Leather Antique Chess Table
1830s English William IV Leather Antique Chess Table
Leather, Hardwood
Late 19th Century American Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Leather, Wood, Maple
1880s English High Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Walnut
1860s English High Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood, Walnut
1890s English Aesthetic Movement Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood
1880s English High Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood, Walnut
1810s English Regency Leather Antique Chess Table
Brass
1810s English Regency Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood
1880s English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood, Walnut
1920s English Art Deco Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
1880s English Late Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood, Walnut
1880s English High Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Walnut, Hardwood
1920s Indian Anglo-Indian Leather Antique Chess Table
Oak, Pine
1830s Italian William IV Leather Antique Chess Table
Marble
1860s English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood
1880s Italian High Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Marble
Early 1900s French Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Marble
Early 20th Century English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Satinwood, Walnut, Hardwood
1830s English William IV Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood, Walnut
1850s Swiss Early Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Walnut
1880s English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Oak
18th Century French Louis XV Leather Antique Chess Table
Leather, Wood
1780s French Louis XVI Leather Antique Chess Table
Leather, Baize, Hardwood
19th Century Regency Leather Antique Chess Table
Metal, Brass
19th Century English Regency Leather Antique Chess Table
Leather, Satinwood, Walnut
1880s English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Walnut
Mid-18th Century French Leather Antique Chess Table
Kingwood, Olive, Satinwood, Tulipwood, Walnut
1860s English High Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood, Satinwood, Walnut
Early 19th Century English Regency Leather Antique Chess Table
Rosewood
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Leather Antique Chess Table
Ormolu
1880s French High Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Walnut
1780s French Leather Antique Chess Table
Marble, Bronze
19th Century English Campaign Leather Antique Chess Table
Glass, Oak
1810s English Queen Anne Leather Antique Chess Table
Felt, Leather, Velvet, Walnut, Burl
Early 19th Century Russian Leather Antique Chess Table
Bronze
1820s Chinese Georgian Leather Antique Chess Table
Wood
1830s English William IV Leather Antique Chess Table
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Georgian Leather Antique Chess Table
Leather, Wood
19th Century English Regency Leather Antique Chess Table
Brass
18th Century and Earlier French Neoclassical Leather Antique Chess Table
Ormolu
18th Century French Leather Antique Chess Table
Cherry, Bone, Ebony
Early 19th Century English Leather Antique Chess Table
Brass
Mid-18th Century Vietnamese George III Leather Antique Chess Table
17th Century French French Provincial Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood
1890s English Late Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Leather, Oak
1810s Italian Regency Leather Antique Chess Table
Marble
19th Century English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Glass, Mahogany
1820s English Regency Leather Antique Chess Table
Rosewood
1880s English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Leather, Walnut
19th Century French Empire Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood
Early 1800s German Empire Leather Antique Chess Table
Leather, Mahogany
1860s English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood
1860s English High Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Gold Leaf
19th Century English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood, Walnut
1830s English William IV Leather Antique Chess Table
Hardwood, Walnut
1890s English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Walnut
1860s English High Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Walnut
1860s English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Marble
1880s English Victorian Leather Antique Chess Table
Burl
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Finding the Right game-tables for You
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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