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William IV Game Tables

WILLIAM IV STYLE

It was unexpected that, at the age of 64, William IV was crowned king of England. He had two older brothers, yet the death of Prince Frederick put him in line for the British throne when George IV died in 1830. His reign was brief, as he died on June 20, 1837, but it was a pivotal time of change, with parliamentary reform leading to the present-day constitutional monarchy. Antique William IV–style furniture reflects this period of transition, with forms that bridged the neoclassicism of the preceding Regency style and the more extravagant Victorian style that would follow.

Inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, William IV designs were often more imposing than Regency furniture and featured decorative attributes. There were sofas balanced on lion’s feet and tables with brass fittings. But furnishings of this period were largely marked by straight lines and subdued ornamentation compared to those of the George IV era. William IV had an unassuming way about him and was much more formal, whereas the ruler who preceded him was a king of extravagance. George IV had an affinity for French decor and was heavily invested in overhauling the private residences at Windsor Castle.

Carvings on William IV four-poster beds and cabinets included scrolling shapes, lotus leaves and acanthus, while popular pieces like tilt-top tables and upholstered seating on caster legs provided flexible interiors. Richly toned woods like mahogany and rosewood were used for sideboards, bedposts boasting reeded details and dining chairs with intricate chair backs and turned front legs.

William IV left no legitimate heirs, so his young niece, Victoria, became queen. She would lead an era of taste in which the innovations of the Industrial Revolution allowed for manufacturing showier furniture to fill elaborate interiors. With its comparatively refined forms and restrained designs, William IV style was a pause before a time of radical aesthetic change.

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Style: William IV
Quality Antique William IV Rosewood Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique William IV rosewood card/side table having a quality rosewood fold over swizzle top opening to reveal a round green baize. The rosewood frieze has been beautifully sh...
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19th Century European Antique William IV Game Tables

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Other

Pair of English Mahogany Pedestal Hinged Game Tables on Brass Casters, C. 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of English mahogany foliage pedestal hinged game tables with flanking scrolled corners, gadrooned skirts, baize card playing surfaces, open interiors for storage, and resting bun feet with the original brass casters, Early 19th century. Pair of Game Tables...
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1820s English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Brass

19th Century William IV Rosewood Card Table
Located in Richmond, Surrey
A very high quality William IV Rosewood Card Table with beautifully figured rosewood throughout. The top swivels 90′ degrees to open into a Card Table with a original baize lined int...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Rosewood

An Octagonal William IV Rosewood Games Table
Located in Stamford, CT
An octagonal William IV rosewood games table. Circa 1840.
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Wood

19th Century William IV Mahogany Chess Table With Speciman Marble Top
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century William IV mahogany chess table with speciman marble top. The mahogany square top, with beaded detailing to the apron, inset with specimen marble games board within a bo...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Marble, Brass

19th Century English William IV Period Mahogany Games Table Sewing Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A period William IV English mahogany sewing stand work table with inlaid chessboard top. circa 1830s Combining sophisticated elegance, warmth, and functional design, this outstandin...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Iron

William IV Mahogany Card Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality William IV mahogany card table, having a folder over top above a cylindrical stem, the table has a platform base raised on four elegant scroll feet. This p...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Mahogany

Fine Antique William IV 1830 Pietra Dura Specimen Marble Chess Board Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite antique Pietra Dura Italian Specimen Marble chess board table, William IV circa 1830 ...
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1830s Italian Antique William IV Game Tables

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Marble

William IV Folding Games or Card Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
William IV folding games or card table. This is a good quality piece with beautiful patina, it takes up little space and unfolds to a 3ft square games table. The base has a 4 point base with scroll feet and the top swivels to open out. The table has a new green baize playing area...
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Early 19th Century Antique William IV Game Tables

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Rosewood

William Iv-Period Specimen Chess Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
A luxurious array of rare marbles and hard stones are inset into the playing surface of this William IV-period chess table. The visually appealing arrangement incorporates specimens ...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Marble, Carrara Marble, Griotte Marble, Siena Marble

Rare William IV Hardwood Occasional Table with Brown Leather Chess Games Top
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this restored exquisite hand made in England William IV circa 1830 mahogany occasional table with brown leather chessboard top. A very rare example, I have never seen this table in Mahogany before and never with the leather Chessboard top which costs an absolute fortune to have made. The table has mother of pearl embossed handles, hand carved lion hairy paw feet and is of the finest quality The chess board is made from cattle hide leather, its hand embossed with wonderful banding, then each square is individually hand dyed, I had one of these made from my tric track...
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1830s English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Leather, Hardwood

Rare William IV circa 1830 Hardwood Occasional Table Chess Board Games Cards Top
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite hand made in England William IV circa 1830 mahogany & Rosewood occasional table with Chess board top and baize lined card table insi...
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1830s English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Hardwood, Walnut

Early 19th Century William IV Rosewood Chess Top Sewing Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality early 19th century antique freestanding William IV rosewood chess top sewing table having a quality rosewood inlaid chess top, one long drawer to the...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Other

Regency Maplewood Lyre-End Games Table, circa 1825
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A Regency maplewood lyre-end games table. The top reverses to show either a plain surface or a chessboard and removes to reveal a backgammon board. Gallery 3/4" high. dotsend enqui...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Maple

Antique William IV Rosewood Card/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
This is a quality William IV antique rosewood card/side table with a lovely figured rosewood crossbanded top that lifts up and swivels to reveal the original green baize interior, ro...
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1830s English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Other

William IV Figural Walnut Demilune Games Table
Located in Montreal, QC
William IV figural walnut demilune table opening with sliding leg to circular baize inlaid and walnut bordered games table, raised on four square fluted legs set into apron and mount...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Brass

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19th Century English Victorian Rosewood Games Table
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For sale is a good quality Victorian rosewood games table. The table has an inlaid top which swivels and folds over to reveal a chess board and backgammon. Below this is a single fit...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Early 19th Century William IV Period Mahogany Library Writing Table
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
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Antique English Victorian Bagatelle Flip Top Game Table on Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A fun and unusual 19th century Victorian English mahogany Bagatelle game board table with nicely aged patina. Featuring a rectangular folding portable game board with warm, rich mahogany wood case exterior, and a patinated brass hinged lid lift top that flips open to extend and reveal the baize (green felt like billiards material) lined gaming surface with semi-circular bentwood bumper at one end adorned with nine numbered holes, arranged with one in the center of the bentwood gallery and the rest surrounding it evenly in a ring. Framing the board, twenty-four contrasting inlay panels set with five holes run along either side of the board, originally used to keep score. circa 1890 The game board rests partially inset in a fitted mahogany stand base, raised on four straight square legs joined by ‘H’ stretcher. A wonderful piece of game board history, originally designed to sit on top of a dining table or games table, this piece features a fitted stand, making it the ideal size and proportions for use as a one-of-a-kind coffee table, chair side table, cocktail table, low console, or simply displayed as a distinctive decorative folk art piece. Dimensions (approx): 18" High, 31.25" Wide, 15.75" Deep Open: 60" Wide Good condition overall, especially considering age. Dark rich patina over the whole, enhanced by heavy buildup lustrous sheen and antique mahogany glow. No game pieces or accessories included. Age appropriate wear including various imperfections, with expected signs of use, including losses, checking, wear to finish and baize liner, staining, minor splitting to bent wood, all wear consistent with age and indicative of use. All of which adds to the elegant warmth, sophisticated antique character, and overall authenticity. Please refer to photography for complete condition. Delivered lightly cleaned, hand waxed, polished French patina finish, ready for immediate use as furniture. History: The origins of Bagatelle (or its many iterations) are even less clear than most games of a similar history, although we do know it has ties to French Kings, American President Abraham Lincoln, and developed into bar billiards, eventually leading to the development of pachinko and pinball. Bagatelle was a game involving sticks and balls that evolved from efforts to bring outdoor games like ground billiards, croquet, and bowling inside for play during inclement weather. Dating all the way back to the 15th century, the most recent version came about in the 18th century. In France, during the long 1643–1715 reign of Louis XIV, billiard tables were narrowed, with wooden pins or skittles at one end of the table, and players would shoot balls with a stick or cue from the other end, in a game inspired as much by bowling as billiards. Pins took too long to reset when knocked down, so they were eventually fixed to the table, and holes in the bed of the table became the targets. Players could ricochet balls off the pins to achieve the harder scorable holes. Quite a number of variations on this theme were developed. In 1777 a party was thrown in honour of Louis XVI and the queen at the Château de Bagatelle, recently erected at great expense by the king's brother, the Count of Artois. Bagatelle from Italian bagattella, signifies 'a trifle', 'a decorative thing'. The highlight of the party was a new table game featuring a slender table and cue sticks, which players used to shoot ivory balls up an inclined playfield. The game was dubbed bagatelle by the count and shortly after swept through France. From 1770 to 1850 Bagatelle was just as popular as Billiards throughout England and Britain. Some French soldiers carried their favorite bagatelle tables...
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Late 19th Century Antique William IV Game Tables

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Brass

19th century William IV mahogany roll top writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Fine quality English mahogany roll top desk circa 1830. Rare piece of English furniture we found on our travels to Sweden. Tambour roll top is in good working order. Top rolls back ...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Octagonal Games Table And Chairs For Eight Players
Located in Bridgeport, CT
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Located in Darmstadt, DE
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Fine 19th Century Burr Walnut and Fruitwood Chess Table
Located in Dublin, IE
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Neoclassical Italian Walnut Inlay Octagonal Tripod Chess Games or Side Table
Located in Carimate, Como
A beautiful Italian Walnut octagonal side table with great details and frames shaped in Victorian, Napoleon III, Louis XV style with chessboard on the top and the tripod feet legs. A...
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20th Century Italian William IV Game Tables

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Wood

19th Century English William IV Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality William IV oval dining table with a single additional leaf. Each end standing on three turned legs terminating on brass caps, the table has an additional l...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Mahogany

Early 19th Century William IV Mahogany Pedestal Card Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th Century William IV mahogany pedestal card table, it has four down-swept legs which terminate on original brass casters. The top is cross-banded and swivels to reveal an in...
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Early 19th Century Irish Antique William IV Game Tables

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Antique English George III Mahogany Drum Game Table Circa 1820
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Walnut Bouillotte Table with Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis XVI style walnut bouillotte table from the 19th century with white marble top, brass accents, single drawer and fluted legs. Cre...
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19th Century French Antique William IV Game Tables

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Marble, Brass

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Superb William IV Rosewood Folding Games or Card Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Superb William IV Rosewood folding games or card table This is an exceptionally fine quality piece with a beautiful patina, it takes up little space and would make a superb console table, the table unfolds to make a 3ft square games table The base leg and apron of the table are carved and decorated, the table has 4 large claw feet and wonderful carving around the centre leg The top apron has a carved scroll decoration, this swivels and opens out revealing a compartment with plenty of room inside to store the cards and games The table is fully restored and has a new green base playing area...
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1830s Antique William IV Game Tables

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Rosewood

William IV Carved Birdseye Maple Game and Sewing Table C. 1840
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This beatiful English William IV birdseye maple table can be used both as a traditional sewing tale and with the top folded out as a game table with an inlaid chess board. The table has one drawer for gaming as well as sewing tools...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Brass

William IV Carved Mahogany and Satinwood Game and Sewing Table, C. 1840
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This beatiful English William IV table can be used both as a traditional sewing tale and with the top folded out as a game table with a circular gilt tooled leather surface. When not...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Brass

English Exotic Wood William IV Games Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
English Exotic wood ‘flip-top’ games table, raised on a pedestal support over trefoil base. C. 1840.  
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1840s English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Fruitwood, Walnut

19th Century William IV Rosewood Fold-Over Chess Table
Located in Richmond, Surrey
A high quality William IV Rosewood fold-over chess table, fitted with a drawer and well, on a platform base.
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19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Rosewood

Englist Walnut and Birch Octagonal Chess Table on Solomonic Column, Circa 1850
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This English octagonal chess top table features a top with checkerboard inlay of mahogany and contrasting birch resting upon a Solomonic carved column sitting on a carved tripod base...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Birch, Walnut

English 19th Century William IV Satinwood & Pietra Dura Marble-Top Centre Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An extremely unusual William IV period satinwood circular centre table having attractive Pietra Dura marble chess board top raised on well figured tripartite central column with sc...
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19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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19th Century English William IV Rosewood Fold Over Card Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality William IV rosewood fold over card table, the swiveling top folds over to reveal a green baize lined interior. Below this a tapered stem above a platform b...
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Rosewood

William IV Fully Restored Hardwood Games Table Chess Backgammon Cribbage Board
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally fine, fully restored William IV circa 1830 games tables in hardwood and burr walnut What a find! This piece is sublime! It has been fully restored to include being washed back, any timber issues address, its then been traditionally French polished by a third generation polisher. The end result is an absolutely exquisite piece of craftsmanship The table its mostly Brazilian hardwood, the chess, backgammon and cribbage boards...
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1830s English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Pair of 19th Century William IV Mahogany and Brass Inlaid Tea Tables
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
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Early 19th Century English Antique William IV Game Tables

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Antique William IV Rosewood Card Table
Located in London, GB
Antique William IV rosewood card table in excellent original condition with some fine typical William IV carvings. It has a decent size...
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19th Century British Antique William IV Game Tables

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Rosewood

Early 19th Century Ebonized and Abalone Tilt-Top Games Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An English early-Victorian tilt-top chess table, the spiral-turned column support with carved bone accents over trefoil base with further inlay. Top with abalone shell and gilt decor...
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Early 19th Century Antique William IV Game Tables

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Abalone

William Iv game tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique William IV game tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 19th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage game tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used William IV game tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, England, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original game tables, popular names associated with this style include and PIETRA DURA . 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 game tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,013 and tops out at $34,500 while the average work can sell for $3,600.

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