Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
SPANISH COLONIAL STYLE
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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Style: Spanish Colonial
19th Century Glazed Earthenware Talavera Floral Painted Pitcher
Located in Miami, FL
A striking Spanish glazed earthenware handled yellow, green and blue painted pitcher, the body underglaze floral decorated
Talavera de la Reina pottery is a craft made in Talaver...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Glazed Earthenware Spanish Blue and White Painted Pitcher
Located in Miami, FL
A striking Spanish glazed earthenware handled blue and white painted vessel, the body underglaze blue ornamental decorated .
Vessel of porous clay, with a bulging belly, a circular ...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Viceregal Chiseled Silver Casket, Decorated with Organic Motifs
Located in Mexico City, MX
This incredible piece is made of silver embossed in the form of floral ornaments.
These pieces belonged to prominent members of the nobility. In addition to their shape and possible...
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1750s Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Spanish Colonial Baroque Deeply Carved Geometric Wood Frame
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial Baroque picture frame in wood with deeply carved geometric motif and floral elements in the corners. The piece was made in South America i...
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18th Century South American Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Spanish Colonial Baroque Deeply Carved Relief Mirror or Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial period picture or mirror frame, with deeply carved foliage relief in tropical dark wood. The piece shows traces of old gesso and has an antique mirror inserted. Made...
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18th Century South American Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Spanish Colonial Baroque Giltwood Picture Frame with Heavy Carved Foliage
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial Baroque giltwood picture frame with heavy carved and hand-gilt elaborate foliage. The decorative scrolls, leaves and floral elements make this frame an outstanding e...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century, Spanish Colonial Madonna/Saint Statue in Carved & Polychromed Wood
Located in Miami, FL
A lovely and rare Spanish colonial statue of a madonna or female saint in carved and polychromed wood with movable arms and hands. Philippines, circa 1700s. In her time and within th...
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18th Century Philippine Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
20th Century Glazed Earthenware Spanish Blue and White Painted Urn, Vase
Located in Miami, FL
A striking Spanish glazed earthenware blue and white painted urn with cover, the body underglaze blue & white ornamental decorated very tipycal of this region.
Talavera de la Rein...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Authentic Talavera Decorative Bowl Folk Art Dish Mexican Ceramic Blue Yellow
By Cesar Torres
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This impressive one of a kind vide-poche is a true representation of Cesar Torres's work. This beautiful decorative dish is formed by a flower texture and designed with a modern influence.
The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into Fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques.
One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar learned his art in the workshop of the Uriarte family, an excellent workshop where his grandfather worked. In his creations he uses the black and white mud that is obtained from the nearby hills of Loreto and Guadalupe, and colors of mineral origin that he creates in his workshop with recipes from his grandfather.
All the pieces are modeled in a traditional way and go through a production process that usually takes from one to two months, between drying, burning, and painting.
Being surrounded by a living tradition, Cesar Torres Jr., learned from his father since childhood. Architect by profession, Cesar Jr. has come to revolutionize and modernize with new designs and ideas of the current world, nevertheless always respecting the tradition of the processes and materials that make Talavera a Creole art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay, Ceramic, Majolica
Antique Spanish-Colonial Santo
Located in Atlanta, GA
An very well weathered Spanish-colonial Santo, likely depicting St Michael or St Miguel. Carved from the wood, the statue displays historical loss on both limbs and also the wings on...
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Late 18th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
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.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Eskimo Boy and Girl by Lladro
Located in Miami, FL
A gres polychromed ceramic figurines by Lladro, two Eskimo children huddle together for warmth. Originally designed by Juan Huerta and one of the first lines ex...
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Late 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Glazed Earthenware Blue and White Painted Pitcher, Signed Talavera
Located in Miami, FL
A striking Spanish glazed earthenware handled blue and white painted pitcher, the body underglaze blue decorated & heraldic shield
Talavera de la Reina pottery is a craft made in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Spanish Colonial Majolica Ceremonial Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial Majolica glaze ceramic ceremonial bowl, circa late 18th-early 19th century, Guatemala Highlands.
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19th Century Guatemalan Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
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...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Brass
19th Century French Glazed Terracotta Pitcher Handmade & Hand-painted
Located in Miami, FL
19th century French glazed terracotta pitcher with beautifuls fleurs.
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
1950 Oil on Canvas, The lagoon, Valencia, Spain Signed C.Lopez
Located in Miami, FL
1950 oil on canvas, The lagoon, Valencia, Spain signed by Lopez with a beautiful frame
Traditional landscape of Valencia Called "Albufera".
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Paint
Antique 19th Century Articulated Painted Virgin Saint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c. articulated virgin, stationary bottom and moveable arms. Meant to wear clothes. Beautiful, fine facial features. Original paint. One broken finger...
Category
19th Century Guatemalan Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Paint, Wood
18th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Frame
Located in New York, NY
Original 18th century hand carved painted and applied ornament picture frame; continuous carved floral motif.
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Mid-18th Century South American Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
19th Century Spanish Glazed Terracotta Jug, Pot or Pitcher with Handle
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Spanish glazed terracotta jug, pot or pitcher with handle.
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Spanish Colonial Antique Santo Figure
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning antique parcel-giltwood statue of St. John, 19th century, possibly earlier, from Mexico, Spanish Colonial with polychrome paint decoration. St John was depicted as a regal...
Category
19th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Vintage Turned Wood and Composite Candleholders
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome pair of distressed turned wood and composite candleholders. These are in good vintage condition with lots of nice patina, circa 20th century.
Sometimes you just need a si...
Category
20th Century Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Composition
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...
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20th Century Guatemalan Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
18th Century Spanish Colonial Escritorio
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Magnificent 18th century Bolivian locking escritorio with inlaid wood and hand-forged iron details.
Category
Early 18th Century Bolivian Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Clay Period Spanish Colonial Jar with Custom Metal Stand from the 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A clay Spanish colonial period jar from the 18th century. This jar is raised on a tripod custom-made metal stand. The finish is of a natural pale color.
Category
18th Century Guatemalan Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Antique Spanish Colonial Cupid Wall Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vividly carved wood wall applique with a double cupids and a pair of spread out wings. The sculptural form is finished in giltwood with impressive...
Category
19th Century South American Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of Carved Wooden Bull Sculptures Europe Circa 1840
Located in London, GB
Impressive pair of carved antique wooden bull sculptures, European, circa 1840.
A unusual subject not only well carved body but also this extends...
Category
Early 18th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Spanish Colonial Statue Santo Madonna
Located in Atlanta, GA
A most spectacular antique Spanish Colonial figure of Madonna, Mexico circa 19th century possibly earlier. Constructed in plaster with carved and gilt wood accent. Realistic in style...
Category
19th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mexican Tortoiseshell and Pen-Engraved Cabinet
Located in Mexico, DF
Mexican cabinet. Made of tortoiseshell, pen-engraved and wood. Possible Oaxaca or Puebla, 17th century.
Category
17th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Spanish Gilt 4-Tier Palm Fernery
By Ferrocolor
Located in New York, NY
Spanish (mid-20th Cent) gilt metal 4 tier palm design planter stand/fernery (att: Ferrocolor)
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Mercury Glass Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a Mid-Century mercury glass two handled vase probably from Mexico.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Mercury Glass
Spanish Wire Don Quixote Figure
Located in New York, NY
Spanish life size wire figure of Don Quixote on horse (19/20th Cent)
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wire
18th-19th Century Majolica Ceramic Baptismal Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Large Antigua Majolica ceramic baptismal bowl in glazed terracotta.
Category
19th Century Guatemalan Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Hispano Maoresque Copper Lustre Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
17th C. Spanish Hispano Moresque Copper Lustre Ceramic Bowl / Charger.
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Mid 20th Century Antique Style Papier Mache Reverse Foliate Design Frame 14 x 11
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful and vintage mid 20th century circa 1950's Spanish style reverse stylized foliate picture frame. The molding is higher near the frame opening and slopes down and away from...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Spanish Colonial Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
Spanish Colonial decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Spanish Colonial decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Spanish Colonial decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, Spain, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Talavera de la Reyna, Europa Antiques, and Gene Byron. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $75 and tops out at $55,000 while the average work can sell for $1,928.
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