the shifting styles of Europe as well as Indigenous culture. There were Inca tapestries depicting Spanish coats of arms and Baroque chairs adorned with tropical flora. The butaca, a low easy chair popular in the Caribbean, was inspired by Rococo’s curving forms and the shape of precolonial seating. In New Mexico, Pueblo artisans carved chests with patterns reminiscent of Anasazi art.
Even within the homes of the wealthy, furniture was usually restricted to necessities like benches, desks, cupboards and chests. These were often ornately designed and especially important for storing prized goods like textiles. Spanish Colonial houses were built with adobe and clay and tended to be minimally decorated, so the style’s heavily carved wooden furniture pieces stood out against a home’s white stucco walls.
The Spanish Colonial period mostly came to an end after the territories achieved independence from Spain. However, its aesthetics continued to influence Southwestern style and Spanish Colonial Revival style after Spanish Colonial style was used extensively at San Diego’s 1915 Panama-California Exposition.
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Set of 2 Spanish Woven Wicker Olive Grape Harvest Basket
Located in Miami, FL
Rustic Spanish chateau champagne grape harvesting basket constructed from woven wicker reeds. Features a thick braided top with handles ...
Wicker
Large 18th C Blue and White Spanish Lebrillo Bowl
Located in Hastings, GB
A large Lebrillo bowl, made in Granada, Spain in the late 18th century. Hand decorated using blue paints, most likely formed using a variety of ground mi...
Ceramic
Pair of Guatemalan Clay Cooking Pots from the Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Guatemalan clay cooking pots from the early 20th century. These antique vessels from Guatemala made of clay, each have rounded forms with rustic, decorative texture on thei...
Clay
Set of 2 Green Glass French Demijohn Bottles with Woven Esparto Basket
Located in Miami, FL
A collection of two olive colored glass demijohn bottles, used from the late 17th century through the 19th century to carry wine and spirits. Handblown, each has their own unique cha...
Natural Fiber, Glass
Valenti Spanish Colonial Style Silver Plate Bowl Centerpiece, Spain, c. 1970
By Valenti
Located in London, GB
A beautiful mid century silver plate centerpiece bowl in the Spanish Colonial style, made by Valenti in Spain c. 1970. The hammered metal body is made of weighty copper with a thick...
Silver Plate, Copper
20th Century Spanish Bowl in White and Blue by La Cartuja de Sevilla
Located in Miami, FL
20th century Spanish bowl in white and blue by La Cartuja de Sevilla.
Ceramic
Spanish Foliage Centerpiece Basket Bowl in Gilt Iron & Wood
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern gilt iron and carved wood basket centerpiece / fruit bowl, 1950s-1960s Handcrafted in Spain at the Mid-20th century period in the style of Spanish Colonial. Eye-c...
Iron, Gold Leaf
Set of 8 Spanish Woven Wicker Olive Grape Harvest Basket
Located in Miami, FL
Rustic Spanish chateau champagne grape harvesting basket constructed from woven wicker reeds. Features a thick braided top with handles ...
Wicker
$467Sale Price|45% Off
Gene Byron Midcentury Basket
By Gene Byron
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
To your consideration one of her first pieces, this beautiful hand hammered copper and brass midcentury vase. Made and signed by Gene Byron, a Canadian artist, who moved to Marfil, G...
Copper, Brass
Antique Spanish Colonial Clay Cooking Pot from Guatemala, w/ Yummy Old Patina!
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish Colonial cooking pot from the early 20th century, Central America. This antique cooking vessel has been made of clay, is round-shaped and fla...
Clay
$1,900 / set
H 18 in W 28.5 in D 19 in
19th Century French Pair of Oakwood Grape Harvest Bucket Vert from Burgundy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of charming antique Oakwood large buckets or troughs with iron handles and green patinated iron bands, in good condition. These oval bins from Burgundy were typically used to ...
Metal, Iron
Green Demijohn, Glass Wine Bottle, France, 1950s
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
This large light turquoise demijohn is a classic French demijohn from the 1950s. Light green / turquoise pressed glass with visible air pockets. A timeless home decor to set accents, as a floor vase with...
Glass
Bubble Bowl in Clear and Marbled Aqua Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Our Bubble Bowl is handmade in clear resin with aqua marbled texture. Its modern, fun and unique design makes it a statement piece and can be used as decor or as a fruit platter. De...
Resin
XL French Earthenware Pot Early 20th Century
Located in Trensacq, FR
Extra large French earthenware pot early 20th century XL earthenware preserving confit 'gres' pot. Early 20th century handcrafted and glazed. Great d...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Large 19th-Century Spanish Fajalauza Lebrillo, Granada (28″ Diameter)
Located in New York, NY
A large 19th-century Spanish Fajalauza lebrillo from Granada, measuring 28 inches in diameter. A lebrillo is a wide ceramic bowl with a pronounced rim, first produced in Andalusia in...
Ceramic
Vintage Blown Glass Demijohn Bottles Set of 2
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of globular form hand blown glass dame Jeanne, or demijohn bottles. Clear bottle is likely French and the aqua bottle is Spanish, marked V. Levante. Perfect decorative element...
Blown Glass
$1,400 / set
H 20.5 in W 14 in D 15 in
Set of Three French Midcentury Vintner Woven Baskets with Demijohn Wine Bottles
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of three of midcentury French vintner woven baskets with demijohn wine bottles. This set of French vintner wicker-woven baskets, each conta...
Glass, Wicker
Scandinavian Centerpiece Bowl in Silver Plate & Purple Enamel, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Large conical silver plate bowl decorated to the interior with a deep aubergine purple enamel. Manufactured and designed in Denmark during the late 1950s by DGS (Danish Silver- & Gol...
Silver Plate, Enamel
Bubble Bowl in Marbled Smoke and Black Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Our Bubble Bowl is handmade in smoke & black marbled resin. Its modern, fun and unique design makes it a statement piece and can be used as decor or as a fruit platter. Designed by ...
Resin
Antique Wicker Grape Harvest Log Basket
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique Grape Harvest Log Basket – A A beautiful hand-made wicker basket from Turkey used to harvest grapes. The basket is constructed from a thick weave designed to withstand the h...
Wicker, Wood
$373
H 3.5 in Dm 7.75 in
18th C Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted Blue and White ptn, Ca 1770
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese Export porcelain bowl of mid size, hand painted in a blue and white floral pattern, which we date to the mid 18th Century, Circa 1770 or possibly slightly earlier. ...
Porcelain
$995
H 10.25 in W 8.75 in D 3.25 in
Mid-Century Modern Murano Green & Uranium Art Glass Basket Styled Vase
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This art glass basket styled vase is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Murano Italy and dating to approximately 1965 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The...
Art Glass
Antique Enrique Ventosa Talavera Poblano Tin-Glazed Pottery Charger Mexico 1910
By Enrique Luis Ventosa & Ysauro Uriarte 1
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Talavera Poblana tin-glazed earthenware charger, Enrique Luis Ventosa (Spain, Mexico, 1868-1935) Puebla, Mexico, Renaissance style, circa 1910. The charger/bowl was created by one of the most accomplished Spanish/Mexican potters of the late 19th early 20th century. The bowl is finely decorated in the Renaissance tradition of maiolica from Spain & Italy, the yellow ground is decorated with a stylized peacock with a floral branch below, the bowl with a blue rim. The bowl is monogrammed with Ventosa's mark in blue to the verso, condition is very good indeed, no chips or cracks or restoration. A fine example of Talavera pottery by the celebrated potter Enrique Ventosa.
Earthenware
Antique Talavera Uriarte Mexican Pottery Bowl Centerpiece Fruit Large 14"
Located in Wilton, CT
Large antique Mexican Talavera Uriarte centerpiece bowl. Circa 19th/early 20th century. Signed on base. 7" high, 13 3/4” diameter. Repair to section of footrim, as shown.
Pottery
LA CORONA, Vintage Hand Painted Talavera Pottery Bowl, Mexico, 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
LA CORONA - Vintage Talavera hand painted ceramic bowl - fine quality - featuring an over-all pattern of leaves and flowers in blue and green - signed on the...
Ceramic
Antique Talavera Spanish Majolica Centerpiece Bowl Bull Vase Pottery Faience
Located in Wilton, CT
Large antique Spanish Talavera centerpiece bowl featuring a rampaging bull, circa 18th/19th century. 10" high, 15 1/4" diameter. Hairline prof...
Pottery
Set of 10 Spanish Woven Wicker Olive Grape Harvest Basket
Located in Miami, FL
Rustic Spanish chateau champagne grape harvesting basket constructed from woven wicker reeds. Features a thick braided top with handles ...
Wicker
Sold
H 10.5 in W 18 in D 18 in
Large 19th Century Spanish Colonial Clay Pot or Vessel from Sacoj, Guatemala
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish Colonial cooking pot from the mid-19th century, Central America. This Spanish Colonial cooking vessel made of clay, is flanked with two handles, and has a wonderful patina ...
Clay
Sold
H 1.97 in W 13.39 in D 10.63 in
Authentic Talavera Decorative Bowl Folk Art Vessel Mexican Ceramic Blue White
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Elegant modern bowl made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico with a modern twist. He has been bringing new ideas to his father's tr...
Clay, Ceramic, Majolica
Spanish Gold and Silvered Damascened Tazza Centerpiece, Possibly Zuloaga
By Placido Zuluaga
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A fine Spanish gold and silvered Damascened Tazza centerpiece, possibly by Placido Zuloaga, Spain, circa 1880. Measures: 7" high x 6" diameter. T...
Steel
Monumental Andalusian Pottery Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic monumental Andalusian Talavera pottery bowl with an opaque white glaze and green decorative pattern and a flower on the bottom.
Ceramic
Antique Guatemalan Majolica
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic plate made by the Montiel factory in Antigua Guatemala. All plates from the Montiel factory are handmade, glazed and decorated and fired in wood ovens. These plates are considered Guatemalan...
Majolica
Antique Guatemalan Majolica
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic plate made by the Montiel factory in Antigua Guatemala. All plates from the Montiel factory are handmade, glazed and decorated and fired in wood ovens. These plates are considered Guatemalan...
Majolica
Antique Guatemalan Majolica
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceramic plate made by the Montiel factory in Antigua Guatemala. All plates from the Montiel factory are handmade, glazed and decorated and fired in wood ovens. These plates are considered Guatemalan...
Majolica