English 1800s Georgian Oak Side Table with Single Drawer and Baluster Legs

An English Georgian period walnut table circa 1800 with rectangular top, beveled edges, single drawer, slender turned baluster legs on ball feet a...

An English Georgian period oak table from the early 19th century, with lift top and turned base. Born in England during the reign of George III, this ...

An English oak bobbin legs side table from the late 19th century, with single drawer and stretchers. Created in England during the third quarter ...

An English walnut side table from the 19th century with single drawer, turned baluster legs, plain side stretchers and nice patina. A blend ...

An Italian walnut side table from the early 19th century, with carved fluted legs and single drawer. Created in Italy during the early years of the 19th century, this walnut side tab...

An English oak side table from circa 1800 with planked top, slender straight legs and side stretchers. This English oak side table from circa 1800 is a testament to the timeless appe...

An early 18th century oak table originating in Europe. With beautifully turned legs connected by a stretcher, boarded top and single drawer with...

Beautifully time-worn, antique, Southern European, chestnut wood end or side table. This relatively small size antique table is a joy to look at and the history of this kind of table makes it very interesting as well. Pay tables or paying tables were initially used by tax collectors and later in time (in the latter part of the middle ages), when most cities started to have their own currency, came the need for 'money exchangers'. A lot of the first money exchangers in 'early Netherlands' came from the Italian region of Lombardy and their name for these paying tables was 'banco'. Yes, it is this where also the English word 'bank' originates from. Pretty soon these money exchangers, who mainly serviced businessmen and travelers, also started 'safekeeping' and lending money. These tables therefor are at the very root of banking and just like some banks in this day and age, some of these earliest 'bankers' did not keep enough cash in their tables to be able to pay out when clients needed their money. This sometimes would lead to a lynching whereby the table of that particular money lender would be broken into pieces. The Italian word for such a broken table...

An 18th century Louis XVI oak side table with a single pull out drawer on one side. Beautiful time worn patin from Provence, France.

A French Louis XIII period walnut side table from the 17th century, with single drawer, carved diamond motif, turned baluster legs, cross stretcher of similar style with carved finia...

18th Century Spanish side table with drawer and iron joining legs.

English Oak Side Table with Drawer and H form Stretcher, ca. 1800