Late 18th Century Mahogany Pembroke Dining Table, Georgian Style
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Good Quality And Unusually Large Late 18th Century Mahogany Pembroke Dining Table Having Well Figured Top With Two Hinged Flaps Over One Drawer And One False Drawer Raised On Eleg...
Mahogany
Antique American Colonial Cherry Wood Slender Leg Pembroke Lamp Side End Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American Colonial Cherry Wood Slender Leg Pembroke Lamp Side End Table. Item features tall slender legs with pad feet, drop sides, solid wood construction, beautiful wood gra...
Wood, Cherry
Antique Sheraton Chestnut Wood 2 Drawer Pembroke Drop Leaf Work Side End Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Sheraton Chestnut Wood 2 Drawer Pembroke Drop Leaf Work Side End Table. Item features drop leaf sides, turn carved legs, 2 dovetailed drawers, very nice antique item.
Chestnut
Antique French Country Farmhouse Cherry Wood Drop Leaf Pembroke Dining Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Country Farmhouse Cherry Wood & Mahogany Dropleaf Pembroke Dining Table with Turn Carved Legs and Single Dovetailed Drawer.
Cherry
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Inlaid Rosewood Pembroke Tea Table, Late 19th Century, European Design
Located in Opole, PL
19th-Century Inlaid Rosewood Tea Table We present you an inlaid Pembroke tea table with foldable leafs.
Rosewood
An Unusual Sheraton Period Satinwood Demilune Side Table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The shape of the undertier is highly unusual, the incurved sides being reminiscent of the stretchers used on a series of Pembroke tables attributed to the Marlborough maker Henry Hill.
Satinwood
Georgian Metamorphic Campaign Writing Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare English early 19th century mahogany campaign pembroke/writing table, having top and two drop leaves with thumb molded edge, with hinged top revealing a writing and dressing tabl...
Mahogany
18th Century George III Sheraton Period Satinwood Sofa Table
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A very fine late 18th Century, George III Sheraton Period satinwood pembroke or sofa table. The rectangular well figured satinwood top with rosewood crossbanding, boxwood, and ebony ...
Satinwood
Gillows Imperial Patent Mahogany Dining Table
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Folkestone, GB
The reeded-edge top consisting of two hinged ends attached to short beds which join together to form a Pembroke-type table when all of the leaves are removed.
Mahogany
Antique and vintage drop-leaf and Pembroke tables are the perfect solution for those of us in the “space-conscious” category. These furnishings have long been a smart choice for homes, particularly if you’re working with an especially modest house or apartment.
A drop-leaf table is a table with a fixed center section, but on either side of that, there are hinged leaves that can be raised or lowered according to your specific needs.
Should you need to accommodate more guests for a dinner party, a drop-leaf table’s side pieces can be raised and locked into place on their hinges, which will extend the overall surface area of the table. If you’re thinking of serving buffet-style or need a place for dinner plates and other tableware, fold one half of the table down and tuck it against the wall, console-table-style, to make more space for the guests congregating in your dining room. When your dinner companions are ready to retire to the living room for a digestif, both drop leaves can be collapsed if you need a makeshift bar cart or if you prefer to stow away the table after dinner.
The Pembroke version of these tables was a lightweight iteration that is believed to have been named for the ninth Earl of Pembroke or his wife, the countess. It is said that the countess had a drop-leaf table commissioned for their home, specifically for the purposes of serving and eating breakfast. This Georgian-era furniture had an oval or rectangular tabletop, was usually outfitted with a drawer and was frequently made of mahogany. It was a popular furnishing that was made through the Victorian and Edwardian periods.
With its convenient transformative qualities, a drop-leaf table can be put to use in every room of your home. A Pembroke nightstand would render having breakfast from the comfort of your bed easier than ever, while a casual living-room drop-leaf end table can quickly be extended in order to make room for movie-night snacks or a family game. The appeal of these tables doesn’t end at 18th-century nobility or chess enthusiasts, however.
Furniture designers of mid-century modern drop-leaf tables explored various forms and worked with a range of materials in crafting these furnishings and even integrated elements such as wheels for extra convenience. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of vintage and antique drop-leaf and Pembroke tables that includes sleek and understated iterations crafted by Hans J. Wegner and alluring versions in teak or rosewood designed by Kurt Østervig.
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