Tudor Side Tables

Antique primitive tree trunk table with beautiful patina from France.

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Dutch 18th century occasional side table with single drawer A good primate mid-18th century table, made in oak, traditionally dowell...

circa 1900 English oak side table with a beveled and scalloped edge around the top, following down to a simple apron and supported on hand turned barley twist legs, joined by simple ...

18th century Oak side table from England with a two plank top, which has a beveled edge, following down to simple sides and a single drawer in the front. The drawer has a molded edge...

We are delighted to offer for sale this really quite a lovely hand made in England George II circa 1740 oak single drawer side table. What a find, I rarely see these tables come t...

Each table in the Francisco Collection is hand carved from a solid trunk of Argentine rosewood, then sanded and finished naturally to highlight its natural beauty. The top features a...

Rare and very beautiful little coffee or side table made out of solid wood and produced in France in the 1960s. In good vintage condition with some signs and patina from age and use...

Antique Victorian Eastlake parlor table, circa 1880s. Made from walnut with an oval white marble top. Base features a turned center sup...

Late 17th-Early 18th century oak side table from England. The top is made from three boards, all with pegged construction and a beveled edge, following down to simple sides which fea...

Mid-18th-century walnut side table from France with banded ends on the top, over wonderfully hand scalloped aprons on three sides and a single drawer in the front. The table is finis...

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...

A wonderful mid-18th century side table in beautiful walnut & chestnut from the Catalan region of Spain. Soundly constructed with single drawe...