Gustavian Side Tables
GUSTAVIAN STYLE
With clean lines and muted colors, antique Gustavian furniture is understated and elegant. It represents a more restrained version of the transition from Rococo to neoclassicism that was happening in France under Louis XVI. The style developed under Swedish King Gustav III, who reigned from 1771 until his assassination in 1792, and his son Gustav IV, who ruled until 1809. Although Gustavian furniture is mostly used to refer to pale painted cabinets, commodes, armchairs and other items, it involved a range of influences.
Gustavian-style furniture was inspired by discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as the grandeur of European palaces like Versailles, with local softwoods such as pine and birch. There was also an emphasis on natural light; crystal chandeliers and large mirrors played a role in radiating the fleeting daylight of winter, giving it a distinctive aesthetic.
Where earlier furniture was curvy and florid, this new era was more architectural, with tapered and fluted legs and rectangular and oval shapes. Luminous gilt contrasted with the palette of soft blues on upholstery and painted surfaces. Leading furniture builders included Gottlieb Iwersson, Louis Masreliez and Erik Öhrmark. The latter, a French-born Swedish decorator, designed the Sulla chair, a seat that was demonstrative of technical skill and precise craftsmanship and drew on Greek klismos chairs. Masreliez’s Sulla chair was made by Öhrmark and featured decorative ornamentation produced by Jean-Baptiste Masreliez, Louis’s younger brother.
While the wealthy had furniture carved with neoclassical details like scallops and rosettes, more affordable options were adorned with faux finishes that mimicked marble and stenciled patterns. The simple elegance of Gustavian furniture would have a long impact on Swedish design, informing the 20th-century appreciation for function and form. In the 1950s, IKEA mass-produced copies of a Gustavian commode designed by cabinetmaker Georg Haupt, who created pieces for the Royal Palace, making the furniture a fixture of everyday Swedish life.
Find a collection of antique Gustavian seating, tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Gustavian
Antique Country Gustavian Style Console Table, Northern Swedish Hand-Made Pine
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique country console table in gustavian style from northern Sweden. The table is made around 1820 and has original light paint with genuine patina and distress. Made by hand in so...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine
Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Side Table With Drawer, circa 1860-80
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Side Table With Drawer.
Tapered legs and horizontal fluted carving along single drawer. May also serve as nightstand.
Restored, later professi...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Swedish Gustavian Side Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A petite Swedish Gustavian side table made during the mid 1800’s. This table has a worn painted blue frame featuring a plank top with pink painted flowers over a splayed pedestal bas...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood, Paint
Small Antique Bleached Gustavian Style Round Side Table. English, Circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous small round table. Made from bleached tropical hardwood and fruitwood.
Nicely figured top
I particularly like its simplicity.
I have chosen not to lacquer or wax the tab...
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1850s English Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood
Genuine Antique Swedish Black Country Gustavian Style Table with Drawers
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish antique country table in Gustavian style from northern Sweden made around 1820. The table is a genuine country furniture and has a frame in solid pine. The table is painted a...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine
Pair of Swedish Gustavian Gueridon Wood Side Lamp Tables
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish Pair of Gustavian Painted Side Lamp Tables
A fantastic pair of painted wood side tables from the early 19th Century, with sc...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood, Paint
Pair Swedish Gustavian Style Painted 3 Drawer Chests Nightstands
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Painted Gustavian Style Chest of Drawers or Side Tables, A Pair
These classic Swedish style three drawer hand painted chests, small commodes or end tables have been constructed fro...
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Early 2000s Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Swedish Blue and White Genuine Country Gustavian Style Side Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Blue antique country table in Gustavian Style. The table has a very unusual and charming original paint in blue and white, which are rare colours. Healthy and stable frame as well as...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine
19th C. Gustavian Round Table
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful Gustavian round table with stretchers.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood
Antique Genuine Northern Swedish Gustavian Style Country Wall or Side Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Genuine antique Swedish table in gustavian style. This side or wall table is a genuine northern Swedish country house furniture from 1810 to 1820. Made in solid pine with straight ta...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine
Gustavian White Tile Top Tea Side Table with Purple Flowers Sweden circa 1860-80
Located in Round Top, TX
Swedish Gustavian tile top side table with tapered fluted legs and raised lip around tile top. Fluted carved details surround the 6.5" skirt.
An original Swedish tile table such as t...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century Marquetry Drop Side Table
Located in west palm beach, FL
Exquisite antique drop top side table with intricate inlay work on the table top and detailed carvings on the pedestal. The side table is a stateme...
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Late 19th Century Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood
19th Century Turquoise Swedish Gustavian Tray Table - Antique Pine Side Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian tray table in old paint and gilded colored Acanthus leaves on all sides with removable tray. The black-turquoise Scandinavian side table is made of hand ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood, Pine, Paint
Pair, Painted Oval Swedish Side Tables, circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
Pair of lovely oval side tables with turned legs, highly decorative carved skirt and finials above stretcher base.
Restored, later professionally painted in muted shades of rose, sof...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of Gustavian Gray Painted Pine Side Tables, Sweden circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
Pair, Gustavian pine side tables with slender tapered legs.
Restored, later professionally painted in layered shades of aged white and gray, lightly distressed to fit the age and gra...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Pine, Paint
Round Black Painted Pedestal Side Table, Sweden circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
This round pine pedestal table has a carved skirt, turned pedestal base and decoratively carved tripod legs which were a traditional style in Sweden.
Restored, later professionally p...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine, Paint
White Painted Side Table With Single Drawer, Sweden circa 1860-80
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique Swedish Gustavian white painted side table with tapered fluted legs and single drawer, may be used as small writing table or nightstand.
Restored, later professionally painte...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century Gustavian Swedish Wood Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Late 18th Century Gustavian Era Swedish Wood Side Table. Crafted in solid wood that has patinated nicely into a blue-gray over time. Side table...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish 19th century alder root tilt top table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish 19th century alder root tilt top table circa 1840.
Fine quality Swedish tilt top occasional table, circular top with arranged alder root veneers which form a striking top su...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Birch
Early 20th century Swedish painted occasional table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rustic Swedish side table circa 1910.
Over-sailing painted pine top, supported by a contrasting light grey base, raised on 4 tapering legs. ...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Pine
Mahogany Side Tables, Sweden, 19th century
Located in London, GB
A pair of substantial 19th century Swedish Gustavian side-tables.
The symmetry and simplicity of these painted mahogany side tables are hallmarks of the Gustavian style, a distinctl...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Mahogany
Unique Swedish Gustavian Style Chess Side Table.
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Very Unique Swedish Gustavian Style Chess Side Table. its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1960s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Side Tables
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Birch
Antique Oval Painted Side Table, Sweden circa 1850-70
Located in Round Top, TX
Lovely oval side table with turned legs, decorative carved skirt and egg shaped finial on X stretcher base.
Restored, later professionally painted in muted shades of plum, white and ...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Swedish Genuine Gustavian Neoclassic Small Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish gustavian table from around 1810. The table is gustavian, also known as neoclassic, and made in solid Swedish pine. The table has the original paint with a rustic cha...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine
Swedish 1900s Gustavian Style Painted Console Table with Two Drawers and Shelves
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood console table from the early 20th century with faux marble top, two drawers, brass rosettes, two shelves and curving feet. Created in Sweden du...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Pair, White Painted Small Gustavian Side Tables, circa 1840-60
Located in Round Top, TX
Pair, lovely white painted Swedish side tables resting on elegant narrow tapered and fluted legs.
The newer professionally applied layered white painted finish has contrasting black...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood, Paint
Swedish 1790s Gustavian Period Painted Side Table with Carved Guilloches
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian period painted wood side table from circa 1790 with carved guilloches on the apron, distressed fin...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood
Gustavian White Painted Side Table With Drawer, Sweden circa 1820-40
Located in Round Top, TX
The delicate curved cabriolet legs and decorative carved skirt add a romantic touch to this charming Gustavian side table with single drawer.
The newer, professionally applied layer...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Paint, Pine
White Gustavian Side Table with Cabriolet Legs, Sweden circa 1800-20
Located in Round Top, TX
Swedish Gustavian side table with cabriolet legs and large scalloped skirt.
Restored, later professionally painted in layered shades o...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Small Side Table With Drawer
Located in Round Top, TX
This delightful country Gustavian table will make a lovely side table or nightstand. The table has a newer, professionally applied layered white painted finish which has been gently ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood, Paint
Swedish Gustavian Single Drawer Stand, Table or Nightstand, Paint Decorated
Located in Stamford, CT
Swedish Gustavian Single Drawer Stand, Table or Nightstand, Paint Decorated
A Sweet One Drawer Original Paint Decorated Stand or End Table, Writing Desk. Having long sleek tapering...
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1890s Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gueridon Side Table with Tilt Top Design Hand Painted in Greige
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Gustavian style table based on antique guéridon tables from 19th Century Sweden, with tilted top feature. The tilt mechanism allows the tabletop...
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1980s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Side Table With Drawer, circa 1840-60
Located in Round Top, TX
Antique Swedish Gustavian White Painted Side Table With Drawer.
Tapered fluted legs and decorative applied carving accents this useful table.
Restored, later professionally applie...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Wooden Gustavian Tea Table with Fine Details, Sweden, Late 18th Century
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Sweden, Late 18th Century
Elegant Antique Gustavian tea table.
H 74 x W 90 x D 54 cm.
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Inlaid Birch Lyre Form Occasional Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century inlaid birch lyre form occasional table circa 1890.
Elegant piece of late 19th century Swedish furniture. Overall rectangular shaped top with canted corners. Made in ...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Birch
Swedish Mid-19th Century Alder Root Occasional Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish mid 19th century alder root occasional table circa 1850.
Elegant piece of mid 19th century furniture from Sweden. Over sailing top with alder root outer edge and alder cr...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Birch
Country Swedish Gustavian Center Table Painted by Ira Yeager
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming 19th century country Swedish center table or rent table finished in the Gustavian taste. The round drum form pedestal table features a painted case decorated with a bust of ...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Rare Swedish Gustavian Style Console Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare antique console table in Gustavian Style from Sweden. The table is from the first years of the 19th century, around 1800 to 1810. The table is made by hand in solid pine with a ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pine Wall Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish country wall table or console table in gustavian style from Northern Sweden. Made around 1810 to 1820 in painted pine. Unusual profiled edge on the front and short sides. The...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Period Gustavian Occasional Table with Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish period Gustavian painted wood table from the early 19th century. This antique table from Sweden has been designed in simple, clean lines, featuring an over-hung rectangular...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Hideaway House Beverly Hills Marble Top Nightstand End or Side Table
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Hideaway House Beverly hills marble top nightstand end or side table
Additional information:
Materials: Marble, Wood
Color: Antique White
Period: 19th century
Styles:...
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19th Century Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Marble
19th Century Grey Swedish Gustavian Pine Console Table - Scandinavian End Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-grey, antique Swedish Gustavian console table with a painted faux marble top, made of hand crafted Pinewood, in good condition. The Scandinavian wood end table is standing fou...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style Painted Side Table with Reeded Drawer and Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood side table from the late 19th century, with single drawer, reeded accents and tapered legs. Created in Sweden during the last quarter of the 19...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood
Small 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Style Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Folk art country house table in gustavian style from Northern Sweden. The table has a simple and solid construction with good proportions and a charm...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Pine
Swedish 1880s Gustavian Style Painted Side Table with Three Reeded Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style side table from the late 19th century, with three drawers, reeded motifs and tapering legs. Created in Sweden during the last quarter of the 19th century, t...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood
19th Century Blue-Grey Swedish Gustavian Pinewood Drop Leaf Table, Small Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian dropped table with tapered legs and a blue-grey finish. The small Scandinavian side table is made of hand cr...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Unusual Swedish Blue Country Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Unusual Swedish country table in gustavian style. The table is a country house furniture from the early 1800s made in gustavian style. The period...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Gustavian Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Rustic Gustavian Provincial table from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
Nice little neat table scraped by hand to ...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine
Early 19th Century Northern Swedish Gustavian Country Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish country table in the gustavian style from Hälsingland. The table is from the years around 1820 to 1830 and in untouched original...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Swedish antique Gustavian Table with Untouched Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish Gustavian table from Piteå Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
Small neat Gustavian table with untouched originalpa...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine
19th Century Small Swedish White Gustavian Side Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Northern Swedish white side table in Gustavian Style. The table is from the early 1800s, around 1820 and has its origin in a small village called Roren. The table is an unusual model...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine
Swedish Lamp Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Small 19th century Swedish lamp table, 1890.
Dimensions:
28.5 inches (72 cms) wide
13.5 inches (34 cms) deep
29.5 inches (75 cms) high.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style 1880s Painted Wood Table with Carved Rosettes and Beads
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood table from the late 19th century, with carved rosettes and tapered legs. Created in Sweden during the last quarter of the 19th century, this painted table features a rectangular top sitting above an apron carved with rosettes and petite beads. Painted in a soft color typical of the Scandinavian taste for light palettes, the table is raised on four tapered legs with beaded design on the knees. Boasting a nicely weathered patina, this Swedish Gustavian style table...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Pair of Antique Pinewood Serving, Bar Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A white-blue, antique Swedish Gustavian pair of tall side, corner tables made of hand crafted painted pinewood, enhanced by detailed bronze décor, in good...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Metal, Bronze
White Swedish Gustavian Wall Table and Desk
Located in Kramfors, SE
White Gustavian table made in northern Sweden between 1790 and 1810. The table is an early example of compact living where one item has multiple uses. This table has a folding tablet...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Pine
19th Century Round Gustavian Table
Located in Houston, TX
Round Swedish table on 4 legs with criss-crossed stretcher below. Carved detail around the apron and rectangular medallions at the top of each leg....
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
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Pine
Swedish 19th Century Painted Wood Table with Faux Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish painted wood table with faux-marble top from the 19th century. This antique Gustavian table from Sweden features a hand painted faux-...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Metal
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Writing Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
Gustavian table from northern Sweden in untouched original condition. The table is from the years circa 1780-1790 with traces of thin paint on the frame and a white painted tabletop....
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Side Tables
Materials
Pine
Gustavian side tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Gustavian side tables for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage side tables created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Gustavian side tables made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Sweden pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original side tables, popular names associated with this style include Ira Yeager, and Svenska Möbler. 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 side tables differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,500 and tops out at $1,500 while the average work can sell for $1,500.
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