Spanish Colonial Cabinets
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
Antique Spanish Revival Walnut China Display Cabinet Curio Cupboard Hutch 65"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique china display curio cabinet. Made of walnut featuring Spanish / Gothic Revival styling with fretwork doors, egg and dart molding, panele...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Buffet in Hand-Carved Oak, Spain, Early 20th Century
Located in Kaštel Sućurac, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
A procession of geometric medallions unfurls across the façade of this Spanish buffet, its surfaces etched with deep, rhythmic carvings that oscillate between order and ornament. Eac...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Tuscan Buffet or Cupboard in the Catalan Baroque Style
Located in TARBES, FR
small Tuscan buffet or cupboard in beech in the Catalan Baroque style from the beginning of the 20th century, wrought iron lock
Rustic furniture designates a rural production with...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Beech
Spanish Vintage Bar Cocktail Cabinet Pine Tree and Wrought Iron, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Cocktail bar cabinet, French, mid-century
Spanish, pine tree
Good condition
Shipping:
P 37/L 71/H 86.5 cm 15.2 kg.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Wrought Iron
Large 20th Church Spanish Baroque Carved Walnut Tuscan Credenza or Buffet
Located in Miami, FL
Coming from northern Spain, of an antique Church, this awesome church console was constructed of solid walnut, the rectangular top with molded edge above a shaped box housing four dr...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Authentic Spanish end 17th Cabinet Bargueno Fruit Wood iron hardware
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish Bargueño
Travel writing desk.
Fruit wood end of 17th .
finely hand carved male and female characters, could be a wedding chest
Original hardwares
Object of taste perfect f...
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Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Large 20th Century Catalan Spanish Baroque Carved Walnut Tuscan Credenza or Buff
Located in Miami, FL
Coming from northern Spain, constructed of solid walnut, the rectangular top with molded edge above a shaped box housing four drawers over four doors, the doors faced with solid waln...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
A pair of Spanish-colonial Viceregal mother-of-pearl inlaid bureau-cabinets
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Viceroyalty of Peru, Lima, 18th century, circa 1720-1760
Each with a moulded giltwood cornice and on a foliate carved giltwood base, possibly later and English. The cabinets, with s...
Category
18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Teak
Spanish Catalan Carved Walnut Chest of Drawers, 1940s
Located in Miami, FL
20th century Catalan Spanish carved walnut chest of drawers, highboy or console Country Provincial Chinffoniere was fashioned from solid walnut and features two drawers and two doors...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Pair of Solid Carved French Nightstands with Low Shelve
Located in Miami, FL
20th century Pair of solid carved Spanish nightstands with one low carved drawer with original bronze pull.
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Comoda de Poste Altar Cabinet, Philippines
Located in Savannah, GA
A bleached narra wood comoda de poste altar cabinet, Philippines, 20th century.
37 ¾ inches wide by 20 ¾ inches deep by 38 inches tall
Category
Early 20th Century Philippine Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Dos Gallos Custom Walnut Wood Bun Foot Cabinet With Doors and Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom cabinet with a cascading bottom ending in bun feet. Doors with raised diamond panels. Can be made in custom sizes, in walnut, oak or mahogany and in a range of colors and fini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Antique 19th Century Spanish Wall Cabinet with Knight Dark Patina Classical
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exquisite 19th century Spanish colonial wall cabinet with a striking dark patina & carved knight.
Very nice small antique that brings the right charm & vibe to any room.
The interior has 4 compartments for storage.
The cabinets door is richly decorated with a Spanish knight...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Large Scale Tiered Cabinet with Grille Work
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Magnificent and Intricately wrought Iron Grille Vitrine Cabinet. A large scale two tiered mahogany and grille work cabinet originally purchased in Montecito, California. With a mahogany top with cavetto cornice, a mid level...
Category
20th Century Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Early C20th Spanish Cabinet by Gordovil
Located in London, GB
A lovely Spanish Cabinet by Gordovil
Beutifully inlaid with Mother of Pearl that form a decoration of Flowers
This cabinet is sat on Bun Feet
A Rel Statement Piece
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Wood
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 Cabinets
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Spanish Baroque Walnut and Bone Vargueño
Located in Dallas, TX
Spanish Baroque walnut vargueño / collectors cabinet / traveling table cabinet with highly detailed / decorated bone inlay and trim, wrought iron mounted, Spain, late 17th century
Category
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Walnut
Spanish Colonial Revival Cabinet Cupboard - Circa 1930
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This charming Spanish Colonial Revival cabinet, crafted circa 1930 in Peru, is a splendid representation of classic craftsmanship and timeless design. Standing tall with a two-part s...
Category
1930s Peruvian Vintage Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Wrought Iron
Spanish Vintage Barrel Bar Cocktail Furniture Pine Tree Wrought Iron Mid-Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Cocktail bar, spanish, mid-century with barrel frame and columns
The assembly of the barrel, the columns and the top give this piece of furniture a rather light appearance, as if the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Wrought Iron
Red Cabinet
Located in Ciudad de Mexico, MX
18th century Mexican Colonial cabinet made of white cedar, intervened first in the 19th century, restoration in some of gilt drawings.
Category
Late 18th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Cedar
Indo Portuguese- Cabinet
Located in Mexico City, MX
The Indo-Portuguese cabinets from Goa and Diu represent a remarkable fusion of European and Indian craftsmanship from the 16th to 18th centuries. These exquisite cabinets were craft...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique Spanish Colonial Cabinets
Materials
Silver
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Artes De Mexico Patinated Pine Cabinet with Hammered Iron Lock & Hinges
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18C Mexican/Texan Bargueno Style Chest on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A STUNNING AND IMPORTANT piece of North American, Texan, HISTORIC furniture, namely, an 18C Mexican/Texan Bargueno Style Chest on Stand.
This is one of the MOST INTRUIGING
pieces we have seen in years!
Made of pine, maple and walnut this piece’s design is based upon the ‘classic’ Spanish Bargueno (Vargueno) Chest style.
It consists of a chest made of pine, maple and walnut on a solid pine stand.
The top section, namely the ‘Bargueno Section’, sits neatly, onto the rectangular pine base and lifts off, making it 2 pieces.
The chest has 2 decorated doors to the front, that are Gothic in style with various panels.
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Spanish Colonial cabinets for sale on 1stDibs.
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