1870s Card Tables and Tea Tables

An Aesthetic-Movement Macassar ebony and ebonized card table, circa 1875. With baize-lined swivelling fold-over top.

19th Century French Neoclassical Walnut flip-top game table is an exquisitely preserved relic from the Napoleon III Period, when those who had the luxury of leisure time entertained ...

Antique Walnut Table, Walnut Dining Table, Walnut, Scotland 1870, Antique Furniture, B1156 Scotland 1870 Solid walnut with original finish M...

This is a stunning 19th century antique French Louis XV Revival ormolu mountd wood and floral marquetry shaped rectangular card table, circa 1870 in date. The shaped top has banded marquetry inlay encompassing an exquisite floral marquetry bouquet of country flowers, and a stunning gilt bronze border. The shaped frieze is profusely inlaid throughout with sprays of flowers, leafy stems and musical trophies. It has decorative ormolu cast mask bosses to the sides and is raised on serpentine legs terminating in leafy ormolu sabots. The hinged top opens to reveal a green baize lined interior for playing cards framed...

Antique Victorian burr walnut sutherland table, Scotland 1870, H281 Scotland 1870 Solid walnut with burr walnut veneer Original finis...

A unique card game from around 1870. Very good condition. Origin: Northern Europe Wood: Mahogany Dimensions: Height 60 cm Width 57 cm x 57 cm unfolded 81 cm x 81 cm.

This is a fabulous high quality antique Victorian mahogany metamorphic triple top games table for cards and roulette, circa 1870 in date. The hinged triple top opens to reveal the original red baize lined gaming interior for playing cards with counter recesses, and opens again to reveal a further panel with roulette wheel, counter wells with counters and green baize marked scoring panel. The table sits on solid mahogany fluted square tapered legs, headed with horizontal fluted panels, terminating in spade feet with brass castors. It is an elegant piece which will enhance a special room in your home. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, the Roulette baize is original, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 80 x width 94 x depth 56 - Closed Height 78 x width 112 x depth 112 - open Dimensions in inches: Height 31.5 x width 37.0 x depth 22.0 - Closed Height 30.7 x width 44.1 x depth 44.1 - open Roulette is a casino game named after the French word meaning little wheel. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even. The game has been played in its present form since as early as 1796 in Paris. An early description of the roulette game in its current form is found in a French novel La Roulette, ou le Jour by Jaques Lablee, which describes a roulette wheel in the Palais Royal in Paris in 1796. The description included the house pockets, "There are exactly two slots reserved for the bank, whence it derives its sole mathematical advantage." It then goes on to describe the layout with, "... two betting spaces containing the bank's two numbers, zero and double zero...

A superb Sheraton Revival flame mahogany half round fold over card table, circa 1870 in date. The top with cross banding and stunning marquetry decoration of shell, ribbons and sw...

Sn4826 Victorian burr walnut occasional table, having serpentine top with satinwood floral motifs raised on turned and twisted column ruminating in 3 carved cabriole legs. This antiq...

Sn4690 Attractive French demi lune card table, having finely inlaid top with brass edge, top opens to reveal maroon baize playing surface, inlaid frieze and 4 cabriole legs with ormo...

M00 attractive Victorian card table in burr walnut, having shaped, fold over top enclosing green baize games surface, standing on carved vase shaped column terminating in 4 downswept...

Gaming table from the English Victorian era, in walnut root and inlaid in fruit woods, saber-shaped legs, with applications in gilded bronze. The game table resumes French forms and ...