Inlaid Chess Table
Antique Early 19th Century Tables
Fruitwood
Antique 19th Century Regency Game Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique Early 1900s English Late Victorian Game Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Games
Rosewood
Vintage 1950s British Georgian Game Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Islamic Game Tables
Fruitwood
Antique Early 1900s Game Tables
Wood
Antique 1880s English High Victorian Game Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
Antique 1880s English High Victorian Game Tables
Walnut, Hardwood
20th Century English Art Deco Game Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Game Tables
Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Game Tables
Marble, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Game Tables
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Game Tables
Stone, Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Game Tables
Mahogany
Antique 1820s German Biedermeier Game Tables
Maple, Walnut
Antique 19th Century English Regency Game Tables
Brass
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1820s English Regency Game Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Late 20th Century European Card Tables and Tea Tables
Metal
Antique 19th Century British Regency Game Tables
Marble, Brass
Antique 1840s Victorian Game Tables
Rosewood
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Aesthetic Movement Game Tables
Lapis Lazuli, Griotte Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Marble, Quartz, Mala...
Antique 19th Century English Game Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century British Game Tables
Satinwood, Walnut
Vintage 1970s Philippine Post-Modern Game Tables
Stone, Brass
Antique 1860s English Louis Philippe Game Tables
Kingwood
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Revival Game Tables
Bronze
Antique Early 19th Century English William IV Game Tables
Other
20th Century French Neoclassical Game Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Game Tables
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Card Tables and Tea Tables
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century English Regency Game Tables
Marble, Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Game Tables
Brass
Antique 1850s English Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Game Tables
Bronze
Antique Late 18th Century Sheraton Game Tables
Mahogany
Antique Early 1900s Syrian Moorish Game Tables
Bone, Hardwood
20th Century English Regency Card Tables and Tea Tables
Yew
Early 20th Century Georgian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Game Tables
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Game Tables
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Game Tables
Wood
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Game Tables
Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese William and Mary Game Tables
Leather, Wood
Early 20th Century Syrian Moorish Game Tables
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Game Tables
Mahogany, Felt, Amboyna
20th Century Italian Louis XV Game Tables
Walnut
Antique 1820s English Regency Game Tables
Wood
Antique 1810s French Neoclassical Game Tables
Mahogany, Yew
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Game Tables
Mahogany
Vintage 1980s American Louis XVI Game Tables
Walnut
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Game Tables
Rosewood
Antique 1820s British Regency Game Tables
Rosewood
Antique Mid-18th Century French Game Tables
Kingwood, Olive, Satinwood, Tulipwood, Walnut
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Wrought Iron
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Game Tables
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Game Tables
Walnut
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Game Tables
Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Gueridon
Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Marble, Porphyry, Bronze
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Bring drama and duels of dexterity into your home with vintage, new and antique game tables for every kind of game.
Who doesn’t love a little competition? Historians estimate that early versions of games such as backgammon were played by members of ancient civilizations at least as far back as 3,000 B.C. Chess, which likely originated in India as a game called chaturanga, is a timeworn test of skills and strategy as well, and the modern era’s iteration of the game was enjoyed by nobles at least as early as the 16th century.
While the upper classes in Europe were among the only chess players who could afford the game’s decoratively carved ivory pieces, the game eventually became accessible to the general public. In the late 19th century, the game’s first official chess championships took place, a realm that eventually produced celebrated players such as avowed Eames Executive chair enthusiast Bobby Fischer. Today, antique chessboards have seen an uptick in demand owing to a successful Netflix series in 2020 called The Queen’s Gambit, which chronicles the life of fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon.
Modern versions of chess boards and other home game tables may have evolved to accommodate the variety of games for which they’re used but are still versatile pieces of furniture. Not every card table with chairs is the ideal dining table, but you certainly don’t have to limit a game table to recreational use.
Antique trictrac tables, for example, were products of 18th-century France, wherein furniture makers created what looked like multipurpose neoclassical writing desks and card tables that when their tops were removed revealed trictrac, chess and checkers surfaces. Other game tables, in a complete commitment to fun, merely support good old-fashioned competition. Contemporary Ping-Pong (or table tennis) tables, which have origins in 1880s Victorian England, can be quite sophisticated in form and are made from a variety of materials today. A billiards table is an iconic piece for any game room or living room, but your pool table is really going to be used for only one thing, right?
Antique or new Regency-style game tables, mid-century modern tables or Art Deco–style card tables, perhaps fashioned from rosewood or mahogany, might be equipped with convertible tabletops to shift from meals to game time in a snap. If you prefer poker or opt for a card table topped with a checkerboard, convenient drawers and other compartments can be found in new and vintage game tables that fit poker chips or other types of game pieces perfectly.
Find a range of top-quality vintage and antique game tables on 1stDibs that can help you introduce a bit of class to every competition at home.
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