Sold|$3,280
Reclaimed Elmwood Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 20th century Chinese reclaimed elmwood altar table with dovetail joints and wonderful patina.
Elm
Sold|$3,980
Six Drawer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood altar table with wonderful patina and six drawers with brass hardware.
Elm
Sold|$5,070
Vintage Rustic Altar Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chinese Altar table in elm. The wood is weathered, the grain opened up and textured, yet very smooth to the touch almost like driftwood.
Elm
Sold|$14,800
Massive Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: R051 Keywords: Console, sofa, sideboard, server, buffet, hall, entry
Elm
Sold|$2,480
Petite Chinese Altar Coffer
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite altar coffer keeps with the style of Ming-dynasty furniture with clean lines and minimal ornamentation.
Reclaimed Wood
Sold|$2,480
Petite Chinese Altar Coffer
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite altar coffer keeps with the style of Ming-dynasty furniture with clean lines and minimal ornamentation.
Reclaimed Wood
Sold|$1,980
Petite Chinese Altar Coffer
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite altar coffer keeps with the style of Ming-dynasty furniture through its clean lines and minimal ornamentation.
Pine
Sold|$4,800
Black Lacquer Altar Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
A simple and refined black lacquer altar table. Visit our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for additional altar table selections.
Lacquer
Sold|$2,793 / item
Chinese Export Altar Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Chinese Export Altar Table, old pine in an antiqued stain. This influential design has been popular throughout centuries. Simple lines and a wonderful finish make this altar table id...
Wood
Sold|$15,000
Red Japanese Altar Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Red Japanese Altar Table
Lacquer, Wood
Sold|$2,800
Antique Chinese Altar Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early to mid 19th century rough hewn elm wood altar table.
Elm
Sold|$3,420
Vintage Asian Altar Table
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A vintage Asian altar table with scroll detail to the front and carved fretwork to the support legs.
Wood
Sold|$8,800
19th Century Chinese Altar
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood altar table with a Ming inspired geometric carved apron and "incense stick bundle" beaded legs.
Elm
Sold|$5,500
A Chinese Altar Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A fine Altar table from the Qing Dynasty made of Yumu ( Nothern Elm ).
More antiques at www.ofleury.com
Sold|$4,940
Rustic Elm Altar Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique rustic Chinese elm altar table. Mortise and Tenon construction. Double side stretchers. One wide board top with weathered patina. Very smooth to the touch.
Elm
Sold|$4,800
Chinese Lacquered Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
A Chinese lacquered altar table, 19th century, with a rectangular top raised on square legs and end cross-stretchers. Very nice patina from old finish that has been sealed with a ...
Sold|$2,880
Hide Covered Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century elmwood table with a simple waterfall top, scrolled foot and covered with pigskin.
Pagoda Red Collection #: Y223A
Keyword...
Elm
Sold|$2,880
20th Century Honeysuckle Lacquered Altar
Located in Chicago, IL
A 20th century Chinese ribbon form altar table with honeysuckle crackle lacquer. Pagoda Red Collection #: ACB014A Keywords: Table, console, altar, sideboard, buffet, server...
Elm
Sold|$2,500
Bleached & Cerused Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A classic Asian form, this altar table/console is finished in a glazed lacquer to resemble cerusing, or limed oak.
Wood, Lacquer
Sold|$6,800
19th Century Carved Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Qing dynasty. This altar table can be used as a console table or sofa table and is a great conversation piece.
Wood
Sold|$8,500
Red Lacquer Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
High gloss lacquer on solid cherry wood. Available as custom order in red, white, black or solid walnut.
Wood, Lacquer
Sold|$8,200
Qing Style Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Please contact dealer for full product description.
Elm
Sold|$6,980
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood black lacquer altar table with elegant scrolling vine spandrels.
Elm
Sold|$5,880
20th Century Chinese Pedestal Altar
Located in Chicago, IL
A 20th century Chinese elmwood altar with one solid plank top and two "saw horse" style pedestal legs.
Elm
Sold|$15,800
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Pagoda Red Collection #: Z047 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, server, credenza, sofa table
Elm
Sold|$3,480
Provincial Plank Top Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century solid elmwood plank top altar table with simple stretchers. Pagoda Red Collection # X032 Keywords: Table, console, sideboard, buffet, credenza, server,...
Elm
Sold|$4,280
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese lacquered walnut Ming-style altar table with simple stretchers and horsehoof feet.
Walnut
Sold|$3,480
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th Century Chinese elmwood altar table with Ming inspired form, and incense stick carved legs.
Elm
Sold|$5,375
18th Century Portuguese Altar Facade
Located in Round Top, TX
A stunning 18th century altar façade from Portugal. Beautifully constructed from wood that is polychromed and gilt.
Wood
Sold|$1,880
19th Century Chinese Petite Altar
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th century Chinese elmwood altar table with two doors, six doors and brass hardware.
Elm
Sold|$5,280
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese walnut altar table of Ming-inspired proportions with simple spandrels and wonderful patina.
Walnut
Sold|$3,480
Chinese Reclaimed Elmwood Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 20th century Chinese reclaimed elmwood altar table of simple Ming form with pierced sides, and feet.
Elm
Sold|$5,480
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese altar table with elegant proportions consisting of carved ruyi spandrels and delicately carved legs.
Elm
Sold|$4,880
Altar Table with Lotus Feet
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese plank top altar table with everted ends, carved scrolling vine spandrels and lotus form feet.
Elm
Sold|$5,200
Qing Dynasty Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Can be used as a sofa table, console table, or an altar table. The altar table has clean, simple lines that are wonderfully contradicted by elegantly carving, billowing ruyi.
Elm
Sold|$7,500
Qing Dynasty Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Can be used as a sofa table, console table, or altar table. The altar table has clean, simple lines that are wonderfully contradicted by elegantly carving, billowing ruyi.
Wood, Lacquer
Sold|$3,800
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
The perfect console table in your entry, bedroom, or behind the sofa in your living room.
Elm
Sold|$1,800
Cerused Finish Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A classic Asian form, this altar table is finished in a glazed lacquer to resemble cerusing, or limed oak. Has similarities to McGuire altar tables of similar vintage.
Wood, Lacquer
Sold|$4,800
Ju Mu Wood Altar Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
A refined altar table, single plank top ended in everted flanges, supported by straight legs and joined by pierce carved side panels, pierce carving on spandrels. View our website at...
Sold|$1,450
Large Painted Chinese Altar Table
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Large painted Chinese altar table, black.
Wood
Sold|$2,280
Shallow Three-Drawer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Shallow red lacquered altar table from Northern China
Sold|$5,790
Replica Scroll Foot Altar Table
By Brendan Bass
Located in Dallas, TX
Replica scroll foot altar table with heavily distressed patina.
Elm
Sold|$850
Chinese Style Wood Altar Table
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Chinese style wood altar table with fretwork on the sides.
Wood
Sold|$4,200
19thC Chinese Bamboo Altar Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Elegant bamboo altar table with fine lattice and fret work.
Bamboo
Sold|$5,600
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
19th century Chinese altar table. The wood was chosen specifically to showcase its natural golden color. Hand made and carved of Huangshan Yellow Pine from the mountains of Anhui Chi...
Pine
Sold|$3,600
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Chinese Altar Table. Natural elm wood with strong patina. Carved Spandrels,
Elm
Sold|$3,840
Antique Elmwood Asian Altar Table
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Antique elm wood Asian altar table with carved apron and fretwork carved legs.
Elm
Sold|$1,695
Qing Dynasty Style Altar Table
Located in Houston, TX
Early 20th Century Qing Dynasty Style Altar or Library Table hand made with scroll embellishments
Wood
Sold|$4,480
18th Century Italian Altar Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Early 18th century Italian altar table with 19th century mirror plate - original paint and gilding.
Sold|$5,880
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood (yumu) black lacquer altar table with everted ends, and gently tapered legs.
Sold|$3,880
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese elmwood altar table with three drawers each carved with incense burners, with brass hardware.
Elm
Sold|$8,950
French 19th Century Autel - Altar
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome 19th century French Altar. Wonderfully constructed in sound oak with beautiful carvings on a plinth base. Perfect as an entryway piece or as a serving piece.
Oak
Sold|$10,235
Late 18th Century Altar Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 18th century Chinese altar table with intricate geometric carvings throughout. Beautiful old, worn natural patina. Carved sign meaning luck/blessing in the middle front apron. T...
Wood
Sold|$4,160
19th Century Chinese Altar Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century rustic Chinese elm altar table. Mortise and Tenon construction. Double side stretchers, and naturally curved long stretchers. One wide board top with beautiful grain and...
Elm
Sold|$34,200
Monumental Qing Dynasty Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental altar table is from Shanxi Province, China and was made from Elm wood during the mid-Qing dynasty. The piece retains most of its original oxblood lacquer. Oxblood is ...
Elm, Lacquer
Sold|$9,000
Chinese Red Lacquer Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This red lacquer altar table has a solid plank top, everted ends, and cloud forming aprons adorning the solid panel legs. The surface lacquer is extremely old, dating to the 18th cen...
Elm, Lacquer
Sold|$8,200
Qing Dynasty Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant altar table dates to the early-19th century and is ingeniously constructed of Chinese walnut wood using mortise-and-tenon joinery techniques. Used in a Qing-dynasty home...
Walnut, Lacquer
Few pieces of furniture are celebrated for their functionality as much as their decorative attributes in the way that console tables are. While these furnishings are not as common in today’s interiors as their coffee-table and side-table counterparts, console tables are stylish home accents and have become more prevalent over the years.
The popularity of wood console tables took shape during the 17th and 18th centuries in French and Italian culture, and were exclusively featured in the palatial homes of the upper class. The era’s outwardly sculptural examples of these small structures were paired with mirrors or matching stools and had tabletops of marble. They were most often half-moon-shaped and stood on two scrolled giltwood legs, and because they weren’t wholly supported on their two legs rather than the traditional four, their flat-backed supports were intended to hug the wall behind them and were commonly joined by an ornate stretcher. The legs were affixed or bolted to the wall with architectural brackets called console brackets — hence, the name we know them by today — which gave the impression that they were freestanding furnishings. While console tables introduced a dose of drama in the foyer of any given aristocrat — an embodiment of Rococo-style furniture — the table actually occupied minimal floor space (an attractive feature in home furniture). As demand grew and console tables made their way to other countries, they gained recognition as versatile additions to any home.
Contemporary console tables comprise many different materials and are characterized today by varying shapes and design styles. It is typical to find them made of marble, walnut or oak and metal. While modern console tables commonly feature four legs, you can still find the two-legged variety, which is ideal for nestling behind the sofa. A narrow console table is a practical option if you need to save space — having outgrown their origins as purely ornamental, today’s console tables are home to treasured decorative objects, help fill empty foyers and, outfitted with drawers or a shelf, can provide a modest amount of storage as needed.
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